Player
- "No more debt for me!! My house is all paid off!!!!"
- — A player paying off their mortgage, Animal Crossing: City Folk
The player, also known as the villager, playable character, animal crosser, or boy/girl, is a term used for the playable human character in the Animal Crossing series. The player may be either a boy or a girl; the differences in all games are largely cosmetic and with slight variations to some dialogue whenever the conversation becomes gender specific.
Overview
Players, like the main villagers, are short and stubby (in Animal Crossing: New Leaf they are taller and less stubby). The largely-physical differences may become blurred even further because Harriet allows the player to get haircuts of the other gender if one has had all hairstyles of one's gender from her. Kicks will also allow the player to wear shoes of the opposite gender after enough shoe shines have been bought. There are several unalterable differences, however.
The female character will always wear a dress, while the male character will always wear shorts, and the female character's default hat is a cone-shaped "princess cap", while the male character's resembles a spiked Viking helmet. These hats are used in Animal Crossing as the only hairstyle or head wear.
Even though players are not the only humans, they are the only human children as it is assumed Mom and Dad, who send letters occasionally, are also human. Players will always have an in-game "mom" and in spite of Mom referring to childhood events and the home that the player once lived in and occasionally sending presents in the mail, there is no indication of any real back story to the human character(s).
Only one player from each town may be active at any given time, although in Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf, visiting players (Over Wi-Fi) from other games are allowed in town at the same time.
Also, players do not talk. The only times they can talk are when answering questions or accomplishing something (get an item, pay off mortgage, get stung or bitten by an insect, talking to another player in dream towns, or remark about a catch).
Appearances
In each game, the player's face is determined by a series of questions that the introductory character asks.
In Animal Crossing
In Animal Crossing, Rover asks the player questions as he speaks to him or her while riding the train in order to determine the player's face style.
In Wild World
In Animal Crossing: Wild World, Kapp'n asks the player a series of three questions while driving him or her to town at the beginning of the game in his taxi in order to determine the player's face style.
In City Folk
In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Rover asks the player a series of three questions while riding with him or her to town at the beginning of the game in Kapp'n's bus in order to determine the player's face style.
In New Leaf
The player models in Animal Crossing: New Leaf are taller and presumably older. The player can now change their pants, skirts, shoes and socks in addition to their top. Their face will be determined, like other games, while on the train by Rover.
Other appearances
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
- In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, one of the microgames involves the player taking control of a character, its gender corresponding to that of the controller's. The player must pull the Wii Remote up at the correct time to catch a fish.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a number of human characters appear in the background of Smashville. Both the male and the female players are available as stickers, while the male character is available as a trophy which is simply named "Boy."
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| Description | The male player character from Animal Crossing. He feels the need to set out on his own and move into town. Chatting with neighbors is a given, but there are a ton of other things to do as well, like collecting furniture, customizing rooms, catching fish and bugs, digging up fossils, etc. He may get bee stung or fall in a pit, but he still has fun. | |
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| Acquisition | Random | |
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U
On June 11, 2013, Nintendo revealed their new Super Smash Bros. video game for the 3DS and Wii U at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2013, featuring the "Villager" (むらびと, Murabito) as a new playable character.[1] The Villager is a boy with brown hair, wearing a red shirt with a light-blue number "1" printed on the front. The Villager's in-game moves include the ability to attack other players using a net, trapping them in pitfalls, and chopping down trees to cause damage.
It looks similar to the boy from the first five installments of the Animal Crossing series. Other skins are available, as well as a female option.
Animal Crossing X Mario Kart 8
The player has also been confirmed to appear in the Wii U game Mario Kart 8 as part of a downloadable DLC pack (along with Isabelle and Dry Bowser from the Mario series), where they again will be known as Villager.[1]
Gallery
The player takes the role of mayor in New Leaf.
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Artwork of a male player wearing a wetsuit
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Artwork of a female player holding ice cream
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Artwork of a male player holding a slingshot
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Artwork of a male player in winter clothes
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Artwork of a girl player wearing formal clothes
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Artwork of a boy player wearing formal clothes
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Artwork of a girl from City Folk
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Artwork of a boy from City Folk
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A male player from Wild World
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