During Listmases past, I’m pretty sure I’ve touched on the games that were either the most Christmas-y of had the best winter levels. There’s absolutely Something to be said for overall atmosphere and feel, but those don’t necessarily make for a place that’d be fun to visit. So, what would be a fun place to…
Tag: animal crossing
Happy Home Paradise is any Budding Interior Decorator’s Dream
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise is the DLC for New Horizons for the Switch. The premise is simple. You get a job on a tropical island separate from your own, where you design vacation homes for various animal clients you meet on the island. After picking a location amongst various settings, including mountains, sandy beaches,…
Cozy Grove is Like Animal Crossing with a Plot
Cozy Grove is, to put it simply, kind of like Animal Crossing, but with a greater emphasis on story. You play as a Spirit Scout and must help out the ghostly bears that inhabit the island by completing various fetch quests for them. Along the way, you’ll feed your sentient campfire Flamey with logs to…
Spooktober: Animal Crossing’s Tarantula and Scorpion Islands
The last game you’d expect to be discussed during Spooktober is most assuredly the cute and relaxing life sim, Animal Crossing. After all, what could possibly be scary about decorating your house or meeting new animal friends? Well, ever since the franchise’s debut on the Nintendo GameCube, there has been one, no, make that two…
The Ancient Art of the Cheat Code
Well, here we are at the end of September already. These events always go once again facing the end wishing there was too fast somehow, and now I am more time to talk. Ther’s how it goes, though. So instead of mourning the end of Sneaky Secrets in September, let’s instead celebrate it by discussing…
The Cozy Grove Game Trial Feels Pretty Familiar…
A few weeks back (we were too busy with Listmas to post this sooner), Nintendo granted its Switch Online users with another free game trial, Cozy Grove. I played this game for a few days before the trial ran out, and it’s, well, it’s basically Animal Crossing. You play as a Spirit Scout, whose job…
What Should Animal Crossing Do Next?
With Switch 2 finally revealed, I find my thoughts once again drifting towards one of the biggest games of the current Switch: Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Nintendo did a great many things right with that one, so many that the game was the perfect thing to get many gaming fans through the lockdown periods of…
Listmas 2024: Customizing the Perfect Christmas Gathering
It’s time for our wildcard week, folks! While the rest of the month was dedicated to relationships, I thought I’d focus more on our surroundings for this week’s post. Because who doesn’t enjoy decorating their home for Christmas and getting it nice and festive in time for all your guests to arrive? So today, I’m…
Listmas 2024: Look Who’s Come for Christmas Dinner!
While games are good primarily due to good gameplay, good characters are a large part of what makes a game fun and memorable. Getting to know them is often as interesting as the overarching story itself, and I dare say many of us have thought about who we’d like to hang out with IRL were…
Revisited: There’s Always Time for Animal Crossing
With the holiday season approaching and scehdules getting tighter and more hectic, I thought now would be a good opportunity to take a moment and think about those games that you can always find a little time for, one of those being Animal Crossing!
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