Animal Crossing Retrospective | A Complete History and Review

Let's take a stroll down memory lane as we look back and the entire Animal Crossing series leading up to the 4 year anniversary of New Horizons.

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[TophGames]

I hope you all enjoy this video! It's my longest scripted video yet and took A LOT of time. I'm sure there are things I forgot to include though, so let me know if you think of anything!

[stnkylulu]

When new leaf came out, I remember so vividly being excited about Isabelle’s character. It’s crazy how a lot of us grew up with this game and share a common love for it.

[davidburnett]

My biggest let down with ACNH was the villagers. They suck. Each has like 2 lines of dialogue, and villagers of the same personally have the exact same dialogue. Villagers became more like collectibles rather then NPCs you could interact with.

[GhostKitten]

I still have my original Animal Crossing Gamecube memory card, written on in pen and everything. Simpler times they were, the days when "Stuffvil" felt like an appropriate town name....
Vehicles in Animal Crossing would be so wild. On one hand it feels like it'd throw off the vibe, but on the other hand...I can't resist the image of my AC villager tearing down a highway, hanging their head out the window like a dog.

[Watchamocalit]

Omg what a great deep dive!! As someone who has never played the series but recently got into cozy gaming and has been intrigued by it, this was wonderfully educational! Seriously well done video

[cnq]

I'm only a couple of seconds in and it already brought so much nostalgia! This will definitely be a great watch!

[DXBayern]

Not even halfway through and 1: what in the world was that ad?? and 2: The movie is so adorable and people need to watch it.
ok, unpause

[SamiSpoon]

It was so nice to go down memory lane with this video!
I don't think I ever realised that so many irl holidays were missing in WW, though I do remember a garden holiday where I would steal my villagers flowers to win haha

I know ACNH has it's flaws but nothing will compare to that feeling at launch. It was such a happy moment in a bleak time, and really something special

Thank you for the video and your AC content over the years <3

[erry]

That lock down guitar strumming nostalgia!!!

[EndGameEnt]

I'm so glad you included those nostalgic commercials for Animal Crossing in this retrospective. I watched those so much on a demo disk that I got. I love Animal Crossing, especially the first game which helped me through a rough depressive episode as a kid. I owe this series a LOT!

[timb.]

Everything you said about NH... You were just speaking my mind, word for word. All that I have been saying for years. Thanks for this. Hopefully, we can manage to all unite under one banner end help Nintendo shape the best Animal Crossing there can be

[MunchyMakesStuff]

I agree wih all the new horizen's stuff except the villagers moving out on their own thing. It's hard to get the time to play constantly as an adult...
I also want the ability to connect my pocket camp to my main game. That feels kinda like....it will never happen...but it would be fun. Eve it it just like....lets me visit the campgrounds I made on the main consol. That could be a fun way to get the somewhat exclusive pocket camp items in the new game. You have to get them in pocket camp but them you can access the warehouses from the consol if they're connected.Then you can share inventory from both games to the other.
Even if that's the only thing they do and don't allow actually visiting the camp, that'd be a really fun step and probably get more people back into pocket camp.

[Nick-yvrm]

Thank you for making a slight and subtle statement about such a big problem. Its like im not allowed to have opinions or have criticisms anymore. Ive been a fan of this franchise since the first game. Im older than a majority of these new fans. But when I mention how I dont like that nooks cranny only has one upgrade for example, the fanbase will rip me apart like a pack of dogs. Im glad new horizons sold and that alot of people like it but man…. Dont you guys want more? Better? Quality? Lets keep all these new features…. With the old features… and add more features.. removing things just does NOT make sense.

[ViddysVids]

Great video Toph! Really taking me down memory lane!

[zechsm]

Animal Crossing on GC was my first adventure into the series. Would love to see the next one combine all the things we've enjoyed over the years. Here's looking to 2026?!?!!?

[DevinesGrace]

Thanks so much for the blast from the past, Toph. Oh, how I miss AC.

[fake.it.flowers]

i found your twitch channel because of animal crossing. it's so crazy its been 4 years already. i wish I could go back to the first days of when new horizon came out. I'm so happy I got to be here for the journey 💖

[arin]

such a well made video, thank you so much for sharing 💗 with ya on new leaf being my favorite 🫶

[MazzG]

amazing video! you can really see how much time and effort you put in. reallly enjoyed it 🥰

[Anne-qkch]

Acnh was my first animal crossing game, this deep dive is so interesting!