With the variety of activities players can experience in Nintendo’sAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, it is not surprising for the title’s player base to log in incredible amounts of in-game hours. Many seem to enjoy the simpledaily tasks inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, while others can spend hours customizing their island or creating dream vacation homes for their favorite villagers. Recently, an online forum post gathered the community’s attention when a fan of the life sim shared an impressive amount of hours played on their Nintendo Switch.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonswas released during a time that many people were stuck at home. March 2020 was when the COVID-19 pandemic struck countries all around the world and lockdowns were strictly enforced to keep the virus from spreading. Given that most of the population was homebound,Animal Crossing: New Horizonsprovided a channelfor family members and friends to still meet with each other, albeit online. Two years have passed since the game’s launch, and it is definitely not uncommon for players to have already amassed a large amount of in-game hours inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons.
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In a post on the Animal Crossing subreddit, user SSexyIsabelle shared a screenshot of one of their friends’Animal Crossing: New Horizonsgameplayhours. According to the image, their friend has already logged in more than 7,890 hours in the life sim. Funnily enough, SSexyIsabelle’s friend is still online in the game, probably adding in more hours to their game time. In the caption of the post, the Redditor seemed to humorously ask the community if those 7,800 plus hours is too many forAnimal Crossing: New Horizons.
Most of the reactions on the Reddit thread expressed amazement and surprise at the player’s sheer amount ofhours spent onAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. Some were a bit doubtful about the numbers, explaining that the player must be spending at least nine hours every day on the game to reach that kind of game time. Others shared their own experiences in spending time onACNH, telling the community that they now felt better about the 500 - 1,000 total hours they have used up playing the life sim.
Unfortunately, SSexyIsabelle did not share the identity of their avidAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsfriend. Many on the thread were curious about the kind of island a user had with over 7,800 hours of game time. Hopefully the Redditor’s friend will see the thread and share their Dream Address to help sate the curiosity of their fellowACNHfans.
