Things were not normal in March 2020, to put the least. When the world was also pressing apart due to the Covid 19 pandemic other terrible things At the same time in the United States, consolation assumed an unexpected form for many players: Animal crossing: new horizonswhich was released five years ago on Thursday.
Nintendo's cutesy life simulator wore much more weight on the shoulders than ever. People always used games – especially cozy games like Valley – as an escape from the stressors of life, but the thirst was after relaxation in 2020 Directand the masses converged New horizonsA true geyser of joy. And with a robust multiplayer system, the game has proven that the Switch -Freunde's terrible code system does not even prevent online friends and strangers to invite you New horizons Islands.
Away December 31, 2024 (Just two weeks before the Switch 2 was officially presented) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – sell 15 million more units than The legend of Zelda: breath of the wilderness – To demonstrate animal crossing of Nintendo's most important franchise company. While the most popular online multiplayer games make it incredibly easy to link with others, Nintendo's Friend Code method (as well as New horizons'Unique Dodo code option) are synonymous with telegrams. And yet acting friendscodes felt that it dared to say it, cool for a while.
It felt like everyone was playing New horizonsThe exchange of Freundescodes gave you round travel cards to hang out with someone during an otherwise insulating time. It felt strangely intimate and vulnerable to show their virtual home to visitors, in the hope that they admire their interior design chops (and ignore the annoying cockroaches). Not only that, you have to do many other things during the visit, including the appearance of the layout of your island, the snapping of some fruits and buying unique articles by Timmy and Tommy. And of course use the local beet prices.
During a time of historical financial instability, the players flocked to pour to flow New horizons “Buying and selling stems. This capitalism simulation introduced many to the purchase and dumping of investments, sometimes with enormous winning – or with losses in which they would swear shares, I my stems, num. The island of every player has a different purchase and sales rate for beets, and a combination of low purchase/high sale led to the hottest travel destination immediately Was.
Animal crossing: new horizons In the coming years you would probably have found ways to please players. Nevertheless, I respect Nintendo's decision to the flow of new, important updates at the end of 2021 with the introduction of update version 2.0 Happy home paradiseThe game only paid DLC. The players gave more content to experience, but it enabled the game that conquered the Gaming World – and Nintendo – in the storm. And since then I haven't used friends codes.
