There always seemed to me like there was a very LOOSE timeline going. Certain lines of dialogue here and there would hint at it, though I can't remember what they were off the top of my head (of course). I don't place that much importance on it but I have definitely noticed it when it comes up.
Animal Crossing Timeline?
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I think the Animal Crossing series is all in the same world. I can't think of any way there'd be an alternate timeline. If you can think of an alternate timeline theory than do tell! I am most interested in these kind of subjects!
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This is my two cents:
The beginning of the timeline is in the Population Growing town, a decade or two before the events of Population Growing, some villagers grow up in that town (source: In Wild World some villagers will say that they grew up in a town with "the coolest monkey" working at a train station.)
Then come the events of Population Growing, pretty straight forward, Gulliver is a sea-farer.
Then, Tortimer moves to the Wild World town to become Mayor there, the shop-owners, who are all good friends with the Mayor, follow him to that town.
Gulliver gets a spaceship and starts flying about space, the events of Wild World occur.
After Wild World, due to serious accusations of the `Boondox Scam` (in which Tortimer gained lots of money from the villagers), Tortimer decided to move once again to a town near `The City`, again the shop-owners go with him.
Also, I should point out at this point that I think the characters you play as in each game are entirely different characters, not the same kid.
Not much changes in the Let's Go to the City/City Folk town.
Eventually Tortimer gets a longing for home and decides to move to a town very close to the Population Growing town, this is the New Leaf town, again the shop-owners all follow him.
Sick of being shot down in his spacecraft, Gulliver returns to sea-faring.
Tortimer remains the mayor of the New Leaf town for a few years before retiring and allowing the player to be the next mayor.
In my mind Happy Home Designer & amiibo Festival are non-canon, but this is all my interpretation, perhaps this is too linear, I think the thing with Gulliver returning to sea-faring after flying a space craft could be wrong, perhaps the timeline goes:
PG -> NL -> WW -> LGttc/CF or something else.
I have seen some pretty wild theories such as it being about a world on the brink of war, and that Wild World had a `holiday-ban` because the town didn't want to get any attention during the war.
I've heard someone theorize that the Wild World & Let's Go to the City/City Folk towns are really camps during the war, considering the Town Gate and such being heavy security, and that New Leaf is a prequel set before the war, whilst Population Growing is the last in the timeline, set in a war-torn landscape.
That is very interesting but of course does have some conflict with the fact that Wild World is referenced in New Leaf, meaning New Leaf can't occur before Wild World but hey, sorry for the long post.
Would love to hear more of your theories!
The beginning of the timeline is in the Population Growing town, a decade or two before the events of Population Growing, some villagers grow up in that town (source: In Wild World some villagers will say that they grew up in a town with "the coolest monkey" working at a train station.)
Then come the events of Population Growing, pretty straight forward, Gulliver is a sea-farer.
Then, Tortimer moves to the Wild World town to become Mayor there, the shop-owners, who are all good friends with the Mayor, follow him to that town.
Gulliver gets a spaceship and starts flying about space, the events of Wild World occur.
After Wild World, due to serious accusations of the `Boondox Scam` (in which Tortimer gained lots of money from the villagers), Tortimer decided to move once again to a town near `The City`, again the shop-owners go with him.
Also, I should point out at this point that I think the characters you play as in each game are entirely different characters, not the same kid.
Not much changes in the Let's Go to the City/City Folk town.
Eventually Tortimer gets a longing for home and decides to move to a town very close to the Population Growing town, this is the New Leaf town, again the shop-owners all follow him.
Sick of being shot down in his spacecraft, Gulliver returns to sea-faring.
Tortimer remains the mayor of the New Leaf town for a few years before retiring and allowing the player to be the next mayor.
In my mind Happy Home Designer & amiibo Festival are non-canon, but this is all my interpretation, perhaps this is too linear, I think the thing with Gulliver returning to sea-faring after flying a space craft could be wrong, perhaps the timeline goes:
PG -> NL -> WW -> LGttc/CF or something else.
I have seen some pretty wild theories such as it being about a world on the brink of war, and that Wild World had a `holiday-ban` because the town didn't want to get any attention during the war.
I've heard someone theorize that the Wild World & Let's Go to the City/City Folk towns are really camps during the war, considering the Town Gate and such being heavy security, and that New Leaf is a prequel set before the war, whilst Population Growing is the last in the timeline, set in a war-torn landscape.
That is very interesting but of course does have some conflict with the fact that Wild World is referenced in New Leaf, meaning New Leaf can't occur before Wild World but hey, sorry for the long post.
Would love to hear more of your theories!
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Playing HHD makes me believe it comes after New Leaf, because I have designed Isabelle a home and visited her several times. There are quotes of her saying she was a secretary in another town and the mayor would randomly leave for long periods of time and she'd have to pick up the slack and she's exhausted and stressed from it. The town she names is called AAAA
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Wow! Is that true? It seems really meta and also very out of character for Isabelle to be complaining like that.
What if ACPG, ACWW, ACCF, And ACNL are really all individual universes that are occurring at the same time? The 4 human characters who move into the town are all the same person in every game! In each universe there are only little differences. Like in the original Animal Crossing Gamecube Tortimer was the mayor and the town was pretty much barren and Dr. Shrunk and Leif were never born. In Wild Wild Harriet is best friends with Tom Nook and share a business. In City Folk All of the business was in a city instead of your town. In new leaf Tortimer retired and Isabelle enlisted you as the sudden mayor.
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