Animal Crossing: New Horizonswas one of the biggest games of 2020, and the already passionate fanbase for the franchise grew considerably last year. WithAnimal Crossing: New Horizons' sales eclipsing 30 million units worldwide, the game is best selling in the series, and one of the highest selling titles on the Switch, period. With so much attention, there are a number of fans creating amazing fan art, including some banana stickers featuring a fan favorite character.
In game, the various crafting options and terraforming possibilities have allowed folks to be very creative inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. People have designed themed islands based on movies, clothing worn by their favorite characters in other series, and someone even went so far as to bring theentire first act of Hamilton to life inNew Horizons. Despite a fairly simplistic set of tools to work with, fans are finding ways to make unreal creations in the game.
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Outside of the game, fan art flourishes, and some incredibly well made stickers featuring the popular villager Ankha are making the rounds now. A take on the iconic Chiquita logo, these “Ankhquita” stickers by buenos.adidas feature the popular Egyptian cat who wears a Uraeus headdress (a cobra depicting the goddess Wadjet), a symbol of royalty in Ancient Egypt. Ankha is consistently ranked as atop tier villager inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsfor her unique look and snooty temperament. Ankha never smiles, which is something these banana stickers get right, showing her with a muted expression.
The stickers also feature Ankha’s amiibo card villager number and a symbol indicating she is a cat type. Nice little touches for those in the know. Little details like that are a fun wink to fans of the franchise that might otherwise be missed. A fanmade sweater based on the"Mom’s Hand-Knit Sweater" item inNew Horizonshas a similar kind of appeal. To some it might just be a cute sweater, but it will be immediately recognizable to fans ofNew Horizons.
It might not just beAnimal Crossingfan circles that get to enjoy the creative experience, asBuild-a-Bear looks to be collaborating withAnimal Crossingin the near future. WithAnimal Crossinghaving gone mainstream enough, soon anyone will be able to walk into a store and create a custom villager plushie. If Build-a-Bear is paying attention, the company will hopefully include an Ankha plushie option, she’s popular, has a cool design, and she apparently runs a successful banana empire.
