Mario123311
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So in 2006, when Animal Crossing: Wild World was in it's heyday a film was released entitled ("劇場版 どうぶつの森" Gekijōban Dōbutsu no Mori. which litteraly translates to "Animal Forest: Theater Version") or for us it would be known simply known as "Animal Crossing: The Movie" among fans. The film itself was never released outside of Japan sadly but since Villager's reveal in Smash 4 ((and release)) I have noticed some odd connections to the film... Coincidental or possibly on Purpose is up for you to decide.
For starters let's start off with Villager's E3 trailer. When Villager is rushing out of his house alongside town, We see Margie and Rosie. You may just think they put them in randomly if you never knew about this film's existence but they played rather big roles in the plot. Margie is also seen reading a book, Could it be the book she carried around in the film with her designs?
And probably my favorite is about Villager himself, or her depending on the costume. The very first costume the Villager has is a girl with pink hair and a flower dress. This is the same atire Ai, the protagonist of the film wears in most of the artwork and such of the film. The main real difference is probably the fact that the Daisy Dress in the official games has one huge flower in the center: where as Ai's has several scattered around. Her hair is also different being it does not have pigtails and is much more "pink" if anything. Ai was shown to have more pinkish hair in promotional material of the movie though.
And of course, The boy in the red No. 1 shirt resembles a boy Ai meets within the film, "Yu", to an extent. Yu typically is seen in several different costumes throughout the movie: It isn't until near the end that he reveals his "real" face though. In the end he is also shown wearing a "normal" atire during the credits roll, somewhat reminiscent of Villager's but still slightly different in several areas: as well as sporting a hat.
During E3 demos of Smash 4 on the Wii U, There is footage of the female villager faintly saying "Thanks Nook!" in english. There are also several rumors that voice actors Yui Horie (Ai's actress) and Yū Kobayashi (Yu's actress... heh
) were going to voice the Girl and Boy Villagers early in development in the Japanese versions of the game. In the end though, for both regions: Villager has ended up silent.So what do you think? Possibly Nintendo remembers this film and whatnot? It actually did surprisingly well during it's theater run. Despite not being released in America it seems to have been noticed and praised quite a bit within the AC community.
Post your thoughts here.
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