A fan ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonshas shared a picture of the decidedly unique, and almost-certainly unauthorized,Grand Theft Auto-inspired cover design they saw adorning a copy of the game for sale in a pawn shop. While gamers have grown accustomed to seeing artworkinspired byGTA, it’s not every day that an homage to the violent, open-world franchise crosses paths with Nintendo’s cute and cuddly social simulation title.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis the latest entry in Nintendo’s belovedAnimal Crossingseries, which lets players customize the world around them while making friends with the series’ unique animal inhabitants. Moving the game to an island setting for the Switch-exclusive entry,Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ vast array of items and accessories available to players has led to some inspired fan creations. From holiday-themed player housing to the gamer who turned theirAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsisland into an homage to theAce Attorneygames, players have the freedom to shape the game nearly any way they like.
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In a post on r/AnimalCrossing, Reddit user Pingpongdotcom shared a picture of a unique copy ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsthey found for sale at a local thrift shop. While many of the series’ iconic characters are seen on the cover, as one would expect, they are all individually framed in the type of comic-inspired collage instantly familiar to fans of theGrand Theft Autoseries. Completing theGTAhomage is the title of the game, now stylized to look like theGTA: Vice Citycover text.
Animal Crossingfans responding to the unexpected mashup were delighted by the creative blending of the two franchises, with some commenters sharing humorous ideas for a crossover game bringing the two IPs together. One redditor, attempting to find the source of the unique cover art, posited that it could be from a Japanese second-hand shop that sold a similar copy last year.Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis popping up in all sorts of unexpected places lately, with one gamer recently sharing a picture of a bootlegAnimal CrossingLEGO setfound at a discount store.
This hilarious and bizarre mixing of gaming properties is sure to delight fans of both franchises, possibly giving some players inspiration for their own off-the-wall mashups. And while it’s probably safe to assume that gamers won’t seeGTA 5’s Trevor Philips palling around with Tom Nook in the nextAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsexpansion, at least it gives fans of Rockstar’s crime opus something to laugh about while they wait forGrand Theft Auto 6.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis available now for Nintendo Switch.
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