Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fan Undertakes a Massive Real-Life Quest to Replicate In-Game Specialty

Published 09/09/2022, 6:50 AM EDT

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons offers the best social simulation video game experience for those seeking it. Further, the game became an absolute hit among fans during the pandemic when most of them were locked in their homes. But after the world opened up, a fan set on an ambitious quest.

New Horizons is the latest installment in Animal Crossing for Nintendo Switch. Soon after its release, it became one of the highest-selling Switch video games. Further, the players can explore their creativity as they have to redesign a deserted island to attract more villagers to settle there.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizon player visits in-game paintings in real life

The Animal Crossing players get various items in the game to design the inland, including paintings and sculptures. Further, the game also includes many real-life masterpieces like Vitruvian Man, Mona Lisa, The Great Wave, and Venus de Milo. There are around 43 masterpiece artworks in the game.

An Animal Crossing fan and Twitch streamer, Mayuren Naidoo, decided to visit these masterpieces in real. So, the Englishman set on a long journey to see these 43 masterpieces. However, to complete this ambitious quest, Mayuren had to travel to 17 cities across 11 countries.

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So far, the Twitch streamer has only visited 15 artworks, which took him five months. Mayuren still has 28 places to visit to complete his quest. After all, it wasn’t Animal Crossing: New Horizons, where he could board a Dodo Airlines using a Nook Miles Ticket. Instead, he had to spend real-life money to visit those locations.

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Further, he held a custom Amiibo card in front of the artworks he visited and uploaded them on his TikTok to prove his ambitious journey’s authenticity. So, if people are keen to follow his journey, they should simply follow Mayuren’s social media accounts.

Where can players buy these artworks in the game?

The New Horizons players can buy these masterpieces from Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler. Further, these artworks will cost a few thousand Bells, unlike the real-life counterparts that might cost hundreds of millions. However, the players should be careful around the sly fox, who might sometimes sell imitations.

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But luckily, Mayuren Naidoo won’t have to worry about imitations of his ambitious journey as he would be visiting authentic exhibitions. It would be interesting to see him finish this incredible journey. What do you think about his ambitious quest?

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Ripan Majumdar is an esports and F1 writer at Essentially Sports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor's in Science from West Bengal State University, Kolkata. Ripan is a massive Red Bull Racing and Sergio Perez fan.
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