Romance in Animal Crossing?

[Stalfos]

Wouldn't it be neat, though, if like Beardo and Maple got married and you were invited to the wedding? Maybe even be best man or something? Man, I would cry my eyes out.

Yep, I'm just a hopeless romantic.

 

[Splinter]

I've had sexual relations with all my animal friends.

 

[effluo]

I think it would be cute if the villagers had relationships.

I'd like to see Chief and Skye on a coffee date at brewster's or something similar.

They would sit on benches together or hold hands and go on museum dates.

I think it'd be funny. But I don't really want to date any villager. The harmless flirting from the smugs is enough. ^^

 

[Ankhes]

I like the game as it is. But the question and remarks by the OP was the OPTION. People telling others what they cannot or should not have is what is creepy to me. Hence the OPTION.

Personally, I don't care one way or another what the creators of a game wish to do. If they want to give players the option I would be fine with it. Nobody would force a gun to someone else's head to take said option. But telling other people they should not even have an option is extremely and uncomfortably oppressive to me. I don't want, nor should anyone, tell me how I should play, if I were given options to play otherwise.

To me it is absolutely no different than romances in the Baldur's Gate Universe. Nobody is forcing anybody else to play the romance path. But for those who want it, why shouldn't they be given the choice? Who is anybody to say that they CANNOT have it?

That said, AC is a very different Universe. I would not play a "romance" myself, but I certainly wouldn't deny someone else the opportunity to do so if that were their choice.

 

[SliceAndDice]

Oh Gosh no. I don't want Animal Crossing to be a F*pfest for Furries...
It would be kind of cute if the villagers could have something like a relationship but NOT with the Mayor. I don't care if they act like humans, they still look like animals to me, so no thanks.

Beardo and Maple though, really?! ^ This image disturbs me greatly...

 

[kittie885]

There's the problem right there. In this society when people think "romance" they automatically think "sex", which is not right. Sex doesn't have to be a part of romance, or even involved for people to love each other. A good example is of the mailman Pete and his romance with whats-her-name in the post office that runs the night shift. They clearly have a romance but it is all pg and innocent. (and needless to say most AC players i've ever talked to have loved that part of the game!) I am pretty sure Kappn who ferries you across to the island is romantic with his wife as well, he always sings about his romance with her. Most if not all Disney movies also involve romance.

That being said, I would love to see more romance and silly drama between other and more villagers and while I have no problem with the same kind of pg, innocent romance between a villager and my character I think the game is geared toward children/a younger audience too much for that to take place without changing the game itself.

I'm rather disappointed and a little grossed out/disgusted by those who hear romance and think "going down on", "F*pfest " or "doing". Sadface.

 

[SliceAndDice]

^ You are either very young or live in a very different world that I don't quite understand. Loving someone has nothing to do with sex, sure, but romance is something completely different, no?

 

[Miley]

I think the game is fine the way it is for the most part

I mean it's a KIDS game and I don't think parents would like their child to marry a chicken or an aligator.

Personally, I don't really.. "support" the furry lifestyle but I'm respectful and mindful of it.

However, I think marriage between the animals themselves would be a neat idea.
Especially considering 80% of my villagers talk about another villager with romantic implications
Ex:
Scoot and Molly in my village act like they're a couple (even though the game codes it so animals interact with themselves at random)

 

[SliceAndDice]

Does anyone remember the game "Enchanted Folks: School Of Wizardry?"
I had this for the DS when I was younger and you could actually date the animal villagers there. I remember my boyfriend being a chubby penguin. xD It was all very innocent really but it still rubbed me the wrong way somehow and I didn't play it for too long.

 

[mayorseraphina]

I think that being roommates with your villagers would be an awesome idea, and a side series where you can be an animal villager is ingenious, but since the game is 3+, even if nothing sexual is involved it is still a 3+ game, and I'm not sure a three year old would get the point of a game where the person falls in love with a cat, dog, etc. I think it might put the wrong thoughts into children's heads. I don't mind villagers having a bit of romance though, although marriage and children are a bit too much in my opinion.

All in all:-
Roommates - Yes
Being an Animal - Yes
Having Children - No
Getting Married - No
Villagers Romance? - Yes, but only as far as a bit of flirting, etc.

 

[Aizu]

In-game romance would be really cute, cos...who wouldn't want to marry Marshal?（≧∇≦）(just kidding, just kidding....well....)

 

[Gummysaur]

it's not happening. AC is marketed to younger kids who still think the opposite gender has cooties. xD

 

[xxLollyxx]

it's not happening. AC is marketed to younger kids who still think the opposite gender has cooties. xD

cooties??? Do kids even say that anymore? Lol. I go to an elementary school everyday and the children talk about the funniest things but never talk about cooties.

Well I honestly don't know how I feel about the mayor being in a relationship with an animal. A romance feature doesn't necessarily mean sex, but I guess for some it does or the idea would eventually come up as time goes along. It wouldn't for me...despite being 20 lol. I think before the mayor gets into a relationship, we should worry about the villagers. I want to see the villagers be in relationships with each other. It would be the CUTEST thing and I'd also be super interested to see oddball couples that make it work.

 

[AGentleman]

I bet furries would love it if this were implemented lol.

Personally I don't like the idea though, it just feels inappropriate. And this is a kids game after all, even though people of all ages play it. I'm sure parents wouldnt like the concept of bestiality in the series (I know this wouldnt exactly have anything to do with zoophilia since the animals are anthropomorphic and possess human intelligence but still). I'm fine with the smugs hitting on you at times but even then I don't feel like adding that was necessary. And no, I wouldn't be alright with the idea even if you were able to be one of the animals. The fact that you're the only human living amongst the animals is one thing I like about the series, that you're the oddity. There are other games out there if you want to play a life-simulation genre with romance.

I would, however, enjoy being able to have an animal become your roommate. Especially if that would free up a spot in your town and allow more to move in lol.

 

[Marina The Queena]

Magician's Quest did this (a game very similar in many ways to Animal crossing, kind of a knock off of AC) My boyfriend was a white cat named Anson and I was human. It was kinda weird but other than him talking to me a lot and us standing on a seaside cliff looking at stars, there was nothing relationship-y about it. lol IO used to think, "What a lame boyfriend. We never go out and do anything."

But I doubt that's a road AC wants to go down. I imagine that my neighbors have relationships tho, cause sometimes they act weird together. lol

 

[Yuki Nagato]

It doesn't fit the animal crossing series.. we do kind of have hints anyway. Like ' Kiki and Cobb have been spending a lot of time together recently.. '

 

[LaceGloves]

I don't quite agree with the romance idea, but I love the roommate one

 

[Ankhes]

I love the roommate idea. Well, until they start changing stuff, selling my stuff at Re-Tail... Unless that could somehow be totally controlled by the player we'd have tons of threads with people upset at their roomies changing stuff around. Lol!

 

[Punchyleaf]

Eh, I don't really fancy having to explain to my daughter why she can have an animal boyfriend in game but not real life. There's enough tones of beastiality in the media now a days. I would hope that Ac keeps it out of it as well.

 

[juneau]

I like the idea of a platonic friendship with no romantic overtones, that's cuter to me than having the animals date each other. They can do a lot more with friendships right now as it is, like that roommate idea suggested, having coffee, shopping, taking walks together. These are all things good friends can enjoy, there's absolutely no need to bring romance into it.