Designing For | Animal Crossing: New Leaf's Toy Day -- Designing For Merriment @DesigningFor | Uploaded December 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we look at Toy Day in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the best representation of the spirit of Christmas put into a video game.
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Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Also check out our episode on how Joke's End of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is designed, possibly intentionally, to be a long and tedious slog: youtube.com/watch?v=pngcDTStwBc
Or our episode of recommended video games for new players, all of which provide a necessary skill to enjoy the rest of its genre: youtube.com/watch?v=6DvjBCW26sU
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The Animal Crossing series, including Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Animal Crossing, and Animal Crossing: Wild World, is © Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Metroid is © Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Various other Nintendo characters, including Mario and Yoshi, are also © Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Saint's Row IV is © Volition/Deep Silver.
Life Is Strange, Tomb Raider, and Final Fantasy are © Square-Enix Holdings Corporation. Life Is Strange by Don't Nod Entertainment SA and Tomb Raider by Crystal Dynamics, Inc.
Ninja Gaiden is © Tecmo Co., Ltd.
Professor Layton and the Curious Village is © Level-5 Inc. and Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Shovel Knight is © Yacht Club Games.
Christmas NiGHTS Into Dreams... is © SEGA Games Co., Ltd.
Dr. Suess' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! was © Cat in the Hat Productions and MGM Animation/Visual Arts.
He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special is © Filmation Associates.
Merrie Melodies is © Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
The Amazon logo is © Amazon.com, Inc.
"When You're Here, You're Family" is © The Olive Garden.
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Images/Footage Used:
"Animal Crossing: Bell Bags" -- deviantart.com/dekupyro/art/Animal-Crossing-Bell-Bags-109667690
"Ninja Gaiden (NES) No Death Walkthrough" -- youtube.com/watch?v=ueeKMQSS4bw
"Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) Puzzle No. 135 Royal Escape" -- youtube.com/watch?v=gxjAEVSJjx8
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we look at Toy Day in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the best representation of the spirit of Christmas put into a video game.
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Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Also check out our episode on how Joke's End of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is designed, possibly intentionally, to be a long and tedious slog: youtube.com/watch?v=pngcDTStwBc
Or our episode of recommended video games for new players, all of which provide a necessary skill to enjoy the rest of its genre: youtube.com/watch?v=6DvjBCW26sU
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The Animal Crossing series, including Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Animal Crossing, and Animal Crossing: Wild World, is © Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Metroid is © Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Various other Nintendo characters, including Mario and Yoshi, are also © Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Saint's Row IV is © Volition/Deep Silver.
Life Is Strange, Tomb Raider, and Final Fantasy are © Square-Enix Holdings Corporation. Life Is Strange by Don't Nod Entertainment SA and Tomb Raider by Crystal Dynamics, Inc.
Ninja Gaiden is © Tecmo Co., Ltd.
Professor Layton and the Curious Village is © Level-5 Inc. and Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Shovel Knight is © Yacht Club Games.
Christmas NiGHTS Into Dreams... is © SEGA Games Co., Ltd.
Dr. Suess' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! was © Cat in the Hat Productions and MGM Animation/Visual Arts.
He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special is © Filmation Associates.
Merrie Melodies is © Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
The Amazon logo is © Amazon.com, Inc.
"When You're Here, You're Family" is © The Olive Garden.
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Images/Footage Used:
"Animal Crossing: Bell Bags" -- deviantart.com/dekupyro/art/Animal-Crossing-Bell-Bags-109667690
"Ninja Gaiden (NES) No Death Walkthrough" -- youtube.com/watch?v=ueeKMQSS4bw
"Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) Puzzle No. 135 Royal Escape" -- youtube.com/watch?v=gxjAEVSJjx8
