The Tokyo Fire Department has jumped on the bandwagon of the global smash-hit game Animal Crossing: New Horizons to offer advice on disaster prevention in a virtual format as the coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible to hold real-life emergency drills.

Since last month, the department's official Twitter account has been sending out videos and screenshots set in Nintendo Co.'s popular console game to demonstrate disaster prevention measures.

The clips, set on the specially created Bosai Jima, (Disaster Prevention Island), have proved a hit, drawing more than 330,000 views and over 20,000 "likes."