Professor Beef
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As a Sonic fan, you can go cry me a river.
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Nintendo sure loves Isabelle
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As a Sonic fan, you can go cry me a river.
Nintendo never really tried to market any AC character though. I think Tom Nook is awesome because of his darker other side, and Resetti is hilarious in how he lashes at you, but I get it, they are not very "marketable", but K.K. Slider!? Before Isabelle he was loved and admired by everyone alike.
I think that Nintendo simply followed the stats from the AC plaza app in WiiU and concluded she was beyond popular but lets be honest, those online polls are heavily skewed by the "waifu" otaku crowd.
It's a done thing though, I have to deal, but it still sucks for K.K. Hell, even Isabelle is a total fangirl of him.
the real question is: will there be an Animal Crossing U? I keep saying that I don't think so, but I'd love for Nintendo to prove me wrong!
The game is just so convenient on handheld systems. If they do one on the Wii U, I hope is a fully-fleshed sequel with an always online town where you can live with other people (in addition to your regular "offline" town), like in an MMORPG, and not some half-assed game like Animal Crossing: City Folks.
Some time needs to pass before considering something timeless or not
I agree that heavyweight space Peach is bland, though. But Isabelle? Nah, she's not a clone or anything. Toadette remains my favorite female, though.
Eh maybe that's true.
And yeah... Its hard for me to think of a good female Nintendo character.
Because people can't just accept that there are nice things and then there are not-so-nice things, and the existence of not-so-nice things don't actually invalidate that nice things are nice. This is why we can't have nice things. Except for me; I can have nice things.
Ultimadrago
Member
Nice
SoulUnison
Banned
The worst thing about loving Sonic games is telling people that you love Sonic games and watching the gears turn behind their eyes.
Weirdest. Fandom. Ever.
pinkurocket
Member
I don't like hentai.
hey man don't be talking shit about kk slider
There's several all through the Fire Emblem series, and most recently Kid Icarus Uprising had a lot of quirky female fun. Ashley Robbins from Another Code, too!
MiguelMexMIstery
Member
As much as a I like Isabelle and it's nice to see her getting into other stuff, it kinda makes me sad since I always saw Tom Nook as the face/emblem for the series for some reason.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Well, he's the antagonist of the series...
I'm not crazy about Isabelle but sure, she's charming. I just hope they won't forget about K.K. Slider. Dude's cool as hell.
SerTapTap
Member
No no no.
These. These fuckers right here. This is the final boss.
Thank goodness for that Perfect Town ordinance. I seriously couldn't bear to return to Wild World because of the weeds. Months later in ACNL with Perfect Town and there's barely any and my flowers are all still alive.
timetokill
Banned
She's goddamn adorable, and everyone loves her. She's well designed and recognizable. Not sure why Nintendo wouldn't take advantage of those facts. Everyone wants them to create new mascot characters, and guess what? They just did.
Bill Rizer
Member
I hate ShiTzus. Most annoying little dogs ever. They really tried anything to get bitten when I walked around with my Dobermann.
Isabelle is adorable and she works as a good mascot for Animal Crossing. Better than the Villager, Tom Nook, Resetti, or pretty much any other character, not only because of her design or personality, but because she is an actual supporting character in a game with a blank slate of a main character and a town full of changing cast or background characters.
K.K. Slider is pretty memorable but I think he is a runner up to Isabelle, even though he was a favorite character in past games. I even listed Isabelle as my favorite in the Animal Crossing Plaza app and it you look at the polls in that app, Isabelle has a landslide victory over every poll with K.K. coming in at a strong, but still distant, 2nd place.
Isabelle has basically become the new Animal Crossing mascot.
K.K. Slider is pretty memorable but I think he is a runner up to Isabelle, even though he was a favorite character in past games. I even listed Isabelle as my favorite in the Animal Crossing Plaza app and it you look at the polls in that app, Isabelle has a landslide victory over every poll with K.K. coming in at a strong, but still distant, 2nd place.
Isabelle has basically become the new Animal Crossing mascot.
SuperLoserPeen2
Neo Member
I love Isabelle (as my favorite character) too. In fact, I love her so much I adopted a shih tzu on the same month and year where Animal Crossing: New Leaf first launched in Japan. 
In the game, whenever she walks with you, you can hear the rattle-like sound effects. That was really cute. <3
Will definitely play as her when that Animal Crossing DLC comes out for Mario Kart 8.
In the game, whenever she walks with you, you can hear the rattle-like sound effects. That was really cute. <3
Will definitely play as her when that Animal Crossing DLC comes out for Mario Kart 8.
There need to be more comics about Isabelle being some kind of psycho stalker of the mayor
Crash Station
Member
Meet beter Shih Tzus. Not mine though, she's also mean (well, she's a Shih Poo, but still).
powerdrain
Member
She was part of what set New Leaf apart from the older games and she's such a charming character good on Nintendo for marketing her a bit more.
In regards to the commentary of her being "the next Rosalina" I don't think that's a bad thing. It's good for there to be visible female lead characters who aren't sexualised or to fit a damsel role. Isabelle is a character who has some responsibility in her respective world and is very likable. Seeing more of her (and Rosalina, I guess) isn't a negative at all.
In regards to the commentary of her being "the next Rosalina" I don't think that's a bad thing. It's good for there to be visible female lead characters who aren't sexualised or to fit a damsel role. Isabelle is a character who has some responsibility in her respective world and is very likable. Seeing more of her (and Rosalina, I guess) isn't a negative at all.
I hope Isabelle is buff like the picture below in the next game, kinda like how the eye patch lady in Twin Peaks got buff. She could do all the project construction herself then and be an even better secretary. Nintendo can prepare people for this by making her a heavy in the MK8 update, which makes sense since she'd be bulking to put on muscle.
Professor Beef
Banned
Shit like that is why you're a junior.
Ummmm I would edit out that pics though. T_T NSFW my friend.
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
I was gonna post that but I didn't want to risk it.
I don't see how people are keep complaining about how Isabelle fanart make them hate her.
Even when the arts is actually tamer and more beautiful as it mostly emphasized on environment with Isabelle doing her activities here.
One of my favorite example would be this:
Yes, please!
Heh. I was sure Tom Nook would be a fighter in the new Smash after he showed up in the reveal trailer. She's definitely not the first (but someone high up there does seem to lover her).
I agree. I'm not sure where you're getting the negative connotation from my OP.
The game sold millions, mostly to kids and casuals, and yet we have people in here claiming that Isabelle's popularity is mostly due to 'creepy otaku'? Do I have that right?
Good god. Anyone who thinks that is having their mind skewed by visiting certain forums online too much. I like Isabelle because she was a non-annoying helper character for once, who showed tons of enthusiasm. All the kids I know in my extended family who had the game loved her as well. The polls Nintendo do (which are filled out 99% by non-otaku, lol) would reinforce that she 'hit home' with her intended audience. That's why she's being pushed. To say it's because of sex appeal to perverts is such a bizarre claim.
Good god. Anyone who thinks that is having their mind skewed by visiting certain forums online too much. I like Isabelle because she was a non-annoying helper character for once, who showed tons of enthusiasm. All the kids I know in my extended family who had the game loved her as well. The polls Nintendo do (which are filled out 99% by non-otaku, lol) would reinforce that she 'hit home' with her intended audience. That's why she's being pushed. To say it's because of sex appeal to perverts is such a bizarre claim.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
She's rad.
You're not nice.
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
I mean, yes some of the art can be kinda disgusting(sorry muscle isabelle) but some can be very cute and nice to look here.
Fanart is part of the reason why she's one of my favorite characters. Freaking adorable.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah she's cute and her personality in the game is pretty endearing.
How's the strangeness meter in this thread
How's the strangeness meter in this thread
There hasn't really been anything creepy in this thread, thankfully. Just worrisome people mentioning that creepy stuff has happened in other threads, lol.
So far, we're just appreciating a great character and wondering how one of our favorite game-makers will use her.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
This is beautiful.I don't see how people are keep complaining about how Isabelle fanart make them hate her.
Even when the arts is actually tamer and more beautiful as it mostly emphasized on environment with Isabelle doing her activities here.
One of my favorite example would be this:
Bomber Bob
Banned
Once splatoon is out everybody will forget about Isabelle