One of the things I like about the original Animal crossing is that you’re not some pillar of hope coming to reshape the community for the better, you are just some nobody that rolled into town. Nobody knows who you are so they aren’t overly friendly, like how normal people would act towards a new person in their community. But over time you learn these villagers quirks and behaviors they start to feel less strange and more like neighbors and you become apart of the town. Not a mayor, not head of community development, but a neighbor.
I think that's what I love the most about the original game. While the loss of the QoL changes over the years can definitely be felt, it's nice just being another face in the village rather than a paragon of change.
Yes! I miss this! my problem with ACNH is there's WAY too much responsibility. Everyone always decorates their island like crazy, I just leave mine as natural as it can be, cause that's how it was.
And that’s the entire core concept of Animal Crossing: starting as an outsider and feeling like you don’t fit in as the world around you is strange and not always the nicest but overtime you bond with your new surroundings and learn to call this place home. New Horizons didn’t get that memo, it just feels like god simulator and doesn’t have much soul to it. It feels like everyone is just a collectible puppet.
I think folks forget that bells are theoretically more based on Japanese Yen, not USD Technically, the original animal crossing first debt is only about $200, after all conversions done
I’ve been playing Animal Crossing since 2007 and had never once considered this 😂 I just accepted that “Bells aren’t Dollars and therefore they can charge me whatever they want 🤷🏽♀️" 😂
@@Scarylyn14That is also most likely the case, if I'm honest But, the logic makes sense that Nintendo, a Japanese company, would work with currency they were familiar with, even if subconsciously
By the way, this is no coincidence, Matt, Pat, even did a theory where he found out that it was one-to-one with ¥ by looking at the switch in game and real life prices
@@SirRias That's just basic economics. I used to live in a ranch with guabas, tamarinds, onion, tomato and raddish galore, literally anyone could pick a basket of market discarded procude for free and take it home. The overproduction and easy access to a produce makes it virtually cheaper or less valuable. The "An Town" is like filled to the brim with fruit that anyone can just pick. Like lucky Tom Nook even gives you a mere bell for something he could just walk and pick up.
You didn't even play long enough to get to the parts where you pay off your debt, and Nook responds by upgrading your house and giving more debt for it, whether or not you want him to.
Or forgetting to save and getting yelled at by Resetti. I was 8 years old when I got the GameCube version of Animal Crossing. The first time I saw Resetti show up (at least I think it was the first time), I literally ran to my parents crying XD. It is amazing that I continued to be an Animal Crossing fan up to today after that event lol. I continued to have a love-hate relationship with Resetti. I remember intentionally quitting without saving on Wild World to get him to pop up just for me to troll him with my answers. He would insist that I do write the message that he wants, or something like that, and I would write something entirely different on purpose. Ahhh the good ole days. It is probably for the best that they toned him down in later games, but man, I wish he had more presence in New Horizons, because you do not really encounter him, beyond hearing his voice. I understand that his services are no longer required now that the game can autosave, but man.. The dude is iconic
Fun fact: Animal Crossing is basically an N64 title running on the GameCube, originally released on the N64 in Japan under the title Animal Forest. The game is less than 32MB in size (a GameCube disc holds 1.46GB), which is so small that you can remove the disc after booting the game and it will continue to play using the console's internal RAM.
Yeah the biggest change graphics wise was going from 30 fps to 60 fps It did add new content though, it's named like an enhanced version in Japan. (Which then Japan went on to make another enhanced version but it never came to the west, Doubutsu no Mori e+ I think? There's fan translation development for that game and I hope it gets finished)
4 years later, I easily played off my debt, helped friend pay off theirs with 8 million bells in my bank, and now my island is over run with flowers to the point where the frame data drops in some spots, and I only finished my fossil exhibit. Meanwhile, I still haven't paid off my original home from 2001... Good luck in An Town
It wasn’t just the OG Animal crossing that didn’t have character creation, it was every single game that was formatted this way. You’d talk to Rover or Kapp’n, they’d ask you a few questions, and poof, your character. In some games, other elements would later become customizable. For example, in WW, they introduced Harriet, who used a similar question system to give you a haircut. In later games you could apply your Mii’s face to the player character, which looked incredibly cursed. You NEVER knew what kind of haircut you were getting, and kind of just had to live with it until the next day. You’d also have to cough up around 3k bells each time. Also, they had no definitive way to choose your skin color. You’d literally just have to sit out in the sun on a clear day to obtain a “tan” that would darken your skin. It was *so bad* that they never even introduced alternate skin colors until New Horizons, almost 20 years later. In the OG version, you could technically change your face to a horrifying gyroid expression if you dared leave your friends town without saving, but this isn’t permanent IIRC. The first Animal Crossing game released in the US only had shirts and umbrellas. The shirt would be a bit like the basic custom design shirt you get NH. It was one parttern pasted across every axis, and would be replicated on the non removable hat given to the player character. Every AC game came with a new accessory. wild world, they introduced hats that you could actually remove, as well as accessories like face wear. In City Folk, you could technically get new shoes and socks. You’d have to go to the city (the gimmick of the game was a new area called the City with a few new shops and places you could visit. The game is known as being the weakest in the series due to its notable lack of additions.) and ask a skunk, Kicks, to shine your shoes. This would also present a random combo each time. He also wasn’t always there, so it was a really big gamble. In New Leaf, Kicks finally got his own storefront where you could actually buy socks and shoes. They also made the player character taller, allowing for pants to be added, as well a full body costumes. In NH, there wasn’t much left expand on cosmetically, so tote bags, hand bags, an backpacks were the only “clothing” item added. So many character items have been sadly replaced or lost. Pelly and Phyllis being the first two who come to mind. Blanca, Resetti, Dr. Shrunk, Tortimer, Booker and Copper, Lyle, etc. have all been removed or delegated to very small roles comparatively. So many classics lost imo.
I actually loved City Folk and the new city area. Yes, it was basically Wild World, but I was also ok with it at the time. This one time, I played with someone online and he gave me a hacked axe that looks like an electric guitar. I am pretty sure I still have it to this day. Granted, I haven't touched City Folk in years. I am sad that they got rid of a lot of the OG characters, but the one I am the most sad about is Resetti. I had a love-hate relationship with the guy and he tormented me, and I trolled him back, but man. That dude is iconic. I am pretty sure Lyle can be seen in New Horizons right? Or maybe that was New Leaf and Happy Home Designer.
This makes me chuckle. I grew up with Animal Crossing starting from this one. Back then, back in the ol days of OG Animal Crossing, you didn't have the chance to minmax or do all of this utilization of time and resources and talk to friends online about turnips (cell phones were a rare commodity back then!). You just literally enjoyed the game and goobered around while paying off your debt and see the BIGGEST variety of personalities in your villagers.
@KingC89 Yeah, but as you've said that was "before". Van Gogh's paintings were cheap too when he made them in 1885. But as time goes on the product becomes more and more rare and desired, obviously. Sure, consoles and games that are 10 or 15 years old aren't that special. They're still relatively recent. But when those things become 30-40 years old, obviously the price will rise. In fact, the age of a game is such an important aspect of the price, that people will literally give hundreds of dollars for a bad game that nobody wants to play, just because it's old.
1. HOW do so many people forget that Animal Crossing bells are 1 to 1 with Japanese Yenn since that's where Nintendo is. The first loan isn't $19,800, is 19,800 yenn in 2001 money which was around $160 in 2001 and around $300 in today's money. That's incredibly cheap for these houses. 2. If you buy and sell enough to/from Nook, his store will expand & there will be more for sale. There are 3 expansions: Nook n Go, Nookway, and if you buy something in a friend's nook shop, Nookington's where Timmy and Tommy make their first and only appearance.
Fun fact! Pate's name is probably pronounced pa-tay since it is a reference to the French food pâté, which is a meat spread traditionally made from the fatty livers of waterfowl like ducks and geese! Kind of morbid, in my opinion
The original had 2 neat features they've never brought back: Playable NES games as gifts and things you can have Chores for neighbors and being paid with cool stuff.
Yeah I really wish they had brought the NES games back, or even SNES games now would be even cooler. But I guess they thought it might be a conflict of interest with Nintendo Online.
The villagers talking like this about Nook (buying more so the store expands) is literally a nudge to the player - you buy a lot and the store expands. It's built in instructions :D
Oh, the nostalgia! I still have my copy of AC for gamecube and the memory card. Unfortunately, my gamecube broke long ago, but it's a nice memory, at least, lol.
This was the first game I ever “played.” When I was a baby, my mom would plug the GC controller into the second port and tricked me and my brother into thinking I was helping her while playing the game. I literally cannot remember a world without Animal Crossing existing. It’s just been… there… my entire life. So it’s interesting to see people who have never played the first game before react to it, or to speak of it in the way they do. It’s so surreal to me, lol.
I turned 22 in 2001 and was in college. This really makes me feel old. I will be 45 this year. Lol. I've owned my Gamecube since 2002. Was thinking about picking up this game as I didn't get it back in the day.
Tom Nook is the ultimate capitalist overlord, luring us in with promises of cozy island life and then plunging us into a debt spiral! But hey, at least I got to experience the joy of free shrimp Fridays before I became Nook's indentured servant.
OG Animal Crossing will always hold a special place in my heart. Back when the villagers had souls. Imagine a game with the mayor system from new leaf, the freedoms, design and gameplay of new horizons, and the writing, music and atmosphere of the original game. Would be perfect
the original Animal Crossing is a game about getting scammed by some loan shark mafia who's got your personal information which he got from some guy flirting with you on the train.. moral of the story: if a stranger asks to sit next to you, say no
I can’t believe so much time has passed that now we’re re-discovering and explaining what Animal Crossing had ALWAYS been until New Horizons 😂 At 22, I’m officially OLD! I will never skip an OG Animal Crossing video ❤
Animal Crossing: Wild World was my first Animal Crossing game. I played it on my DS and loved it. It was actually so similar to this original game. On Saturday mornings, my sister and I would play together and visit each other's towns. Oh, and Mr. Resetti always terrified me. 😂
It is hilarious to see people play the original Animal Crossing because it is so different from what we have today with New Horizons. I grew up with Animal Crossing on the Game Cube and it was a blast! It still is! I personally prefer all the older Animal Crossing games compared to New Horizons. Yes, the customization is new and amazing. However, I liked the feel of the old games and how rude villagers could be. Haha! I mean, sometimes it was unintentional when a villager was rude. It gave the villagers so much more character though! I hope that more people will explore the older games. They are so much fun.
6:33 bells are actually more akin to a cent since they’re based off japanese yen so you’re actually getting a really good deal the tom nook misinfo needs to stop not only are his prices dirt cheap you can pay him back whenever and he even donates 90% of his profits to charity
I just bought Animal Crossing on Switch in end of January of 2024 and my mom got jealous and bought a Switch Lite with Anaimal Crossing included and now we're addicted to it
You barely scratched the surface of how brutal 100%ing the game is. If you want a full collection log, you need to play daily FOR YEARS. You want all of the K.K. Slider songs? Every Saturday, 8pm-midnight, you must request a specific track from K.K. Slider at the train station. He will give you ONE song per week. How do you even know what the songs are called? Visit villager homes until you see that they just happen to have a stereo and just happen to have ONE track in it, so you know what to request from K.K. How many songs are there? 55. There are 55 songs, 12 of which are ONLY available with an e-reader. This is *JUST* the music tracks. If you want all the fish, you have play different times of day, different times of year, and there are some fish that only appear for like a week in september, and if you don't catch it the first time for that day, it won't spawn again till the next day. Insects are the same way. Fossils are easy enough, but still take a few weeks of finding all 5 fossils EVERY DAY. For art, you need to be randomly visited once a week by Redd, who may not even have a painting that day! The 3rd house upgrade costs $398,000 bells! Assuming you pay 10,000 bells PER DAY, that's OVER A YEAR PAYING OFF 1 UPGRADE. I didn't even mention that Tom Nook won't keep a consistent price for fish and insects. You can only sell about 10-15 fish to him before he starts paying like 80 bells each instead of 800-1200. Then the price resets the next day!
Tbh i miss 2020, when we could all just sit on our phones and devices all day witout having to go outside, it's hard to believe that it's already been 4 years.
gyroids are based off haniwa, clay sculptures who used to be buried alongside the dead a long time ago in japan! fun fact: if you save the game while on the train, when you come back, your avatar's face will be that of a gyroid, it led to some theories back in earlier days of animal crossing.
Aww, your character looks just like my first Animal Crossing character did! 😄 I played the hell out of this as a kid, it's definitely harder compared to the quality-of-life changes in the newer games, but there's a charm to the original that I don't think has been fully replicated since. I do think my favorite villager interactions were in Wild World, it's a happy medium between the snark of the original and the over-friendliness of New Horizons 😆
I actually used to have Alli in my New Horizons island (she moved away), and she was REALLY NICE! Just goes to show how big if a change in personality these characters have gotten over time.
Mostly because all types (grumpy, sister etc etc) have the same diaglogue as each other, and they're automatically now your friend, rather than having to get them to warm up to you first and gradually start to like you. At least that's what I've been able to work out. I really miss the Grumpy and cranky villagers actually being.. well.. grumpy and cranky lol
I'm so amused by your interpretation of this game. It was my first Animal Crossing, and skipping over an entire generation (from DS/Wii to Switch), plus New Horizons being the first AC game I know of where there isn't a pre-existing town to move to, meant that my very different experience of the game was the other direction.
The original animal crossing characters were more aggressive, but they feel more rewarding to befriend because of it. Also why does everyone rag on my boy Rover? He's just trying to be friendly!
The original Animal Crossing on GameCube was the first game I ever played. My brothers and sister played it as well. My oldest brother was the first to pay off all debt, get a gold statue, catch all the fish and bugs, and complete the museum. I had played it on my own when I was a little older. Had my own town, Liz (a pink alligator) lived there. After a few years, I had everything I wanted in my house, even a full T-rex skeleton. I was BFF's with Liz and was racking up bells. One day I boot up and the game and I'm greeted with K.K. turns out my memory card got corrupted and the only way I could play again was to delete my town. At least, at the time, I was not aware of any other way to fix this. I cried for a good hour to lose part of my childhood, my NPC friend that I knew would never be in my town again, and losing my fossil collection/house. As much as I love all of the Animal Crossing games in their own way, the original was a big part of me growing up. As clunky as the original is, and as much as I love New Horizons, the original has a special little place in my heart. I'd probably still play if my original file didn't get corrupted.
The old Animal Crossings are so special. 🤣 They're the perfect games to play over time, because you look forward to just talkign with the villagers. You never know what they come up with! My favoruite conversation to date was Purrl absolutely SHAMING me for walking a round with a fish in my pocket, only so she could scam it off me and eat it. 🤣
Watching this while I wait for Animal Crossing to download on my switch. I finally decided to buy it this morning, and it's taking forever to download.
I was a nurse during the pandemic and I actually think that playing animal crossing was the only thing that kept me from completely sinking into depression
Miss opportunity to visit the island, and having a one in eight chance to see THAT villager, or technically now islander. This was her debut game, shocking since she uh, didn't become 'famous' until much later.
Theres no way this just dropped after i finished watching the compilation of all the other AC videos, now i can continue to watch Kronk Nook terrorize people yay!
Does the police station in the original serve the same purpose as the police station you can unlock in New Leaf, where you can claim random found items from time to time
One of the things I like about the original Animal crossing is that you’re not some pillar of hope coming to reshape the community for the better, you are just some nobody that rolled into town. Nobody knows who you are so they aren’t overly friendly, like how normal people would act towards a new person in their community. But over time you learn these villagers quirks and behaviors they start to feel less strange and more like neighbors and you become apart of the town. Not a mayor, not head of community development, but a neighbor.
I think that's what I love the most about the original game. While the loss of the QoL changes over the years can definitely be felt, it's nice just being another face in the village rather than a paragon of change.
Yes! I miss this! my problem with ACNH is there's WAY too much responsibility. Everyone always decorates their island like crazy, I just leave mine as natural as it can be, cause that's how it was.
And that’s the entire core concept of Animal Crossing: starting as an outsider and feeling like you don’t fit in as the world around you is strange and not always the nicest but overtime you bond with your new surroundings and learn to call this place home.
New Horizons didn’t get that memo, it just feels like god simulator and doesn’t have much soul to it. It feels like everyone is just a collectible puppet.
13:56 hi
I think folks forget that bells are theoretically more based on Japanese Yen, not USD
Technically, the original animal crossing first debt is only about $200, after all conversions done
So *that's* why the fruit is 100 bells. Being around a dollar makes much more sense
I’ve been playing Animal Crossing since 2007 and had never once considered this 😂 I just accepted that “Bells aren’t Dollars and therefore they can charge me whatever they want 🤷🏽♀️" 😂
@@Scarylyn14That is also most likely the case, if I'm honest
But, the logic makes sense that Nintendo, a Japanese company, would work with currency they were familiar with, even if subconsciously
By the way, this is no coincidence, Matt, Pat, even did a theory where he found out that it was one-to-one with ¥ by looking at the switch in game and real life prices
@@SirRias That's just basic economics. I used to live in a ranch with guabas, tamarinds, onion, tomato and raddish galore, literally anyone could pick a basket of market discarded procude for free and take it home. The overproduction and easy access to a produce makes it virtually cheaper or less valuable.
The "An Town" is like filled to the brim with fruit that anyone can just pick. Like lucky Tom Nook even gives you a mere bell for something he could just walk and pick up.
Suffice to say, I can never unhear Tom Nook sounding like Patrick Warburton after this.
Hey Peter you got to pay some bells!
Guess I wasn't the only one who notice this
Is that Joe Swanson’s voice actor? If so, I fucking agree
@@JackRookPatrick Warburton voice's Joe Swanson (Family Guy), Kronk (The Emperor's New Groove), Brock Samson (The Venture Bros),
@@DAVID-ANDERSON Now I’m completely sold.
You didn't even play long enough to get to the parts where you pay off your debt, and Nook responds by upgrading your house and giving more debt for it, whether or not you want him to.
Or forgetting to save and getting yelled at by Resetti. I was 8 years old when I got the GameCube version of Animal Crossing. The first time I saw Resetti show up (at least I think it was the first time), I literally ran to my parents crying XD. It is amazing that I continued to be an Animal Crossing fan up to today after that event lol. I continued to have a love-hate relationship with Resetti. I remember intentionally quitting without saving on Wild World to get him to pop up just for me to troll him with my answers. He would insist that I do write the message that he wants, or something like that, and I would write something entirely different on purpose. Ahhh the good ole days. It is probably for the best that they toned him down in later games, but man, I wish he had more presence in New Horizons, because you do not really encounter him, beyond hearing his voice. I understand that his services are no longer required now that the game can autosave, but man.. The dude is iconic
Tom Nook : oh yea, its all coming together!
Also the villagers are savage
Fun fact: Animal Crossing is basically an N64 title running on the GameCube, originally released on the N64 in Japan under the title Animal Forest. The game is less than 32MB in size (a GameCube disc holds 1.46GB), which is so small that you can remove the disc after booting the game and it will continue to play using the console's internal RAM.
Why didn't they use the opportunity to upgrade somethings
Like the textures or other random crap???
I think I found this out as a kid. It was still running but I never questioned it too much
Yeah the biggest change graphics wise was going from 30 fps to 60 fps
It did add new content though, it's named like an enhanced version in Japan. (Which then Japan went on to make another enhanced version but it never came to the west, Doubutsu no Mori e+ I think? There's fan translation development for that game and I hope it gets finished)
4 years later, I easily played off my debt, helped friend pay off theirs with 8 million bells in my bank, and now my island is over run with flowers to the point where the frame data drops in some spots, and I only finished my fossil exhibit. Meanwhile, I still haven't paid off my original home from 2001... Good luck in An Town
It wasn’t just the OG Animal crossing that didn’t have character creation, it was every single game that was formatted this way. You’d talk to Rover or Kapp’n, they’d ask you a few questions, and poof, your character. In some games, other elements would later become customizable. For example, in WW, they introduced Harriet, who used a similar question system to give you a haircut. In later games you could apply your Mii’s face to the player character, which looked incredibly cursed. You NEVER knew what kind of haircut you were getting, and kind of just had to live with it until the next day. You’d also have to cough up around 3k bells each time. Also, they had no definitive way to choose your skin color. You’d literally just have to sit out in the sun on a clear day to obtain a “tan” that would darken your skin. It was *so bad* that they never even introduced alternate skin colors until New Horizons, almost 20 years later. In the OG version, you could technically change your face to a horrifying gyroid expression if you dared leave your friends town without saving, but this isn’t permanent IIRC. The first Animal Crossing game released in the US only had shirts and umbrellas. The shirt would be a bit like the basic custom design shirt you get NH. It was one parttern pasted across every axis, and would be replicated on the non removable hat given to the player character. Every AC game came with a new accessory. wild world, they introduced hats that you could actually remove, as well as accessories like face wear. In City Folk, you could technically get new shoes and socks. You’d have to go to the city (the gimmick of the game was a new area called the City with a few new shops and places you could visit. The game is known as being the weakest in the series due to its notable lack of additions.) and ask a skunk, Kicks, to shine your shoes. This would also present a random combo each time. He also wasn’t always there, so it was a really big gamble. In New Leaf, Kicks finally got his own storefront where you could actually buy socks and shoes. They also made the player character taller, allowing for pants to be added, as well a full body costumes. In NH, there wasn’t much left expand on cosmetically, so tote bags, hand bags, an backpacks were the only “clothing” item added. So many character items have been sadly replaced or lost. Pelly and Phyllis being the first two who come to mind. Blanca, Resetti, Dr. Shrunk, Tortimer, Booker and Copper, Lyle, etc. have all been removed or delegated to very small roles comparatively. So many classics lost imo.
I actually loved City Folk and the new city area. Yes, it was basically Wild World, but I was also ok with it at the time. This one time, I played with someone online and he gave me a hacked axe that looks like an electric guitar. I am pretty sure I still have it to this day. Granted, I haven't touched City Folk in years. I am sad that they got rid of a lot of the OG characters, but the one I am the most sad about is Resetti. I had a love-hate relationship with the guy and he tormented me, and I trolled him back, but man. That dude is iconic. I am pretty sure Lyle can be seen in New Horizons right? Or maybe that was New Leaf and Happy Home Designer.
The Original Animal Crossing Was Definetly Brutal. Resetti Is Terrifying
don't tell him about it!
I almost cried because of him and I wuz 6 ok
Terrifying, resetti made me laugh my ass off lol-
We need our boy ressetti back
ressetti was great, I miss him
This makes me chuckle. I grew up with Animal Crossing starting from this one. Back then, back in the ol days of OG Animal Crossing, you didn't have the chance to minmax or do all of this utilization of time and resources and talk to friends online about turnips (cell phones were a rare commodity back then!). You just literally enjoyed the game and goobered around while paying off your debt and see the BIGGEST variety of personalities in your villagers.
The Internet was already a huge thing in 2001, I remember reading all about this game on GameFAQs, there were already guides about how to do anything.
"Spent $50 on a 20 year old game"
Remember when buying retro games used to be fun and cheap?
Why would they be cheap? You're buying a sought-after 23 year old product that isn't being produced anymore, obviously it'll be pricey.
@KingC89 Yeah, but as you've said that was "before". Van Gogh's paintings were cheap too when he made them in 1885. But as time goes on the product becomes more and more rare and desired, obviously. Sure, consoles and games that are 10 or 15 years old aren't that special. They're still relatively recent. But when those things become 30-40 years old, obviously the price will rise. In fact, the age of a game is such an important aspect of the price, that people will literally give hundreds of dollars for a bad game that nobody wants to play, just because it's old.
The only time they were cheap was when they weren't "retro"
@KingC89 still remember when i got mario 64 in the box for like $20 at a game store like 10 years ago 😔
Animal Crossing on the gamecube has always been expensive used
1. HOW do so many people forget that Animal Crossing bells are 1 to 1 with Japanese Yenn since that's where Nintendo is. The first loan isn't $19,800, is 19,800 yenn in 2001 money which was around $160 in 2001 and around $300 in today's money. That's incredibly cheap for these houses.
2. If you buy and sell enough to/from Nook, his store will expand & there will be more for sale. There are 3 expansions: Nook n Go, Nookway, and if you buy something in a friend's nook shop, Nookington's where Timmy and Tommy make their first and only appearance.
That's because bells are not Yen. They are 300:1 US dollars
The Yen exchange rate is 148:1 us dollars
@CornerstoneMinistry316 In today's money. Either things have changed or Nook has gotten more generous since the first title.
It isn’t that we forgot - we never knew in the first place!
That Patrick Warburton impression is crazy impressive. Literally could’ve actually been him
No wonder he sounds familiar that's Kronk
4:14 the cat asked JaidenAnimation's her mothers maiden name.
The Cat
@@Makithe2ndPete the cat
Rover the cat 🤓☝
Fun fact! Pate's name is probably pronounced pa-tay since it is a reference to the French food pâté, which is a meat spread traditionally made from the fatty livers of waterfowl like ducks and geese! Kind of morbid, in my opinion
It’s clearly a reference to the food pâté, but since there are no accents, it’s safe to assume her name is pronounced like Payt
@Peartato59 do any villagers' names have accents?
idk, maybe pave?
I love that your Rover is Troy McLure and your Nook is Patrick Warburton, something about that made me giggle.
The original had 2 neat features they've never brought back:
Playable NES games as gifts and things you can have
Chores for neighbors and being paid with cool stuff.
Yeah I really wish they had brought the NES games back, or even SNES games now would be even cooler. But I guess they thought it might be a conflict of interest with Nintendo Online.
The villagers talking like this about Nook (buying more so the store expands) is literally a nudge to the player - you buy a lot and the store expands. It's built in instructions :D
More episodes of this please. I want to see how he manages to clear his debt.
I wanna see his reaction to resettii!!
I'm always happy once FootofaFerret uploads
Same
This is gonna be sad, but he used to work for matpat. Now he’s leaving. Matpat, not FOAF
@@tntkaboom2 ik bro, don't remind me
Oh, the nostalgia! I still have my copy of AC for gamecube and the memory card. Unfortunately, my gamecube broke long ago, but it's a nice memory, at least, lol.
@Linky52691 I know. I used to have a wii but I don't anymore. But thanks for the tip though!
Can’t wait to see more of An Town
This was the first game I ever “played.” When I was a baby, my mom would plug the GC controller into the second port and tricked me and my brother into thinking I was helping her while playing the game. I literally cannot remember a world without Animal Crossing existing. It’s just been… there… my entire life. So it’s interesting to see people who have never played the first game before react to it, or to speak of it in the way they do. It’s so surreal to me, lol.
He was born in 1996 if he was 5 in 2001. So this means he is 28 years old in 2024
That would make him 7 years older than me.
@@33pandagamer that makes him 11 years older than me 🎭
And only a year older than me 😅 I'm tired of getting shocked that so many of the creators I follow are around a year or two from my age, it's crazy
I turned 22 in 2001 and was in college. This really makes me feel old. I will be 45 this year. Lol.
I've owned my Gamecube since 2002. Was thinking about picking up this game as I didn't get it back in the day.
@@snkfan7506We are the same age 😂😅
Somehow that "I'm scared" managed to make me laugh every time
I love the clip of you saying "So I'm scared" from Game Theory lol
Bro has been working on a Patrick Warburton impression.
And it's pretty damn good.
Tom Nook is the ultimate capitalist overlord, luring us in with promises of cozy island life and then plunging us into a debt spiral! But hey, at least I got to experience the joy of free shrimp Fridays before I became Nook's indentured servant.
He literally gives you an interest free loan that you never need to pay off, he probably doesn’t even expect you to pay it off.
@@vanthemanproductions9185And the loans are super cheap given that bells are just Japanese yenn.
Phyllis even scoffs when you start paying it off saying "I didn't think anyone paid these off" I really don't think the game expects a pay off 😂
OG Animal Crossing will always hold a special place in my heart. Back when the villagers had souls. Imagine a game with the mayor system from new leaf, the freedoms, design and gameplay of new horizons, and the writing, music and atmosphere of the original game. Would be perfect
3:30 that's some might fine shade you're throwing there, Ryder. 🤣
MY BRAIN CRAVES FOR MORE OF AN TOWN,but if needed take your time?
“oh roald.. oh you poor sweet idiot” 😂
The OG animal crossing was such a different game compared to New Horizons. I miss it.
the original Animal Crossing is a game about getting scammed by some loan shark mafia who's got your personal information which he got from some guy flirting with you on the train..
moral of the story: if a stranger asks to sit next to you, say no
I can’t believe so much time has passed that now we’re re-discovering and explaining what Animal Crossing had ALWAYS been until New Horizons 😂 At 22, I’m officially OLD! I will never skip an OG Animal Crossing video ❤
You can't leave it there!! I demand a part 2! How did you get out of debt?
Future Animal Crossing titles may have their strengths, but the 1st game Peaked in terms of the Villagers Roasting you.
6:04 hello everbody my name is markplier to day we gona play five night at freddy
1:12 THE MEMORIES ARE FLOODING IN!
Animal Crossing: Wild World was my first Animal Crossing game. I played it on my DS and loved it. It was actually so similar to this original game.
On Saturday mornings, my sister and I would play together and visit each other's towns. Oh, and Mr. Resetti always terrified me. 😂
Your Tom Nook impression is also a fantastic Patrick Warburton impression.
piracy isnt a crime in my book 🔥🔥
Gokai change motherf**kers!
How
It’s not a crime when it’s triple A devs or when the game has been discontinued
Make sure you support indie creators tho
He isn’t commuting piracy he is using a REAL GameCube and REAL game bought on something like eBay.
@@HxdrxYT yeah I know
It is hilarious to see people play the original Animal Crossing because it is so different from what we have today with New Horizons.
I grew up with Animal Crossing on the Game Cube and it was a blast! It still is!
I personally prefer all the older Animal Crossing games compared to New Horizons. Yes, the customization is new and amazing. However, I liked the feel of the old games and how rude villagers could be. Haha!
I mean, sometimes it was unintentional when a villager was rude. It gave the villagers so much more character though!
I hope that more people will explore the older games. They are so much fun.
2020 was certainly.. a year and I feel like animal crossing was the thing that healed everyone for a good while
6:33 bells are actually more akin to a cent since they’re based off japanese yen so you’re actually getting a really good deal
the tom nook misinfo needs to stop not only are his prices dirt cheap you can pay him back whenever and he even donates 90% of his profits to charity
I just bought Animal Crossing on Switch in end of January of 2024 and my mom got jealous and bought a Switch Lite with Anaimal Crossing included and now we're addicted to it
A guy with an animated poke-tuber avatar firing shots at white bookshelf dorks. What a time to be alive.
I swear these videos end in a heartbeat 💀
Well done getting Patrick Warburton to guest star on your video.
This game was my life growing up. Rented it from BlockBusters and was instantly hooked because of the active real world time gameplay.
Man you really had the best character design you can get (imo at least)
you don’t know how HAPPY i was when you named it “An Town” instead of “A Town”
The 4th anniversary of Doom eternal is coming soon too
Why does rover sound like Willem Dafoe?!?!?
Idk if you meant to make Rover sound like John Mulaney. But I found it hilarious
and nook sounds like joe from family guy
0:10 We still aren't allowed to talk about that?
I guess...
We can't even use the word in youtube titles without it saying "GET TO KNOW THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT _____-19"
You barely scratched the surface of how brutal 100%ing the game is. If you want a full collection log, you need to play daily FOR YEARS. You want all of the K.K. Slider songs? Every Saturday, 8pm-midnight, you must request a specific track from K.K. Slider at the train station. He will give you ONE song per week. How do you even know what the songs are called? Visit villager homes until you see that they just happen to have a stereo and just happen to have ONE track in it, so you know what to request from K.K. How many songs are there? 55. There are 55 songs, 12 of which are ONLY available with an e-reader. This is *JUST* the music tracks. If you want all the fish, you have play different times of day, different times of year, and there are some fish that only appear for like a week in september, and if you don't catch it the first time for that day, it won't spawn again till the next day. Insects are the same way. Fossils are easy enough, but still take a few weeks of finding all 5 fossils EVERY DAY. For art, you need to be randomly visited once a week by Redd, who may not even have a painting that day! The 3rd house upgrade costs $398,000 bells! Assuming you pay 10,000 bells PER DAY, that's OVER A YEAR PAYING OFF 1 UPGRADE.
I didn't even mention that Tom Nook won't keep a consistent price for fish and insects. You can only sell about 10-15 fish to him before he starts paying like 80 bells each instead of 800-1200. Then the price resets the next day!
It's so weird to me that people are just now playing the older games. It's nice though
Tbh i miss 2020, when we could all just sit on our phones and devices all day witout having to go outside, it's hard to believe that it's already been 4 years.
I just realized that when you enter your inventory in the OLD GAME, everything (ex: rain/snow) FREEZES.
I can't lie, that transition to the sponsor segment was smooth af
God I feel old. Lol. I was 18 years old in 2001. I adored my Animal Crossing on GameCube.
gyroids are based off haniwa, clay sculptures who used to be buried alongside the dead a long time ago in japan! fun fact: if you save the game while on the train, when you come back, your avatar's face will be that of a gyroid, it led to some theories back in earlier days of animal crossing.
Aww, your character looks just like my first Animal Crossing character did! 😄 I played the hell out of this as a kid, it's definitely harder compared to the quality-of-life changes in the newer games, but there's a charm to the original that I don't think has been fully replicated since. I do think my favorite villager interactions were in Wild World, it's a happy medium between the snark of the original and the over-friendliness of New Horizons 😆
OG Animal Crossing remains my favorite entry. The soundtrack, the slightly surly attitudes of the villagers, the atmosphere, it's all sublime.
Quietly: “Turtle soup.”
*Laughs insanely*
“SOR-EE.”
😂💀 10:16
I actually used to have Alli in my New Horizons island (she moved away), and she was REALLY NICE! Just goes to show how big if a change in personality these characters have gotten over time.
Mostly because all types (grumpy, sister etc etc) have the same diaglogue as each other, and they're automatically now your friend, rather than having to get them to warm up to you first and gradually start to like you. At least that's what I've been able to work out. I really miss the Grumpy and cranky villagers actually being.. well.. grumpy and cranky lol
He needs a restraining order from Rover
I love to see a sequel video to this!
3:55 YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIM ON NEW LEAF😭😭😭😭😭😭
6:53 where is this from? I swear I’ve seen it but can’t remember
The Game Theory where they all drove tanks (2nd latest one)
@@CYNTH_14 Ah thx I forgor
making rovers voice sound like john mulaney was so unexpected but it fits so well lmao
This music is still my favorite, the 3pm meow is always the best because that’s when I would get on after school ❤
I'm so amused by your interpretation of this game. It was my first Animal Crossing, and skipping over an entire generation (from DS/Wii to Switch), plus New Horizons being the first AC game I know of where there isn't a pre-existing town to move to, meant that my very different experience of the game was the other direction.
6:48 editing was perfect lol
Hmmm, why does this concept feels so familiar*cough Jaidenanimations cough*
RIGHT WTF i felt that way and couldn't find anything similar in the comments lmao
IKR 😭🤚🏻
I played this game so much as a kid!
The original animal crossing characters were more aggressive, but they feel more rewarding to befriend because of it.
Also why does everyone rag on my boy Rover? He's just trying to be friendly!
The original Animal Crossing on GameCube was the first game I ever played. My brothers and sister played it as well. My oldest brother was the first to pay off all debt, get a gold statue, catch all the fish and bugs, and complete the museum.
I had played it on my own when I was a little older. Had my own town, Liz (a pink alligator) lived there.
After a few years, I had everything I wanted in my house, even a full T-rex skeleton. I was BFF's with Liz and was racking up bells.
One day I boot up and the game and I'm greeted with K.K. turns out my memory card got corrupted and the only way I could play again was to delete my town. At least, at the time, I was not aware of any other way to fix this.
I cried for a good hour to lose part of my childhood, my NPC friend that I knew would never be in my town again, and losing my fossil collection/house.
As much as I love all of the Animal Crossing games in their own way, the original was a big part of me growing up. As clunky as the original is, and as much as I love New Horizons, the original has a special little place in my heart. I'd probably still play if my original file didn't get corrupted.
Please continue this classic! There’s so much more to see and do that’s (somewhat) different from the newer games.
I'm pretty close friends with Patrick Warburton and I'm so tempted to get him to read some Tom Nook lines for me lol
bro why does Tom nooks voice sound like the wolf from hoodwinked 😂😭💀
The old Animal Crossings are so special. 🤣 They're the perfect games to play over time, because you look forward to just talkign with the villagers. You never know what they come up with! My favoruite conversation to date was Purrl absolutely SHAMING me for walking a round with a fish in my pocket, only so she could scam it off me and eat it. 🤣
Watching this while I wait for Animal Crossing to download on my switch. I finally decided to buy it this morning, and it's taking forever to download.
the fact that i grew up on this game and dont have any traumatic memories from it
Please continue this series and if it gets a bit stale move to another game I love your animal crossing stuff please don’t stop
.... Tom nook with Warburton's voice is.. Something else
You learn the envelope-hoarding technique fairly quickly on your own.
I was a nurse during the pandemic and I actually think that playing animal crossing was the only thing that kept me from completely sinking into depression
I can't wait for Footofaferret's reaction to Sonic the hedgehog 3 movie in December!!
They are all so mean in this game. I love it so much
4:43 was awsome
Roald may be lost in the sauce, but I love him 😅🤣💙
Least good animal crossing video ive seen. If i hadnt been washing dishes id have closed it way earlier.
I got animal crossing gamecube recently off ebay. original case, booklets, memory card, and disc.
90$
Miss opportunity to visit the island, and having a one in eight chance to see THAT villager, or technically now islander. This was her debut game, shocking since she uh, didn't become 'famous' until much later.
It’s so interesting seeing people’s reactions to the original game 😂 as someone who’s played every game it’s jarring seeing the game change as it did
Man, the only reason I had this game was because the free memory card included.
An town is love, An town is life
Theres no way this just dropped after i finished watching the compilation of all the other AC videos, now i can continue to watch Kronk Nook terrorize people yay!
Does the police station in the original serve the same purpose as the police station you can unlock in New Leaf, where you can claim random found items from time to time