Animal Crossing used to be so much darker...

Summary by Krater

An animated review comparing Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch with the original Animal Crossing on Nintendo GameCube, concluding that while New Horizons excels in customisation and multiplayer, GameCube's Animal Crossing features superior villager dialogue and writing.

From the video

Answers: Is Animal Crossing: New Horizons better than the original GameCube Animal Crossing?

• Animal Crossing franchise comparison
• Villager dialogue and personality
• Town customisation and terraforming
• Nintendo Switch vs GameCube

What it concludes

• New Horizons lets players take the franchise far beyond previous games with advanced customisation, path patterns, and furniture placement.
• The original GameCube Animal Crossing features much more engaging, varied, and memorable villager dialogue than New Horizons.
• New Horizons lacks the sharper, funnier villager interactions and personality variety found in older entries.
• Animal Crossing New Horizons is the best game in the series overall despite its weaker villager writing.