I love both the rhythms of Animal Crossing Items

  • Farming takes hard work, dedication, and thoughtful planning and that goes for taking care of the community too. There are festivals to go to, mines to explore, shells to collect, and making sure you catch Leah at 3:00 PM by the river to give her the vegetable medley you cooked specially for her. But also make sure that it's not a Monday because that's when she's in Pierre's store.

    Animal Crossing, on the other hand, slows this process down. It's calmer and cosier. You can't do everything in one day and so instead of immediate gratification, it asks players to be patient. No schedules, no imposed routine, you wander your island occasionally catching fish and chatting to its chilled residents.

    I love both the rhythms of Animal Crossing Items and Stardew Valley but when I've fished my daily tasks on my tropical island there's always more to do on my farm. Both focus on good-natured fun whether you're into the calmer rhythms of an island paradise or the gratification of growth and reward that comes with farming.

    A fan project, the Animal Crossing Music Chrome extension plays music from any Animal Crossing game of choice and changes the track on the hour according to www.miyea.com your local time, just like how the music changes over the course of 24 hours in Nintendo's cute life sim series.