10 Fan Theories That Make Your Favourite Video Games Super Depressing

You can't find a game more innocent than Animal Crossing. Obviously then, there's a theory that it's really about a cult.

Think about it, you're just brought there one day, shown a house that has been assigned to you and immediately thrown into a life of working to pay off a debt you never asked for. What happens when you pay off that debt? Your house gets an unwanted extension and you're forced to pay off an even bigger debt. Put like that, it makes perfect sense that it's all the work of a cult forcing you into an endless cycle of work.

Other things that ratchet up the game's creepiness factor include the fact that the only exit for the town is sealed behind a giant door and constantly guard and that no-one else in the town is human, but they still seem fully aware of what humans are. The only explanation is that you aren't the first human to visit Animal Crossing, but no other person is ever mentioned.

Obviously, a lot of this is tongue in cheek. However, something that should give everyone pause for thought is the fact that you are brought to Animal Crossing by Kapp'n, whose name is a play on Kappa, a Japanese demon that kidnaps children.