weird concept art and early designs of every Animal Crossing game

[@Whimsykit]

That concept art looks like an 80s-90s cartoon

[@Azurill_111]

it reminds me of rocco’s modern life

[@GamingLord7156]

@@Azurill_111What Is That?

[@meowtownanditsstories]

@@GamingLord7156it’s a show look it up

[@michaelhorton8489]

That’s What I Thought!

[@Caprock64Draws]

​@@GamingLord7156YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ROCCO'S MODERN LIFE IS?!??

[@herodoesstuff]

i figure the gen 2 villager design being chosen for smash was because it was more iconic/recognizable

[@NumeroLetter]

That’s what I figured as well. Like when you scan that Amiibo in New Leaf, Wisp even mentions how noteworthy and famous he is and that he can’t bring him to town because he’s so busy. I found that to be a nice touch.

[@safebox36]

Technically that shopping street *is* a mall. That's what malls used to be and still are in some countries; long outdoor streets of just different shops for people to walk along. Sometimes called a promenade or a pedestrian mall.

[@benamisai-kham5892]

In America we have some similar remaining places we call "outlet malls" that are outdoors storefront mall areas (there's specific ones like Tanger Outlets) though, I'm sure they're more regional than I realize. But in Washington DC they still have a huge walk path mall (no shops just a long walking road almost like a park) We also have "strip malls" which are just long rows of stores slammed together in a long lot.

[@vanalibra]

Over here in Germany, but I think it’s a thing in a lot of European countries, most cities have a city center with at least one, if not multiple shopping streets. We do have indoor malls, but the central part is where you usually find these promenades of shops. Add to that the fact that it’s often the exact part of the city with the most really old buildings („Altstadt“), with architecture from the Middle Ages up to early 20th century. So the street in New Leaf, or the city in City folk, do look like how cities look over here.

[@josiahgilmour]

18:38 I believe that little creature is Princess Kaguya from "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." The story is pretty famous in Japan, partly for being the oldest extant literary work in Monogatari form

[@nikokat]

this video made me have even more respect towards ACNH, the attention to detail is massive and the concept art and ideas they had for the game are simply fascinating

[@ignatiousmary8413]

I really like the town concept art for Animal Crossing New Leaf. It looks bigger than what we see in the game.

[@Pehmokettu]

6:05 the small yellow statue looks like a raccoon/tanuki to me. In Japan many businesses have tanuki statue bringing good luck and Tom Nook himself represents that.

[@lajenehuen260]

I think it also looks like a Maneki Neko (one of those cat statues with the moving paw)

[@f0xxyb0xxes88]

I really appreciate all the details they put into new horizons. Makes me appreciate the game a lot more now. They took the time to put thought and care into objects which now kinda makes sense in terms of the gameplay now. They focused more on the interaction with the environment as opposed to other things.

[@Jo.j.13-l9v]

No thy makes me kinda upset. It robly took them a day to make te fn the right height when they could've instead added more dialogue

[@rune2O2O]

The first and second games art direction had a cute folk art charm that was seen especially in promotional material and UI. Very whimsical and unique. Seems too be lost in New Horizons in favor of minimalism or relatability.

[@samurailevi49]

Old Blathers looks like a male Celeste and I’m living for it.

[@stardust_1078]

Same

[@iamapie13]

That 3d texture you talked about is called a Height Map, most modern games rely on Height maps to reduce the amount of polygons in a model for better performance. There technically still is a height map on the grass in the final version, it's just used differently, in still night pictures you can see the grass is lit like there's slight hills and slopes, that's done by the height map. Even New Leaf uses height maps throughout the whole game

[@MrBells-un5ly]

As someone who still likes New Leaf over New Horizons, I really hope NH was just a big tech demo and that the next AC game will just blow everyone’s minds. The potential is unreal

[@lemonlime79]

Imagine if back then, Nintendo worked with Disney to make an animated Animal Crossing movie, with the concept art looking so cute and cartoony it could’ve worked.

[@Whimsykit]

Well there was an animal crossing animated movie released only in japan but it was more of an anime style and wasnt disney

[@KPlays000]

Fr

[@lynchzchiller1416]

The art looks more like looney tunes to me 😅

[@kokotiger1313]

The art style reminds me more of old school care bears or looney tunes rather than Disney

[@safebox36]

Those early guard concepts remind me of Cooper and Booker, maybe they liked the idea enough to bring it back.

[@Padgriffin]

17:02 “French bread” might be a mistranslation of “baguette”?

[@Mirahasascended]

Yes, i love eating *French bread*

[@dreambeast759]

No, a baguette don't look like this, I think they refer to the traditional bread shape

[@ShiningSakura]

That statue that looks yellow gold in the concept art for tom nooks place at 6:10 .... its a golden tanuki statue with the classic pale stomach and leaf on its head (the leaf is said to help the tanuki transform so thats why its on its head). Those appear outside of shops and restaurants in japan, although they usually have a hat on and leave nothing to the imagination on the gender.... being a children's game, they decided to tone it down a bit.

[@vanillamilkbread]

god, the new horizons concept art and planning is so so cool…

[@baileywalker2478]

Rocket Elijah should do a Animal Crossing iceberg

[@aj_404]

if he did that i would actually die happy elijah is one of my fav informational ac youtubers and i still have yet to see a good and filling ac iceberg video

[@baileywalker2478]

@@aj_404 This guy gets it😊

[@princkleminckle1159]

with mayor mori collab 👀👀

[@unusually.crossing]

15:42 Audie looks SO ADORABLE in this concept art. On the other hand Chief looks like Bugs Bunny at 15:52 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@thriftyprincess4884]

Those soldiers kind of make a return in the outfits of Copper and Booker at the gate!

[@roadtripwarrior]

kinda felt like clickbait i dont feel like the thumbnail really showed what this video would be about i was lead to believe this would be like some really early dev stuff.

[@kierenbuckley370]

I am so ready for the next Animal Crossing game I hope its not another 7 year wait (8 years for Japan) or worse longer

[@J_Games_And_More7216]

The prototypes look like they could have been in strawberry shortcake maybe the art style was inspired by that

[@sillymizu]

Just so you know i have found your channel about a month ago and i’ve been binge watching every animal crossing content thank you for actively making some still because it’s my special interest 😸 I love your videos

[@John-gj7fv]

I actully likr the origonal type of humans

[@ExtremeWreck]

They look like they came from an unreleased 90s reboot of Sylvanian Families that tried to be more like Tiny Toon Adventures & Animaniacs, but instead ends up being an edgier Wacky Wack Wack World of Tex Avery.

[@elena_eleen]

Wake up babe new Rocket Elijah video just dropped (Seriously Elijah your videos slap and I'm always interested and intrigued by the topics you cover)

[@Waffleishere1]

4:58 I think it is supposed to represent your town

[@JadenYukifan28]

I'm surprised you showed a short clip from the Animal Crossing parody horoor game called "Animal Harvest".

[@thegoodiegames6595]

Good job Elijah! Great vid!

[@Makithe2nd]

The early design from Blathers looks like Celeste's eyes, his sister

[@SofiaPreCure]

I like those adorable designs they don't look cursed

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Please more videos like this there amazing

[@fondajames]

The bamboo shoot "creature" is Princess Kaguya lol

[@Goopy731]

Shaki has a striking resemblance to Caroline tbh.

[@KaitlynDraws]

The Wile-E Coyote one 😭

[@sakurasketches]

Thank you for this video, I enjoyed watching ^^

[@anaolari542]

Chief is so cute

[@elizabethhernandez1456]

Wisp's concept art looks like a Boo

[@ughtheo5578]

new days 100 leaf

[@TheUltimate_ducknerd]

Love it

[@ZIPPYZAC13]

he's slowed down his video sharing because of him probably making 100 days acnl

[@Pink-Lemons]

I see why they chose to use animals now.

[@gelatinousfrog]

This concept arts are everywhere, just like my mind 🤣🤣🤣

[@MayIGaming]

Hello fellow humans

[@Jg_23_12]

You are so funny...

[@yakuu7064]

Why hello, fellow earthling

[@John-gj7fv]

Goodbye

[@MayIGaming]

@@Jg_23_12 Thank you human :D

[@MayIGaming]

@@John-gj7fv Why goodbye human?

[@MaglikNSS]

U should collab with hunter r

[@LeScarletSinger2]

I found a teaser poster for the movie back in the day that had drastically different designs for the characters, and even had unscrupulously replaced a character being Margie who replaced Lucy. I can link the image, if you want.

[@Yawunik]

tom can get it

[@phelpsfilchat]

Rocket Elijah confirmed not a furry

[@emmafr1edman]

Well that explains why new leaf was so great… a woman directed it!

[@SykoMuffin]

Lol based

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Hi

[@Fact_For_The_Blue]

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[@CardboardBox8]

*insert funny comment here because I can’t decide what would be the best comment*

[@LateNightWendigo]

>interesting topic >unbearable narrator I cri

[@visualsituation]

I wish there was an option to play as the og shorter character, i think the taller one in New Leaf is uglier. I like the game better than Wild World, but i wish there was an option to change the graphics back to a more primitive design lol. Like how u can switch your head with your mii for some reason.

[@ACN617]

We don't see Digby because Isabelle is disgustingly overrated.