ATTETION: Due to a Copyright Claim I have had to trim out a section of this video. At around 47:50 when it fades to black the next entry should be 64DD and sound like this: "Animal Crossing was originally going to be exclusively for the 64DD. Which if you don't know, is a Disk Drive (DD) add on for the N64, it was going to be used to make much bigger games to keep up with competition or just add more content to existing games, like for example Ocarina of Times infamous, “Ura Zelda”. Anyways, in an interview from 2016, Eguchi, producer of Animal Crossing, details what the original plans for animal crossing were.“The idea for “Animal Crossing” began with the idea that we could use the 64DD to write a massive amount of save data to make a kind of game that hadn't ever been made yet. At that point, the theme that I considered was “playing with others”. The beginning of that design was that you’d have this RPG-like world in this massive field, and multiple people would enter, and your play would affect the other players.” According to Eguchi, he wanted to play videogames with his kids, but since he was a full time developer he often would arrive home late and they would be asleep. “I couldn’t play games with my kids, even though I knew it would be fun. From the beginning my idea was that, if this is the way it’s going to be, maybe there’s something we could do where someone in a similar environment to me could come home late and play, which would somehow overlap with what the kids had done.” (..) “For instance, say the kids were adventuring in a dungeon during the day and made it part way through, but then something happens where they can’t move any further. Then, some trace of that status can be left and then when dad came home at night he could use the information the kids left as a hint and clear the dungeon, and proceed further. I wondered how that kind of relay-type-play would be.” From here the idea of animals being in the game came from the idea that instead of the player being all powerful, like most RPGs. The player would have to use the power of Animals to progress. This interview goes into a lot more detail about the humble origins of Animal Crossing and all in all the original game concept is a lot different to what we ended up getting, I would love to see a fan or even Nintendo themselves make an RPG like this in the future but I doubt that will ever happen."

Both male and female pigeons produce milk from a gland in their throat called a crop in order to feed their young, so the pigeon milk he offers is just that: milk from Brewster's crop. That means that he most likely sees you as the child he never had. So, if anything, him offering you pigeon milk is actually a good thing.

"guliver is a failed murder victim" is such a funny way to word that like "smh he can't even get MURDERED right"

“The whole song sounds cursed almost” Dr shrunk: 💃🕺💃🕺💃

"One word: Animal Crossing" Throwing out credibility early. I can respect it.

also Isabelle herself says "Me? Busy? Don't worry about it! I got a whole hour of sleep last night, so I'm just raring to go!", so we do know that she's overworked

"Isabelle is overworked." That's not a theory. That's a damn fact. Someone, please let the woman sleep!

The Isabelle is overworked thing may be true, as in New Leaf she says “I got a whole hour of sleep last night, so I’m raring to go!” Edit: Came back after a year, this blew up

I dunno if someone else has commented this, but gyroids (at least in new leaf) show up most commonly after rain, making the drowning sounds even more creepy.

I was surprised none of the letters from Mom were on the iceberg. There is some very weird stuff on those, especially in the first game. In one letter, she says "you've chosen to live with animals, which I'll never understand... [...] Did you meet anyone special in that town? I want some grandkids!" This raises so many questions. Is your mom racist against animals? What about them doesn't she like? Is it possible for humans and animals to have children? If so, why would your mom want you to do that if she doesn't like animals? Are there different villages for animals and humans? Is it uncommon for them to cross paths? What is the animal to human ratio in this world? And that's just from one letter... There's so much other weird stuff in there.

"Tom Nook and Redd are divorced husbands" is indisputably the FUNNIEST way to run with that thread and I can't be convinced otherwise

"It's common courtesy to take off their shoes before commiting suicide." How considerate of them

"One word, animal Crossing" He a little confused but he got the spirit

I actually cried facing Ressetti as a child. My game was in English and I couldn’t understand him since I only spoke French at that age. He was just screaming and screaming at me and I couldn’t make him stop. It was to much for my seven years old self lol

"One word. Animal Crossing." 5 seconds in and I already love this video.

For anyone who has played before NH, you may remember Dad sending you carnations on Father's Day. As proven in the past two years, he is absent in NH, so maybe he is the one sending the balloons? Since none of the villagers or special characters ever take notice, maybe it's just his way of saying "I love you and good luck" without being overprotective.

I think "the night clowns" are actually the player, while all your villagers are sleeping, you can still go arround the island, do normal stuff and even terraform. Your villagers do not know about that and create their own clown theory.

"tommy and teary" ah yes, the third nookling who was too pacifistic for big business, Teary. he died some time ago, totally not from neglect

Brutus the Bulldog was definitely a cover for someone's sibling to mutilate their save and then not get in trouble for it lmao

Watching this just makes me realize how much more is left out in new horizons. Don’t get me wrong it’s an amazing game in graphics and it’s cool how it’s so customizable yet I think it’s missing the lore? Like I feel like new horizons is just the tip of the ice burg for animal crossing and that’s why it feels off. It’s a great game yet you miss those fun quirky things that make it animal crossing. Like other NPCs, more places to go to, more complex dialogue. The gyroids, all the furniture sets, old music, Idk It just doesn’t have the same feeling I get when I play new leaf or wild world etc. not complaining because I love playing new horizons yet lately I’ve been missing that old classic animal crossing feel.

I had a villager wanting to leave because of these so-called nightclowns.

this dude has an american and irish accent at the same time, focus and you can change his accent between these two...

Japanese Animal Crossing: *does so well they decide to localize it* Localized Animal Crossing: *was localized so well it got localized back to japan* *true friendship acheived*

Interesting that the 7pm music in new leaf has a “negative aura”, I’ve ever seen that track as sad, I find it very serene and a pleasant song to wind down from your day. It was one of my favorite tracks from the the whole game and I can barely stand listening to any music that sounds sad.

the 7pm music to me has a sense of urgency to it. not a type of urgency like ur running for ur life but like being a child who decided to run away from a toxic home. like sneaking around through dark streets trying not get caught but still wanting to get as far away as possible as soon as possible. the song still has a sense of relief and calmness to it, like the feeling of finally being free

10:29 "Tom and Nook are both shopkeepers" yes my favorite rivalry in the animal crossing series tom and nook

Small brain: alcohol Big brain: good soda Galaxy brain: vacation juice

I had the gyroid face happen to me when I was like 12, can confirm, nearly shit my pants when I saw it

Villager: AHHHHHHHH AHHHHHH AHH! Tom Nook following you to your home: WHY ARE YOU RUNNING? WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?

> “why would you buy three copies of animal crossing?” Because I need a separate island for each of my aesthetics.

Resetti actually made me have a breakdown when I was little. Not while he was screaming at me, but because I had forgotten to save so many times that he threatened to do something the next time I reset. One time my dad wanted me to stop playing and he threatened to turn the power off and I started screaming, begging him to let me save first so Resetti wouldn't come after me. (As it turns out, what actually happens is that his brother comes because Resetti got sick from his high blood pressure XD)

following the “bells are seeds” theory, idk if someone’s commented this yet but in the spanish translation of AC, bells are called “berries”, so they very well could be a type of plant!

What I think went down in Aika Village: On Aika's birthday, Aika got a doll from her parents. It seemed harmless. But over time, it started acting weirder. Eventually, it killed the dog and hid the body somehow, giving us our first casualty. When the family members started getting suspicious, the doll killed everyone but Aika. I think the room with all the heads in it looking at Aika and the doll could possibly represent a courtroom: the doll kept Aika alive to frame her. This could also possibly be a hearing. Either way, when the event is finished, Aika goes to the seashore, takes off her shoes...and...well...ends her own misery by drowning herself. The doll has successfully ruined Aika Village and tainted its image forever. I think the doll managed to pull this off by _possessing_ Aika, making her kill her family and hide the bodies. This would present very strong evidence against Aika, such as her DNA on bloody clothing or her fingerprints on the weapon. (Maybe the axe we saw the doll carrying?)

The weird thing about NH is that its actual *dialogue* is great and funny and super well written, there’s just way too little of it for it to actually stick.

“the tip” weird phrasing, but ok. “tip of the iceberg” and all that “the shaft” ...wait

I'm surprised the Tom Nook suit costume wasn't mentioned. Occasionally when you talk to peppy villagers in NH (I first got this dialogue from Audie) they'll act all paranoid because they think someone found out they were hiding a tom nook costume in their closet. Definitely pretty weird, and it reminds me of Zipper

The bookshelf maze in Aika village is probably her mind, as books are mostly associated with knowledge. You are exploring the messy, mazelike, clouded mind of Aika, finding those good and bad memories (the paintings) of her past with her family. The doll with the axe is you looking at her standing there, realizing what she just did to those she loves and that she actually had many good memories with. The left side was the bad memories and the right were the good.

"One word: Animal Crossing." should we tell him nah lets not tell him

"The Tip" The Shaft" "The Base"

my theory for aika village is aika went crazy/was pressured to kill her family, realized what she’d done and killed herself

“The Terrible Secret of Animal Crossing” absolutely BLEW my mind as a kid. The idea that someone could twist my childhood happy place into this dark and violent conspiracy story amazed me so much. It didn’t “ruin” Animal Crossing for me, but instead added this whole dimension and playfully mistrustful side of “what ifs” to a fond piece of media I had already been engrossed in for years. It was my introduction to fan-created works in general, and it started me on my own path as a creator and writer. Seeing that that fic is still being talked about and read makes my nostalgia light the hell up (Edits on comment are only grammatical)

One interesting thing I like to bring up is what fans dub "The End of the World" in Animal Crossing NGC. It happens on December 31, 2030, when the clock strikes midnight and ticks over to January 1, 2031. When the player saves and reloads their town after this event, they are suddenly taken back to January 1, 2030. This happens because the Gamecube's internal calendar only goes as far as December 2030 and Animal Crossing just loops the year 2030 forever. So that means players only have about 10 more years of Animal Crossing NGC (as of typing this, at least) before it truly ends and the calendar misaligns with the real world calendar.

“I need more” *ad starts playing* “At AT&T, we feel like you should get more.”

For the whole basement scream bit, I actually got Olaf and he said "did you know that no one can hear me scream from my basement" and before that he said he was watching Kung fu movies and then tried to recreate Kung fu movies

Going off your Aika village theory, I think maybe the parents were getting a divorce? With the room depicting the Adam and Eve sin thing, one of the parents could have done something wrong, like cheat. So the household was probably filled with arguing, showing the slow deteriorating and trashy look of each house. The big decision the girl had to make was probably picking which parent to go with. The mom might have been pressuring her to pick her because the father might have been the one to cheated. Maybe she ended her life because she couldn't pick because she loved them both? Not a solid theory but it's what I came up with haha, possibly a little right

the tom nook and reed being bitter exes theory is so incredibly funny to me. him just being a piece of shit enough to anger Tom and secretly invading his island to sell stolen/fake/cursed art to the villager is so funny

Your mistake of saying "Tommy and teary" has caused yet another piece to be added to the iceberg. Good job

I find kk synth way less creepy than the other kk songs mentioned. It's a bit melancholic but I find it kinda relaxing tbh it reminds me of lofi

The "Night Clowns" might actually be a reference to the "killer clowns" epidemic that happened a few years back, where people would dress as clowns holding knifes in the middle of the night to freak people out.

I feel bad for Gulliver. They try to murder the dude once a week

to me, KK Synth isn't really creepy, it's more bittersweet; you've defeated the big bad, completed the game, and now you must say goodbye to all the friends you made along the way.

Imagine some guy doing a 3AM challenge on Animal Crossing and they come downstairs and the alien broadcast is playing

Pretty sure Aika village is an allegory for Depression. Could be wrong, but I think your observations about panic and stress are on point. The houses represent the slow deterioration of Aika’s mental health. Getting darker, more cluttered, and more disorganized as time goes on (Aika growing up). This was cemented, to me, by the final unblocked room, where Aika sits, trapped in a box and judged at by her peers. A clear allegory for social anxiety and pressure.

"stiches is another villager with a creepy appearance" *Shows a literal teddy bear*

50:54 U know stuffs getting real when Lavender Town starts playing

Marsh: "The NIGHT CLOWNS!!" *thunder clap* Me: "How is he doing that?" Marsh: "I practiced at HOME!!" *thunder clap*

What's weird about the "no one can hear you screaming in your basement" line is that it's NOT just the smug villagers saying it. It's also the peppy villagers (as shown with chrissy saying it, slightly differently). So for some reason they added the line to at least TWO different villager types. And in new horizons no less! Where most of the dialogue is scrubbed super clean and positive.

I definitely understand the "7pm negative energy" thing, the music sounds as if you're running away from something.

Fun Fact: Resetti is in acnh, but only if you play a pirated copy.

42:56 I remember a theory that Zipper is actually your dad in the game.

There's a dialogue about Brewster's "Pigeon Milk" in Wild World. It goes like this; "You're probably curious about the secret of my special *Pigeon Milk*... Sure, I'll tell you. You see, it's... Well... Yeah, never mind." Just thought I'd curse you all with that information.

You: Isabelle isn't THAT overworked. Isabelle: "Me? Busy? Don't worry about it! I got a whole hour of sleep last night, so I'm just raring to go!" Guess you're right!

i didn’t think i was gonna watch an hour long video about animal crossing tonight but here we are

I was just wondering wether Animal Crossing has an iceberg of theories and then I found this video

You've probably already gotten this but, resetti is actually in new horizons!! He's the one that operates the rescue service. He even says in one line "Calm down Resetti.." to himself after finding out that you dont have enough miles to use the rescue service.

"1 word, *Animal Crossing* " Yeah that is exactly 1 word yes yes

i ADORE your Aika village theory. I also think the doll represents Aika!! I always perceived it as Aika killing her family which just feels,,, extremely spooky. I think maybe it could be interpreted as her family being really abusive and eventually causing the story to happen??? Like "the scenery was never perfect".

"One word" "Animal crossing" *sometimes my Guinness is almost frightening*

"Nook and Redd's backstory" ah yes, the divorce

34:20 its always such a trip whenever someone talks about that story cause i read it for the first time when i was 11 and had a horrible fever. being 23 now the whole thing feels so unreal lmao

Why have you named the chapters like this? WHY?!

3:53 Fun fact: Humans are 75% water. So yeah, water IS sentient.

“The word Boondox is referring to the word Boondocks” Yes I was born at a very young age

Somebody needs to make an Animal Crossing iceberg book. Each chapter could be a different level of the iceberg, and there could be little subheadings talking about the things depending on what level of the iceberg you are on.

Idk about you guys but to me, "Durge" sounds like a creepy murder. Like a person hiding from a murderer is what I mean. Behind the corner. Then as the murderer turns that corner, and the metal clashing is the gunshots (or other murder weapon sound)

"one word. Animal crossing" me: "That's not one word......well guess I'm hooked!"

So you're telling me Nook uses the player for *_C H I L D L A B O U R ?_*

“One word. Animal Crossing.” Seems legit.

There is actually a very obscure theory that the creator of Animal Crossing, Katsuya Eguchi was influenced by the 80's anime called: Maple Town. There are many similarities in Maple Town, such as the main character arriving to Maple Town in an old-school train, the train station having a very similar looking monkey who is also a train station porter, Animal Crossing and Maple Town both having a theme of settling in a town and the fact that both have cute looking anthropomorphic animal characters as residents. So I guess, this theory could be located at the very bottom of this iceberg? :P

Once in New Leaf, one of the animal villagers wanted me to get signatures for a petition called "Animals Are People Too"...

if anything, tom nook is the opposite of a loan shark, he lets you keep his money for basically forever in the hope that you pay him back

A small correction is that Tanukis are not mythological creatures but yes a real animal! Tanukis are native to Japan and look a LOT like raccoons, but in reality are canines. Also known as Japanese Raccoon Dogs.

The 7 PM music in ACNL extremely creeped me out as a kid. It made me scared and I would always refrain from playing during 7:00 to 7:59 PM.

this is my favourite trend to come out pf youtube because instead of one creator getting suuuuper popular by making a new kind of video, a whole bunch of different creators are getting recognition for doing similar videos on topics they know and care about a lot as individuals :) iceberg videos good

I was talking to Rodeo one time at a birthday and he said something about how when he was young a birthday clown went into his house and never came out.

I’m so glad that the animal crossing creepypastas was mentioned. It is unironically one of the best ones I read especially when compared to the schlock that’s out there. Definitely a hidden gem.

7pm def sounds depressing for me. It's kinda dreamy in a sad way, awaking your melancholy, loneliness, past regrets. When I'm completely alone at a calm night, freed from day's hustle, this kind of thoughts always pops up in my mind. But it's not completely negative, it's just a quiet and bittersweet reflection about life.

I think Serena being a “goddess” is a translation of the Japanese concept of kami, which is a sort of spirit/god (it doesn’t really have a good English translation) that inhabits things like rivers, shrines, crops, and even ancestors can be kami. Kohaku from Spirited Away is a good example.

Okay so hear me out, that wanted poster in the police station is a Jojo reference. The first edition of this game was released in 2001, the first chapter of Jojo part 6 was in 2000. Enough time to make a texture for sure. The girl in the poster has hair buns similar to Jolyne Cujoh. The story of part 6 was Jolyne in jail.

Only og’s remember when the fish never actually touched the bobber

watching this for the 9th time… your voice is so calming and nice to listen too!! amazing content man keep it up

i want a "martian" event for the alien broadcast. Maybe one day there's a tractor beam in the town center, and going in it brings you to a ufo where you can get rare alien furniture.

Aika village had actually an update in 2019. Before the update the first Aika used to say 'I love my mommy' and the second and third one had distorted versions of that. I think the last Aika said something else, but I can't remember what it was. Please keep in mind that it's been 5 years that I've been to Aikavillage and the Japanese part was just from what I've heard, since I don't speak Japanese. Moving on, the room with the wheels of fortune used to be something else but I can't remember what it was. There are still walkthroughs of Aikavillage before the update in case you're interested. People say that the room was added to show that Aika was schizophrenic. Talking about theories, a popular theorie back then was that Aika was neglected by her parents, some even said physically abused by her mother too (The red and pink flowers in the beginning of the city, are her parents. When you go all the way to the north east, you'd find one white rose, which was Aika's importance in her family.). For her birthday she got a posessed doll from them and she took it everywhere she went (She also got a lot of other presents, which are shown in the maze, but she only cared about the doll really). Aika didn't have any friends at school, so she saw the doll as her friend. The doll convinced her to kill her dog (either with an axe or buried it alive, I'm not sure anymore). Her parents bought a new dog and she killed it too (I think there were 6 dogs in total? When you dug up in the graveyards, you'd find the dogcages). Aika got neglected more and more (showing the grass and dead trees in the city). One day the doll told her to kill her parents (probably one of them in their sleep, explaining the bed with the outline) and she did. After realizing what she had done, she wanted to get rid of the doll but it seemed to follow Aika everywhere she went. She even buried the doll on the beach but she couldn't get rid of it. Since she couldn't get rid of the possessed doll, Aika drowned herself. The last house is abandoned, with only the doll left behind. The creator of Aikavillage actually had an interview in a Japanese magazine. They asked him what the actual meaning of it was and he confirmed that it doesn't have a meaning. Aikavillage is the most visited dream city in Animal Crossing New Leaf. It's mystery made it so popular in the community. I think the fact that there is no confirmed meaning made it even more popular. There might be some things that I missed or haven't mentioned. Keep in mind that it's been 4 or 5 years since I really looked into Aikavillage. To the people still reading this, thank you for reading this. In case there are some grammatical errors please tell me, English isn't my first language. I hope you'll have a great day/night.

My theory for aika village is that aika IS a doll, with a dream for a family, and that dream becomes real. But upon discovering the dream is actually imperfect, with constant reminders of how she isn't human and the sins of the human condition, she simply wishes to go back to being a doll. And does so in the only way she knows how. I just base it off the fact that aikas outfits are a reflection of the dolls, and how that could be representative of something

i loved your analysis of aika island!!! i would love to hear more theories from you on possible video game mysteries :)

isabelle could probably have a drinking problem, but it’s worth mentioning that in japan there is no societal acknowledgment of alcoholism, for much of japanese society addiction to alcohol doesn't exist, in fact binge drinking to the point of blacking out has been normalized

i'm surprised a couple of the theories i've seen before somewhere haven't showed up. the big one being the player is dead and the balloons and notes from "mom" are gifts on a memorial, as well as the gyroids. although you could possibly put that together through a couple of the things on here. also nothing about lucky being walker? i swear that theory is massive.

The huge, incredibly dark fanfic is a rabbit hole I fall down and re read once in a blue moon. It feels like some kind of insane fever dream, and I'm happy to see it referenced here. Some of the illustrations are haunting.

”One word, animal crossing.” Thats not one word-

new horizons actually has resetti having a new job you dont see his face but his theme plays and its him by his tone of voice