Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This animated line chart race shows my Animal Crossing savings balance (in bells) in each of the five core Animal Crossing games. It's much harder to make bells in the older games (particularly GameCube, which doesn't even give you interest on your savings). New Leaf and New Horizons make earning bells a breeze, by comparison.
Some data is estimated, particularly before 2011 (before starting my blog, where I made note of milestones). I generally don't start saving money in my account until my house is completely paid off. So each game's savings will be at zero until that point. I don't know when I first paid off my house on GameCube, so the early GameCube data is based on a very rough estimate of January 2004. The latest data is current as of March 12, 2024.
Even though I started Wild World in 2016, I didn't start saving until I completed all of the Boondox donations (in addition to paying off my house, of course). So that's why it doesn't appear on the timeline until after New Horizons.
As for New Leaf, I took my foot off the gas once I reached 100 million and completed the last of the savings-related goals. I'm sure my New Horizons savings will eventually top my New Leaf total. If you're watching this in the future (after the video has been up at least a couple years), feel free to remind me to make an updated version!
Please check out my blogs for each Animal Crossing game! I still maintain them regularly!
AC GameCube Blog (updated monthly): jvgs.net/acblog
Wild World Blog (updated weekly): jvgs.net/acwwblog
City Folk Blog (updated weekly): jvgs.net/accfblog
New Leaf Blog (updated twice/month): jvgs.net/newleafblog
New Horizons Blog (updated weekly): jvgs.net/acnhblog
This chart was made with AlienArt.io. The song is K.K. Tango, performed by K.K. Slider in Animal Crossing: City Folk.
JVGS: jvgs.net
Twitter: twitter.com/jvgsjeff
Tumblr: jvgsjeff.com
Facebook: facebook.com/jvgsjeff
This animated line chart race shows my Animal Crossing savings balance (in bells) in each of the five core Animal Crossing games. It's much harder to make bells in the older games (particularly GameCube, which doesn't even give you interest on your savings). New Leaf and New Horizons make earning bells a breeze, by comparison.
Some data is estimated, particularly before 2011 (before starting my blog, where I made note of milestones). I generally don't start saving money in my account until my house is completely paid off. So each game's savings will be at zero until that point. I don't know when I first paid off my house on GameCube, so the early GameCube data is based on a very rough estimate of January 2004. The latest data is current as of March 12, 2024.
Even though I started Wild World in 2016, I didn't start saving until I completed all of the Boondox donations (in addition to paying off my house, of course). So that's why it doesn't appear on the timeline until after New Horizons.
As for New Leaf, I took my foot off the gas once I reached 100 million and completed the last of the savings-related goals. I'm sure my New Horizons savings will eventually top my New Leaf total. If you're watching this in the future (after the video has been up at least a couple years), feel free to remind me to make an updated version!
Please check out my blogs for each Animal Crossing game! I still maintain them regularly!
AC GameCube Blog (updated monthly): jvgs.net/acblog
Wild World Blog (updated weekly): jvgs.net/acwwblog
City Folk Blog (updated weekly): jvgs.net/accfblog
New Leaf Blog (updated twice/month): jvgs.net/newleafblog
New Horizons Blog (updated weekly): jvgs.net/acnhblog
This chart was made with AlienArt.io. The song is K.K. Tango, performed by K.K. Slider in Animal Crossing: City Folk.
JVGS: jvgs.net
Twitter: twitter.com/jvgsjeff
Tumblr: jvgsjeff.com
Facebook: facebook.com/jvgsjeff
