Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released last week on Nintendo Switch and it has been the top-selling video game in the UK. With the COVID-19 global pandemic and social distancing being a real serious concern in the whole world, gamers taking advantage of the hangout feature in New Horizons and hosting surprise wedding and birthday parties.

It’s a really wholesome moment seeing these videos being shared all across Twitter. Check out some of the tweets below:

since we are quarantined we threw @_goodluckjoy a surprise bday party on animal crossing :^) HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOY !!!!!!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pic.twitter.com/9RuMCZ7em2 — Jackie Lee 🍓💐🎁 (@_itsjackielee) March 25, 2020

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My boyfriend's birthday is today but we couldn't have a party bedause of social distancing so we threw one in #AnimalCrossing! #ACNH pic.twitter.com/3KoT5VNk8K — Leels ☠️ (@OfficialLeels) March 24, 2020

"My fiance and I had to cancel our upcoming wedding due to COVID-19, so our best friends gave us a surprise Animal Crossing wedding instead"



I'M NOT CRYING! YOU'RE CRYING! 😭



Via /r/AnimalCrossing: https://t.co/k32AmMD56I #ACNH pic.twitter.com/BEP1M0tnj9 — Take My Bells 💰 (@Take_My_Bells) March 23, 2020

A recent report shows that the video game industry is becoming stronger and thriving due to the global pandemic. And it’s pretty accurate considering people need something to spend their time while social distancing in these hard times.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons releasing March 20, 2020, on Nintendo Switch.