PlayStation is getting its own twisted version of Animal Crossing with the announcement this week that Super Animal Royale is coming later this year. Super Animal Royale is a 64-player battle royale where players become animals and shoot each other and is heading to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. To celebrate the news, the studio released a new trailer to offer a glimpse at the game’s story. If Animal Crossing were to join forces with Fortnite, this is probably what it would look like. Super Animal Royale has been in Steam’s Early Access for two years, but now it’s time to unleash the madness on consoles.
The 2D Super Animal Royale features a top-down, third-person perspective. Players control genetically modified, anthropomorphic animals who fight to become the last creature standing. The more players participate, the more animal DNA they receive to change their characters’ color and species. Additionally, there are chances to collect various cosmetic items. Players enter the arena on an eagle-shaped flying vehicle, much like Fortnite‘s battle bus, and parachute down to a huge map with different themed areas. Weapons can be found scattered throughout the island for players to collect. During each match, a deadly gas will slowly enter the battlefield to force players to fight each other in closer quarters.
What happened to these adorable animals to make them so blood-thirsty? A new Super Animal Royale trailer from PlayStation showed a group of animals singing on-stage at a theme park called Super Animal World before they suddenly turned violent. The video featured some of the game’s weapons, including a machine gun, a katana, a handgun, and a hand grenade. Players can even use hamster balls to run over fellow animals and keep themselves protected.
In a PlayStation Blog post, publisher Modus Games revealed that the animals of Super Animal World rebelled against the Super Animal World corporation during a performance one day. The violent “incident” forever changed the theme park. Now, instead of singing, dancing, telling jokes, and cooking, the Super Animals provide entertainment by fighting each other to the death. Is this what would happen if the Animal Crossing villagers rebelled against Tom Nook’s capitalist antics?
Super Animal Royale may just give Fortnite a run for its money. The game puts a funny yet totally terrifying spin on the typical battle royale style. With 64 players in total for every match, the game is sure to be endless competitive fun. Battle royale fans will have to check out Super Animal Royale when it arrives on PS4 and PS5 later this year.
