Monday, 05 April 2021 18:22

Animal Crossing's Build-A-Bear Collaboration is Out and Only Includes 2 Characters

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The Build-A-Bear collaboration with Animal Crossing: New Horizons surprisingly only includes two predictable characters and no beloved villagers.

Build-A-Bear's Animal Crossing: New Horizon plushes are out now, but it only currently includes two predictable characters, disappointing fans of the franchise who were hoping to see at least a few New Horizons villagers on the list.

Isabelle and Tom Nook have become the faces of the Animal Crossing franchise, and when it comes to New Horizons items such as the Nintendo Switch and matching HORI controllers, Nintendo certainly milks them as the mascots. But there are plenty of villagers loved by fans throughout the series, such as Marshal and Dom, who became hot commodities among fans trading villagers for millions of bells online. Of course, there are NPCs other than Isabelle who have struck a chord with players, such as Celeste and the Able Sisters.

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Despite the hopes that these characters would make it to the Build-A-Bear collaboration, it looks like Tom Nook and Isabelle are currently the only ones available for purchase. This is quite a disappointment, especially after the hype around the announcement of a collaboration between Build-A-Bear and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. While fans will still clamor to get their hands on the exclusive items, it would have been great to see a few more faces in the lineup than just the two who fans were expecting to see.

Earlier this morning, a rumor dropped, releasing an alleged lineup of characters expected to be featured in the Build-A-Bear collaboration. It included Marshal, Raymond, Coco, Bob, Merengue, and Stitches, all widely popular villagers in the Animal Crossing community. The rumor came about when searching certain Animal Crossing character names, the search engine would redirect to a coming soon page, while other characters would lead to a 404 error page.

That isn't to say that these characters will never be featured in future Build-A-Bear collaborations with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Nintendo and the plush company were both quiet about the lineup previously, so these villagers could always be added further down the line, though it's unlikely.

Still, for those who wish to purchase the Isabelle and Tom Nook plushes, they'll have to wait in a lengthy queue line that looks to be hours long. Each plush starts at $51, and there are two versions of each NPC, called a "Summer Gift Bundle" with either phrases or themed music. The Gift Bundle refers to the summer outfits on Isabelle and Tom, which can seemingly be traded out with other Build-A-Bear clothing items as per usual.

There's no telling how long preorders will be open, but the exclusive Animal Crossing: New Horizons items will likely sell out quickly.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is out now for Nintendo Switch.

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