Animal crossing! of course i can give ya advice on that!!!💙 some of you are good at this already, and some go without anyways, but throw out that fourth wall! Canonically, the game really goes for it, way past button tutorials. AC itself is even self-referential in a few lines, shown as a game in amiibo festival, and HHD confirms time travel is real. Have fun with it in that regard!💙 In my verse specifically, I've chosen the kind of animals are closer to race than species. Nothing wrong with the latter, but either way depictions of judgment on romantic/friendship choices are in the minority, with your mom being a bit rude in the first game towards all animals, and a throwaway line from waking up smug villagers on jokingly prefering a female of their animal over you, but yeah. ( it's also my explanation of their noses tbh, rhinarium and all that). Perfectly normal, anything less just kinda crosses into offensive territory for them imo. I could probably write a post itself on this meta alone tbh, just know that too much animal joke=racism in Felix's POV💙 AC leans a lot on sassy commentary. The vast majority of the population still crack jokes while working retail and even as a medical professional, so it's much less stuffy than a lot of IRL situations.💙 a few things some people might find superficial are Real here too. Luck is a big one, influenced by feng shui and furniture in general, as well as astrology determining your luck for the day. The difference is way too massive to ignore lmao. As a fun fact, there's a villager for most combos of personality+star sign.💙 depiction can vary and we have smash, but for the most part I consider Mario and Punch Out!! In the same universe regardless, due to Mushrooms growing (yes! They do make you Big when eaten!!) and a Little Mac poster. due to customization any verse could potentially be, but combine with the mk8 DLC, Mario's a big one. I also include Balloon Fight not just cause of the move, but it also depicts animal characters especially in Balloon Kid, they're kinda hostile, aren't they? Zelda shows its characters in their own animal forms...although Wolf Link is still stated to transform even though we don't personally see it onscreen.💙 Remember there are feral animals, too as well as anthropomorphic villagers. Hamsters, dogs, and birds are obtainable pets as well as cat trees via DLC. Burgers and such also exist though i do play around with what those are made of depending on location.💙 speaking of location, worldbuilding wise there's definitely more than just Zendo where Felix lives, I've got different cultural or other norms for places like cities and etc. He's basically a florida man lmao-