Hello Kitty Island Adventure's open-world twist on Animal Crossing: New Horizons was "really risky," but now its devs are preparing to fix its only negative feedback

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There was only one problem - Hello Kitty Island Adventure was an Apple Arcade exclusive.

Thankfully, that limited release doesn’t seem to have held it back.

“We got the mass appeal we were hoping for.

We were so grateful, so happy.”

And we’re this little 35-40 person studio.

It’s like ‘is this even real?'"

All that acclaim was far from a sure thing.

New Horizons

The risk paid off.

So they go in and they realize they can jump, and climb, and do puzzle rooms.

I think it just makes the genre suddenly so much more expansive to them."

That, however, is “an honor in and of itself.

Potential fans “have been really craving this multiplatform release,” she says.

And we really hope it takes off.”