{"id":114984,"date":"2020-07-03T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/07\/random_isabelle_reclaims_the_official_animal_crossing_twitter_account_but_fans_have_mixed_feelings"},"modified":"2020-07-03T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:30:00","slug":"random-isabelle-reclaims-the-official-animal-crossing-twitter-account-but-fans-have-mixed-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/03\/random-isabelle-reclaims-the-official-animal-crossing-twitter-account-but-fans-have-mixed-feelings\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Isabelle Reclaims The Official Animal Crossing Twitter Account, But Fans Have Mixed Feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/95edaca4c7036\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/95edaca4c7036\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Isabelle\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/95edaca4c7036\/isabelle.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/95edaca4c7036\/isabelle.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Isabelle\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>During the build-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/animal_crossing_new_horizons\"><strong>Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; launch this year, Nintendo decided to make full use of its official Animal Crossing Twitter account by giving it a new lick of paint. Usually &#8216;ran&#8217; by Isabelle, the account was given over to Tom Nook, with a change of profile picture and tweet style put in place to reflect Tom&#8217;s unique personality.<\/p>\n<p>Today, normal service has resumed and Isabelle is back in office. In her first tweet back in charge, she says that it &#8220;feels like it&#8217;s been forever&#8221; and that it&#8217;s &#8220;so nice to be back&#8221;.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi, everyone! It&#8217;s Isabelle! It feels like it&#8217;s been forever, doesn&#8217;t it? Well, starting this month, I&#8217;ll be taking charge of these Twitter posts for Mr. Nook. I promise I&#8217;ll do my very best to support everyone here as well as at Resident Services. It&#8217;s so nice to be back! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zkes5MlR7M\">pic.twitter.com\/zkes5MlR7M<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Isabelle (@animalcrossing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/animalcrossing\/status\/1279037236172865536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Traditionally, Animal Crossing fans have universally loved Isabelle for years now &#8211; despite the odd case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/random_husband_buys_36_amiibo_to_jokingly_spite_isabelle-hating_wife_at_christmas\">absolute Isabelle hatred<\/a> &#8211; but not everyone&#8217;s pleased to have her back. Thanks to her role in New Horizons on Switch, a large number of fans have replied with concern that the account will no longer have any news &#8211; a nod to Isabelle&#8217;s in-game dialogue that regularly and repetitively talks about mundane, everyday nonsense.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We can\u2019t wait to hear about your TV habits every single day on Twitter as well<\/span>\u2014 Ewan James (@_ewanjames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ewanjames\/status\/1279037347376627712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Go home. We want nook, you\u2019ve been in 2 games and I always skip your dialogue because you report nothing<\/span>\u2014 Ariana Castro (@Unicornkittyari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Unicornkittyari\/status\/1279037401093025792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Isabelle your amazing but please shut up about your sock<\/span>\u2014 Worlder Ash #BlackLivesMatter (@ash_worlder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ash_worlder\/status\/1279037360647307264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s strange to see fans turn their back on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/animal_crossing_new_leaf\"><strong>New Leaf<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s most-loved star, but we must admit that it&#8217;s pretty funny seeing so many people sharing our frustrations over that blimmin&#8217; missing sock she never stops talking about.<\/p>\n<p>We were thinking about which Animal Crossing character we&#8217;d love to see in charge next, and Twitter user @cantsleepsyd sums things up perfectly.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">let sweet baby angel sable do it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SOiDgVUY6E\">pic.twitter.com\/SOiDgVUY6E<\/a><\/span>\u2014 sydney \ud83c\udf19 (@cantsleepsyd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantsleepsyd\/status\/1279050508494348288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the build-up to Animal Crossing: New Horizons&#8216; launch this year, Nintendo decided to make full use of its official Animal Crossing Twitter account by giving it a new lick of paint. 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