Fake Animal Crossing

[@TowelsKingdom]

Hey this guy's a phony

[@Composercleo]

Palworld made these developers BOLD

[@punkocto]

Worth noting: These screenshots are not from the "game". They're screenshots from a Cozy Game Template on Unreal engine. So this "game" stole from the template w/ screenshots available to all.

[@Bubba.mitchell4603]

That’s really bad

[@WilbosWorld]

I wonder if all of the images are fake lol. There are a lot of things wrong with them, like the outline border on the logo randomly cutting off. It’s crazy if they didn’t even bother to make a logo for it haha

[@JohnLattanzio98]

@@WilbosWorld there was a video of gameplay somewhere

[@sfooshy4517]

Someone made the assets and put them for sale on Unreal Engines store(I think).

[@quaccquacc9076]

I've seen it heavily theorized that actually there is no game in the first place. These screenshots don't appear to be from a game that uses AI assets, they seem to just flat out be AI "screenshots." I highly doubt this will ever materialize into something that real people can really play, and if it somehow does, it will probably look very different from whatever we're shown here.

[@ikiteee]

Literally no one asked for AI generated animal crossing knock off 😭 I’m so sick of AI use in video games. I wonder if their AI was trained on ACNH assets? Nintendo ninjas are gonna be eating well 👀

[@shelledpistachios51]

OMG!!!! They didn’t even try to hide it!!!! Dang that’s insane LOL!!!!

[@beccalou7459]

I mean AI or not, this is no far cry from Animal Crossing. The side by side comparisons are nearly the same. Amazing what people can get away with.

[@MENECNASGY]

i just know nintendo is gonna jump in the copyright pool, if i know nintendo they do NOT let people slide, so urm yea

[@jerry.m.valentine]

I feel like they just imported ACNH assets into blender or whatever engine they are using and just throw in some altered asset (or already available modded assets) in there so it's not completely the same. I remember there was crowdfunding sims clone a few years back get exposed to just be a blender scene with stock asset, couldn't remember the name thou

[@dirge7459]

AI genned images, near blatant riffs to AC in art style and what looks like near same gemplay style as well. This is like Palworld but far more shameless.

[@ItsYaBoyCarson]

This is basically the "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas"

[@user-xsn5ozskwg]

To me it's kinda a red flag that it's called something so generic. That combined with the use of AI really has me doubting whether this game will exist in any sort of form that resembles its "inspiration." It is funny between this and Palworld that people are getting comfortable cribbing recognisable Nintendo artstyles to make money. I definitely have mixed thoughts on that end but both of those series clearly need some extrinsic motivation to be better, so an obvious competitor with different features could be just that.

[@Flower_Mom]

AI immediately turns me off from the game. If you can't put in the effort to actually make the game, why should I put in the effort to play it?

[@lox1ey176]

I've been waiting for a game that does the 'make your own store' thing right. Back in the Ultima Online days (yes im old) the crafting and storefront mechanics were one of my favorite parts. Hopefully the next Animal Crossing has something similar for selling to other players even if you are offline.

[@citizencalmar]

Even the name is sus. "Anime Life Sim"? What's so "anime" about it? It's like they knew they couldn't call it "Animal" anything because that would be too obvious, but they still wanted a name that would be alphabetically sorted to trick people who are searching for "Animal Crossing". Even though there's no way they're ever going to be on the same platform. So weird.

[@Mallowolf]

_Anime Crawling_

[@lilumi]

It’s also on steam under the name “cozy” although the logo and description says “cozy town”, and says it’s releasing 2025

[@LetzPlayK]

The zoom in on the undetectable object on the table has me cracking up because it’s literally not a THING 😂😂😂

[@marc_8o0]

For me it looks like if you asked ai to create screenshots of a new Animal Crossing game for the Switch2 💀

[@Lavendrea]

If it does come out, I would want Nintendo to say something, this just isn't right with them taking Nintendo's hard work😅this is just asking for it but hopefully the next animal crossing is better like villager dialog etc😊this is just astounding

[@MENECNASGY]

i have ideas for nintendo's next AC

[@LillePipp]

Nintendo needs to release their next game lickety-split, or we might get a new Space Race, but instead of the United States racing against the Soviet Union it would be between Animal Crossing and Anime Life Sim

[@-zaz]

It’s def a copy but it still looks sort of decent in some photos? Idk

[@thingl7859]

@-zaz yeah but it's AI so none of what's shown even exists 💀

[@Azu_fan]

Yes but they're among the photos of AI so it's not credible at all.

[@pedrovictorsilvaladeira7877]

This looks like a copy of Animal Crossing. Nintendo lawyers will be busy.

[@tanascia]

I always wondered about a future game like animal crossing, but the characters have ai imbued to improve conversations. Like u start talking to someone and this conversation could randomly continue another time you meet him.

[@Virtualsinner]

All I can say is Nintendo should totally give the deer villagers bigger antlers. Looks nice.

[@x_stayathome_x]

This isn't a real game, it's a stolen assets pack that someone is trying to scam people into thinking is real so they will buy on Psn.

[@sebby_y]

at this point just play animal crossing 😭😭

[@floraeuphoria]

I would love to see another comfy game where I get to talk to fake animals but this is soooo not it-

[@willowwithin]

It's an asset pack, the devs didn't make any of this and this game isn't coming out because it isn't even a game.

[@lukey295]

guys im scared of the characters😭😭

[@NotAnRPGGuy]

If you browse the upcoming section of the PlayStation store often, you’ll know there’s a ton of stuff like this on there already. Whether it’s full of AI art or just a lazy copy of some other popular game, they all say they’ll release in a couple years. They have no trailers and usually no gameplay screenshots and if there are they look fake. I’d love to see a deep dive into why there are so many cases like this on the PlayStation store.

[@koramora]

it's crazy that playstation allows that

[@ReeseofEastAnglia]

Tbh I think people should be able to create their own animal crossing life sim style game, its a lucrative market and having competition would incentivise nintendo to focus more on animal crossing This, however, just looks AI generated and I doubt anything will come of it

[@IHopeUDance20]

Apparently this game and all the screen shoots are a 1:1 copy of some sorta asset pack 😅 I don’t know what if any original work they put into this or just took an asset pack and said it’s a game

[@AfroPuffs45]

this is just ACNH from temu

[@BJGvideos]

It would be great to have actual competitors for Animal Crossing's niche but noooot this. There's a reason Nintendo is suing Palworld and not any of the other monster collector games on the market. Stuff like Cassette Beasts have actual work put into them and things that set them apart from the series they're inspired by.

[@MissDatherinePierce]

Nintendo's lawyers will probably work overtime on this.

[@TheGrassman451]

the couple of things i saw... it looked good lmao but its straight up copying too

[@lovedella6483]

I remember as soon as I saw this games screencaps, something in my gut as an artist told me that AI had been involved. I hate it here!

[@mvtthue]

NOW you've got my attention 👀👀👀👀

[@HannahCarson-kd1rs]

I think they made this so Nintendo hurried up with making a new animal crossing game😭😭

[@Kanto141]

I'm a long time AC fan, and I'm honesty interested in this game. The fact that new horizons got abandoned so early by Nintendo made me so sad as they could have done a lot more. So maybe having competition might make them work a little harder next time. But all in all, looking past the possible use of AI, this game does look cute and something I'd play if it gets the love put into it.

[@poppyalt7427]

Honestly as long as they either prove they didn't use AI or admit they did and stop using it I would buy this game

[@Bubba.mitchell4603]

If I were Nintendo I would sue anime life sim

[@Izukichi_00]

it has been a very long time seeing your channel again since ACNH

[@JakeW-sj4sm]

Whether this is real or fake, it's a knock-off nonetheless, and chances are it won't be long until Nintendo notice if they haven't already.

[@Sapphire867]

Oh Nintendo is gonna have a field day

[@Euangames14]

I thought the brother of the stupid doll was fake😭

[@christophersmith9237]

0:21 - Are they trying to make a Blue Bear clone? From my POV, that isn't going to fly. 😡👎

[@Sequoiassunflowers]

The Blue bear looks like blue bear 😅

[@JorrGames]

I gasped hahaha. Omg...

[@OrangeLimeMusicMaker]

Is that Blarret on the left hand? 0:24

[@shr00mski]

I don’t think it’s going to be a real game at all. It’s AI slop, I wouldn’t be surprised if they will try to run a kickstarter or something with all these AI images and try to scam as many people out of money as possible before disappearing

[@MrMikeG23]

Sony is developing a handheld. might connect.

[@vickeycameron]

im sure these guys took assets from an online website, so this is actually not a true game! 😅

[@BonBonToro]

I wouldn't say i particularly care about the _oh noooo animal crossing being ripped offfff_ 'cause ngl i have played acnh for a long time and some point just stopped, it got stale af so I'm not bothered to defend it But as many people mention, this isn't gonna be a game, there was never a game here Or it could be like the fps cat one that appeared on the game awards, clearly AI but if it does release it's literally just a tool to mine NFT in the back However if say this was an attempt at prodding Nintendo into considering the further development of a better animal crossing game in the future, i might just be for it lololol

[@Cookie_Comment]

nobody asked for a temu animal crossing 😭 this is insane

[@瑟琴-w9i]

Cute~!

[@Snailienz]

so half of the screenshots are AI images.....

[@LiLiCrossing16]

Kid: mommy, i Want animal crossing Mom: Honey, we have animal crossing at home. Animal Crossing at home:

[@kellypkk2011]

Hello!

[@ChrimsonFoxdon]

Not me being genuinely interested a little and then realizing they're using AI lmao. I have a personal rule of never supporting anything with genai if I can help it. But honestly this makes me wonder if the game is even real? Like if they say it's gonna come out in 2026, and it's on a similar scale as say New Horizons, then all of the models, visuals, and logo should at least be in the final stages, no? I'm not a game dev, so take it with a grain of salt, of course.

[@headphonesaxolotl]

Talk about Palworld and Plagiarism, but at least Palworld made the gameplay very distinct from it's inspiration!

[@modelmajorpita]

Actually, Palworld completely copied the gameplay from its real "inspiration." Palworld is a copy of ARK: Survival Evolved with pokemon instead of dinosaurs.

[@headphonesaxolotl]

@@modelmajorpita One could argue that it combines monster breeding and collection aspects from Pokemon with ARK's systems

[@modelmajorpita]

@ It does combine a few things and is fairly polished, it's a real game without any actually new ideas, rather than one of these cheap "mockbuster" copycats that are practically scams they're so devoid of value.

[@jayt-94]

I wonder if Bubbles is in this game?

[@DaKariD]

I'm here before 10 minutes

[@windenast]

Its soo Bad and eww its so AI generated, awfu😵‍💫

[@m4ri0.mp4]

i swear is it just me or the game feels ai generated... 😭

[@Azu_fan]

The "screenshots" ARE ai generated.

[@Chibitofu96]

I honestly believe it’s all AI generated there’s really no hard work behind this. If it is real AC fans should not support this, it’s just copying from the original source.