HoYoverse’s may as well take up residence inside your bank account at this point, because between Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and the upcoming Zenless Zone Zero, it’s got the income of millions of PS5 players on lock. But it’s not done yet! Rumours have been swirling for quite some time that it’s working on an Animal Crossing-esque outing, and leaked footage has added further fuel to the fire.
While we’ll refrain from sharing the footage here as we’re not sure how it was obtained, the gameplay on display certainly appears inspired by Nintendo’s cosy life sim, as a character wanders around an island shaking trees. Unsurprisingly, the developer allegedly intends to support this as a live service, with regular in-game events featuring fresh furnishings and new neighbours to befriend.
Clearly this is targeting a different demographic to the developer’s existing games, but it makes sense for the studio to cast its net wider as it looks to take a stranglehold on the console, mobile, and PC markets. We suspect, if this is real, it’s still several years away – it’s interesting to see what’s potentially going on behind-the-scenes at the studio, though.
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Not sure I'd trust a Gacha company to make a game in the "stress-free cosy life" genre
@get2sammyb Heads up there’s a typo in the headline.
@Kanji-Tatsumi we live in a world where Animal Crossing itself has a mobile gacha entry.
I saw the title and thought Animal Crossing, a Nintendo IP is coming to PS5.
@anoyonmus Nintendo would rather go bankrupt than porting one of their games to another plattform (not counting mobile games)
I don't know, it'll have tough competition with the Dondoko Island in Infinite Wealth.
I am both very intrigued and very terrified by this proposal.
@Kanji-Tatsumi I mean, Animal Crossing literally already has a gacha version haha!
HSR is the gacha game that I'm most tempted to try. Just a little nervous (with a new baby) to dabble in any sort of timesink. I also always feel like it's the wrong time to jump in. The reality is that anytime is probably a good time to try it, because there are always promotions and new player bonuses and whatnot. But again, not enough time.
@GMaster7 In some ways HSR is a huge time sink, in other ways it's not so bad. It'll probably take you 100 hours or so to catch up on the story, but once you're on top, the "daily" grind is about 10 minutes per day.
Obviously there are events and updates which means you'll be playing more at certain periods, but you can keep up to date with a relatively reasonable investment of time.
Genshin Impact is FAR worse in terms of what it requires from you.
Nintendo games, generally, aren’t my cup of tea, aside the occasional outstanding gem they put out every 10 years or so.
But there is something about seeing young girls playing Animal Crossing… that really makes me want to call social services, and lecture them about staying in school and develop a personality.
@Nei Your comment seems to be more about projecting your personal preferences and assumptions onto others. Just because games like Animal Crossing don’t appeal to you doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with those who enjoy them. Instead of making unfounded judgments, maybe consider sticking to discussions about the games you do enjoy.
@anubisvel I was deliberatley over the top and not serious at all! Of course there is nothing wrong with Animal Crossing. I do love seeing young girls playing Europa Universalis or Tekken or Monster Hunter instead of cutesy games that are more stereotypically girly, though
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