Animal Crossing Plaza was a free to download communication based video game for the Nintendo Wii U, which was discontinued and removed from the Wii U eShop on December 22nd, 2014. It was created as the first spin-off of the Animal Crossing series, mainly focusing on the Animal Crossing: New Leaf community and promoting communication between players. It was based on the console's Miiverse feature and the Animal Crossing Community within it. A special DLC item, the "Shaved-ice Lamp", was released in Animal Crossing: New Leaf to commemorate its release.