Nintendo published a TV commercial for Animal Crossing: New Horizons in Japan recently. The commercial was uploaded on Twitter and Youtube but seems to be a huge hit.
As of January 2, 2020, the video has been watched 4.9 million times and received 158,000 likes and 83,300 retweets:
[トピックス]いよいよ2020年。『あつまれ どうぶつの森』TVCMを放映開始！https://t.co/8S6JRa6Ub9 pic.twitter.com/uYdJYClomT
— 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) January 1, 2020
The hype is real
On Youtube, the video received 539,000 views, 20,000 likes, and only 139 dislikes. So the commercial was watched 5.4 million times across Twitter and Youtube in a single day.
People want Animal Crossing it seems by the look of it, well luckily we only have to wait a couple of months for it, as it releases this March.
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