Animal Crossing player achieves "bellionaire" status, raises money for pet charity Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Animal Crossing player achieves "bellionaire" status, raises money for pet charity Corporate furlanthropy. News by Emma Kent Contributor Updated on 9 Mar 2020 2 comments Well here's a turnip for the books: the Animal Crossing player who said he'd hit one billion bells through hard graft alone has achieved his goal, and to celebrate, he's raised hundreds of dollars for an animal charity. Last week, BrianMp16 announced he would be the first to legitimately earn one billion bells in the GameCube version of Animal Crossing. He claims this makes him the first to have legitimately earned every item in the game, as the post office model only unlocks when a player clocks up one billion in savings. Unless you just cheat and enter a Nook Code, I guess. While others may well have earned the item through grinding, BrianMp16 seems to be the first to have recorded the entire effort, proving he didn't use glitches or codes by livestreaming the process. The effort took him a little over 180 hours, thanks to shifting large amounts of turnips at once, and his ability to predict the Stalk Market "using the items available to buy in Nook's on a given day". If only that could be used in the real world at the moment. Upon achieving the ridiculous goal, BrianMp16 celebrated with some K.K. Slider music, confetti and fireworks - and soon afterwards, he received the coveted Post Model and accompanying letter, "which I must say could not be any more perfectly written," he later added in a Reddit post. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings But BrianMp16 wasn't quite done there, and decided to capitalise on the momentum by raising money for a pet charity. Last week East Nashville was hit by tornadoes, resulting in an estimated 24 deaths and significant destruction across central Tennessee (via CNN). "Amid the disaster, an article caught my attention bringing light to another group affected by the disaster - animals," BrianMp16 explained. "Families left temporarily homeless had no choice but to give up their pets from the disaster, as well as all the animals in a Nashville animal shelter that was damaged by the tornadoes have become homeless themselves." BrianMp16 did some research and found PAWS Chicago: a no-kill animal shelter helping with efforts to rescue and rehome animals displaced by the Nashville tornadoes. He then set up three charity streams over the weekend, raising $803 (£611) by the end of yesterday's stream. Although it's a little off his initial $3000 (£2282) aim, it's still not bad for a fairly small streamer - and I suppose you should never look a gift horse in the mouth. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 10 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store