It is talked about that a real aquarium and museum are holding a tour at a virtual museum in 'Atsume Animal Forest'



In the game ' Atsume Animal Forest ' for Nintendo Switch, there is a museum headed by Owl's footer, in which fish, insects and fossils are displayed. While many aquariums and museums around the world have been closed due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, Calif., And the Field Natural History Museum in Chicago, Illinois, USA have been gathering together. It has become a hot topic to hold virtual tours in the forest.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' museum toured on Twitch by real aquarium staff-Polygon
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At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is closed due to the new coronavirus at the time of writing the article, an attempt is being made to deliver the game play of Animal Forest on Twitch with staff gathered. The distribution is carried out by the social media team of Monterey Bay Aquarium, which introduces fish that can be caught in the forest where it is gathered and is seen from the perspective of the staff of the aquarium.

MontereyAq-Hello, Fellow Squids, Ep.1: The Monterey Bay Aquarium builds an Animal Crossing Island!-Twitch


In addition, the Monterey Bay Aquarium posted on its official Twitter account, 'We will deliver the Atsume Animal Forest Island hosted by Emily Glasley of the Field Museum of Natural History on Twitch from 14 to 16 o'clock today. There are lots of fossils and fish and it should be fun! 'And announced a collaboration with the Field Museum of Natural History.



You can check the distribution that was actually done by Monterey Bay Aquarium's social media team and Mr. Clathley who got a strange job as a chief curiosity correspondent at the Field Natural History Museum. After the delivery, the Monterey Bay Aquarium said, 'The collaboration delivery was a lot of fun! Thanks to Emily for joining us and sharing our wealth of knowledge! And thank you to anyone who gave us the tuna!' I am tweeting .

MontereyAq-Hello, Fellow Squids! Ep. 4: The Monterey Bay Aquarium goes fossil hunting with Emily Graslie of the Field Museum in Animal Crossing!-Twitch


On the official Twitch account of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the animal forest has already been collected four times and has been distributed. About this initiative, Patrick Webster, a member of the social media team at Monterey Bay Aquarium, said, 'One of the core game mechanics of the Atsumare Animal Forest is the fish and fossils of the island for the footer who is the director of the island museum. That's why museum simulators are created over the course of playing the game, whereas in the real world, many of these facilities are being shut down temporarily due to the new coronavirus infection. Every day I visited the in-game museum, and I began to think that it could be a virtual haven, so while we were broadcasting the islands, the fun of the aquarium and museums. So when I was playing Animal Forest, I was like I was returning to the exhibition room in the aquarium. You will feel like a hawk. We have discovered a new thing, it and you feel the joy to be shared with the world ', says the Polygon of the overseas game media.

In addition, Mr. Webster is gathered and all the fish, fossils and insects appearing in the animal forest are based on the real world, especially the T-Rex fossil is exhibited at the Field Natural History Museum Excavated in South Dakota in 1990 He said that it was a reproduction of the fossil that was created.

The fossil of T-Rex that appears in the rare animal forest looks like this.



Grassley, who is an expert in fossils, 'in the game dimetrodon surprise can be found, and further that the game developers are provided the opportunity to convey to the players about the history of the evolution of dimetrodon The point is even more amazing: on my social media, there are many players sharing screenshots of the dimetrodon fossils that have been spotted in the Forest of Animal Crossings: what they learned and enjoyed. I understand very well. '



Of course, not all the fish and fossils that appear in the animal forest that are gathered are accurately represented. As an unrealistic part of the game, Webster cites that all fish and fossils can be found on the same island, `` Increasing the collection by digging or fishing fossils is more than reality Is much easier. ”

From the dinosaurs and ancient fish to ocean reptiles and extinct cephalopods, the delivery offers commentary based on evolutionary history. Among them, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's social media team is particularly keen to explain the fish of the family Denmenigiaceae , called the ' Burrell Eye '. The reason is that it was a researcher in Monterey Bay who discovered Burrell Eye.

'Everyone will be a discoverer and a donor of new creatures found on their islands. The game allows you to participate in the task of collecting biodiversity. I got players in the game We hope to bring a little curiosity and stewardship out of the game, and we thank the museum staff and researchers who are doing this in the real world through the game. I hope it makes you feel better, ”says Grassley.

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