Leaked footage from a new HoYoverse game bears a striking resemblance to Nintendo's Animal Crossing franchise. Rumors have been circulating for some time that the Genshin Impact developer has been working on an Animal Crossing copycat. Now, footage making the rounds online has only fueled these rumors further, especially as HoYoverse seems to be offering up the perfect crossover. HoYoverse has kept viewers thoroughly engaged with Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, but this potential Animal Crossing parody could be the icing on the proverbial cake.
Animal Crossing debuted in 2001 with an enhanced GameCube version of the Japanese video game Dobutsu no Mori, which literally translates to "Animal Forest." From there, the franchise hooked its intended demographic with Animal Crossing: Wild World for the Nintendo DS. Due to the franchise's rising popularity, Animal Crossing received three more follow-up games: Animal Crossing: City Folk, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the latter of which was the first title in the franchise to release on the Nintendo Switch.
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Footage from HoYoverse's upcoming game appeared on Twitter, but the exact origins of the video remain unclear. The minute-long clip shows a chibi-style character in Genshin Impact's classic art style traversing an open field to chop down trees. Many aspects of the game, even down to the chopping animation and crafting interface, seem to be directly inspired by Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Even the animation of showing off a crafted item at the workbench is nearly identical to the supposed source material. The primary difference noted by some viewers is that HoYoverse's version features a movable camera, whereas Animal Crossing's camera has always been fixed. In fact, there are a few Animal Crossing features that could be altered.