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ACNH unpopular opinions?

Super unpopular opinion : Furniture in NH, although not as many as those in NL are way superior IMO. The Antique and Rattan series are decent sets that could belong in actual real life houses. I only miss the Alpine, Ranch and Rococo furniture sets from NL, everything else I can do without. Most furniture sets in NL are extremely gimmicky, gaudy, and basically unusable for me (no offense Gracie) so I’m not so bothered with them not being in the game.
 
I don’t really care for a 5 star island. It’s just Isabelle telling you what your island is or isn’t. It’s a status. I’d rather have a 4 star island I am happy with than a 5 star island Isabelle loves but I’m unsure about.
 
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I don’t really care for a 5 star island. It’s just Isabelle telling you what your island is or isn’t. It’s a status. I’d rather have a 4 star island if happy with than a 5 star island Isabelle loves but I’m unsure about.
I wish I were like you, but it nags at me when I go down a star because I planted a tree and Isabelle says my island is too full of forests or I can’t have too many mushrooms, acorns and pinecones because they are dropped items and therefore are trash. Her system on what is beauty is very arbitrary, and just based on numbers.
 
I don’t really care for a 5 star island. It’s just Isabelle telling you what your island is or isn’t. It’s a status. I’d rather have a 4 star island I am happy with than a 5 star island Isabelle loves but I’m unsure about.
I couldn't agree more.
This makes me think of something that the late Nintendo Guru always used to say. I frequently watched his streams, and he often stated how he became skeptical whenever he was about to visit a proud-proclaimed "5-star island."

I think of the limitations that were set whenever Nintendo initially coded Isabelle's assessment guidelines, and how they are aging very poorly. This is especially true when you think of the aesthetic that weeds add to certain areas, and how they change with the seasons. Isabelle naturally doesn't like weeds. The same thing is true for dropped items, which she also doesn't like. Both of these things add a lot of depth to the perception of certain themes. However, the result of having these things on your island are going to mean a 4-star island rating by Isabelle, which I'm fine with at the end of the day. It's just a nearsighted and shallow system in general that I tend to ignore.
 
I truly think New Horizons is superior to New Leaf in every way. I really don't know what people want when they say this game isn't similar enough to New Leaf. Villager dialogue was incredibly stale in that game as well, and the mini games were fun for a day or two (or to get the items exclusive to it if the mini game had any). Especially since everything that was good about New Leaf (PWP's, furniture items, ordinances) are coming back to New Horizons, plus more. People say New Horizons is more of a decorating simulator than getting to interact with villagers, but let's be honest New Leaf wasn't producing any riveting dialogue to begin with.
 
I don’t really care for a 5 star island. It’s just Isabelle telling you what your island is or isn’t. It’s a status. I’d rather have a 4 star island I am happy with than a 5 star island Isabelle loves but I’m unsure about.
Me too. I have never cared about Isabelle's opinion on my island's state... Apart from maybe when I first started playing, but I'm well over it now. I don't even ask her what my island rating is anymore.

I don't think it matters unless you're looking to get lily of the valley flowers or something. Your island doesn't have to be 5 stars to be a really good island :3
 
I truly think New Horizons is superior to New Leaf in every way. I really don't know what people want when they say this game isn't similar enough to New Leaf. Villager dialogue was incredibly stale in that game as well, and the mini games were fun for a day or two (or to get the items exclusive to it if the mini game had any). Especially since everything that was good about New Leaf (PWP's, furniture items, ordinances) are coming back to New Horizons, plus more. People say New Horizons is more of a decorating simulator than getting to interact with villagers, but let's be honest New Leaf wasn't producing any riveting dialogue to begin with.
This exactly. If anything I think NH dialogue is more clever in a way because for example if they gave you a gift and you gift it back to them they say something related to it and they just know. They repeat some dialogue but at least they don’t repeat dialogues that are not appropriate anymore such as early game dialogues. I remember playing NL for years and still getting dialogue teaching me how to capture a picture like uhhhh…okay? And also I dunno why people suddenly acting like they didn’t hear “If I may be so bold, you're looking as cool as a fair number of cucumbers” 2918262551726383743 times. 😅
 
And also I dunno why people suddenly acting like they didn’t hear “If I may be so bold, you're looking as cool as a fair number of cucumbers” 2918262551726383743 times. 😅
While I do completely agree that the dialogue in new horizons is better than in new leaf.
I will admit I did love this line so never got bothered by hearing it.

The endless tutorial was really stupid though.
 
While I do completely agree that the dialogue in new horizons is better than in new leaf.
I will admit I did love this line so never got bothered by hearing it.

The endless tutorial was really stupid though.
Honestly wasn’t bothered by it that much too only because Marshal was my next door neighbor smug in NL and that’s why I kept hearing this line and never forgot about it because I kept pestering him lollll if it was someone I hated tho I would’ve been so annoyed 🤣
 
Harriet wasn't necessary. She'll teach you 7 new haircuts, and after that, she'll sit in the RV plaza forever having no purpose. Those 7 haircuts should have just been moved to the Nook Stop machine so you could buy them, and they'd be out of the way. It's almost as if Harriet exist just to exist.

So hopefully...maybe...Harriet will have something more for us, such as Mii faces and/or wigs
 
Now that I keep thinking about it I think Kapp'n could be the least interesting NPC from what I saw in the direct. I mean sure he takes us to islands that have different themes to it, but then I saw you can go to any island that may have seasonal materials that you may want. I have to wonder is this like Nook Mile Island 2.0 or is it something else entirely new? I am trying to wrap my mind around what they are doing, but I have to say and I may get flack for this out of all the things they revealed in the AC direct Kapp'n is my least favorite. Its like they glossed over him and just didn't explain much what he had to offer. I know there is bound to be secrets and surprises I understand that but first impressions so far is not that good. I will try to keep an open mind when the update comes out but for right now I am not so keen on Kapp'n.
 
Harriet wasn't necessary. She'll teach you 7 new haircuts, and after that, she'll sit in the RV plaza forever having no purpose. Those 7 haircuts should have just been moved to the Nook Stop machine so you could buy them, and they'd be out of the way. It's almost as if Harriet exist just to exist.

So hopefully...maybe...Harriet will have something more for us, such as Mii faces and/or wigs

Certainly she does exist just to exist, but that is actually what people were requesting from the very beginning, once they discovered that hair was changed without her in this game.
 
Certainly she does exist just to exist, but that is actually what people were requesting from the very beginning, once they discovered that hair was changed without her in this game.
But again we have a Mirror in our homes that we can change our look anytime and not to mentions you can always get different hair styles when you buy them at the Nook mile shop so again what was the point of adding back Harriet? I would've thought they would change her role, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
 
Harriet wasn't necessary. She'll teach you 7 new haircuts, and after that, she'll sit in the RV plaza forever having no purpose. Those 7 haircuts should have just been moved to the Nook Stop machine so you could buy them, and they'd be out of the way. It's almost as if Harriet exist just to exist.

So hopefully...maybe...Harriet will have something more for us, such as Mii faces and/or wigs
i'm so happy harriet is back but i'm also worried she'll just be used for the 7 haircuts. hopefully she'll sell wigs or hair accessories cause we definitely need more of those in the game!
 
i'm so happy harriet is back but i'm also worried she'll just be used for the 7 haircuts. hopefully she'll sell wigs or hair accessories cause we definitely need more of those in the game!
And I hope they don't bring back that so called "questions" about how you imagine you looking that was in New Leaf when she used to work at Shampoodle. It was so confusing trying to figure out what type of style you were going for.
 
And I hope they don't bring back that so called "questions" about how you imagine you looking that was in New Leaf when she used to work at Shampoodle. It was so confusing trying to figure out what type of style you were going for.
haha i actually mentioned that in a previous comment on this thread, i actually kinda liked the weird questions! they were cute and made the previous games feel more lifelike. i was never really bothered by looking up face or hair guides, but i understand if other people were
 
haha i actually mentioned that in a previous comment on this thread, i actually kinda liked the weird questions! they were cute and made the previous games feel more lifelike. i was never really bothered by looking up face or hair guides, but i understand if other people were
And it goes back to my other reply in this thread. What is the point of adding her back when we already have mirror items that we can change our look and lets not forget all those different hairstyle they've added in the Nook mile shop. I would rather see Gracie Grace back than Harriet, because thats another NPC that is still missing and we still have no clue when she will come back.

Also can I just say when the showed off the new furniture items at Nook Cranny's why is it that we still can't upgrade the shop? You would think after they shown so many new furniture sets coming to the game they would had to at least expand/upgrade Nook's Cranny but in the Direct we saw its in the same shop that we are used to and just a reminder this is the 1 time we were able to upgrade the shop. It just bothers me how we are still stuck with this one shop upgrade and there is still no hint or indication of any new upgrades. Sorry for the rant, but thats another thing that was bothering me also.
 
Me too. I have never cared about Isabelle's opinion on my island's state... Apart from maybe when I first started playing, but I'm well over it now. I don't even ask her what my island rating is anymore.

I don't think it matters unless you're looking to get lily of the valley flowers or something. Your island doesn't have to be 5 stars to be a really good island :3

I'd actually rather my island be a 4 star instead of a 5 star simply due to Lily of the Valley flowers. They keep spawning and I don't want anymore of them as I just dig them up and sell them now.

It's worth getting to 5 star once to get enough Lily of the Valleys that you want/need and to unlock the golden watering can recipe so you can get gold roses. After that letting it drop to 4 star is perfectly fine in my opinion.
 
And it goes back to my other reply in this thread. What is the point of adding her back when we already have mirror items that we can change our look and lets not forget all those different hairstyle they've added in the Nook mile shop. I would rather see Gracie Grace back than Harriet, because thats another NPC that is still missing and we still have no clue when she will come back.

Also can I just say when the showed off the new furniture items at Nook Cranny's why is it that we still can't upgrade the shop? You would think after they shown so many new furniture sets coming to the game they would had to at least expand/upgrade Nook's Cranny but in the Direct we saw its in the same shop that we are used to and just a reminder this is the 1 time we were able to upgrade the shop. It just bothers me how we are still stuck with this one shop upgrade and there is still no hint or indication of any new upgrades. Sorry for the rant, but thats another thing that was bothering me also.
i agree, i'm secretly hoping that the new update will add shop upgrades but i'm not holding my breath. and i'm hoping that harriet has more use than just hairstyles cause i always loved going to her shop in previous games! tbh if i had to choose between her and the mirror items, i think i'd choose her. but it wouldn't make sense for nintendo to add her just to give us a few hairstyles, so she must sell other things, right?

and i would love for gracie to come back, but since she's been replaced by label, and nook's cranny upgrades aren't really a thing, i'm thinking is not likely, she was cool tho 😔 but if harriet is coming back, maybe in the future gracie will too? i know in population growing you had to clean her car, maybe that could return
 
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