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Animal Crossing Monopoly coming in August

By Wesley Coburn

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - DECEMBER 26: Cutout photos of characters from the game Animal Crossing are on display before the game between the Detroit Lions and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field on December 26, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - DECEMBER 26: Cutout photos of characters from the game Animal Crossing are on display before the game between the Detroit Lions and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field on December 26, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) /
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An Animal Crossing Monopoly edition is coming to stores this August, which we’re pretty excited about here at Dog O’Day, as fans of both the Nintendo Switch game and board games in general (especially Monopoly).

This news of the latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons spin-off was earlier reported by a variety of outlets, including Nintendo Life.

The game will sell for $24.99 and have customized gameplay, including four human villagers, 4 Skill cards, 35 Decoration cards, 14 Chance cards, 14 Nook Miles cards, 160 Resource chips, 40 Five-Bell coins, 54 Bell coins, 40 player markers, a numbered die, a Nook’s Cranny die, a label sheet, and game rules.

The official description of the gameplay sounds a bit confusing; according to a press release, players will face quite a few hoops to jump through….

"After your first trip around the board, you choose a Skill card with an ability you can use throughout the game. Moving around the board with custom tokens inspired by the video game, you complete island tasks and meet other characters. Instead of buying properties and paying rent, you collect bugs, fish, fossils, and fruit. You can also stop at Nook’s Cranny and cash in Bells to buy decorations. These decorations are worth Nook Miles, and the player with the most Nook Miles wins the game"

This would probably be easier than obtaining the houses of animals or iconic furniture from the game, but does seem to take away from the fun aspect by adhering so closely to the video game’s collection-based reward system.

A different medium requires some translation, and so it seems like this might not quite work, and it would be interesting to see shops from various games within the franchise appear as properties (who wouldn’t want to purchase Able Sisters or Blather’s Museum?)

An Animal Crossing Monopoly edition is coming to stores this August.

Instead of collecting animal villager favorites (perhaps becoming friends with them?), the real estate properties are resources like fossils, butterflies and fruits, which is pretty disappointing.

On the other hand, the railroads (B&O, Pennsylvania, Reading, and Short Line) are replaced by Dodo Airlines destinations, which is kind of clever, not only as a reference to the in-game transportation company run by Wilbur and Orville the dodos, but also because they are actually a monopoly as the only transport company in the game.

Featured on the box are the tanukis Tom, Timmy and Tommy Nook, assistant Isabelle the Shih Tzu, and CJ the beaver, along with several human and animal villagers, including Fuchsia the deer and Filbert the squirrel.

While it’s possible that additional animal villager figures may be able to be purchased separately, this is a little underwhelming, though it’s still a cool idea.

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