Animal Crossing has the kind of devoted following you might only expect to see for one of Nintendo's big-name franchises. But people go hog wild for the chill friendship-and-town-management. The announcement of New Horizons for the Switch was long-awaited.
No matter ho🐻w much you love the series, however, you have to admit the premise is kind of weird. You're the lone human in a community of cutesy animals, immediately given a home loan by a raccoon, and are occasionally just given control of the entire town. Pair that with the kooky personalities of the town's residents and you have a franchise that is ripe for hilari🎐ous memes.
Updated by Madison Lennon March 1st, 2020: In less than a month, we'll all have a brand new Animal Crossing game in our hands. That means we'll be able to come up with way more hilarious memes about the strange yet lovable game we've all been obsessed with for over a decade.
Now seemed like a great time to revisit this list and update it with even more hilarious memes that dedicated Animal Crossing players will understand more than any newcomers. If you've stuck around from this franchise since the beginning, you know all its secrets and its strengths and weaknesses.
15 👍 Haunting Photos Taken Before A Disaster
Anyone who has spent hours exploring in any Animal Crossing game knows exactly how annoying bees can be. This meme jokingly pokes fun at someone unknowingly going to shake a tr🌳ee that had a beehive hidden inside.
Shaking trees can get you random items and bells,ꦫ but if you're not careful, a beehive will fall out and you'll have to run and seek cover as fast as possible or risk getting badly stung, in the eye, no less. If you can afford medicinꦓe then it's an easy fix but still kind of terrifying.
14 🍌 It's Free Real Estate 💟
One of the biggest changes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the inclusion of a fully customizable map and living space. Previous games have added increasing amounts of customization but not to the extent of New Horizons. The entire isl⛄and is deserted and ready for you to alter and terraform to your heart's desire.
You'll be able ⛎to adjust the earth, build cliffs, alter the flow of the rivers, and even choose where your villagers will live. The "free real estate" meme 🌠is very popular so it makes it super fitting to see it spread out across the barren map in this capacity.
13 There Isꦬ Never Just One Coc🐻kroach
Every game player knows that if you leave your house unattended for too long, you will accumulate c♎ockroaches and then you'll have to run around the room chasing after the💞m and squashing them so it doesn't look like you're living in squalor.
It may seem like there is 🥀only one roach creeping around beneath your furniture, but if you move any of your items around, at least one or two more will always come skittering out. That's what makes the Yoda quote in this context work📖 perfectly well.
12 T🅘he Graphics Sure Have Improved
Since Animal Crossing f🍎irst released on Gamecube, each iteration has improved substantially in terms of graphics. The above meme is hilarious documentation of exactly how realistic and vibrant the graphics have gotten through each evolution.
Of course, the joke is that by the time New Horizons is released, the image quality will be so pristine it will be like a photorealistic animal is wandering around your village akin to Disney's latest live-action reboot, The Lion King.
11 Even Tortimer Needs 🙈Life Alert
In one of the earlier games, Tortimer admits that he has a tendency to fall down and not be able to get up. That's the main slogan for Life Alert, which is a service that elder🐼ly people often use if they live alone or they're by themselves a lot and have trouble getting up after a fall.
Tortimer is the oldest character in the game so it wouldn't be too surprising if he did need Life Alert or the Animal ꦐCrossing version of it.
10 Is Caf♕feine Good For Dogs?
Isabelle has a lot of work to do to maintain the town. It might be the may⭕or who makes the decisions, but it's Isabelle's job to make sure they're enacted properly. Not to mention she has to be available constantly, in case you need to make any late-night changes to your policies.
The poor thing definitely needs a break. But Isabelle never complains. She's happy to help, always. Even if she only got one hour of sleep. Maybe she ha💖s a secret coffee addiction. Oh no, now we'𒅌re worried about her too.
9 🐼 No One Messes With My Clique
There are always those villagers you click with more than others. Sometimes, it eඣven seems like the game knows it. Sure, 𒊎their dialogue and gifts to the player are random, but sometimes... it almost seems like the game has a sense of humor.
Haven't you ever had a weirdly well-timed comment from one of your residents? Well, in any case, there are probably worse groups to join than the bunny gangﷺ. They mostly just hang around eating carrots all day.
8 ♏ Sinister Plans
The Villager is an enigma. Sure, they're supposedly you and you have the best interests of your toꦚwn at heart (don't you?). But there's a bit ꧒of a look in their eye sometimes, almost as if they know something you don't.
They're not as helpless as they appear. Maybe your cute little town isn't as sweet and innocent as it first seems? Maybe t⛄here's an undercurrent of dread seething beneath the smiles of your animal friends? Well,🐼 anything is possible. But the Villager is probably just planting an apple.
7 Relatable
Your Animal Crossing town is a pe🗹aceful, happy place. A lot of players use their little village as a place to relax and unwind from the stress of adulthood. You might responsibilities in the game, like your ever-present mortgage, but what there aren't ꧑any consequences for not fulfilling them.
No interest on your loans, no job to work, maybe a few wilted flowers to dig up. Otherwise, it's like an endless summer vacation. So it's a little jarring to see your in-game avatar learn a bitter new emotion. You don't want to learn 🐬sadness! Sadness is what you're here to escapꦅe!
6 🎶 The Onl🍬y Good Music
There's a special place in all our hearts for K. K. Slider's songs. He's a master of many different genres of music and is always happy to take requests. Plus he's just cool.
He's♒ a free spirit, traveling around playing his guitar and occasionally gracing us with his presence. He explicitly resists people who try to put a price on his songs because good old K. K. Slider doesn't want to sell out to The Man. No one puts a collar on creative expression!