10 Hidden Video Game Details You Can Only Find Once A Year
9. Villagers Love To Celebrate New Year's Eve - Animal Crossing
The gold standard of yearly events in video games, the Animal Crossing series could well command several entries on this list.
One of the main features of the franchise is the integration of the real-world clock into the game. This meant that players would be rewarded for playing a little every day, allowing the game to space out certain rewards, sometimes over the course of weeks to keep players coming back.
As a result, the game features several nods to real-world events, allowing players to live-out special occasions with their villagers in the Nintendo franchise. For example, in all of the main series games on home consoles, and New Leaf on the 3DS, on December 24 there is Toy Day, where players get to role-play as Santa and deliver gifts to the residents of their village.
The game also doesn't forget to include celebrations for New Year's Eve. The player's village will feature a large countdown clock on the day in the Town Plaza, with fireworks bursting when the clock hits 00:00 to mark the new year.