Lock up your children: Mr. Resetti may 'disturb' them
FACT: Animal Crossing games would be a lot less awesome without Mr. Resetti. The maddened mole teaches his lessons through tough love, subjecting players to lengthy, unavoidable rants every time they "forget" to save their game. Now, we're willing to admit that our parents contributed in some small way* to our upbringing, but would we be the same, upstanding citizens we are now without the firm intervention of Resetti? No.That's why we were disappointed to hear that the mole now carries his own warning, in case he makes kids burst into floods of tears or something.
Madness, we know, but it's all there in black and white, in your Animal Crossing: City Folk manual: "Mr. Resetti's purpose is to teach players the importance of saving. However, parents should be aware that his personality and tone of voice, while intentionally humourous, are authoritative and may be disturbing to young children." Wow, protective, much?
* Kidding, obviously, if you're reading, Dad.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(01) @ Dec 10th 2008 5:40PM
(sighs) While Mario enjoys jumping on turtles, doing so in real life could cause injury to both your child and the turtle. Please make sure your offspring understands this.
Shoyz @ Dec 10th 2008 5:46PM
They could have warned children that it's not okay to change in public, whack trees/rocks with shovels for money, or walk into people's houses uninvited.
But I guess an authoritative mole is the worst.
eatxchoui @ Dec 10th 2008 5:58PM
I cried when Monique returned my gift.
HUYI @ Dec 10th 2008 6:02PM
i just use a cheat code to disable him he gets on my nerves in all the animal crossing games.
SoshiKitai @ Dec 11th 2008 1:03AM
That's no fun at all. :/
Jordan @ Dec 10th 2008 7:53PM
WARNING: The following comment contains material that may be disturbing to younger readers. Reader discretion is advised.
"And remember...wash behind your ears! Now...SCRAM!!!"
Deozaan @ Dec 11th 2008 4:27PM
Disturbing to young children? I'm 25 and he disturbs me!
xraydash @ Dec 11th 2008 6:41PM
A warning in the instruction manual is a little extreme but it's true that Mr. Resetti can be upsetting to young children. He totally freaked my six year old twin boys out a few years ago. They were actually afraid to play after he bitched them out once!
Darkness=Fun @ Jan 2nd 2009 7:19AM
I'm sorry, but this is ridiculous. I find him HILARIOUS.
A few years ago (when then first AC came out) I was young and about 9, I did not find him scary at all. In fact, he used to be my favorite Villager.
I did not notice that "warning" in the manual, but that's probably because I spent about 10 seconds actually reading it....
Darkness=Fun @ Jan 2nd 2009 7:19AM
I'm sorry, but this is ridiculous. I find him HILARIOUS.
A few years ago (when then first AC came out) I was young and about 9, I did not find him scary at all. In fact, he used to be my favorite Villager.
I did not notice that "warning" in the manual, but that's probably because I spent about 10 seconds actually reading it....