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I am going to get straight to this. No preamble. Spike is returning to Animal Crossing. Possibly, he's back already. If you downloaded the very recent update that was launched to coincide with today's Nintendo Direct, you may have him rattling around in your 3DS right freakin' now. He will be grumpy in there, maybe even angry. But all of that is a front. Beneath the bluster, Spike is someone special. Reader, hold onto him. Cleave to him! Take it from me. I lost him once already.No tears for me, angelfish: I knew the dangers. Years ago I moved into my first ever Animal Crossing house, and I soon picked up a grumpy rhino from a friend's village. Spike, you son of a gun. I'll admit: I was a little intimidated at first. He seemed so aggressive, and the wrong word would make him explode in a rage. I wasn't used to this. I shared most of my village with a bunch of tight-lipped frogs and a stoner lion. Spike was a wild card, and I think that's how he liked it. Piercings. Angry T-shirt logo. The fact that he was literally an orange rhino. Everything about Spike seemed to say: stay away.
But there was more to him than that. So much more. Deep down, Spike just wanted friendship on his terms. He wanted me to write him letters. He wanted to offer me bits of furniture he found lying around - thanks for the UFO, Spike! It really is quite the conversation-starter. Pretty soon, I found myself adding five minutes to my daily Animal Crossing chores. Five minutes that simply meant: track Spike down and hang out with that guy. He's alright!
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