Animal Crossing E3

[Dunquixote]

I don’t see myself buying paid dlc; don’t have the money anyways—at least for stuff that should have been in the game. I can’t support a company that purposely left stuff out that was part of the base games in previous games just so they can milk more money out of us; I was annoyed enough about the qr designs that were free to do and use in NL and HHD being locked behind a sub. I might pay for dlc if it is a realy cool set like idk One Piece themed furniture (just an example).

Nothing wrong with wanting to buy them regardless. That is really great! I wish I could be able to afford it and could support a company in spite the stuff that bother me. Maybe I can in time if I see how great the dlc is (though will probably still be disgruntled about it not being free)…

I had zero expectations from E3 so was not surprised that there was no big acnh announcement. I hope we get some big trailer soon or something. I want a reason to keep playing the game but hard to keep being inspired to design with random knick knacks :/

 

[-Blue-]

lol guys check this out. So nasty.

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@Dunquixote Yeah I totally get that vibe. And it bothered me how they didn't even bother to try to find a workaround having multiple islands unless you forked out $400 smackeroos for a system. That's not cool no matter how you slice it.

 

[King koopa]

I wouldn't mind paid dlc, as long as it makes sense. If it's just a small update like we got in the past that's dlc, I wouldn't by it. However if it's a big update like the one we got in November, then maybe I will buy it. I just hope IF Nintendo goes the dlc route, it should be reasonably sized and be different than the monthly updates

 

[AssassinVicz]

I wasn’t really expecting anything at E3. Except loving that danganronpa got ported to the switch. Yes ty.

But seeing the outrage is just? It’s slightly understandable because everyone would love some new content. However I don’t know if it’s worth being as upset as I’ve seen. The game is still playable, there’s is stuff to do if you create it, there is still stuff there.

I just think at this point if this game is still just not giving you what you want. I would just personally put it down and come back to it. Since it really isn’t worth the constant hopes and disappointment.

I do get the disappointment and I also wish there was more added, but I feel like I’ve gotten my money’s worth and what I have currently is just fine. There’s nothing more I can do about it.

 

[-Blue-]

I wasn’t really expecting anything at E3. Except loving that danganronpa got ported to the switch. Yes ty.

But seeing the outrage is just? It’s slightly understandable because everyone would love some new content. However I don’t know if it’s worth being as upset as I’ve seen. The game is still playable, there’s is stuff to do if you create it, there is still stuff there.

I just think at this point if this game is still just not giving you what you want. I would just personally put it down and come back to it. Since it really isn’t worth the constant hopes and disappointment.

I do get the disappointment and I also wish there was more added, but I feel like I’ve gotten my money’s worth and what I have currently is just fine. There’s nothing more I can do about it.

There's so many games I want from the direct that I don't even know what to do lol. Burn a hole in my pocket is the answer, but I guess I have enough considering I worked almost nonstop during the pandemic. When everyone was playing this game for ridiculous hours when it first came out, I would be sometimes too tired to even try decorating.

So I am going to have so much fun with this awesome lineup.

 

[Maymeows16]

I'm a little sad that they didn't at least do the Zelda Amiibo update since it would've fit perfectly with the Zelda anniversary. But I think they'll still add new items here and there and eventually they'll do more "big" ones like the Sanrio ones since they did the Amiibo update on New Leaf at some point. E3 was still pretty boring this year not going to lie. =/

 

[Eureka]

I'm happy I took a step back from online Animal Crossing communities because I had no hype for E3 (besides Elden Ring) and didn't even know Nintendo was going to be there. I will admit when I saw a twitter post mentioning a potential ACNH update at E3 I let myself get a bit excited but not enough to feel any strong sense of disappointment.

For me it feels like it would of been cool to have some new stuff but I still get plenty of enjoyment from the game even after 1000 hours. Do I play nearly as much as before? Not at all, but so what? That is what happens with all games. You do everything in it and move on when it gets stale, or you find ways to keep the old content interesting.

Also I just want to say that I do put some blame on big YouTube Animal Crossing content creators who hyped up an unconfirmed update for views. The community had super high expectations going into E3 because of the hype and now that nothing was shown they're immensely disappointed. It's like telling a child to get excited for an amazing Christmas morning with lots of presents only for them to find an empty room.

I'm very confident that there will be more updates and that hopefully a sizeable one is on the way. So I will just keep chilling and using the game as a relaxing escape until we get some juicy new content.

 

[tajikey]

While all of you are over here arguing, I'm still watching the Treehouse presentation in hopes of them dropping an update bomb. I'm sure the outlook does not look good, but when one has zero expectations, one cannot be disappointed.

 

[Dunquixote]

While all of you are over here arguing, I'm still watching the Treehouse presentation in hopes of them dropping an update bomb. I'm sure the outlook does not look good, but when one has zero expectations, one cannot be disappointed.

Who is arguing? I think everyone here is being really civil and providing their opinions in constructive ways.

 

[satine]

To be fair as much as I hate admitting this, keeping the cookie furniture exclusive to pocket camp alone can still make them money. I'd love to see things like the plush bear and baths that villagers can actually bathe in, but if they keep that stuff exclusive they shouldn't have to worry about pocket camp losing any money cause people will buy it anyhow.

i DO wish we had interactive furniture in general though but that's a dif topic.

yes I agree! they wouldn't want to render Pocket Camp irrelevant for 2 reasons -- 1) it's a mobile game, and it makes them big bucks since it's allowed to nickel-and-dime users for death for being a mobile gam and 2) I also feel like people who play PC and have allowed it to nickel-and-dime them would be pretty PO'ed if all the stuff they were charged on were suddenly offered in the ACNH game for free.

I am not a PC player at all. I'd cry tears of joy if we could have some of the furniture that the mobile game has (not a fan of the super fancy stuff, but would really like to have Gracie Grace furniture again tbh...) but I really don't think it's viable unfortunately.

 

[King koopa]

While all of you are over here arguing, I'm still watching the Treehouse presentation in hopes of them dropping an update bomb. I'm sure the outlook does not look good, but when one has zero expectations, one cannot be disappointed.

Yeah no one's arguing anymore and things have been chill. But that might change if you make a false claim, so try to leave the vibe here alone ok

 

[-Blue-]

Those are good points, but I also feel that a mainline AC game shouldn't suffer from update drought because of that.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I'm lowkey glad they didn't talk about animal crossing OR pokemon in this direct. they can get their own presentation/direct another time.

 

[satine]

Those are good points, but I also feel that a mainline AC game shouldn't suffer from update drought because of that.

no it shouldn't at all. and it really disappoints me if it's effected by a mobile spin-off. I hate mobile games and I don't care for PC personally. I understand its merits and am happy for those who enjoy it of course. it'd be really distasteful if it had any sort of effect on the mainline AC game honestly. but it might have one nonetheless because of those things, is all I was trying to say.

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Yeah no one's arguing anymore and things have been chill. But that might change if you make a false claim, so try to leave the vibe here alone ok

i feel like they were just making a joke and now everyone else is arguing with them / taking hostility with them for saying that everyone else was arguing (which there were some ppl attacking others earlier before vrisnem showed up. so maybe they were just late to the party about that).
and shoot. now maybe I'm arguing with y'all about y'all arguing with them about other people arguing!!
i'm just kidding lol. but I do think they were just joking, not trying to stir the pot, to be fair!

 

[Lulucrossing]

I have this bittersweet feeling since I actually processed the fact that NH is mostly done with big updates. Bitter because I cherish this franchise like no others, since I’m not a gamer…there are only a few games I like to play and AC is my favorite among them. So given the fact it’s the only game I’m currently playing, no updates means, to me, no more drive to play the game at least weakly. At the same time, I can’t be too mad because NH helped me through last year a lot: lockdown was hard, I tested positive two days before my birthday and I couldn’t even celebrate with my mom and dad, so the only real celebration was in the game with my villagers, and in general it kept me sane during a time where the world seemed crazy. So for this very reason, I am still grateful for the game and the great timing Nintendo had( that was just luck but who cares). I will keep hoping that at some point they will add Brewster and maybe villagers visiting your house, which is something I do miss a lot for some reason, but other than that I’ll just keep playing sporadically

 

[Loreley]

I don't get why Nintendo just doesn't comment on the content speculations at all... It's so frustrating. They surely must've noticed the comments under every single one of their social media posts. Just say that NH is done with big updates and people will let it go. It's not like NH isn't worth its money, I'm pretty sure I've spent just as much if not more time on it compared to NL by now. But it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth that I initially evaluated the game with the expectation in mind that there would be frequent content updates - and I felt reassured with the Redd and summer updates, only to now feel like Nintendo has dropped the ball by the end of 2020.

 

[azurill]

I don't get why Nintendo just doesn't comment on the content speculations at all... It's so frustrating. They surely must've noticed the comments under every single one of their social media posts. Just say that NH is done with big updates and people will let it go. It's not like NH isn't worth its money, I'm pretty sure I've spent just as much if not more time on it compared to NL by now. But it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth that I initially evaluated the game with the expectation in mind that there would be frequent content updates - and I felt reassured with the Redd and summer updates, only to now feel like Nintendo has dropped the ball by the end of 2020.

I agree I really wish Nintendo would just say if there is going to be something big on the way. At this point I’m going with all future updates will be holiday related and some new items every once in awhile. I do still enjoy the game but trying to figure out what Nintendo might do just keeps leaving people disappointed.

 

[SarahsNY]

While I’m disappointed with the lack of any announcements, unfortunately I’ve considered NH to be a lost cause for almost a year now. Once the excitement of a new AC game wore off I realized how shallow this entry was at its core. An update adding Brewster will not fix the obnoxious crafting system, the lack of interesting villager dialogue, or the over reliance on pretty graphics vs. meaningful content.

This game was broken as early as the planning stages unfortunately. I’ve been playing animal crossing all my life, I have put an ungodly amount of time into each entry and can still go back and play each one for 100s of hours more. But NH? My island isn’t even finished yet I don’t want to boot the game up again, I’ve just been playing NL instead.

While updates would be nice, from the get-go Nintendo should have released a finished game. No amount of small fixes and new furniture will make this game feel complete to me.

Sorry for the rant, but if a game needs an update a year in to be considered worth playing, I don’t think the game itself is all that great.

 

[Moritz]

Just say that NH is done with big updates and people will let it go.

But what if they're not done?
They can't say they're done if they're not. And they can't say they're not, because then people will still be complaining how they haven't got the updates that aren't ready to come out.

So it only works if they truly are done. Even then it's not in their best interest to say anything, because then it sets a precedent.

 

[Dracule]

Oh, wow. A lot to process here after E3, haha. I’ve been kind of going between this forum thread (thank you, @LokiBoy, for making it) and some Youtube video comment sections to evaluate people’s reactions. I know a lot of us are at least a little disappointed, even if you already had no expectations or foresaw something like this happening.

I personally had some hopes with low expectations, but am honestly still a bit sad to see nothing from E3 (not even a little update addressing any future plans for ACNH). I guess it’s more bittersweet since it’s my birthday, so maybe I’m a little more emotional than necessary for this game. Like @Lulucrossing has mentioned, I also don’t play a lot of console games, so AC has been a staple for me since the GameCube.

Now, I totally get a lot of users saying that the game has a lot of playable features and allows one to spend so, so many hours on it with joy—I’ve been one of them and can’t complain about what I HAVE been able to do with it versus what I haven’t been able to do. I think I’m more hurt that even though incoming updates were kind of expected after purchasing the game—and then not given, or given sporadically in lower quality each time—it still feels very much like an incomplete game to me. I’m sure many would disagree, and I get where you’re coming from, but this is more my personal feeling at the moment.

Others have mentioned how Amiibo was launched long after ACNL, so I’m starting to think we’ll likely get locked behind a pay wall at some point (whether for Amiibos, DLCs, or more). This is something I wouldn’t necessarily mind as I am fortunate enough to have money to spend, but it definitely would be sad for those who couldn’t like @Dunquixote said several times (shout out to you—I’m always liking your comments, haha).

I’m glad the discussion thread has been pretty civil all things considered (besides maybe a few comments here and there). Here’s hoping we’ll get an—maybe even big—announcement by the end of June, July, or August, but I think I’m pretty much at peace with having no expectations and finally just accepting ACNH for what it is now.​