"Animal Crossing" has very free and life-like ways to play.
You can become friends with the little animals, make things yourself, buy all kinds of rare furniture, and collect many things for the museum.
Of course, in the early stages, everyone is very short on money.
The game has a very nice system.
That's selling turnips.
Every Sunday before 12:00 noon, a little pig girl named Daisy Mae will appear on the island and sell an item called turnips.
The price is random, and after a week the turnips will rot.
In the island's shop, there will be different turnip prices every day. As long as the price is higher than what you bought them for, you're sure to make money.
You could say this is a pretty important way for players to make money in the early game.
But the key thing is, this stuff is risky.
It's like trading stocks.
If you can make money, you can also lose it.
In their home in Beijing, the alarm went off, and Zack yawned as he got out of bed.
Even though it was Sunday and only eight o'clock, that didn't matter. Hannah next to him rubbed her eyes, still a little sleepy.
"Found her!" Hannah opened the Switch by the bed. She saw Daisy Mae, the little pig girl, on the island.
"That darn greedy merchant! The turnip price is over a hundred! But I've already gone all in!" Zack said with a smile.
He got up at eight o'clock on Sunday morning, and after waiting a whole week, he had to go all in.
First the ATM, then the turnips.
They even had a little ritual, lining up the turnips in the field. Zack and Hannah looked very happy.
Monday and Tuesday were two happy days, checking out the full turnip fields on the island and cheering.
Turnip farm, cheers!
Getting rich quick is right in front of them. Of course, they can't forget to ask about the turnip price, getting up early and going to bed late.
"Ninety Bells, it'll double tomorrow!" Hannah said with a smile.
"One hundred and thirty Bells? Too low, let's wait and see." Zack said firmly.
Wednesday and Thursday, they fished and caught bugs, asking about the turnip price before going to bed.
Eighty and seventy, how come the turnip prices are going down? Could it crash!?
When Friday arrived, seeing that the week was about to end, Zack took a deep breath and pressed the button on the Switch in his hand.
'The current turnip price is 19 Bells each! Each!'
Timmy and Tommy's voices were still so lively.
But Zack's heart felt like it had fallen into an icy hole.
And he bought them all in the hopes of making a killing.
And today is already Friday, if there's no good price tomorrow, the turnips will rot in the ground.
His heart was trembling, his hands were shaking.
All the money he had had become turnips right in front of him.
"I'm counting on you!" Zack looked at Hannah next to him with a hopeful look.
Hannah, leaning on the sofa, held the Switch she had just gotten last week.
She went into the NOOK shop, and with hopeful hands, she tapped to check today's turnip price.
'The current turnip price is 34 Bells each! Each!'
The heartless numbers crushed the last hope of the two farmers.
"It's okay! We still have Ben!" Zack said, taking a deep breath as he looked at the equally desperate Hannah.
But as soon as he said that, his phone rang.
Ben and Joey in the group chat were sending their messages.
"Zack, how are your turnip prices? Help me! The turnips have crashed! Today it's only 22 Bells!"
"Hannah, how's it going for you? Mine are 26!"
Looking at the messages from Ben and Joey in the group chat, Zack couldn't help but sigh and send a message: "Don't even mention it, take your turnips, rare furniture, and tickets, and go find a kind islander with high turnip prices!"
Like Zack and Hannah's experience, this was clearly just a small part of the game, and on all the forums and message boards.
It was full of messages left by Animal Crossing players, and the prices of turnips in the shops on their islands that day.
They were all just trying to keep their turnips from rotting.
Of course, reality is cruel, and more often than not, players were wailing because they couldn't sell their turnips in time.
'I used to rely on farming and lived a comfortable and wealthy life. I had a little savings and was full of hope for the future, until I met a girl named Daisy Mae that day!'
'The turnips have crashed! Help the farmers!'
'Capital is a game for rich people, because I'm in debt, I've lost even my underwear!'
'Brothers, see you on the roof, I'm going first!'
'Turnips aren't selling, help us!'
'Cherish your Bells, stay away from turnips!'
'I went all in, if I win, I'll pay off my loan, if I lose, I'll go home and farm; I don't want to talk anymore, brothers, looks like I can't make it any longer.'
You could say that even though turnips are just a simple part of "Animal Crossing", they have made many players want to connect with others online.
Either take a loss, or let the turnips rot in your hands.
You always have to find an island with a higher price to sell them.
So, the internet is full of posts from players asking to come to other people's islands to sell turnips.
And players with turnip prices of four or five hundred, five or six hundred, instantly become the most popular people.
But even if you find a place where you can go sell turnips, it's not over yet.
You have to give a little gift to the kind player who lets you come sell turnips, right?
Rare furniture and tickets bought with points, you have to give them something.
Besides, there's not just you selling turnips on the island, you have to wait in line for the plane, and when someone comes, you have to stand still during the entering animation, welcoming the new turnip seller.
Clearing out all your turnips can take a lot of work.
The stock-trading-like gameplay makes many players feel a little addicted, or even obsessed.
As time went on, the topic of "Animal Crossing" became more and more common and hot.
While players in China were busy fishing, catching bugs, and selling turnips.
News that excited and thrilled overseas players also came out.
That is, except for some countries in a few regions, the overseas versions of the Switch have also been approved and are being shipped for sale.
With this news, many overseas players were extremely excited.
Only they know how they've been spending their time recently, if they didn't know about the Switch and these games, it would be fine.
But the key thing is that Nebula Games has been around for so many years, and with last year's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" and "Red Dead Redemption", they also have many fans overseas.
In this case, these Nebula Games fans are naturally paying close attention to the progress of their new games.
Including the high scores that GameSpot gave, it directly made overseas players a little obsessed.
And now, the Switch and its two exclusive games are finally being released in their area.
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