Elijah Wood visited a stranger’s Animal Crossing island to sell his turnips

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elijah Wood surprised a fan by privately asking to sell her turnips in a game of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The video game enables players to buy and offload turnips at a profit, with a “turnip exchange” granting strangers the opportunity to purchase vegetables from players they don’t know. “This is the best day in quarantine yet.” The user, whose real name is Jessica, additionally posted a screenshot of her initial interaction with Wood, in which his verified Twitter account asks: “Would love your dodo code to sell these turnips”. Animal Crossing has become a video game sensation amid the coronavirus pandemic, though it has come under criticism for teaching children “toxic messages” about capitalism and the environment.