Animal Crossing's 20th Anniversary

[Kitty2201]

I guess I’ll post to enter in the giveaway my first animal crossing was the GameCube version. Before I owned it, I would rent it at one of those places to rent DVD’s and stuff. I don’t know how long I played the game before I realized those leaves in my inventory were items and if I placed them in my house they were furniture. I was pretty young and a bit confused as to why the leaf was called a fridge (or some kind of furniture, it was quite some time ago lol)

 

[Feather Orb]

From the days of clumsily copying town tunes off of gamefaqs lists to today... 20 years, huh? Time flies.
For some reason Wolfgang was always in my town in every game, up until New Horizons? How mysterious. Happy Anniversary AC! Here's to 20 more years of Wolfgang

 

[vinardea]

Thank you for the giveaway!
And Happy Birthday, Animal Crossing!

Though I had never played any other games from the series besides New Leaf, it became a great part of my life and one of my favourite games ever. It's so fun and relaxing and helps me to cope with my real-life problems. I don't even know where would I be now if not for this game...

 

[michealsmells]

While Wild World and City Folk will always be my favorite AC games simply for the memories I have of them (WW being my first, City Folk being there for me), I gotta go with the New Leaf collectibles. The houses are just so cute! I also just kinda love how Japanese characters look. The balloons and star fragments were tempting though.

That all said- happy anniversary Animal Crossing! Thank you for being a shining beacon of happiness. Thank you mom and dad for getting me Wild World way back when. Thank you Rocco for being the first villager I ever spoke to and thank you for returning to live with me on Utopia. Thank you Sally, way back in Wild World, for giving me your picture and being my best friend. Thank you Shrunk for making me laugh. Thank you Nook for getting me a house that I don't even have to pay off! Thank you Moe for being my best friend and neighbor back in City Folk. Thank you Pascal, for your wisdom. Thank you Blathers and Celeste for honestly expanding my interest in fish, bugs, fossils, the stars, and even art. Thank you to Kapp'n for your songs. And thank you Rolf and Rooney for sending me letters when I would open up New Leaf after months when I was at my lowest.
Thank you Bell Tree for fostering such an inclusive and sweet community, full of kind and talented people!

And finally, even if you aren't all that great compared to the other games in the series- thank you for coming out when you did, New Horizons.

I didn't mean to get so sappy but AC really is great and its wild to think its been 20 years since the first game came out. Like- AC is older than me. By over two full years. And came to NA on the year of my birth. That's absolutely wild to me...

 

[BluebearL]

Entering! Animal Crossing has always been a relaxing and important game to me- Wild World (my entry to the series) and New Leaf will always be my favourites purely for the nostalgia but New Horizons is plenty of fun as well. I voted for City Folk because I love feathers, but all of the sets are lovely! Thank you for this giveaway and good luck to everyone.

 

[Ananas Dragon]

Good luck everyone, and happy 20th anniversary Animal Crossing!

 

[Aronthaer]

Oh man, I hope I win something cool!

 

[Sloom Lagoon]

Happy 20th Birthday Animal Crossing!!
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I can't believe we've come this far. Animal Crossing was my first game that I remember playing with my brother on our GameCube when we were little! We were extremely poor, but we begged and begged until we got a second hand console and this game. It's hard to believe that almost 20 years down the line it's still my favourite game and a game I have played daily (be it for 5 minutes or 5 hours!) for the last 9ish years solid!!


But of course my expeirence of the game would not have been the same without TBT! I joined back in 2014 and still try and keep updated (and definitely participate in all the AMAZING events they put on!).

My best memory on TBT is a tie between being picked as a Judges choices for their art contest in 2016! It was completely unexpected and made me SO SO happy! To this day, my crescent wand is my favourite collectable!)

The other memory is a time when, just after NH came out, I was trying to get Audie for my island (my grandma had died not long before it came out and her name was Audie). I didn't have enough to keep bidding for her, but that's when several generous and kind-hearted TBT members stepped in and started bidding on my behalf, just so I could have her! In the end it didn't work out, and I got her off another member for a more reasonable price, but I'll never forget the warm, cuddly feeling of members of the TBT community coming together to try and win me Audie, even though they also wanted her, because they could see how much she meant to me. That night I definitely went to sleep crying- but for all the best reasons!

 

[Lt.Savior]

I was a 8 year boy when i received a Nintendo Entertainment System from my brother in law. I have 2 older sisters we differ like 10 years. I was totally in awe and could not think of anything else, then playing my Nintendo. I only had Mario And Duck Hunt but i could not get any other games. Too expansive. Then we went to an bazaar one day and they sold Nintendo games for really cheap. Again my brother in law bought me another game. Kung Fu. I still remember how happy i was a memory i treasure.

After that i remember selecting my friends who had an Nintendo or Super Nintendo and begged them to play at their house. The money I've spend at our local video store to hire games, it's unbelievable.

When i was 15 i worked at a toy store and could buy the Nintendo 64 for cheap and was over the moon. I remember Super Mario 64 was a revelation i could not imagine a game where this was possible. To walk around everywhere i wanted. It was truly a new age where everything was possible. It was in the air, the technical future. Especially when i played Zelda Ocarina of Time. I saw colors and lights I've never had seen before in gaming and Zelda is my most favorite game.

At that store i also bought but the Cube and that was my first introduction with Animal Crossing. I remember not understanding anything of it. But that was also the time i had little time for gaming. School and friends took so much time from me i had to give all my console to my little nephew and nieces. I just had not the room in my little 2 room apartment.

I totally missed out on the Cube, Wii, WiiU and Switch era. I totally forgot Nintendo even existed. I did play some games but only on the PC. But now I've settled down and a few years ago i saw a Nintendo Odyssey ad on tv and bought the Switch with Odyssey and also Splatoon 2. I felt the same excitement when i first recieved my first Nintendo console. And wow i love the Switch so much. Especially Splatoon and of course Animal Crossing. I love to decorate and collect and the Bell Tree Forums are such lovely and kind people. I visit this website every day.

Happy anniversary Animal Crossing and Bell tree!

 

[AtomicNyx]

Entry: Animal Crossing 20th Anniversary!!

I joined the series late, but even then I have found friends here because of it. Each and every one more thoughtful, generous and creative! I love the community and I cant wait to see what else ACNH is sending our way ♡♡♡

 

[Rowlet28]

My first AC game was Wild World, I can't believe its been a long time since then... Good luck to everyone participating!

 

[Clock]

ACWW was the first AC game I played even though I didn't get to play it that much at all and I played NL more.
Good luck to the participants and happy anniversary!!

 

[azurill]

Happy 20th anniversary Animal Crossing.

I have been playing since gamecube. It has been so much fun. Each game has been amazing. One of my many memories of New Horizons is trying to get my favorite villager Aurora to move to my island. She came at the perfect time. I found her at my campsite a couple of days before I was bringing home my puppy Aurora. So when I went to get puppy Aurora , penguin Aurora was wondering around my island.

 

[Yanrima~]

Happy 20th anniversary!

As someone whose introduction to the series is New Leaf, it’s amazing how far we have come and the community is growing bigger ever since.

 

[KittenNoir]

Ahh this is so cool the New Horizons Collectables would be amazing to win as it would be a lovely memory of me joining TBT when New Horizons came out

 

[boring]

i didnt realise they aligned with the prizes but idc,,,, wild world is the best game

 

[joey ^_^]

Gosh thank you for this generous giveaway!!! What a nice way to celebrate the anniversary ahuhuhu

 

[xXSweetChaosXx]

Thank you for such an amazing giveaway!

I would love to enter in the hopes of winning some tbt bells

Happy Birthday Animal Crossing!

 

[Lancelot]

It was definitely between the balloons or the star frags, but I had to vote balloons just for the pinwheel oppurtunity

Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

 

[niko@kamogawa]

Honestly, I haven't got the chance to play any older versions of Animal Crossing yet. So far, I only played both New Leaf and New Horizons. Both games are good. And also, I didn't realise that the franchise is already 20 years old! I am glad of being part of that journey. Let's hope that Nintendo will keep this franchise alive for new generations to come.