With it’s charming character and world design, coupled with full customization, the game provides a much needed escape for players trapped at home. Life gets dull fast when you’re trapped between the same 4 walls of your real room, so ACNH lets you travel outside, and with very little effort, create a space that feels better catered to your desires.
In addition to working on your own island, ACNH allows players (with a Nintendo Switch Online membership) to visit their friends’ islands. In the past couple weeks, this has proven to be ACNH’s most well-loved feature. Thousands of heartwarming stories have flooded the internet about loved ones hosting gatherings and celebrations in ACNH that they can’t in real life. Take, for example, Twitter users @acnewsar and @momo_obrien, who went on dates with their boyfriends after being separated due to social distancing: