Animal Crossing is pure cosiness. Without much stress, you can do relaxing things in the life simulation, such as collecting beetles, fish, paintings, etc. If, on the other hand, you would rather let your creativity run wild, you can do so by decorating your own house or an entire island like in the latest spin-offmake.
But what if the comfort is just a facade to distract you?
Fan theory is that humans are dying out and animals are ogling them like they're in a zoo enclosure
On Tumblr, user silverjirachi shares a theory he or she has heard before:
That's what it's about:In the world of Animal Crossing, humans are on the verge of extinction, according to this fun theory. That's why animals in powerful positions have thought about how best to preserve the species. As a solution to the problem, the animals confine them to the villages or islands where the games take place.
How do you best take care of people? The solution is clear for the animals: give them the numerous, seemingly meaningless tasks that you can do in Animal Crossing. So that the reward center in the brain kicks in and eliminates doubts, money rains regularly from trees and stones.
While people - you - go about their everyday activities and plan entire islands, the animals show themselves to be patient and sensitive. You don't want the dying species to become suspicious and harm itself.
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Redditor goes one step further and turns the idea into a conspiracy theory
On Reddit, user Frequent_Fox702 takes up silverjirachi's theory and adds his own elements:
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That's what it's about:The Redditor's theory makes the whole matter even more precarious for people. Those affected know nothing about it and are persuaded to take part in the conservation project using subtle messages.
The singing dog KK takes over the leadership of the project, which is also the reason why you see him in your dreams. He is the one who orders that you are not allowed to visit an island by plane more than once. Otherwise your whereabouts could become known and in this case the Dodo Udo would unfortunately not be enough to protect you.
Finally, the Redditor uses the theory to explain why you can only have a certain number of island residents. This is because they are enough to take care of you, but at the same time not enough to think of a practical joke.
Wild ideas and a lot of humor
We highly doubt that the two theories above are the true circumstances of Animal Crossing.Still, we're amazed that people like the concept of the filmDie Truman Showhave applied so creatively to Animal Crossing.
Since Animal Crossing, as a life simulation, doesn't exactly rely on a story, we can understand the users' need to spin their own story, even if it goes in wild directions.
In fact, a story has already been told in the Animal Crossing universe, specifically in the form of the filmMori. Unfortunately, as you can probably tell from the name of the film, it never made it outside of Japan.
As always, we're excited to hear the GamePro community's opinion:What do you think of the theories?
