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Making Animal Crossing more real — and more terrifying – with AI chatbots

Grant St. Clair
Sep 16, 2025
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Ahh, Animal Crossing, everybody's favorite crushing debt simulator with cute animals. A common criticism of the last game in the series was its limited pool of dialogue for each possible animal personality type, with even the previous 3DS title beating it out for variety.

Thankfully, an unhinged software engineer has managed to painstakingly connect the …

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