Have you experienced a celebrity or politician to randomly visit your island on Nintendo Switch's Animal Crossing: New Horizons? This week, United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or commonly known as AOC tried to play the game for the first time. Since the congresswoman is still new on the island, she decides to visit other islands to give out treats. Here's what happened.
U.S. Rep. AOC has special treats for Animal Crossing fans out there!
New York's 14th congressional district representative AOC recently tweeted on her personal account that she will begin playing the famous Switch game, Animal Crossing.
Along with her decision to start the game, AOC also put out a notice to all players of the game that she will soon visit their islands to "leave out doodle or note on their bulletin board."
Hi there! Very new to this. I would like to visit random people’s islands and leave a doodle or note on their bulletin board. Can I do that? If so, how? Should I open my DMs for the first time since the Zuckerberg hearing for the Dodo codes?? https://t.co/pQlm0ES1cM — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 7, 2020
In order for the players to send Dodo codes and let AOC visit their island, she opens her DMs for four minutes. Within that time, various players had an interaction with AOC herself.
Update 2: first ever House call (get it?) in the books! It was so sweet. Island belonged to a family of three. We exchanged fruit, took pictures, and I signed a bulletin note using my touch screen. I was floored by how fast they typed and they taught me about the app. pic.twitter.com/KJsI6Gjh9p — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 7, 2020
Thanks for the visit, @AOC! pic.twitter.com/6tR3v58BUy — Drew Silverberg (@DrewSilverberg) May 8, 2020
After a couple of minutes, AOC opened her DMs for the second time and visited other more islands on the game.
UPDATE 3: Okay! After a few visits earlier I am reopening for a few more #AOCHouseCalls.
DMs are opening again for 4 minutes, drop me your Dodo code and a note and I may stop by!
(Yes that is a hand drawn campaign shirt & no I haven’t sorted out exporting screenshots yet ) pic.twitter.com/K7Idxnj09W — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 8, 2020
Nintendo Switch skyrocketed sales!
It is no longer shocking that AOC starts to play Animal Crossing through Nintendo Switch. In fact, the fame of the game brought a surprising skyrocketed sales for Switch this year.
According to Nintendo, the company's gaming console has now sold 3.29 million for the past months of 2020. That's 33% higher compared to 2019.
Engadget also noticed that the amount was even higher than the combined lifetime's sales of the Nintendo 64 and GameCube, which sold 32.93 million and 21.74 million, respectively.
