Retro-Minded Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fan Puts a Fun Spin on the Game’s Soundtrack

A fan of Animal Crossing: New Horizons made a retro take on the game’s soundtrack. One aspect that many players enjoy about the video games they play are the soundtracks. Many love the music that goes along with their favorite titles, such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which establishes a certain mood when playing.

The Animal Crossing soundtracks are one of the main things that players love about the series. The music that is featured in the franchise helps with setting up the atmosphere that the games are known for having and can be rather catchy. The soundtrack is a nice accompaniment to have while players are taking care of chores or whatever it is that needs to be done.

A Reddit user named YourHostTV posted images of something they created with the music from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The images that they shared show a cassette tape that the gamer made containing the title’s soundtrack. YourHostTV had built a case for the cassette that features the Animal Crossing: New Horizons logo and a picture of an island in the distance. They also put together a label for the tape that includes art of Tom Nook on the back. It is awesome to see a modern soundtrack on something retro like a cassette tape, especially for those who grew up with the technology.

Gamer Makes Old-School Take on Animal Crossing: New Horizons Soundtrack

The post that YourHostTV made is resonating with gamers, who have gotten it to over 2,000 upvotes. A number of commenters stated that they needed the piece of Animal Crossing: New Horizons art, with one mentioning that it was beautiful. One fan of the cassette called it professional looking, while another asked if YourHostTV took commissions. The work that YourHostTV created does a good job of taking many people back who owned cassette tapes when they were younger and helps introduce a new audience to them.

YourHostTV is not the only gamer who has put video game music onto retro technology. Other players have put music from video games on cassette tapes, helping keep them relevant in a day and age when most audio is digital. Many soundtracks are also available on vinyl now, another form of technology that has seen a comeback recently. This is good for those who remember using the medium to listen to music when they were in their adolescent years, or for those who are discovering it for the first time. It is wonderful seeing the technology make a comeback and is a fun thing to share with those who were born after cassettes were popular, especially when mixing them with modern soundtracks like the one heard in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Systems

Released

March 20, 2020

Developer(s)

Nintendo EPD

Publisher(s)

Nintendo

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer , Local Multiplayer

Engine

Havok

ESRB

E for Everyone: Comic Mischief

How Long To Beat

100 Hours

Steam Deck Compatibility

no

X|S Optimized

no

Expansions

Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Happy Home Paradise

OpenCritic Rating

Mighty

Cross Save

no

Cross-Platform Play

no

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