Experiencing the Animal Crossing X Seattle Aquarium partnership

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Nintendo and the city of Seattle, Washington, have a surprisingly interesting history together. The most notable example of this is when former president Hiroshi Yamauchi purchased a majority stake in the Seattle Mariners when the team struggled in the 1990s. It was an odd moment in sports and gaming history that remains a fun fact.

Nothing so notable has happened since, but Nintendo still has a noticeable presence around Seattle. The Pacific Northwestern city hosted the first Nintendo Live outside Japan, and Nintendo of America’s headquarters is in Redmond, Washington, a city in Seattle’s county. Still, it’s fun seeing the interesting partnerships between the city and the company.

In another fun and fitting crossover, the Seattle Aquarium is hosting its own Nintendo promotion, but this one’s entirely Animal Crossing: New Horizons themed. I happened to be visiting Seattle when the collaboration started, so I figured I’d go check it out.

It’s been many years since I’ve visited an aquarium, so the experience was bound to be worthwhile. I didn’t know what to expect, but I still figured it would be a fun experience.

My first impression of the Animal Crossing event was that there would be much of the game within the aquarium. After the staff scanned my ticket, the first thing greeting me was a giant sign showing several Animal Crossing characters under a logo reading Animal Crossing: New Horizons X Seattle Aquarium. Behind it was more of the game’s imagery.

A neat perk for Nintendo fans involved scanning a QR code to get 100 platinum points for My Nintendo members. It’s a minuscule thing that’s only good for entering the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fall sweepstakes, but it was a welcomed bonus for the trip out.

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