Rocket Punching His Way Into Your Heart!

Doodle for @unicornarin

EDIT: Printed it out and colored it in via marker

April 14th, 2001 is when Doubutsu no Mori 64 came out and kicked off the series we would all eventually come to know as Animal Crossing. 

Animal Crossing is so important to me. Even though I don’t play it much anymore, the franchise occupies a very special place in my heart. That said, and I know I’ve ranted about this before, I was never fond of the “Tom Nook loan shark” jokes. He’s not a loan shark. That would imply he hounds you. Tom Nook straight up gives you, someone he doesn’t know, a house and a job. Even when you’re done with the job, he straight up lets you pay it at your own pace. Tom Nook is a real pal! 

You also learn, through what little continuity Animal Crossing has, that Nook suffered when he went to the city and it changed him into the compassionate man he is today. New Leaf sort of closes the book on that tale and resolved the few arcs Animal Crossing had like KK Slider going from busker to full time DJ, the Abel Sisters being reunited, Kicks going from a street vendor to having his own store, Nook becoming a real estate agent, and so on. It makes me wonder how the franchise can go from here. 

Anyway, I’m rambling, but I’ll conclude with this: Animal Crossing means a lot to me and I hope the series continues making other people smile too.  Also, I was digging out some old stuff and found this old Animal Crossing manga that I found included with a Japanese video game magazine. 

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thefortressofscience:
“I finally completed this one! I am SUPER PROUD of how this one turned out! I wanted a more summer-y glow and I feel I managed to capture it! Words can’t fully describe how happy I am with it. At any rate, have Mott and Chief...

thefortressofscience:

I finally completed this one! I am SUPER PROUD of how this one turned out! I wanted a more summer-y glow and I feel I managed to capture it! Words can’t fully describe how happy I am with it. At any rate, have Mott and Chief being cuties! 

Reblogging this one too. Happy 15th anniversary, Doubutsu no Mori! 

thefortressofscience:
“I’ve been nostalgic for Animal Crossing lately and decided to doodle up my interpretation of Tom Nook.
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Reblogging because it’s Animal Crossing’s 15th anniversary today! 15 years ago, on April 14th, Doubutsu no Mori 64 was...

thefortressofscience:

I’ve been nostalgic for Animal Crossing lately and decided to doodle up my interpretation of Tom Nook. 

Reblogging because it’s Animal Crossing’s 15th anniversary today! 15 years ago, on April 14th, Doubutsu no Mori 64 was released in Japan, kicking off my most loved video game series <3

Ai is always late for work. Wonder why.

Ai is always late for work. Wonder why. 

I was too tired yesterday to put any effort into anything so here’s this

I was too tired yesterday to put any effort into anything so here’s this 

Hmph!

Hmph! 

Do the werewolves of Werewolf Hostclub always go by the same name? Just thought maybe some of them could use a pseudonym, like both for work and because of the were thing.

Not really. They might call each other nicknames, but that’s more of a friendship thing than it is a hiding mechanism