![]() ![]() Who does it affect to give me the option to play as someone who's black? It doesn't actually change anything about Animal Crossing's gameplay loop to make my character look like me. Like, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the previous Animal Crossing games-my younger sister and I sunk an uncomfortable amount of hours into the original GameCube one when we were younger-but it also always irked me just a little that I had to play as someone who was white. ![]() Between Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Pokemon Sword and Shield (which also has a few fabulous black hairstyle options), Nintendo's major franchises seem to be making a concentrated effort to help people who look like me feel more included. It's a small gesture, I know, but it means a lot to me. They gave us the option to twist our hair. Now, it's a month later and I'm flipping through all the hair options for myself and I'm just so goddamn happy. Sorry, Kallie, if you're reading this-like, I was happy about it (I was!), but in that way where I'm not super hopeful because I assume I'm ultimately going to be disappointed again because, ya know, video games don't exactly have a winning track record when it comes to black representation.Īnyway, she sent me pictures of what she was talking about the very next day and I subsequently almost cried with joy at my desk. So when Kallie first got back from an Animal Crossing: New Horizons preview event back in February and told me that Nintendo had actually gone ahead and put some good black hair options into the latest iteration of my favorite social simulation franchise, I didn't really believe her. It's even less likely you'll get a non-stereotypical option in a game where you're creating your own character. Regardless, my point is that it's rare for a developer to give a black video game character non-stereotypical hair. Or, my absolute favorite, when they are too lazy to try to do black hair at all and just make the character bald or something. See just how many games don't use afros to market a black character as a goofy jokester or cornrows to help label a black character as dangerous. Go ahead, take a look back at video games before 2010. And frankly, when all you've included in terms of diversity is an afro or cornrows, you're feeding into long-running video game stereotypes. ![]() We just happen to wear our hair in a lot more than that. I'm just tired of yelling about it.Īll of which isn't to say that black people don't have those hairstyles-we do. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really angry anymore whenever I see a video game character creator think that good diversity is making sure to include options for an afro or cornrows. Now Playing: 13 Essential Tips For Animal Crossing New Horizons Also, hairstyles are now gender neutral, meaning players can further customize how their in-game island villager looks to reflect who they are outside the game.By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's There, players will be able to decide their villager’s skin tone, hair color and style, eye color and shape, and their nose and mouth types from a base set of colors and styles. Initially, players will “check in” and create their passport for their trip to the island. Take as much time as you need to get yourself looking just the way you want! /kJQjUDIREc The video in this tweet goes through the Animal Crossing: New Horizons character customization process.Īt the counter, they’ll ask for your name and birthday, and then they’ll take a picture of you for your passport. Now, players will have much more control over their character and how they look in game. In previous games, character creation was quite restricted: players would answer questions that generated a village with features based off of the players responses. Nintendo released new information showing off Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ character customization options for villagers.
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