Haken: An Animal Crossing Podcast

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Ep. 117: DannTheMan and New Horizons News Feb 11, 2020

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On this episode of Haken: An Animal Crossing Podcast, we are visited by DannTheMan. He makes a lot of different content with a large focus on Animal Crossing as of late. We get to know him and his background with the Animal Crossing Series. From there, we all answer the latest Countdown To New Horizons questions. Afterwards, we discuss all the new New Horizons news that we've gotten over the last week. Finally, we end the show with Haken's Islander Corner

Time Stamps:

0:05 - Introduction & Getting to know Dann

21:35 - Countdown to New Horizons

36:07 - New New Horizons News

1:01:00 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:05:14 - Outro Announcements

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Ep. 116: New Horizons News and On the Spot Feb 04, 2020

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We've got a bit of a longer episode today. Sergio and I start off by showing off the brand new art for Haken: An Animal Crossing Podcast. This artwork was created by my friend, Ellie Horie. She does some amazing work and I ask that you all check out the wonderful art she does:

Artist: Ellie Horie

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After art, we continue our countdown to New Horizons by answering the week's questions! From there, we take a look at all the news we've gotten for Animal Crossing New Horizons. There has actually been some pretty huge announcements including an Animal Crossing themed Nintendo Switch console. Finally, we get to a new segment called On the Spot! After that, we end the show with our Haken's Islander Corner.

Time Stamps:

0:05 - Introduction + Casual Chat

2:11 - New Haken Artwork

5:42 - Countdown to New Horizons

22:13 - New New Horizons News

44:11 - On the Spot

1:05:52 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:10:20 - Outro Announcements

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Ep. 115: The State of Animal Crossing New Horizons News Jan 28, 2020

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This week, Sergio and I have a lot of fun topics to cover. As usual, we start by answering the week's 100 Day Countdown to New Horizons Questions. From there, we discuss the possible Wii U ports that could come to the Switch. Specifically, we talk about amiibo Festival and what we would want from the deluxe version on Switch. After that, we discuss the state of Animal Crossing News at the moment. Unfortunately, we recorded before the new characters were revealed, but we still cover how we'd market Animal Crossing if we were at Nintendo. Finally, we close out the show with our world famous Haken's Islander Corner.

Time Stamps:

0:05 - Introduction

2:45 - 100 Day Countdown

17:51 - Amiibo Festival Port on Switch

35:46 - The State of New Horizons News

55:07 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:01:36 - Outro Announcements

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Ep. 114: Animal Crossing with Pete Imbesi Jan 21, 2020

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Today, Sergio and I are joined by Pete Imbesi from LootPots! He currently works as the Multimedia Editor at LootPots. He hosts their podcast The PotsCast and also cofounder of The Comics Pals. We speak with him about his history with the Animal Crossing series and his thoughts on Animal Crossing New Horizons.

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Time Stamps:

0:05 - Introduction and Pete's Background

7:45 - Pete's History with Animal Crossing

22:21 - Pete's Thoughts on New Horizons

53:38 - 100 Day Countdown Questions

1:03:57 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:07:42 - Outro Announcements

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Ep. 113: Animal Crossing New Horizons Merch and Q&A Jan 14, 2020

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Today, Sergio and I answer the next round of questions in the 100 Day Countdown to Animal Crossing New Horizons. There were a lot of fun ones in this round. From there, we go over some of the pre-order bonuses that have appeared in the UK, Europe, and Australia. There has also been some new Animal Crossing themed Switch Merchandise shown off. After that, we take a lot of mail from our listeners and answer their questions. Finally, we close out the show with Haken's Islander Corner.

Time Stamps:

0:05 - Introduction

19:40 - New Horizons Merchandise

26:06 - Listener Mail Q&A

1:00:15 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:06:59 - Outro Announcements

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Ep. 112: Box Art and Animal Crossing Spoilers Jan 07, 2020

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This is the first episode of the month and the year! That means we've got some new artwork for Animal Crossing New Horizons. This new art gives us a look at the day in the life of Savannah. We discuss the new art and ready a statement from Mateo, the artist.

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From there, we answer the 100 Day Countdown Questions for the week, the latest news we've gotten about Animal Crossing New Horizons, and whether or not we can spoil Animal Crossing. Finally, we end the show with Haken's Islander Corner and read some answers from our patrons.

Time Stamps:

0:05 - Introduction

7:27 - Countdown to New Horizons Questions

26:43 - New Trailer and Box Art

38:18 - Can you spoil Animal Crossing?

51:42 - Haken's Islander Corner

58:27 - Outro Announcements

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Ep. 111: Resolutions for the Year of Animal Crossing Dec 31, 2019

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As has become regular practice on the show, we start by answering all the questions for the Countdown to New Horizons. I cannot believe 20 days have already gone by since this countdown has started. We're only 80 days away from Animal Crossing New Horizons and it's starting to feel real! From there, we take a quick look back at the year for Animal Crossing and discuss our disappointments and happy moments for the year. We also do our yearly tradition of making new years resolutions! Finally, we close out with a nice Haken's Islander Corner.

Time Stamps:

0:05 - Introduction

2:37 - Countdown to New Horizons Questions

21:55 - 2019 Recap

35:28 - New Year's Resolutions

51:41 - Haken's Islander Corner

58:01 - Outro Announcements

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Ep. 110: New Horizons Renders and Nintendo Wishlist Dec 24, 2019

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It's Toy Day, which means Sergio and I have met up to record this episode in person together. We start the show by answering the week's 100 Day Countdown questions. We are only 87 days away from Animal Crossing New Horizons now. We also go over the latest renders we've seen from New Horizons. We don't really know where the renders came from, but they look great. Finally, we make a wishlist of things we want to see for Animal Crossing and from Nintendo. We end the show with Haken's Islander Corner and see what our patrons think of bug catching and fishing.

Time Stamps:

0:05 - Introduction

5:31 - 100 Day Countdown Questions

28:24 - New Horizons Renders

52:56 - Animal Crossing and Nintendo Wishlists

1:07:39 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:12:38 - Outro Announcements

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Ep. 109: Animal Crossing Rivals and Listener Mail Dec 17, 2019

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Today, Nina joins us to talk about the countdown to New Horizons. She talks about the process of coming up with the countdown questions and how her plans have changed since the island setting was announced. We spend some time answering the first week of questions for the countdown to New Horizons. Finally, we take several listener mail questions we got over the past week. Of course, it's not Haken without a Haken Islander Corner.

Time Stamps:

0:05 - Introduction

3:57 - Countdown Origins with Nina

17:09 - Day 100 through Day 94 Questions

41:46 - Listener Mail

1:03:34 - Haken's Islander Corner

1:07:41 - Outro Announcements

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Ep. 108: 101 Days Till Animal Crossing New Horizons Dec 10, 2019

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We are now 101 days away from Animal Crossing New Horizons. This episode, we introduce the 100 Day Countdown to New Horizons. Each day will feature a new question to answer until the game releases on March 20th, 2020. After, Sergio and I discuss some of the biggest Animal Crossing moments of the decade. We then talk a bit about the latest screenshots we got from an event Nintendo held in Mexico. Finally, we end with an early question to kick off the countdown to New Horizons!

Time Stamps:

0:05 - Introduction

2:12 - 100 Day Countdown to New Horizons

16:10 - Animal Crossing over the last Decade

45:10 - New Horizons Screenshots

53:02 - Haken's Islander Corner

59:36 - Outro Announcements

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