Animal Crossing's Cutest Cat Got A Spot In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - So Where Is She In New Horizons?!

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, despite being the best-selling game of all time, still lacks major characters and features from previous games in the series. Among those missing features is Katie, an adorable special cat villager who always needs help reuniting with her Mother Kaitlin. Katie has been such a staple of the series that she has even appeared in numerous titles, most recently as a spirit alongside her mother in

Katie is one of the cutest special villagers in the series, with her adorable brown bangs, rosy cheeks, and blue denim dress. While she initially began as a crying child, Katie grew up in between games to become an independent traveler who enjoys visiting new towns. Despite almost completely ignoring her existence, the next game should add Katie back, especially as a full-time villager.

In the over 20-year history of, Katie has been around almost since the beginning. The cute little yellow cat first appeared in , where she gets separated from her mother Kaitlin and asks the player for help finding her. Because Katie is a child, she’ll quickly lag behind the player, trip, and cry constantly. After the player reunites her with Kaitlin, they’ll receive a gift in the mail as a thank-you. In the next game,, Katie acts the same and loses her mother, but she grows up in time for

came out in 2005.

Katie appears in as a solo traveler who asks the player for help picking a town for her to travel to next. Sadly,this is the last appearance of Katie in a mainline game as a full-fledged NPC. In, Katie made a few special appearances as a garden party host and could be seen interacting with her special swing. Her time in was even more limited, as she was completely ignored when the game first launched, with a poster featuring her added in the 2.0 update in late 2021, which came alongside the DLC. She can be invited for a coffee in The Roost through her Amiibo card, but that’s it.

lacks a lot of content, especially when it comes to the island receiving visitor NPCs. The game tends to only