An Animal Crossing: New Horizons fan has discovered an adorable detail regarding Pascal if players follow him for an extended duration. Pascal was introduced with the Animal Crossing franchise in Wild World where he would randomly visit towns and reward players with ship-themed furniture, but Animal Crossing: New Horizons features the character differently.
Although he wasn't an original Animal Crossing NPC like Tom Nook or Kapp'n, franchise fans have taken to Pascal as the playful otter that will occasionally show up in their bodies of water. With the Animal Crossing: New Horizons island surrounded by water, it felt fitting for many long-time fans when he was added to the Nintendo Switch game with the free Summer update. As one of the fan-favorite characters of Animal Crossing: Wild World, Pascal fans could collect a picture of him just as they could with Tom Nook, K.K. Slider, Pelly, Phyllis, Katie, and Kaitlin, but one New Horizons fan has picked up on a unique detail in the latest installment.
Reddit user Carolmanbat recently shared an Animal Crossing: New Horizons clip in which they follow Pascal to the boundary line for their island. As they tread water along the net surrounding their Animal Crossing: New Horizons island, Carolmanbat tails the backstroking red otter in the western portion of the ocean before getting to the northern corner which is where Pascal stops swimming and starts wrestling with a scallop. Similar to real-world otters, Pascal takes a scallop and begins smacking it on his stomach repeatedly before ingesting the ocean creature, with eyes reflecting his joy as they do with a villager that eats fruit.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons players will normally run into Pascal when they buy a wetsuit from Nook's Cranny for 3,000 bells and go for a swim in the water surrounding their islands. Upon diving for scallops in the ocean, Pascal will surface alongside the main Animal Crossing: New Horizons character in order to ask them for the scallop as he does in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. While he offered ship-themed items in New Leaf, the Animal Crossing: New Horizons version of Pascal will give players Mermaid DIY projects, continuing his tradition of handing out unique furniture in exchange for his favorite food.
Given that Pascal has such an affinity for the scallops, it's fitting that the Animal Crossing: New Horizons otter has an animation in which he eats the seafood that he's been so enthusiastic about over the years. Because Animal Crossing: New Horizons players have to follow Pascal to the far reaches of their islands in order to see him actually ingest the scallop, Carolmanbat may be among a small portion of the Animal Crossing community to catch the otter in this animation.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for Nintendo Switch.
