Being a wholly peaceful and lighthearted game, there is an abundance of sweet moments that can make you feel like you're living in a second home.
- The franchise, in general, is this. Instead of a major plot or going on some grand adventure killing evil monsters, you're simply playing as a villager living day-to-day life in an idyllic little town. Perfect for relaxing after a long day.
- The GameCube installment includes Nintendo e-Reader cards that you can either connect the Game Boy Advance to the GameCube to get gifts...or scan the card on the Game Boy Advance while it is not connected to the GameCube to get a special three-page letter. Some are cute. For example:Rosie: I'm not some goody two-shoes. It's that I want to make life better for everyone. So with someone like Billy, who is a healthy guy but he's kind of, well, old... ... I like to collect apples and pears for him so he can relax after a busy day.
- Playing the game on your birthday. The villager who is closest to you may come visit and give you a birthday gift.
- Taken to extremes in New Leaf. They go as far as to plan a surprise party for you, with the villager you are closest to bringing you to their house as the location of the surprise party. In addition to this, some of your villagers will send you a birthday card if they were not the host nor one of the two animals that were in the host's house. Which villager sends you said birthday card will be at random.
- Also in New Leaf on the Saturday before your birthday, K.K. Slider will play you the special song 'K.K. Birthday' and mail it to you as a gift from him. If you have enough space in your inventory, he will put the song in your pockets instead.
- In New Horizons a villager will throw a party at their house with two other animals. They will give you a present and you get to smash a piñata for cupcakes to share with your other villagers, who will give you more gifts when you do so. Isabelle will wish you a happy birthday if you talk to her in Resident Services, and Brewster will prepare a special coffee blend for you if you go to the Roost. Also, K.K. Slider will come on your birthday regardless of whether it's a Saturday to sing K.K. Birthday, and starts whenever you talk to him rather than being on his usual schedule. During the performance, instead of showing the credits like it usually does, the game instead displays heartfelt messages from two villagers and two town NPCs. Like New Leaf, the two villager messages and the two town NPC messages are selected at random.
- In addition, in New Horizons, after the player departs after finishing the party via breaking a piñata, the host and player will exchange friendly gestures before the player leaves. Prepare for your heart to be completely melted.
- The Yay Day event in Wild World. It's a biweekly holiday where the townsfolk do nothing but give each other compliments, and you're able to leave a unique compliment for each villager. They'll remember the kind words you said to them, and remind you of them when the event has passed.
- If you use words like "boyfriend", "girlfriend" or "my love" in your compliment, the villager will respond with "Oh, I never knew you felt this way!" and blush.
- Sable, once befriended by the player, will sometimes share stories from her past with them. One story is about a pair of scissors she received as a birthday present from an old friend who, despite having very little money at the time, still sent her a gift. That old friend? Tom Nook.
- In general, the entire process of getting Sable to warm up to you is...well, heartwarming.
- A mix of Tear Jerker and this is that she will admit her parents died. She opens up about her most sad things she's experienced, and tells it to you because she trusts you.
- Several heartwarming moments in New Leaf have to do with how many of the characters' lives have bettered.
- The Able sisters have reconciled, and now run their shop together as a trio.
- Timmy and Tommy have grown up a bit, and now run their own store.
- Kicks no longer shines shoes on an abandoned stoop and now has his own shop.
- Kapp'n, after lamenting so long that he has no sweetheart, is now happily married with a family.
- (singing about his wife) I wrote a name in the sand near the sea. She's me best girl. Her name is Leilani.
- Lyle appears again and works in Nook's shop, and he appears to be much more cheerful in comparison to his appearance in City Folk.
- Franklin no longer has to hide during the Harvest Festival and now works as a chef.
- Rover, who was sad that he doesn't travel as much as he used to, is back on the train. He even points this out.
- Katie is now all grown up and is traveling on her own.
- The only character whose life has gotten worse is Mr. Resetti, who's out of a job due to the Reset Center being shut down. You can use your mayoral powers to open it back up, and Resetti will stop by your house, not to yell at you, but to extend his heartfelt thanks.
- If you visit the Reset Center enough times, Resetti will begin to open up and eventually give you his picture.
Resetti: I don't really get why, but it seems like you've taken a shine to me. - Despite how much he hates his job at the HRA, Lyle will be genuinely happy for you if your house is displayed in the HRA showcase room.
- Playing 'Supermarket' with Kapp'n's adorable little Elmer Fudd Syndrome speaking daughter.
- In Wild World, if you were absent for a longer period of time, villagers will comment on how they thought you were gone forever, and how you must promise them to never leave for that long again. While this is a huge sign of friendship, it can put a lot of pressure on the player and make them hesitate to start the game again after a long absence in fear of their villagers being upset with them - New Leaf circumvents this problem and replaces that reaction with the villagers simply being very relieved that you're back.
- The "Big Sister" villagers may be more rough-and-tumble than the other female villagers, but when they're close to the player, they absolutely adore the player. Stung by a bee? They'll demand to know "who did this to you" and stick up for you before realizing what happened, sometimes even give you free medicine. Give them a free item that they were willing to pay for? They'll break out in tears and thank you profusely. Absolutely out of nowhere? They may even send you flowers in the mail.
- In the film, Margie moves away to follow her dream of becoming a fashion designer/artist. Ai is initially upset, as the two were very close, but a letter from Margie (alongside Margie’s photo being included in the letter just like in the games) causes her to be more upbeat and follow her dream. Margie returns during the winter to surprise Ai, and helps her save the day.
- When Ai is upset earlier in the film, Brewster gives her an IOU on her coffee when she's out of Bells, and Whitney (despite coming off initially as a bit cold), gives Ai some touching advice about friends always being connected, no matter where they are.
- Also in the film, Apollo forgiving Ai for accidentally running over his blue roses. They're seen planting more together during the credits.
- Throughout the film several of the characters talk about how Apollo and Whitney were supposedly an item, but broke up at some point. During the credits Apollo leaves Whitney a bouquet of blue roses on her doorstep.
- When you have Brewster's café available in New Leaf, Tom Nook will occasionally be there. When you talk to him, he'll mention wanting to order extra coffees for either Timmy and Tommy or Reese and Cyrus on his way out, simply as a surprise to show he appreciates their hard work. He mentions either that he can't believe Timmy and Tommy are now old enough to drink coffee, or that seeing Reese and Cyrus working so well together makes him consider that marriage might not be so bad. Awww.
- Sometimes though, he'll want to order three bags of coffee beans for the Able Sisters, and while recounting the Sisters' reunion, mentions that the suit he is wearing is something that Labelle made herself.
- Also endearing is the theory that Jock and Lazy villagers have about Timmy and Tommy: Nook took them in off the streets to work in a nice place.
- Yet another heartwarming moment in the Café in New Leaf is if you talk to Phyllis there she'll sometimes order two coffees from Brewster, one being for her while the other one is for her sister Pelly.
- In Wild World, the working NPCs occasionally have little 'episodes'
where they talk more about themselves and their backstories and revealing Hidden Depths. A few of these are quite touching, such as Blathers and Brewster's friendship, Tom Nook and Sable's childhood, and seeing how protective Phyllis can be towards Pelly. Furthermore, despite the distance between Tom Nook and Sable in comparison to their younger selves, they do still care about each other, such as Tom Nook still valuing Sable's words of encouragement and wearing the clothes she sewed for him. - If you spend enough bells, and talk to Sable enough, at the Able Sisters' shop in New Leaf, Sable, Mabel, and Labelle will each give you one of their extra mannequins for your home. They mention that those are valuable, showing how much they trust you.
- Sable and Labelle will also both become much more cheerful towards you after you buy enough from them.
- It's possible to receive a fourth mannequin from none other than Gracie when you buy a gift from her new store in T&T Emporium.
- Sable and Labelle will also both become much more cheerful towards you after you buy enough from them.
- Sometimes, when one villager asks you to deliver something to another villager, the delivered item (in the form of a present) ends up being a gift to you instead.
- Also in the same vein as delivering items, if the villager you're delivering the item to happens to be one that you have a high friendship level with, you might get their picture as a reward from them.
- In New Leaf, if you try talking to Cyrus at Re-Tail while he's sleeping, Reese quickly tells you to leave him alone because he's been working so hard, and he needs to sleep.
- In New Leaf, if you help Gulliver get to Spain, he will send you a letter calling you his best friend.
- Also in New Leaf, reuniting with your moved out villagers on Main Street, even if only for a little while.
- The April Fools event in New Leaf gets very heartwarming once the villagers start boasting about how the player knows them well enough that they'll immediately recognize who the fake is, and are extremely thankful after you help them solve the situation, even going as far as calling you their hero and saying they owe you now, as well as giving you their picture.
- It's a short moment, but it always feels rewarding to catch fleas off your neighbors and hear their heartfelt thanks afterwards. Gets taken a bit too far by the Smug villagers though, when they offer you to one day remove any fleas that you might have to make up for it.
- If you give a sick villager medicine, they'll thank you personally upon meeting them the day they become healthy again, or send a letter talking if you haven't met them that day about how you saved their life. The sheer gratitude in it is what really makes it touching.
- Toy Day is very cheerful and heartwarming holiday all around—Jingle wants to make things more exciting for your villagers and enlists the help of your player character dressed as Santa to deliver the presents. And it's just so darn sweet to see how overjoyed your villagers are to meet "Santa", with even the Cranky villagers acting like children, especially when you give them the right present they asked for. Another thing that adds to the heartwarming factor is when your villagers will wave goodbye to you after you give them a gift and leave their house, because what makes it different from usual is that they think they're waving goodbye to Santa.
- If you then return to a snooty villager after the Toy Day event is completed, if you had successfully delivered the correct item to her when you talk to her, she may explain that the player looks too young to look like Santa, before pondering if it was the player that was Santa or the player asked Santa personally to deliver the item. She will then say that Santa or not, she is glad regardless before thanking you.
- Even the fortune cookies in New Leaf get their share of heartwarming moments. Fortune number 36 is one of the very best:"Your friends need you. They always need you. They will never stop."
- Fortune number 33 comes close. The prize it contains are Pikmin.
"Value the friends you have, for one day you may need them." - On Valentine's Day in New Leaf, the game starts out with Isabelle asking the player if he or she got something for "a special someone". Isabelle then says she made some sweets but she "won't say who they're for". Then when you start up your save file, a letter from Isabelle arives in your mailbox with a chocolate cake attached. So really, the sweets were for the player all along.
- What's more is if you give the cake to Dr. Shrunk. He actually has special dialogue for it.
Dr. Shrunk: A chocolate cake? I love these so much!- Speaking of Shrunk, you can talk to him at the coffee shop and he says something along the lines of "Because of you letting me open my club, my family's been better. Every day, we say thanks to you and Isabelle at the breakfast table.".
- Also, at the same time, the villager who is the closest to you will send you a letter wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day.
- Continuing in New Horizons, you will get letters from villagers you have a strong relationship with, as well as Isabelle, randomly containing a Bouquet or Chocolate Heart. What they write in the letter can be overwhelmingly sweet. Normal villagers will express how much having you in their lives means to them before sending hugs, peppy villagers declare you as their "very best bestie" and tell you that you'll be friends forever and Smug villagers will say that your smile makes them as happy as the most expensive fragrance they own.
- From City Folk onwards, Brewster will serve hot chocolate instead of coffee for Valentine's Day. Because who doesn't love a hot cup of cocoa?
- Each personality type, once befriended, has their own heartwarming style of interaction with the player:
- Smug types adore the player character. Their flirtations are usually more funny than anything else, and they can start out saying something romantic and then shooting themselves in the foot...but in more day-to-day interactions, they can be incredibly sweet. Smug villagers may come bounding up to you with a relieved "There you are, (player name/nickname)!" or start a conversation with a compliment. Their letters often signal how much the player character means to them.
- The Sisterly characters (as mentioned above) are fiercely protective of the player, and will write you letters telling you that they know you've always got their back, and that you're the best person they know.
- Lazy types may write you a panicked letter telling you about a nightmare they had, in which your character vanished from the town. They conclude the letter begging you to stay with them forever.
- Snooty villagers are masters of the backhanded compliment, and more reticent than the other types...but every now and then, they will give you a present and thank you for continuing to be their friend "despite how...picky I can be at times."
- Cranky types will check up on the player character like a father or older sibling. Their letters often start by grumbling before tapering of into a comment on how dependable your character is (before telling you not to speak about the letter to anyone).
- Normal types have warm personalities from the get-go. When visiting your house, they will often compliment you on it, mentioning that no matter how you decorate, your home always feels warm and welcoming to them.
- Jock types are the cheerleaders of the bunch. Their letters usually contain messages of encouragement. Beat them at hide-and-seek, and they will gush at your skill.
- Peppy types are the playful type. When they ping you in New Leaf, they will sometimes cry and tell you that either the flowers or a disco ball insulted her. When you say that they are cute/still have their sparkle, they will be happy. They also sometimes say that they want to play when they visit unexpectedly.
- Whenever you get a villager's picture. (Although, there are some cases when you receive their picture in a goodbye letter upon their departure...)
- Anytime Phineas shows up in your town to give you a new badge. He always says something positive about your accomplishments aligned with the badge you're receiving, whether it's saving up tons of bells, refurbishing a certain amount of furniture, or filling up your encyclopedia of bugs and/or fish.
- The player may notice that K.K. is selling his music in the stores (when upgraded) when it's not like him to do that. It's explained in Happy Home Designer: he donates the money he earns to the kids. Good on you K.K.!
- "Turning Over a New Leaf" will leave you shedding Tears of Joy.
- Blathers the owl's heartfelt appreciation for everything you donate to the museum, especially when you complete a collection. He's almost speechless with thanks when you give him the ultra-valuable stringfish.
- The Welcome Amiibo update adds 50 villagers that were previously only in e+ or the Gamecube Animal Crossing, like Paolo, Rex, Billy, Sandy, Claude, Ketchup, Sylvana, and Spike. Similarly, the 2.0. update for New Horizons brought back eight villagers not seen since e+; Zoe, Ace, Rio, Faith, Roswell, Frett, Azalea, and Chabwick.
- When convincing a Normal villager to not move after the day you pick the option that would allow her to stick to her move (evidenced by the option to select “Wait! Don’t go!” when she reminds you of the days she has remaining in the town before she packs up), even if that Normal villager is on the final day before the Point of No Return, the Normal villager may become shocked at you willing to continue the relationship and will then say that she kept hearing a voice inside her head telling her "Don't go." She then says she knew it was your voice, thus causing the move to be called off. It can be more heartwarming if that normal villager is one of your favorite villagers, and even so, it might be to the point where that normal villager ends up becoming one of your favorite villagers.
- There are also similar cases of this if you convince one of your villagers to not move. For example, peppy villagers break down into tears of joy and decide to stay,
- When accepting requests from villagers to bring any river or ocean fish, you can go on your way to bring them a rare lake or ocean fish, even stringfish or whale sharks (even from the island for ocean fish, as it is located on the ocean). The villager's reaction to you doing so is sweet.
- Similarly, giving villagers perfect fruit when they request any fruit (or a specific one) will cause them to express their thanks (with normal and jock villagers sometimes bursting into Tears of Joy). This may also result in you scoring that villager's picture if you have high friendship.
- In New Leaf, Lyle might strike up conversation with both the player and Nook, usually talking about other special NPCs. Through these conversations you can learn that Nook is spending time with the Able sisters again (and even blushes when Lyle teases him about them!), and he worries about not just how Timmy and Tommy are doing, but also about Phyllis and her workaholic behavior (which itself comes from her concern for Pelly). Lyle also mentions that he has two daughters, and his history of constantly switching jobs stressed his family out. He's glad that he stuck it through with the HHA for their sake. It's good to see NPCs improving their lives, reconciling with friends and family, and watching out for each other.
- New Leaf marks the return of camping villagers from Animal Crossing: Population Growing. Unlike Population Growing, these campsite villagers can move in if your town has 9 or less villagers. If they consider it, you can choose to convince them to move in. There is a 50/50 chance they will accept or decline, but even if they decline, you can try again. Sometimes, the camping villager will Take a Third Option and challenge you to a game, which can be an extended three-round Rock-Paper-Scissors or charades. After they accept or after they are defeated in their challenge, they will move in. After a few days, they move in, and checking up on them as they are unpacking will express their thanks for the invite. For example:Snooty villager: I just want to say thanks again for inviting me to move to [town name].
- There is a chance of a normal villager asking you to comment on how her outfit looks. If you choose "Cute":Normal villager: Oh, [player name], you're too kind! It's nice to hear that, even if it does make me blush a little.
- Also, if you have the required item/one of Katrina's charms to put the fortune upon love to full use, this may also happen if a normal villager pings you:
Normal villager: Oh! [player name]! This must be fate! I've been thinking about you a lot today. Why am I suddenly so drawn to you? It's like you're made out of superglue or something, [catchphrase]! - This trailer for New Horizons. It shows a group of young teens spending the free time playing the game and bringing them together. Aww.
- All the more heartwarming now with the outbreak of coronavirus causing many countries to go on lockdown, thus isolating people from their friends and family outside their household. They can still be together virtually.
- Though this has not been confirmed as of yet, it appears that the new peppy wolf villager introduced in New Horizons , Audie, was named after a grandmother who became well-known in the fanbase for clocking in 3500+ hours on her New Leaf file.
- In New Horizons, you are guaranteed to get a Jock and Sisterly villager when you load up the game for the first time. If that Jock or Sisterly villager happens to be one that moved away from your town in the games in the past, prepare for one hell of a heartwarming reunion.
- After locating your tent, Tom Nook notices the Jock and Sisterly villagers have not yet returned. You'll have to locate them, and they're in the middle of trying to find a place for their tent. You can choose to offer to find them a spot for their tent, and their reactions to you doing so are sweet.
- At the end of the opening segment in New Horizons after celebrating your new life on the island, your villager goes to sleep, and imagines... K.K. Slider playing his guitar under a spotlight, a la the opening of Animal Crossing (2001). Needless to say, a lot of longtime fans got very nostalgic over this.
- After getting bitten by a tarantula or stung by a scorpion while on a mystery island in New Horizons, you'll wake up near Wilbur who expresses relief that you're alive and then he calls Dodo tower to cancel a red alert. Those two just make you feel so safe in their care. Even better if you pair it with this drawing◊.
- In New Horizons, talking to a smug villager while being chased by a tarantula or scorpion may have them say something like "A tarantula! Get behind me!" Many people have changed their negative mindsets about villagers like Hippeux and Chops because they had this happen.
- New Horizons has the campsite once again, but this time you can invite villagers via amiibo. Here’s the catch though; unlike the normal campers that can appear at random, they will not move in right away, but you are expected to work towards getting that villager into your town. How? By completing three crafting requests for the amiibo camper, one request per day. Of course, if that villager is one of your favorites, it’s very heartwarming after you complete the third and final crafting request, knowing very well that you’ll be reunited with that villager.
- Sometimes you might come across your villagers singing around town in New Horizons. If you have a music player out, they'll even sing to the song that's playing right now. It's just plain adorable.
- Villagers in New Horizons will often run up to you with a message, which is usually a request or a Reaction to teach. Sometimes, however, the villager just drops a compliment to tell you how much you mean to them, which can be surprising in a very sweet way.
- In New Horizons, talking to a peppy villager after changing your face with a mirror will have them say that, while everyone in town thinks your new look is pretty good, they still love you no matter how much you change. They warm even their own hearts by saying that.
- The Wedding Season event in New Horizons includes an activity where you can take Cyrus and Reese's wedding anniversary pictures on Harvey's Island, and the results can be just as sweet and adorable as one would suspect for such a Happily Married couple.
- You may never know who you're bumping into, even in games that allow for online interactions such as New Horizons. Just ask this Twitter user who unexpectedly traded turnips with Elijah Wood himself.
- The massive amount of crossover fanart with Doom Eternal depicting the Doom Slayer and Isabelle becoming friends. In particular the song "Eternal Horizons".The light of friendship shines through two dimensions
Two puzzle pieces, each other's extensions
Fishing rods, big freaking guns
Hell yeah, together we are one! - Sometimes in New Horizons, villagers will give you pieces of clothing when commenting on your outfit. However, what normal villagers say after giving you said clothing is the icing on the heart-melting cake:<Normal>: You deserve nice things, <catchphrase>.
- Though letters from Mom isn't new, what is new to New Horizons is the "Mom's" series of items that she occasionally sends to you. They consist of colorful patchwork, flowers, etc., all clearly look like they're handmade just for you. It gives your home a familial touch that can't be replicated the same way with presents from your neighbors or your own crafted furnishings.
- A Twitter image quickly circulated of a screenshot of a letter from Kiki, the original poster with Kiki in an older game, and said poster reuniting with Kiki at the Museum in New Horizons.No matter how many years may pass, I hope you'll always remain my friend.
— From Kiki - In New Horizons, you can give animals out of the blue gifts, much like they would do to the player in prior games.
- Starting in New Horizons, female kangaroo villagers now all have things in their house set up for their joey to play with. The game doesn't acknowledge the babies in any other way since they're an extension of their mother's model, so it's sweet that the game still makes sure it's clear that the villager loves their child in-universe even if they can't say anything about them.
- This Reddit post explains on how a Reddit user’s nephew became extremely saddened by Bangle’s departure from his island, so the Reddit user took it upon themselves to create a postcard from Bangle herself, complete with a homemade drawing of Bangle singing and dancing in front of an audience and a letter. The nephew became very happy upon receiving the postcard, being amazed at how a character from his game reached out to him in real life.
- xwater's popular Del or No Del episodes result in some community members surprising him for his three-year streamiversary by having him compete as a contestant himself. It becomes awesome when he becomes the first person to win a million Bells.
- Spikevegeta and Nukkulareaction's episode is adorable incarnate, as the two are engaged and wanted to get enough Bells to buy engagement rings in-game. They end up with 750,000 Bells EACH (a secret they were Locked Out of the Loop for), and they get the rings given to them for free.
- When you ask Isabelle to do island evaluations in New Horizons, she'll often read some feedback in the voice of one of the characters. One of them, clearly Daisy Mae, claims she's looking forward to bringing her grandma to see your island whenever her knees are feeling better.
- In New Horizons, Isabelle can make an island announcement stating that she had a video chat with her parents, and both of them are doing great. Awwww!!!
- As of the 2.0 update, she lets the town know when people such as Flick and CJ are on your island and encourages the villagers to interact with them to make their time on the island special, even though they're just regular people visiting.
- It's a passing comment, but in New Horizons, Sable will worry for you during the cold seasons because you lack fur like your neighbors. It adds a sweet layer of hindsight whenever you wear that sweater or coat you got from the shop.
- Several of the conversations with Sable show how much she's come to terms with her past. Not only is it just wonderful that she's finally at peace with her life, but when you consider that Tom Nook Took a Level in Kindness in this game, it means that for the first time, the two of them may finally have a chance to eventually start taking steps to bury the hatchet and rekindle their friendship.
- After becoming close enough friends with a smug villager in New Horizons, he may say this to you, which is sure to warm your heart:Smug villager: I'm just making it up as I go along, but I know one thing for sure. Moving to [town name] was the best decision I ever made. Because you live here!
- With Kapp'n making a solo appearance in New Horizons, some players might be concerned about his wife and family as they're absent in that game. If you look closely in his boat, though, he has a family photo and a child-like drawing of him pinned on the inside, the latter most likely being a drawing from his daughter. Even though he's far from home for work, he's always thinking about them.
- And if you invite him to the Roost via amiibo, he'll bring his whole family with him. Aw!
- One of his songs during voyages is him singing about how much he loves his daughter and how happy he is to see her take after him.
- The Roost in New Horizons allow you to invite characters to drink there via amiibo. Including NPCs not in game. It's nice to know Nintendo didn't forget them.
- Speaking of the Roost, some NPCs will bring others if they're invited and their dialogue is full of heartwarming. Highlights include:
- Resetti is a lot more relaxed and nice, since his new job at Rescue Services is a lot less stressful than working at the Reset Center.
- Joan will bring Daisy Mae (who's having a cookie since she's too young for coffee) and will talk about how nice it is to just sit down without carrying turnips.
- Lyle will bring Lottie, Tom Nook, and Digby with him, calling them his work buddies. It's nice to know the former insurance salesman has made some friends.
- K.K. Slider will talk about how he used to perform in Brewster's old cafe and that the bird's been watching over him for years.
- Nat will bring Chip with him and they'll talk about how they love their sons.
- Gracie will bring Label and the latter will comment on how the former is always supportive of her.
- Another one for The Roost. If you invite an old villager who's moved away via Amiibo Card, s/he will talk about about the good times s/he had living on your island.
- As of a recent update, if you see a former resident on a mystery island, they will remember you.
- Happy Home Paradise makes Paradise Planning feel like an absolute dream job due to the very sweet team camaraderie at the business and the happy customers who benefit from your services. Lottie in particular serves as a great team leader, offering praise and respect and feeling truly close to and appreciative of her preexisting coworkers Niko and Wardell—the latter of whom is very quiet and terse, but gets as much respect from Lottie as you and Niko do and seems to communicate well with her even without words. Lottie also arranges increasingly-done-up parties as you grow in designer rank to celebrate the work of the team, and Niko and Wardell appreciate your involvement and trade skills with you, making your job feel like a great little group of friends.
- Everyone here has great team spirit. When Lottie falls ill due to food poisoning, Niko immediately orders Wardell to escort her to a paramedic, and to carry her if he needs to. This motivates Lottie to have the hospital built for anyone that suffers the same fate. Niko even fulfills her role while she's receiving treatment.
- When Niko finds a DIY recipe bottle on the beach without knowing what it is, he shows it to you and asks you about it. After you explain crafting to him, it quickly sparks an interest in the gray langur who eagerly explores more information on crafting and even comes up with his own recipes which he shares with you. You've given him a whole new hobby he can be excited about!
- Wardell's relationship with the player feels especially heartwarming when he musters the words to praise the player, since his reticence translates to the things he does say as being a big deal. He also goes on a break at one point to sit by the ocean. When you find him, he tells you you're welcome to join him, and then, after some reflection about the sounds of nature, he has this to say when he gets up.
Will you meet me here again sometime, my friend?- Wardell is also the one to send you a phone customization kit with Paradise Planning branding so the whole team can match.
- Achieving the Legendary Designer rank prompts a celebration...another casual pizza party on the second floor of Paradise Planning, just like the one you had when you started out, to remind you of your beginnings at the business.
- In Happy Home Paradise, you can meet Joan in the hospital every Monday, where she's going for a routine check-up. She mentions being proud of Daisy Mae for carrying on her work, and she gifts the player with three, five, or ten bundles of turnips.
- A snooty villager visiting the hospital may mention that she is upset. Why? Because everyone in there is unwell in some manner, and she wishes that she could hug the whole building.
- The fact that roommates can often be seen hanging out together at the main island of the Archipelago. Even seeing roommates doing something as simple as riding the waves on inflatable chairs or playing in the sand together can melt hearts.
- While it is also kind of funny, if you were to room someone up with a lazy villager and talk to the lazy villager in his spare time, he brings up a moment where he accidentally sat on an item of food and his roomie was there for him.
- Having a peppy villager own a holiday home and then giving her a roommate may prompt a line of dialogue during her free time where she swears to always be there should her "new best friend" needs her.
- The private room addition to the Happy Home Paradise restaurant serves as a spot for roommates you've set up to visit the hub island as a duo, and they'll talk about enjoying the chance to spend time with each other.
- After completing a certain number of requests, the player can invite special non-villager NPCs to have vacation homes by scanning their amiibo cards, some of which invite roommates of their own. This provides even more heartwarming moments for said NPCs.
- The fact that the player gets the photos of special NPCs for whom they complete vacation homes. It’s a really nice gesture from them.
- Normally, clients can only have one roommate. However, the game lets all three Able Sisters live together, and also lets Kapp'n and all three of his family members (his wife, his daughter and his mother) live together too, which is a much-appreciated detail.
- Speaking of the Able Sisters, they get even more heartwarming dialogue when talked to at their vacation home. Some highlights are:
- Sable mentions that though she and her sisters sometimes argue, if she was made to choose between the occasional argument and not seeing her sisters at all, then she is more than happy to argue.
- Label says that although she and Sable both have stubborn streaks and occasionally clash as a result, the vacation home always makes them forget any arguments. She also mentions taking photos of the house to get design inspiration, but a lot of the photos end up including Mabel and Sable, which she feels makes the photos count as family photos.
- Mabel states that Sable has gotten a lot happier in recent times, and that seeing Sable and Label so happy means that she can’t help but smile as well.
- If you use the new handheld camera mode to take a picture of a villager or most special NPCs, they'll notice and do a smile and wave for the camera.
- In New Horizons, you might catch two Cranky villagers accusing each other for being too cranky. They'll turn to the player and ask who's the crankiest of the two at which point you get the choice to pick one side or tell them they're both cranky... OR you can tell both of them that you still love both villagers regardless. If you choose the latter, both Cranky villagers get so touched by your kind words that they start crying! Doubles as a funny moment for their Comical Overreacting.
- While you have a visitor over at your house in New Horizons, interacting with certain types of furniture will cause the visitor to make some form of commentary on the furniture item depending on what it is. If the item is a photo of the very villager visiting, they'll be incredibly touched that you're displaying it, in some cases with Tears of Joy.
