The new Animal Crossing has been an absolute frenzy in this time of quarantine, layoffs and social isolation. I've never owned a console and I don't own a Switch, so I didn't consider getting it, even though it might be fun to join in on the hype, for a change. Instead I've been enjoying it (and self-soothing) by watching tons of livestreams and videos of people playing. Now, I watch a ton of these and they show up in my YT recommendations all the time, so I won't be linking all of them. They vary in length between 20 minutes and several hours.
Seri Pixel Biologist (serisims) is one of my favorite gaming YouTubers. I've been following her since I watched her Niche videos a few years back. She plays a lot of indie games and focuses mainly on the biological aspect. So a game where you can cross-polinate flowers and build an entire museum full of fossils is obviously right in her wheelhouse. Her videos are gentle, cheerful and wholesome and it's fun to see her get excited over every plant and every bug she catches. She also has an eye for detail and often points out little environmental details that I myself would totally miss (like in her Sims videos). A++, strong recommend.
Zack Scott is apparently a long-time AC fan so he plays the game like he's super familiar with it. I find his opening a little loud and obnoxious, but it's a nice chill playlist of pretty long episodes. He also doesn't race ahead too quickly with the goals, and like most of the videos I watch, he avoids cheats and plays the game in his native season.
Austin John's videos are much shorter, because they're a weird hybrid between an LP and an instructional video. He's very goals-focused and he likes to experiment with how the game AI works, and how far it can be pushed without cheats. His videos are edited but they're still fun to watch, even though I'm not playing myself. That's why I wouldn't class them as just how to's. He also pays a lot of attention to the aesthetics of his island, which is nice.
Griffin McElroy also did a long, long stream (three hours) where he visits some friends of his. One of them has a review copy that he's been playing since long before the game came out, so if you
are playing AC, that could be classed as spoilers. Griffin is chill and playful and focuses more on hanging with his friends than anything else. Since it's a livestream, he also interacts with the chat some.