Animal Crossing: New Horizons\u2019 second summer update adds a number of announced things, like fireworks and the Dream Suite, but also something Nintendo hasn\u2019t mentioned at all: tripping. Tripping in previous games was a part of the luck system, which determined what kind of day the player would have. Katrina could predict your luck.<\/b>
\nAnimal Crossing: New Horizons\u2019 second summer update brought about the Dream Suite, save backups, fireworks, and even a new camera feature, but the most interesting addition has to be the quietest one: tripping. Players who download the update may find that, on occasion, their villager slips and falls to the ground, like so: Be careful when running around your island with a balloon in Animal Crossing: New Horizons after the latest update… you never know when you might trip and fall! #ACNH pic.twitter.com\/GHZE6vwWqf If you happen to be holding a balloon, which is one of the new items, it\u2019ll float away. Boo. Players have also found that when you hit a rock and get a gold nugget, your character will now be inspired to craft a new DIY, the King Tut mask. It looks extremely cool, except for one hilarious issue: If you wear the King Tut mask, you\u2019ll trip way more often than you normally would. THE KING TUT MASK IN ANIMAL CROSSING IS HAVING ME LAUGHING SO EARLY IN THE MORNING! #ACNH #AnimalCrossing #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons #animalcrossingupdate #animalcrossing pic.twitter.com\/x8nMTMYw70 Why would it happen more often when you\u2019re wearing this mask? Well, in the past, Animal Crossing has had a luck system that affected all sorts of day-to-day things. On a good luck day, everything is amazing: You\u2019ll get more money from rocks, it\u2019ll be easier to befriend villagers, and you\u2019ll even have a better time avoiding bees, because they\u2019ll move more slowly. The world\u2019s your oyster. On bad luck days, it\u2019s the complete opposite. You\u2019ll find fewer resources, it\u2019ll be harder to raise friendship levels, the money rock will become stingy, and \u2014 just to pour salt on the wound \u2014 you\u2019ll trip and fall on your face. Wearing the King Tut mask will immediately lower your luck, which is why you\u2019ll trip way more often. It\u2019s probably an Easter egg hinting at the masks\u2019 cursed nature. Tripping wasn\u2019t in New Horizons until now, and fans are taking its sudden inclusion as indication of not just a luck system, but a totally new character. You see, prior Animal Crossing games also had a black panther named Katrina who could, for a price, give you a fortune. These fortunes were an indicator that you were about to have good luck days or bad luck days, including times when you\u2019d trip all the time. She could even foretell days when your villagers would try and avoid you! King Tut Mask #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com\/cm0DVVRviN All of this is to say: If New Horizons has tripping now, it seems very likely that future updates will get a full-blown luck system, and perhaps a new visitor type to go along with that.<\/p>\n