Ever since the initial shocking yet wholly unsurprising announcement that Nintendo would finally be developing mobile games, there hasn't been much news on the promised Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing iOS iterations that are scheduled to launch later this year. Miitomo [Free] came and went extremely quickly, and while Pokemon GO [Free] has taken the world by storm, it was more a Niantic game with a Pokemon theme, rather than a dedicated Nintendo mobile effort. Today, in their 3DS Nintendo Direct presentation, the legendary Japanese developer announced a future Animal Crossing Direct that will take place on November 2nd, and owing to the slated Fall 2016 release date of the iOS version of the life simulation title, there's a very good chance that we will finally learn more details, and maybe even a release date, in this upcoming stream (however, nothing has been confirmed as of yet).
Of course, this is merely an announcement of an announcement, and cynics may argue that this piece of news doesn't exactly reveal much about the upcoming iPhone edition, and to an extent that is a valid complaint. However, based on what has already been suggested, and the progression of the Animal Crossing series, we can likely analyse what paths the franchise will take when it takes the leap onto the App Store in the next few months. Firstly, back in May we learnt that Animal Crossing on iOS would be a free to play game, and furthermore, according to Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima, would...