Animal Crossing Is Here To Unite Us All As We Socially Distance Ourselves

The novel coronavirus may be forcing the world to distance themselves from each other in a bid to lessen the respiratory illness's spread, yet there's one game that's going to bring us all with each other again: Animal Crossing: New Horizons.


it could be complicated to keep your head up now in the middle of such a scary situation, nevertheless there's at least one good reason to get excited because the world feels like it's in a massive state of chaos. The very first Animal Crossing game for the Nintendo Switch is debuting on March 20.


As it turns out, Animal Crossing: New Horizons could very well be the one thing that unites us all around the world in pure, unadulterated video gaming bliss. It's been far also long since we had a new entry in the beloved series, and right now that it's on its way out, even celebrities can't hide how hyped they are to live out their own island life in the adorable simulation game. With so several of us choosing to self-isolate these days, it's the ideal way to come together despite the lack of physical connections right now.


Celebrities from Lil Nas X to Brie Larson have taken to social media to trumpet their excitement for the upcoming game from the heavens, and honestly? It certainly makes us all feel a little bit closer already to think that we're sitting around waiting on the same title to debut before the weekend.


This isn't a new phenomenon or anything. In 2017, Chrissy Teigen lamented the lack of Animal Crossing on Nintendo Switch as she took to Twitter to complain about the active title Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, effectively kicking off a stretch of celebrity yearning.


Lil Nas X is clearly a Animal Crossing fan as well, as he joked about the upcoming game and the "panic" the adorable new Nintendo Switch game is causing.


The rapper also took to Instagram with a joke caption, asking if anyone wanted to play Animal Crossing. I think we all know the response to that question.


Brie Larson has been yearning not only for the game, nevertheless the unique edition Switch console as well, which was created to match the game with cool mint-toned Joy-Con controllers along with a special dock.


Blink-182's Mark Hoppus even got his very own special edition Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch early as a gift from Nintendo. Looks like we all know what he'll be doing come the New Horizons release day.


Musician (and frequent Grimes collaborator) Hana couldn't contain her excitement over the fact that boyfriend BloodPop had secured one of the systems for her.


She also noted that lose be streaming New Horizons day-to-day, presumably on new mentioned Switch.


As you could clearly visualize, Animal Crossing has the power to bring us all with each other. It's set to launch on Friday, March 20. We might all use a little bit sunshine throughout these trying times, so let the power of Nintendo's adorable sim wash over you.