Why Tom Nook is "Misunderstood" According to Animal Crossing Devs
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Tom Nook is seen by many as the villain of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. After all, he withholds information about the cost of his deserted island getaway package, he slaps the player with a large loan for his services, and then he sits back, waiting for the money to roll in.
According to Animal Crossing developers Aya Kyogoku and Hisashi Nogami, Tom Nook isn’t actually a bad guy. He’s misunderstood. If you look at things from another point of view, he’s actually the hero of the games, providing resources to those in need, giving them as much time as they want to repay him, and never asking for a penny more than he lends.
Tom Nook is a tanuki, a real life animal in Japan, but also a large part of Japanese folklore. Tanooki are often associated with business and wealth, and they have a habit of turning leaves into other things (mostly money). Sound familiar?
Unlike Mr Resetti, Tom is still serving the same role in New Horizons that he’s had in all previous Animal Crossing games. He certainly has been toned down a little, so as not to be quite so intimidating.
But why have a character that obsesses over money in the first place? Well, Tom Nook serves the important purpose of giving the player something to do. A reason to dig up iron nuggets or trap spiders. He provides the game with some form of challenge, in that players work to earn money so they can pay him off.
Yes, according to the developers of Animal Crossing: New Horizons: life only has meaning because wealthy businessmen give poor people something to do with their time. Hmm…
Anyway, here’s hoping you’re staying safe and keeping out of trouble.
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as we all know, _"it is not an animal crossing game without crippling debt"_
...i love that quote
And what makes it great is that the debt _isn't actually crippling_ . It doesn't stop you from doing anything, but as you pay it off, he upgrades his shops and opens up new things to do. You can do _more_ if you pay it off, but he'll settle for waiting, too.
Andrew Geiger And it’s not even that expensive to get a 2-story house with a basement and 3 extra rooms, less than 100k USD in new horizons, if bells really are based off of yen
It's a zero interest loan that you can pay back anytime. It's only crippling if it's has high interest that compounds faster than you can payback. You're taking advantage of him by leveraging his money to own something you can't afford and he has nothing to gain by lending you that money.
what i ask me is how much like 1000 bells are in real life payment so we can see how much it really is
@@WellPreparedTreeFrog Less than 100k? My current loan used to be about 300k and I only have two rooms
I never once thought Tom Nook was evil. It's not like he's demanding payment asap or adding interest on my debt. I was happy saving money to upgrade my house and paying him.
I used to misunderstand nook, but now I actually like him ,all players needs to realize what he does for everyone(u, his nephews, etc)
This might be because I've only played Animal Crossing new Leaf and New Horizons, but I've never seen Tom Nook as a bad guy. He seems to be caring and patient, putting in all this work so his customers are happy, especially in New Horizons. Heck, he even builds and upgrades your house overnight. And when I learned his backstory and how he's teaching Timmy and Tommy so they don't make the same mistake, he became an even more caring and patient person in my eyes. Yes he has worked in many jobs that give him losts of money, but if you think about it he's probably using that money to buy resources and supplies and materials to upgrade buildings. Overall I personally think Tom Nook is a great character in the games.
Apparently the real villain of Animal Crossing is Zipper.
I’ve heard numerous horror stories of Zipper killing Villagers’ revenue because he turned their crops and trees into eggs.
I agree with the people saying that he’s not a down right power hungry villain, but he’s not a saint either.
I don't know why people still consider Tom Nook the villain of the franchise when Redd is already unashamedly a snake-oil salesman that makes Nook look like an honest businessman by comparison.
SSBFreak85 I felt this way ever since I played Wild World, my very first AC game
*Redd shows up as number 1 most misunderstood character in Nintendo Power*
"THE AUDACITY"
@@ArendAlphaEagle I see you are a man of a culture. 😎
@@ArendAlphaEagle this painting is FAKE! FAAAKE!
He is an honest business man. Period. Not just by comparison.
People seriously need to cut Tom Nook some slack. I hope more videos like this get out there to people.
Doesn’t charge interest, lets you pay whenever you want, doesn’t charge extra fees for late payments? Sounds like a pretty stand up guy to me!
Plus he throws in some stuff for free! Also, who gives you 1/10 of the price of a house for taking a picture? What a great guy!
True
I've always liked Tom since the first Animal Crossing
@@TudBoatTed you can also sell random crap for money too!
Yeah, I appreciate him more now that I'm older.
I understand why everyone portrays Tom Nook as a greedy tanuki who forces people into slavery via debt, but he's actually really generous. Mainly, he _doesn't charge interest,_ meaning he sacrifices his best option for profit. That's the opposite of a loan shark.
No interest, extremely lax about how long it takes to pay him back, and no down payment required upfront! I wish it was this easy in real life to get a home.
And 90 percent of his profit goes to orphanage
@@varianto05 I keep hearing people say that but where did we learn this? Is there some Tom Nook official backstory somewhere that I never read?
@@darrenmacqueen9884
I believe he mentions it in Happy Home Designer.
@@tadstrange1465 I see. Never played that one.
damn straight hes a hero. the guy builds you a house in one day give him a break.
I like him, but I wish he wouldn't make you in debt to him all the time :\
Be a Responsoable adult and pay ya taxes
Nesy boi. You don't have to pay taxes or a mortgage
@@nesyboi9421 Not like you have a goddamn time limit. I WISH I had someone like him as my landlord.
Nesy boi If you didn’t ask for a loan all the time he wouldn’t put you in debt lol
Tom Nook is better than many companies in the real-world though. He actually gives you time to pay off debt rather than order you to pay off quickly.
No deadline either
I never heard or played animal crossing but hearing tom nook just being nice, helping you build, get to ur island safe and sound, telling you to help others, pay ur debt anytime, making u name ur island, and overall give u supplies for the island.
He is a good guy, he shows u around the island, he tries to teach you what is good and what is bad (ie: wearing home clothes instead of office clothes)
Give u the opportunity to pay off the debts by making a new currency, and the easy way to get them by just an app.
He's sad he's trying to make u, the player and others happy as much and he can, to his limits.
We should all appreciate Tom Nook for what he have done to us and to others
I-Tom Nook-I
I made a separate honor name thing 4
.Him.
And most of the times you come to him to upgrade your house. It is the players choice. The worst thing that happens if you don't pay of the debt you choose (some people take money for upgrading houses...how shocking) you can't get any more upgrades.
And no iterest
"Ayo dude sell me bugs and I will give you money so you can pay me back"
Hell yeah he is a legend.
"he has a bit of sadness to him"
so thats why he has his eyes look so bored all the time
Nicolasgonzo87 _ bored?
@@adrin4261 it's his eyes. Some people look at him and see that he looks bored. Others can say he looks tired, or even sad.
If you played AC: Wild World, you would get more backstory on Tom Nook from other villagers like Sable. It's truly sad to see how much hardship he faced when he was young. If you know this, you will truly understand the reason for those sad and tired eyes.
He’s stoned
@@anishbasak3117 What happened to him?
I make jokes about him being greedy guy but I really like him.
He's a great uncle and he's teaching his nephews how to run his business and he just wants to provide for his family.
*I wish him luck on his business*
edge lord hey what’s crack-a-lacking my fellow home dog!?
apparently in one of the games if you ask him about timmy and tommy they arent even related to him, he just decided to hire them. just shows how good he is
@@makotoyuki345 oh boi channel pup viewer!
Not only dose he teach Timmy and tommy but also teaches you the player about responsibility
apparently he even donated to something like an association or an orphanage, I can't remember
The “raccoon goons” was just one of those tanooki jokes, he’s honestly such a good guy. He acts as a father figure for Timmy and Tommy, he gives you a generous loan, he even says in HHD, he says that if people need to vilify him to reach success, he’ll gladly let them. Though, I cannot explain him better than this video-
ruclips.net/video/rvfmPtkhqok/видео.html
But yeah, great guy, that Tom Nook.
he had a bit of early installment weirdness with his sense of humor, but the developers figured out the RANGE of the target demographic fairly quickly. it is hard to make a game appeal to such a wide audience, and the developers failed to realize that the game would appeal to a young audience. also humor is one of the hardest things to get right in translation, it might be something that got taken literally by the translators when it was a obviously joke in japanise.
Martha Champagne Yeah, he definitely got a lot nicer over time, but with the raccoon goons, he says afterwards something along the lines of “haha just kidding” I’m pretty sure
@@quagsirefan8946 Yeah I think it was pretty clearly a joke in the original. Plus if you didn't pay him back 1000 bells per week, he didn't even say anything.
Eat your cereal.
I am still debating to see if this is a Rick roll or not. Send help
Tom Nook: "Even though I don't know you, I'm gonna give you a roof over your head, and an interest free loan to pay it off with no questions asked or strings attached. Oh, and take all the time you need to pay. Also, you can make a simple living selling bugs, fish, fruit, and any random crap you find lying around to my nephews. Work however you see fit."
Everyone: "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLL!!!"
With a "villain" like Tom Nook, I sure won't need a hero.
obligatory tHeY aReN't hIs nEpHeWs
I sell random crap to the twins all the time.
@Serendipity No, he just mentors them, but I do believe there may be some kinda father figure dynamic going on???
@@charbomber110
Not everyone sees the term uncle are nephew or niece , as just a family thing, or just even adopted, think heck, I have this person in my family who I call her aunt angel, she's not my aunt by blood, by marriage, by adoption or anything, it's just the type of bond we had when I was younger the term uncle or nephew can be used as a status symbol, so much relationship it doesn't always have to fit the exact definition
He's/She's Right!
I wish he was real. Imagine getting a house with no down payment, no credit checks, no need to have a job, pay it off completely within days by selling things you find in trees... you'd want the same!
And if you don't pay it off, no biggie. You just don't get an upgraded house.
@@Stephen-Fox Exactly!
I can’t in good faith wish he was real. In the real world there are people out there who would abuse his generosity left and right.
And in irl the house costs 400-600 $.
Idk if this was mentioned in the vid I havent watched it all.
@@Zen-h4q sad but true
This is why we cant have nice things
Tom nook:
A life mentor who teaches you how to be responsible and to get you a job so your not a broke jobless hobo in the real world.
Solesteam
Bless this man- er, tanuki.
Without him (and the player of coarse) everyone in AC:NH would be homeless and with no deserted island getaway package to have
@@ebaugh7320 and the ungrateful villagers have THE AUDACITY to say Isabelle is the one that's carrying the island??? I assaulted Shep over this, and that he gave me a CARDBOARD BOX in return for clothes.
Once you know his backstory he's one of the most sympathetic characters in the game. He actually started off working with Redd, who tricked him out of all of his money. He vowed to never let anyone be in the situation he once was in. That's why he makes the houses as cheap as possible and lets you pay at your own pace. And the reason he took Timmy and Tommy under his wing was because they reminded him of himself. He wants to make money, but he also wants everyone to benefit.
Yeah! The one who REALLY is evil is redd!
That's why i hate Redd, Rover, and Lyle, There's something fishy with that cat.... and no, it isn't what he eats.
Don't forget that in Wild World/City Folk (I don't remember witch one) Tom nook tells you himself that he had to sleep on a cutted tree.
*ON A FU**ING CUTTED TREE*
@@helloimjustazeldafanpassin5356
I Agree with Redd & Lyle;
But I Don't understand HOW Rover is a bad cat. . .
@D. Yes
Tom Nook gives you interest-free loans with zero deadline. This tanuki man is better than so many loaning services
ummmm,lol
a bit of a low bar
I think that you mean *All of the loaning services*
All jokes aside, I really like Tom Nook’s character. I feel like the role of an ambitious (not a bad trait!) business man is VERY well portrayed in him, and it really fits him too. An Animal Crossing game without Tom Nook wouldn’t feel like Animal Crossing - I would really miss having a tanuki/raccoon giving me loans to upgrade my house, LOL.
Without Tom Nook this game would just be island survival, with no way to purchase goods or services. Honestly people wouldn't like it nearly as much, because you'd have no clear goals.
Weeaboo Baby EXACTLY THIS IS WHAT IM SAYING
Same
I like Tom Nook. Literally, start of the game was like "You have to pay your debt, but you can pay them in miles that you get for just having fun"
Tom just wants you to have fun. He places you in debt that could only be payed with Fun.
NeoKesha What do you mean
Getting bells is already fun
SKG3 yeah
guess that means he puts the fun in funds, am i right?
It's weird that people call Tom Nook a villain and he is in actually a villain he's actually a good guy what the weirdest thing do people even remember Crazy Redd in wild world literally the dude sells counterfeit stuff in an extremely high price if you don't buy any of his stuff he will say thank you sarcastically if you didn't buy anything as a shop and the dude is literally in the black market I have no idea why people are saying Tom is a villain but redd is just he is the True Villain
Apparently Tom got scammed by a fox earlier in his life. People believe Redd is the one who did it but it not sure.
Serena Mall it was Redd.
Tom Nook is quick to clarify that he is only joking after that quote where he says he'll send goons after you if you don't pay your debt. So that quote from the first game is very poorly framed... You're taking his words out of context. =p
All memes aside, Tom Nook isn't greedy at all, he asks for money because HE built YOU a house, it's only fair, things cost money
Pretty sure that in New Horizon he ordered the parts needs to build your house too, otherwise he probably would of asked for a few materials
Then he makes you build three homes because he stuffs up communicating with other prospective villagers and thinks giving you some fencing is enough to repay you. I underatand it's really the game making you and if this was in real life, my character would have the option to say no and able to progress with life on the island without building someone else's home, I'm still going to blame him for that.
Jokes aside, I didn't like him in Wild World, but I respect his business acumen and appreciate him as a character in Wild World (and would not have liked it if he didn't debut in any other installments after Wild World). I like him now that I found out about his life story years later.
Nobody seems to talk about how the villager you play as seems to think it's a good idea to either just show up to a new town or purchase a getaway package while having literally no money to their name. Tom Nook rolls with it one way or another and not only gives the player benefit of the doubt but a chance to make right. Any of his threats from the original game kind of seem justified when you put into perspective just how ridiculous it would actually be in real life to let the villager's devil-may-care behavior slide. Ultimately, I think Tom Nook just wants to see the player become a responsible, productive citizen.
He’s not that bad
The only Tanuki I like, yay!!!
Also Redd screwed him over if anything he’s the antagonist
Ah yes, someone acknowledges that
Tom Nook isn't a villain. He gives you an loan with no interest and no expiration
He literally donates 90% of his earnings to charity!
@@happycamperds9917 he's never done that!
Peter Haywood I see he has wiped your mind! You fools do not understand!
Jill Mundung orphanages not charity not trying to be a animal crossing nazi, just saying.
@@toadthebreakvan4518 Oh, I forgot :/
Nintendo: Defends tom nook each time tom nook gets portrayed as a "loan-shark"
AC fandom: That sign won't stop me, because I can't read
I am no villain, I only want to help you expand your home 😁
I knew it Tom your my favorite animal crossing character
Maybe the real money-absorbed tanookie was the friends we made along the way.
Tom Nook represents a bit of a fear I've always had. I always worry that whatever I create will be horribly misunderstood. So it's nice to see that someone tries to understand intent.
Tom Nook feels like a nice presence in New Horizons. He’s encouraging without being overbearing, he helps me with things like the DIY projects and never charges interest when it came to my home loan. He also never scared kids like Resetti did. I overall had begun to appreciate his presence since New Leaf.
I'd be more inclined to believe Tom was just doing generous business if those "house upgrades" weren't forced upon me back in the Gamecube days.
"Wow, you finished paying off your loan! Let's celebrate by upgrading your house!"
0% interest is pretty sweet though...
@@1230james there's no interest because the prices are already insanely high
@@sirreal2741 It's a house, of course the price is high
@@xtxcboi4133 insanely high
@@sirreal2741 I mean yeah, houses are pricey
Haha, I'd JUST closed YT when the notification for this came up. XD Anyway, great video! This lines up well with TheJWittz's video on Tom Nook, with a bit of GaijinGoombah mixed in for good measure. ^_^
I was just watching last earlier today!
Tom Nook is a very good lad. There's no mortgages or anything. Just one payment if you want and you're done
They should put Tom Nook in Smash and his final smash is sending the Racoon Goons after you
Even in the first game, Tom Nook is very generous. Regarding the "goons" quote, I'm pretty sure the next thing he does is laugh and tell you he's joking. Not only that, dialog with the post office workers and the animals on your island make it clear that no one else even attempts to pay off their loans, with no negative repercussions. With that being the case, it's almost no wonder Nook is so grateful to you for paying off all your loans in that game that he builds you a gold statue for doing so.
But there is still one last question. Where did he get all these islands?
idk, probably just found them
Most likely this: Many Islands were abandoned due to some stuff happening, and when Tom Nook realized what he could do with the Islands, he decides to take matters into his own hands and make them into places people would want to live in again.
The debt: No interest. No time limit. Literally not even a requirement to pay, just a VERY strong suggestion.
The internet: He's as bad as Sephiroth in my eyes.
TheJWittz covered his backstory and why he's a good character in a story type of way.
Tom Nook isn't the villain, he's the victim because he has to deal with Timmy and Tommy wasting his money on the hundreds of spiders you give them
Redd is the true villain because he actually scams you with fake paintings
Please stop commenting.
If isabelle isnt gonna sing bubblegum, shes not innocent either.
Exactly
@@ee5142 just because he comments often doesnt mean he should stop, everyone has their rights.
Red actually scammed tom nook
“Becoming of this early failure, he has a sense of sadness to him.”
So THAT’S why his eyes are the way they are!
Tom nook in game : gives you a whole house for free and lets you take forever to save up your bells . He also gives 90% of his bells to an orphanages.
Tom nook on the internet : evil tanooki who wants your bells like a capitalist.
Wait you missed part of Tom nooks “raccoon goons” line after that line he said he’s joking
I love Tom Nook! He deserves better
HE WAS JOKING WITH THE RACCOON GOON THING. HE LITERALLY SAYS “HA HA, I’M JUST KIDDING” RIGHT AFTER SAYING THAT
I agree, I don't find Tom Nook evil at all, I feel that he's just doing his job, if we want our house to be upgraded then we need to pay in order to get it done
"I guess the real problem is... Capitalism?"
Yesssssss (cue USSR anthem)
we ain’t even gonna chat about how he legit builds houses in a day
I never played Animal Crossing, so I thought it was true when everyone called him greedy. Jacksepticeye kept calling him a loan shark too. Then some fans tweeted about how he’s a really generous guy and I was confused. This video is my entire reaction to the whole thing.
Jack has said he hasn't played Animal Crossing before and even though I like Jack the Tom Nook is evil schtic is getting old its beating a dead horse at this point
2:50, I feel this is taken out of context slightly, as he tells you hes joking afterwards, love the video otherwise, Tom Nook is my fav
Finally people defending nook
So... how many bells did he pay you?
None
jacksepticeye and other youtubers playing animal crossing new horizons need to see this
Honestly, some people have incredibly unrealistic opinions when playing Animal Crossing games. Oh no, Tom Nook uses capitalism, he must be evil! Nevermind that he gave me a house just for living my life, or how I can sell him literally anything and make a profit on it. He's the most patient understanding businessman in existence, so good that he couldn't exist in the real world.
I mean it IS a game.... not sure why it really matters in the end whether people view him as a villain or not. *shrugs* I'm mostly indifferent to Nook. I appreciate the house and everything but he does come off as pushy sometimes.
He’s no villain. He takes care of his... nephews?.. Tommy and Timmy, helps them start a store and keep up the family business, builds you a house in one night with no down payment, never pressures you to pay debt, and has no debt interest whatsoever. Also in New Horizons he doesn’t upgrade a damn thing until you ask for it. My boy Nook is a saint
He never pressures you to pay off your debt. You don't even have to. How is Tom Nook bad in any way?
That’s all well and good, but it doesn’t make the reading that Tom Nook is a jerk wrong. Like in real life, people who work in finance or whatever are just playing by the rules of the system capitalism has given them, but history has shown that people will try to use loop holes and tricks to get a leg up on everyone else.
Sure the system is to blame, but the users of that system aren’t blameless. It’s a bit of a scary view point to defend Tom Nook outside of the context of the game. Saying he’s the hero is... I couldn’t disagree more.
All right, commie. Go sing "Imagine" again.
Can’t say I’ve ever heard it until right now, so thanks for bringing it to my attention. Gotta say , your hostility isn’t making a good case. If people like you disagree with me then I’m happy to be disagreed with.
I think you're talking about a very broad problem. Some people in finance do shady things but it is illogical to say therefore all people in finance do shady things. So far playing AC New Horizons for about a week Tom Nook hasn't done anything in the game that qualifies as shady. He charges you for a service and there's nothing wrong with that. He's otherwise just hosting classes and letting people do what they want. So while people are free to interpret what they want the evidence for Tom being shady is lacking in the games text.
The narrator has the most blissful voice soooooo good
Tom Nook is my favourite character and I don't understand why people dislike him.
Like the art style of this channel.
0:23 Not a made up currency, it is more like Miles with an airline company.
The problem with Tom Nook is that he gives you what you want first, and then has the audacity to expect payment. If he forced you to cough up the bells BEFORE building your house, no one would have a problem with him.
How do people think Tom Nook is a critique of capitalism? Because he doesn't just give you the house for free. The player doesn't care about Tom Nook's labor, or cost of materials. They feel they deserve his house, and shouldn't have to pay back. What moochers, aka socialists.
Moral of the story: We should have listened to Isabelle about all that communism stuff
i’m constantly making jokes about how he’s satan and your island is hell, but i seriously love this guy.
i mean he builds you a whole house overnight, he doesn’t force you to pay off your debt afterwards, he doesn’t charge you rent, and he’s helping his nephews start a business. pretty amazing.
Look up The Green Scorpion's list of the Top Ten Video Game Shopkeepers. Tom Nook is number two on that list.
I've always just LOVED Tom Nook. He gives you a home for practically NOTHING when you had no plans when you got to where you are. As Gajin Goomba puts itlike in Japanese folklore, a tanuki would willingly give a person a large sum of money. There was no pressure, not payment plans, no bill collectors just no more until you pay it off. That sounds PRETTY generous, if you ask me. Tricksters, yes, but WAY better than kitsune.
2:50 that quote is taken out of context. He's obviously just jesting.
you ask him for loans no dead line to pay those loans no interest and 90% of the money goes to a child orphanage, and that all while he failed as a younger Nook... He doesnt deserve the hate :(
Well u do decimate an island by capturing all living insects and fish, and trees from other islands for personal profit. Just like real capitalism.
I remember in the Animal Crossing Movie, Tom Nook's origins see him peddling his small wagon looking for second-hand stuff just to get by. Over the course of the movie, his efforts paid off from his own hard work and dedication as he sets up Nook's Corner
Tom Nook isn’t a greedy capitalist; he’s an aspiring communist. He expresses doubts about the profitability of the Getaway Package at the beginning of New Horizons, but still goes through with the project. He introduces Nook Miles as a new form of currency based directly from hard work with the plan to slowly replace the Bell as the island’s main currency. The only reason he charges real money for your mortgages is they have to import resources from the outside, capitalist world, but I believe his true goal is to grow the island until it is able to survive self-sustainably (possibly with the inclusion of nearby islands into his communist state), so as to achieve true communism. May we all take a moment to salute our fearless leader, Comrade Nook.
This neatly sums up how I've seen Nook throughout my life. When I was young I hated him since he kept offering upgrades on loan with no down payment or collateral while still urging me to pay off the current loan for the next upgrade. Now I consider him one of the nicest, most patient creditors in existence, and I'm thankful he gave me the opportunity to learn the importance of paying what you owe to others promptly in a risk-free context.
If I recall correctly, the animal crossing series does have a timeline you just have to dig in the games for it and it shows Tom really isn’t a bad guy he has character development from the first game to now and it shows that he eases up and becomes nicer as the games go on and if you truly dig around the series for it you learn that Tom doesn’t actually keep most of the money he makes, and I mean MOST of the money as 90% of his earnings are indeed donated to charity. Theres a lot more through out the series that he does to show that he’s a good guy but that would almost double the length of this post to go into so I shall let anyone who reads this to do the digging themselves.
Hey could you please explain Cooking Mama's blockchain for the next vid?
Tom Nook isn’t the villain. It’s the freaking wasps!!!
You could take the raccoon goon thing as a friendly, playful joke
I’m making a video game I hope that nothing is misunderstood
Well you made your first mistake, bucko. You have made art, or are in the process of making art. Therefore, by default, it is already misunderstood.
He was a poor man, sleeping on his store when you try to break in into his cranny meaning he has no proper house to stay on, He donated 90% of his earnings to orphanages across 3 towns, builds you a house for 1 day without any Interests, Buys your town in case you don't want it so someone could take care of it.
He's not a Villain
He's the *_HERO_*
When you grow up and understand more about life, you understand how much of a good guy Tom Nook is.
Go have a guy build you a house and charge you 0% intrest for a loan. Essentially paying off your loans at your own pace, no quest asked. Hes a saint.
Tom Nook: I'm just an npc...
if you call Tom nook evil you probably hasn't heard his backstory, y'all know he gives 90% of his earnings to charity
Wait hold on a sec! When Tom Nook said stuff in the earlier games, like I’m going to feed you to the raccoon goons, it’s a joke. He LITERALLY laughs afterwords. I am not kidding.
That’s just his personality in the first games!
Also I think it’s should be kept in mind that he lives in his one room shack-oops I mean shop due to financial issues. The the original game after the shop closes, you can bang on it with a shovel and wake him up.
That’s is incredibly depressing that he can’t even afford a house I mean what the heck!
And we know due to wild world and happy home designer that he got tricked by Redd, who stole all his money, and that’s why he returned home in the GameCube version with nothing, dreams crushed.
Do your research people! There’s more!
Tom nook: *builds/expands your house in one night, gives you a loan you can pay whenever you want with no interest, donates 90% of his earnings to charity*
People: what an horrible man how dare he
Redd: *actually SCAMS YOU by selling you fake art*
People: haha what a funny guy
The real villain in Animal Crossing is Redd
I think the devs take it too seriously. Most of us get a laugh and a joke by exaggerating aspects. We don't hate these characters. Even that filthy crook, Redd.
Right now it's Zipper, because we can all relate to how much of an inconvenience this egg hunt is.
They need to chill a bit. We just like to laugh at all the memes. Means your game is fun and popular the world over and people want to talk about it and share experiences.
I actually agree but I have no idea why people are hating on zipper but I heard that people actually like zipper back in New Leaf and I get it the eggs are for him cuz he's literally the Easter bunny in the world and I think if you give him some the eggs I think you get like for new furniture and other stuff
I never understood why people called Nook a villain. Do they just assume every video game needs a villain and he's the closest thing to one?
Of course my first AC game was City Folk. Sounds like he was a bit more intimidating before that.
I don’t know why people think Tom Nook is evil. He gives you an infinite amount of time to pay your rent, he charges you for a good cause, so he can help build your house, and he actually donates like 90% of his earnings to orphanages. Plus this poor guy has been through a lot, including failing to live a good life in the city. Give him some love.
Tom Nook is just trying to do good business. You can pay back loans at your own pace and he won’t even be mad! He made the liberty of building you a house in a single day with no interest. Call Tom Nook whatever you want but he is a modest businessman and I would gladly lay down my life for this precious Chonky tanuki
he grew to be more nice. he was poor once (lore). tbh he is one of tho most kind ("special") characters in the game in new horizons, right behind isabelle. HE. IS. MISUNDERSTOOD. he is even patient!! tho, i think the memes are still funny. he just wants you to live your best life to the fullest. but life is not free, especially when it is a fun life. just, tom's generosity. he deserves more love.
He threatens you in the first game? Yeah, sorry devs, but Tom Nook doesn't seem misunderstood at all. He seems very understood. Granted I don't hate the guy. He's not charging interest or anything like that. But don't get it twisted, dudes money hungry.
I personally think that the reason of why he was kind of a jerk in the earlier games is because he was still trying to recover from the scam he suffered, because in his backstory he lost everything by trying to establish his business in the city, so he was probably trying to not be taken advantage of, and even with that he was still ethical and nice enough to not play any tricks or charge extra to the player, and now in the newest games he's a lot nicer to the player, probably not only because of the success of his business but most likely thanks to Timmy and Tommy too. With all of this I would say that Tom Nook is probably one of the most developed characters in AC
The real villain of animal crossing isn’t Tom, or capitalism. It’s redd, he stole all of Tom’s money when he was low in life, continually follows Tom to new towns to try and steal businesses, gives you fake art literally no one wants, and is an al around awful person by breaking the law by coming onto toms private property without his consent. Also he aided in alienating Tom and sable who make the cutest couple so that alone makes him worse than meta Ridley
There are no bad guys in Animal Crossing except maybe the Sea Bass.
But he does charge me 10k just for destroying a bridge he forced me to make in the first place, so he is pure evil.
Also (forgive me if someone else already commented this), he canonically donates most of his money to an orphanage, which even has a wing named after him. I love my boi Tom :')
All villains are just misunderstood
Also thank you(?) for changing my mind on how to feel about Tom Nook
Tom builds you a house and doesnt ask you for a deadline to pay it back. He allows Timmy and Tommy to buy all of your crap and doesnt complain if you spend money on something else. He is a very chill landlord!
Tom Nook, while I will always meme on him as the Greedy Shells for Bells monger who absolutely does not care about the player, isn't anything like that at all. He's been super nice, super friendly, and oh so very generous, yes yes. The problem isn't even the player or the game, the real problem is that Tom Nook, by virtue of being the guy who gives you the game's objective, is somewhat the game's antagonist. He's not a bad guy, he doesn't do anything evil, but he creates the "conflict" of the game. People are just mad because he gives them the bill. It's like shooting the messenger but the messenger DID write the letter in the first place.
I never hated the guy, I played all game of the franchise and he not that bad compared to real world business man. I mean you got no interest rate over your loans while in real life business mans always try to make the interest rate really high so you get in debts really easilly...