Animal Crossing: New Horizons

[The Deadman]

I've seen a lot of people get hyped for this and I've never played an Animal Crossing game before so is it worth hyping up? Do you plan on playing it?

[Powder]

Supposedly gonna receive my copy today, though Amazon warned of a potential delay.

I had like, a problem, almost, with the last title, New Leaf. I was legit addicted to it. I don't think that's gonna happen this time around, but the series has that effect on its fans. Hard to say if it's worth the hype or not, I think AC is a series you are either hot or cold on, so it'd depend on whether or not you can get into this fun little slice of life social simulator thing. Probably a great title to drop during this period of quarantined isolation.

[Cure]

Supposedly gonna receive my copy today, though Amazon warned of a potential delay.



You messed up, man. Animal Crossing is like, the one game you would want digitally.

[Powder]

You messed up, man. Animal Crossing is like, the one game you would want digitally.

My partner pre-ordered copies for us both as a surprise, + they're a huge game collector so you know how that is. :P

My copy did not come today. :tsad: Here's hoping it shows up tomorrow.

[Roseangelo]

I got it. I would usually get the physical game, but switched to digital when they announced that your save is literally tied to one device. I had preordered through Amazon, but was glad to be able to start up my relationship with Tom Nook last night at 9pm.

[Shark_Blade]

Mine should arrive soon. Local shop has a copy and is sending one to me.

[sdp]

I got mine on Friday but haven't had much time to play around, I just paid my first mortgage, only two villagers and will get the museum soon. I hope I can pole vault over rivers soon, I'm confined to a very small spot in the island, it's getting very crowded with just Nook, me, the two villagers and now the museum, no more space for anything else.

my friend code: SW 1592 3080 9631

[The Deadman]

I got mine on Friday but haven't had much time to play around, I just paid my first mortgage, only two villagers and will get the museum soon. I hope I can pole vault over rivers soon, I'm confined to a very small spot in the island, it's getting very crowded with just Nook, me, the two villagers and now the museum, no more space for anything else.

my friend code: SW 1592 3080 9631

My code is SW-4228-3597-5693. You should be able to craft the pole if you have the museum already. You get the ability to craft that beforehand.

[Btown]

My wife and daughter been playing this hard since release day due to world events, I finally joined in with them this weekend. It's been a blast to play this weekend. All 3 of us travel and visit each others Islands. They both have apples however I lucked out with Cherry's. I had to look high and low to find a QR code (that would work) so that I could have a TMNT shirt. The good one I found wouldnt work for us. Next I'm gonna try to get shell design so I can customize my phone with it and have a shell phone/communicator.

As someone that's never played an Animal Crossing game before, this has been enjoyable.

[sdp]

Don't like it at all, I've hated how the franchise has moved to more and more customizing the town however you like. What made the original game so unique is you lived life and had little control over it, no goals, nothing. Now it feels more like a mobile game with all the stuff you have to do to progress. Characters have also lost personality despite having more dialog as well.

Bunny day felt like a mobile game event, and now I feel all holidays will be crap like that. And no "playing without customizing" doesn't work, the game is not designed to be played like that, it's not the same even if you try to.Oh well.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

This is pretty much my go to stay inside game. How many villagers do you guys have on your island so far? I just got a sixth person to move.

[Andrew NDB]

Just got the game for my daughter, who's very excited about it. Looks whack.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Today, I'm celebrating one of my villager's B-Day and it's pretty cute. Although only one other villager showed up. Is it possible to let other villagers know about to celebrate?

[IMJ]

I don't understand the Animal Crossing thing... is this basically a game fad equivalent of what was going on with Pokemon on the Gameboy (Advance?) back in the late 90's?

[Roseangelo]

I don't understand the Animal Crossing thing... is this basically a game fad equivalent of what was going on with Pokemon on the Gameboy (Advance?) back in the late 90's?

Ah, yes. Pokemon was just a passing fad.

[Cure]

I don't understand the Animal Crossing thing... is this basically a game fad equivalent of what was going on with Pokemon on the Gameboy (Advance?) back in the late 90's?

Haha, oh my God.

[IMJ]

Ah, yes. Pokemon was just a passing fad.

Haha, oh my God.

:lol: I'm sorry for being out of touch with the animal game zeitgeist. hahaha my God. Ya f'n Napolean Dynamites...

[Turo602]

Animal Crossing just came around at the perfect time, unfortunately. Many people, myself included, who have never played an Animal Crossing game are finally coming around to the series.

It's currently the best selling Switch game, which shouldn't be taken lightly when games like Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8, Smash Bros., and Pokemon have seen tremendous success on the console. It definitely doesn't hurt that the game is currently the talk of the internet either, which has been keeping the game in the forefront of the public consciousness.

While it is quite absurd to consider Pokemon a fad, I think the sudden explosion of popularity Animal Crossing is seeing right now is not too dissimilar from what happened with Pokemon Go, but in the complete reverse since everyone is staying indoors.

Though if I'm being honest, I have been coming around to the idea of playing an Animal Crossing game for a while now and the more personalized and creative aspect of New Horizons definitely hooked me. But really, the pandemic pretty much pushed me over the edge into buying it. At least so close to launch anyway. I've currently sunken in over 100 hours into the game.

[turtle1237]

Ah, yes. Pokemon was just a passing fad.

I am sure Pokémon would pass one day. The fad is still going 20 years later, so that's one LONG fad.

[Cure]

Pokemon is literally the highest grossing franchise of all time. I know there are some retards here who like to dispute facts even when there are multiple sources, but it simply is. I have no idea why this constantly has to be brought up. People like to stay willfully ignorant, I guess.

Proof:https://i.imgur.com/1PIACRK.jpg

https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/money-finance/the-25-highest-grossing-media-franchises-of-all-time/

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/successful-media-franchises-1028712444

https://screenrant.com/pokemon-highest-grossing-media-franchise/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/11/15/pokemon-is-everywhere-now-long-live-pokemon/

[Andrew NDB]

Well, he said Pokémon on Gameboy/Advance. I don't think too many people are still going gaga for those games anymore.

[The Deadman]

Anyone get KK Slider to come to their island yet?

[Cure]

Anyone get KK Slider to come to their island yet?

Yeah. What's up?

[The Deadman]

Just seeing how long it took everyone to grind just for the thing to show up lol. It literally took me 2 months.

[Cure]

I think you're really taking your time, because I got him in like a week with zero time travelling.

[Turo602]

I think you're really taking your time, because I got him in like a week with zero time travelling.

How is that even possible? It takes more than a week to be able to meet all the requirements for him to show up without time traveling.

[Cure]

Well then like a week and a half or so. It was when the game first came out so I don't remember the exact timeline, but I just mean that it didn't take me too long.

[Powder]

Took me a month but I was in no rush.

[turtle1237]

Well, he said Pokémon on Gameboy/Advance. I don't think too many people are still going gaga for those games anymore.

Sword and Shield are the highest selling switch games of all time though, and why did our spelling of Pok?mon change? I was sure I put P O K E M O N the first time and now its the same as yours.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

I got K.K. as well. You have to talk to Isabelle and make sure your island is at a 3 star rating.

The only thing I'm struggling in is getting rid of a villager. I try ignoring and fencing him and none of those worked. In fact, the villager I fenced in somehow teleports somewhere else.

[Turo602]

The only thing I'm struggling in is getting rid of a villager. I try ignoring and fencing him and none of those worked. In fact, the villager I fenced in somehow teleports somewhere else.

Push them around long enough and hit them with the net until they get mad. Apparently that lowers their "friendship points," which should make it more likely for them to be the next villager who wants to leave.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Push them around long enough and hit them with the net until they get mad. Apparently that lowers their "friendship points," which should make it more likely for them to be the next villager who wants to leave.

Lol, I thought they said none of those ideas worked.

[Roseangelo]

Lol, I thought they said none of those ideas worked.

It's been my experience that you can't trigger a villager to move out. It seems to be pretty random.

[Turo602]

Yeah, I've just started hunting for specific villagers and learned that too, but I've been hearing all sorts of mixed things. The only thing you can really do is just keep skipping ahead through time until the right person finally wants to leave.

[Reinako666]

I caught some Living Fossils.

[Reinako666]

Anyone get KK Slider to come to their island yet?

Yes I did.

[Discogod]

It's been my experience that you can't trigger a villager to move out. It seems to be pretty random.

Yeah, one of my best friends asked to move today, for the 4th time. Seems to be totally random.

I'm addicted to this game. I'm basically being paid to sit around at home right now so it's the perfect thing. It's funny, my partner is a huge fan of this game so I bought it for her, thought it looked interesting and started playing, then got hooked. I'd played the DS version briefly years ago and hated it, so go figure...

I am finding myself getting burnt out a bit - I'll play for maybe half an hour twice a day now, whereas I was playing for 4-5 hours a day last month. Part of it is lack of stuff to do - we've got a 5-star island, it's pretty much exactly how I want it, same with my house. Got all the bugs and fish that it's possible to get right now, got all the fossils. Got more bells than I could ever spend. It's like, what now?

[Vicky82]

If you have someone staying at the campsite, you can ask them to move to your island but a resident has to move out.

[Reinako666]

Sad that there is "No Fireworks" in this game during July 4th.

[Discogod]

Sad that there is "No Fireworks" in this game during July 4th.

Why? Outside of the USA no one cares about Independence Day.

[Prowler]

My current villagers:

Katt (OG)
Tom
Apollo
Marshall
Tammi (latest)
Static
Judy
Rex
Genji
Annalisa

I'm rather satisfied with this lot. I got my favourite(Tom) And also 2 other big faves of mine (Marshall and Apollo).

Now that I have Genji I might get rid of Annalisa since I don't need two villagers with a traditional Japanese style house on my island. Rex could leave for all I care as well. And Static because I already have another squirrel and 3 crankies on the same island is a little too much.

[Prowler]

I visited my town for the first time in 2 years and 8 months yesterday and I don't feel like I missed anything.

New Horizons is awesome for customising your town but other than that... it feels actually rather uncooked. All of the additional things that made Animal Crossing great are missing:

1) Letters are pretty much pointless now. They used to be CRUCIAL for developing friendships with your villagers.

2) Villager dialogue is repetitive and bland. There basically isn't any difference between the various different types of personalities anymore. To be fair, this started to die out in New Leaf, but in New Horizons the issue seems even more apparent.

3) The Roost only serves coffee. No longer has the minigame where you can work as a barista and serve other villagers trying to guess based on hints what coffee they are ordering.

4) The museum no longer offers additional information for the stufff you donate. In previous games, you'd donate fish, bugs, art works and fossils and they'd get some information when you read their sign/plate at the museum, which is, you know, how museums work in real life. But in NH all you get is the name of the thing you donated and what date you donated it on.

5) The game relying on updates instead of having every holiday and event in its base content holds it back. Nintendo will eventually stop updating Halloween and Christmas every single year and thus the game will be pointless to buy in the future. Meanwhile, you can still pop in the GameCube game that's 20+ years old and have ALL of the content in the disc without any worries. Also, the last major update was 3 years ago already and a new one is coming in January next year due to the Switch 2, but none of the things included in the update are big enough to bring back interest into the game, imo.

6) There are no consequences or "work" to do anymore. Flowers don't wither or die ever. So you don't even need to water them. Villagers will not move out unless they tell you they plan on leaving and you confirm in your reply that they're "allowed" to leave. There's no longer that sense of fear of losing your favourite villager and thus you no longer feel pressured to talk and gift stuff to them in order to keep them in your town.

[Powder]

The new free update dropped & it really does nothing to inspire a return to this title. It's literally just a re-skinned free equivalent of the Happy Home DLC most of us already paid for & played to its limits. The only cool new items (Zelda & Splatoon themed) are all pay-walled behind their Amiibo that nobody wants. Absolute blunder. If they're gonna support new content for this title to keep it 'alive' for some duration of the Switch 2's shine, this ain't it. There were so many parts of what made New Leaf great that should've been carried over to this title from day one, which they could have made up for by including now, like Desert Island Escape, mini-games, etc.

[Prowler]

The new free update dropped & it really does nothing to inspire a return to this title. It's literally just a re-skinned free equivalent of the Happy Home DLC most of us already paid for & played to its limits. The only cool new items (Zelda & Splatoon themed) are all pay-walled behind their Amiibo that nobody wants. Absolute blunder. If they're gonna support new content for this title to keep it 'alive' for some duration of the Switch 2's shine, this ain't it. There were so many parts of what made New Leaf great that should've been carried over to this title from day one, which they could have made up for by including now, like Desert Island Escape, mini-games, etc.

Yeah, I agree with everything you've said. I'm not even gonna bother updating it, tbh. Nothing makes me want to come back to the game. I'll just wait for the eventual new Animal Crossing game.

If they're gonna make a new AC game for the Switch 2 they can't wait until the last year or so of SW2's life, since i imagine they're going to follow the periodic update strategy they do for NH. Which is not a good thing, imo. Just put all the content in the game like in every previous AC title. You can still pick up any previous AC title in 2026 and have pretty much the full game. 15-20 years from now one, no one will be playing New Horizons since Nintendo obviously will not be uploading the game every time a new holiday comes.