Animal Crossing: New Horizons fan who visited all 43 in-game artworks in real life has been “overwhelmed” by the response

techradar.com:

One dedicated Animal Crossing fan has completed a 16-month quest to see all 43 pieces of artwork featured in New Horizons in real life.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there are 30 paintings to collect, including the Mona Lisa (simply called the ‘Famous Painting’ in-game), and 13 sculptures, such as Michelangelo’s David (or the ‘Gallant Statue’, as the game calls it). All of these can be donated to the museum on your in-game island to create the ultimate virtual collection of artwork, although this is no easy task, as players have to discern between real and counterfeit pieces in order to complete the exhibit. 

As GamesRadar+ reports, TikTok and Twitch influencer mayplaystv (real name May) took this to the next level by documenting his journey to see all of these works of art in person and amassed quite a following online doing so.

From start to finish, May’s quest took him to 29 museums and exhibit locations (presumably not run by the Animal Crossing series’ talkative curator owl, Blathers). Getting to all of these required a lot of travel — in total, he visited 17 cities in 10 different countries (from Italy to Japan), spread across three continents. That’s no mean feat.

so 16 months, 3 continents, 10 countries, 17 cities, 29 museums and locations later…i have officially seen a version of all 43 artworks that appear in animal crossing: new horizons in real life!!! pic.twitter.com/ZwFbQwI3MuAugust 17, 2023

“Thank you to everyone who has supported me with this goal,” May tweeted, celebrating his enormous achievement. “It genuinely means so much and I’ve made so many friends and experiences because of it[,] and got to travel the world because of Animal Crossing which is very surreal.”

Speaking to TRG, May says that his idea