Summary
One extremely dedicated fan has managed to recreate some of the key moments fromThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdominAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. Besides serving as a testament to the author’s tenaciousness, this impressive achievement also underlines the incredible design flexibility thatAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsoffers to players.
Recreating scenes from popular media is a favorite in-game pastime among many fans of titles likeAnimal Crossing, which offer players immense creative control over their surroundings. In one of the latest examples of this trend, someonerecreated the most iconicTwin Peaksmoments inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsback in early 2025.
Continuing this pattern, one dedicated fan has recently shared a similar tribute to the latest mainlineZeldagame, even going as far as to make a whole new YouTube channel for it, aptly called ACV-TotK. With a runtime of over seven minutes, their video has enough time to reimagine quite a fewTears of the Kingdomstory momentsin great detail, testifying to its author’s attention to detail.
Zelda: TOTK Movie in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
ACV-TotK’s video mostly focuses on theopening hours ofTears of the Kingdom,, starting with Link and Zelda’s journey to the mysterious ruins beneath Hyrule Castle. While the player had to get a bit creative with their portrayal of zombie Ganondorf sinceNew Horizonsdoesn’t feature anything that looks remotely similar while still being creepy, the overall result is still extremely authentic, to the point it’s unmistakably a recreation of the newest mainlineZeldagame.
The fan video also includes a succinct retelling ofLink’s Great Sky Island exploits at the beginning ofTears of the Kingdom. Parts of the video combine footage from both games, while making liberal use ofTOTK’s musical leitmotifs and sound effects. Reflecting on this achievement, ACV-TotK—who goes by “PumpkIntestines11111” on Reddit—described the video as “so much hard work,” though they did not specify how long it took to produce.
Regardless, thisTears of the Kingdomrecreation is yet another example of the extensive customization options available inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. While the franchise has long emphasized home decor and character customization,New Horizonsis the first entry to feature a fully editable map with robust terraforming tools. Whether because of this shift or another reason, the game achieved historic success—selling 47 million units by the end of 2024, thus more than tripling the lifetime sales of the series’ second-best-selling entry,New Leaf. Given this trajectory, it’s plausible that the nextAnimal Crossingtitle will continue as a full-fledged decoration game in the vein ofNew Horizons.
