Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Drops Support For Old Devices Causing Compatibility Bug & Upsetting Fans

A major new update has been released for Creature Crossing: Pocket Camp today, but a number of players have been shut out with updated device requirements in play.

The latest update for Pocket Camp has introduced some exciting new features similar a crazy Augmented Reality view that allows you lot to see your villagers in the real world and an expansion of the space you tin can decorate at your campsite!

However, it seems that these new additions have come at an unfortunate cost of increased system requirements for the devices the game tin operate and run on.

According to Nintendo, the post-obit specifications are now required to run Animate being Crossing: Pocket Camp on smartphones and tablets as of Version four.0:

  • iOS & iPadOS: Devices updated to iOS 11 or college. Devices that tin run iOS xiii or higher are recommended however.
  • Android: Devices updated to Android 5.0, with at least 1.5GB of RAM and a 64-bit CPU.

Those requirements might non seem and so bad at first, but in that location appears to have been a take hold of that wasn't well documented past Nintendo prior to release — the device's operating system must running in 64-bit mode also.

From our enquiry, there are many older and not-then-quondam Android devices that technically accept a 64-chip CPU, only were not shipped or updated with the operating organization running in 64-fleck fashion. If that'south the case, it won't be proficient enough to run Brute Crossing: Pocket Camp'south latest update.

In order to be uniform with the latest Pocket Camp version, it seems an Android smartphone or tablet must actually exist running the OS in 64-bit. We recommend trying out the helpful 64Bit Checker app on the Google Play Store to confirm which blazon of OS your device is running.

We've also heard from some users that supporting Google'south ARCore could be a requirement for Android devices as well, but we oasis't been able to independently verify this ourselves at this time.

Due to the nature of Pocket Camp every bit a fully online game, a device becoming incompatible means it becomes completely unplayable to that user, rather than simply missing out on a few new features.

To be honest, these aren't exactly unreasonable requirements for Nintendo to enforce and technology does have to move on with time. Merely Fauna Crossing: Pocket Camp has always been a game that'due south not afraid to enquire players to fork over some coin for benefits.

That makes the alter in system requirements especially burdensome for some users after spending easily hundreds or thousands of dollars on the game for in-game items that they can't bask anymore without upgrading their device.

A quick browse of the replies to the official Twitter account for Pocket Campsite right now places this issue on full brandish, and it's honestly quite a shame to read through. Even worse, many were mistakenly under the impression their device would pass the test based on what Nintendo published.

Yet, it is worth knowing that you can easily restore your save data from Pocket Campsite including level and earned items onto a new device past connecting your Nintendo Account. So if you're able to get your hands on a newer device, all hope is non lost.

Don't forget that Animate being Crossing: New Horizons players can go a make new collaboration item for their NookPhone in the Winter Update by downloading Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and linking accounts!

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