Some villagers onAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsare instantly recognizable no matter what they’re wearing, but one fan has discovered that Puck the Penguin is not one of them.ACNHhas over 400 villagers, some more popular than others, and Puck is one of the fan favorites. The little pink penguin is a lazy villager who loves hockey, right down to his name, and is usually found wearing his iconic blue helmet and hockey jersey.
RedditorRabbleRynnwas confused, then,when the penguin showed up in full holiday vacation mode,with a Hawaiian shirt and a flower on his head instead of the helmet. The Redditor was confused about whom the penguin was until they spoke to him and realized it was none other than Puck, sans helmet.
RabbleRynn writes that “Puck looks like a naked mole-rat without his helmet!” adding that they feel likeit’s something they’re just not meant to ever see.Besides not having the helmet on his head, the character’s eyes look different in the screenshots, making it even more difficult to recognize the penguin.
Puck Looks Very Odd Without His Helmet
Fans are just as surprised as RabbleRynn to see Puck not wearing his usual getup, with some noting that he looks “wrong.” TheACNHvillager looks especially different because when he wears the helmet, it falls over his eyes, which are wide open and round. In the screenshot by RabbleRynn, Puck’s eyes are closed shut, making him look like he’s squinting at the sun. It becomes even sillier when the comments say that the pink of his head makes him look like he’s sunburned,making it seem like he took off his helmet for the first time in a while and isn’t quite sure how to deal with the sun.
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Other comments note that they hadn’t even realized that he could take the helmet off in the first place since it seemed so much of an extension of his appearance. The result is unnatural, like seeing him naked, and it prompted RedditorGlazeddapperto demand, “Puck, put your helmet back on.”
Some Fans Insist It’s Part Of Their Body
The Reddit thread hassparked further discussions about other characters who have seemingly permanent head clothing and accessory items,like Big Top,another popularACNHvillager. Despite this revelation that Puck could take his helmet off, many fans are unconvinced that Big Top can, too, firmly believing that the helmet is a part of the elephant’s body.PictureTakingLionmakes a further observation that “Puck without his helmet is officially more cursed than Eugene without his shades.”
It’s silly little discoveries like this that make a good cozy game even more enjoyable and immersive. It’s wonderful how delighted the community is at this cute detail, as through discovering something new and wonderful about a close friend they’ve known for a while. This kind of attention to detail from Nintendo and delight from the community make it easy to see whyAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsis still immensely popular. It’s also the kind of love and care that fans hope to see continued in the next game in the series, whichcould be coming as early as this month.
