In honor of Free Comic Book Day, Viz Media announced giving away freeAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsmangas alongside an exclusiveChoujin Xissue. This free manga is the perfect opportunity forAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayers to discover new adventures with their favorite characters, as well as showcase their love for this game with new physical belongings.Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis the latest entry in the popular social simulation franchise. Released in March 2020,Animal Crossing: New Horizonsbecame a major hit during the COVID-19 pandemic as it allowed players to escape to a fantasy island to live a peaceful life and meet with their friends online. Three years later, this game remains as popular as ever, withAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayers regularly traveling to amazing islandscreated by others, sharing their tips to capture bugs or fish, or showing off their latest home decor.RELATED:Clever Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island is Full of Gamecube NostalgiaViz Media, a major manga publishing company, announced offering freeAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsmangas to celebrate Free Comic Book Day. The cover of this manga, calledDeserted Island Diary, shows somepopularAnimal Crossingcharacterssuch as Tom Nook and his nephews Timmy and Tommy, the marooned pirate Gullivarr, and Blathers the museum curator. On top of following newAnimal Crossingadventures, players who manage to get their hands on this manga will discover an excerpt fromKirby Manga Mania. Viz Media also offers a free sample ofChoujin X, a manga from the creator ofTokyo Ghoul, with an excerpt fromRooster Fighter. Readers interested in these free mangas should head to their local comic book store to snatch a copy before they are all gone.
ThisAnimal Crossingmanga seems to be a sample fromDeserted Island Diary, a story following the adventures of four friends who ended up on a deserted island instead of their initial destination. Shogakukan already published seven volumes of this manga, so readers who enjoyed the free sample from Comic Book Day can continue reading these adventures. Besides this manga, players usually like tocreate their own adventures inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, regularly sharing their discoveries and creations on social media.
Following the success ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, players are now eagerly waiting for the announcement of a new installment in this franchise. Some of them hope for new villager personalities to offer a more diverse experience meeting new characters, while others hope for thereturn of Woolio in the sequel toAnimal Crossing: New Horizons.Nintendo hasn’t yet revealed its plans for an upcomingAnimal Crossinggame, so fans will have to be patient before finding out what is next for the franchise.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis available now for the Nintendo Switch.
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