Kapp'n
Island Boat Tour Guide
A kappa character who operates boat tours and guides players to specific islands.
Quotes
- "This boat's for you to enjoy this island!"
- "Let's take a leisurely trip while listening to the shanty."
- "Special islands have special memories."
Trivia
- Kapp'n has appeared since the early Animal Crossing series, but became the boat tour guide from the major update in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
- Shanties can be skipped with button operation, but players can enjoy them while singing.
- Cost is 1000 miles, usable only once per day.
- Materials obtained on boat tours can be taken home freely, but if forgotten, cannot retrieve.
- Kapp'n's voice is beloved by many fans, but official voice actor information has not been released.
Alternate names
Kapp'n
Profile
- Species
- Kappa
- Gender
- Male
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- A kappa character with green skin. Has a shell on his head, a characteristic mustache, and always wears a hat and casual clothing.
- Eye color
- Brown
- Hair color
- Green
- Distinguishing features
-
- Shell on head
- Mustache
- Scale pattern on shell
- Iconic items
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- Hat
- Microphone
- Boat
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Cheerful
- Detailed personality
- Cheerfully guides islands with fun conversation, sings shanty songs at the pier to soothe players. Hardworking and approachable personality.
- Keywords
-
- Guide
- Loves singing
- Approachable
- Cheerful
- Service-oriented
- Motto
- "Singing while traveling" is his policy.
- Talents
-
- Singing ability
- Navigation guidance
- Communication
- Skills
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- Boat operation
- Island introductions
- Nook Miles Ticket exchange
- Motivation
- To provide players with enjoyable island tours and help them find rare materials.
- Habits
- Has a habit of singing shanties and continues singing on the boat during tours.
- Hobbies
- Singing, Boat tour guiding, Island hopping
- Favorite foods
- River fish, Cucumber
History
- Backstory
- A character from the Animal Crossing series, particularly in Animal Crossing: New Horizons where he operates boat tours guiding players to special remote islands.
- Debut date
- March 20, 2020
- Work title
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Media type
- Game
Boat Tours Launch
- Significant event
- Boat Tours Launch
- Description
- Kapp'n's boat tours for guiding to islands were added in the November 5, 2021 update.
Exclusive Remote Island Materials
- Significant event
- Exclusive Remote Island Materials
- Description
- Materials available only at boat tour destinations were added, enabling rare material exploration.
Singing Shanty
- Significant event
- Singing Shanty
- Description
- During tours, Kapp'n sings shanties, and players can react using in-game buttons.
Relationships
Player
Teammate
A partnership is built as he guides the player to islands.
Tom Nook
Mentor
As an Nook Inc. employee, also serves as the series' resident services role.
Nook Inc.
Nook Inc.: unknown
Media appearances
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Game / Supporting
March 20, 2020
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Major Update Ver. 2.0.0
Game / Supporting
November 4, 2021
Voice cast and creators
unknown
- Voice actor
- unknown
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Nintendo
- Creator name
- Nintendo
- Role
- Original author
unknown
- Creator name
- unknown
- Role
- Character designer
unknown
- Creator name
- unknown
- Role
- Writer