Animal Crossing: New Horizons has only been out for just over a month and its cultural impact only continues to grow. As wild as some stories are getting, one sports team is getting in on the Animal Crossing: New Horizons relevance to make some announcements and throw some shade.
The Detroit Lions football team felt that Animal Crossing: New Horizons, with its incredible sales numbers, was the best way of announcing their scheduled games for the 2020 season. The video sees the villager, donning a Lions hat and shirt, proceed to use creative measures to announce each game in order. The video is near seven minutes in length and is incredibly well done.
The video is absolutely worth a complete watch through even for those not into American football or even the Lions. The video sees each opponent symbolized in some measure with a knock given to each. Some examples of these jabs include the villager burying a teddy for the Chicago Bears, throwing in a Tiger King reference for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and finally, refusing to enter a shady boat hoisting the Minnesota Vikings symbol. These are just a few examples but every team announcement is delightful.
This video is just one of many creative Animal Crossing projects that is spreading across the internet. The most popular are players using the canvas of Animal Crossing: New Horizons to recreate famous video game locations like the Battle Tower from Pokemon: Emerald. Beyond the players doing their best to get the most of of their creations, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has expanded into pop culture like no other game. Just recently, US Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been visiting random player's islands according to her Twitter account. Even famous actors are taking the time to visit those in the world with Elijah Wood being a notoriously polite island guest.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is definitely going to stand as one of the biggest games of the year. Its success has spread across the globe and been used as a symbol of promoting citizens to stay at home during the current crisis. Seeing it expand into even sports culture only adds fuel to its already blazing popularity which doesn't seem to be slowing down.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for Nintendo Switch.