But in New Horizons, the player creates a town on a deserted island. In previous games, the player arrived in a populated town.
In this world, the player is the only human character in a world inhabited by animal villagers. MANATA: Animal Crossing is a social simulation like The Sims. I named my island Safe Space because that's what it is. Like, I feel like it's one of those things where - I don't know. NGUYEN: Honestly, Animal Crossing means so much to me. It's been seven years since Nintendo's last big mainline Animal Crossing game in North America. MANATA: Flo the penguin is one of the hundreds of animal neighbors players can meet in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. NGUYEN: Like, the characters have so much personality that it almost feels like they're real, too. She's a senior at Boston University and a Twitch streamer who specializes in playing Animal Crossing in front of a live online audience.
MANATA: That's Vanessa Nguyen, or Nessa as she prefers. She's this penguin character, and I absolutely adore her. VANESSA NGUYEN: Right now, my favorite is Flo. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character, speaking Animalese). (SOUNDBITE OF VIDEO GAME, "ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS") Whatever way you want to spend your day, you can also pop by for a quick chat with your friendly furry neighbors. MEGAN MANATA, BYLINE: It's a new day, perfect weather to go outside and water your flowers or maybe you'd like to spend your morning fishing. That's because it's all about creating a reassuring reality in a time when the real world isn't. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a video game from Nintendo that's bringing comfort to millions of socially distant people around the world.
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