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Holy crap do I have thoughts. First, this is my first animal crossing game and I am an idiot for ignoring before. Fun story: The first day I moved all of the NPCs away from me because I wanted have my own space, especially since I am quarantined with my wife and two kids. However, the very next day my six year old says to me “Dad, I started my own game on your island and moved right next to you!” So I am quarantined with my six year old in real life and video game life. Specifics thoughts Blathers... the freaking best. I LOVE how he hates bugs but will still give you facts about them. His factoids are interesting as well. I usually give all my new donations to him one at a time so I can listen to his stories.

Do you guys think of the lore implications of these familiar faces just moving to a deserted island? Why in the world would Blathers leave his nice museum from New Leaf and set up the world's fanciest museum and aquarium on an island with a population of 5? Is Tom Nook running his real estate empire from his phone? How do they all have a network signal? I'm just asking questions here.

Tanner Hoisington

My favorite super specific thing in the game is the character's little hop animation when he or she squeezes between two objects.

Mason Cowell

As a *long time* Animal Crossing fan (10~ hours AC:PG/Mobile, 50+ rest) to me the most interesting change so far has been how many incentives for time skipping have been removed from the game. Balloons are much more common than they were before (common enough to be dailies), rare fish/bugs are much easier to get (Coelacanths, anyone?) and visitors are a daily things, rather than a surprising thing. (Still have Saharah PTSD from NL. She had to come to your town 4 times before you could get the last shop upgrade). Additionally, with the dailies and the island explorations, you run out of things to do much later. I'm also really enjoying how word-of-mouth everything is right now. Plenty of other *hardcore* Animal Crossing friends of mine are sharing information about this game that nobody else knew, and wasn't easily accessible online. Meanwhile more casual friends are able to be a part of the conversation in a way that's not normally possible when a large group of people is all playing the same game. Not to beat a dead horse here, but the release window so far has felt like the Strand Game experience that Death Stranding tried to be. Also, has "Breath of the Wild like" become the new euphemism for "your tools break"? Because jeeze louise, amirite?

micspam

Curious: what is you guy's default camera style? I'm mostly a low angle/rolling hills style, only ever going top down when customizing and fishing in rivers

Hugo Pereira

This game is teaching me so many things in life I didn't know. For instance, I know thought bamboo was just the sticks, but the top looks just like a tree when fully grown. Mind is blown

Dear Ben and the disciples of the New Horizon. Do you all think the current pandemic is a scheme by Tom Nook for his business model? (But without joking, I think the current pandemic is skyrocketing AC:NH sales, mostly digital)

Hello Ben and friends. You said be specific so I will. The way they spread out content over each day is masterful and makes you look forward to playing tomorrow. Example I made 3 houses at once. But they slowly added the people day by day instead of having it so since I finished them all in one day the next day they will all move in. Nope one at a time that’s puck day(penguin villager name) and you should spend your day getting to know puck not all 3

Mark Cruz

So at the beginning of the year if you would have asked me what my GOTY was going to end up being I would have said FF7 Remake no question. While I still feel that will end up being the case, the excellence of Animal Crossing mixed with the unprecedented state of the world right now, it seems like this game has really taken the world by storm and the consensus is that it was the perfect game to come out during these very unique times. Do you think, with all these things combined, that Animal Crossing will end up being a VERY serious GOTY contender? While the franchise has been beloved for a long time, I don't recall any entry ever being in the greater conversation for consensus Game of the Year.

Just wanted to say that I did not read or watch any preview content or reviews before getting the game. I played a lot of Wild World, a good bit of City Folk, and some New Leaf. Learning the new mechanics in New Horizons first hand has been a delight. Eventually I’ll look up a guide or “Top 10 Hidden Secrets” List but for now I’m playing it slow and steady and learning new things day by day. And it’s a blast! Stay home, stay happy, stay safe and stay healthy MinnMax! AdamWalkerSomethingRanger

Adam W

This is my first and only Animal Crossing game and I've been loving it so far! My favorite thing is the museum. So many games have collectibles but this is the first one I've played where the things you collect actually enhances the game world. I love how well laid out the museum is and how you can look at all the displays. Not to mention all the little details like the butterfly hatchery and the submarine display. It feels like a zoo, aquarium, and natural history museum all rolled into one. And you get to participate in building it! I wish all games made their collectible grind as fun and interesting as this. That said, my least favorite thing are the wasps..... I really hope there's a way to deal with them. Yes I know to equip the net when shaking trees to deal with them but every time I've been stung has been when I was chopping wood. There's simply no time to switch to the net and catch them and you can't run away from them fast enough most of the time. The frequency at which they spawn is also very annoying. I've been keeping all the wasp nests to count the number of times I get hit everyday (and for the medicine) and the record is 6 right now! Does anyone have a good method to keep from getting stung when chopping wood???? Looking forward to the discussion on this awesome game!

I love how you can actually learn stuff from donating fossils to Blathers. Turns out the diamond shaped plates on a Stegosaurus' back were made of bone, but weren't actually connected to the skeleton. They just grew out of the skin, though their purpose is still a mystery. Who knew!? Also, is his name Blathers because he's always blathering about fossils?

James Smith