{"id":623,"date":"2022-12-02T14:26:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T14:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/?p=623"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:14:53","slug":"animal-crossing-autumn-roasts-jingle-as-leonard-shelby-memento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"Animal Crossing Autumn Roasts: Jingle as Leonard Shelby (Memento)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

He\u2019s making a list, checking it twice, he\u2019s gonna find out who\u2019s naughty or nice. Except he isn\u2019t, because Animal Crossing\u2019s titular reindeer Jingle doesn\u2019t remember so good (we\u2019re talking City Folk<\/em> here, not any of the later versions, where he just becomes lazy and makes you do his present giving for him in exchange for rewards). Upon your first meeting, he\u2019ll happily regale you with festive cheer, give you a present, then carry on walking on his merry way around your town. And if you walk up to him again as you are, he\u2019ll admonish you for being greedy. Who would be greedy enough to ask for another gift, after all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

You, that\u2019s who. If you talk to Jingle and just accept that one gift, then you\u2019ll only get one piece of festive furniture for the whole year (note \u2018festive\u2019, not \u2018Christmas\u2019; Animal Crossing doesn\u2019t name this particular holiday, you see) when there\u2019s a total of about 11 pieces, you\u2019ll have to wait another 11 years. Be reasonable. You\u2019re not gonna do that. You\u2019re gonna squeeze this sucker for all he\u2019s worth. How? Just wear a different outfit. Yep, you heard right. Just pop on some different shirt, hat and leggings and…bang! Walk up to Jingle again and, while he may appear to recognise you at first, he\u2019ll disregard this suspicion and hand you over another gift for your collection. Nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll also find a similar memory problem in Guy Pearce\u2019s Leonard Shelby. Not that he gives away presents to greedy folks because he can\u2019t remember giving them in the first place, but, without going into plot details, his short-term memory allows characters to manipulate his trust. Sufficient to say, while tricking the reindeer provides a bit of yuletide fun, the tricks that Shelby is exposed to are more dramatic and consequential. Not to say that tricking a reindeer out of his stash isn\u2019t consequential, it\u2019s just that City Folk<\/em> is a video game targeted at young children with anthropomorphic creatures, whereas Memento<\/em> is a more mature psychological thriller aimed at a slightly more mature audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either way, short-term memory loss ain\u2019t a good thing for either of these dudes. But if you\u2019re feeling in a tricksy mood this Christmas, then power up City Folk<\/em> again, and don\u2019t come as you are, as a friend, or as they want you to be. Come to Jingle in multiple different disguises and receive multiple different prizes. This post is more about City Folk<\/em> than Memento<\/em>, isn\u2019t it? Perhaps, but the similarities with memory issues remain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He\u2019s making a list, checking it twice, he\u2019s gonna find out who\u2019s naughty or nice. Except he isn\u2019t, because Animal Crossing\u2019s titular reindeer Jingle doesn\u2019t remember so good (we\u2019re talking City Folk here, not any of the later versions, where he just becomes lazy and makes you do his present giving for him in exchange for rewards). … <\/p>\n

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