What The Hell

Needed the bathroom, figured I’d load up Animal Crossing on my DS for a minute. But the second the load screen clears, there’s Don Resetti—this furious little mole apparently speaking on behalf of Nintendo itself. He thanks me for buying the game, then goes completely off on me because I didn’t save the last time I played. Just turned it off and left.

Five minutes of screaming while my battery’s at 2%. When he finally stops, he warns me that if he has to show up again, things are going to get worse.

Nothing had ever hit me like that. A video game character genuinely pissed off at your save habits, threatening you in your own cozy village. This tiny mole in a game about catching fish and decorating your house is there to make sure you know you fucked up. The audacity.

I definitely saved after that.