Hey everyone! Want to thank everyone for the support on this video. But I wanted to address a few mistakes that have been pointed out. I’m very sorry for these mistakes and they are on me: 1) Katsuya Eguchi was actually born on April 7th, 1965, not May 15th, 1965. Feel kinda stupid for making this mistake. 2)Lyle was introduced in Wild World, not City Folk. I apologize for these mistakes, and I will work on preventing these from happening in the future. Thank you.

The story of a man creating a game 'cause he was homesick, and became a huge success as people started playing said game as they stay at home to don't get sick.

I remember when I used to have to explain to people what animal crossing is, but now they know. It's crazy how much this series has grown over the years

They should remaster the first animal crossing but rename it Animal Crossing: Welcome Home

These games were created out of loneliness and made millions of people feel less lonely

"The Able sisters weren't able to make it into the game", so much for that surname.

I am an only child mostly raised by my grandparents, and I would get really lonely too. I was bullied in school, would stand up for myself and beat up the bullies, get in trouble constantly for sticking up for myself, and didn't have many friends because of that and the fact that I was different than most other kids. I recognize now that as a child and teen that I was depressed at the time and very lonely. I attribute Animal Crossing as being the coping skill at the time that gave me something to look forward to every day. Without it, I couldn't imagine how lonely or depressed I would have been every day. I'm so grateful for its existence and for my mom buying the GameCube game for me the year it came out in the US for Christmas. Probably the best gift I ever got.

I like how eerie the older animal crossing games looked

I know several people who said that Animal Crossing wasn't a popular enough series to even come out on the Switch. Now, it's the second best selling game on the console.

I'm pretty sure a lot of people know this, but Kazumi Totaka is also the voice of K.K. Slider and also did Yoshi.

There's this weird feeling. I remember when nobody knew what Animal Crossing was so it was like some secret pleasure of mine and when you'd meet someone who had heard of it, they were in your secret club. Now everyone knows and that's great, I don't have to explain myself and more people get to enjoy the series! But a part of me kind of misses when it was a shared secret.

I wonder if he ever imagined how successful it would become back in the day. I mean it's projected to be the number one switch game sold by the end of the year!

Why am I crying watching the success of Animal Crossing New Horizon?

I remember when New Horizons was first announced, everyone watching E3 hoping for animal crossing news despite the doubt that it would be another quiet year, and then we all heard the familiar babble. I was only watching the livestream, but seeing friends on Twitter and in group chats going into hysteria over the announcement. It was an emotional rollercoaster, I kind of miss moments like that when the whole world was excited for one little thing

I’m so glad I grew up with this series. A few days after my grandfather passed, (a very patriotic veteran that had an eagle/snake tattoo) Apollo, the bald eagle born on July 4th, showed up at my campsite. Also, all of my villagers call me Pumpkin, and the last thing my grandmother said to me before she died was “hi pumpkin”. I know they’re just coincidences, but it just makes NH that much more special to me. I also remember having a lot of beef with my Population Growing! villagers because of how mean they were in the GC version lmao. Incredible series.

The rumor of City Folk being an MMO is exactly why you should not listen to rumors about video games.

The only reason I bought the switch is because of animal crossing, lol Anyway, I loved this! It was super interesting. Good work, mate :)

I honestly wish we had new leaf with the new horizon look.

This game helped me and my dad connect and have a better relationship. I’m gonna show him this documentary I’m sure he’ll love it ❤️

This video is great, must've taken lots and lots of research, but it turned out PHENOMENAL. Keep up the great work!

6:27 This is exactly why I don't like New Horizons as much as the previous games, all of your villagers feel like robots, not your friends, and it removed beloved characters and features, it just doesn't feel like an animal crossing game, it focuses more on the terraforming and outdoor furniture placing than the other aspects of an Animal Crossing game, it feels more like an asthtetic sim, decorating should be part of the enjoyment not the focus. Honestly it's kinda like Happy Home Designer but instead of decorating other villagers' houses it's the entire town and it's a mainline game, with lacking dialogue, features, and even some of the charm. I also don't like the crafting at all, it's long and tedious, I always just buy my tools from the Nook instead of crafting them when they break, crafting furniture is cool and all, but I only ever craft some seasonal and special furniture items and buy the rest from Tom Nook and Timmy and Tommy.

normal people: animal crossing is just a relaxing cute animal game me: *haha animal crossing lure go brrrrrr*

city folk was the first game i played. watching your footage of it brought back my memories of when i was eight & stayed up past my bedtime to pay off my loan lmao

Original game has 3x the dialogue of an average RPG, meanwhile current gen tech NH has the dialogue depth of repeatedly talking to the same NPC in Cornelia

Tylor: Anyone else remember that weird live-action Animal Crossing commercial? Me, a 90s kid: *sweats intensely knowing it was a parody of The Real World*

omgg i teared up at the end 😭 new leaf was my first ac game all the way back in 2013 - I’m enjoying every minute of new horizons! stay safe, much love!

"Will it last, though?" Over here in 2022 and still playing the game, especially with the 2021 fall update and dlc game--this game has added so much more, too. This cute little game has actually meant a lot to me.

PTSD from the Wii U years where every E3 I was like "this is the year guys" and it never was.....

I hope that the development team learned that amiibos are a complement of the game and not the other way around...

did i just watch and hour and 20 minutes of animal crossings life? yes, yes i did

I dont know why I'm crying. Animal crossing's history is so amazing :'(

Lyle was actually introduced in Wild World - as a shady insurance salesman who would also let you change which days Redd showed up. The Insurance cost 10,000 bells - and if you got stung by bees or got fake art, you'd get a single bell as an insurance payout....

I am hyped😎, you by far have the best lore/theory videos on animal crossing

1:16:06 i/we still waiting for Brewster to come to our Islands.

This video made me tear up so many times. So well done. Having a crappy childhood animal crossing was my best friend, my escape. I could make friends with villagers even when I was lonely irl, and feel free and at peace even when life was hectic. Wild world and city folk got me through my childhood and new leaf come out at a really pivotal time in my adolescence and got me through that as well. Being an adult, struggling with adulthood and really digging into my childhood trauma, when new horizons was announced it felt like an old friend showing up to see if I was doing alright. I still get tearful when I rewatch the initial trailer for new horizons because I felt so proud of and nostalgic with this franchise. I know a lot of the content about new horizons is negative focused now and discusses all that it lacks, and I agree it needs some more additions, it’s still the game I curl up in bed with every night, like little me did with wild world, and it makes me feel like everything is going to be alright. Funny how a game can do that for you.

I stop played AC after someone stole my 3DS at school. Started playing again when New Horizons released

I just got New Leaf earlier this month. It's my first Animal Crossing. It's extremely relaxing and a great stress reliever. My favorite thing so far is fishing, I love seeing what random fish I'll get each time. I also really love collecting for the museum.

"Nothing could ruin our happy mood" record scracth. Excellent editing.

This deserves way more views than it has. Amazing job!

I love that we live in a time when passion projects like this documentary have a platform to get out there and be shared with the world. Fantastic work.

New Horizons is indeed an amazing game BUT New Leaf will always be my favorite

gotta admit that I teared up at the end of this video. Thank you for making this documentary, you did a great job

Wild world was my first ac game and it will always have a special place in my heart. I think it's so wonderful that the game was built to soothe homesickness and that's exactly why I love it. It's like coming home and your villagers really do feel like family ❤️ this is a wonderful video thank you for making it.

It’s still an incredibly missed opportunity that Animal Crossing never had a main line game on Wii U! The gamepad touch screen could’ve made the game the most comfortable and convenient on any home console. Not to mention Miiverse functionality, maybe use of Miis, possible connectivity with the 3DS (like Smash), and perhaps it could have also used the gamepad’s mic and camera functions too.

This brought back so much nostalgia. Thank you for making this, it was very well made and just gave me so much happiness remembering the history of this game. When new horizons was coming out I was so hype. It was probably the most hype I've been for a game. Thinking about these times gives me so much happiness and I wish I could relive it. This documentary gave me that feeling again.

Duuuuude Lyle was introduced in Wild World, not City Folk

I love the Animal Crossing series! New Leaf is my favorite game in the series thus far! Such an endearing game series!

1:13:20 “Pokémon New Horizons” In all seriousness, this is a great video that clearly top a lot of time and effort. Great job!!

I want to apologize for how long this comment is, but since a lot of people like to share their experiences with the Animal Crossing games I thought that I wanted to share my experience as well when I’m still a fairly new player. I really wish I could have become a fan of the games LONG before I actually did, I only started playing the games earlier this year thanks to a former coworker who I bonded with through Nintendo games. He asked if I ever played Animal Crossing and I told him no. He told me about The new game that was releasing a few weeks later on and he told me that I should check out the games because he thought that I would like them. I did tell him that I was looking for a new Nintendo series to look into and told him that I would give it a shot. I remembered that I have Animal Crossing City Folk for my Wii at home so after work I went downstairs, turned on my Nintendo Wii, I found the Animal Crossing City Folk disk and plopped it into the console. At first, I had no idea what I was doing, but after looking at tutorials for new players I finally got the hang of it, and let me tell you, After playing City Folk for a while I knew that I HAD to get the new game. So one day, a week before the release of Animal Crossing New Horizons, my dad took me to GameStop to look for a new charging cable for my Switch, the two people at the front desk asked me if I wanted to preorder New Horizons and I did. So I preordered the game and the week that followed felt like an eternity. I was SO excited to play New Horizons. Finally, on March 20th 2020, the day had finally arrived, my mom and I left early before my shift started (I didn’t have a drivers license and I still don’t so she had to take me to work), we stopped at GameStop, picked up my game and got a SUPER COOL poster that came with the copy that you can only get on release day, I couldn’t play the game yet because I had to go to work. But the second I got home, I grabbed my game, put it into my switch, and it became one of the best games I’ve ever played. I’ve been playing New Horizons every single day since I first got it on the day it first released. I since got laid off from my job due to the whole COVID-19 thing and can’t find a job. But this game helps me get through a lot of stress. Throughout time I’ve also started playing Animal Crossing New Leaf which I haven’t been playing much lately and have been meaning to do so. But since I first started playing it I’ve started collecting merchandise like plushies, amiibo figures, I have a wireless Switch controller with the Nooklings on it. I can happily say that I’m grateful to The developers at Nintendo for creating something that I’ve become so attached to. I have never played a video game as much as I’ve played Animal Crossing and I’ve never been more dedicated to playing another game.

When I was in my hometown of South Korea, I remember always playing animal crossing on my Aunt's DS. I don't really remember most things that happened in the playthrough since the town is gone now, but my Aunt told me that I would always used all money on the shop that my Aunt worked hard on.

Sadly no one really uses the 3ds anymore. I’ve had a 3ds for quite a bit and I’ve never got a spot pass once.

It was Family Friendship and Community Now its Customization Customization and Customization

Such an informative and relaxing documentary!

I just watched yhis video in 2023 and im tearing up. This game always helped me throughout my childhood. I was bullied heavily then when i discovered wild world, then the original, it helped me so much feel less lonely.

Your videos got me more into animal crossing ! Thank you for all these vids

This was honestly amazing!! I remember having the game on the game cube!! Then the DS to the wii to now the switch. So many version like the board game or the happy home I had no clue existed! All the people involved at nitendo are just amazing! And this documentary is just so insightful on the world we have all known to love! Thank you

This was so amazingly put together and made me sooo nostalgic. It was great to learn how sweet and wholesome the inspiration for the game was. A dad wanting to connect with his kids better and longing to feel a sense of home 🥺

Amazing video! I happened to notice this but Katsuya Eguchi happened to be born on April 7, not May 15. Just a small thing I noticed and wanted to say, this is a great video, I love the content uploaded here and hope there is more to come! Thank you for posting this video :D

Listened to this whole thing while I was working, and I have no regrets. Thank you so much for making this video! I've been playing every Animal Crossing game since Wild World and I've only known some of it's history. I enjoyed this so much, wish you weren't as underrated as you are because this video (I'm sure) took many days to make. Thank you again!!!

dude i have mad respect for you for making a whole freaking documentary 😳

This video is really good. I think it deserves alot more views. Its really nice seeing the history of Animal Crossing in one documentary. I respect everyone who worked on this documentary. Thankyou for bringing this out to the world.

I got new leaf back in 2014 and it became my favorite game of all time. I played it everyday for years. I would watch KZfaq videos of other peoples towns, ones with horror storylines and hacked ones were my always my favorite. I would also look up the older games and other older content for it and I’ve probably watched every video on the topic. I played NL and HHD well into 2018. I remember getting back into it every now and then but had no community to look to for new content, at least that wasn’t making fun of it. Until one fateful direct in 2019 when my kinda unknown game become all anyone was talking about again. I bought a switch the week before it released and have been playing NH almost everyday since release. And with the new 2.0 update coming soon it feels like I’m getting a whole nother game added onto it. Watching this documentary again really fuels my excitement for my favorite game series and makes me appreciate all the work gone into it.

Man this must be one hell of a research. Thanks for the effort. Almost cried at the end. Iam with this franchise since 2004. Cannot agree with you more. ANimal Crossing is its own micro cosmos for me. A world where you can escape and shape it!

There is something incredibly poetic about a game that initially was created to fill the void of loneliness making it's grand comeback when a good portion of the world's population was constantly stuck in quarantine for who knows how long.

Wow, this video deserves more views than 13,000. For the effort it takes to record an hour and 20 minutes of voiceover, AND having to pronounce names you are hardly familiar with, AND having to find relevant footage, I'm shocked with the quality of this video. Even if you did pronounce "Totaka" as "Toketa"

Animal crossing new horizons has helped me tons with my anxiety and social anxiety. Thank you so much Nintendo for making such a enjoyable game!❤️

Absolutely loved watching this video!! I am astounded by the amazing level of research and I learnt so many things I’d never heard before, even when I thought I knew everything there was to know about animal crossing. Another great video, thanks!

Thank you so much ;__; wonderful documentary for a game loved around the world by so many I really believe that each series of animal crossing has its own charm. It’s like a journey

This was an amazing documentary, I enjoyed watching it in the background while I played New Horizons :)

What a fantastic documentary. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this and learning about the amazing people behind our favourite game. Thank you so much for taking the time to research and make this video! ✨

this is probably one of the most researched videos in all of video game history. you should have millions of subs. cheers man, great video :]

I literally listen to this everyday at work. You have a great narrating voice and did an amazing job on this. Would love to see this done for other Nintendo classics or the history of Nintendo all together!

Thank you for making this documentary, it's so relaxing to watch. You deserve more subs! ☺️👍🏻

This video is a great recap of the series so far. I think this channel is underrated with all of your awesome videos. Keep up the good work!

Hey there... I'm living a rough time in my life and returned to my previous town on the 3ds... Having (digital) friends who supports you and are happy for you seems like a dream, sometimes and they are somewhat helping. This series is special in so many ways and you gave it justice with this documentary: especcially the songs selections in the background, my god. I was compelled to follow your narration. Thank you.

this was actually so good and deserves more attention

This was a really well done video. Thank you so much for going through the trouble to research and create this! New Horizons is the first AC game for me, and I just love the no stress slow pace.

I wanted the original Animal Crossing. I bought a 30$ GameCube off of eBay. *Bad idea.* It didn’t work. After 5 months I discovered that you can play GC games on Wii. I had a Wii. Yei

This was such a good video!!! There’s so much I learned about this wonderful game that means so much to me. And I love how you took the time to credit each person that worked on this game and pronounce their names. It really shows your dedication and it was nice to be able to see the people that created this game and learn about their backstories. So happy I came across your channel 😊

I spent my whole life treating my villagers like the family I wanted. As cheesy as it sounds, I can’t imagine my life without animal crossing. I’m so happy more people know about it now! 🥳

Thank you for this documentary. A lot of heart went into this.

Here's the 2020 award animal crossing won: The family award. It suits the theme and really proves how much of a friendship and community based game it is for everyone.

I remember I roped so many of my friends into the Animal Crossing series starting with pocket camp, by the time NH came out, they all jumped at the opportunity to play a mainline AC game. I still play PC religiously, they still do a great job of keeping up with it!

just as you thanked the creators for making the game, i want to thank you for making this video!!! this would have taken so much research and work, and we get to watch it for free. great work and thank you!

This is a passion project amazing!!! The work and research behind this is phenomenal! I hope more people see this and learn the history of this amazing game. Growing up with it since GameCube getting such a detailed history video gives me more respect for this game.

I bought the ds, 3ds and the switch because of or in anticipation of animal crossing. This game means a lot to me! Also, this documentary explains a lot of decisions nintendo made regarding acnh, at least to me.

The fact that I watched this whole video without skipping just shows my love for this series.

A lot of the things you mention are new to games like City Folk were in previous games, like Blanca was in all AF+, AC, AFe+, and WW. She would appear in Population Growing when you traveled to a friends town via two memory cards plugged into the same console. 29:30

I played the first animal crossing when I was seven it helped to control my anxiety all through Elementary school I am so thankful for this game if this game didn't exist I wouldn't be as confident as I am today I have played all the animal crossing games and it has been awesome to see the game evolve over the years I love this game and it has helped me to feel better about myself and be able to have a good life this game is amazing and I love it and I am so glad it was created 😊😊

I really liked this documentary but the transitions were very harsh. Music cutting of seemingly randomly. Would've been nice if you used a fade out effect or wait for a phrase of the music to end to do the cut for dramatic effect. Was really jarring most of the time.

I just watched an hour and 20 minutes about the history of animal crossing and it was amazing! Such a great video, great job dude. 😄

Congratulations on completing such a big documentary. This was a work well done and amazingly structured. Thank you for putting in this much time and share this with us :)

I enjoyed every minute of this documentary.. very well made and presented :)

If we wanna go based off villagers and interactivity I gotta say the first animal crossing had to be the best. Almost all villagers were unique and had their own personalities. Not all were friendly and could be jerks while others were awkward. New horizons villagers begin to all sound like robots after a while with a super scripted dialogue that becomes extremely imminent the more you play. Let’s not forget how the first animal crossing also had the NES games something I wish they would bring back in some form it was cool to be able to I interact with them it made you feel like furniture wasn’t just all cosmetic like in new horizon. The e-reader was a really cool addition aswell.

I love the effort you put into this! I watching it once last month and now since I am writing an essay on the Animal Crossing series I am rewatching it many times and citing it!

This was amazing. Thanks to everyone who helped you make this documentary. I always love learning about the history of AC. This must have taken a good bit of work. Thank you

Great documentary! Got my heart at the end. ❤️

Omg that was AMAZING I love the detail you went into making this. It must have been hard researching it. Just a random question - if you could have any of the old NPC characters re introduced into new horizons who would you want? Me personally would love Brewster again. Love ur vid well done x

Thankyou for mentioning Aussie Animal Crossing players! We seem to get forgotten but there's alot of us! I love the series and it's also loved by my daughters. It's very popular in my house.

you did a really great job here; this was interesting and well researched. you deserve way more views for this kind of work. I'm very impressed- thank you for working so hard on this! I really enjoyed it