Rio

Rio
Animal Crossing: New Horizons artwork
Favorite saying	Self care? Best care.
First appearance	Dōbutsu no Mori (2001)
Latest appearance	Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)
Species	Ostrich
Personality	Peppy
Gender	Female
Birthday	September 10
Catchphrase	li'l chick

Rio (デジャネイロ, Dejaneiro) is a peppy ostrich villager in the Animal Crossing series. Her name is shared with the Brazilian city of Template:W, known for its flamboyant carnivals. Her actual species resembles a Template:W, an ostrich-like bird native to the country of Brazil, which her name references. Her initial catchphrase is a reference towards her aviary species, since newly hatched birds are called "chicks". She only appeared in Animal Crossing and its Japanese counterparts, before returning to the series in Animal Crossing: New Horizons with the November 5th Free Content Update as part of amiibo Series 5.

She has the music hobby.

Appearance

Rio in Animal Crossing

Rio is a bright red ostrich with a yellow beak, bright orange stars on her cheeks, some dark reddish-brown hair on her head, and a multicolored tail. She has bluish-purple eye shadow. Rio also slightly resembles Phoebe, a sisterly ostrich introduced in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. When it rains, she will carry a Kiwi Umbrella.

Personality

Rio has a peppy personality, meaning that she will be friendly and excitable. She will rarely get discouraged from doing anything and she will always be happy to see the player. She will have a tendency to say things like "omigosh" and will often tell the player of her dream of being a popstar or a diva. She is often hyper, probably due to her love of candy and sweet food. She will get along with jock, lazy, normal, and other peppy villagers, but may annoy snooty or cranky villagers, due to upbeat personality.

House

In Template:GC, her house has a unique look to it. She has many items from the Cabana Series, such as the cabana lamp, as well as some gyroids and conga drums. She has the Gold Stereo, which plays K.K. Samba.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, her house is filled with red furniture (from the cool series), like her modern contemporary Phoebe. Keeping up with the Brazilian theme, K.K. Chorinho plays on her portable record player.

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File:NH Rio House.jpg	File:NH Rio House Ext.jpg
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (interior)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons (exterior)

Pocket Camp

Rio was added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in the November 29, 2021 update.

Rio's preferred theme is modern, and she primarily gives steel as a reward. Her profile reads:

❝ When Rio hears upbeat music, she can't help but start dancing. If you want to have a serious conversation with her, make sure the radio's off first.❞

Campsite Invitation Requirements

Friendship Level: 0

Friendship Rewards

• At level 7 friendship, she will reward the player with a festivale tank and sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 9, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 15, she will request the player to craft a counter seat.
• At level 20, she will reward the player with a pic of Rio and sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 25, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 30, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 35, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 40, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 45, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 50, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 55, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 60, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 65, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
• At level 70, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).

e-Card

e-Card
Letter File:Ac A167 Screen Shot.png Back File:Ac A167 bk.jpg	#167 Rio Gender Female Type Ostrich Star sign Virgo Clothes Red scale shirt Petphrase Li'l chick Password VblXgcMc9VCynN WfW6n%rDRLxrl6 Profile Rio has such a fixation on healthy food that's almost UN-healthy. Eating fruit is all well and good, but Rio's always falling for the latest health food craze... even if it involves eating tree bark.
File:Ac A167.jpg
← 166 Cesar #167 Rio 168 Carrie →

amiibo Card

amiibo Card
Back	#444 Rio Type Ostrich Star sign Virgo Birthday 9/10 Roll value N/A Hand sign N/A Request Workout Workshop
File:Amiibo-444-Rio-JP.png
← 443 Ace #444 Rio 445 Frett →

Trivia

• The only other villager to represent Brazil is Jitters, another bird with a complementary personality.
• She shares her birthday with the snooty squirrel Pecan. Both of them have birthdays on September 10.
• Nearly every name Rio has in another language references Rio de Janeiro except:
  • Her French name, Estrella, the Spanish word for "star".
  • Her German name, Template:W, a city in Northeastern Italy. It is also the setting of Shakespeare's tragedy, Template:W.
• Rio is one of the eight returning villagers that came with Animal Crossing: New Horizons's 2.0 update, along with Azalea, Faith, Zoe, Ace, Chabwick, Frett, and Roswell.
  • She, along with the other returnees, was added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in an update that was released some time after the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons's 2.0 update.
• In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Rio's preferred styles are Cool/Cute, and her preferred colors are Green/Orange.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	デジャネイロ dejaneiro (de Janeiro)
Chinese	勒内卢/勒內盧 Lè Nèi Lú
Dutch	Rio
French	Estrella
German	Verona
Italian	Rita
Korean	데자네 Dejane
Russian	Рио
Spanish	Rio

References

Template:Ostriches Template:Peppy (New Horizons)