The launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons earlier this year has undoubtedly given the franchise a level of mainstream appeal it had never quite achieved before, with all sorts of companies from fast-food chains to clothing stores jumping on the bandwagon to promote their goods. Now, the adorable critters have found their way into an NFL stadium.
With the coronavirus pandemic raging on as strong as ever, elite sports facilities have been unable to welcome supporters into their grounds over the past few months. As a result, plenty of teams across a variety of different sports have been placing cardboard cutouts of fans or celebrities in their stadiums' seats, hoping to bring some life back into the ground.
National Football League team The Detroit Lions have opted for a different, significantly cooler approach to the new trend, welcoming a number of familiar Animal Crossing faces into Ford Field:
That Mii Channel theme just makes everything better, doesn't it?
We quite like the idea of seeing Pikachu enjoying the latest Premier League derby, or Princess Zelda getting a front row seat for the next NBA game. Here's hoping other teams follow suit with some more video game faces to brighten up our day.
[source twitter.com, via nintendowire.com]
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the two things I love! animal crossing and NFL!
the two things I love! animal crossing and chairs!
Next game they will have bags on their heads and will be trying to drink away their regret of being a life long Lion's fan.......trust me I've been there!
Seriously, nice to see the Lion's have a little fun with this. Might as well throw in a Waldo somewhere and find some more famous characters to throw in
“What’s on earth is NFL?”, all you non-Americans might be thinking. Well, let me tell you.
It stands for ‘Nook’s Financing & Loans‘. Look at all the satisfied customers in this video!
Nice to see the Animal Crossing characters enjoy real football and not that soccer stuff.
Needs more paper bags.
So when is the next AC update coming that will allow me to add a stadium to my town?
The biggest win the Lions will get this year.
@AnnoyingFrenzy Pretty much, I was watching the game with the fam, and as soon as they showed the Animal Crossing "fans" I popped off haha
The Mii channel song ... had a wii but sold it . Literally the best Home Screen theme song.
gee all the Denver Broncos have is the entire town of South Park in attendance. cool that these teams are doing this.
Animal Crossing + Mii Channel Theme = Deadly combination
It loops! <3 Tht must've taken some planning
This is cool XD
It's like TTYD IRL!
If only the Lions could win at home....
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