A German survey unveils tidbits of new information for AC:NH

[Boccages]

You can find the original posts on Reddit here and here. It comes from two different users.

From what I can gather, here are the new information :
Gradual arrival of islanders
The way the sentence is coined makes it look like animal villagers will visit your island and might decide (or not) to move in. If they do so, you can see them start from scratch and build their own building (house I would guess, but if it refers to shop it might imply we will be able to chose where they are built on the island)

Here is a Google translation of the German text

In English via Google Translate:
Get ready for a new life in a remote island paradise!
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the newest game in the Animal Crossing series - with a brand new island setting and more creative freedom than ever before. Live your life at your own pace, in the midst of a community of friends where something new happens every day!

Tom Nook invites you to join his Ripe-for-the-Island package to enjoy a relaxing time in unspoiled nature and build a community from scratch. New and old animal friends will visit you, and if they decide to move to your island, you can live a happy life together. Explore the island and choose between many different activities such as gardening, fishing or fossil detection. You have more freedom than ever before when designing your character and your home - and for the first time it is also possible to decorate and remodel the landscape to create your own island paradise. With the new crafting and crafting system, you can even make new furniture and tools yourself. When everything is ready, why not invite your friends or family for a relaxing walk on the beach? Or visit their world to see how they imagine the perfect island.

Below are a few of the new elements in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Which of them sound really interesting to you?

Revised menus and controls: The management, adjustment and placement of your objects is now faster and easier than ever.
New graphics: Experience the detailed, colorful world of Animal Crossing in HD.
New design options for the island: You can redesign the landscape of the island, create gardens and place objects not only in the house but also outside.
A reunion with old friends: Many of the animal characters from the previous games return and visit your island.
New objects to collect: catch new fish and insects, and collect new shells and fossils.
A new relaxed island setting: Enjoy the quiet and peaceful atmosphere of your island paradise, and follow the seasons throughout the year.
New crafting system: Build your own tools and collect materials on the island to create brand new objects and pieces of furniture.
Share the island with others: Up to four players can play on one console at the same time, and live and work together on the same island.
Helpful advice for new residents: If you feel a little lost in your new island life, the staff center will help you with advice and suggestions.
Your own NookPhone: Discover your new smartphone in the game with useful apps, including a camera, new craft ideas and more.
Always do a new task: Complete Tom Nook's daily tasks to earn Nook miles. You can redeem these for special rewards.
Explore new areas: With more advanced objects like the wand [pole vault], you can gradually discover new areas of your island.
Connect with up to eight players: up to eight players can connect their consoles locally or online and visit other players' islands.
Create your own neighborhood from scratch: See how more residents are gradually arriving on the island and plan to build new buildings

 

[Corrie]

Now THIS is the kind of content I want in an Animal Crossing game!!

 

[Nougat]

Whoa, that's awesome! I hope this becomes true Although I also hope it won't be too easy, as I also like the challenge of working around certain landscape features. In any case I'm excited to see how it'll be incorporated in the game!

 

[moo-kun]

My sister did the English survey and it said about NEW and OLD friends there too!
Also about sculpting the island and moulding it!

So who are the new villagers going to be in so excited!!! (●︎?艸`)?艸`)?艸`)

Thankies for sharing this!!! ♡♡♡

 

[Zirken Achiroda]

Greetings, been lurking for a bit, but this is something I feel like i could add to.

The part "die Landschaft zu dekorieren und umzugestalten" I, as a german, would more translate to "decorate and redesign the landscape" not really changing much on it, like the landscaping tools of sims as an example.

As for "G?rten anlegen" aka "build/make/create Gardens" it sounds more to me that they mean the same things we have been doing. Placing plants and trees in the areas we want.

Of course, I might be interpreting it wrong, so who knows for certain?

 

[oath2order]

You can find the original posts on Reddit here and here. It comes from two different users.

From what I can gather, here are the new information :

1. Landscaping
   It?s referring to actually changing the landscape of the island AND placing objects outside. There is even a mention of "creating a garden". It?s not totally clear how much of the landscape of the island you can change but it seems we?ll now be able to.
2. Gradual arrival of islanders
   The way the sentence is coined makes it look like animal villagers will visit your island and might decide (or not) to move in. If they do so, you can see them start from scratch and build their own building (house I would guess, but if it refers to shop it might imply we will be able to chose where they are built on the island)

Here is a Google translation of the German text

Very glad to see the Daily Tasks from the CAT Machine are back. I love that there'll be something extra to do every day.

 

[Boccages]

Greetings, been lurking for a bit, but this is something I feel like i could add to.

The part "die Landschaft zu dekorieren und umzugestalten" I, as a german, would more translate to "decorate and redesign the landscape" not really changing much on it, like the landscaping tools of sims as an example.

As for "G?rten anlegen" aka "build/make/create Gardens" it sounds more to me that they mean the same things we have been doing. Placing plants and trees in the areas we want.

Of course, I might be interpreting it wrong, so who knows for certain?

Thanks for bringing precisions to the table. It’s appreciated

 

[KeatAlex]

This sounds so great! I am excited! I wonder how we can customize our terrain?

 

[Garrett]

The Nook phone has a camera! So, does that mean I can spend hours taking selfies with my fellow residents?

And what's that bit about meeting old and NEW animals? Oh my!

 

[Antonio]

Create your own neighborhood from scratch: See how more residents are gradually arriving on the island and plan to build new buildings

This confirms that you can turn your island into a town, right?

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Also, source?

 

[Mokuren]

Where can I get the survey? I can translate everything if needed and maybe I will find something new or mistakes. Google translater is not the best tool xD

Never mind the translation is spot on ^^ The wand is the vault pole xD

 

[DrewAC]

So excited! Thanks for sharing!!

 

[tajikey]

This has me a bit curious, and also excited:

Explore new areas: With more advanced objects like the wand [pole vault], you can gradually discover new areas of your island.

 

[returnofsaturn]

"Many of the animal characters from the previous games return and visit your island."
hmmmm ::::::::::::::::::
also when they said new + old friends

 

[MysteriousSpirit]

You can redesign the landscape of the island, create gardens and place objects not only in the house but also outside.

WE CAN MAKE ROSES TULIPS ERMAHGERD AND YES, THE CAMERA IS OH SOME BECAUSE SELFIES? Landacaped is so good and so aesthetic

 

[Snowesque]

A reunion with old friends: Many of the animal characters from the previous games return and visit your island.

I wonder how many are getting the boot.

 

[Neechan]

I wonder how many are getting the boot.

Now, now. Let’s not think that way just yet, this isn’t gf we’re talking about here (we won’t have an ac variant of dexit happening again like it did in the past)

 

[Snowesque]

Now, now. Let?s not think that way just yet, this isn?t gf we?re talking about here (we won?t have an ac variant of dexit happening again like it did in the past)

Haha of course. I just found the wording rather interesting as "many" is used instead of some variant of all.
Regardless of what happens with the villager count, I will likely be fine with the end result.

 

[Boccages]

Haha of course. I just found the wording rather interesting as "many" is used instead of some variant of all.
Regardless of what happens with the villager count, I will likely be fine with the end result.

For all that we know, they could just use most because a few (like 4-10) are not returning. As always the most likely candidates are the Sanrio characters, the 7-Eleven one, Bow and Meow, Chap, and the Nintendo crossover characters (Wolf Link, Cece, Medhli, Ganon, etc.) and some of the characters that have never returned from Animal Crossing (GCN), and Animal Forest e+. If any of these are not returning, Nintendo would not use synonyms of all.

 

[Jibby]

Haha of course. I just found the wording rather interesting as "many" is used instead of some variant of all.
Regardless of what happens with the villager count, I will likely be fine with the end result.

Personally I wouldn't read into it too much.

The way I see it, 'many' refers to all of the villagers that you'll encounter in one particular save. It's (quite) unlikely that you'll encounter every single villager visiting one island, so I feel in that context it makes sense.