The huge success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons has inspired a number of different companies to jump on the bandwagon in recent times - fashion brand Valentino shared some custom designs for fans, and KFC actually used it to give away free chicken - but now we have the most wholesome use for the game so far.
The Tokyo Fire Department has started to share tweets from the game in a bid to make followers take notice of safety tips. Its island name translates to ‘disaster prevention’, and the player character demonstrates ways of looking after yourself.
In the tweet below, the team offers advice for anyone heading outside in the summer heat, listing tips to prevent heatstroke. It advises that you should stay hydrated, wear a hat and use a fan or air-con when possible, and also warns that you should keep an eye on your children and avoid swimming after drinking alcohol to prevent water accidents. Charmingly, most of these things are visually demonstrated using in-game items.
Let's be honest here - we're all a little more likely to read through safety advice when Animal Crossing's involved, aren't we?
[source twitter.com, via nintendosoup.com]
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I thought this was the aug update with a fire dept for a sec. Be still my heart!
With ACNH, we can watch a recreation of Spongebob episode from Youtube.
It was hilarious to see ACNH villagers did a role as Spongebob characters.
@ryancraddock
Hi Ryan, somewhat minor, but I think it’s worth noting that the island name Bousai/ボウサイ/防災 means ‘disaster prevention’, and not ‘disaster’ itself. The second character refers to disaster or calamity, but the first means to prevent/defend against/ward off.
I also think it’s worth clarifying that the ‘drinking’ in “avoid swimming after drinking to prevent water accidents” refers specifically to swimming after the consumption of alcohol. I mean, reading that line back now it seems kind of obvious that’s what ‘drinking’ meant, but for some reason when I first read it, I parsed it as literally just... drinking... like, anything. Maybe it’s because staying hydrated is also mentioned so I had drinking water on the mind, or maybe it’s because I’m an idiot. Anyway, in case I’m not the only idiot, it might be worth making a bit clearer!
All we need now is Isabelle literally delivering the news on tv.
@Maxz Hi! Thanks for this, I've added that in.
And haha, no worries at all. I meant 'drinking' as in 'drinking alcohol', but it never hurts to be more clear so that's been tweaked too. 🙂
what no videos? ;(
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