It's been Four Years since Animal Crossing: New Horizons released
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- čas přidán 19. 03. 2024
- It's been four years since Animal Crossing New Horizons released. This game means a lot to many of us, especially during 2020. Let's check in on my Animal Crossing island
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I can't understate just how much Animal Crossing New Horizons means to me. This was the game that got me through the first Covid Lockdown, and it's one of my favourite games I've played. I've over 600 hours spent on my island at this point, and many important memories with this game. I'm really thankful to have it in my life.
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My island's Dream Code: 8655-9317-4558 - Hry
Hope everyone enjoys the new little avatar, it will absolutely be appearing in future content when I feel like using it. A massive thanks to Shenpai for the wonderful job on it www.youtube.com/@AeroViro
Its adorable 10/10
I knew I recognized that art style.
Everyone say thank you Shenpai 💛
@@werner-boogle3859yeah, it’s very cute but also a bit distracting
You two are gonna make me cry omg 🥹🥹
And it's also four years since Doom Eternal released as well
And they've been best friends ever since
Doom Eternal is older now than Doom 2016 was when it released
Slay queen Slay
Exactly. Time goes by so fast, oml
ALSO also, Doom guy and Isabel have been married for 4 years now
You know that Animal Crossing fans have been starved of new content since the Happy Home Paradise DLC released over 2 years ago when people are making cursed Jerma designs to IKEA itself
They have done that Day 1
As someone who adores new horizons, I too am STARVED of content. Nintendo, please, we need to eat::: 😭
Sorry happy home paradise was 2 years ago???
The thing that kinda pissed me off was Nintendo not adding all the old furniture sets, clothing, fruit, and characters from NL and before that, when they had already been doing that for years. Could've been the ultimate AC game but it's like they neutered its potential and cut the game development short. A lot of people ended up migrating back to NL because it still feels more finished than NH even after 10 years oof
New Horizons started off with an ungodly headstart, the slow burn of content would have killed it if not for lockdown. They had so many chances and they.. Blew it...
“She’s my best friend we haven’t spoken in months.” Is very relatable content now that I’m 30
being 30 sounds so overwhelming. I'm dreading it a little since i have no-o clue how I'll make any friends once i graduate
@@suneater_zeef050 you’d be surprised where you end up meeting people. Making friends definitely gets harder out of school, but once you have a few from work, the gym, the local bar or whatever then you meet people through them and it just kinda grows and changes organically. I just recently kinda joined a new friend group that I met through some mutual friends and I hit it off with a few of them cuz we were all into edm shows. But for starting from scratch if you like move to a new city, joining like Rec sports leagues or other organized activities around a hobby you enjoy is a great way to make friends. Also i never did it but a friend of mine met one of her closest friends on bumble best friend. But the whole dating app but for friends thing was weird to me.
@@suneater_zeef050just gotta make the most of jobs and communities you can join in to find new friends, it'd be hard to maie time but it'd be worth it
@@suneater_zeef050 HAHA thats the secret, you dont
I have a "best friend" who I haven't spoken with in at least 3 years. I even tried to tell her to stop being my friend, but she refused, so I guess she still counts as a friend untill it is stated otherwise
Seeing Dan and Shen interacting a bunch recently makes me so happy my two fav creators :)
Shenpai is hilarious. Her Black 2 Nuzlocke was so fun. Hopefully they might collaborate someday if they haven't already.
@@marybonner7432 that's one or my favourite videos ever omg
Agreed!
OMGGG SAMEEE
I followed both of them separately when I was a teenager so seing them both interact a bunch is just making me so happy :') I love it
Its hard to believe that it has been 4 years already, time really *does* fly.
Right? It sort of feels like 2020-2022 is just this… blank spot in my mind/memory to some degree.
We're so alarmingly old
@@RTGame i am in your car
@@RTGameAs a 26 year old certified Gameboy Advance/DS player myself, hearing chat call you ancient has increased my self-awareness of aging by 300%.
10/10 Existential dread, can recommend. :D
This game is so wholesome. Give a villager some weeds and they say thank you for the gift that keeps on growing!
Honestly, that is one of the worst things about New Horizons. The villagers never seriously complain about anything any more. They're permanently positive to the point where it is actually creepy.
@@SotiCotoif you give them trash they'll be upset, and if you them with a net or push them they'll be upset
@@Lovix13 More like midly inconvenienced
@@SotiCotodoes it not differ from villager to villager?
Give them some weed and they'll grow some more
I haven't thought about Dan playing Animal Crossing since his last video on it, yet the moment I saw this my mind immediately thought "I wonder if Boone's grave is still there"...
Suffice it to say, that Dan has made a very wholesome impression when it comes to associating this game with him
Boone is dead :)
@@RTGame The Boone is dead?!
@@Nik1_Correct!
@@CupcakeSweet384WHY is the Boone dead?
@@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123 i dunno
Wealth, Fame, Power, the Drift King RTgame acquired this and everything else the world had to offer, and his dying words gave life to a new era "You want my channel? You can have it! I left everything I had in One Piece, now you just have to find it"
Come ashore and bring along all your bugs and trees!
Together we will find every villager we're looking for!
ONE PIECE!
@@flux_casey Thank you for adding to the original comment. It really brought it home for me, hahaha.
Funny thing is あ is literally the only hiragana that I know, so imagine my surprise when the only thing on this island I can read is screaming.
As someone who hasn't messed with dream islands at all since New Leaf I'm glad people are upholding the tradition of continuing to create weird unsettling shit for no reason other than to freak out whoever visits
we all yearn for that one doll dream island fr
Remember the Doom x ACNH memes? Good times…
Yup. Seeing everyone collectively agree that Isabelle and Doom Guy are good friends was one of greatest things I have seen online.
The original Barbenheimer.
@@adrianleonce455😊
@@chrisjames8979 Facts
there's an amazing fanfic on ao3 named ETERNAL HORIZONS by betterbemeta about isabelle and doom guy... highly recommend if you are still not over the fun
Thank you, RT.
Just thank you for being a continued source of entertainment and representation of drive for a passion.
KAMIYU!?!
Thank you for the very kind words. Gonna always do my best :)
I remember how much this game genuinely helped me through a tough period in life and I appreciate it so much.
I’m genuinely convinced that the IKEA island is an abandoned item trading market island from back in the game’s prime.
If it is then it’s a fascinating look into how those places ended up after most part stopped playing the game.
"That guy from One Piece"
RT is confirmed smart enough to not have sunk 3000 hours into a Japanese cartoon.
This reads as someone who has sunken 3000 hours into a certain Japanese cartoon
The Ikea island makes me think of my first and only experience with the dream feature, I just had it choose a random island and it sent me to "DIGIMON".
EVERY SQUARE INCH of the island was covered in random furniture and the lag was unlike anything I have ever seen in Animal Crossing, especially since my game crashed after looking around in pure confusion.
This island has and will occupy some part of my brain for a long time.
I love the cozy direction your content has been going in lately. The last three videos you've posted have been some of my favourites of yours.
Also, I love the new avatar so much!
Thank you. Trying my hardest to deliver as many passion projects as I can this year
RTGame you always make me feel old. This Came out 4 Years Ago? Animal Crossing New Leaf Came out 12 Years ago? Animal Crossing City Folk came out 16 Years ago? Daniel Your community is old, I'm old, your old. Love your content thanks for the daily dose of Age anxiety
Holy shit how tf has it been 16 years since city folk it doesn't feel that long 😭
Imma be able to drink in 2 weeks, why you gotta make me feel old
@@itsamepersonio7338 I've been able to drink for 4 years already but it feels like just a few years ago city folk was new and I was playing it on the Wii 😭
oh my god how is new leaf that old WHAT.
During the minecraft sessions someone mentioned this game when Dan was picking flowers. Must've triggered something
The fact that Daniel can put 600+ hours into a game before leaving it for 3 years is crazy. Truly an Irish born man 😂
I did the same thing lol
26:06 "there just seems to be a lot of empty space" I can't believe they authentically translated a large part of the Ohio travel experience into the medium of animal crossing
i got this game just as lockdown hit (like most people) and my mum got it as well. i couldnt see her in person for months but this game kept us both sane. we would visit each others islands, go round the museum, and of course hit each other with nets... it sounds silly now but i really dont think i would have made it through without this game!
so nice to see everyone else that has great memories as well :)
Thats really cool
“She’s my best friend! We haven’t spoken in months!”
as someone who has adhd AND has a best friend with adhd this sounds about right
I feel bad for my villagers, they havent seen me for years at this point lol
im still upset that nintendo just dropped this game, there was so much potential to keep adding stuff from the earlier entries :(
Man I was always jealous for people who could do their islands up nice. You have a knack for designing RT
start running
The fog is coming
start running
the fog is coming
the voices cry
the souls are humming
the screams are numbing
the smell is stunning
the spirits lie
my thoughts are tumbling
Sure I need to get some exercise in
Dude it feels like that was yesterday. Existential crisis time
Rt and Shenpai seem to be talking with each a lot more. I had the two in my subscription for ages, but it always felt like they were both of their own spheres, so it feels weird to see them in each other's streams. Not complaining, definitely not, it's nice they are talking to each other.
I find it fun when two channels who I subscribed to for separate reasons end up crossing over
Are we not gonna question that the tune to the Tesco island was just All-Star?
seeing the japanese "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" when you talked to the player npc during the ikea one was very funny as someone who knows a little bit of japanese.
it's coming from "mom" too O__o
I'm noticing that some players are slowly returning to New Horizons, either through a complete restart, continuing where they left off or just for a moment of nostolgia. It pretty cool to see😊.
Now that the virus is gone and updates are complete, I think players can play this game and its DLC at a bit of a slower pace now. Its honestly a great, relaxing time when you don't have to rush and take your time.
Just not the best time to restart the game at the moment. HE is coming soon...
@@davidmcgill1000…who?
@@BirdyboysRumours of a new animal crossing coming out sometime next year I assume, been around for a while.
I think OP is talking about egg dude and egg season@@butterblock7332
@@davidmcgill1000Are you referring to like… Jesus?
oh no RT has renounced his flesh again everyone PANIC
I posted this comment on the archive channel but I wanted to repeat it here cause I think it's worth sharing.
That Ikea that Dan went to looks like it might actually be a dupe/or treasure island; islands that contain an infinite number of every item in the game, desired villagers that you can get to move to your island, glitched money so you can get 999,999,999 bells, etc. I assume that because it's a dream that's why the glitched items aren't visible, and that's why it looks so empty. There's usually a lot more items on display as well so you can see what you're picking up, but I guess they took them all down? It could also be an early save/version of the island with most stuff not placed yet.
I still can't get over how adorable RT's pngtuber is. Shenpai did an incredible job!
It's annoying and distracting.
@@oversecus833 Bro grow up
@@oversecus833You're annoying and distracting!
@@RTGame DAMMNNNNNN GET HIM KING 👑
@@germanempire3847 Yes please Daddy.
The interest you've accrued on those Bells is obscene and Tom Nook WILL take your bladder.
This game came out right before my dad passed away, it helped a lot with my grieving. He died on Easter morning of 2020, this upcoming sunday is Easter, so he's on my mind. For everything people have said about this game, it will always have a special place in my heart.
I hope you can feel at peace on the anniversary. ❤ Thanks for your honesty and being real.
@@videoket That's very sweet of you to say, thank you so much.
when RT was talking about the Present Wall I heard "Prison Wall" and accepted it without question
Same!
It’s so weird seeing Dan have a normal world that actually looks beautiful and not weird and demonic
Don't worry, Shen. Rascal has been doing fine. He has taken to eating the couch for sustenance.
22:08 Also RT may be having a goof here, but I do think this touches on an interesting point that a lot of big, hardcore AC fans often overlook - for casual players, coming back to a town after a long hiatus can seem almost intimidating, rather than welcoming.
Like, New Horizons isn't actually like that very much. It's easily the coziest and most reassuring of all the games (which is probably why I've played it the most of any AC game), and it really tries its hardest to avoid those pitfalls the rest of the series falls into. But the series spent so long being built on that notion of "it's playing, even when you're not!", that the intimidation factor still exists mentally for most regular people. I know more than a few people who have thought about going back to NH, only to talk themselves out of it when they think about 'picking up all the weeds' and 'hearing villagers talk about how long they've been gone'. Despite the laid-back atmosphere, AC can seem like a pretty big time investment for the average player.
It's one of those casual/"hardcore" disconnects that I always find really interesting. It's similar to how hardcore players think NH has "less content" than NL; there's only "less" content because most of NL's big town projects (which were only unlocked via random villager-suggestion) became normal furniture pieces to buy or craft. And speaking as someone who unlocked very few interesting NL projects, I think NH's system is way more fun.
They used to call Daniel young back in college
I’m really sick right now so seeing this video pop up in my recommended is a blessing. Love your videos, man!
This video is gonna inspire me to finally get back to ACNH and finally finish my island, something about seeing Daniel's island and him talking with all of his villagers is so sweet to me. Hearing K.K. Soul when he was at Mint's house reminded me that was my favourite song in the game, seeing all of the pretty builds and decorations,, I haven't touched my island in over a year but now I finally feel motivated to finish it
You inspired me to go check out my village again, thank you (:
Also if Shenpai sees this, great work on the little Avatar for RT!
Your videos and streams were the reason I got a Switch and Animal Ccrossing. My island is now a blossoming island paradise that I love dearly. Thank you so much for these wonderful chill videos.
Your animal crossing new horizons videos were the videos that got me into your content! I can’t believe that was 4 years ago
Excellent observation, thank you, RT!
this video has been a DELIGHT. I met some incredible friends through this game- friends that i was doing stardew stuff with right before watching this. thank you for the animal crossing video rt :)
I got back into this game literally this week!
I want to finally fix up my mess of an island, little at a time but all the ideas I have literally vanish as soon as I open the game lol
Even though this game has its issues I appreciate so much for helpin me cope with 2020
Thanks so much for playin it RT!!
11:05 definitely turned into Luffy
Not even 50 seconds in and I'm already cracking up. I haven't visited my town in about 18 months and know I have talked to all my neighbors in a single day more than Dan has. Also, that area with the fountain was very cozy.
This was the most wholesome stream
That's nice. Thanks for your video, Dan. And nice art.
This is amazing!!! RT you make my day :DD (make sure to look after yourself)
Happy Birthday to New Horizons!!!🥳🎉 awesome video! I only played New Horizons for 45 hours sadly.
VESTA!!:D Vesta and Nan are, hands down, my favorite neighbors😍
Seeing Vesta gave me all the best nostalgia, thank you!❤
Dan it’s been 4 years since I started my transition which also so happens to be that same 4 years since I started watching you I just want to say thank you for everything and sometimes being the only laugh I got on a hard day ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Everyone else: ITS BEEN 4 YEARS!?!?!
Me: oh it’s only been 4 years? I thought it came out 6 or 7 years ago.
I just watched all of your other videos on this game so this is an awesome upload.
Man what a trip. When NH first released I was in a friend group that had more or less existed for over a decade. Several of us played NH on release and loved exploring each other's islands.
Now that group has grenaded. Miss them sometimes but at the end two people sent me the most toxic messages ever and cut all IRL contact. Think it was a good thing in the end, looking back it was a toxic as fk relationship with most of them and they were not good people, was really a life lesson for me. Those that loudly scream "love and tolerance" are often full of hate and vitriol.
Crazy how it’s been so long and yet this game still feels so incomplete compared to previous titles 😅 also you talking about how bluebear is your best friend since wild world is exactly how I see tabby and ribbot lol love those funky little guys
13:18 I was in a similar position with not knowing what to do with my basement. It eventually became a place to dump all my Gyroids and I realised they sounded really nice together with K.K. Dub and my basement became a cute little place to relax when I'm leaving my game idle (ADHD, woo!). Still trying to figure out what to do with my left side room though, maybe I'll hop on at some point in the next few years and figure it out. XD
Thank you so much for the tour of your island! Hope you don't mind if I copy it exactly for my own island. (I'm not creative at all...)
Update: In order for the IKEA dream island to have had those cardboard boxes in the empty room at 30:34, the resident would have had to have never set foot in their home a single time. Those cardboard boxes only show up when you first move onto the island while your home is still a tent and they disappear when you interact with them, which makes them the rarest items in the game.
Hey Dan, will you ever revisit Stardew Valley with the 1.6 update that came out yesterday?
i sooo missed your ac content this is amazing
Man, watching Daniel's animal crossing videos and seeing the island and the really cool villagers really wants me to buy a switch, and this....but the grind for it
He has abandoned his flesh and become eternal
Forsake your flesh, become eternal
Such a comfy video, brought back many memories much like the Minecraft streams, honestly the best games to go through the pandemic with, including Doom Eternal.
RT is the sole reason I picked up Animal Crossing and spent 800 hours into this god damn amazing game. So many wholesome memories. Thank you RT.
For some reason, hearing animal crossing was 4 years ago makes the most sense in the world to me.
But 2020, being 4 years ago, is insane.
It was watching this stream that i realized I hadn't ever touched Niko's little sidequest to get those recipes so thank you for going over there because otherwise I would've been oblivious for the rest of my life
Dannnnn...
there's been a lot of revisiting lately Dan...
Do you have something to tell us Dan?
I love you visiting dream addresses on stream, I hope you do more of this in the future :)
Funnily enough, I’ve also been revisiting NH again recently. I’d forgotten that it was almost the anniversary! (I’d actually started a new NL town, but four days in and it just made me wanna go back to NH instead lmaooooo)
I forgot just how much I enjoy the general feel and aesthetic of NH, honestly. Sometimes I’ll just hang around the island and let the music/ambient noise play and it’s just… nice. Y’know?
I remember going HAM on HHA to customise villager houses. I only ever did two of them in the end, Tybalt and Roswell ^^;
I was so invested that I ended up making Class 3-E from Assassination Classroom as the HHA school build.
This video actually made me download again Animal Crossing to greet my neighbours and maybe re decorate some stuff, then I remembered my SD card stopped working so I had to free up some space in my switch and now with my bad wifi and waiting for animal crossing to finish downloading in about 2 hours
Thanks Dan, loved it, love u
Oh my gid this video reminded me what i turned the town bell into on my island. Its the intro to welcome to the black parade
15:08 I'm surprised that they didnt add a leaf to M's David. Good on them.
Glad to see another Bluebear fan! She’s been my bestie since wild world too 💙
You know, I didn't realize how much time has passed since COVID until I watched this and it was brought up. I did some looking, and realized that the first video I ever saw of RT was *also* 4 years ago (the one where he makes a 42km train, still a fun vid tbh)
like... holy *youtube* does time fly when you aren't looking at it.
I was not expecting to hear rt talk about shen, that’s awesome!
Ah, yes, another Existential Crisis stream! I love these! It’s always a pleasure watching RT psychologically deconstruct himself!
this is so coincidental but a few hous ago i checked how old a song was and it said four years ago, my mouth literally dropped at the thought that it's been fours years since 2020. thanks for reminding me once again
This video made me want to replay Animal Crossing ! And while i don't have New Horizon, imma go open up New Leaf and start a new save
Dude your island and house are beautiful
My wife doesn't really play games, and never really did before we got married. The sole exception was animal crossing, where she has more hours on that one game than I have across my entire switch and steam library
Vesta was in my original town on Game Cube. That just brought back some memories.
Bro that takes me back. It almost feels nostalgic for some reason. Waking up. Hearing new covid numbers, not allowed to leave home, firing up new horizons. Sleep. Repeat.
A game I've been playing recently would probably be right up your alley RT. Its called Garden Galaxy and its very casual and cozy. I feel like you'd have a great time decorating in it.
I just recently found this channel. The CZcams algorithm finally did something right. Dude, you’re awesome. Stay spiffy 🤙🏻
That’s awesome to hear. You’ll probably love his city skyline videos lmao.
Animal Crossing is so cozy 😊
I go to my island on and off to work on little things. I’m planning on eventually putting in a pirate-themed area and finally getting all of my dream villagers
Dan and Shen interacting was not something I expected to happen but I'm pleasantly surprised. You'd love to see your favorite creators actually meeting each other.
RT stop dropping so many good videos I can’t keep up
Your island and house is so beautiful 😍😍
I would LOVE more videos of you just exploring random islands
Am I the only one who thought Isabel was going to come crashing through town hall with the doom slayer when the heavy metal started playing?😂😂😂
I actually recreated my island entirely only a few months ago. I was one of those players who accidentally rushed through progression while trying to play casually, and felt like I ran out of stuff to do; thus, when I came back, I wanted a clean slate.
Turned out to be the right call: I did not really care that much about my old island, whereas my new one has a 9/10 “I am holding this villager dear to me forever” rate.