Animal Crossing's Mr. Resetti made optional because he made
players cry  by Steve Watts, Apr 12, 2013 2:30pm PDT  The
upcoming Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a marked change for the
series, notably making changes to some of its divisive
characters. Mr. Resetti, the angry mole who would shout and
threaten to delete your game for resetting, is now completely
optional. The reason? He makes little girls cry.  In the latest
Iwata Asks, the team explains why they had some reservations
about putting Resetti in the game. "It seems like younger female
players, in particular, are scared," said company president
Satoru Iwata. "I've heard that some of them have even cried."
Mr. Resetti was originally intended to keep players from
cheating by turning off their game without saving. For this
installment, Nintendo seems to have realized that it's not the
end of the world. Instead, players will be able to use their
mayoral powers to fund a Reset Surveillance Centre, with Mr.
Resetti as the head. "In the end, we made it so the