Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer review: Martha’s spirit animals

Nintendo really loves milking its spin-offs, doesn’t it? I don’t even need to mention Mario, because that mustachioed Italian plumber has been in more non-Mario titles than anyone can really remember, or bother to care about. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing though. Some spin-offs are often more enjoyable than the original games themselves, offering new mechanics and a refreshing take on Mario and Luigi’s now very stale gameplay formula.