AC:NL Developers Encouraged All Members To Submit Ideas

[Zeiro]

"The minds behind Animal Crossing: New Leaf gave a wonderful presentation at the Game Developers Conference about how creating a diverse team ? nearly half of the group, led by co-director Aya Kyogoku, were women ? helped produce a super successful title with broad appeal. Nintendo has sold over 7.3 million copies, and around 18% of 3DS owners bought the game.

Along with promoting diversity in its team, the group encouraged all of its members to submit their ideas for what to include in New Leaf. That?s why some of the concept images for characters here looks like straight-up DeviantArt uploads. Shout-outs to that corner piece for the sectional sofa, though ? that joint changed the game, for real. No shout-outs to Pietro, the terrifying clown sheep. Get out of here, man."

Images via @Gamasutra and @Samuel_IGN

 

[Ami Mercury]

Platypus villagers!!!!

 

[Kildor]

That's great! I want shrimp villagers :3 did some one really DRAW MARSHAL? I mean,one day someone on the dev team was eating Marshmallows and was like,hey,why don't I create a SQUIRREL THAT LOOKS LIKE A MARSHMALLOW.Little did she know She would create the most popular and sought after villager.

 

[Sidewalk]

Give a raise to the person who created Molly ^_^

 

[Darumy]

I actually like Lucha a lot...8'D he's kinda neat. This is really neat.


/runs off to design a wolf villager based on Fenrir ehhehehehehe ahehhehae hae eaheaheeh aeehae

I wish though. I'd love to pitch for AC games @_@;

 

[krielle]

We really need bat villagers!

This is really interesting

I hope they'll do something like this if they ever come up with
another animal crossing game.

 

[Ami Mercury]

I actually like Lucha a lot...8'D he's kinda neat. This is really neat.


/runs off to design a wolf villager based on Fenrir ehhehehehehe ahehhehae hae eaheaheeh aeehae

I wish though. I'd love to pitch for AC games @_@;

Send Nintendo an E-mail with ideas!

 

[Stacie]

Here's a couple articles that I've seen about the panel if anyone else is interested.

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/03/19/animal-crossing-new-leaf-became-huge-hit/

http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/19/5526678/animal-crossing-new-leaf-diversity-aya-kyogoku

 

[Stevey Queen]

Aww this is cool. They should take consumer ideas for the next installment

 

[Yugi Moto]

Whoever encouraged the idea of pietro is one sick mother

 

[Shirohibiki]

Oh, so they actually listen to the fanbase? I wonder if they'll listen to us for the next game. Not to just art suggestions, however, but to mechanic changes. :I

Whoops my cynical side is showing

 

[Lurrdoc]

And suddenly I wish I could draw well.

I saw this on tumblr and am glad I'm seeing it here now.

 

[Stacie]

Oh, so they actually listen to the fanbase? I wonder if they'll listen to us for the next game. Not to just art suggestions, however, but to mechanic changes. :I

Whoops my cynical side is showing

They encouraged all STAFF members to submit ideas, not the fanbase.

 

[Ankhes]

Whoever encouraged the idea of pietro is one sick mother

Hah! I LOVE Pietro and am seeking him after tragically losing him.

I'd love hedgehog villagers, tho I don't know if they would turn out well design-wise. I had a pygmy hedgehog as a pet and adored him. He was adorable! I'm actually surprised they haven't tried turtles, tho perhaps that is because they have Tortimer and Kapp'n and his family in the game.

 

[Ami Mercury]

Hah! I LOVE Pietro and am seeking him after tragically losing him.

I'd love hedgehog villagers, tho I don't know if they would turn out well design-wise. I had a pygmy hedgehog as a pet and adored him. He was adorable! I'm actually surprised they haven't tried turtles, tho perhaps that is because they have Tortimer and Kapp'n and his family in the game.

Kapp'n isn't a turtle, he's a Kappa. And Tom Nook, Timmy, and Tommy aren't raccoons, they're tanookis, and Red is a Kitsune!

 

[Shirohibiki]

They encouraged all STAFF members to submit ideas, not the fanbase.

Oh, whoops. I just woke up, I wasn't reading properly haha

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Kapp'n isn't a turtle, he's a Kappa. And Tom Nook, Timmy, and Tommy aren't raccoons, they're tanookis, and Red is a Kitsune!

"Tanooki", while a folklore legend, is Japanese for raccoon, if I'm not mistaken. And kitsune is literally Japanese for fox.

 

[Ami Mercury]

Oh, whoops. I just woke up, I wasn't reading properly haha

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"Tanooki", while a folklore legend, is Japanese for raccoon, if I'm not mistaken. And kitsune is literally Japanese for fox.

Actually a tanooki is a real animal. It is often mistaken for a raccoon due to the similarities, but is a different animal, and Kitsune, is a mythical fox-like creature.

 

[Jarrad]

Members of what?

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Actually a tanooki is a real animal. It is often mistaken for a raccoon due to the similarities, but is a different animal, and Kitsune, is a mythical fox-like creature.

Please come again! Buy stuff, yes.

 

[Shirohibiki]

Members of what?

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Please come again! Buy stuff, yes.

Welp! Learn something new every day. Maybe I should go back to bed to get more rest to read properly haha ;p

 

[Stacie]

Members of what?

The entire development team for animal crossing new leaf.

Also a side note, tanukis are also called raccoon dogs, or even get directly translated as raccoon or badger, so that adds to the confusion on what they are too.