Even though I’ve had Animal Crossing: City Folk for a couple of weeks now, I never actually read the instruction book because, well, it’s not an NES game circa 1990. Sure, it’s fun to flip through the manuals from time to time, but I rarely do anymore. If I had, though, I would have read the warning concerning Mr. Resetti, the game’s resident mole who comes to scold you if you reset the game without saving. The more you do it, the angrier he gets, and his tirades can get rather lengthy (and angry). While I find this hilarious AND educational, apparently Resetti can be nightmare inducing for younger gamers:

It is important that players save before switching off the Wii console in order to retain data after each play session (see Saving Data, above). If players switch off without saving, the character Mr. Resetti may appear upon restarting.

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 humorous, are authoritative and may be disturbing to young children.


I’m sorry, but if your children are disturbed by authoritative figures, then there might be a problem there. Resetti is a humorous animal, but he raises a good point: you can’t hit the reset button in real life, so why should you be able to do so in the game? He’s trying to educate the youth of America, and Nintendo’s worried about some coddled little kids getting upset? Mr. Resetti, don’t let these overprotective parents get you down. I fully support you in your quest to eliminate resetting in Animal Crossing. If you happen to terrify a few children along the way, good! That’ll learn ’em.

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