Utilizing popular game software for the US presidential election campaign Democratic Party Biden camp September 3 18:09
The Democratic Party's Biden camp has announced that it has begun an election campaign using Nintendo Switch's game software, Atsume Animal Crossing Forest.
The feature of this game is that players who settled on an uninhabited island can freely design the island, and the camp's homepage introduces characters that can be seen as Mr. Biden and Harris in the game, and four types of signboards that promote the camp. It has been.
There are signboards with "Biden Harris" and two people's names, and those with "Team Joe" written on it. Players can get their favorite signboards through QR codes and put them on their islands. You can decorate.
Some people have already posted on the SNS the signboards on their islands and have expressed their support for the Biden camp.
"The Atsume Animal Forest is a dynamic, diverse and powerful platform that can connect with communities around the world," a digital representative from the Biden camp told CNN TV.
Meanwhile, Trump's deputy spokesman said, "Mr. Biden is campaigning from the basement with the intention of becoming a representative of the Animal Forest. The Trump camp is campaigning against real Americans in the real world. Is to do.”
In the US presidential election, games have been used for election campaigns.
In the previous 2016 presidential election, Mr. Clinton of the Democratic Party gathered at a park in Ohio where smartphone game application "Pokemon GO" items can be obtained, and it became a hot topic.