As one runs around collecting resources, the ability to make tools and create buildings are presented, with the game gently nudging the player to accomplish goals and create a comfortable world.īut collaboration is “Animal Crossing’s” secret weapon. The player can do whatever they like, from lying on the beach to catching fish to picking fruit. (Sometimes the weather even lines up, too.) Technically, there are no defined objectives. Said deserted island is set to your time zone and area, so that the date, time and seasons match the present day. The user creates a customizable character who chooses to move to a new land, in the case of “New Horizons,” a deserted island. “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” is the fifth iteration of the series, but all feature the same nonlinear, nondemanding sort of play. Nintendo billed it as a “ communication game,” though most would today categorize it as a social simulation game. The original “Animal Crossing” was created back in 2001 and arrived in America for GameCube the next year in September of 2002. The game has taken a homebound nation by storm, thanks to an accidentally perfectly timed arrival and a soothing all-ages scenario.

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