When the first Nintendo Direct for Animal Crossing: New Horizons premiered in 2020, fans were quick to speculate the meaning of a gravestone that appeared in one frame.
Could the grave mark the death of Tortimer, the retired mayor of towns in previous games? Or did Kapp’n, a boater with a penchant for singing charming tunes to passengers, perish in a maritime accident? While these characters hadn’t actually died, when New Horizons released a month later, fans learned many of these cherished
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