Wholesome gaming post.

April 3, 2020 7:53 AM

The 88-year old grandma who's played Animal Crossing: New Leaf for 4,300 hours (check out her beautiful flower garden) has started to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons. She also has a character in the new game named after her, called Audie, a wolf with a nice pair of sunglasses and some spectacular winged eyeliner. Her name is significant, as Audie is the username used by Audrey when playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Nintendo decided to pay tribute to her as a thank you. In this unboxing video, Audrey answers some fan questions and opens a brand new gift - the new, limited edition New Horizons Switch console. She also boots up the game, finding out that her first villager friends are Katt and Bam. [via: Kotaku]
posted by Fizz (7 comments total)

Gran is also a fan of Pokemon, Professor Layton, and Tetris. Gran is awesome!!
posted by Fizz at 8:01 AM on April 3, 2020 [5 favorites]

We regret to inform you that Gran is complicit in Tom Nook's capitalistic exploitation of the proletariat.
posted by delfin at 8:14 AM on April 3, 2020 [14 favorites]

hope she likes eggs
posted by capnsue at 8:44 AM on April 3, 2020 [20 favorites]

Aw, I'm so glad to know about Audie's backstory! She's on my island and is really delightful.
posted by asperity at 9:34 AM on April 3, 2020 [3 favorites]

Once more, Fizz, ups the wholesome and positive! A+++, would Fizz again.

Now I'll go back to researching something dreary and horrible....
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:36 PM on April 3, 2020 [3 favorites]

This is so wonderful and I had no idea - Audie is one of my island's residents, I feel so weirdly honoured by her presence now.
posted by parm at 1:03 PM on April 3, 2020 [3 favorites]

Saw this today, which I think relates and I found funny.
posted by bonobothegreat at 2:14 PM on April 3, 2020 [5 favorites]