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Animal Crossing Direct Discussion Thread
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VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
What I really hope for is a road map of updates that will show what they have planned for going forward into 2022 and of course what new features or quality of life updates they will add to the game.
Re: length, 20 minutes and its own Direct is definitely better than nothing, I'm not disputing that. At the same time, this is Nintendo's 2nd best-selling game on Switch, so I think it's reasonable to want or expect a similar amount of time to what they give their other series like Smash or Pokemon.
Maybe they will pack a lot of stuff into 20 minutes. Maybe it will just be a few things they really stretch out. It could go either way, and I would just feel more confident about the possibility of more new features if the runtime were longer.
Maybe they will pack a lot of stuff into 20 minutes. Maybe it will just be a few things they really stretch out. It could go either way, and I would just feel more confident about the possibility of more new features if the runtime were longer.
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20 Minutes is Half a Regular Nintendo direct, and actually longer than the direct of the Welcome Amiibo update - which was under 17 minutes long. I can't just see them wasting all that time just to explain how Brewster works either...
Smash directs are long not because lots of addition content is in there - They're long because they go into extreme detail about the fighter it's about. Animal Crossing just isn't like that at all - Clips are shorter because of the simple nature of the game.
Smash directs are long not because lots of addition content is in there - They're long because they go into extreme detail about the fighter it's about. Animal Crossing just isn't like that at all - Clips are shorter because of the simple nature of the game.
20 minutes is definitely not an insignificant amount of time, given how all update trailers before this were ~2 minutes long each time. It's a very good sign we'll be getting more news about the game than just Brewster (which, even if they stretched it out, would only take up 5 minutes at the very most IMO) and the Series 5 cards. I'm definitely interested to see how this goes now.
People have already noted that Smash directs are longer because every move for the character being added is shown off, but with regards to Pokemon, glancing through the list of Pokemon Presents and Pokemon Directs, the only instance of a Pokemon Present/Direct being longer than 20 minutes was their latest one on August 18th, which even then was only 27 minutes long and mainly covered the 2 upcoming games in the series amongst other Pokemon news. So AC is being given a similar amount of time to Pokemon! No reason to think otherwise.
Beanz
Sophisticated Hi-C drinker
ok i kind of wanted it to be longer but it’s reasonable and better than not getting anything at all. i hope they don’t take 10 minutes talking about brewster then another 10 minutes talking about the new amiibo cards. as much as im excited about brewster and the new cards, i’m going to be pissed if that’s all they talk about.
Sheep Villager
Feel free to call me Sheep
Trying not to place too much value on the length since the pacing can go either way.
... that said, I expected 2 minutes at most due to previous update "directs". Feeling a bit more optimistic about the potential content. If it's just Brewster I don't see my hiatus ending. Might play actively for a couple of days before dropping if it's just him. I really want to have an incentive to play again, but due to how long this has taken I've become pretty jaded.
... that said, I expected 2 minutes at most due to previous update "directs". Feeling a bit more optimistic about the potential content. If it's just Brewster I don't see my hiatus ending. Might play actively for a couple of days before dropping if it's just him. I really want to have an incentive to play again, but due to how long this has taken I've become pretty jaded.
I am familiar with how Smash Directs work and that's a fair distinction. Pokemon usually has multiple Directs per year if I'm remembering correctly, whereas this is the only Animal Crossing Direct since release.
I feel like it's possible this could be the last/only Direct New Horizons gets, and if that's the case, this could be their last big showcase before going back to the smaller updates we were getting before.
20 minutes may end up being plenty of time, I'm just saying that given how little we currently know, I would have felt more confident if it were longer.
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It will be streaming on YouTubeAwesome! I can't wait to watch it.
I have never watch a Nintendo direct before... Do we watch it on Nintendo's website?
