this is the best life sim i've ever played, and the best animal crossing game in the series. i can confidently say that even after it's been topped in sales by new horizons just because new horizons simply isn't nearly as in-depth or good. like we can all agree on that if you've played both you know what's up regardless of how you feel.

when i played this back in 2014 i sunk hours upon hours every day into building my town into something wonderful. in 2015 my save data accidentally got wiped and my life hasn't been the same since, but then i just made a new town. the experience since then wasn't ever as good as my first time round, but each time it never failed to capture my attention at every moment i was playing.

especially in hindsight, this is one of my favourites of all time just for the amount of time i sunk into it, second only to littlebigplanet which is my favourite of all time anyway. if they literally just ported this game to switch maybe with additional features i would love it way, way more than i ever loved new horizons, and that's a FACT