nintendo forgot about these animal crossing characters

Remember some of the classic aninmal crossing characters? Why weren't they included in animal crossing new horizons? Who all got left behind? Let's look.

[@brendancerone4726]

Having Pelly, Phyllis, and Pete reduced to a terminal and a postcard rack has got to be one of the saddest downgrades in the history of animal crossing

[@jaredarenas7542]

The worst part is that I never saw anyone complain about how their existence was too tedious in past games and that they needed to be removed. If anything, people complain about them *not* being included in New Horizons. They easily could've been added in a separate room in the airport so people can send their mail to villagers and friends

[@vanyadolly]

They could have just made Pete the pilot! Or put in an extra chair for Pelly and Phyllis. Smh...

[@oscarflores-jb8lr]

3:06

[@neobowser3221]

iirc Phyllis actually said that she would love if her job could be replaced by an auto mail sorter

[@ember9361]

@@neobowser3221 yes, well, unfortunately for her, we enjoy her presence and petty attitude

[@gunbladelad7772]

For Frillard, I'm pretty sure there's a very rare line from Shrunk in New Leaf where he mentions his "old mentor" who's no longer around - which strongly suggests he was no longer alive.

[@coatimundi69]

okay well now i feel bad for not laughing at his jokes

[@giggymuun]

@@coatimundi69they were meant to not be funny!

[@aidy_crossing]

I would literally pay anything, just to have Phyllis, Pelly & Pete back in my game 😭💐✨

[@yureii64]

their amiibo cards allow them to come back to new horizons tho, as well as gracie, resetti, and digby

[@Steph_PeachKoopa]

Same

[@Steph_PeachKoopa]

​@@yureii64but without Functionallity

[@yureii64]

@@Steph_PeachKoopa wdym?

[@Steph_PeachKoopa]

@@yureii64 yeah only for taking pictures of them and getting their poster

[@DisneyMatthewSkunk]

Its kinda ironic how many characters Wilbur and Orville killed off since they're an extinct species

[@tAiLzMii]

The dodos cut Beppe, Giovanni, Carlo, Copper, Booker, Porter, Pelly, Pete, Phyllis and Kappn's family

[@IsAName1]

Getting revenge

[@vanyadolly]

I still can't believe they didn't add Digby to HHP. Why introduce so many new characters when they knew fans were waiting for the old ones? Even in New Leaf the poor guy was just standing out in the rain day and night 😭

[@dreemurrreborn9782]

EXACTLY!! I find it really confusing how Nintendo decided to bring back Lyle and Lottie but not Digby. He was done dirty. Justice for Digby❤

[@josei1624]

I think espiecally because with the prmise that you could "build your own town" people expected that they could pick you know where the post office etc would go only for there to only be the really basic houses. But I think they were afraid to limit certain stuff to shops again, like mail or hairstyles

[@BroadwayBee1998]

ACNH should have brought back tortermer's island. I would have fit so perfect. I miss playing the mini games with friends

[@mintpanda1]

aa, for real, the minigames and the island were the best

[@Twinklethefox9022]

I was never able to play the mini games with friends in new leaf as I could hardly connect with the friend I currently have (the only one who plays animal crossing) but I do think it would be a fun way of connecting. Still new leaf also had its issues and I solved a major one for me by buying the new 3ds so I don't have to worry about villagers leaving without me knowing. It may not sound like a big deal but, I spent hours time traveling for certain villagers and then, finding out they just left when, I've been talking to them every day is crushing. Now I have that and a way to use amibos in new leaf.

[@L0rdOfThePies]

I loved to play the minigames by myself lol, i sometimes put the music on and it helps me do work fast somehow lolll

[@moonamoonz]

I'm sure Nintendo removed characters like Joan, Nat and Chips simply because they did not fit the "cute" aesthetic Animal Crossing is now known for, just look how they were replaced with cute young looking characters. Its rather sad.

[@chrisg7636]

I like Chip more then CJ. Watching him eat my fish all the time was just fun. Cj is just boring.

[@a_naotenhonome780]

Exactly what i thought, its kinda frustrating to see Nintendo changing iconic parts of animal crossing just to fit to the more mainstream cuteness, since it just removes a lot of the diverse and unique character designs and even personality to just be cute and friendly

[@CanteLizzie]

I loved Blanca SO MUCH as a kid. It was so fun trying to draw the weirdest face possible.

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Yeah. I was going to say I understand why she wasn't in new horizons but then I remembered they gave her a completely different role during the April fools event in new leaf. Plus, it's a handy way of earning villagers pics from villagers that aren't quite close to you yet.

[@tanasiascott]

we deserved gracie and her store, she always made me feel so official as a child

[@skittycecil9786]

If you go to Harv’s island in the fall, sometimes Tortimer will be wearing the Cornimer mask, implying that they are one and the same.

[@morgs.g]

I miss Digby so much 😭

[@DraftyDaftyHubertOHare]

I miss Shrunk so much in NH, and subsequently miss Frillard. Same with the old bug-off and fishing tourney hosts, should’ve had flick and CJ be random visitors but kept Chip and Nat for the tourneys themselves

[@wonderlandzer0]

I genuinely still don't understand why New Horizons made so many characters cuts :/ its really really sad

[@finniganroverfield1753]

its kinda a bummer you dont see Rover alot anymore, itd be actually cool if you could have him as a villager.

[@nxni4402]

Maybe one day, there will be an Animal Crossing game that will have every single character including the characters that Nintendo forgot. Who’s knows when. We’ll just have to wait and see for ourselves.

[@IdentifiantE.S]

Maybe on the next console 🤞

[@Shosholegbt]

@@IdentifiantE.Smaybe next year if we pray god and sacrifice 10 innocent kids Yes it’s worthy

[@moonamoonz]

I really wish Rover had more participations on AC games, i always wanted him to have his own events so he would visit the island and see how the player is doing.

[@atomicbomb234]

I miss the obscure NPCs like Wendell and Phineas.....Phineas I'm SUPER confused about sense....his scout badges would've been PERFECT for new horizons somehow...even if it was just 5 or 10 badges they still could've made Phineas work....Heck they honestly could've made most the NPCs work in the game if they just.....put more effort about it? Not saying that to be mean but there's so many left ot NPCS that easily fit in with New Horizons island theme that are just gone or NPCs that can still work with new horizons if they just thought about it some more-- Edit: also ID LOVE TO SEE THE OK MOTORS TRIO IN MAINLINE GAMES and Bring Blanca back 202k--something...

[@samanthabravo4012]

i hate thinking that some characters got replaced and i just like to think they retired and their family took over like in the case of joan and daisy mae. like cj and flick are related to chip and nat. i just want to draw connections and keep the family involved instead of thinking they got cut entirely. keeps things hopeful that way almost lol

[@Twinklethefox9022]

It's actually pretty wholesome if you're lucky to get either one of their cards (chip or nat) they'll invite the other and then talk about how proud they are of their sons. Strangely though, they are still being used for tourneys in pocket camp from time to time. Like this event. Nat is the host and Chip was in charge of the fishing event.

[@aquasp102]

Gracie not being in New Horizons was honestly pretty disappointing to me. Even if her clothes and furniture were very expensive in the older games, many of the things she sold were my personal favorite clothes and furniture sets, especially the Gracie clothing set itself, so said items being expensive was honestly worth the extra effort to try and get them in my opinion.

[@haleyadams731]

I miss the Princess set and having to clean her car in the original 😢

[@CuteZi]

I mean, Frillard is probably dead at this point lol. He's pretty old

[@Dutchyuri]

I miss street pass

[@IdentifiantE.S]

It was so funny ! 🥲

[@walkervinshorts7268]

It still works but I only got 4 tags in a link between worlds

[@verierii]

Rip streetpass

[@TheTrueSunflower]

I think resetti should come back. I always thought he was so funny when he yelled at me in city folk

[@leoluna7412]

I used to hide in the other room every time my brother opened City Folk for fear of Resetti 😅 But it means I have rather fond memories of him. Or I guess he’s nostalgic. Either way, I miss him a lot.

[@LadyJayne2102]

Ye, I believe he was Taken Away For Scaring The Children

[@leoluna7412]

@@LadyJayne2102Indeed he was. Rocket Elijah talks about the whole situation in his mean villagers video.

[@LadyJayne2102]

@@leoluna7412 Oh

[@TheTrueSunflower]

@@LadyJayne2102 Yeah, he even pretended to reset your town, happened to me once, and it scared me and made me cry :(

[@NewAgeLink]

What about the villagers you got for scanning Zelda and Splatoon Amiibo in New Leaf? As far as I know they are not in New Horizons, I would have loved to see them again.

[@mintpanda1]

same! wolf link was my favorite!

[@tanasiascott]

@@mintpanda1OMG! wolf link! i was way younger so i didn’t even know

[@myreadingisodd]

I still also think Celeste could easily have a spot in the museum across from the cafe

[@user-2023CatNior]

I would like to see Gracie and her shop return, i loved her shop in New Leaf and would save Bells just to by stuff from her!

[@zelduhhhhh]

to be fair with Rover, we only saw him once usually so I think his appearance in acnh is pretty nice. we get to see him once a year which is more than we got with other games

[@Twinklethefox9022]

At least joan, Chip, and Nat got replced by by their relatives so it hurts less. Plus i wish gracie was added to maybe change the colors of clothes. I don't care if it made no sense logically, its annoying to only have one color of the shell dress and the able sisters refuse to sell the other colors. Like come on. And i also wish Reese would give you diys (minus the ones Celeste gives you) that you dont have as, the game loves to give you ones you already know to "share" with others. Which is annoying if you can't do that or don't know anyone to give them too. Why couldn't they just have it where new diys take priority over ones you already know? And in the dlc, your cook will give you new recipes first and then after you have them all, it will then repeat. Why couldn't they do it for the main diys?!? Like I'm pretty sure I'm only missing a gold rose wreath and i can't get them because my villagers keep giving me the same thing over and over and then, be surprised that i already knew it. They could have had Reese be the one to fix this. But no.

[@melvinlovesyou_]

he failed to mention HARRIET. ik shes at harvs island, but the fact her entire career was first replaced by a MIRROR was heartbreaking to think about. she does still give unique hairstyles for everyday you visit her, but once you have them all, she essentially does nothing for the rest of the game.

[@doodlezap9626]

I'm alright with the characters cut from New Horizons, it's nice to think that they've gotten a chance to retire and settle down. I personally just really miss Pelly Phyllis and Pete. I'm sure an island souvenir post card station in the museum would've been nice :(

[@myreadingisodd]

All of this is why I’m convinced the release of NH was rushed. There needs to be at least 2 more shops, a post office and an upgrade to nooks.

[@chrisg7636]

I weirdly miss washing Gracie's car and I don't like dealing with the 3rd able sister. I ignore her every time she comes to my island. I miss all of the old characters. They had so much personality. You know who would be fun too. Copper and Buster. They were just funny. Resetti was my boy. Definitely miss the post office characters. We should at least be able to visit them.

[@angelpudding3351]

I would absolutely love for kappns family to return!!! They gave tortimers island so much personality, really id like to see tortimers island as a concept return, i miss all of new leafs minigames qwq

[@Amphibey0nd]

id love to see all my favorite forgotten boiz back in the game. but tbh in new leaf I got SO EXCITED every time i saw Phineas because I knew the badge man would give me a badge uwu

[@soph7167]

I miss Digby from when I used to play happy home designer :,)

[@eeveefennecfox]

I hate that nintendo forgotten all of these characters

[@statesminds]

I literally somehow replaced my memory thinking Rover greeted you on the airplane to the island in New Horizons lmao. I guess I thought he should have so hard I made in reality in my head😂

[@midnight1978]

It's sad how many interesting Characters New Horizons cut out. Sure, the game wanted you to focuse on building stuff yourself but that gets old pretty fast. I rather want to visit a shop every day and being excited about new Items I haven't seen before, giving my whole bells for it. or just wanna interact with interesting Characters instead of being at home, crafting the same fishing rod over and over again

[@LoopzyDoodle]

as mych as i want phyllis, pete & pelly back.. i miss having gracie to tell me how ugly i am

[@CharmCityGamer]

Gotta bring back the homegirl Pelly, maybe not working post office has mellowed Phyllis.

[@23lucie]

In the roost Digby mentions working at an academy and the academy is actually the Happy Home-Room Academy from pocket camp where he’s one of the judges, so if you want more Digby then he is in pocket camp, not a big role but he’s there! Another thing is that Pete is still the postman in pocket camp as well

[@dreemurrreborn9782]

It really doesn’t make sense of how the happy home paradise cut Digby off and replaced him with a monkey. I mean Niko’s cute but like he wasn’t the before and Digby was there way before him and Lottie and Lyle are still there so why isn’t Digby there?

[@surrealfantasy1554]

new horizons is just so empty feeling and i believe it's because of the lack of focus on the actual characters in the game. reducing them to cameos or just mentions, its ridiculous. They didn't even go about making new characters to "replace" most of them. Besides Daisy Mae and the other kids.... It goes to show how much content has actually been removed from the game.

[@Maplestar013]

I miss Rover so much, he was my favorite character

[@coryzakowsky3651]

In tortimers boat you can see a picture of his family

[@marafissy6633]

i think about digby all the time

[@HelieNerb]

0:16 lol it cracks me up every time you use this clip of this French acnh commercial in your videos, it’s a cringy ad with a pretty famous tv show host lol (the guy with white hair)

[@roymustangsgirl007]

Okay, but you can' be sad about CJ and Flick, their dads are so proud of him....

[@moonamoonz]

What the hell.

[@Sparkle8205]

Meanwhile, Meow, Bow, and Tarou from Doubutsu no Mori E+: 💀 They’re three of my many favorite villagers, and i’m so sad they got pretty much erased after E+

[@RoyaleMusical]

kappns family should’ve gone in the museum across from the cafe, it could be like a souvenir store

[@empaathyyy]

this is so random but like, i feel like i have a attachment to rover and digby, like i just wanna protect them 😭

[@potatotomato11]

I miss Katie but I still see her from time to time in pocket camp

[@tAiLzMii]

Give Rover a bigger role in ACNH! I love Rover

[@plattyppus]

In the official animal crossing manga, どうぶつの森　ホヒンダ村だより, corniner is indeed tortimer in a mask

[@Thatnerdyfella]

I just repurchased a switch just too revisit and replay animal crossing as here lately I’ve been in such a acnh binge. But after doing so much watching of how new leaf was, city folk, and the very first game, makes me want to purchase a GameCube, a DS, and a Wii again to play those that I have never played. I’ve been interested in all the characters and the lore, and dark theories to the franchise. I’ve gone down such a rabbit hole here. Lol

[@KatOwO2235]

you forgot about Meow and Bow from Animal Forest E+, Meow sort of returned unofficially using a New Horizons mod, anyway I wanna see Meow and Serena return so they can be alongside my other favourites like Mitzi and Rosie and even Tabby, yes, I see adorableness behind Tabby's face, she's a sweetheart so don't judge her face

[@lizwisecarver1756]

Oh I always loved Rover! 💙

[@WhatIsTomeeDoingNow]

I really liked Frillard’s design! The little flags moving was such a cute animation choice. I hope he’s not dead…

[@DrFibee]

They did my boy Rover dirty, HE HAD MORE SCREEN TIME IN MARIO MAKER 1 THEN NEW HORIZONS. AND IN CITY FOLK HE WAS AT LEAST THE SAVE FILE GOD WHEN HE WASN'T IN THE INTRO.

[@rrrr0binn]

im so annoyed about kappn's family. i was so annoyed, in fact, that i scanned in his amiibo so i could have him and his family on my happy home paradise so i can go visit them. i did the same with joan (and daisy mae), and with wendell, and phineas..

[@ILikeBird802]

My friend bought the digby amibo card because they thought it would let digby to be on their island as a villager Do I tell them

[@michimashmunch]

“Omnipresent” Rover was my favorite 🤩

[@connieforverx]

5:12 off topic but maple looking cute AS ALWAYSS

[@StarryScribbles]

I remember in To the City (City Folk for yall non aussies) I had the guidebook of the game and always wanted to unlock Serena, For ages she's been my favourite Animal Crossing character even though I never unlocked her (Cause I was too young and dumb to know how to unlock the fountain in my town lol), so it's sad to see that she only showed up in that one game...

[@chloeadams6012]

Love your videos!

[@Wallnut256]

Something they could have done was they could have had Beppe Carlo and Giovanni could have designed a trailer for you to sell stuff on Harv’s Island

[@MayMayRosa10]

3:06 Holy crap, i just realised Gracie is on my New Horizons pencilcase 💀

[@lazyblastoise9077]

Digby also shows up when you scan the Lloyd amiibo at the roost with Lottie and isabelle

[@GPGames260]

This is weird but the part where the villager is hitting the rock by the dump. It’s the exact same layout as my town only the grass is different. I thought it was footage from my ACGC gameplay lol

[@saracopen7128]

I’d like to see the mail pelicans and Gracie grace back in future titles

[@Bobblehead-nz9cn]

I've never heard of cornimer there is a island mini game where you bonk an acorn with a face on a RC car with a toy hammer tho

[@floproro4]

It made me so sad 😭 but at least I have a Digby amiibo so I can invite him to the roost lol

[@ashmenser7959]

The island in new horizons is so big, I would have loved to see more buildings. Being able to build up a whole city district and customize it would have been amazing. Even if you wanna say that it’ll ruin the deserted island feel, you could at least bring back the post office. And yeah, put Digby in the DLC

[@PFGFrankly]

Resettie used to have a very important role. Telling to player no resenting. And new horizon have auto save so resetting is not needed

[@OGLordSheep78]

We need ALL of them!!!! Somehow….

[@renher9]

Gracie Grace. I love collecting her expensive clothes and furniture. I hope they bring her back. Maybe selling Gracie original purses and bags.

[@Leo-kx4ek]

tHonestly now that you mentioned it, the mystery island update is kind of underwhelming. It feels like people mostly forgot about it except for the gyroids but really, that's all there is. Kappns family would have been so great to see, just in general Acnh left so many characters out of the game... When thinking about the old games and characters, acnh feels almost empty to some degree

[@I_dont_really_know_anymore_lol]

THE DODO BOIS

[@LD-hs9iv]

Honestly watching this just makes me want to play New Leaf again BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE MY 3DS IS 😢

[@tanasiascott]

i spent most of my animal crossing new leaf days on tortimers island

[@CuppaTeaM8]

Digby my beloved

[@raileychu]

Also justice for Champ! Bring my boy back!

[@kyrak5300]

Why April Fool's day was replaced with a whoopie cushion, I will never begin to understand.

[@Princess0fTwilight83]

You're the entire reason why I got NH

[@2LoopMk]

I miss my boi Pete

[@dharmamoon2024]

Pelly needs to come back and work the night shift.

[@mizukisoups]

Frillard is adorable ♡

[@HannahandCailinLoesch]

Wendell 😭💜

[@teapartycrow5377]

I miss resettie for the game cube animal crossing

[@synthwavedaddy]

I wish we can see all the characters in one game again. Maybe... Animal Crossing Racing? (I am only joking but a guy can dream right?)

[@XIAOYXD]

I remember shrunk from the Og happy home academy, and new leaf..

[@ME-kr7sm]

i love your videos

[@ducky19991]

Gracie my beloved 😭🦒

[@elena4237]

I want gracie back with all the furniture and clothes😭😭

[@Sakura-Neko_nyaaa]

Resetti is still in game he works for rescue services wendell is still in game too he explores the dream world u just need to find him natt still exists the bug off celeste visits at night but i have seen pete b4 but it was rare

[@TheTrueSunflower]

I love your videos! I subscribed :)

[@lobbydocelinho]

One day in happy home paradise island i have a short class with NET i supose we have a huge old caracters interacts easter eggs

[@rufust33333333333333]

No Nintendo makes it now that they aren't deleted but amiibo only and yes some amiibo are on Japaneese amiibo cards only so ya

[@elizabethjablonowski1169]

dammm wilber taking everyones job

[@KyngTimmy]

I miss my favorite guy Digby!

[@kitty_cinnamonCrossing]

Frillard probably passed sometime around but im not sure if its true