The Gravestone in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is a Cause for Concern

Hey Animal Crossing fans, we’ve run into a tiny little problem. I know that all of you are excited due to the slew of new features that were revealed during the big Nintendo Direct on Thursday but there has been a… murder.

Well, we’re not entirely sure if someone has died or if it’s merely a decorative Halloween item, but during the presentation yesterday, fans managed to spot a gravestone around the 22-minute mark. The grave is surrounded by flowers and there seems to be some sort of old item on top of it –could it be a turnip, perhaps?

You can see it for yourself in the video below, we put the correct time for you so you should be able to see it immediately once you press play:

https://youtu.be/KcsiD3nNzA4?t=1351

See, it’s a grave, right? Well, the Animal Crossing community has been worried about the burial ground, speculating on who could exactly be buried down there. Could it be the old mayor, Tortimer? Could it be the old turnip saleswoman, Joan? Could it be our social lives once New Horizons comes out in March? Let’s see what the community has to say about this:

https://twitter.com/ChampionSmeltz/status/1230588895785619457

me laughing at joke posts abt the grave in the animal crossing trailer being tortimer and then realizing that the appearance of daisy mae instead of joan means that time has passed and tortimer very well could have died pic.twitter.com/1byUfM1dGR

— katamari democracy (@manglegrove) February 21, 2020

Guys, there's a tombstone in the new Animal Crossing game I can't wait to become a grave keeper and bury all of my friends this is going to be dope pic.twitter.com/XhOFJ9qCeQ

— Sumatto (@SumattoYT) February 20, 2020

what you are all missing about the grave in Animal Crossing is that it's clearly where our social lives have gone to die pic.twitter.com/5KbvIAXCO7

— your buddy kate (@kateburning) February 20, 2020

One of the scenes in the Animal Crossing New Horizons direct shows a single grave.
Big thanks to Nintendo, for letting me know I have options if one of those stupid chicken villagers show up on my island. pic.twitter.com/4xKUSgsSLu

— Brendan Graeber (@Ragga_Fragga) February 20, 2020

Pretty bold of Animal Crossing to put in a grave to mark the end of my connection with the outside world. pic.twitter.com/81yh5AIa6F

— Daan Koopman (@NintenDaan) February 20, 2020

https://twitter.com/Hudsony15/status/1230502747339837442

https://twitter.com/gucciwitcch/status/1230636032170680320

I guess we’ll find out just what the heck is going on once Animal Crossing: New Horizons comes out on March 20. All we can do now is re-watch the direct over and over again until we find every new detail.