Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a smash hit in Japan. Some players aren’t content to discover what’s in the game on their own; they really want tips. A book’s worth of them, and they’ll willing to wait in line to get them
There are three main New Horizons guidebooks on sale in Japan: one from game publication Dengeki, another Dengeki one with Amiibo tips, and finally, one from game magazine Nintendo Dream.
あつまれどうぶつの森攻略本3冊目キター❗️😁 pic.twitter.com/bJ7XeAMRTM
— ゾウさん (@yuuhi1315) May 2, 2020
These are massive guides, with well-over 1,000 pages:
攻略本届いた
もはや鈍器レベルだろ😳#どうぶつの森#あつ森 pic.twitter.com/nid81Lbart— りおパパ (@RioPAPA_GAMEs) May 8, 2020
あつ森の攻略本をやっと購入したので読んでたんだけど·····
ふと厚さが気になったので、測ってみたらなんと5.5cmもあったw
マジで辞書レベルꉂ(ˊᗜˋ*)ヶﾗヶﾗ pic.twitter.com/MfOlCP8rjY— 桜clover (@sakurahime0513) May 8, 2020
They look like dictionaries! This isn’t unheard of for in-depth Japanese game guide books, especially for Animal Crossing.
ニンドリの攻略本
めっちゃ厚い、1216ページある
武器かなんか？？？#あつまれどうぶつの森 #どうぶつの森 pic.twitter.com/woGmtbDkx4— 月岡あぜば (@HP9999999999) April 28, 2020
今日は父の病院関係でいくつかのお店はしご
マスクを2店舗で見た
どうぶつの森の攻略本売り切れの貼り紙3店舗でみた pic.twitter.com/K4nKYzmVUg— とらにゃん＠14y♂ 6y♀ (@hinakotatora) May 1, 2020
『あつまれどうぶつの森』の攻略本を買ったら辞書並みの厚さだった。約 1200 ページあって『詳解 LINUX カーネル』(約 1000 ページ) よりも分厚い。実家に置いてあるので比較できないけど『LINUX プログラミングインタフェース』(約 1600 ページ) よりは薄いはず #nhbk pic.twitter.com/SizL9S3ozV
— nhiroki (@nhiroki_) May 2, 2020
While certainly not impossible to find, copies have been selling out in stores and online:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1255718911091208192
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1257533089506418688
Today, the Kinokuniya in Shinjuku reopened after temporarily being shuttered. According to Sports Hochi, around 100 people lined up at the store to buy the Animal Crossing: New Horizons guidebook.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1258646279229325313
The guides are being resold online in Japan, which might (maybe?) explain the long line even as a state of emergency has been declared in Japan:
