A recent leak from Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse reveals the studio may be working on an Animal Crossing-like game as its next major project. While many fans will recognize HoYoverse as the developer of the massively successful Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, the studio has several other successful games in its lineup. HoYoverse has been supporting Honkai Impact 3rd for seven years since its initial Chinese launch in 2016 and debuted visual novel adventure game Tears of Themis in 2020. Now, the developer is reportedly taking inspiration from a popular Nintendo franchise for its next project.