History Trivia / AnimalCrossingNewHorizons

* KillerApp: Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, ''New Horizons'' has reached new records, [[https://www.famitsu.com/news/202003/25195316.html with 1.88 million copies sold in Japan]] in the ''first three days'', beating the fastest-selling record previously set by ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. As shown in the graph, [[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-25-animal-crossing-new-horizons-breaks-switch-sales-records-in-japan it has also considerably boosted sales for Switch consoles]]. In less than six months, it became the best-selling video game of ''all time'' in Japan (except for ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''). It also sold more physical copies than all of its previous installments combined in the [[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/animal-crossing-has-switchs-best-physical-release-/1100-6475068/ United Kingdom]], and outpaced the coinciding release of ''VideoGame/DoomEternal''. In the U.S., the game lead to the Switch having its best monthly sales outside of the holidays, even topping the launch month back in March 2017. In April 2020, it became the best selling ''Animal Crossing'' with ''New Horizons''' [[https://acpocketnews.com/news/2020/04/22/animal-crossing-new-horizons-record-breaking-first-month-sales/ launch month sales]] beating the lifetime sales of all the previous ''Animal Crossing'' entries. [[https://www.geekwire.com/2020/npd-data-nintendo-switch-sales-double-march-animal-crossing-breaks-records/ The game also received a large boost]] due to the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]] keeping people stuck at home, as it came out right before or as several major countries initiated lockdowns, leading to people across the world seeking some form of stress relief.

* SequelGap: Between ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'' (2012 in Japan, 2013 elsewhere) and ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch (2020 in all regions). Not to say that gap was devoid of ''Animal Crossing'' content--''New Leaf'' received the ''Welcome amiibo'' update, and the spinoffs ''Happy Home Designer'', ''amiibo Festival'' and ''Pocket Camp'' were also released--but this marks the longest wait between proper mainline games, which was previously only three to four years. It's also been twelve years since [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingCityFolk the last release on a home console]]. ''New Horizons'' was also subject to a delay; its release was originally planned for late 2019.

* IKnewIt:
** When a journal bundle for ''New Horizons'' [[https://www.target.com/p/animal-crossing-new-horizons-nintendo-switch/-/A-76780148 was revealed on Target]], a page that lists the birthdays of special characters lists a character named "C.J.", whose identity had yet to be revealed at the time. Considering how "Chip Jr." is a potential name that C.J. could stand for, many fans guessed that C.J. would be the name of the then unnamed beaver that was revealed on the boxart for the game. Come the ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'' Direct, and it reveals that the new beaver's name is indeed C.J.
** After players noticed the amount of features from previous games that were absent here and Nintendo's announcement of using periodic updates to add in real-world holidays, fans predicted that the cut features would make returns over time with updates of their own, and these rumors were galvanized following dataminers uncovering ID data in the game's code for various locations and characters not present in the game on launch day (most notably the art gallery, which had been a standard part of the museum throughout the series prior to ''New Horizons''). Come the announcement of the April 23, 2020 update, and these speculations would be confirmed true, with multiple features and characters from ''New Leaf''--including the art gallery--returning. And come July 3rd, Diving was added to the game.
** After so many implications in the game, the 2.0 update reveals that Nat and Chip are indeed the fathers of Flick and C.J. respectively if you invite them to the Roost.

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* FanNickname:
** [[https://nookipedia.com/wiki/Melba Melba]] has gotten the nickname "[[https://www.amazon.com/Nestle-Koko-Krunch-330g/dp/B008ZPFSKY Koko Krunch]]" among players in Malaysia due to her resemblance to the cereal's mascot. This also applies to Alice, Faith, Ozzie and other similarly colored koalas in the game.
** In a similar vein, [[https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Octavian Octavian]] has gotten the nickname ''CIMB'' in Malaysia due to the resemblance to the banking mascot (which is a red octopus). BrandNameTakeover is very prevalent in this country.
** And taking the joke to it's logical conclusion, [[https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Tybalt Tybalt]] started being jokingly called ''Maybank'' (after another bank who has a Malayan tiger -- same species as Tybalt -- as its mascot) by Malaysian fans.
** Another one from Malaysia that is not related to brand names: Squirrels are jokingly nicknamed "swiss rolls" due to their curled tail resembling variants of said confectionery. This started when one local streamer on Facebook revealed that looking at the squirrel villagers' tails always made him think of the confectionary and thus makes him hungry.
** In a case not related to Malaysian corporations, one of the songs K.K. can play if given an invalid request (featuring the internal filename [="Hazure02"=]) is commonly referred to as "K.K. Sparkle" or "K.K. City Pop" by fans thanks to its uncanny similarities to the 1982 song "Sparkle" by J-pop artist Tatsuro Yamashita.