Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival is a 2015 party video game developed by Nintendo and NDcube for the Wii U. Similar to the Mario Party series, the game is a spin-off of to the Animal Crossing series that moves away from the series traditional format, instead being a party game that primarily integrates amiibo figures into the gameplay. Alongside the release of the game, 8 Animal Crossing amiibo character figures were released for use in the game. It was released worldwide in November 2015.