Puma x Animal Crossing: welcome to the island
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08 October 2021

Puma x Animal Crossing: welcome to the island

Puma x Animal Crossing: welcome to the island



If you haven't been living under a rock for the last year and a half, you've almost certainly heard of Animal Crossing. It's a Nintendo game that explores a social simulation, where you can customise your island, chill out with other villagers and do various activities like fishing, catching bugs or searching for fossils. Created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami, the video game follows our calendar, mimicking the season and time of where each player is in real time.


With the confinement, the release of the most recent edition of the game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, was unimaginably successful. Realising this, Puma saw the perfect opportunity to collaborate with Nintendo again, a year after their Super Mario 25th anniversary celebration collection. So, after much suspense, the Puma x Animal Crossing: New Horizons collection has finally arrived.


In this collection you will find two of Puma's most famous models rethought with symbols from the game. In pastel shades and with discreet colours, in the BZR- Street Style Culture we have the new version of the Wild Rider and the Future Rider, which will take you on a getaway through a beautiful island, according to the brand.



Puma x Animal Crossing



The adventure begins with the arrival to the island in a floatplane. At first you see a large sandy beach, with trees and palm trees all around. You find Tom Nook, Timmy, Tommy and a small yellow tent, where you can start your adventure in the Animal Crossing world. "Today is the first day of your new life on this pristine and lovely island. So congratulations!". This is the first message you can read that opens the door to the new adventures to come.


If you've played the game before, the scenario we present to you should look familiar. That''s because this is how Animal Crossing: New Horizons begins and, at the same time, this is exactly how your experience with your new Puma will also begin. All the scene we have just described can be seen on the box of your sneakers, welcoming you to this universe.


Inside, you will find one of two options. If you choose the Wild Rider, you will see a pair of shoes full of graphics, with the face of your favourite villagers. The leaf, the game' s symbol, never fails, being present on a piece of wood on the laces and on the suede of the back of the foot. This model in shades of beige, blue and green is inspired by the movement of city life. It's full of dynamism and has varied materials.



Puma x Animal Crossing



On the other hand, if when you open the box you find the Future Rider, you'll see sneakers with stronger colours and in beige, green and pink tones. This one may seem like a simpler model, but don't let it fool you. It's full of unique details, like the large-sized leaf embedded on the back suede, the blue sole with embossing that reminds us of Legos and the rectangles with designs of a boat and a message inside a bottle.


In common, both models have a small bag with a star. In the game, the bag is usually full of money, but this time it has another kind of treasure: a second pair of laces, in green, so that you can alternate it with the beige one that already comes in the sneakers.


This partnership between Nintendo and Puma brings to life the customisation that can be done in the game. Now, as well as being able to make your own designs in-game, you can also incorporate the Animal Crossing universe into your everyday style.



Puma x Animal Crossing



Animal Crossing was originally released in 2001 for the Nintendo 64 and has since been spawned into five games, each for a different console. New Horizons was made to be played on a Nintendo Switch. Currently, after the game's success during the Pandemic, Animal Crossing is losing some popularity, but on the 15th of this month Nintendo will release news via the Nintendo Direct event.


We don't know about you, but it seems to us that in a few days time everyone will be talking about New Horizons again and you won't want to be left out.  Grab your new Puma and go on an adventure. If in Animal Crossing you can be whoever you want, bring a bit of that magic into reality. Discover both models on our site.




Puma x Animal Crossing: New Horizons


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