Top Ten Reasons why Nook is One of the Most Annoying Characters in Animal Crossing

10. All the bothersome lines that he says.

It gets a bit annoying when you have to put up with him saying ‘excellent counting’ after every purchase or any of his other unintelligent phrases. There’s no getting around it either; no matter how many times you press the A button.

9. He closes his store at the most inconvenient time.

Unless you own Animal Crossing: City Folk and you decide to avoid upgrading after Nook n’ Go, you’re not selling very much at night. You know, the time when the rare, money making creatures come out. This might be the perfect time to cheat a bit and fix the clock.

8. He closes the shop down for an entire day, just for an updated shop.

It’s a bit hard to get bells to pay off a loan if the only store is closed for the day. You can only store so many bugs and fish in your pockets. Eventually, your house gets a bit full with your fish and bugs as well. Another perfect opportunity to change the clock.

7. He never has what you need on the day that you need it.

Oh, look, a floating present! Too bad Nook decided that selling slingshots is not important  today. Your flowers are dying?  Would you like to take a guess at who's not selling any watering cans for a few days?

6. He decides to let the twins work in the store.

They follow you around the store and repeat everything they say… everything they say.

5. You just paid a ridiculous amount of bells to upgrade? Time to do it again!

It’s almost as if Nook doesn't know how many bugs or fish you have to catch to pay off those ridiculous bills. You go from paying a measly 20,000 bells to almost 600,000 bells by the end of the game, in some of the versions.

4. He makes you work for him.

There is no way to get around working for him. You can get back at him by trashing his reputation with the bulletin board, though, since he never decides to check it. That and you can plant his flowers in front of your house, instead of his shop.

3. You can’t do anything until you’re done working for him.

There’s no buying tools to make money or selling items you find until you’re done working. If you happen to find a rare bug to catch, there’s no way to do it. Don’t worry it might come back, eventually.

2. His favorite thing to do is to follow you around the store.

It gets pretty annoying when a raccoon follows you around the store and blocks your way to the counter. It’s even more annoying when he tells you the price of the wrong item--you know, the one he is standing next to instead of in front of.

1. Your first job? Meet all of the characters.

You have to walk all the way around the town and talk to everyone. Even with a strategy, you end up doing this tedious task a few more times than necessary. There’s no way around it, either, since you don’t want to be stuck working for a tyrant.