Brie Larson reveals how Animal Crossing helped her get through tough times
When she’s not saving the world as Captain Marvel, Brie just likes to chill and live the island life.
American actress and Captain Marvel star Brie Larson just launched her YouTube channel this week, and one of her first videos shows her playing her favorite gameAnimal Crossing: New Horizons.
Larson built a new island on Animal Crossing using her lovelyNintendo Switch: New Horizons Aloha edition. She answered some questions from her fans while going through the game’s tutorial.
During her younger years, Larson revealed that she and her sister Milaine Desaulniers were simply obsessed with Animal Crossing and even fought for it.
“So the only way that my mom could get us to, like, slow down with this game was she had to make rules for us with it. Whoever finished her homework first,” giggled Larson, “got to play first. So it was a great tool to get us to finish homework quickly.”
Of Animal Crossing: New Horizon’s 397 cute and cool villagers, Larson likes the orange hamster Soleil the best.
To her, Animal Crossing is more than just a game. It helped her get through tough times in her life.
“I’ll just say like, games like this kind of meditative games have helped me so much,” said Larson.
Additionally, the title also inspired her to start a garden in real life, something she has been tending to a lot during this quarantine season.
I wanna see everyone’s progress in#AnimalCrossing???? Post photos of your home or island ????pic.twitter.com/wFjJtEa0mE
Larson also attempted to try out thenew ACNH summerupdatewhich enables players to finally swim and dive on the ocean.
#ad Already obsessed with #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons! I’ve missed Tom Nook so much! ???? If you are looking for sweet ways to spend time at home, I highly recommend you grab your #NintendoSwitch and escape to your own island getaway????Now, who has iron nuggets they can give me? @nintendo
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The new island featured on Larson’s YouTube video is actually her second island, as she has her original progress stored on herSwitch Litewhich unfortunately does not work with a capture card and therefore cannot be recorded. She hopes Nintendo will release an update soon that enables data transfer from one Switch to another, as she is excited to show everyone the island that she’s been working on sinceNew Horizons’ releaselast March.
To date, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now thefastest-selling Nintendo Switch gameof all time, with a total of over 13 million units sold during its first six weeks.
It has captured the hearts of many gamers, celebrities and fans alike, and has kept people entertained while on quarantine due to theCOVID-19pandemic.
Here is the full video of Larson’s first gaming video:
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