Animal Crossing Villagers Used To Be Real Jerks (& Way More Fun)

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Since the first Animal Crossing release in 2001, villagers within the game used to be much harder and meaner to players, but in a good way. In the newer titles, such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Conversations with the island inhabitants have been toned down making them more friendly and in a way basic or typical.

Animal Crossing is a widely popular series primarily known for its town/island-building mechanics, but another factor that comes into play is villager interaction. Fans of the series are able to bond and connect with their favorite residents which can feel almost like a second virtual family. This is considered to be one of the main reasons why players are still playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons in 2022, with the game having initially exploded during lockdowns implemented throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In the older titles, primarily Animal Crossing and Animal Crossing: Wild World, conversations with villagers come at a variety as sometimes they wouldn’t always be friendly. Most of the dialogue options were filled with dark humor and savage moments. Arguably, this may have sparked some debate on whether or not the series was suitable for children to play.

A lot of the time when certain situations would occur in older Animal Crossing games, villagers would address the player with dialogue that can be considered rude, depending on how they would take it. For example, when a villager steps into a pitfall, there’s a chance for them to call everyone in the town “dirty rats” and feel that someone is out to get them. In older Animal Crossing titles, villagers would judge players’ fashion sense calling their