Sometimes change is good but New Leaf was trying too hard. The graphics were different, the atmosphere and the things you could do in the game were different. Unfortunately, New Leaf was incredibly disappointing for me. I played on the GameCube when I was a kid (I remember when it first came out!), and I was pretty hyped when I first heard about the upcoming release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012). In the several months since its launch in March 2020, I’ve written at least 20 articles about the game, and I’m still playing it nearly every day. You can visit friends and family, send mail and gifts, and spend quality time with the people you care about through 2020’s most coziest, most family-friendly video game. It sounds pretty weird, but I swear it’s the cutest game you’ll ever play.Īnimal Crossing: New Horizons launched at a time where most people were staying indoors, unable to visit family or friends due to COVID-19 safety precautions, so it’s no wonder the game sold 22 million copies in just under five months from the release date. Animal Crossing is a long-running video game franchise about a human player living, working, and camping in various forests populated by anthropomorphic animals.
One of Nintendo’s greatest, weirdest strengths has always been its ability to create something that appeals to a concentrated, nostalgia-related experience, and Animal Crossing on the Nintendo Switch is no exception.
