Animal Crossing for PlayStation Looks... Strange

[@SUPERVEGETTO92]

We already have an Animal Crossing game you can play on PS5 anyway. It's called Yakuza Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth.

[@M00nlightOfficial]

Funny enough, Playstation DID have a life sim service called Playstation Home that lets you play as an avatar, meet other people, dress how you want, and even decorate your own house. It was F2P too.

[@faceurhell]

Not going to lie, Majima and Tom Nook look identical to me.

[@gilded_lady]

I burned out on Dondoko Island way faster than AC though lol. I would love an AC where Majima is Tom Nook though.

[@Totavier]

And there is another one called Hokko Life. And is pretty good by the way, the editor for create furniture and share it online (with cross-play) is quite fun.

[@Nintendoist64]

and jojo's bizarre adventure all star battle r

[@Someone69769]

This game looks like AI generated Animal crossing images

[@lukasm6905]

I thought so 😂

[@GabrielleTollerson]

it is

[@LordOfClassics]

Yeah i thought so too, all of the images have questionable details, mainly in the eyes of the characters and proportions

[@Kolbatsu]

more than likely these screenshots are.

[@chip-toon]

Agreed. I think some of these may have also been touched up by a human artist, but obviously not enough given some of the eye proportions lol

[@Missiletainn]

Most of the screenshots look like a game, but 2 of them have weird artifacts on the facial textures and background objects which look like AI

[@batmabel]

Yeah, it feels like the whole thing is just another AI scam. The indoors screenshots have a bunch of nonsense items that are basically a blurry mess. I wouldn't doubt the entire thing is just AI-made screenshots, since even the perspective is pretty messed up for a bunch of stuff on a lot of the images.

[@brock985]

yeah none of the models are even consistent from screenshot to screenshot

[@InvaderIceStrike]

Hi Missile :3

[@DonovanNL]

lol here we have another AI baby 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GetMadz]

this is definitely all ai generated

[@SomeAT-AT]

100% dude. You even see how some of the images are bit off.

[@SilverTomMedia]

Yeuppp Although, some of the images do look in-engine where's some consistency with assets and textures (even if maybe they still are AI assets) e.g: the clock in one shot. But some other entire screenshots are blatant slop So now it's just inconsistent lol

[@GetMadz]

@@SilverTomMedia it's 100% a group of people finding a 'gap in the gaming market' and then generating a bunch of images for said idea, seeing how many people sign up / wish list the game, and then they either develop something 'similar' to the images they attached, or if it doesnt get traction, they delist the game with no harm done. People do not realize how decent ai is at getting consistency now - if there's one artifact of it being ai most likely all of it is

[@djcleaner69]

Hi get madz! For sure ai

[@bdee3097]

oh hey madz

[@JackitK]

You know, for a game called "anime life sim", it sure doesn't seem to have a lot of anime in it.

[@SMAAAASHTV]

Probably wanted to call it animal life sim, but to avoid a lawsuit, they changed it to anime.

[@ducus]

@@SMAAAASHTV Oh that's probably what they erased

[@Ninetaled]

​@@ducus holly cow i think you are spot on

[@MathematicalVoid]

It doesn’t even seem that “anime.” It’s like the “anime” in the title only exists because it sounds like “animal.”

[@NostraSamus]

Consumers and companies alike think that being Nintendo is just mind-numbingly easy, but there is dedication, artistry, techique and craft to all the games they put their name behind. I just love watching all companies fail at things Nintendo makes look easy.

[@BR-jw7pm]

That’s basically what happens when companies try to piggyback off another’s success. They focus on only the flashy stuff but not everything else. Take Shrek for example; other studios tried to make subversive parodies of fairy tales because “that’s why Shrek succeeded” without realizing Shrek had a likable cast, great story, and heartfelt moments that added up into an amazing film

[@AldoInza]

And it's funny when people then ask why Nintendo takes so long to release a new game in franchise X. Nintendo as a corporation can do crappy things. It's legal ninja are definitely from a shadow clan. But as a game developer, they are truly guided by their hearts and work with pride, not shareholder value, in mind.

[@BR-jw7pm]

@@AldoInza nicely worded. Tears of the Kingdom released 6 years after Breath of the Wild and the effort shows!

[@carriejohnson4922]

I agree so much yet everyone wants to make fun of Nintendo, yet no one can even come close to the quality of Nintendo. Their games don’t only just look good but they play good and anyone that has played a Nintendo game can tell you literally no other game can give you the feeling of playing a Nintendo game. So glad and proud to be a Nintendo fan!

[@therealjaystone2344]

Because gameplay matters the most regardless of the arts style whether it’s a kiddy or adult type

[@GherkinGarboi]

7:55 the moment any game's preview uses A.I., my trust in what the final product is going to be is lost.

[@NicholasTobolski]

Oh god this is Cozy Town all over again…. Wait… THIS *IS* COZY TOWN! THEY JUST CHANGED THE NAME AND PUT IT ON PLAYSTATION!

[@Totavier]

Yep, the moment I saw the screenshoot at 7:24 I said: wait a minute... I SAW that shoot before in a scammish Steam game. And yes, it was Cozy Town. 😂

[@Icyangel10]

I forgot the game’s name lol At least Cozy Town had footage, this looks to have stolen screenshots from it & a lot of AI shit

[@percivaldotburgers]

While I want more games to just copy Nintendo's homework as closely as possible, this is a bit much

[@lol-ih1tl]

There are plenty of bootlegs already.

[@percivaldotburgers]

@lol-ih1tl I want good games

[@Yoshizuyuner]

@@percivaldotburgersI want original games

[@percivaldotburgers]

@@Yoshizuyuner We should both get what we want

[@t.dmattocks6119]

Agreed. Idec abt knockoffs, but all this ai garbage sucks.

[@ghostxplatinum]

Nintendo's lawyers: *(heavy breathing intensifies)*

[@RupeeClock]

Please don't openly encourage FOMO mechanics into what should be a premium console game.

[@rod8355]

Its such a common rhetoric i hear from daniel specifically. Its really irritating and i wish more people held them more accountable from game mechanics that are inherently antigame and are super greedy and overpriced.

[@twocandan1979]

This era of AI and extremely blatant rip-offs needs to be snuffed out asap.

[@Yoshizuyuner]

Is just keep getting worse

[@John6-40]

​@Yoshizuyuner I sincerely don't mean any offense, but the problem is there are too many people who defend this stuff. As long as there are people who enjoy and defend AI rendered garbo, or just blatant rip offs, companies will keep shoveling it out.

[@HumanoidMachine]

It will regulate, or it will go the way of NFTs.

[@Hippienolic2]

It 100% turns your system into a crypto miner

[@heeeyyy2947]

I've actually caught this exact same company on the PS Store before- they were listing a game called "Monster Hunters" with an AI-generated screenshot that looked exactly like Monster Hunter Wilds- I think it just got taken down so this one probably will too!

[@John6-40]

Good. I don't always approve of Nintendo ninjas, but in the case of AI generated slop or blatant ripoffs, they're doing the game industry a favor.

[@orangeoblivion]

Please no microtransactions, good lord, what a bad idea. This is exactly why I hated Pocket Camp…

[@DigitalStarry]

Pocket Camp at least now has a standalone offline release and pay once, no microtransactions

[@MapleLunii]

It's alright, I'm like 99% sure this game doesnt even actually physically exist in any sense and that it's all just ai imagery lol

[@Just_Shaun]

The fact that I assumed the thumbnail was from New Horizons is crazy. I’m a huge Pokémon fan so I never understood the Palworld discourse but there’s no argument… that’s just animal crossing.

[@John6-40]

This is worse than Palworld, but there's no defending Palworld, either. The people who claim Palmworld wasn't a ripoff of several games, including Pokemon, are either fans of Palworld or completely blind.

[@CartoonHangout]

Not a fan of palworld, but wouldn't call it a rip off. If it is, then so would Pokemon​@John6-40

[@therealjaystone2344]

@@John6-40if somebody did not say ‘Pokémon with guns’ then Nintendo would’ve ignored the game entirely

[@t.dmattocks6119]

@@John6-40 It is a ripoff. It's also really cool.

[@John6-40]

@@therealjaystone2344 Nah. Nintendo isn't a 10 year old with internet access. The overwhelming opinion is that Palworld ripped off a lot of games, including Pokémon, but Nintendo has eyes of their own.

[@TwilightWolf032]

"Anime Life" Has nothing to do with anime.

[@noodledubs1029]

this gonna be palworld all over again 😭

[@MathematicalVoid]

And at least Palworld had a unique identity from the start!

[@bryceneedham1860]

Pal world is new and unique. This really is just Animal Crossing.

[@SolidPython2099]

To you two above: Palworld and unique shouldn't be in the same sentence

[@NostraSamus]

@@MathematicalVoid Palworld, "unique" 🤣🤣🤣I have never laughed that hard in my life.

[@Lissy_YT481]

​@@MathematicalVoid"unique" it was pretty much Pokemon but with guns and "other" stuff, heck, lots of their models literally used other Pokemons as their base...

[@adam145]

I just can imagine how the pitch went -So you got a team of developers? -Yeah, we can do some good stuff, got years of experience and a lot of talent here -Cool so let's make an Animal Crossing -Ok, let's see, we can do something set in the past like with dragons or a cyberpunk setting where you're on an asteroid -No, I said Animal Crossing -Right, it will have house building, decorations, interactions with other settlers -No, I mean like the human hero, animal characters, small village in the woods vibes -Can we at least make it look different? -No -What, like the text boxes too!? -Text boxes specifically

[@batmabel]

You can't even give them the benefit of the doubt, it's all just AI.

[@John6-40]

​@@batmabelI will go to my grave saying A.I. (or at least the modern use of it) is the worst thing to happen to humanity alongside social media.

[@batmabel]

@ And you'll probably die being right

[@John6-40]

@@batmabel That and 3 bucks will get me a cup of coffee, I guess. I wish our government would regulate AI, but the government is funded by the 1%.

[@mehdigeek]

I am shocked no one has made an Animal Crossing clone, it's always Stardew Valley getting clones

[@Totavier]

Actually exists one and is available on PS4. It's called Hokko Life.

[@mehdigeek]

@@Totavier that one has a big focus on farming/mining so it's a Stardew clone with animals

[@Totavier]

​@@mehdigeek Actually the big focus of the game is create and design your house and town in general, one big aspect of the game is the UGC (User Generated Content) mode for create your own furnitures and use it for decorate your house or town (or if you don't like to create, you can always download other people creations online). Sure there are mining/farming but is entirely optional and not the main focus, in fact you need to unlock those areas if you want to do that.

[@mehdigeek]

​@@Totavier well designing isn't really what makes Animal Crossing stand out, you find designing aspects in Stardew, AC and The Sims, I'm talking about a game that is specifically like AC beyond "you can decorate"

[@John6-40]

I have Stardew Valley as a top 5 game of all-time, but Stardew was itself a clone of early Harvest Moon games. Eric Barone has said so himself.

[@giulytsme]

Animal crossing at home, except you haven't paid the rent yet.

[@zoniken]

Anime isn't about being "kawaii"; I mean, it's like they're saying Japanese is about being ninjas or American is about being Donald Trump. It's an art style made in a different country differentiating from other media art styles like cartoon. Besides, anime can be cool, sexy, scary, weird, etc other than just being "kawaii", and Animal Crossing isn't an anime either, which I doubt whoever's making the game understand what the hell it is anyways.

[@krasherom]

The weirdest part? The second and third screen shots ACTUALLY look like an HD Animal Crossing game! It legitimately looks like it would be really good if it just had some polish.

[@michaele1654]

Has anyone here played Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times? That's like, "Animal Crossing but at Hogwarts." Which is, objectively amazing. I wish I knew about it when it first came out, since Animal Crossing: Wild World and Harry Potter were two of my favorite things as a kid and I would've loved that game. There's a whole series of games in Japan, but they only ever localized one of them here. Anyway: look it up online. Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times is fetching crazy high numbers in the resale market because Animal Crossing and Harry Potter are two very popular franchises, so "Animal Crossing at Hogwarts" is undeniably a compelling pitch. My point being that, an original game which is in the same style as Animal Crossing but that has a unique pitch (maybe bringing in more elements of fantasy or science fiction-- elf villagers and magic spells, or alien villagers and visiting small planets like you visit islands, etc) would definitely be a popular game. I hope some real devs who are fans of Animal Crossing and Magician's Quest get in on the pitch for "Animal Crossing but with more genre fiction elements" because that pitch definitely has potential.

[@Totavier]

I played the first game only on Nintendo DS. Very fun game overall, too bad that Konami never cared to support it more, it had lots of potential in be an Animal Crossing competitor that could be released in other consoles.

[@RogerDatSoldier]

Oh boy, this will make Nintendo gonna send their Ninjas this one for sure

[@therealjaystone2344]

Big companies rarely sue other big companies in Japan

[@gabrielrestrepo6259]

Obviously Nintendo doesn’t own these game concepts, but this is a fine example of how not to go about it. Astro Bot was clearly Mario inspired but maintained its own style and identity while also introducing new things to the table, and that’s cool we all love that. But this “Anime Life Sim” is just blatant Animal Crossing, not even trying to be original.

[@MaseFace]

This game has "cease and desist" written all over it...

[@rod8355]

Animal crossing does not need gatcha. Not everything needs greedy micro transaction live service fomo gimmicks.

[@theclasscalico]

Regarding Nintendo implementing paid gacha mechanics, *absolutely not*. It was horrible enough in the original Pocket Camp. I'm cautious of retiring items in the Animal Crossing franchise, even if you pay using a fully digital currency earned in-game, but I'm not strictly opposed. It would depend on the execution.

[@nora-bee]

Agreed, I'm a lifelong Animal Crossing fan and can think of few things that would disgust me more than forced paid gacha mechanics in a mainline entry. Like I come to my village to ESCAPE from the soulless corporatised world around me, not be drowned in it.

[@error8877]

A Palworld that didn't try hard enough

[@adam145]

No joke, Animal Crossing with guns actually sounds like an interesting take.

[@Lissy_YT481]

​@@adam145so basically that one song with Isabelle and Doom but with the whole franchise in general? (Doesn't sound bad ngl)

[@JoshTheWoz]

Even Palworld wasn't this close, dayum. This actually looks like a new official animal crossing, weird

[@JoshTheWoz]

the first few images i mean, not those other weird obviously ai ones

[@555redkid]

Some of the images really do look like an AI version of AC.

[@Rubberman202]

Between this and Palworld, Sony's really getting into backing game developers that copy Nintendo's homework...

[@dsshocktrooper7523]

Palworld have nothing to do with Sony...

[@UltimateInkling]

dont get how these devs think they could get away with this when they damn well know they about to get sued.

[@blackmegaman2lmao175]

Didn't you get nerfed?

[@_sparrowhawk]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Palworld LOL

[@MapleLunii]

"Strange" is being incredibly generous.

[@HugoGEDHugoGED]

Please don't bring micro-transactions to these games.

[@DigitalStarry]

If someone wants something to scratch the AC itch and is okay with a more condensed experience, they can buy Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Complete on the phone.

[@Castersvarog]

We have animal crossing at home! Animal crossing at home:

[@alyxgraff9121]

PS5 Owner: You got Animal Crossing? Sony: We got "Anime Life Sim". Steven He's Dad: "Heavy Breathing".

[@TheNewSuperAGaming]

New horizons if grass deterioration wasn’t retired

[@BrickworldEvents]

Your island is beautiful

[@Aukejorrit]

Yea this is too close in design. They are gonna get struck down for sure

[@avalpsychicguy]

I don't even play Animal Crossing, but seeing you host the video using your Animal Crossing avatar was so wholesome and cozy, I'm gonna need you to do that for every video from now on. ^_^

[@phoenixmorphix]

Guys, this is just an asset flip from the unreal engine market place.

[@ben-tendo]

The presentation here screams Animal Talking with Gary Whitta so well done with that! 😂

[@AldoInza]

5:00 They cut out a leaf probably...

[@IHeart16Bit]

Hi, if they have any kind if monetisation inside the next Animal Crossing i won't buy it. Why do people keep encouraging this garbage behaviour.

[@so9505]

Think it’s only a thing for mobile and won’t happen for console.

[@prismiemona]

​@so9505 it's not a thing on mobile anymore

[@KLGB76]

Nintendo Lawyers are getting more and more work by the seconds.

[@Kirvyx]

Online shops are ruined right now

[@Spacething7474]

they've been ruined for quite a while

[@knatkniht]

How do you make an animal crossing clone for ps5 and make it look WORSE than the actual game? You use AI. That's how.

[@jackomon1129]

Not gonna lie, I love how the video os presented with Daniel's Animal Crossing Avatar acting as narrator, its pretty neat :)

[@GalaxiaSword]

*AI dweebs rushing to defend AI slop "iTs InNoVaTiOn."*

[@GNSTCDRD]

These guys haven't learned from Palworld? Smh

[@kags817]

Love these types of videos Daniel! Informative and funny!

[@faceurhell]

What I want out of Valve, Nintendo, Xbox and PlayStation this year and going forward is to have stricter criteria for their gaming stores. No AI generated games and no unadulterated shovelware / pure slop games. This game clearly falls under that. These storefronts can be exclusive enough to prevent these lifeless games without failing to be inclusive of indie games and hobbyist games made by real people with real passion.

[@_sparrowhawk]

"no unadulterated shovelware / pure slop games" There's no such thing as 'shovelware' - they're just cheap indie games. You seriously want Nintendo to remove games from their service for being low budget? They want more indie games, not less of them. Nintendo is booting games off the store for not being fun - fun is in the eye of the beholder, no? Many of these games are made from less than $50,000, you want Nintendo booting those off too?! Shovelware isn't actually a problem on the Switch. They don't show up in the featured, and they don't bother the players.

[@jonieljoestarzawarudo8172]

Damn, this ain't even subtle!

[@Torinna_]

The “developers” clearly did not care. This literally just is Animal Crossing 😂

[@silverbandit721]

“Fine…I’ll do it myself.”

[@erickmaverick3128]

They practically copied Nintendo's homework.

[@liufegi]

I think, there is a reason why AC has survived. Nintendo knows how to make it, has money to make it, and they do it naturally. Such copies - just die off after a buzz. I highly doubt that even Microsoft studio could make worth AC alternative. Playstation studios might... But I think it would lack of soul.

[@nathanblackburn1193]

This feels a little too inspired by Animal Crossing, like I get it but there *is* still a line between "inspired by" and just plagiarism, like c'mon (it also shows a blatant lack of original ideas too) Also like there is literally no way these similarities are a coincidence, this is 100% deliberate and why? Because they're lazy (hence the use of AI)

[@thomoclock]

11:45 The thing about Palworld isn't even that it's necessarily just Pokemon with guns. Gameplay-wise, it's closer to Breath of the Wild than it is to Pokemon. It really is kind of its own thing because there isn't a game with the same gameplay loop as it, even if designs-wise they're definitely Pokemon-esque

[@dsshocktrooper7523]

You mean Ark, BOTW has nothing to do with Palworld.

[@mega-eevee7]

8:22 it looks kinda like a metal smithing table the boxes on the top look like the tool boxes to me kinda or it looks like some kind of crafting table thing?

[@MetaGamingDojo]

I hope the game does well, we need better competition imo.🤣

[@RodaMoonknight]

Somehow Life of Black Tiger came back

[@matthewhignite]

Nintendo could go after the developer if it violated any patients

[@harrygreen3412]

I'll be honest, if Animal Crossing went for a free-to-play, live service model, I just wouldn't play it.

[@TheDarkDragon.]

first palworld and now this.. whats next?

[@thomasward00]

Nintendo needs to make the next Animal Crossing to be an MMO. Keep up with ongoing content to keep it alive.

[@hoppie4263]

Why do I feel like this is close enough to animal crossing that Nintendo will come after them like what happened with pal world

[@miguelestacio2983]

Hope Nintendo sues this “game”

[@Mr._Sherwood]

Man, the PS store has a serious robot slop problem right now. Like, this kind of blatant AI mush is ALL OVER the store, it's nuts. I get that console online stores have been going the way of Steam for a while now because it's both easy and profitable to have zero standards and sell any old garbage that comes along but they've really gotta crack down on this sort of stuff.

[@impossible-possibly]

I made a game hoping a developer adopts it.

[@bandicootsauce4569]

The fact that Nintendo is filing a lawsuit against Palworld but not this is proof that they're wrong for suing Palworld. Anime Life Sim is a far more blatant ripoff of Animal Crossing than Palworld is of Pokémon.

[@No-One-Important-Here]

Pocket Camp Complete is exactly the model the new Animal Crossing to copy if we want fountune cookies, monthly specific events and items…. So in some sense, Nintendo is already doing it already 😅

[@No-One-Important-Here]

Oh and it’s not a free to pay.

[@Joeynator3000]

Sony STILL copying games...Smash, Splatoon...now Animal Crossing... EDIT: Maybe not Sony themselves, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was. >.>

[@theclasscalico]

Ohh boy, Nintendo is going to sue them. With that said, I would like for Animal Crossing to be *officially* ported over to other consoles.

[@TainoMoya]

love this set up of newscaster animal crossing

[@KorenLesthe]

I think Nintendo loves you a lot ! See you in three days !

[@MissUmbra]

This game isn’t just too blatant of an Animal Crossing copy, but it’s also likely that it’s just AI garbage. If Sony REALLY wants to have an Animal Crossing-style game on their systems, they should have villagers asides from the player character be animal versions of characters from Playstation IPs and some characters who are well known for being on Playstation like FFVII, Crash Bandicoot, etc. like how the Astro series handled referencing other Playstation games and franchises along with changing the artstyle so it’s not too obvious that it’s based on AC, and that’s not even mentioning how the Nintendo decor and objects could be based on PS series and systems

[@CallMeVidd]

Some of the images don't look generated by AI but a bunch of them look like they were 360p and then upscaled with AI? It has a lot of those weird artifacts of it not quite knowing where and how to draw lines between blurry details But others 100% are completely fake

[@_loveableidiot]

Oh my God you cannot tell me theyre not ripping off animal crossing. Dude, thats plagiarism 🤣🤣 they need to change stuff up a bit and make gameplay a little bit more complicated and complex than animal crossing to really be different.

[@thefancydoge8668]

I knew it was a matter of time before we would get a Great Value Animal Crossing, but for real it doesn't even look like it's a real thing due to it most likely being all ai generated.

[@ShadowEclipex]

I am guessing t he logo looks the way it does might be because it said "Animal Life Sim" before, but they lazily changed it later to avoid Nintendo's wrath. This game looks like an Asset Flip that is trying to use AI images as part of their marketing.

[@CodyMKW]

also Sony is not immuned to the "hentai" games on their store as well if you search that word on their store a few come up

[@GamingBren]

Nintendo, SEND THE NINJAS!

[@gregwilliams4926]

Oh boy, those Nintendo ninjas are gonna make the devs disappear.

[@Yoshizuyuner]

Love the new trend of gaming is just ripping off what is successful

[@PenguinGamingLegend2009]

It is sad to see Nintendo give the animal crossing rights to Sony and PlayStation just like Nintendo did to Microsoft when they gave rareware away

[@get_stached]

Oh yeahh, half of that's just AI

[@MedalionDS9]

You are in luck, according to Nate the Hate... Switch 2 reveal is coming Jan 16

[@prestolpsprestogameplay5836]

If this game comes out I'll definitely buy it. ❤️

[@quizboy99]

Someone's getting sued

[@Kritigri]

The eyes are so asymmetrical lol

[@ponderingForever]

UE5 marketplace asset Cozy Life. It's a good and pretty full asset kit, but sadly, it will lead to things like this...

[@icecreamorc]

I would just like New horizons but with better Ui, faster loading, more stuff and villager types and better interactions with the villagers.

[@pedrobeckup456]

Nintendo, hire this human being

[@_sparrowhawk]

Most of your ideas are meaningless, but 'better UI'? What the hell is wrong with Animal Crossing's UI?

[@icecreamorc]

@_sparrowhawk have you played animal crossing new horizons? Because of the menus and how things like inventory management work it can take ages to get a small series of tasks done. It's a very common complaint.

[@djcleaner69]

Bro 7:55 is just ai animal crossing frisk from undertale 😭

[@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer]

I thought this was gonna be a Playstation homebrew, but it turns out it's for PS5. It's so confusing how Sony fans keep calling all their consoles just "Playstation".

[@Benjamillion]

We don't grandparents do

[@themothreborn]

This looks like if animal crossing was an AI generated nightmare. Its kind of uncomfortable to look at in an uncanny valley way The absolute Last thing animal crossing needs is more FOMO crap