this island has a Tom, Tommy, and a Thomas. there’s too much power

i like how suddenly the gameplay shifted from "whoaa a sea bass" to "i need to act quick, i only have twenty minutes before the raja brooks birdwing stops spawning" it really encapsulates the acnh spiral

It's so funny to watch someone play AC when they're untainted by the villager hierarchy. I was screaming when he got Shino, and it's almost unbelievable that that's his least favorite! It's kinda wholesome honestly, definitely makes me reconsider my perspective on dreamy culture.

The fact that he loves the characters most people try to get off their island but hates the one everyone wants 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

this is so wholesome and yet i'm also so surprised as to how he's managed to make perfect snowboys on his first try

The level of enthusiasm Therm has for every creature pun, villager, watering flowers, etc is so adorably wholesome and chaotic, I'd expect nothing less

i'm only 18 minutes into this so far, but i'm obsessed with your commentary. there's such a perfect balance of childlike wonder at all these little critters and quality goofs mixed in between

I really enjoy seeing him enjoy this the way it should be played outside the influence for a ‘perfect island.’ It’s super refreshing and makes me so happy to just watch someone have a good time

Watching someone play ACNH( for the first time) over 3 years after it came out is so heartwarming and sweet. 💙

animal crossing is like a drug but you feel good while playing it

I love that you’re discovering animal crossing after everyone is putting it down. 😂 It’s reminding me why I loved it so much in the beginning.

This is adorable. I'm an animal crossing veteran and watching someone discover animal crossing for the first time is so wholesome.

Therm playing animal crossing is surprisingly wholesome and I’m here for it

Therms reactions when discovering everything is so precious! Especially when he said Hi to Rex for the first time 🤣

If you're time traveling, I highly recommend the 6am hour. Even tho the stores are closed, something about that early morning sunrise & colors of the sky is so peaceful. Plus it's easier to terraform bc everyone is still sleeping. I'm not an early riser IRL but I can pretend to be in animal crossing lol

i just had an hour long cry and opening up youtube to see anch highlights really lifted my spirits. thank you therm and editing people for clutching up edit: i truly did not expect to be perceived nor did i expect so many sweet comments from all of you lovely folks!! :")) yall are so nice. im doing good now!

Therm, this is a life or death matter. That welcome mat is too cute please put out a code for that

i haven't finished watching yet so i'm not sure if this gets brought up but a tip: don't feel pressured to pick a theme and fully decorate your island! a lot of people seem to think that it's the point of the game but enjoy the game how you want to enjoy it! a lot of people get burnt out because of decoration/pressure to decorate

Watching new players is so nice. I have so many fond memories of setting up house plots and diving for creatures to make a profit 😭😭😭

Honestly I wasn't too sold on this series at first but now I'm emotionally attached to every polygon on Sconion

I thought it was hilarious when he said that it probably won't rain much, my friends renamed my island to Sealand because it does nothing but rain.

This is so enjoyable to watch, it’s so sweet. No judgement from dreamie culture, no preconceived notations, just pure vibes and pure enjoyment. Amazing.

He’s so cute and adorable I can’t. It’s so fun to watch him play and be amazed at little things. The funny part is that I think he likes Rex because he’s lazy and hates Shino because she’s peppy.

This was really pleasant to watch, your vibes totally match this game! Would love to see more

there is just something so delightful seeing someone new to animal crossing and finding such pure joy playing the game and figuring things out

Playing Ac honestly is so chaotic while being so calm at the same time, like the game literally barely has requirements, but we still are able to make it so chaotic…and I love that I grew upward AC starting from Wild World so seeing someone discover all its glory for the first time is so fun

Seeing someone so excited to get a sea bass nowadays is absolutely precious to me

the pain of seeing someone manually water all of their flowers with the flimsy can IN THE SNOW is unparalleled. king they're already watered...

"ah! it's golden hour" and the subsequent joy? i loved this moment! there are a lot of fun moments from this series of streams, i'm glad they're all together. this was a pleasure to watch

Bud is literally so nice man, I am never letting him leave my island he always makes me smile

omg! i didn’t know there was a proper edited video for this series planned :3

As a long time animal crossing fan, once I saw the first stream that Therm was playing it, I knew it would go on a roller coaster of chaos and wholesome.

18:36 therm passive aggressively making fun of tiktok is not something i will ever get over

I know this is very late, but incase you didn't know, the fruit that isn't native to your island sells for more! So those pears you got, if you make a farm you'll get a lot of money.

This is making me wanna restart my save. It's so relaxing watching you play this

The initial excitement over the sea bass. Bless your heart. 😊😂

this was really cute and enjoyable i might actually go watch the full streams now. And I have the strongest urge to restart my island...

Animal Crossing: Alright! We reached our donation goal! Him: We?

I'm literally so jealous, I spent over 50 nook miles tickets on frita just for therm to get her as a starting villager

Therm is getting acquainted with animal crossing enthusiasts in his chat

His first fish he caught was a freshwater goby which is what I named myself after, Goby, right around the release of the game 😭 3 years later. I love this

your excitement and pure joy for every thing you discovered in this game is communicative, i laughed so often and it gave me such a good mood! i totally get how you latched on rex, he's sweet. i also pick a bestie in each town/island i played in, and it happens kinda randomly. sometimes we just vibe... my last bestie was mac (a dog). i wanted to start over with a new island after a while and don't regret it but man... i miss my bestie mac.

13:36 i love how he thinks 1800 bells is a lot

At the risk of repeating everyone else in this comment section talking about how wholesome this is, I am a particular fan of when this dude calls random villagers and npcs “sweetie” and “honey,” it’s genuinely adorable. Honestly though, I do the same thing with, like, characters in Skyrim, and I call Master Chief “babygirl” so… I might be biased lol

4 minutes in and this is the most wholesome video on youtube

This is so wholesome, I also just started animal crossing recently and got addicted as well 😛 so it’s fun to see you experiencing the same stuff I did a few days ago

I still play this game. Never managed to make any friend in the community so I just play by myself. .. I wish I had people coming over, playing games etc. It's part of the fun too, I think. But seeing how happy and excited you were playing it, it was just nice. 😊 This video warmed my heart. THE LAZY CHARACTERS ARE THE BEST, my fave personality along with jock.

therm you have singlehandedly given me the motivation to actually unpack all my stuff since i moved out of my dorm and also to touch my island for the first time in probably over 2 years. thank you.

I’ve been having a rough few weeks but this video cracked me up. Hearing you get so excited over catching all the bugs and where to place the villager houses made life feel so wholesome and innocent for me. I love wholesome moments and this hour and half was one big one!! You went in completely blind having no knowledge of the game and that’s what makes this video so funny and iconic 🤣

I love how u made all the streams into a video!! I’ve missed a few streams and now I get to see the progress all through!!! :D

This is my favorite thing!! Please keep,streaming and playing. It’s amazing to see it with fresh eyes and just PLAY. ❤

“we’re discovering so many things about the english language today” had me cracking up i can’t

love the way this is edited, it's super chill and I love it

I've been playing Animal Crossing since Gamecube (decades!!) and watching new players fall into the spiral is my favorite. Ty for editing together these highlights! Would love to see more as you develop Sconion. 👀

1:21 new animal crossing players and thinking it says something to kill me is my favorite genre

I don't think you understand how badly I need more of this. I love this game, but unfortunately don't have a switch, and noone else seems to play it anymore 😢

The obsession is a masterpiece

Happy belated birthday! I'm glad you're enjoying the game, it's nice to see people enjoy this game for the first time :)

Can’t wait to see more :)) this was very fun and calming to watch

I’m a first time viewer and I absolutely loved your play through of animal crossing :) your energy and reactions were wholesome and it was great to watch in full. please upload more!

This is really a wonderful video. It's nice seeing new players see how magical ACNH is! I really like how in the beginning he said he'd just have a chill stream and not get too excited or whatever, but ended up getting more enthusiastic as time progressed. Or maybe that's the regular mood of the streams? Idk but NICE VID THERM!!

This is so wholesome 😂 Wish he liked Shino more, she's a favorite of mine..

I don't know how I found you, but that was the most wholesome collection of videos I've ever watched and I can't wait for more! 😊😂 Also just a tip, when you time travel forward, you can also change to morning so you're not already mostly through that next day, if you have a lot of things you wanted to get done etc. 😊 Please keep making videos on this! I'm so invested!! ❤🎉

I love watching someone new play this game, great job. I loved your video, you have a great way of telling your on story while playing . Laughed a lot. Looking forward to your next video... My fav villagers are Bluebear, Shep and T-bone....

This has been the most wholesome, relatable AC play through I've seen! The 1:40h passed so quickly. I am hungry for more and I am sure the rest of your audience will happily fuel your AC addiction too >:D

im sick right now and have never seen any animal crossing gameplay before, this made me feel better and i really enjoyed it. im excited to see more in the future !

I love how excited you are at everything, so refreshing! Great great video!

U r such a funny lil dude i really enjoy your videos! I dont have patience for playing animal crossing but i always love watching long wholesome letsplays on it. Thank u for your services!

I’m soooo happy to see you streaming this! Absolutely love it!

I remember this game took over my life and I was playing this during my zoom classes 😭 I didn’t learn nothing in school during the pandemic

This is an absolutely delightful playthrough!! I'm very much looking forward to sticking around and seeing the rest of your adventures with acnh- as well as eventually the rest of your videos :D :>

Happy belated birthday. It's nice to see someone play Animal Crossing for the first time. I started with Animal Crossing New Leaf back in 2015. It's a great game but New Horizons got rid of several long time characters and lots of things like the shop upgrades and lack of shops that the older games had. It's nice that Rex likes you too. Villagers only give furniture to people and other villagers that they like.

Even though I watched all these streams, this highlight video was a delight! Can't wait for more

Watching someone play this for the first time has completely made my day, thank you for uploading this!!

I love how calm cool and collected you are it makes watching someone play animal crossing so much more entertaining you enjoy the little things and I frigging love it keep it up 😊

This island has Tommy, TOM Nook, and Thomas.

that’s it im restarting my island! it’s gonna be sad cause i have some of my dream villagers but i got so caught up in decorating and themes and trying to make my island perfect even though no one was ever gonna see it but i’ve lost motivation and joy in the game and i miss playing just because it’s peaceful and fun

hi therm!! i’m not sure if you’ll read this, but i love watching/listening to your videos while i’m at work. you have an awesome energy and the amount of joy you bring me is incredible. keep doing what you’re doing, because you’re doing great!

Actually, the bells are based on the Japanese yen, so 15k bells is basically worth around $150, hahaha

Gotta say, this is the first vid of yours ive stumbled across, and your vibes are immaculate. Just a wholesome chill dude! You sound so much like Kurtis Conner I was like bugging out trying to figure out why you sounded so familiar 😂

I searched for Frita for so long and you got them as a starter…

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE edit the rest of your Animal Crossing streams into another video like this one! My 25 year old daughter and I loved everything about it! I don’t have time to watch all the streams but would love to keep up with you and your island. Thank you for playing the only game I care about and showing us your adorable personality. ☺️

Yay! I just restarted with a new island so im looking forward to playing alongside watching your playthrough. I feel like starting from scratch now with all the content being added back feels really smooth and more like a previous games plus all the new good stuff. I even joy happy home paradise 🎉 even if im not good at decorating it still a lot of fun when they provide the furniture for it so i don't have to go craft stuff or grind for materials or money. 😊

"YES! My actual best friend!" *bludgeons with shovel* thats a real friendship right there.

this whole video was so cute??? please post this more :D my heart is too happy watching this

You made a perfect snowman the very first time you tried-- I'm speechless

This is the cutest man in the world 😭 I wish dudes like you went to my uni

This was such a fun watch! I'm also somewhat new to New Horizons, so it's cool to see others starting it too! Excited for more!

I've always wanted to play Animal Crossing but I don't have a switch :(, but I'm glad I get to watch my first Animal Crossing gameplay from you! I love your avatar too, totally suits you!

why oh golly gee what a splendid video as usual surely nothing devious happens!

i've been experiencing a bit of burnout trying to decorate my island and watching someone play it for the first time so excited and like happy about everything just reignited the flame for the game for me💕 there's so much to do in this game to stop playing bc decorating everything is intimidating

I was hoping the streams would become a video!! Yay!! So excited to watch this (and maybe binge the vods later 👀)

Wish I could get addicted to a game, I play it for a month and then one day just stop...

"it's not a deep cut" followed by "it's the band-aid theme song" made me laugh more than it should've lol

i love how cozy this video is u have such a calm and appreciative way of playing games i lov it

Omg I only now connected that one of the early recipes is an ocarina. As someone who started zelda with botw (I never had nintendo consoles growing up), but just finally played ocarina of time, I appreciate this so much more now

I was just wondering the other if Therm would ever play ACNH. So glad it happened!

The series that has consumed my life

This was a fun watch. I had it on while I was playing the game myself. I'm actually not a big live stream person. I don't have the attention span to sit and watch someone slowly meander through a game. I need the boring parts edited out. BUT, I've been loving turning Animal Crossing streams and vods on while I play New Horizons myself. It's a nice chill time. Just to give my two cents on the "morality of time skipping". I don't think it matters one way or the other. But I personally would recommend against doing it if you can. I definitely get the want to rush things a bit to get stuff done. And if this were any other Animal Crossing game before New Horizons, I'd say go for it. But the thing with New Horizons, is that they give the player a lot of stuff to do. Like, just general STUFF to keep you playing and give you stuff to do while you wait for the next day. The previous games really didn't. New Leaf tried to with the Meow Coupons, but the fact that they had a daily limit meant you'd still run out of things to do. They really just added like, an extra 10-15 minutes onto your play time. But with New Horizons, you have the infinitely generating Nook Miles challenges. Nook Miles can be used for more decorative items, app upgrades, more stuff unlocked in general, as well as two different kinds of mystery island tours. And then there's the DLC that adds pretty much the entirety of Happy Home Designer into New Horizons, with the benefit of being able to use every item and new building options that it adds, in your main island. As well as eventually even customizing villager homes. And then there's the whole custom designs and custom clothing thing. And the other various online sharing things. And then everything else the game already had, like the outside decorating and terraforming and stuff. I just don't really see a real need to time skip in New Horizons. In the other games, sure, but in NH, they gave you plenty of things to do to keep you busy until tomorrow when your stuff happens. Plus rushing the game kinda ruins the chill slow-paced vibe it's got goin on. Like, it's not Stardew Valley where you can rush a huge chunk of stuff right away, or Minecraft where you can have diamonds within the first 15-20 minutes if you just rush to a cave and grab a bunch of iron. Like, you're meant to take your time and relax, chill. Do things as you go. Wander around, talk to villagers, move plants around, make a custom design and make a little path around the island (at least until you unlock real paths). Just kinda, hang out. *BUT*, that's not to say you SHOULDN'T do it, like it's a law. If you do it, and don't care, and you're enjoying it still, then by all means go for it. Do what you want. I can't tell you what to do. It's just my opinion.

It’s so refreshing to see a bare island (as someone with 1400 hours 😅). This was fun to watch!! Also, as for the morality of skipping time, the option to change the time was embedded within the actual game, so it’s perfectly “moral” to do since it’s intended lol