Infinity Nikki Is Getting a Stardew Valley Collab in September, But Not Everyone Is Happy About It

Infinity Nikki is getting immoderate benignant of crossover collaboration with Stardew Valley opening September 1, and though we truly person nary thought what each it involves, determination are already immoderate amazingly mixed reactions coming from the assemblage successful the aftermath of the announcement. But it's not Stardew Valley's responsibility - it's the effect of 5 months of expanding assemblage vexation directed astatine Infinity Nikki's developer, Infold.

This comes from a video posted to the authoritative Infinity Nikki Twitter/X account, that shows Stardew Valley's Junimos entering the satellite of Infinity Nikki. "Cozy surprises await you, and escapade is successful the air," reads the post. "Prepare your senses for a harvest of wonders." While it's reasonably apt this means caller outfits for Nikki, there's truly thing to bespeak precisely what the collaboration entails. It's besides intolerable to archer if thing Infinity Nikki volition amusement up connected the Stardew Valley side, particularly since Stardew crossovers person been fewer and acold betwixt implicit the years.

While this quality seems similar it would beryllium wholly positive, 1 glimpse astatine the assemblage suggests that's not the case. What players are huffy astir isn't the collaboration itself, though, but the announcement's timing and framing pursuing ongoing hostility betwixt the Infinity Nikki assemblage and developer Infold.

The assemblage has been riled up for immoderate time, ever since update 1.5 this past April added immoderate arguable changes to the game. The changes were multifaceted - immoderate seemed to retcon Infinity Nikki's story, portion others caused subordinate vexation by ramping up the wealth and clip investments required to cod afloat outfits. In response, the assemblage launched a boycott run that they yet had to rename a "girlcott" erstwhile authoritative Infinity Nikki channels appeared to artifact the usage of the connection "boycott" entirely. While Infold did apologize and rectify immoderate of the issues, not each of them were fixed, the assemblage remained dissatisfied, and the workplace dodged further questions posed by reporters.

But much recently, a caller contention has struck. Infold notoriously doesn't uncover caller outfits oregon caller updates until close earlier they're owed to launch, which implicit clip has led to leakers sharing outfits successful beforehand truthful the assemblage tin marque amended decisions astir whether oregon not to walk wealth connected definite outfits, oregon hold for the adjacent update.

Early this week, however, Infold decided it had enough, and published a lengthy effort connected its societal channels denouncing leakers, implicit with an representation that reads, "LEAKS, [sic] ARE POISON TO ALL CREATION!!"

Here's the connection successful full:

That's not all, though. That "Pounding Hammer" fixed retired successful the crippled alongside this message? It's got a fascinating point statement in-game: "There are moments erstwhile one's hands itch, anxious to rise a mighty hammer toward a definite target."

Needless to say, the assemblage is not thrilled. Since this message, players person been expressing vexation connected assorted Infinity Nikki societal channels, arguing that the connection was juvenile, unnecessarily harsh, and ignored the existent contented the assemblage is facing: that radical consciousness they can't marque informed decisions astir however to walk their wealth due to the fact that the workplace doesn't pass its plans well. Players are rallying successful enactment of the leakers now, though others are pushing back, arguing that Infold has a close to spell aft leakers and denote updates erstwhile and however it chooses.

Image source: https://www.reddit.com/r/InfinityNikki/comments/1mu0c6z/until_the_day_i_die_ill_never_rat_on_a_leaker/

Which brings america backmost to Stardew Valley. No one's really huffy astir Stardew Valley - successful fact, there's plentifulness of amusive speculation astir what outfits mightiness beryllium tied to the collaboration. What players are upset astir is the timing, which immoderate are suggesting is all-too-convenient to distract from the contention astir leakers. While astir admit that the timing is coincidental (Gamescom is this week, it's understandable Infold would person thing large to announce), the cardinal problems the assemblage has with the workplace proceed to spell unanswered, and look apt to beryllium swept nether the rug again successful the aftermath of different cute outfit reveal.

It's conscionable excessively atrocious for Stardew and its fans, who seldom get crossovers similar this and are present caught successful the middle. Poor Junimos.

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