Animal Crossing Hot Takes! 

people are complaining about how fast the game got boring but i think you’d get burnt out from most games if you play it for hundreds of hours in a few months

Unpopular opinion: Raymond isn’t the bad character, it’s the fandom you probably hate

Do you guys think maglev mike will ever get his relationship back on rails? I worry about that guy

I wish I could turn OFF the background music. There was at one point where my game glitched and I didnt have background music for almost 10 minutes (it came back after I went into my museum) and it was SO PEACEFUL! I could hear the water from the river and the waterfalls sounded nice, and everything was just so calm and lovely. I would REALLY love to just be able to turn it off. Edit: Also that would help with hearing balloons and stars better. The music can really drown it out.

I’m sorry, but I’ve heard Audie tell me how far the moon is way too many times 😂

The dialogue is EXTREMELY repetitive for me in new horizons, far more than New Leaf, at least from my experience

Opinion: they should make the villagers like the gamecube version. I want my mortal enemys back. Also dialouge gets really boring like if you have 2 smug villagers they say the same thing over and over

most of the critiques about nh has to do with how the game has completely shifted focus from a life simulator, with npc interactions, more diverse character dialogue, mutual benefit between player and villager, and hard to reach long term goals, to a designing game, where the focus is about building your island/house/character's collection, and the villages act more like decoration, and events, like the fireworks, act more like photoshoots for you and your online friends.

I just miss how they used to insult you. Definitely not on par with new leafs dialogue. Lol

I kinda let myself get convinced by what everyone said about pear trees being ugly until I started watching the videos Stale Cupcakes makes. She's the first person I've seen really incorporate pear trees into her island and they just look so pretty imo.

It's not really an opinion, but I miss being able to rotate items 45° lol

I feel like at the beginning people either loved Raymond or just didn’t have an opinion on him but after the ac black market became a thing and people would go crazy over a made up cat it just created a war

Unpopular Opinion: I wish there was more options for how the house would like from the outside. Like, in the first game, you were able to rotate your house or in new leaf, there was custom walls or doors from the HDA. Where houses look so unique from each and everyone’s style.

We need more unlockable buildings and features, not to mention something like Tortimer’s Island to make online play more enjoyable

Unpopular opinion, but I think we need more personalities in the game besides the 8 we have. It’s pretty annoying to have 2 or more villagers with the same personalities and dialogue

My response to the comment on terraforming giving us too much power: “With great power comes great responsibility” -Uncle Ben

I don’t think I’ve had a repeat interaction in NL, now in NH I have found myself seeing the same thing every single day. I don’t know why. I have a jock who says “MUSCLE MADNESS” everyday.

I feel like people not liking villagers is more them not liking a fanbase for a villager. Otherwise not liking Raymond means you wouldn't be able to like any other smug villager since they all have the same quirks and dialogue. Being annoyed with a villager's fervent fanbase, however, that makes more sense.

Pear squad where you at? I love having them as my town fruit.

For someone who's first AC game is NH, terraforming is overwhelming. Eh, I'm not that creative so I don't care much about pattern slots and achieving a 5 star rating. I just want to live in an island decorated with the junks I've found, created or bought with my cute villagers who could really use a heavy dose of personality and not be just an archetype. I mean, you can say you don't like a fruit because of its taste or something, but call it ugly? Why? What? How? I feel like hating on popular stuff is so old. Hate is such a strong emotion to waste on something that's made up of computer codes and polygons. I've seen snippets of gameplay from the OG and I honestly want to have that kinda villager and their attitude on NH. I wanna have someone to talk shit to, c'mon Nintendo! Your cranky villagers aren't cranky, they're just like grumpy old people. Your snooty villagers aren't snooty...I can't differentiate them from uchis actually if they don't call me sugar, darling or something. Your smug villagers are just male peppys. Give me my very own nemesis! If you only find that the diving update gives only a few minutes of play time a month, you're probably spending little time on it. I mean, I think most of us who actually spent time on it knows how the RNG sometimes fucks with us. Lord knows how many hours I've spent rummaging through the ocean floor looking for pearl or a single scallop for Pascal. If there's one big nitpick for me tho, it is the game's endless menus. I mean, I just need a damn NMT and get on a freaking plane! You've already told me your spiel once, I don't need it for every single time I use your service! And why can't you allow me to craft multiple items at once? Smaller games with smaller data size have that, why can't your big budget triple a game have it too?

The NL Soundtrack it was so so sooo good but now... idk I’d love if they’d add old tracks too

The diving thing makes no sense You don’t have to engage in it But many people such as myself are happy to have it back I like swimming around and tbh diving creatures make pretty sweet cash

Not really an unpopular opinion but I wanted to discuss it anyway: I would love to see more shops being added like the dream suite, police station(if it comes), the roost (if it comes) etc. I know why they’ve incorporated it into other things and I have an idea on how this could be resolved. They could add a feature where if you want a building for a specific character you can just choose that option and you get a building but if you don’t have any room left on your island then you can just say to incorporate it into already existing buildings like museum, nooks crany etc

Unpopular opinion: I've been playing the game daily since it came out March 20th and I still don't like the music. It hasn't grown on me, and all the songs sound the same. That acoustic vibe doesn't help differentiate one song from another.

Here's mine. The game is unfinished and should have had a lot more work done on it before release.

I wish villagers actually had "character" and deep things about them that make there character more unique and special like in AC the first one, and AC on the DS. now there just window dressing and something good to look at when in you village. And honestly what makes you like a surtin character... Is it there looks? I feel like the answer is yes. And if not then what?

5:58 totally agree only 6pm and 5am only really feel like ‘proper’ animal crossing music idk maybe it’s the lack of accordion? but i totally know what they mean

Unpopular opinion: I don't want the mean Population Growing villagers back. Villagers calling me fat and stupid because they asked for a thing I literally cannot do for them (Tangy is asleep, Fang, I seriously can't go get your Gameboy from her) wasn't fun. It just made me hate some of them for being constantly mean. Villagers still warm up to you over time, they just aren't Karens now. Maybe instead just bring back the hobby system from Wild World where certain activities become 'trendy' with your villagers. Like for a couple weeks they're all about bug catching or books, then the trend shifts and some other activity is popular; they ask favors directly related to the ongoing trend. (Antonio caught a red snapper and Kyle is jealous of how cool that is, Kyle asks you to get him an even digger fish so he can pretend he caught it and show off (cause he's smug)). It would give the villagers more life and be something else that changes regularly, without the villagers being really agressive.

Honestly I would’ve loved Judy but.. her eyes. Her eyes just make me so uncomfortable, same with Chrissy. I don’t know why.. their eyes scare me so much, especially when their shocked- Edit: I started a war now great

I don’t think the hatred of NH music is unpopular but ok lol It’s pretty “popular” as many complain

I would love that villager can get REALLY mad at you (they could ignore you if you annoy them too much, or make them report you at isabelle if you bully them), caus' i think that they are too kind even if you are doochbag

wait why do ppl think pears are ugly?

Tbh, about Judy...I didn't like her AT ALL at first, specially cause I though she was a peppy villager and it seemed like such a try hard kawaii design...BUT after seeing her shocked face it suddenly dawned on me that there was no way she was a peppy character. I looked it up and turns out she is a snooty one...that's when I realised she isn't just any anime character...She's an ojou-san! She's got the "arara~" catchphrase, her japanese name is "Misuzu" which sounds like "miss", she's got the shoujo eyes and the "shocked lady losing her manners" expression, the dolly dress and overly cutesy aesthethic...amazing...I can picture her now, doing the good ol' "ohohohoho~" laugh...

I genuinely feel bad for people who started with ACNH, not in a pity way, more in a "this game doesnt represent what made people fall in love with this franchise" way. I often see comments like "Why is this and this Villiager popular? Sure, cute design but nothing more" And thats the problem, most villiagers arent popular because what they look like, but because of the story people have to tell about them. Yes Marshall is a Marshmellow, and that makes him cute, but the Smug personality trait is so popular because of what the Villager act like. "They all have the same personality trait, whats so special about this one?" Simple, the amount of dialogue, combined with the extra things you can do (like Hide and seek, or special tasks in the older games", THATS what makes them unique.

I got pears as my native fruit, and at the beginning I was hoping for peaches bc I heard a lot of people bc we’re resetting for peaches but honestly I think pears are hated on for no reason bc they’re actually quite pretty

man i love the nh music. i know this is a very unpopular opinion but the 2 pm music in particular slaps

The dialogue in this game is bad. My villagers say the same things over and over. Often I'll talk to one and then the next villager I'll talk to will say the exact same thing. It got old very fast. I definitely think the previous games win in that aspect.

I actually dont find Judy cute, I don’t know why people like her so much

Dont know if this is unpopular, but I think that Raddle is the best frog villager.

UNPOPULAR OPINIONS: as an avid fan of music and a (kinda) musician (more of the VA'ing side but whatever), NH ost is fantastic! it feels fitting to an island and is interesting enough to keep listening to because the melody's are on point and the instruments are well though out. but at the same time, they are relaxing enough to chill to. the villager interaction aren't bad, its the fact that you do 2 things for them every day! you talk to them and maybe give them items. i want the quests from PG back in NH because it means villagers have at least 5 thing to do per day. they could even add very rare friendship items (yes i know photos exist but thats ONE item) that you have like a 3% chance of getting after completing a quest, but can also get other items, and maybe even things to donate to the museum! and maybe those things are fish or bugs that aren't in season! it has sooo much potential, and i would take this as an update over having Brewster. also doing quests would give you like 5 friendship points. a couple other things like how fish/bugs should give you A TON more bells but im too lazy to type it lol ALSO PLEASE DO NOT START A COMMENT WAR

For me the best music in new horizons is early in the morning, especially 5am 🙂 I also love diving because there are no tools to break and it's rather relaxing 🥰

6:53 I don't think people are getting burnouts becuase of the freedom this game gives us with our islands. I think it's because of the combination of our current state (stuck in our homes) and the launch of this game. I feel like people ended up trying to decorate their islands and terraform it the fastest they could (because of boredom, anxiety, stress) and since they didn't took any breaks or didn't play this game in little chunks of time (like sessions of 1-2 hours) that obviously grew even more the burnout. And since this game really doesnt have a goal (like maybe you can have 5 stars in your island or collecting everything but thats a personal goal, that's not an endgame goal) when they exhausted every bit of their time that ended up in being tired of the game. I've play this game for almost 400 hours and havent experience burnout or tiresome because I've been playing when I want to play, I'm not forcing myself to get 5 stars or collect everything, sometimes I don't even do daily stuff and just like to catch bugs, hear the music, play instruments and stuff like that. I think this game is intended to take your time, to go slow and take breaks.

Unpopular opinion: I really hate the fireworks festival The music gets really annoying really quickly and every single villager says the exact same thing every time plus most of the items only have a 1 use

The music still hasn’t grown on me. It feels like it has less of an animal crossing feel

It is I, Mr. Diving hater himself, I will elaborate my point 1. After collecting pearls and the recipes you only really do it to get the months new creatures, which doesn't take long 2. It's an incredibly slow process, I feel that you should automatically stroke, rather than having to mash A

I miss the dialogue in the original games because it made the villagers have more flavor and attitude.

Yooooooo I forgot fish bait was a thing you could even make and I been playing since release 💀💀💀💀✋🏾

I actually do see more love for Raymond still but it's under a mask of toxic love. There are people who get mad if they see Raymond on other people's islands and they obsess over him too much in other ways

imagine how awesome it would be if EVERY villager had a different unique personality!

New Leaf was my first Animal Crossing and I'm told it has shit villager interaction/dialogue, but man New Horizons is just _tons_ worse in my opinion. I barely care for my villagers which sucks since it was one of my favourite parts of the game and the reason I kept coming back.

I'm happy that my favorite villager (Rudy) is not the most popular cause then I won't be accused of riding the bandwagon or liking villagers because they're popular. I can be unique

I think New Horizons has better daytime music, while New Leaf has better nighttime music.

Sort of unpopular opinion - I love Hazel, she's probably my favourite villager overall. Actual opinion - I don't mind the dialogue being repetitive too much, but I wish something could be coded in to stop same-personality villagers saying the same lines immediately after each other. Like if I talk to one Normal villager and she says, ex., "oh isn't the weather lovely, I think I'll go sit under a tree to read", and I then straight away walk over to a different Normal villager, the game should adjust how it picks what Villager 2 is going to say, so that "I'll go sit under a tree" has a low probability of occurring. I don't know if that's how the game works with dialogue, or if it's something that even could be programmed in, but it'd be a real improvement.

I Love The Night Music. very smooth and cool and twinkly I hate the repetitive "I found a fossil" with the wooOoo!!¡¡

I feel like lots of people are kinda looking down upon Isabelle but like she’s a main reason Animal Crossing got it’s growth 🤷‍♀️

It’s not that the dialogue itself is repetitive, I think it’s really great it’s just (because I have a lot of lazy villagers) hearing three different villagers consecutively talk about the bugs in their house or how they love snacks is just boring

At 9:03 you can hear a notification go off on his phone

Here's my on popular opinion on Raymond I like him it's just the random piece of cream colored hair bothers me I like if it was black I would like him more. Also Barold is cute

Raymond isn't good, he's just kind of average imo. Better smug and better cat options. I don't hate him, he's just meh.

I’m sorry, but this video has offended me

Raymond is more overhated than overrated at this point

I have only had apple trees as my island fruit in CF and NL so I was ecstatic to have pear trees, and I actually love the momochromatic scheme of the green on green!

“Judy’s anime.” - THANK YOU

Judy is more of the “I’m gonna vomit a rainbow” kind of cute. I’m still probably going to get her if I find her, but I’d rather have someone else if I could. Overall, she’s too cutesy for me.

Unpopular opinion: Developers should've just delayed the release date even more for New Horizons and added more features to be available from launch.

The old tracks wouldn't fit in NH. As much as I love them, and I listem to them all the time (outside the games) more than NH, each soundtrack was built specifically for that game NH music is good, not that remarkable, but not bad, and fits the purpose of the game

i really like the 7pm music back, and i hate how the villagers say the same thing everyday, they need dialogue that matches what their personality actually is!!

Judy was on my island and I decided to let her go because her yandere face made me feel really uncomfortable

i dont think new horizons music track is that bad?

Yes! I love Isabelle but....she is wayyyy too overrated! She overshadows my fav character(digby)

I legit don't get the music complaint, the music sounds fine, it sounds like animal crossing music

Unpopular opinion: Jock is my favorite personality, and they don't deserve the hate. Anyway, I won't say this because it's unpopular, but most of the clothes shouldn't be removed in New Horizons, but they are, and some of the villagers in New Horizons shouldn't wear different clothes.

I agree with the diving one. I have all the recipes, a bunch of pearls and all the mermaid furniture AND found ALL the sea creatures...... sooo ya I haven’t stepped foot in the ocean in like a month already 😬

All 3 octopi are gross... the texture and tentacles make my skin scrawl! I left Zucker and Marina for these reasons after running into them several times on mystery islands.

Ok I'm begging Nintendo to do an update where you can choose to use hourly tracks from any of the previous games. I miss the NL and WW music :'(

Unpopular opinion from yours truly: the sound that plays when you catch a bug, fish, or find a pearl/creature is extremely annoying and I wish I could turn it off. When I fish I have to have the sound on, but I instantly turn off the audio once I catch one

Don't think the interactions are repetitive? Really? Woooow. NH is my first Animal Crossing game since Wild World. The dialogue is repetitive as all hell. Bluebear says the SAME EXACT THING every single morning. They really need to give the dialogue an update.

i personally agree with not liking judy, because it hurts me to see her blue eyeshadow isn't pink on her blue side or the same shade of blue. it just... makes me scream in perfectionist.

I disagree with the opinion about diving. I find it to be very relaxing, and a easy way to make some bells. I think it's a lot easier to find the sea creatures, and they sell for a surprisingly good haul at the cranny. Compared to making bells by fishing or catching bugs, diving is a lot more lucrative and fun.

Rudy, Avery, and bella are underrated

I feel like people are joking when they say they find Judy "creepy". I don't see it, The anime girl eyes are cute, nothing else.

I always go for pear trees as my town fruit. They were my fruit when I first played back on the gamecube and I didn't know there were other fruits. I got them again in each subsequent game, so they're kind of a tradition for me at this point.

I don't know if this is unpopular, but I think Nook Miles TIckets should be available for bells. That way, they'd be much easier to get a lot of. I always have way more bells than miles, and I usually can only get maximum of 30-40 tickets at a time. Making them available in Nook's Cranny as well would solve a lot of problems for me.

This one will make people SCREAM: Merry is an EXTREMELY unsettling villager, I think her design is too... quirky for me, I don't know what word to use

I like Raymond, he is ok! Tangy is my fave tho, I think she needs a lil more love!

This might be a popular opinion But I think one of the things we should be able to do with Isabelle is to get the option to change our island name Similar to how we can change the flag or the town tune

My take- I hate how the normal villagers sound like. It is ear piercing

5:50 i see this as how i never fish for money and many people do. Diving definitely gets me the most money and its easier to do so i prefer it

My theory: Nintendo makes poor UI and Choices with Crafting/Breaking Tools because they know they can make their money without hassle.

not repetitive? I actually feel like villagers don't want to talk to me, because they only mention food, weather and other people! Like are you changing the subject to get me bored or what

Hard disagree on the music. None of the other animal crossing games (I've played since Wild World) have soundtracks that stuck in my head like New Horizons. It just feels so heartwarming and calming... Idk, I adore it, it feels natural.

Can we bring back the villager interactions? I remember playing hide and seek with my villagers in NL and it was amazing! And when Halloween comes around can we incorporate the looking for jack among our villagers to give him candy and he’ll give us a “spooky” furniture but if we find out villager pretending to be jack, they take our candy and gives us pumpkin heads! I want a pumpkin head honestly

i personally am over pears as pears have been my native fruit in new leaf and wild world. and now theyre my native fruit again in new horizons! pls free me from this pear hell

the conversations in the first game are much better than the other games in the serie.basically the conversations have been descending until reaching the current point that they only tell you things that you do or that will happen and if you are lucky they will tell you a little about them.Before there were neighbors who weren't nice and that's not bad that kind of thing gives life to the game and doesn't make it boring, apart from that each one can be given a personality that doesn't matter if it is repeated in another but the point is that the neighbors are as unique as possible. For this type of problems, those that are beautiful and those that are ugly stand out, some in bad shape and others in good shape. (If there is something wrong in the text, I'm sorry, I'm translating what I say)

i have four snooty villagers and im tired of hearing them spoil shows 4 eachother

With the terraforming giving us too much power part. It doesnt make me bored, rather it overwhelms me. Paralyzes me with too many options. I wish there was options to have a pre-set theme for our islands for busy/lazy players like me

LEAVE MY PEARS ALONE 😂

Unpopular opinion I think I don't want luck to comeback it would be really annoying, and I don't want to design my house or wear certain clothes just to not trip 24/7! It something that would annoy me. A lot. This game is suppose to be about quality of life, not tripping over and villagers being more mean too you for no reason

I'm nearing 850 hours in NH but I have had my volume on mute since around 150 hours because the soundtrack feels so bland compared to past games that I got tired of hearing it. I wish since we have the Nookphone we could have some kind of music app on said phone to play either K.K music or past AC music.

Here's my unpopular opinion: Beardo is a great villager. Yes, he has hair in... undesirable places, but I find that his confident and prideful personality more than makes up for it. He's an aspiring movie maker who treats a casual museum visit as a date. Awkward? Yes. Hilarious? Also yes. Do I headcanon him with Matt Berry's voice? Also also yes.