The Time Animal Crossing Took Over The World
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Happy 3-year-old anniversary to Animal Crossing: New Horizons!
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Bed-bound from a traumatic birth, my wife could do little during the first months of lockdown. I would plan and prepare online learning for my pupils next to her, our newborn son nestled between us. She would play ACNH and I would join her when I wasn't needed by my class. My first few months of parenthood are forever linked to ACNH. I remember my boy bopping to KK, having distant friends closer than neighbours, going out on virtual dates with a wife who couldn't even stand irl, and making friends. ACNH is more than a game to me, it is a chapter of my life - maybe the most important one.
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I can't believe it's been long enough for us to reminisce about New Horizons.
3 Years already.
@@akaimizu1 Jesus it's been 3 years? Wow time just flew by
I thought this game was supposed to be updated for and given new content for a decade. Why are people talking like its already dead meanwhile Nintendo supported New Leaf for close to a decade. Whats the deal?
@@vikinghammer87 people arent playing it like they used to. Honestly the game got old.
@@izzywoods794 So its safe to say animal crossing isnt what it used to be? I got on board during the pandemic and played for a bit but I honestly never understood the hype around it. Its a decent life sim. Nothing more. I keep thinking im playing it wrong or maybe its just not my go to genre. Idk.
How is this game 3 years old already?! This game saved me through lockdown and got me hooked on gaming again for the first time since I was a kid. To say it changed my life is an understatement
this game and Pokemon GO are IMO the only games that could truly be described as a worldwide phenomenon, and it’s kind of insane how socially and circumstantially opposite they were from each other. the game that kept the world outside, and the game that kept the world inside.
Don't forget Wii Sports!
@@SomeTH-camTraveler true everyone was playing it, but personally i don't feel it was a global phenomenon or got the whole world together on the same level as the others. partly because social media wasn't at its height in 2007 and there was no online play, but mainly there was no dedicated community surrounding the game. but it definitely got my grandma into playing a video game for a few weeks! lol
Will never forget it. Such a strange time in the world
Such a strange time for Governments to ruin people lives and livelihoods over a common cold.
This is the game that made me get a Switch, and it did not disappoint. Coming from Wild World and Let's Go to the City, New Horizons was and, especially now with the DLC, is absolutely amazing to me. Of course there's a few improvements I could think of, and I didn't like the whole 'gradual updates' thing (especially for bigger gameplay features), but I still had a freaking great time 💜
It's so weird for me to hear about this apparent phenomenon that happened with this game, as a huge AC fan I was avoiding anything about the game so I could go in as fresh as possible. And I didn't get to play it until early May that year, so I didn't know it had "taken over the world" until the dust had already kinda settled.
For me, its the music of the game that'll forever hold a special place in my heart. hearing it today, I stared tearing up. I am sure that it will do the same for me 20 years from now too! Thank You ACNH for being a happy memory for me.
I don’t think New Horizons will have the same lasting effect as New Leaf but it will definitely be remembered as the game that got people through the first half of the pandemic.
I think New Horizons will have a more lasting effect due to higher sales and the highest rated game in the series.
I've been playing this game for 2 years every day and it's a perfect anti-stress. That's why no matter how much technology PS5 and Xbox have, they will never give me a game like this. 😊
That's true, the Switch has only one good game
@@knuclear200x the switch is full of good games 💀💀
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@@ssaneitt name them
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I remember how exciting it was to wake up everyday and wonder what new things was happening on my island. I remember the excitement of getting the vaulting pole and ladder to explore the rest of the island after starting the game. Seeing my island in it's early stage with nothing but trees, weeds, and grass, with me wondering how it would look like someday in the future. Now, I think back to those times and just remember how good it felt to be playing the game at the time. Hearing so many songs from the game like the prologue music and some of the hourly songs like the 6pm theme just brings me back to those early months of the game's life. After experiencing this game's release, I am very excited for next Animal Crossing game so I can have a similar experience all over again.
Remember when Alex, Zion, and Jon toured each other's islands?🥺
I feel like that was the first nintendo life video I ever watched
New Horizons was there for me at one of the weirdest times in my life (beyond just the pandemic), and I’m so, so thankful it happened when it did. I haven’t played consistently in months, mostly because of time and attention span, but it will always have a place in my heart
New Horizons was such a great game to play during quarantine. It may have its flaws, but it still holds such a special place in my heart.
It was like an event opposite the crazy beginning of Pokémon Go.
Remember when everyone left their house for walks and stuff to catch pokemon?
This time we all stayed inside and played a game together on our own/online because going outside was potentially dangerous...
Crazy times.
This game was sold out everywhere, it was at the height of lock downs. It was the right game for that time, being home with no where to go. My first casual farm sim game, it was a great timesink.
I pre-ordered it on Amazon and then it got delayed and I remember being so upset so I bought a downloaded copy it so that I could play it at midnight at launch. And then it came two days later.
Loved your stories! I have played every single day since release 🤣 1500+ hours. It still keeps me sane...
I'm still angered, yes, angered, that Nintendo dropped all support for this game after 1 year. It's a disservice to the fans. As someone who started with New Leaf, the amount of content lacking in New Horizons was frustrating then, and even after the update, there's still much to be desired. No DLC support past 1 year is contrary to how other mainline Switch games were handled by Nintendo; look at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, look at Splatoon 3, look at Smash Bros...all had support. Animal Crossing? Nothing. Did Nintendo tell the dev team to focus solely on Splatoon 3 instead of ACNH? After all, aren't the two games made by the same team? Did the pandemic cause Nintendo to reevaluate ACNH's road map? Whatever the case is, Animal Crossing: New Horizons had the potential to go far. Instead, Nintendo squandered it.
I agree with you 100% So much for the developers talking about 2-3 years of updates. They ended in 2021 lol
Like many people, this game seriously helped me through Lockdown. I was one of the people who could do my job from home so I was never furloughed, but I definitely felt the isolation of being shut in all day every day with nobody else around. Escaping into my little island paradise was a massive relief during that time. I really should go back in and see my island again.
This game helped me through depression, seclusion, and anxiety from a world that was shutting down. I was living with my grandparents, working two jobs, part time student, and the shut down was making me worry that I was going to lose one of my jobs (which was IT work for the college I was attending). This game helped me reconnect with my cousin who was like a sister to me when we were kids, but she moved south years ago so we only got to see each other during holidays and played catch up with each other's lives. This game gave us a way to stay connected on a daily basis. It kept my head out of the dark clouds.
Even people at work who have nothing to do with gaming got Animal Crossing and it was so fun talking about it.
"Animal Crossing New Horizons saved my sanity" a sentence that strangely, has been uttered by everyone that played it.
Lockdown hit me the same day this game came out. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm glad it came when it did.
I have so many fond memories of this game, I remember seeing a short 30 second ad on TV , and falling in love with the game! I preordered it and received it on launch day, and played it every day for about 7 months. I didn't play the game much that winter, but the next after the 2.0 update I fell in love with the game all over again!
The day New Horizons came out was the day me and my parents moved out of the house that I was born and raised in. We had never moved. I was 22 and it was incredibly difficult for me, also because they wanted to move to the other side of the country and that meant my boyfriend and I were a long way apart. We didn’t have a new house yet so we would long stay at a holiday park in a cottage, which usually would have been fun- there was a swimming pool, and bowling and a restaurant- but because of the virus everything was closed and it meant 3 months of being cooped up in this small house. I had been looking forward to New Horizons so much, also watched the Direct many times and once with a friend too. Animal Crossing definitely helped me come through that time. Everything in the end went well, my parents a beautiful new home and me finding something close to my boyfriend and now living together, but the future seemed pretty bleak when you lose your home and everywhere is the virus….
I remember the weddings, graduations, parties and meetings made on the game.
New Horizons was when a lot of other people came to Animal Crossing dealing with at least some similar reasons for playing it. AC is truly that total mental mild therapy that really helps when times are down or you're feeling too sick to play typical games. Wild World was when the series got its hooks into me, and also just happened to be the first of the games where Villagers would actually flag for your attention to strike up a conversation. A notable addition to the series. Not to mention, the increase in dialogue and soap-opera like background building of conversations between villagers when you decide to pry into what they're talking about. A feature that remained in the series, starting then, to this day.
Just lovely to hear of all these experiences with the game you three have had. Just such a beautiful time. Weird, but beautiful. Makes me want to look back at things I'd written about it across the first year and all those experiences I'd had beyond.
It was the perfect social game to play when the world wasn't allowed to socialise irl! I made friends with NPCs, strangers on the internet, and played with my irl friends ❤
I work in healthcare, so that time was absolutely awful. The game got me through. But, then about 5 days after it came out my switch died. I was unable to find a new switch- they were sold out everywhere!! I was stalking all the stores until I found one in stock about 45 min from my house. I left work and drove to go get it. The guy in front of me turned around and said "sorry" and then turned back and said "can I buy 5 switches?" and my heart sank- the guy at the register looked at me and then looked back at him and said no. I am not sure if he said no because of me or if it was because he truly couldn't. But, I was so happy! Still using that switch today.
I always wondered when "Lockdown Nostalgia" would finally hit. Back in that first month or two when we had literally no idea if the virus was the next black plague or not, and all we could do was escape to this little peaceful island paradise... This game needs to be remembered and cherished by those who record the final history of COVID-19
I have over 900 hours into this game all on the same island. Finished the museum, working on a full catalog, playing the DLC, still play it about once a week these days! It still feels great to do projects on the island.
New horizion was the game that really got me into the series,the way the game makes you customise your island is incredible
This game deserves more support. I remember buying the switch 2 days before lockdown here in the Philippines and buying sd memory card 1 day before lockdown. I couldn't buy the new horizons special edition switch and physical copy of the game But I bought it digital and the rest was history. I truly cherish and love this game! Thanks Nintendo for making the Covid time have a good side despite the lockdown!
This game came out when I most needed it. I lived alone and worked full-time through every lockdown, often very long hours. It was lovely to have an hour or two every day to just unwind and focus on something relaxing and somewhat social.
I was a huge fan of the series prior to the release of this game. However to me personally, this is the best game in the series. Not only did the game manage to improve upon all the existing systems in the franchise, but also expanded with fantastic new ideas. And yes, with the timely release it also saved me from the pandemic in ways that I cannot describe!
I enjoyed this video! It was great to reminisce about ACNH. I think I played it solidly for the first 6 months, and then still a big part for the next 6 months before slowly tapering off. I made some great NH online friends during this time, and we’re still friends to this day.
Im still playing ACNH 3 years later. I love this game. Sad no more major updates but i still find it enjoyable
I remember freaking out for watching the animal crossing direct. My friend came over and we watched it together and I was freaking out over every single detail like this game was like my second life essentially and I’ve played it every day in 2020 basically, eat, play animal crossing, sleep, repeat 🔂 basically my life in 2020 after school on zoom ended. I don’t play it nearly as much because my work hours after graduation are crazy but I always have a blast with it. I can’t believe it’s been three years. I did get an OLED switch, so I’m working on my second island with a theme so I think that helps with like motivation and stuff. But I love it just recently hit 5 stars on LazyIsle, still got ways to go, but I’m slowly but surely getting there! 😻
that title sounds so threatening, jesus christ
just imagine Isabelle rampaging the streets of new york like godzilla or something
I'm still playing my copy today. I didn't get it when it released and had to wait until next year I recall to finally get my physical preorder. But it really was THE game for me to cope with the pandemic by allowing me to (virtually) go outside and socialize with others. Hunger, health, occupation and money are not long term concerns like in other sim games like The Sims - just enjoy your island life.
I’ve tried resetting my ACNH island a couple times over the last few years. Just searching for a little bit of that magic from March 2020. With soo much more content in the game than back then, you would think it would feel even better to play now. But… I just can’t get those feelings back from those days when I’d play Animal Crossing all day and night during lockdown. It was like a special wrinkle in time we’ll never truly get back 🥹 really got me through those days.
My first Switch game! Was contemplating on getting Pokemon game back then but AC was all the hype and I didn't know what this was about. I got addicted playing until I reached 1,000+ hours within 9 months! Hands down one of the best games.
I remember i waited to buy a switch for the animal crossing switch. Literally the day it launched, all the shops went into lockdown and I couldn’t pick the console and game up until the lockdown was lifted 🙈🙈
This game really did save me. I would work to the best of my ability from home and then, as soon as I was done, I would jump onto Animal Crossing and put something calming on the tv to have on in the background. My partner and I would play together…it was so calming and sweet.
It also got me to continue collecting the amiibo cards again after abandoning it years earlier.
I will never forget about how i have felt about this game , like when i first started this game constantly.
But from this point on I’m not ever gonna be restarting this game all over.
Cuz back then when i was restarting ever so constantly i was jus trying to find the perfect island , but I’m already on that island now.
Cuz this game did brought back really good memories of me , like when i was playing in the older games of AC.
But it was good jus to see those times from back then , but now I’m looking forward to making more newer memories like playing in the newer games of AC.
So to the people in Nintendo Life , I truly thank you all for making this game.
Cuz this game will always get me to see how I really was from back then , and so this game is an eye opener for me.
Cuz I never truly saw myself in a way like how I never saw myself before.
So truly thank you for getting me to see something of myself , that I’ve never truly seen before.
Ps. I jus can’t believe that this game really is 3 years old , so I truly thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
Like Zion, I picked up my copy of New Horizons the night before it was supposed to be released. At the time I was stressing that GameStop locations would be shutdown before I was able to get my copy. And in fact the mall location I was supposed to get it at HAD closed. The Mall had shut due to covid. But I got a call that Thursday that I was able to pick it up that night at another nearby GameStop. It was a weird feeling that I had my physical copy before many people got to play digitally. But with the stress of the time, I'm glad I had the game to play.
I have never anticipated a game like this one. It was the best time of my life at the worst time of my life (at everyone's life, basically). The music takes me to the safe place I felt when I played it nonstop with my best friends. We threw a birthday party for my best friend in AC when we weren't supposed to throw parties. I miss those bittersweet days.
It was phenomenal on how this game came at the right place at the right time, keeping people occupied during lockdown (and how it helped them) and I am thankful for that myself. Hard to believe that it's three years and I still have fond memories taking part in events with friends, crafting my island and trading items with people. Good to hear your exepriences throughout. It's totally GOTY material.
I got nervous when I had to build my campsite because I needed so many iron nuggets and I barely had one!
Another thing about this game is that it was actually supposed to come out in 2019, but Nintendo decided to delay it to polish it even more and this decision actually payed off big time.
I remember GameStop releasing them the day before. I found out when they were about to close 😭 I was so upset that I was going to have to wait lol but the next day I got there 20min before they opened. Stood in a small line, all of us keeping our distance, and we went in like 4 people at a time. Got my game and poster and got home to play.
The next day lockdown began for my area and honestly NH got me through it as it did with many others ❤ I rarely play now but it’ll always hold a very special place in my heart.
You guys discussing the rumours of playing the Ocarina for rare fish instantly took me back to my school days. I remember when people were saying if you went to the van in Vermillion city you’d find Mew. I spent hours messing around trying to find this Mew before giving up. So few games capture that sense of wonder and curiosity now.
25:03 nice editing!!
I got this game in August of last year. I have 300 hours in and I am still discovering new things all the time. The gift that keeps on giving!
I remember when I first played the game. I live in the UK so lockdown occurred on the 23rd. I was living in my student house for uni at the time, living in my cold basement room, had preloaded the game ready to play on the day and granted I still had no clue as to how university was going to proceed or how the rest of the country was going to live and work with the pandemic. Granted I was a biomedical student and knew about the proceedings of the pandemic beforehand so was prepared for it. Before then though, I got started with the game and spent most of the day getting through the basics, asking villagers to move in and all that jazz. By the following day, 21st March, me and my brother organised to move back home to be safe from being trapped in our homes. On the 22nd, that's when I really buckled down with the game and spend every morning there after, waking up and immediately checking to see what's new on my island and before sleeping, getting another hour or two to finish off some things. I definitely believe the game came out the perfect time, despite the flaws of the game and the lack of smaller updates and additions to the game. ACNH is by far one of the best games Nintendo has had to offer and to me, is one of the most personal games I have ever played on any console!
This game was so awesome to play at home. I have over 300 hours in game total. I just wish I had more stuff to do nowadays. I hardly play it anymore
I also got my copy a day early from GameStop. Driving through the city where my store is was wild. It was totally empty when it’s normally so busy. I’ve been a fan since Wild World days, and getting this as the world started to crumble was life saving
I still check-in on a daily basis, mostly because I'm about 3 or 4 pieces of art away from completing the museum! And of course there are still a few animals I want like Beau and Raymond, already checked Sasha, Audie and Ankha off the list! Was trying to get every color of gyroid and flower, I already have all the songs!
Going to GAME to collect my preorder was the last non food related shop I went to before everything shut down a week later.
The game was a way to be together without being together. Also I don’t think I’ll every go over a 1000 hours on any other game every.
I still play Animal Crossing religiously. ❤ Nintendo really did a great job. I bought a switch in 2018 back when the game was first announced. And I am really glad I did because switches were so difficult to come by in 2020. 😂
I watched all your videos and remember everything going on with Alex and his new house during rhat time. It seems like it was just last year.
Cant believe its been 3 years already since release, New Horizons saved me during the first year of the pandemic, it was the best escape from stress and helped a lot in times of major anxiety.
I remember when the announcement trailer hit and how excited i was to play a new Animal Crossing after Wild World ❤
I really hope Nintendo doesnt let this franchise die off anytime soon.
I can't believe it's been three years
AC got me through lockdown. I would play so much after work (and during work - don’t tell my boss. LOL). This video is making me want to start it up again. I even made a cross stitch pattern for Animal Crossing recently. Like Felix-I have so many hours in Animal Crossing. 😅
Me… lol.
I remember going out and buying this game from GameStop a week or so before the Pandemic.
We then drove to a retro gaming store to pick up a game for our old PS2.
I just laid on the couch playing Animal Crossing, while my Brother was playing a PS2 Compilation of Street Fighter.
It's been a long time since i played that game, can't believe it's been three years already.
Lockdown was the dumbest and most destructive thing ever, but at least it pushed the Animal Crossing sales to the moon! I loved that game, the weather was pretty great in the spring of '20 here in Germany and I enjoyed playing it on the terrace, really cozy.
I remember my fave Ruby said she was thinking about leaving 😢 and I thought this was out of my control for a minute. 😂
Oh i miss playing this game with my siblings
ACNH was the epitome of chill and it helped get the whole world through the covid stuff
I love this game. I was playing it while watching but unfortunately the video wasn't long enough so I'm still playing for today xD This game makes me exercise and stretch now and its also the relaxing time away from stress. My first AC game was Wild World and I loved it so much. Its awesome to play this new era of AC, even if its a little different from GC and WW.
weird how i almost miss the first half of the pandemic. terrible yet peaceful times where you were just sat at home doing whatever without feeling guilty for doing so.
I haven't visited my island for almost a year now. 😢 I miss my ACNH days.
This came out at the best, worst time in human history. Certainly made it tolerable.
But now I feel like it ran it's course and I don't feel very compelled to play it anymore. It'll take another HUGE update to rope me back in. I miss playing it though...
I hope when new AC game come out I could make my character a different animal than human.
I still remember going to GameStop with my partner at the time to get our copies and our pre-order posters
What a sweet video, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy 🥰
This was my LIFE during the pandemic. Unfortunately, it got old mostly if not solely for the fact that the characters kept on repeating the same dialog over and over. I'm going to download the HHA DLC for my birthday this year though
Such missed potential. This could have been the greatest AC of all time. It could have had the longest life of any game
Me watching this while playing AC with 1300 hours under my belt 😅
Who's island is playing for the video? It is beautifully curated ❤
I think the bulk of the footage is from Felix’s island.
Lockdown meant my wife’s birthday trip was cancelled so I took the airbnb refund and bought her a switch with ACNL and we just bunkered down and played for weeks
Nintendo were so lucky that they delayed this game by a few months as it launched at just the perfect time!
I bought my switch lite with animal crossing new horizons. I had so much fun but am so sad that it never reached its full potential
I think the pandemic killed this game. Everyone over played it cause there wasn’t anything else to do. Then everyone definitely got sick of it and there was such high expectations
Started the game recently and it's been great 😌
I’m genuinely sorry to the people who time traveled and made the game lose all its wonder
Awesome!
I still don't have a Switch.
It was released at the peak of COVID
I miss those days so much even tho the world was going down the drain outside.
Jesus christ… 3 god damn years
Why did Nintendo not support this game, its has so much more too give 😢
Hi felix i think we have the same bday is it this time next week?🎉🎉
love this game to bits! ^^
Everyone knows Nintendo released COViD 19 to boost sales of animal crossing...
The game released digitally a day early in na, right? I swear it did
Yes, but why did they put those horrible night time tarantulas on my island?!?
We need a new game now.