By Madison Menchaca Staff Writer

‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ consistently at the top of gaming charts, released March 20, 2020 and composed by Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi,  Masato Ohashi, and written by Makoto Wada. With 11 million sales worldwide it is now one of the best-selling games for the Nintendo Switch. It was also developed by Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development. In the game you get to explore and create your own island, discover mystical creatures, assemble tools that you might need to collect materials. Players are also given tasks to complete, such as collecting certain materials to build a new house or building, and collecting new creatures to help put together a museum. 

With the current issue of COVID-19 people are now feeling bored and have no idea how to spend their time.“It’s really lonely and boring,” freshman Amy Guerra said. 

 Since Animal Crossing is a very popular game many people enjoy playing it. 

“I like the freedom you have to create the island you want and I play it because it reminds me of where I  grew up,” freshman Alexis Fodderie said. 

Some players even say it reminds them of another popular game ‘Minecraft’.

“I play it because you have a lot of freedom and it really reminds me of Minecraft,” freshman Gerri Ramirez said. 

Some students shared they are logging 30 hours of game-play or more per week, creating the island of their dreams in their virtual world as they wait to be able to safely emerge back to the real world.