The new king of the genre. Fields of Mistria uses 90s anime aesthetic (think Sailor Moon meets Harvest Moon). The bachelors and bachelorettes are absurdly attractive. The game introduces "Friday Night at the Inn" events where you watch your waifu lose at darts. It is pure, uncut Waifu Crossing.
If you want the literal experience of having anime waifus walking around an Animal Crossing island, you must look to PC emulation. The "Waifu Crossing" mod pack (available via Nexus Mods and various Discord servers) does the following: waifu crossing
Disclaimer: Modding a Switch requires hardware modification and violates Nintendo’s TOS. Most players experience true Waifu Crossing via emulation of older titles (New Leaf on Citra) or using asset swap tools for PC games like Stardew Valley (the "Anime Mod Collection"). The new king of the genre
This study treats waifu crossing as an umbrella for creative remixing, identity work, platform migration, cosplay/transformation, algorithmic generation, and commercialization. waifu crossing