- Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched for the Nintendo Switch on March 20th, 2020.
- New Horizons has been pulled from e-commerce sites in China amid in-game anti-government protests utilizing the game’s robust customization features.
- It is still possible to download the new Animal Crossing in China on an imported Switch.
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Few games have launched at a more appropriate time than Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch last month. Just as the true threat of the novel coronavirus outbreak became clear, Nintendo offered Switch owners a chance to (virtually) escape to a pristine, deserted island where they can build a house, relax on the beach, go fishing with their friends, and forget about the real world for at least a little while.
It’s hard to imagine something so patently gentle and harmless being banned for any reason, but that’s exactly what appears to have happened in China as Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong and many others have used the game’s robust customization tools to stage virtual protests on their personal islands.
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‘Animal Crossing’ sales halted in China amid in-game protests originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 22:12:25 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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