One of the best things to come out of the Animal Crossing community over the past year or so is the story of Audrey (or Audie, as she's known in-game), the now 88-year-old grandma who first rose to fame for clocking in a whopping 3,500+ hour playtime on Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
She's become something of an internet star thanks to her story going viral; Audrey soon delivered a new video to present a tour of her 3,500+ hour town, and it would appear that Nintendo itself has even paid tribute to her with a new character in New Horizons on Switch. Now, it's time for her to explore her very own new horizons.
In the video above, Audrey answers some fan questions and unboxes a brand new gift - the new, limited edition New Horizons Switch console. She also boots up the game, finding out that her first villager friends are Katt and Bam.
We hope you enjoy New Horizons, Audie! Here's to your next 3,500 hours!
[source youtube.com, via gonintendo.com]
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See...now this is the kinda story we need going right now. #adorbs ^^
My god, she sums up perfectly what Animal Crossing is... it is indeed a dollhouse...
May she Animal Cross for years to come.
Great to hear a good news story, and nice to see Nintendo getting some credit once in a while.
This is so wholesome.
Nintendo brings all generations of the family together.
And the fact a little old lady can sit in her home and enjoy herself on a game for so many hours is a credit to the designers. Truly remarkable. I hope I can game into my old age.
She should tell us her friend code so we can all visit her island!
Howdy, Grandma Audrey. 😀
Hopefully she still healthy so she can make a record more than 3,500 hours gameplay. 😁
Dang...!
She got Bam (blue deer) and Kat (Uchi cat). 😮
@Mjoen
While that's a great idea in theory
Sadly she would just be flooded by requests.
This is a great story. I just got Audie as my last village resident, and had no idea that she was based on this delightful woman. It gives me extra good feelings about her.
@Kienda,
We have all been used to technology so we will probably game till later on in life, my father was around when all this stuff was simply not available when he was younger, thus he does not understand it all,that being said he was awesome at Wii sports club bowling.
Love it, thank you!
I feared the worse when I saw her picture in the news feed. Glad it was happy
Glad for her, hopefully I can find one for myself without shelling out like $500!
That is awesome!
This is lovely.
This is sweet.
Great gesture but geeze why would the person making the video tell HER what the gift was lol. Would have been cooler to see her open it then explain what it was.
Hopefully she likes crafting, because she's gonna be doing a lot of it.
Okay, this is heartwarming.
we will give you a gift as long as you let us interrogate you against your will for half an hour!
I can guarantee that she will go back to the 3DS in a couple of days.
The reason DS/3DS are so popular with the elderly is because of the stylus control. They can play the games without using the normal game controller - which is not intuitive for them.
Nintendo really should continue with the Dual Screen design, there's a market for it.
If she doesn't get Audie there will be no justice in this cruel world
An awesome, wholesome article. Game on Audrey! I hope I'm still happily gaming away when I'm at a ripe old age.
I just got Audie as one of my villagers. I'm so happy to have her and I'll be taking good care of her, you can be sure. She's getting gifts constantly I promise.
After the unboxing she put it on Ebay bnib starting bid $1000
Lovely video. Just shows there is a game for everyone.
I've always seen Animal Crossing but I've never picked up a game. Maybe New Horizons will change that.
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