What genre does Wikipedia list first for the Animal Crossing series?

Wikipedia lists social simulation first as the genre of the Animal Crossing series.

That label reflects the series’ open-ended design. Rather than centering on combat, levels, or a fixed campaign, Animal Crossing lets players live in a village or island community, build relationships with anthropomorphic animals, collect items, decorate homes, and shape their surroundings. The games also run in real time, with clocks, seasons, holidays, and daily events tied to the console’s calendar.

The series began in Japan with Dōbutsu no Mori for Nintendo 64 in 2001. Its unusual combination of routine, customization, and social interaction helped establish Animal Crossing as a distinctive life- and community-simulation franchise. Wikipedia may mention related descriptions such as “iyashikei,” but “social simulation” appears first in the series infobox.

Players sometimes call Animal Crossing a life simulator, and that is a reasonable informal description. However, the quiz asks for Wikipedia’s listed genre, making the exact wording important. The other options describe genres that do not define the series’ core gameplay.