Anna Daniels
If you play the original Animal Crossing and stick to your own town, you probably don’t use the train often. You ride it into your village, pass by the station occasionally, and that’s it. If you borrow a friend’s GameCube save card, however, you can visit a town saved on their card. If all goes according to plan, you get to see some new sights, greet new neighbors, and maybe bag a souvenir. If not, then the creepiness starts.
If you reset the game while exploring your friend’s town, you won’t receive a visit from the ever-testy Mr. Resetti. Instead, your fate is far worse: you’ll lose all of your money, items, and facial features. Your character’s face will sport the blank, terrifying stare of Animal Crossing‘s famous gyroids. Some players have also reported the disappearance of one or more villagers after pulling off this trick.
While this “Easter egg” is creepy by itself, the rumored cause is far scarier. Many players believe the face is a failsafe that prevents a game-breaking bug that probably would force them to rebuild their town from scratch. To gamers, few things are more terrifying than losing all their progress to a save-eating glitch.
Written by: Looper
