What normal things can you not see the same way after playing AC?

[elphieluvr]

I mean pretty much any time I see a fish or bug in real life I’m like, that’s worth 3,000 bells!

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I now think/ react in reactions. I need a reactions board for texting, but also for my real life emoting. (Send help, haha).

I also look at actual pictures of gardens and think about the layering and staging and how I could create a similar effect for my island.

plus I want to use my sewing skills to make villager plushies instead of clothing, quilts, and home items.

I’m so obsessed.

 

[Le Ham]

Mostly just bugs, fish and art. If it weren't for AC I wouldn't have the foggiest what a red snapper is, or a sea bass, or crawfish, etc. In fact, because AC was my first exposure to some creatures, I learned to call them by their AC names rather than by the names my local dialect assigns to them. Specifically, "pill bugs" are apparently called "roly-polies" where I live, and "crawfish" are instead called "crayfish."

In WW, Blathers was the first to inform me of the existence of the archaeopteryx, the dino-bird. My critterpedia at the time also informed me that cockroaches have been around for 300 million years. Terrifying.

NH specifically has taught me about the existence of hyacinths and windflowers. Recently I looked up cosmos and discovered they are not daisies, albeit somewhat related.

And this actually goes a little in reverse, but I took some art history classes early on in college and that knowledge has helped me identify a few real artworks without looking up the guide. I was so proud of myself...

 

[MapleSilver]

I can't look at pansy flowers without thinking of Animal Crossing because I never really saw them before playing.

Also whenever I hear a harmonica my mind is immediately flooded with thoughts of City Folk.

 

[Tinkeringbell]

We usually watch a show on Dutch television where three couples visit and judge each other's B&Bs. The furniture of the this couple immediately stood out to me. It's a bit of a dark/blurry screenshot, but it's the diner table, diner chair and box sofa, definitely! Which I guess also shows how well the furniture is actually designed in the game: It really does look like the 'real life' stuff!

Another one that's changed is that I realized this summer I'm way more attentive and noticing a lot more insects buzzing around outside. I even sometimes missed a net to capture them, and a museum to store them in

 

[Maenarak]

hahaha

 

[John Wick]

My wife said my bottle of testing strips (BSL blood sugar) was almost empty, and she'd get me one from the cupboard.

I'm playing the game and in my in-game house, and said: "Don't worry, I'll get one out of storage".

>..<

 

[Plume]

I used to think Easter was a fun holiday.

 

[Fye]

every time I see the word wildflowers my mind autocorrects it to windflowers

 

[GnarlyGarden]

Whenever I see a spider in my house, I hear the swoop of the big net. I wish. LOL.

Not AC, but when my kids were younger and playing SimCity, they would point out the zoning around town.

 

[MochiACNL]

Everytime I see a square present box I want to put a red ribbon and attach a balloon to it

 

[John Wick]

Whenever I see a spider in my house, I hear the swoop of the big net. I wish. LOL.

Not AC, but when my kids were younger and playing SimCity, they would point out the zoning around town.

Whenever I see a spider I look for two more for a model.

 

[Jassiii]

I'll see really cool places out in public and recreate it in my island-- peoples lawns, public gardens, cafes and outdoor seating areas to name a few

 

[Peach_Jam]

I definitely pay more attention to furniture details now! It's really cool, and I sometimes categorize them into the (limited) ac sets they would fit best into aha.
another thing is gardening! I recognize certain flowers immediately, like hyacinths cx also really like the look of cypress trees and hedges irl

 

[Corrie]

I notice people's lawns and backyards now. If I see one I like a lot, I'll think of ways to copy it into my game. My Mom's fav flower is a hydrangea so we have them on our front and all I picture is them in game.

 

[GothiqueBat]

As someone who's been playing animal crossing since wild world when I was 7 , I have an interest in bugs which I don't think I would have had otherwise- especially cicadas which I didn't actually realise we're not just made up in animal crossing until I visited France in summer for the first time. I also really love this game/anime called Higurashi which has a lot of cicadas in it and set in a small town and I really can't unrelate the show to animal crossing in my head because of that baha.

Also ANY building that looks EVEN SLIGHTLY like the museum from any of the games I point out to my sister if we're together. (I think she hates me now)

And citrus trees, especially in hot countries? I mean I know here in the UK there are citrus trees but the atmosphere of seeing fruit trees in hot countries some how really vibes in my head with animal crossing. -Like I was once visiting some gardens with a lemon tree and mind immediately went ahhhh just like animal crossing

 

[OiGuessWho]

I realised my some of my aunts flower's were Pink Cosmos. I just had to ask about taking one home so I could try irl gardening. I expected the rain to help grow them, but I learnt that heavy rain will do the same to a Cosmos as running through a flower patch in game I keep losing the flower petals.

 

[satine]

Watering cans, any sort of super famous art piece, raccoons (I know TN isn't a raccoon so nobody go off, he still looks like one tho), as well as like, any flower practically lmao.

 

[BigBadButterfree]

Those wooden swinging benches. Every time I see one I'm like "hey, I can make that in AC!"

 

[Biyaya]

Growing up — and even until now — if I recognize a bug or fish from in-game out in the real world, I'll think about how many bells I'd get for it if I caught it and sold it to Tom Nook.