Animal Crossing x Doom: The Unlikely Fan Crossovers Between Two Extremely Different Games

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What two gaming franchises would you have never expected to get together, seeing as how they are radically different in quite literally every way? If you guessed Animal Crossing and Doom, then you are correct. Recently, fans have been making crossover content ranging from funny memes to complex drawings. Each piece of content features the cute game series where you interact with neighbors and improve your town, crossing over with the hardcore bad-ass series in which you brutally dismember demons that look to take over your realm. Quite a very stark contrast in terms of genre and the overall mood that each series has.

Yet despite this, the unifying factor of the March 20, 2020 release date both games share has fans of both franchises embracing each other's game series. I think it's appropriate to say that there has been no other time that something like this has happened in the modern history of gaming. Simply put, we are witnessing a very interesting time leading up to the release of both titles. Let's take a look at some of the crossover content the Doom and Animal Crossing communities have produced...

Of Course, There Are the Memes

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Pictures of Doom's main protagonist, Doom Slayer, have been popping up on social media, as the bad-ass demon slayer casually asks his local GameStop employee for a copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Various Animal Crossing characters have been placed in similar memes, however they're seen asking for copies of Doom Eternal instead.

It Doesn't Stop at Memes

On March 20th, no matter what you choose. Have fun! ♥ from r/Doom

The art communities of both series have been hard at work making crossover content for both games. Both the /r/AnimalCrossing and /r/Doom subreddits have been filled with crossover art, most of which featuring Doom Slayer from Doom and Isabelle from Animal Crossing. The post above (by /u/ArturOWarE on /r/Doom) is just one of may examples of how the Doom and Animal Crossing communities have embraced each other's games.

So What Does All This Mean?

Usually when two games are slated to come out on the same day, analysts would most likely keep an eye out to see which game is selling the most copies and fans would start fierce debates as to which game is the superior title. However this time around, people are excited to see that two completely different games are coincidentally scheduled to come out the same day. There's no telling if this will change as March 20 gets closer. One thing's for sure, this friendship between the two communities is a welcome one that I hope will continue well beyond the release date of both games.