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‘Animal Crossing’: Why Gamers Are Spending Hours Making Virtual Clothes
動森-為何玩家們要花費那麼多時間製作虛擬服飾
Fashion-conscious people are using a Nintendo videogame as a platform for
style expression by dressing their avatars in pixelated versions of clothes
by Gucci, Celine and Supreme
在意流行時尚的人們正在使用任任的遊戲當作展示平台，將他們的遊戲角色穿上名牌服飾
的低像素版本
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Chicagoan Jazz Robinson created a dress by Copenhagen label Helmstedt in “
Animal Crossing: New Horizons”.
By Jacob Gallagher
April 18, 2020 12:00 am ET
JONATHAN VILLAMAR is not a clothing designer; he just plays one in a
videogame. For hours every day, the grocery-store clerk in West New York,
N.J., escapes into Nintendo’s “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” the runaway
videogame smash of this coronavirus moment. Mr. Villamar, 22, doesn’t engage
with the charming game’s goal-oriented tasks. Instead, he burrows into its
character-design portal, a small side-feature where he creates digital
versions of real-world clothes like Supreme parkas for his mini-me to wear.
With a lockdown order keeping him at home, “Animal Crossing” is the only
place Mr. Villamar dresses to impress. “We basically can’t go outside
anymore,” he said. “The only way to flex is through ‘Animal Crossing.’”
JONATHAN VILLAMAR並不是一位服裝設計師，他只是在玩遊戲。這位西紐約的雜貨店店員
每天花數個鐘頭沉浸在動森友會，這款在肺炎疫情下大紅的遊戲。22歲的VILLAMAR並沒有
參與遊戲中的眾多目標任務，而是在鑽研角色設計，這是遊戲中一個小小的遊玩要素，可
以讓玩家創造現實服飾的電子版本，像是Supreme的大衣，讓他穿在遊戲裡的角色身上。由
於禁出指示使他長時間待在家裡，動森友會是唯一能讓VILLAMAR展現穿搭的地方。"我們基
本上無法外出，動森友會是唯一能放鬆的方法"
Released on March 20, “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” is a role-playing
game in which a cutesy, cherubic character builds a community on a deserted
island. In Japan, it sold nearly two million copies in its first three days
of release. In the U.S., stay-at-home dictates be damned, demand for the game
triggered down-the-block lines on launch. Nintendo produces both the game and
the Switch, the hand-held console that it runs on. The Switch has sold out at
retailers nationwide—last month, Mr. Villamar had to visit six different
Gamestop stores before he could find the console in stock. (Through a
representative, Nintendo America declined an interview request.)
動物森友會於3/20發售，是一款角色扮演遊戲，遊戲中有著可愛天使般(?)的角色們在荒島
建造社區。他在日本首3日銷售就達到將近200萬份。而在美國居家指令非常討人厭(?)，遊
戲需求也被觸發(???)。Switch主機在美全境零售都被搶購一空，Villamar跑了6家店才買
到遊戲。
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Photographer Renzo Navarro has spent hours inside the videogame creating
virtual versions of real clothing designs.
For those idling at home, the game is a welcome time suck. And a sliver of
those players are, like Mr. Villamar, spending hours at a time meticulously
recreating real-world clothes for their avatars to wear. Renzo Navarro, 25, a
photographer in Manila, Philippines, clocks around five to six hours a day
diagramming clothes for his in-game character. On lockdown for just over a
month now, he’s been “itching to wear something nice.” The game gives him
that ability, even if he can only “wear” his schmancy Thom Browne button-up
digitally.
對於那些在家閒的人，這款遊戲來的正是時候。像Villamar這樣的玩家會花一些時間精心
製作現實世界的衣服，供他們的遊戲角色穿著。25歲的倫佐·納瓦羅（Renzo Navarro）是
菲律賓馬尼拉的一名攝影師，每天大約要花五到六個小時為他的遊戲角色描繪衣服。禁出
一個多月以來，他一直“渴望穿一些漂亮的衣服”。遊戲讓他能以數位形式穿上他的Thom
Browne襯衫。
“Animal Crossing” is not the first videogame to let users play dress up.
Older titles as varied as the Sims, Grand Theft Auto and Tony Hawk’s Pro
Skater introduced choose-your-clothing options. Exemplifying how far video
technology has evolved, however, this game’s character design suite is
startlingly well-calibrated, allowing you to mimic the fine swoops of the
North Face logo or the cross hatching on a patchwork jacket. One user
described the feature as “basic Photoshop.”
動森友會並不是第一個允許玩家進行裝扮的遊戲。諸如《模擬人生》，《俠盜獵車手》和
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater等較老的遊戲引入了“隨你搭”的選擇。這款遊戲的角色設計套
件經過精心校準，充分彰顯了遊戲技術的發展潛力，可讓您模仿North Face標誌的細小線
條或拼布夾克上的斜線陰影。一位用戶稱該功能為“基本版Photoshop”。
Dan Gonzales, 25, a recently furloughed photo editor in Toronto, spent three
hours on “Animal Crossing” painstakingly recreating an argyle jacket from
his closet. In many instances, players use the game to vicariously wear
clothes they can’t afford. Shaun Mejia, 30, who works in marketing at a
Seattle museum, replicates “higher-end type stuff,” like a Gucci hoodie and
a Prada button-up that actor Jeff Goldblum wore, both of which would exceed
Mr. Mejia’s real-world budget
25歲的丹·岡薩雷斯（Dan Gonzales）是最近在多倫多休假的照片編輯，他花了三個小時
在動森友會上精心製作了壁櫥中的argyle jacket(?)。在許多情況下，玩家會使用遊戲來
替代他們無法負擔的衣服。30歲的肖恩·梅加（Shaun Mejia）在西雅圖博物館的市場營
銷部門工作，複製了“高端類型的產品”，例如演員傑夫·戈德布魯姆（Jeff Goldblum）
穿著的古馳（Gucci）連帽衫和普拉達（Prada）釦子，兩者都超過了梅加先生的真實世界
預算。
For some shut-ins, “Animal Crossing” fills the void created by their
temporary inability to gawk at outfits on the streets. “My obsession with
fashion has been people’s personal style,” said Jazz Robinson, 36, a
marketing director at a creative consultancy in Chicago. Though she mourns
opportunities to ogle chic strangers’ coats on the Windy City’s avenues,
the game lets her “see the small brands and designers that people are into.”
對於某些閉門中的人們，動森友會填補了他們暫時無法觀賞街道上人們的服裝所造成的空
白。“我對時尚的痴迷在於觀察人們的個人風格”現年36歲的芝加哥一家創意諮詢公司的
市場總監Jazz Robinson說。儘管她喪失了在風城的大街上閒逛別緻的陌生人大衣的機會，
但遊戲讓她“看到了人們喜歡的小品牌和設計師”。
“Animal Crossing” can also function as a virtual platform for low-risk
gender experimentation. “I’ve seen guys in the game use their avatars to
wear skirts or dresses,” said Kara Chung, 27, a Hong Kong photographer. “
People are often saying, ‘You know, I wouldn’t wear this on an everyday
basis, but it’s nice that I can explore these ideas.’”
動森友會還可以充當低風險的實驗的平台。“我已經看到遊戲中的人使用遊戲角色來穿裙子
或連衣裙，”香港攝影師27歲的卡拉·鐘說。“人們經常說，'你知道，我不會每天都穿這
種衣服，但是能探索這些想法真是太好了。'”
Ms. Chung operates the Instagram account @animalcrossingfashionarchive, the
preeminent catalog for “Animal Crossing” outfits. All day long, players
send Ms. Chung screenshots of their pixelated repros