Why the stress-reducing 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' is the game for this time of coronavirus
As the Friday release date of Nintendo's "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" approaches, there have been calls on social media for the Japanese video game giant to unleash the latest edition of the game series early - to pull a similar advance-release move as Disney did by placing "Frozen 2" on its streaming service ahead of schedule.
The argument: During these stressed-out times, when many are working from home or in isolation because of the fear of spreading the novel coronavirus, "Animal Crossing," for those lucky enough to have access to a Nintendo Switch, is something of a healing tonic.
They are correct.
"Animal Crossing: New Horizons" is not a topical game, per se. Yes, one could go deep on reading into the game's reliance on having creatures endlessly work off an ever-increasing debt, but few real-world characters are as
