150 - Animal Crossing

Grab your tools and count your Bells, because it's time for some Animal Crossing trivia! Mitch hosts an episode all about the famous Nintendo video game franchise for villagers Alec, Cameron, and Rachel! How well do YOU know your Animal Crossing lore? 🍃

Episode Transcript

(00:00):
All right, here's the bit. Here's
the oh, sorry, a. Little bit of animalese just
kind of spilled out. Let me say that in English.
Welcome aboard Bus 1. We're on our way to the city,

(00:24):
and we've got some time to kill the city.
The city. Let's play some trivia.
Villagers, introduce yourselves.What's up gamers?
I'm Alec from Alwood brother. This guy.
Hi, everyone. I'm Cameron from, Yeah, a place
that I remember. The name of your village?

(00:45):
You. Don't remember the.
Name of your It's like COVID butnot COVID.
It's it sounds very similar for somebody.
OK. Hello, I'm Rachel from
Truffleton. I think 'cause I wanted all
pigs. Oh, all pigs.
Wow, that's bold. And I am your Captain Mitch from

(01:06):
Catatopia. Our listeners have been foaming
at the mouth waiting for this trivia topic.
Yes, finally, we're covering Animal Crossing, but let's not
get lost in the weeds. Let's just jump right into the.
Rules. No one was even close to the
weeds. Pick up the weeds, it's time to

(01:29):
time to get. I know, that's why I paid it to
get it picked up. Throughout your one of these
guys Oh yeah, I. Don't want to.
I don't want to spend the time doing that.
Throughout the three legs of ourjourney to the city, we'll drive
past floating balloons carrying presents.
Each of the three legs will contain 5 questions.

(01:49):
If you answer a question correctly, you get what's in the
present. If no one gets the answer right,
the present will drift away, never to be seen again.
The closer we get to the city, the better the presents will be.
The presence will contain eitherbells or items with special
abilities. Each question will be multiple

(02:11):
choice, but there won't be a buzzer.
So multiple people can get a question right.
This just can only work if we use kind of the honor system.
Lock in your answers, AKA don't change your answer depending on
what other people say. So lock it in and no cheating.
Full honor mode. OK, honor.
No, no, no time traveling. OK, by the time we get to the

(02:35):
city, the person with the most bells wins the pay.
The winner pays off their debts to Nook Incorporated and gets
the Royal crown. Oh, no games.
Crazy Red broke into my house and added a challenge question.
For one of these questions, the answer will be counterfeit.

(02:58):
Each contestant gets one chance to challenge an answer to earn
7000 bells. Challenge the wrong one and a
swarm of bees will sting you andyou'll lose 7000 bells.
Nice. If you challenge in the moment
and guess correctly, you get thepresent for that question as
well. How much are regular questions

(03:20):
worth? You'll see.
Oh, OK. They'll just get better as we
get closer to the city. That's all I can say.
Oh, OK. Of course, no Googling.
Oh, but wait, there's one more thing I almost forgot.
You'll need some slingshots to shoot down these balloons.
So here we go. Here are your slingshots.
Animate slingshots. Yeah, there we go.

(03:41):
They, like other items you mightfind, have a special ability as
well. So you have this going forward
after I read a question but before I give you the multiple
choice options. You can yell snipe.
The first person who yells snipegets to answer without the
getting read the multiple choice.
If you get it right, you are theonly person who will get it

(04:03):
right. But to keep you on your toes,
every question won't necessarilybe a question that you can
snipe. So if you know the answer you
can yell snipe before I read theoptions and you will be the only
one who gets the gets the bells or gets the prize all right.
That. Makes sense?
Yeah. Yes, and if I snipe it, no one
else can answer. No one else can answer and you
get all the prizes. All What if I shoot yourself?

(04:26):
What if I shoot the other contestants with the slingshot
instead then? You.
Can't do that in Animal Crossing.
Yeah, you can't do that. This is the real world, Alec.
You can only shoot upwards. You can't shoot any villagers,
you can't shoot sideways. If I shoot upwards in a way
that. But you can't get bridges with.
Someone else? Yes, that is.
They just go into oblivion, the rocks that we launch.

(04:50):
They do. They never come back.
Down they never they never land like.
What goes up stays up, never goes down.
No, that's the saying. I've heard it, Mitch.
I hate that The background you have, the fake background looks
so natural. What can I say?
What can? I say hate it.
What? Do you mean, sorry, that's
where? Nonchalant Mitch is.

(05:11):
I don't know. What to say?
All right, let's just jump into it.
So a little or just a little information for those of you
listening who don't know what Animal Crossing is.
So Animal Crossing is a video game series created by Katsuya
Uguchi and Hisashi Nogami and isdeveloped and published by

(05:31):
Nintendo. You play as a human who lives in
a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals.
The series is known for its unique catalog of characters,
humorous dialogue and quips, andawesome music.
There are 5 main line Animal Crossing games that have been
released, which is perfect because there are five questions
in round one. All.

(05:55):
Right round one, question one. The first installment begins in
the year of 2001 with the release of Dobutso no Mori,
which translates to Animal Forest in English.
It was released exclusively in Japan for the Nintendo 64 later
that year. The game was enhanced in release

(06:16):
with the GameCube around the world, but with the name Animal
Crossing. My question is why didn't
Nintendo decide to release Animal Forest with a Nintendo
64? Huh.
Why didn't they release Animal Forest on the Nintendo?
Or sorry I meant Animal Crossingwith the Nintendo 64.

(06:38):
Sorry got it. OK.
I was. I thought my brain short
circuited. Can I snipe?
Yeah, sure. I believe it was because the
Animal Forest game used some kind of like add on to the
Nintendo 64 that was like a diskdrive or some other drive to
give it more memory and so that's why they only released it

(07:00):
on the GameCube once that had like a disk, it had more space.
Because the GameCube was known for its copious amounts of
memory. Right, compared to the
cartridge. That's a.
Good. I still have.
I still have like three of thoseorange cartridges kicking around
somewhere. Let me look that up.
Where is my GameCube? I've heard about this before,
but I don't that that might justbe.

(07:20):
Fake, My GameCube still worked the last time I plugged it in.
Mine works. I actually have mine right here.
Where is your GameCube right now?
I. Think it's I think it's
underneath my spider plant. No, that's incorrect, sorry.
All right, so Cam, Cameron and Rachel here are the options.
KA The game was unfinished and buggy so they wanted to fix the

(07:41):
game but before releasing worldwide.
B The Nintendo 64 didn't have aninternal clock and the real time
clock had to be set manually in game, so they waited for the
release of the Game Cube, which did have an internal clock.
C They thought the game wouldn'tbe popular in the West due to
containing Japanese references and holidays, so they wanted to

(08:02):
localize each version. Or D The character of Chip was
initially designed with more slanted eyes, and they worried
that Western cultures would consider it a racist caricature.
Caricature. That's a hard way.
To say, Dang, those are all. Those all.
Could all be something. So yeah, think about it and then
we'll lock in. So no.

(08:22):
What was a? A was the game was unfinished
and buggy, so they wanted to fixthe game before releasing it
worldwide. Can I not guess?
Am I not allowed? No.
What was C? 'Cause he sniped.
He shot your. Shot C was they thought the game
that they they thought the game wouldn't be popular in the West
due to containing Japanese references and holidays, so they
wanted to localize each version.So like and.

(08:43):
Certain things didn't exist yet.This was in 2001.
I'm locked. In.
OK, Cameron's locked in. Rachel, are you locked in?
I know, I know, they did a lot more Japanese holidays and I
don't know when they switched over to doing more localized
ones and I don't know if it was initially then or not.

(09:04):
I think I'm OK. I think I'm locked in.
OK, Rachel, what's your answer? A.
So the game was unfinished and buggy?
Yes. OK, Cameron.
So I'm going to explain my answer real quick.
It's it's C. You think it's C?
No, yeah, by process of elimination, the whole real time
clock thing I. Forgot about that one.

(09:27):
That doesn't make sense because clocks have existed in computer
systems for a very long time. I.
Think it was like clocks have. Existed for in game systems.
So you think it's CI? Do think it's C, Mitch?
Cameron, you are correct. Oh, that's good, I guess.
Give me those bells. It's true, Cameron Bells do I

(09:49):
get? Is it bells or furniture?
It's Bells Cameron. You get 2773 bells Dang.
OK. This is gonna make my crease.
Like a random generator. Do I have to write these down?
I have to write this down and add them up, yeah.
Mitch, I'm sorry, I'm gonna needa calculate.
I could say that again if you want.

(10:10):
Yeah. Hopefully get a real.
Thing going, it's calculated. I have AI have a thing to the
mic on my stream deck that just lets me count up, but I'm not
gonna do that 200 or whatever the fuck he just said. 0 points.
That works. Calculator app works.
Also, Cameron, I was just picturing you.
You're aiming and that whole time you were just talking about
your answer. You're just holding the wait a

(10:33):
second. Mitch, how many points did I
just get? 2000 or Bells 2773?
Right, Google calculator. You're going to be my reference
point for this game, all right? Let's go to.
Questions. I'm not Googling anything to be
clear. I believe you, Animal Crossing.
Wild World released in 2005 withthe DS and was the first game to

(10:56):
use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, which allowed players to travel
and visit the villages of other players via online play until
the service was shut down in May2014.
RIP all my Wild World fans out there.
Sorry. Wild World introduced a few new
characters who became mainstays like Brewster, Celeste, Harriet,

(11:20):
and Lyle. Hmm Lyle?
I mentioned how crazy Red came in.
What's? A suspicious name.
I know I mentioned how Crazy Redcame in and added a challenge
question. The villagers in Wild World were

(11:40):
quite suspicious of those two, and for good reason.
How exactly does Red and Lyle's scheme work?
How does their scheme work? How does their scam work?
Red. I don't.
Remember which one? Lyle's.
Together. Together, how they work
together. Yeah, who the fuck is Lyle Who?

(12:00):
Lyle is I. Think Lyle appears in every
game? I don't know what to tell you.
Lyle the Crocodile. No, I can give you answers and
that can help you unless anyone wants to snipe it.
I'm not going to try to snipe this.
One all right. Wait.
I mean no. OK, hey.
Lyle is an art historian and will offer to check if an art

(12:23):
piece from bread is counterfeit,but will lie.
If it's a real piece of art, he'll say it's counterfeit and
offer to buy it for cheap. If it's counterfeit, he'll say
it's real. B Lyle sells you damage
insurance for 6000 bells, but when Red sells you a counterfeit
art piece and you give it to to Lyle, the payout is only 100
bells. C Lyle sells you accident

(12:45):
insurance for 3000 bells, but when Red sells you a broken
piece of furniture and you fall,the payout is only 100 bells and
then D Lyle is actually an undercover investigator trying
to bring Red down and will buy counterfeit art to add into
evidence. What animal is Lyle?
Lyle is an Otter I believe. I think it's just lock in.

(13:06):
Just lock in I. I do not remember this at.
All you don't remember this at all?
No. Is this only in wild world?
Yes, I'm locked in. I think I'm as locked in as I'll
ever get right now. Sure, I'm locked in Slingshot.
OK, Rachel, what's your answer? D The last one.
You think he's an undercover investigator?

(13:26):
Yeah, that just sounds cool. Cameron.
For some reason, I'm also drawn to the detective Otter.
OK, D. Instead of the special agent
platypus all. Right, Alec, what about you?
I'm thinking about Lyle because he said he's in other games and
I'm pretty sure he's like a realestate agent or something.
I don't know. He's he's like I think insurance

(13:47):
sounds more correct to me. So I was going to go BI, know
there are two insurance ones butI'm just going to go B.
You think B so damage insurance?Sure.
OK, Alec, you are correct. Nice.
So in Wild World, he was introduced in Wild World and he
was an insurance agent and it was actually via him that you
could schedule Red to come in and so he would offer you

(14:12):
insurance if in case you bought counterfeit art.
But like knows Red and his friends with Red and so he
basically, you know, he's like he.
Does. Buy some insurance and
apparently he goes around because you can talk to other
villagers and the villagers willlike complain about how this guy
is coming around and trying to force insurance on them.

(14:34):
Because in new leaf which? Is the 3DS, but I like that.
He like he's to do something to do with real estate.
Yeah, so in the future games he is.
I forget the company, the happy home.
Yeah, designer or. Whatever.
Yeah. He's like, he like works in real
estate, You're right. But he started out as an
insurance guy, a fraudster. He's not in Happy Home Academy,
though. I think he's in every game.

(14:55):
I might need to look that up, but I'm believing I.
Don't think he's in New Horizonsat all.
Yeah, I. Think I don't remember an honor
name? Technically he is.
He was added. He you can.
He shows up at Brewster's maybe?Oh.
Oh, I haven't done all of that. Yet it's just like a cameo.
Right, basically like a lot of old characters.

(15:17):
I'll double check here. Yes, so he returned in the last
update, the 2.0 update where he can be invited to the Roost or
Harves Island via his Amiibo. Yikes.
OK, yeah, so if you have his Amiibo.
If you have his Amiibo. Yeah, yeah.
But yeah, good thing I. Did all the folks out there who
have the Lyle Amiibo? Fan favorite.

(15:38):
Hey Mitch, do I have permission to Google?
Do I have permission to Google how much and a Lyle Amiibo cost?
Sure. Yeah, go.
Ahead, Lyle. Then you can see what it looks
like too. Cameron, you should, you should
go, you know, divest from Funko Pops and go full on into it.
Oh, this Amiibo, this fucker. Yeah, I know.
What this guy? Is OK.
The Otter guy, he's got like a suit and tie from what I.

(16:00):
Yeah, OK. Well, sure.
He's an Otter. I'm pretty sure.
He's an Otter. He's an Otter.
You're an Otter. Well, Alec, you got that
question right. You don't get any bells.
You find something else inside of your present.
You find a special item. A gun.
You get the bug net OK, so if you guessed the challenge

(16:22):
question incorrectly, you can use the bug net to catch the
bees chasing you and you won't lose any bells.
Oh, that's good. That's good.
We got fucking consumables. And you can hit your villagers
with it. That too, but please does that.
Mean. Hold on.
Is it a reusable net? Can I just?
Yes, no, you can only. Guess several times you can

(16:43):
only. There's one, but anyone can only
guess once, but you're free from.
Immediately. You're free from the 7000 bell,
right? You know.
Drawing a net on my scorecard. Okay, all right, let's go to
Question 3. 0 plus net equals. Animal Crossing City Folk, also
known as Animal Crossing Let's Go to the City, released in 2008

(17:05):
for the Nintendo Wii. The game is generally considered
to be one of the worst Animal Crossing games due to its
uninspired use of motion controls.
It's similarity to Wild World, but without the ability to take
it on the go. It did, however, brings back
some events that have been left out of Wild World.
Animal Crossing events are holidays or inspired by holidays

(17:27):
that occur on the actual day in real life.
In City Folk, which of the following is not an event, A
festival, B Toy Day, C GroundhogDay, D Explorers Day or E
Mayday? Mayday Mitch, are you OK?

(17:50):
Mayday as in the first day of May.
All right, I'm locked. In can you say B again?
B is toy day. Oh OK, I'm locked in.
I'm locked in. OK, Rachel.
I was going to do explorers day.OK, Cameron.
I don't think they're looking out for my man the Groundhog,
bro. I don't think so.

(18:11):
No, I'm I'm going Groundhog. Alec.
I don't think festival is in it.Is that a?
Unfortunately, all three of you are in.
No. All of the first four were in
were in City Folk. The only one that wasn't was
Mayday, and that's because Mayday was introduced in New

(18:31):
Horizons. Mayday.
That's when we go through the maze.
Yeah, the maze. Exactly.
Oh. Yeah, that makes so much sense.
None of you get any bells that time, but that's OK.
There will be more. It drifts away, but more will
come. Let's go to question 4.
Animal Crossing New Leaf released in 2012 with the

(18:53):
Nintendo 3DS. In New Leaf, you become the
mayor of your village, which which gives the player more
customization of their town. After New Leaf was released,
former president of Nintendo Sataru Iwata noted that Animal
Crossing is popular with women, particularly between the ages of
19 and 24. So here's my question.

(19:16):
What percentage of people who ordered Animal Crossing New Leaf
with a Nintendo 3DS were women? What percentage?
This one's probably not a snipe,but I'll give.
You a boy so I can subtract myself, right?
Subtract yourself. All right, so here here are the
different. Options.
Well, I know. It's not myself.
I know it's. Not 100%.
Women or of the people who ordered Animal Crossing.

(19:41):
Oh, is this multiple choice? It's a multiple choice, yeah.
Oh. OK.
A 10%, B 43%, C 56% or D 72%. Gosh.
Locked in. I'm locked in.
Locked in. It's hard to lock it in.
I will. OK, I'm locked in.

(20:01):
OK, Rachel D being 72%. OK, Cameron. 56 is just calling
out to me man. OK, it's 56 so have locked in.
DD as well 72% Cameron you are correct is. 50. 56%, which is
still like pretty impressive. I mean, it's a little over.

(20:21):
As far as gamers. As far, yeah, right.
It's it's a little over half. Cameron, you open your present
and you get. Are you ready to add?
Fuck yeah. OK. 4266 Bells.
Oh my gosh. Shells and all I have is a net.
Damn, I have nothing. What is my character doing?
She's just walking around. Good deal pulling.

(20:42):
Weed. Good deal.
Just ripping off What's my character?
Doing smoking weed kids these days all.
Right, let's go to question five.
Animal Crossing New Horizons released in 2020 for the
Nintendo Switch. In the game, you move to a
deserted island rather than town.

(21:03):
Refer to as the Nook Incorporated Deserted Island
Getaway Package. So long.
Yeah, I know. The main goal of the game is to
build out your island from scratch and increase its star
rating, which unlocks new milestones and rewards.
To get the highest rating, a five star rating, you need 10

(21:23):
villagers to have moved in and at least a certain amount of
points in development and scenery.
There are plenty of ways to gainpoints, but there are a few
negative conditions that would prevent you from getting a full
5 star rating amongst the following list, which is not a
way that you can lose development or scenery points.

(21:44):
Good question. Prevent a five star rating a An
overabundance of trees B Too many furniture is placed in a
single 8 by 8 area C There are too many player dropped items on
the ground or D there are too many naturally occurring items
such as St. branches, stones andor shells clutter the island so

(22:06):
which is not a negative condition.
OK, locked in. I think I'm Mitch.
Could you just repeat them all real quick again for me?
A an over abundance of trees, B too many furniture is placed in
a single 8 by 8 area. C There are too many player
dropped items on the ground, or D too many naturally occurring

(22:28):
items such as tree branches, stones or shells, mushrooms,
other things like that. OK.
OK, locked in. I'm it it, it's technically in
the lock position, but it's veryclose to being unlocked.
Well, you gotta lock, lock it up.
Lock it up. What's?
It called when you're like like you're holding it, you know,
like you're getting ready to shoot, but it.

(22:50):
Oh, I know you're cocked. Yeah, I guess.
All right, Rachel. Locked in cock.
Why do you have to say it like that dude?
Why are you saying? What do you how would you say,
Kevin? Silence.
OK, OK, you know what? Fine.
I'm gonna go with a A. An over abundance of trees.

(23:11):
OK, Cameron. Oh, I'm second.
You've been. 2nd every time. B.
So B too much furniture is placed in a single 8 by 8 area.
OK. Sure.
I was actually between C&D, but I'm gonna go.
DD so too many naturally occurring I occurring.
Alec is correct. Yeah, so you can.

(23:33):
I was totally wrong. Trees specifically, it's what
what what the game considers toomany trees is 220 plus trees.
Oh my God. I've actually had that happen.
You know that, yeah, that is, that's currently an issue that
is preventing me from getting tofive stars on.
Mine. Dang I know I've seen like the 8

(23:53):
by 8 having to eat furniture. I know.
That it's 4545 if you have 45 ormore in one it'll.
Be like, it's hard to get aroundalthough, right?
Yeah, well. It's all the people who really
design out their islands, They have trouble with that.
And they'll be like, oh, I just had to move this one piece over
like one tile and now I have a five star.
It's crazy. And then there are too many

(24:13):
player dropped items on the ground.
So that's anything you basicallyjust throw on the ground.
Yeah. OK I was gonna say I'd like
never pick up the naturally occurring stuff and I still get
5 stars so I feel. Like, oh, that's so true.
All right, Alec, you get shucks,you open up your present.
Money. You get money, yes, Bells.
You get 4169 bells all. Right.

(24:37):
Jeez. OK, can I get a point check?
Can I share? I've got 4169 bells and a net.
And this net? And this net?
I'm showing my calculator that says 0.
OK at. Least I'm not stung by a bee.

(25:02):
That would be even worse. Imagine.
Sharon. I have 7039 bells.
OK, pretty good. I'm betting them all on the
fucking turnips all. Right, let's go.
Well, maybe you will later in this game.
Maybe that's a little bit. Yeah.
Let's go ahead and go to our audience question.

(25:23):
Bye. Bye.

(26:00):
None. Hello.

(26:30):
Hi, welcome back. Welcome back.
Let's go into. Round.
Two Round 2 with question 6. theSuper Smash Bros series brought
a variety of Nintendo related IPS together, Animal Crossing
included. It started with trophies in

(26:52):
Melee. In Brawl it got an iconic stage,
some music, and an item. In Smash 4 it got the villager
as a playable character and me costumes.
In Ultimate it got Isabel as a playable character.
Isabel. My question is what is the name
of the Animal Crossing battle map in the Super Smash Bros

(27:13):
series? This is multiple choice but does
anyone want to snipe? No.
Oh shoot, I can't give me a second as.
Soon, as you fucking say. It I can picture it, yeah.
I'm going to snipe. OK.
No, Alex got a snipe. No.
I think it's just called town Hall.

(27:34):
No, that's. What I was going to guess, is
that right? Town hall, actually.
That's incorrect, sorry. I want to say it has something
to do with Tom. I want to say it has something
to do with Tom Nook. OK, well let me read the
options, Rachel and Cameron. OK, A is.
Suck out. A is Tortemer Island, B is Town

(27:55):
and city, C is Smashville, and Dis Nook Island.
Man, based off the thing I just said, I think I have to go with
D, but I'm. Nook Island.
Okay, Nook shirt. I'm going to go town and city
just to be different. Unfortunately, Cameron, neither
of you are correct. Smashville.
Smashville. No way.

(28:17):
Smash that. As soon as you see.
That they were going for like, you know, that's literally the
worst village. And so it's that's.
Literally the worst one. No, but what's town and city?
Town and city is no. You're thinking of the town and
country, the car. I'll never forget that though
now. Hold on.
That's so odd. Nashville.
I know, I like that. They do Smashville.
Yeah, that's fun. I hated it.

(28:38):
Well, none of you get any pointsor any nails.
No. Can I potentially challenge
because aren't there more than one Animal Crossing map?
You can potentially challenge. I'm gonna, you know.
Oh, Brick. You're free of consequences if
you. I'm free of consequences but
also I haven't heard like the rest of the questions.
Town and city is something. Unless that's just like the name

(28:59):
of the song or something. You also get to Bells if you get
if it's the challenge question. All right, I'll challenge it.
Why not just four, baby? You do have the nest, so you're
free of consequences. I'm challenging this drum roll.
Please, this is the challenge question.
Yeah, let's go. The challenge?

(29:19):
Question, so no, Tortimer Islandtown and City are both maps.
Yes, I knew it had town in it. Yeah.
Wait. Do I get points?
No. So Alec gets Alec.
You get 7000 bells for answeringthe question or for getting the
challenge question, and you get the bells for the question too.
Let me. Oh my gosh.

(29:40):
No, that's pretty good. So you just made-up Smashville?
No Smashville is a thing. What is Smashville?
What? Is also a no.
Smashville is also a map. What sounds like there's
multiple maps. Maps, yeah.
There's three nook. Nook because.
One you're on an island and you can get launched into the water,
I'm. Trying to remember if I came up
with. That one, you're flying around
and I think that's a town and city.

(30:00):
Bullshit. Islands.
Nook Island just sounds like NewHorizons.
It sounds like you made that I'm.
Not so upset you. Know what you made-up, but the
rest of them are actually. That's when it's Love Island.
But you have to try not to have sex with my.
I'm the most upset I've ever been right now.

(30:21):
Alec, you got the 7000 you also for getting it, you get the
points for the question you get.So angry 2. 1420 Bells.
What? Only 2000.
This is the worst thing. That's ever.
Happened to me, I have never been.
I've never. Been wrong that's ever happened
to me. All right, let's go to question

(30:42):
71. Recurring character who appears
in every Animal Crossing game isthe famed musician KK Slider.
He's sitting right here with us.He's in the.
Room with us, right? Let's go I.
Don't. Like KK you?
Don't like KK? Why?
Yeah. It's the hottest take of all
time. How have you ever thought about

(31:03):
the fact that he's the John Bellion of our video games?
Sean Belly hear. Rachel out.
Hear Rachel out. OK, well OK, first of all Alex
build-a-bear of KK has has clothes on.
KK is naked. Right.
So. The.
OG villagers didn't have pants and then and then one of them
they got pants or something. And so KK even though even

(31:26):
though they gave pants to some of the villagers, some of them
don't wear pants, still they kept him naked.
Why? Why did they keep him naked?
So my theory he. Did.
Wear Who are you A fucking what?Are you a fucking narcs?
It's true he was DJ KK he. Wears.
He wears Justine, yeah. I just like.
Hipster. VJK every villager I have I have
like a back story for. So my back story for KK is that

(31:48):
he's this like nudist cult leader and he comes to your
island every Friday to try to initiate you into his cult by
selling you his music. So you don't.
Actually by lighter because you came up with made-up because of.
You guys have a villain like I know Tom Nook's other villain,
'cause you're he just wants yourmoney.

(32:08):
But like, we need something elsewe need.
Something OK? Well then it's my hot take is
Tom. No, hang on, hang.
On Save it for later, Alec, we'll get to Tom Nook, don't you
worry, OK. Well.
Did You Know? He's a capitalist A.
Little fun fact, a little fun fact about KK Slider is he's
modeled, I forget his name off the top of my head, it's he's
modeled after the like the person who wrote the music for

(32:30):
Animal Crossing. So it's like a self insert
character. I don't know if that makes you
feel any better but and something I'm about to read
might make you feel better aboutit.
So happy home designer. An Animal Crossing spin off game
is no exception. He appeared in that game too.
The Gamer was released in 2015 with the 3DS and in it you
design houses for different villagers.

(32:51):
KK Slider appears in the game and in it claims that he donates
all of his earnings as he prefers to make bells through
more typical means, such as fishing.
Canonically, to whom does KK Slider donate all of the
earnings from his music? Is this a next question I.
Did not play happy home designerfor.

(33:12):
Right is. Sorry crush on like Isabelle or
something and he like censor gifts.
Do you want to snipe the? Other dog, Rachel.
No, no, I'm just, I'm just making more facts all.
Right, so here are your options.OK.
We have moved on to the next question.
Yeah, we're on question 7. OK thank you, I was super
confused. Yeah, this is the KK slider.
Good question. It was a good, it was such a

(33:33):
good segue. I didn't even clock in, Mitch.
I have really bad Segways and I have really good Segways.
There's and everything. That's just non, that's just
nonchalant Mitch for. Me nonchalant.
You know, it goes. It is.
That's what it is. All right.
So canonically, who does KK Slider donate all of his
earnings from his music? A Children's organizations.

(33:54):
B Homeless organizations. C Disaster Relief or D Nook
Incorporated. There we go.
It sounds like we know what Cameron is.
Yeah, it's. Supposed to be honor.
Honor. OK, yeah, I'm locked in.
OK. Rachel, are you locked?
Yeah. I'm not locked in.
What the fuck? Cameron, you're locked.

(34:15):
Cameron, get cocked and locked. OK, Rachel.
Bro I'm cocked, locked in polka dot.
I'm also I'm gonna say D becauseit just adds to the lore.
Look incorporated OK. It doesn't.
Capitalism. Yep, Cameron.
I'm going disaster Relief Fund man, OK.
We're on children's fund. Why not?
Alec, you are correct, he says. Yeah, he says he donates it all

(34:37):
for the kids. I'm.
Gonna look at him. Shit, look at this guy.
That guy looks like he shouldn'tbe around kids.
I mean. What the heck?
He's kind of. Wearing his son, he's.
Not wearing pants, he's. Not wearing pants, Nobody.
Wears pants. I mean, what are we?
Yeah, you're. Not around.
Children not ask Mitch to stand up.
Do not ask Mitch to do. Not ask for stand up.

(34:59):
So, Alec, you open up the president.
There are no bells inside, but there's an item, a special item.
Alec is getting all the items. What's going on?
So you you find an axe insect ofthe president.
OK, no. If you ask you a question.
If you're confident in your answer, this could be multiple
choice. Like answer, you can take a

(35:20):
swing at it with your axe. If you get the question right,
you get an additional 5000 bells.
If you get the question wrong, you miss the tree and lose 5000
bells. It's a high risk.
High. Reward.
OK, and this is different than sniping it?
Well, if you were because I could hear multiple choice.

(35:40):
Well yeah, he can use it on a multiple choice now if you snipe
it and also want to take out a whack at it.
Technically legal move here. But sniping doesn't give me
extra bells, does it? On its own.
No, it just prevents other people from.
But if you want a little bit extra.
True. Okay, got it.
Yeah, if you really wanna flex on us.
All right, we'll see. We'll see.
Let's go to question 8C. All right, guys, I have a no,

(36:07):
I'm too. Let's talk about the tanuki in
the room, Tom Nook. Alec, I know that you have some.
Thoughts. Please share.
Your thoughts? What?
What do you think about Tom Nook?
Alec, Tom Nook, Everyone says he's a capitalist pig.
He gets a bad rap. He gives you a 0% interest loan

(36:30):
to build your house as big as you want, no time limit.
He basically is just loaning youmoney like a cool.
Uncle. OK, it's, it's a 0% interest
loan. You never have to pay it back if
you don't want. What about in the first game?
He's not even like a landlord. What about in the first game
when he says he's going to sic his raccoon gangsters at you if
you don't pay? Well, that never happens.

(36:50):
As he's. Just he's just being silly, you
know, He's just jolt. Dog do.
They say that actually. Yeah, he said.
He's going to send his raccoon. Literally runs the only shop in
town in the first game. In the first game you have to
work for him to pay him. I was gonna say I remember work
slaving away for the man and that.

(37:11):
Also you have to do like 3 jobs for him and then he's like okay
we're clear, you're good, here'sa house and you never have to
pay me for it unless you really want to upgrade.
It and he definitely gets like in in the New Horizons and now
he's. Just super chill.
He wears a sweat. I don't agree.
With you, Alec. And you hear Here's why.
Why he's the only general store owner on the island.

(37:33):
He's squashing competition. The guy he talks about being for
the free market, but that guy wants it all for himself.
I agree that he runs a shot. There is. 2 nephews.
But he's a benevolent. That's like some Sopranos level
shit. That's their dream though.
They wanted to follow in his footsteps.
Yeah, and that's a fucked up thing to convince children off.

(37:54):
They. Like it?
Well, let's go to the question. Enough about our opinions about
Tom A. Urine for the minds.
Here's our Tom Nook question. Question #8 So Tom Nook acts as
one of the most important characters in Animal Crossing.
His role has evolved over the years, but most known him as the
shopkeeper. It started with Nooks Cranny,
but over the course of your playthroughs you can upgrade his

(38:16):
store of the following list, which is not a name for an
upgrade for Nooks Cranny. Good one, Mitch.
Good question. A Nookway, B Nookazon, C Nook
and Go or D Nookingtons. Locked in.
Locked in. Across all the games.

(38:38):
A decent amount of them in New Horizons you can only upgrade
it. I think it's just Nooks granny
the entire time, isn't it? Mm hmm.
Yeah. So it depends on the game.
OK, blocked in. OK.
I'm using my axe as well. Oh, so you're confident?
OK. Very confident, Rachel.
I'm also using. Nukazon.
OK, Cameron. It's Nukazon.
OK, Alec. It's Nukazon.

(38:59):
You 3 are correct. Very good, very good.
Do any of you know what Nukazon is?
It is a real thing. Oh, that's the.
Online. Online place where you can buy
items from? Yeah.
OK, good. Yeah, you're right.
I was hoping to trip you up a little bit.
Do I get extra points for it knowing that?
There's no way they would put like Amazon.
But if you look at one extra bell, Rachel.

(39:20):
I've actually brought stuff off of Nukazon, so do I get another
point for that? No.
What the fuck? Hey Mitch, I've never heard of
Nukazon. Do I get a point for that?
OK. So Alec, you did access so you
get an additional 5000 bells andthen the rest of you.
Oh no, I cleared the memory on my calculator.
No, you. Should.

(39:43):
Go back. Wait, no, but I bet.
It all on the turnips. All three of you get 6850 bells.
Oh, that's a lot. So I did completely have to from
scratch redo it, but I rounded down.
I promise. OK, I just I basically put in
the 1000 number that I got just dropped the rest because I did
not remember. That's a big of you.

(40:03):
All right, let's move on the question.
I would never have admitted thatI would have rounded up.
You're a better person than me. Well I just don't want everyone
to be suss when I give you a nice round.
Suss on bro, are we suss on the bus?
Yeah, I'm always suss on the bus.
All right, let's go to Question 9.
In earlier entries of the AnimalCrossing series, before they had

(40:27):
auto save the game, devs wanted to convince people to save their
progress often, or rather to avoid resetting their game,
meaning to quit without saving. What was the consequence of the
player resetting their game too many times?
Snipe. Cameron, you sniping?
What's your answer? Mole Man.

(40:48):
What's his name? Not even his name give.
Me, his name and you get it. You you have.
To look at. The tag.
It's Remy the tag. Remy.
I don't fucking know. You don't know his name and you
have a freaking plush of him right there.
That's what he's saying. Come on, I got the I got the
spirit of the question. OK, well what would the spirit
of the question is what would hedo?

(41:09):
It is relating to that. Can I?
Can I snipe Cameron sniper? He'd get all fucking angry, pop
up out of the ground and yell atyou.
So like I had the you made me redig all these tunnels I was
digging. The answer you should just give
it to him. That's OK.
I'll give it to you, Cameron. You're right.
You're right. Good job.
Good job, Cameron. You open it up and you get 4643

(41:32):
bells. But you have to say his name.
It's literally a joke. It's so funny, his name.
It's like the whole point. Like that's why he's just.
Whereas see, it's like Ryan, it's like reset.
Right. Yeah, it's Ricetti.
Ricetti, Ricetti. So it's like reset Ricetti.
I did know that. That's embarrassing.
It's OK. I forgive you, Cameron.
You get some girls, you get the bells, OK?

(41:53):
He hasn't been around in a while.
Yeah, sadly. That's because I just constantly
save. Yeah, he never had to deal with
Ricetti. I never had to deal with
Ricetti. I remember purposefully
resetting my game because I justwanted to see what happened.
Alec, do you remember the lore of this Ricetti plushy?
Not really. I remember you getting it, but I
don't remember the extraneous circumstances.

(42:15):
But that's crazy because I thought you were to hold it
against me for the rest of our natural lives.
Is that supposed to be mine? No, it was ours.
So we got it together. We did get it together and then
I and we we said we'd trade it off month by month and then that
never happened. And now I have paid for that
partially or something. I think I then mowed you Once

(42:36):
Upon a time. I ordered it.
No, no, no, no. We split it like 5050.
It was like 20 bucks. We both spent like $10.
Yeah. And we were out of goodwill and
we were like, holy shit, we bothwant this.
All right, We'll. And we were living.
I think it was like right when we moved in together.
Gotcha. OK, Yep, that's awesome.
This is amazing. Lord Lord Keeper added to the
Lord the. Sacred.

(42:57):
Let's go to question 10A. Set of important characters from
the Animal Crossing games are the Able Sisters, three hedgehog
sisters named Sable, Mabel and Label AKA LaBelle that have a
complicated past. They are first introduced in
City Folk and have appeared in every game since.

(43:18):
Throughout the course of a couple of the games you learn
about their past and why the three sisters are having
problems. What is the STEM or the cause of
all of their interpersonal problems?
Snipe. Whoa, Rachel.
Get it, Rachel? Isn't it just that LaBelle does

(43:40):
not want to work at the shop? She wants to have her own label.
Unfortunately, that's incorrect.Sorry Rachel.
Sorry I. Think that is true though.
It's something. It's the part of.
It it's. Is there something deeper?
Is there a deeper? Layer.
It's something deeper. Something deeper.
There's a deeper layer. We have to.
Yeah. I might have given away.

(44:00):
We'll see. OK.
Alec and Cameron, I think you might get this one, but by
default. But we'll see.
A Label wanted to leave her parents and sisters to become a
fashion designer, which I just confirmed is incorrect.
B Label wouldn't sell the clothes she designed at the Able
Sisters clothes store because itwasn't eyebrow enough or wasn't
fashionable enough. C Label insulted Mabel for being

(44:23):
too timid and Sabel told her to leave.
Or D their parents died and everything fell on Sabel to care
for her two sisters. Oh, I know.
Locked in. Can you repeat B&C for me?
B is that Label wouldn't sell the clothes she designed at the
Able Sisters clothes store because it wasn't highbrow
enough or C Label insulted Mabelfor being too timid and Sable

(44:45):
told her to leave. I'm locked in, okay?
Cameron. B.
Okay. Alec, the last one.
Their mom and dad died. Alec, you are correct again.
Jeez. And once again you get the third
and last item. I get a freaking if I lose
because I get so many items. That's true.
That's true. But I have all paid off for.
Yeah, that's true. OK, Alec, the final item, you

(45:08):
open up your present and you geta watering can.
OK, OK, so after a question, cool.
After a question has been read but before the multiple choices,
you can water the question, causing two more wrong options
to grow. So if you're like pretty
confident that you know the answer, you can add more wrong

(45:31):
options to trip up other people.Does this mean wrote extra
options for every question after?
This is hilarious. Hey Mitch, I don't want to sound
like an asshole, but won't we know that after Alec activates
his watering can that the next two things you're gonna say are
gonna be? Because I'm gonna, I'm gonna mix
them up. But you but wait a minute, when

(45:54):
do I use the watering cans? So before you list the multiple.
Before I list the multiple choice, yeah, so it's.
OK, got it. Yeah, but it's a trap for him
too. It's all Yeah, I'm making it
harder. You.
Use it if if you think you know the answer.
OK, but then. OK, all right.
Well, I could just. Make any sense?
Yeah, it's true, but you never know.
Snipe it. You have to be dead on, you
know? All right, all.

(46:14):
Right. I'll probably use it just for
fun, OK? Well, that was question 10.
That means that it's the end of two.
Let's get a point check. I have 25,000 and 50 bells and
some change that I don't know soI'm not going to say.
Whoa, I'm 6851. I'm rapidly approaching.

(46:35):
I've got 18,532 OK common. 40s are getting, and as we're
getting closer to the city, we're going to get better.
What city? The city?
The city. It's just called the.
City, just depending on what part.
Of no, no, it's literally just called the city.
There's no name. It's called the city.
It's called the city. All right, I'm going to make the

(46:56):
same face that Robbie makes. Remy.
Who the hell is Remy? God?
Remy's the Ratatouille. Ratatouille Ratatouille is next
week. I'm a.
Moron. All right, let's start round. 3.
With question 11A character thatmakes her first appearance in

(47:17):
Animal Crossing New Leaf is Isabel.
She takes the role of your friendly, polite and hard
working assistant. She is also now the mascot of
the modern Animal Crossing series.
She may be non confrontational and awkward, a little awkward,
but she is certainly intelligent.
Her twin brother Digby said thatshe has engineering degrees from

(47:39):
19 different universities. What the hell?
What? She's a woman in STEM.
Whole. Time.
Whole time. 19 universities too,none of them honorary.
So I don't know how the hell shedid that, but that's impressive.
She also canonically takes on onthe workload of the mayor
herself when you aren't playing.Any of you have a copy of Newly

(48:02):
sitting around? She's been the mayor since you
stopped playing that game. Yeah.
Oh boy. Good thing she's got 19
engineering degrees. Exactly, Isabelle, like other
villagers, is based on a real life animal.
My question is what breed of dogis Isabelle?

(48:25):
Sniping. Sniping.
Oh, Cameron, sniping and coughing.
Sniping. OK, Cameron, give it to me.
I I think Isabel is a Cocker spaniel.
You are incorrect but that that was that's.
What I was? Going to say I was.
Going to say. Good guess that is good guess.
I'm going to use my watering can.
OK, unfortunately Cocker Spanielwas a wrong answer that I was

(48:47):
going to add, so I'm just going to not clearly.
So I'll give you the list it'll.Just make up a dog.
Make up a dog on the spot. Yeah, I'll make up a dog on the
spot. Hang on.
Name a dog. Name a dog.
Name a dog. Name a dog Mama Doop.
Beagle. Tibetan Mastiffs.
The Sizer refrigerator. Golden Retriever.
All right, a Golden retriever, BBeagle, C Japanese Spitz.

(49:13):
What Spider Am I? And CDD Shih tzu.
Nuts. Deez Nuts.
Dee Coy. And F Shiba Inu locked.
In locked in OK. I locked in first.
Rachel actually golden retriever.

(49:35):
OK, Alec. Shih Tzu.
No, Alec is correct. She's a Shih tzu.
I knew that, that's why I used the water.
So chat. It there we go answer question
watering can the great effect. I really thought she was a
Cocker spaniel. She's a Shih tzu.
She's got the ears, bro. Shih Tzu have ears too.
All dogs have ears. OK.

(49:57):
Yeah, that. Makes sense because she has a
little ponytail in her hair. Yeah, she's got like.
She's got the Cocker. Golden.
I've never seen a yellow Shih tzu like that.
Yeah. She's golden.
I don't think I have. We could probably look up a
picture after this and admire ittogether.
Alec Bullshit, you get 9058. Dollars.
Oh my God. I.
Fear Alec is running away with this game, but that's OK.

(50:18):
Alec also has played the most amount of Animal Crossing,
probably more than the three of us combusting.
Oh. Yeah, I have more to lose by not
winning this episode. Alec is locked in right now.
He is I. Will go to sleep tonight without
any. Issues on my yeah.
This is Alex to lose, and if he does lose, I don't know how
he'll be able to survive. The fact that I could barely

(50:39):
remember Lyle makes me ashamed. Well, sorry.
Sorry Alec. I hope we can sleep well.
We all, we can't all be winners,Alec.
It's okay, man. Yeah, just me though, I can.
Okay, and a little fun fact. So oftentimes villager names are
like a pun of some kind that includes the Japanese name and
often like Lyle name. Not well.
I think Lyle's supposed to be like liars, and I don't, I don't

(51:01):
know for sure. All of them are red.
Most of them. I don't know some of them.
Crazy. Well, a lot of these the, a lot
of the Japanese names are buns and then some of the.
Like Tom Nook is Tom Nook CourseI.
Just don't understand. I just don't understand it
because I don't speak. Yeah.
Japanese. Well, so Isabel's name in
Japanese is Shizuwe. Shizuwe, a play on Shih Tzu and

(51:27):
then it's theorized that her American name is Isabel because
the top of her head looks like abell back.
That's a theory not confirmed. That.
Game theory. That's a game theory.
Okay, let's go to question 12. That is horrible.
Let's. Talk about fruits.

(51:47):
OK, yeah, let's do that. About.
Words What is your favorite likeif you were to load in a new
game of Animal Crossing New Horizons, What what what would
be like your goal of a free. Peaches, Peaches, Peaches.
Easy. Peaches, Peaches Peaches Peaches
Peaches camera. Are you talking about what I
want to make more money on or what I just like?
What do you like? Apples.

(52:08):
Apples. Apples I would say.
Don't say. Cherries, tomatoes.
Very. Different, OK.
Cherries are going just one second.
Pears. So fruits are if are food items
in the Animal Crossing series, which can be buried to grow
fruit bearing trees and be used for multiple purposes depending
on the game. We all know apples, cherries,

(52:30):
oranges, Peaches, coconuts and pears, but what about the rarer
fruits from various different games?
I'm going to give a list of fruits that have appeared in any
mainline or spin off game. One fruit on this list has never
appeared in an Animal Crossing game.
OK, OK, I like it. A plums, B durian, C grapes or D

(52:56):
bananas banana. Oh, sorry.
Banana. I'm gonna snipe.
Oh. That wasn't very.
Nonchalant, but you can't snipe,he read the question.
Yeah, Nancy, I got excited there.
For a second. I did too.
I was like, whoa. Locking your answers.
Plums What? Grapes and bananas locked in.

(53:16):
Locked in. OK, Rachel.
Grapes. Cameron.
I'm going plums. OK, Alec.
I'm going grapes, I guess. Cameron, you are correct the
answer. Is one of those two.
Plums, durians and bananas if I.Ever.
Grapes brown New new leaf grapesare in pocket camp.

(53:37):
What? But plums I play pocket camp do
not exist in any any game. Not yet the other.
Two false answers were going to be lemons and mangoes.
Both also appeared in some othergames.
Oh really? I kind of remember lemons, but I
do not remember. All right, let's see, Cameron,
you get some bells. Oh, my 11105.

(53:59):
Sorry 1100, I cannot. 1000. 11,538 Bells.
That's pretty good. I'm coming for you.
That's. Pretty going to be in debt
forever. Day back, Cameron New strategy.
I'm going to guess the same thing, Cameron guesses.
No. Honorable.

(54:19):
I stay honorable. Someone call the cops.
All right, question 13. New Horizons was generally loved
by the Animal Crossing community, but there was 1 gripe
that people had which was that as opposed to releasing a
completely finished game, it updated over time with new
content. The game was released in March

(54:40):
of 2020, and its last free content update was November of
2021, along with a paid DLC. People who play, people who
play. But the paid DLC is a lot.
And it's pretty good. That's true, it's pretty good,
but it has not released a content update since I looked at
the content log and the last update was to make the the

(55:02):
switch or literally the switch to the switch to more seamless.
But let's. Switch let's from the switch to
the switch. To the switch to Let's think
back to the beginning of New Horizons, shall we?
So the base game release, but what was the first character
added via an update? The first character.

(55:24):
Added. Via an update.
It's nice sniper. Rachel said.
It Rachel said it. 1st I'm goingto forget his name.
I mean, Cameron didn't know the other name, so if you want to
describe it, then I'll maybe give it to you if you're right.
It's not CJ. CJ's the fishing guy, it's the
Otter guy or whatever the guy inthe water is.

(55:46):
Unfortunately, Rachel, that's incorrect.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry Cameron, you also
since she got it wrong, I guess I'll give you a chance.
Unless you want to wait for the multiple choice I'll.
Just wait for the multiple choice.
OK, so Cameron and Alec, let me give you your answers.
Unless Alec, you'd like to waterit or use your axe.

(56:06):
Oh, can I water again? Are you already use already?
Watered well, I already use my watering.
Oh, you can water any question from now on.
Oh suck. Yeah, let's.
Forget water it bro, water it down.
Water that shit down. OK yeah that's because I already
use Z. There are like.
Three questions. Like 2 questions.
OK, so you're using the wateringcan.
Do you want to use the axe as well, Alec?

(56:28):
I could use that more than once.Too every item you can use more
than once. This isn't a fucking consumable
then. Under that logic, he could have
challenged every question. No, no, it you only get one.
Well, we said no to that one, but that, but I think that's why
I thought these items were single here.
Bro. Every you had consumables.
I would have been axing the fuckout of most of these questions.

(56:49):
Crazy. Well that that then makes them
not a consumable. I called it an item, OK.
OK, I'm just gonna water this up, OK?
Here are your options. So it's a list of characters.
Which one was the first added tothe game via DLC or not DLC?
An update? Pascal?
Oh, that's. Who I was Red Harv AKA Harvey

(57:11):
Brewster, Zipper or Leaf? I'm locked in, OK?
So which of these is first to just get added?
To be added via an update. Via an update.
A content update, yeah. Welcome to your content.
OK, locked in I guess. Cameron.
Leaf. OK, Alec.

(57:31):
I'm going to go Zipper. He's the Bunny guy.
I'm just going to assume maybe they did an update.
Alec is correct, the very the very first update was the Bunny
day update and so he was officially the first character
added. Leaf was added pretty close.
Pascal was added in the summer update.
Harv I think was always in the game from the base, so that was

(57:54):
a bit of a trick question. Leaf was added later, red was
added later, and then Brewster was I.
Remember waiting for red to get added right and Brewster like
was 2 point. Oh right, 2.0 the very last
update, yeah. I don't think I've played since
Brewster's been added. I gotta be real with you guys.
Whoa. Damn, all right.
All right. Can we talk about something real
quick, Mitch? Can I have the floor?
I guess. Are you gonna complain about

(58:15):
this format? No.
OK, then go ahead. Let's let's.
Step it back to 2020, OK? Great.
Yeah. We're all sitting at home.
All of us are waiting for, you know, the world to unfuck
itself. Here we are five years later,
understanding the world is more fucked than it's ever been.
But we're all like, let's stay home, you know, protect everyone

(58:37):
else. Good things, right?
Good, good community engagement by most.
Anti mask grant. You know, this is not.
And we all sit there and it's like, Oh my goodness, look at
this thing we can do. We all have the opportunity to
play Animal Crossing together and the world explodes with joy

(58:58):
in a terrible time and we're allplaying Animal Crossing.
I had the most crippling anxietyabout a missing something in
Animal Crossing for a day, and then B looking at other people's
Animal Crossing worlds and beingjealous.
That was just, I just, I just would like to talk about that

(59:19):
because I don't think. I got addicted to Animal
Crossing. I'm not gonna.
Lie, I don't know if that's a shared experience, I just
remember having really bad anxiety about missing a day of
Animal Crossing and then no. That's why I stopped playing it,
because I felt bad every time and the game is designed that.
Way well, it sucked when everybody was playing from the
release because then literally everybody started at like the

(59:40):
same day and you're racing against everyone else, right,
Yeah. But why did it feel like a race
the game? Because.
Everybody was actually playing like starting at the same race.
Like that's the nowadays, like Ihaven't played Balder's Gate 3.
When I start playing it, I'm notgoing to be like, Oh no, I'm so
far behind because I did, I, I didn't start playing it.
But Animal Crossing shouldn't beerased.

(01:00:01):
The whole point of Animal Crossing is to be chill and
relaxed. And then we made it the we made
it competitive. Yeah, I think it's because it's
not a competitive game inherently.
So we're. Trying to there were some.
Grindy aspects of early Animal Crossing play.
There were, yeah. I want to log on.
I just walk around and look at. Floor is yours again, Mitch.
Sorry, I just need to talk aboutthat.

(01:00:22):
The guy actually told you? Your .0 yeah, no.
No, no, you can skip that unless.
We forget about my thousands of belts. 10 hope his his balloon
fair prize fell in the water he doesn't get.
His life? Oh no.
No. Alec is so sorry, Alec, that
sucks. 10,695 belts. Gosh, trust.

(01:00:45):
Me. This effectively comes out to
1-2 and three points. OK, There's just a big variety.
If anything gets you divide by 1/2.
What? Anyways, we're just going to
skip over that? That's probably not an accurate
statement. Let's just move on to question.
14. It's basically.
OK, let's do it. OK, I didn't want to end this
episode without mentioning my favorite character in all of

(01:01:07):
Animal Crossing. The quirky owl and museum
director Blathers is another iconic character in the Animal
Crossing series. That there he is Which?
Game. Did he?
How? Was that stay first?
Appear. What game did he first appear?
Snipe. Sorry, Snipe.

(01:01:27):
Wow, wild world. That is incorrect.
You're shooting my pants. It's incorrect.
OK, Rachel and Cameron, let me give you 2 the options.
That's actually crazy to me. Hey.
I am flabbergasted. Hey, Dabuzzo no Mori.
So the original a tech demo for the Nintendo GameCube called

(01:01:48):
Stage Debut C Animal Crossing orD as a trophy in Super Smash
Bros Melee. I'm locked in bro.
OK, Rachel. I have literally no clue.
So the original Japanese releasea tech demo for the GameCube
animal. Crossing like it looks.

(01:02:09):
Broke. Can I water it down for them?
No. Because I already read the
board, so it's they know it's within there.
Give them. Two more give.
Them two more as a trophy in Super Smash Bros mainly.
The other two were going to be City Folk and Wild World.
So OK. Are you locked in, Rachel?
All of them just flagged my head, so I'm just gonna say a
number or a letter, okay? Say a letter, it might work.

(01:02:30):
Name a letter. Name a letter.
I'm just gonna go with. A So no more.
So the very first Japanese one. Okay, Shin Cameron.
C. Animal Crossing.
Name Cube. That's the first time I think
bladder showed up. Cameron you are correct the very
first game. So in Duck where Mori you
actually sent your fossils away to get checked on but he they

(01:02:54):
added him to the initial releaseof Animal Crossing.
Hold on, flush this out for me, OK?
Because in Animal Crossing you have to send your fossils away
to the fossil whatever Academy of.
Fossils. I'll double check if I'm wrong
I'm wrong, Hang on. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Give me my both. 1st Oh maybe that's what it is, is you have
to assess them by the by sendinghim away but then you give them

(01:03:16):
to Blazers. Maybe that's what I was getting
confused about. If this fucking fucks up my
point, total Alec, I'm gonna be pissed.
No, you, you, I think, I think it's both.
I think like. So in Animal Crossing, he's the
owner and manager of the town museum.
But. He doesn't assess your fossils
though, maybe. I just have a distinct memory of
sitting in a room in my house onSaturday.

(01:03:36):
Morning, he doesn't accept. Playing Animal Crossing.
So he's in the game, but he doesnot.
That's where I was like, oh, he,he's not I I just figured he
wasn't. There I was like, oh, I hope I'm
not wrong. OK, that was question 14.
You got it right, Cameron. You get 13,157 bells.
Hey, yo, hey, yo. Coming for those, I'm coming for

(01:03:59):
those turnips. OK, that was question 14.
Can I get a point check please? Can I get it hung?
Yeah. There's one more.
I believe I'm at the same 6851, OK.
I got 43,227. How is this possible?
I have 44,008 OH. Pretty close, Alex.

(01:04:21):
Close. Close.
Don't worry Rachel, you might still have well.
There's a challenge already. Maybe one thing.
I did. I would have axed multiple.
If I beat you, I just want you to know that I'm going to hold
it over you for the rest of our lives.
That's fair, That's fair. All right, so imagine for a
second we're all in the bus, right?
I'm with captain drivers to the city.

(01:04:41):
Wait, wait, wait, wait. You're going to sing a song.
I can do that. I'm on the bus.
We're on the bus, I'm on the bus.
We're just about to pull into the city, but wait, stop the
bus. Is that who I think it is?
It's Daisy May. OK, so let's bank our bells on
one last trivia question, AKA the final trivia question.

(01:05:07):
The final. Question.
So this will work very similar to to the Final Jeopardy.
Basically exactly what I'm saying.
Gosh, but Adam. With the flavor of, you know,
we're going to get some turnips and try to make a profit, OK.
OK. All right, so I will give you
the the clue before I read the question.
The question is about Daisy may slash the stock market.

(01:05:31):
And what? And now I have to wager just
based on. That So you wager based on that
clue. I'll ask the question.
You wager however many bells youwant.
If you get it right, you double that amount that you wager.
If you get it wrong, you lose the amount that you wager.
I'm going all in. All in for Rachel.
OK. Oh.
Yeah, I don't really know how todo anything half assed.

(01:05:52):
I think I'm all in 2 minutes. Oh my gosh.
I. Just I got.
Whatever. OK.
And this is not multiple choice,just to clarify. 0 betting
nothing. Betting nothing, Alec.
OK. What a loser.
Boring dork. He wants to win.
Alec needs this win. He needs this double.
Yes. OK, so you all I.

(01:06:12):
Should have just bet 2000. The Animal Crossing series
contains a silly system of buying and selling turnips
called the stock market, spelledSTALK.
It's quite humorous. What do you think?
About it. Oh my God.
In Animal Crossing New Horizons,Daisy Mae the Boar arrives on

(01:06:33):
your island every Sunday morning, and she sells turnips
that you can use to potentially turn a profit based on its
fluctuating value throughout theweek.
The turnips spoil after a week, so you have to watch the market
carefully and sell at the most opportune of times.
The system they used to set the buying and the selling prices of
turnips is actually quite interesting when you delve into

(01:06:54):
it, but that's not the nature ofthis question.
Daisy Mae was not always the turnip saleswoman.
In all previous titles, Daisy Mae's grandmother was.
What is Daisy Mae's grandmother's name?
Which is a reference to which? Snipe axe, watering can.
Which is a reference to which real life stock market concept?

(01:07:17):
Snipe axe Watering can snipe axe.
Water, no, you can't use any items for.
This one, you're joking me. Can I snipe though?
No, every what is the Final Jeopardy is.
Oh, we all have to answer. When he gets an answer.
Frick, I don't remember. Actually clarified, you can't
use any items for this one. It's a final, final question.
OK, OK, OK. Daisy May.
So I'm writing it down. Daisy.
Yeah, you probably should. Daisy May Grandmother's name,

(01:07:40):
which is a reference to which real life stock market concept?
Frick and I want a full name. I got you whole name.
OK, Are we locked in gamers? Locked in, not.
Yet OK. Nope.
We need a We need a bus 1 sure final.
Cameron, is your heart racing asfast as minus right now?
No, I literally have no idea that what the answer to this

(01:08:01):
question. Thank God.
I've given that. Such a release.
It's gonna be AI. Don't know it's gonna.
Be a What if I'm fucking with you though, Ali?
Do you think I'm that smart? Do you think I'm that devious?
Can you give us a? Head, you could be fucking with
me. I mean, I did give you a couple
hints in the question I. Almost blurted it out.
Stock market concepts, yeah. What does that even mean?

(01:08:24):
Just remember that often I have many times their name that the
only hit I'll give you. Oh, the puns.
There is Cut it out with the. Hints.
It is I it is. It is on the tip of my tongue.
I'm gonna be so. Frustrated or put in some sort
of music here to end it 'cause we're gonna end it now.
Let's start with Rachel. Grandma money bags.

(01:08:51):
Grandma money. Bags.
Is that is is she related to Daddy War Box?
That is, yeah, that's. Incorrect.
The bags under size. There's some bull.
Back bell bags. I'm sorry Rachel, that is
incorrect. This might be the only episode
where the winner gets a ton of points and the losers get 00.
That's not true. OK, Cameron.

(01:09:12):
It has something to do with bore.
I know that. I am just I am.
I'm fucking stumped on what her name I want to say.
It's like. Bore or something you.
Got to come up right now. You got to come up with an
answer. I already played the song.
Didn't you hear it? Matilda B or.
That is incorrect. 00 for the two of you, Alec.

(01:09:35):
I take it you know the answer. I know this one.
Her name is Sal Joan, which is areference to Dow Jones.
Dow Jones very good, like the Dow Jones industrial average.
The Dow Jones like it's like NASDAQ and Dow are like the two
big stock. All right, nice job, Alec.
We don't necessarily need to reveal our scores.

(01:09:56):
I think we just. Alec, how many points did you
end up with again? 44,803 plus some that I lost in
calculator look. I had 43,000.
I was fucking there. I'm sorry, Cameron.
I had the opportunity to ruin myclose.
One of my closest friends fucking live.
Damn. Hey, but you still made out with

(01:10:17):
the custody? Yeah, for SETI plushies.
You know what? You're right, Alec.
And I'll always have that over you.
You will. All right.
Well, Alec, you are the I. Gotta make sure that when you
come visit, I'm gonna hide it. You've paid.
Off all of your. Loans.
And here is the Royal Crown. Put it on your head.
Yay. Actually, in the original Animal
Crossing they build a golden statue of.

(01:10:38):
You. Oh.
Shut up, nerd. It's insane, actually.
I don't need any money because Ican just cut down trees and pull
weeds and fish. So you're.
Just like yeah, 44,000 bells is like barely.
Oh my God, you got her, Mitch. Rachel.
Is like. KK Slider.
And I, Rachel. How?

(01:10:59):
Do you fuck? You don't know.
You don't know his life. I.
Fucking judge him. Doesn't the guitar count his
clothes? It's blocking his music and.
Apparently donates it to children.
He's suspicious More. Than 100 songs like what?
Suspicious. He's the sole musician and.
Yeah, and you know what? He locks you in.
You can't do anything but listento him, That's sketchy.

(01:11:20):
You don't have to go up to him in the first exactly.
I don't, I choose not to. But if you do, you're trapped
for however many minutes his songs are.
He traps and forces you to watchthe credits.
Yeah, he's in Doc. He's like trying to brainwash
you. That's my theory.
All right gamers, thank you for listening to our show.

(01:11:40):
If you enjoyed your ride on Bus 1 today, we really appreciate it
if you told your friends about us.
Also, subscribing or dropping A5star rating in your podcast
player would be super helpful. We're on all social medias at
Bus 1 Trivia. That's at Bus 1 Trivia.
Don't forget to visit us on Instagram or Scroll down on

(01:12:01):
Spotify to answer the audience question.
Write us at High at bus1trivia.com or join our
Discord server. It's super fun and we play
trivia games and send memes. You'll like it, I guarantee it.
The link to join can be found atbus1trivia.com where you can
also check out our official. Merch.

(01:12:23):
Before we go, we'd like to thankVert for the use of our theme
song 5978, which is a certified banger and 1st.
I thought KK Slider wrote it, but really, Vert wrote it and
it's impressive. Nice job.
Thanks for writing Bus 1. We'll see you next week.