Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fan Recreates an Iconic Blockbuster Store With a Pokemon Twist

Published 08/30/2022, 11:00 AM EDT

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a fabulous game that offers tons of customization options to the players when it comes to making an adorable and beautiful island. However, the Nintendo Switch exclusive also allows creative fans to showcase their skills by adding unique elements in its virtual world.

A similar incident took place in Animal Crossing when a player brought up a sweet crossover of the Pokemon franchise and the iconic movie and video game rental service brand Blockbuster.

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Animal Crossing player recreates Blockbuster store featuring a Pokemon Snap Sticker Station

To many, Blockbuster stores were part of their lives few years ago as they used to offer movies and popular games on rent. However, these days they are nowhere to be seen. Currently, only one franchised store is left, which is located in Bend, Oregon, in the United States.

Still, there are few ways by which some of the fans who want to have nostalgic feelings are able to get the vibes of going into a Blockbuster store.

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Interestingly, one Animal Crossing player recently came up with a mind-boggling recreation of Blockbuster store’s interior inside the online simulation title on the Nintendo Switch. The user, whose name is u/TonyClifton323, made an identical version of the famous store while also placing a Pokemon Snap sticker station. As one can very clearly, the fan has really put a lot of hard work in giving an exact look to their art.

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In case if anyone is not aware, the Sticker Station was part of Nintendo’s marketing campaign. Under this, owners of the Pokemon Snap could bring their game cartridges to a retail store in order to print a sheet of 16 stickers. The stickers used to feature the pictures the players captured in the game.

Looking at this beautiful creativity in Animal Crossing, most of the users on Reddit were thoroughly impressed. They were simply mesmerized by the attention to detail that was given to the recreation.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now available on the Nintendo Switch. What are your thoughts on the aforementioned fanart in the virtual world of the popular game? Let us know in the comments.

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Mintu Tomar is an eSports author at EssentiallySports. After completing his bachelor's in Philosophy, he has followed his passion for covering news as a budding journalist. He lives and breathes video games and is a die-hard Call of Duty fan.
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