History YMMV / AnimalCrossingNewHorizons

** When the name of the cat villager with glasses and heterochromia was revealed to be Raymond, combined with his EnsembleDarkhorse status, led to several ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' jokes.

* FriendlyFandoms: Building up to the release of ''New Horizons'', a small, but amusingly odd fandom crossover was forged between that of ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' after both games were delayed and set to be released on the same day. Considering how tonally opposite both games are from the other, it was only natural that fans have joked about [[RealMenWearPink the Doom Slayer interacting wholesomely with characters]] of ''Animal Crossing'', and many pieces of fanart have depicted Doom Slayer and Isabelle being in an OddFriendship. However, there is a small FandomRivalry due to the possibility of one game outselling the other at launch (not helping is that GameStop plans to sell ''Eternal'' [[https://mobile.twitter.com/GameStop/status/1240447268102246400 a day early]] due to the COVID-19 outbreak) and the fact that ''Enternal'' has proper cloud saving functions unlike ''New Horizons'' which received flak for it as seen below.

** No Froggy Chair? Fuck This Game![[labelnote:Explaination]] The game was [[https://nintendoeverything.com/animal-crossing-new-horizons-datamine-froggy-chair-missing-codename-engine-list-of-special-npcs-and-villagers/ datamined]] a few days before launch and it was revealed that the Froggy chair (which gained memetic status in February 2020) would not appear in the base game, though it could show up later on as free DLC. Because the Froggy chair is SeriousBusiness many fans jokingly intend to cancel their pre-orders either opting for ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' or saving their money for ''[[VideoGame/Persona5 Persona 5 Royal]]'' or ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''.[[/labelnote]]

* FriendlyFandoms: Building up to the release of ''New Horizons'', a small, but amusingly odd fandom crossover was forged between that of ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' after both games were delayed and set to be released on the same day. Considering how tonally opposite both games are from the other, it was only natural that fans have joked about [[RealMenWearPink the Doom Slayer interacting wholesomely with characters]] of ''Animal Crossing'', and many pieces of fanart have depicted Doom Slayer and Isabelle being in an OddFriendship. However, there is a small FandomRivalry due to the possibility of one game outselling the other at launch (not helping is that GameStop plans to sell ''Eternal'' [[https://mobile.twitter.com/GameStop/status/1240447268102246400 a day early]] due to the Coronavirus outbreak) and the fact that ''Enternal'' has proper cloud saving functions unlike ''New Horizons'' which received flak for it as seen below.

* FriendlyFandoms: Building up to the release of ''New Horizons'', a small, but amusingly odd fandom crossover was forged between that of ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' after both games were delayed and set to be released on the same day. Considering how tonally opposite both games are from the other, it was only natural that fans have joked about [[RealMenWearPink the Doom Slayer interacting wholesomely with characters]] of ''Animal Crossing'', and many pieces of fanart have depicted Doom Slayer and Isabelle being in an OddFriendship. However, there is a small FandomRivalry due to the possibility of one game outselling the other at launch and the fact that ''Enternal'' has proper cloud saving functions unlike ''New Horizons'' which received flak for it as seen below.

* FriendlyFandoms: Building up to the release of ''New Horizons'', a small, but amusingly odd fandom crossover was forged between that of ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' after both games were delayed and set to be released on the same day. Considering how tonally opposite both games are from the other, it was only natural that fans have joked about [[RealMenWearPink the Doom Slayer interacting wholesomely with characters]] of ''Animal Crossing'', and many pieces of fanart have depicted Doom Slayer and Isabelle being in an OddFriendship.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The museum's interior has received a lot of acclaim to how realistic and detailed it is.

* AwesomeArt: The museum's interior has received a lot of acclaim to how realistic and detailed it is.

* EpilepticTrees: [[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/02/random_eerie_gravestone_sighting_in_animal_crossing_new_horizons_has_some_fans_worried The sighting of a gravestone]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4WZCLbtVs the February 2020 Direct]] (at 20:30) has brought up tons of speculation, since it doesn't look anything like the gravestones the player could get in past games' Halloween events. The most popular theory is that Joan is the one buried there, due to her old age and the same Direct showing a new character, Daisy Mae, who fulfills the same role Joan did.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Of the new characters introduced in ''New Horizons'' so far, the punkish lizard Flick (the new host for the bug catching minigames replacing Nat), the small boar Daisy Mae who now runs the stalk market in place of Joan, and the currently unnamed grey cat villager with glasses and heterochromia seem to be the most popular.

* HilariousInHindsight: In 2013, someone made an obscure fangame named "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OVKL8AQzO8 Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]". Come E3 2019, the video is starting to pick up popularity after the announcement of the Switch game of the same name.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Of the new characters introduced in ''New Horizons'' so far, punkish lizard Flick (new host for the bug catching minigames), the small boar Daisy Mae who now runs the stalk market and the currently unnamed cat with glasses and heterochromia seem to be the most popular.

** Villagers can ask the player where they should live, and the player gets to place their house themselves. Buildings such as Nook's Cranny and the museum and various other public buildings can also be moved around the island.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Even though only a few trailers have dropped, ''New Horizons'' already addresses a major criticism against the previous games, namely that designing the town is unnecessarily difficult, considering how the terrain is randomized. This game will finally allow the player to build the town from scratch and even allows them to change the terrain itself using certain tools.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Of the new characters introduced in ''New Horizon'' so far, punkish lizard Flick (new host for the bug catching minigames), the small boar Daisy Mae who now runs the stalk market and the currently unnamed cat with glasses and heterochromia seem to be the most popular.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Of the new special villagers introduced in ''New Horizon'' so far, punkish lizard Flick (new host for the bug catching minigames) and the small boar Daisy Mae who now runs the stalk market seem to be the most popular.

* FriendlyFandoms: Building up to the release of ''New Horizons'', a small, but amusingly odd fandom crossover was forged between that of ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' after both games were delayed and set to be released on the same day. Considering how tonally opposite both games are from the other, it was only natural that fans have joked about [[RealMenWearPink the Doom Slayer interacting wholesomely with characters]] of ''Animal Crossing''.

** ''New Horizons'' got a lot of crossover art with, of all possible games, ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' due to sharing the same release date. Most of which tends to show Isabelle cheerfully slaying demons alongside the Slayer (or Isabelle ''as'' the Slayer). Another similar joke is characters from various other media going to a game store on release day and buying the opposite game from what you'd expect, like a dark, serious character buying ''New Horizons'' and a harmless, cutesy character buying ''DOOM''.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: When it was announced ''New Horizons'' would not have cloud save functionality to prevent cheating and that there would be only one island per Switch console, to say that some people looking to buy the game were unhappy about this perplexing choice [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement would be an understatement.]] On the brighter side, there's been a lot of people clamoring for a compromise or a solution via voicing their concerns to Nintendo themselves to help them change this, and there's also a petition for this.

** ''New Horizons'' got a lot of crossover art with, of all possible games, ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' due to sharing the same release date. Most of which tends to show Isabelle cheerfully slaying demons alongside the Slayer (or Isabelle ''as'' the Slayer).

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: When it was announced ''New Horizons'' would not have cloud save functionality to prevent cheating and that there would be only one island per Switch console, to say that some people looking to buy the game were ''way, way beyond livid'' about this perplexing choice [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement would be an understatement.]] On the brighter side, there's been a lot of people clamoring for a compromise or a solution via voicing their concerns to Nintendo themselves to help them change this, and there's also a petition for this.

* TaintedByThePreview: Many players claimed to have been put off ''New Horizons'' due to the presence of SaveGameLimits such as [[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/02/you_wont_be_able_to_transfer_animal_crossing_new_horizons_save_data_to_another_switch the inability to transfer save data between consoles]] and [[https://twitter.com/ACPocketNews/status/1223071154300211203 the limit of one island per console across all player profiles]].