Nintendo made 8 huge announcements that will make Nintendo Switch and 3DS owners very happy - including a game that fans have been begging for

A brand new "Animal Crossing"? Yes, a brand new "Animal Crossing"! If there's one game that Nintendo Switch owners have been clamoring for, it's a new "Animal Crossing" game.

The beloved home-making game that's endeared so many fans across nearly 20 years is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch. The tiny bit of tease that Nintendo offered during its Nintendo Direct presentation isn't intended to directly represent gameplay, but I'd be surprised if it didn't look similar when the game arrives at some point in 2019.

The delightfully-named Japanese game studio Game Freak — the folks behind the core Pokémon franchise that Nintendo has published for decades — announced a brand new game on Thursday evening: It's called "Town," and it looks like a charming role-playing game.

In "Town," you'll uncover the mysterious story of one small village that's been overrun by — what else? — a bunch of evil monsters. By working with townsfolk and employing a unique turn-based battle system, you'll learn more about the town and hopefully help take down the scourge plaguing the...ahem...town.

"Town" is expected in 2019.

Love Super Mario games but only when they're in two dimensions? For anyone who wasn't convinced by "Super Mario Odyssey," Nintendo has the "New Super Mario Bros." franchise — a 2D, old-school style Super Mario game that's a direct successor to the very first "Super Mario Bros." for the NES.

"New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe" takes the Wii U launch game "New Super Mario Bros. U" and combines it with the additional "New Super Luigi U" content that came out after the original game — then it adds new playable characters and puts it all on the Switch. Nintendo's promising a whopping 164 courses in the game. It's got a scheduled launch date of January 11, 2019.

With the upcoming launch of Nintendo's first paid online service, Nintendo Switch Online, on September 18, Nintendo is about to launch 20 classic Nintendo Entertainment System games on the Switch.

Thus, now is the perfect time for Nintendo to announce and release a pair of classic NES gamepads that are compatible with the Nintendo Switch. The pair cost $60, and operate like individual Joy-Con gamepads.

They even snap onto the side of the Switch to recharge, like so:

It's pretty adorable. The classic-style, wireless NES gamepads are expected to ship in "mid-December" according to Nintendo, and cost $60 as a pair. It's not clear if they'll be sold separately.

No, the remaster of "Final Fantasy VII" still isn't available, but that isn't stopping Japanese role-playing game giant Square Enix from re-releasing a smattering of older "Final Fantasy" games on the Nintendo Switch.

One of those games is even "Final Fantasy VII"! Here's the full list of "Final Fantasy" games headed to the Switch:

• "Final Fantasy VII"
• "Final Fantasy IX"
• "Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster"
• "Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age"
• "Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD (available now)
• "World of Final Fantasy Maxima" (Nov. 6)
• "Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!" ("This winter")
• "Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition" (2019)

That's a lot of "Final Fantasy"!

Despite the fact that Nintendo's Switch has overtaken the handheld 3DS console in monthly sales numbers and consumer interest, and despite the fact that Nintendo's 3DS consoles are getting pretty long in the tooth at this point, Nintendo continues to produce games for the aging console.

A quartet of new 3DS games were shown off during Nintendo's video presentation on Thursday, including "Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn" — a 3DS version of the Wii game with some new stuff — and a 3DS version of the original "Luigi's Mansion" game from the GameCube.

"Kirby" isn't expected until next year, but "Luigi's Mansion" is scheduled for launch on October 12.

If you're more an RPG player, Nintendo's got a remastered "Mario & Luigi" game on the way, with a January 11, 2019 launch date, with "Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story." It'll include a remastered version of the original game, which first came out in 2009, as well as a new story called "Bowser Jr.'s Journey."

In a surprise twist, Nintendo and Bandai Namco are giving new life to a cult classic game: "Katamari Damacy."

The bizarre, delightful PlayStation 2 game is getting remastered with high-definition visuals and new play styles in "Katamari Damacy Reroll." If you've never spent any time rolling up the object-littered worlds of "Katamari Damacy," never interacted with THE KING OF THE COSMOS, then you're in luck: "Katamari Damacy Reroll" arrives digitally on November 30, and at retail later this year.

Just get ready to have its theme song stuck in your head for the next forever.