The New Horizons itself has also swept sales and tops a list with more than a dozen “million-sellers” in the land of the rising sun. The Japanese magazine Famitsu has just celebrated its awards to commemorate the best games of the year (Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards) and Animal Crossing: New Horizons has risen as the […]
Animal Crossing
Almost 20 years with Animal Crossing, an adventure full of life and charm
The year 2020 has been the year for Animal Crossing with its latest installment, and we wanted to review the entire saga near its 20th anniversary. If we think of a life or social simulation video game, multiple games may come to mind, but if we think specifically of an island or a village, inhabited […]
The origins of simulation: from real life to the video game
When replicating real life it can be just as or more fun. The history of simulators. Flight, driving, social or strategy simulators. They are some of the examples that are currently grouped within the genre. But how did the simulation start? If we go back to its beginnings, the concept of simulation has in fact […]
Animal Crossing and the possible utopia after the coronavirus
Animal Crossing: New Horizons recovers a saga from which we must learn to build a more collaborative and sustainable society after quarantine. No one doubts it. Even those who question the artistic value of ludofiction do not question it: video games change lives. Pikachu, Kratos, Bayonetta and many other heroes lead a cultural industry with […]
Kazumi Totaka, composer of Animal Crossing and voice of Yoshi
We review the trajectory of Kazumi Totaka, another of Nintendo's great composers, known for composing the Animal Crossing soundtrack, creating the song Totaka and lending his voice to Yoshi. Usually, when we stop to think of great composers who work for Nintendo, names like Koji Kondo quickly come to mind, acclaimed for creating such memorable […]
Why do we like Animal Crossing?
Nintendo invites us to remember experiences and key moments that we treasure from the Animal Crossing saga, on the occasion of the arrival of New Horizons on Switch. Animal Crossing is a much loved franchise by a large base of players from all corners of the world. Since DÅbutsu no Mori was published for Nintendo […]