Read more: Animal Crossing: New Horizons updates add gardening, art sales, wedding season All the friends you make can visit your campsite, too. While you're visiting, you can fish, gather fruit and collect bugs to trade later. You can travel to different recreation spots, meet animals and grow your friendships in exchange for rewards. In Pocket Camp, you're in charge of a campsite - craft furniture, personalize your tent and customize your camper. Pocket Camp is a free version of Animal Crossing that's available on iOS and Android. Fortunately, there's another option - Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. I'll admit, a bit of FOMO set in when I saw so many of my friends playing the game, but I don't know if I could justify buying a Nintendo Switch - especially since the gaming devices are sold out almost everywhere right now. One of our editors even threw a virtual birthday party in the game. Island life has started bleeding into reality with folks turning their real-life living spaces into makeshift paradises.

The game's simple tasks, like catching fish and bugs, decorating your island, gardening and collecting fruit - even just stopping by a friend's island to say hello - are helping many cope with the loss of normalcy. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become a comfort blanket for Nintendo Switch players during the coronavirus pandemic.

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