An update is on its way for New Horizons next month, so I thought I’d do a few posts talking about my experience with previous entries. Starting off with Wild World, because that was my introduction to the series.
I think the first place I picked up this game was round at my cousins’ house. I didn’t really get it as a game at first. Walk round ground. Pick up apples. Sell apples. Sell apples to weird anthropomorphic creatures (did I know what the word anthropomorphic meant back then? Did I even know that such a word existed? Probs not). ૮₍˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ₎ა
Anyway, I was intrigued. What’s the plot, dude? I could talk to other animals who owned their own property. Interesting. And I could increase the size of my own house by paying money. By paying money to…Tom Nook. The devious, penny-pinching, machiavellian bastard known as Tom Nook. And he’s a raccoon, which is appropriate. Wait, apparently he’s…a cat? Wait, that was just a weird ass take from Google’s AI searching bot. He is, in fact a tanuki, which is a Japanese racoon dog. Okay, that fits. But yeah, this cruel dude will squeeze you out of every damn bell you’ve got until you’re rinsed dry. You get a bigger house at the end of the day, but is it worth it? Is all that time collecting fruit, fish, bugs and fossils worth it? Just so you can sell them off to The Man to make a cheap buck? Such questions could be extended to reality. But perhaps this became other people’s reality. To quote that wise old guy in that basement at the chemist’s place in Inception, who are you to say otherwise, sir? ≽ܫ≼
Anyway, apparently this game series was addictive, and I ended up getting my own copy some way down the line. And it was fun. Particularly getting Nookington’s, the final stage of the Nook shops. Then you get to see Tom’s nephews, Timmy and Tommy in fancy getup as they introduce you to their department’s fancy wares. It’s a goddamn shame that Nookington’s has never made it’s way into New Horizons, but yeah, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen, even with the new update. “( – ⌓ – )
One big thing that many Crossing noobs who’ve only played New Horizons should be grateful for, though. You’ve never had to deal with grass problems. Or significant time travelling problems, for that matter. So, sit yourselves down, gather round the fireplace and let this old hag tell you a tale or two. Back in my day, you walk on that grass, or dare I say run on that grass, and that grass starts withering away. Yep. Then you’ve got yourself a nice, ugly-looking patch where grass should be. And now your town looks like a shabby pile of coal. Or something like that. You’ve never had to deal with such an abomination. You can just run all over your New Horizons grass to your heart’s content, and it just stays in the same condition. Appreciate that for a moment. °❀.ೃ࿔*
But I haven’t got round to the time travelling chicanery yet. Sure, you’ve got the usual Nintendo no-no if you try to mess around with time after purchasing turnips. Try any shit like that and those motherfuckers are dead and mouldy. We all know not to play around with shit like that. But with this particular game, more dire consequences can occur if you’re toying with the time gods. Say you’ve made the proud achievement of getting Nookington’s for example. If you start changing the time on your DS, Nookington’s gone. Kaput. Dead. Downgraded. Yep. The whole store is downgraded if you do that. Timmy and Tommy’s fancy getups? Gone. All thanks to you, they’re back working in standard clothing in their standard class shop. How could you? (=｀ﻌ´=)
Oh, and one more thing to mention. Or rather, one more guy. Resetti. Yeah, you hear the Resetti music when you need to be picked up by rescue services, but you don’t SEE Resetti. You don’t know the WRATH of Resetti. I’ll get more into his devious ways when discussing the next Animal Crossing entry, but let’s just say he’s a nasty piece of work. Sure, he’s popping up again in the New Horizons update next month, but you can bet he’ll be the subdued, docile Resetti that Japan have had to make him since Western audiences got scared shitless by him in earlier games. You’ve heard of Super Mario Bros 2, right? Nintendo didn’t even consider porting that over to us because they knew we’d find it too challenging. Oof. Anyway, earlier Animal Crossing games were crueller. Mark my words. 🦡
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