As with games likeThe SimsandMinecraft,Animal Crossing: New Horizonsinspires numerous fans to recreate their favorite things within the title. With bothAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsandPokemon Legends: Arceussharing the Nintendo Switch as their sole platform, crossovers made by fans were all but certain.
WhilePokemon Legends: Arceusbrings an experience similar to open world titles andAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsis much more limited in this regard, there’s likely many fans ofNew Horizonsthat are now exploring throughArceus. WhilePokemon Legends: Arceusmay be gaining most of the attention right now due to its recent release, fans are still bringing elements of it back to theirisland homes inNew Horizons.
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A fan and Redditor by the name of pepper_gecko has now created an impressive recreation of playable character Akari’s outfit fromPokemon Legends: ArceuswithinAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. TheGalaxy Team uniformlooks perfect, shown from the front, back, and sides, and the creator has been kind enough to share a download code for anyone to access the outfit on their own islands.
There have been myriads of crossovers betweenPokemonandAnimal Crossingprior to this, starting long beforeNew Horizonsever released. While the two titles are fairly different from each other in terms of gameplay, both focus on making friends with creatures (Pokemon and animal villagers, respectively) and can be played on a casual basis. WhilePokemoncan be demanding if players want to see and catch everything, popping intoAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsto check the shop and gather the daily collectibles is something that can be achieved quickly everyday. The fact thatAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsfollows the real clock helps to keep players coming back even after new games release, which also keeps the fan creations coming.
While DLC support forAnimal Crossing: New Horizonshas come to an end,Pokemon Legends: Arceusis just getting started. It’s unclear at this time ifPokemon Legends: Arceuswill receive DLC, but it has been a fairly common sight for recent mainlinePokemonreleases. Given this is the first game of its kind for thePokemonseries, the developer and Nintendo may have chosen to move cautiously, in case fans didn’t embrace the title. However, reactions from fans and critics alike toPokemon Legends: Arceushave been good overall.Pokemon Legends: Arceushas also already blasted pastPokemon SwordandShield’s sales at launch, so the future for this title looks bright. Until then, though, fans have plenty to recreate fromPokemon Legends: ArceusinAnimal Crossing: New Horizons.
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsandPokemon Legends: Arceusare now available for the Nintendo Switch.
