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If you've logged on to the internet in the last week or so, you've probably seen a lot of tweets about money hungry raccoons named Tom or animals crossing…. or something.
Don't be alarmed. I assure you everything is OK. The social distancing hasn't gotten to people's heads just yet. There are just a bunch of people on your Twitter timeline playing Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons that released over the weekend for Switch.
Confused as to what that is? Don't worry, we've got you covered here. This is everything you need to know about Animal Crossing.
So, what is Animal Crossing?
Building iconic locations from other franchises in Animal Crossing is nothing new. In fact, this isn't even the first time the Pokemon Center was lovingly rebuilt in New Horizons. A quick search across the web turns up dozens of unique takes on the location, although it looks like the recent one might be the most faithful. Animal Crossing: New Horizons Go to Animal Crossing: New Horizons game detail page. New to Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Come get the lay of the land and learn what to expect when you set out to create your own island paradise. If you're an island life veteran already, we hope you will share this video with newcomers and welcome them with. While Animal Crossing is a series that has always prided itself on its open-ended nature, New Horizons is built around continuous progression. In past games, you arrived in towns that had already.
Animal Crossing is Nintendo's tentpole social simulator franchise that launched in 2001. Think about it like you'd think about the Sims — except it's much more chill and you can plant trees, fish and perform other work-related tasks for bells (cash).
It's latest title, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, is a Nintendo Switch exclusive and the franchise's first installment since 2012 when Animal Crossing: New Leaf dropped for the Nintendo 3DS — great game, btw.
So what do you do in animal crossing?
So, in this game you're transported to a deserted island owned by Nook Incorporated (more on that later) and your overall goal, ultimately, is to turn it into a utopia.
On day one you're given a tent and sent on missions to set the other islanders up. Eventually, you start to fish, collect fossils, and perform other tasks to make the island a habitable space.
What kind of animal are you?
You're not. At the jump you get to create your own human and then you're off on your deserted island experience with your new raccoon buddies, Timmy and Tommy. Wild, I know.
Wait, where are the animals?!? I want animals!
So you live on this island with a bunch of animals that have human-like traits. They walk, talk and interact with you as if they were people — just with animal heads.
More and more animals visit the island as the game progresses and it's your job to build it up and convince them that it's a nice place to live.
What is all this I'm seeing about raccoons?
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DON'T TRUST ‘EM.
Nook Inc. is a family-owned business run by Tom Nook (the dad raccoon) and his two kids Timmy and Tommy. Once you get to the island, Tom hooks you up with a tent that you eventually pay off.
After that they hook you up with a loan of a whopping 98,000 bells (the island's currency) to buy a house from Nook. You are eventually able to upgrade your house… for another 198,000 bells from Nook. And that's kind of how the game goes.
You're basically Nook's island servant…but you still have a ton of fun fishing and farming and junk so it's all good!
So should I play this game?
Absolutely! It's exactly the kind of calming fun that you're looking for right now while you're social distancing. There's online multiplayer, so if you can get it and convince your friends to get it you're all set.
If you have a Nintendo Switch, you can get it for $59.99 from the Nintendo store right now. If can swing it, it's a good time.
The latest charts for weekly physical sales of games in the UK are in (via GamesIndustry), and appropriately enough, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has topped the charts for the final week of 2020, climbing up from second place last week. The game sees a 7% week on week increase in sales, and it has ended 2020 as the second highest selling game at UK retail of the year.
FIFA 21, which is second in this week's charts, is the highest selling game of the year, to no one's surprise. That said, its highest selling version (which is PS4) falls behind the sales of Animal Crossing by some margin. Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is in at No. 3, while Assassin's Creed Valhalla has gone up from No. 7 last week to No. 4.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 is still kicking it in the top 10, while curiously enough, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe has also made it into the charts. Other titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Minecraft, and Super Mario 3D All-Stars also figure in the charts.
You can check out the full top 10 for the week ending January 2 below.
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- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- FIFA 21
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Just Dance 2021
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Minecraft (Switch)
- Super Mario 3D All-Stars
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe