Animal Crossing E3

I'm just posting my condolences to everyone who got their hopes smashed today.

As soon as I finished the feed (including Treehouse, where they sometimes sneak things in) and saw NO mention of AC at all, I knew people would be crushed.

On the bright side, ACNH is making various news articles once again...but this time around it's about how toxic the fans are being towards Nintendo because there was no AC info...which MIGHT make them respond to the outcry sooner than later.
 
I think with this and just the past few months in general Nintendo has made it pretty clear ACNH isn't a big priority for them going forward.
I had a little bit of hope there might be something ACNH related at this E3 but after not seeing anything, I wasn't surprised.
I'm just at a point now where I am grateful for all the joy ACNH brought me for about 6 months but that's it. I no longer expect anything anymore in regards to ACNH updates. Even if they brought Brewster back, it's not enough entertaining content for me to continue playing. If I want to get my animal crossing fix I will just play a different animal crossing game that has more content.
I wish they handled this game better, but I really don't think there's anything we can do but accept it at this point. I think holding out hope for anything big in an upcoming update is not wise anymore. If anything big was coming, I feel like this was their chance to announce it.
 
I for one am not surprised in the slightest that Nintendo decided not to devote half a second to Animal Crossing. That's what I was expecting, so I'm not upset by it. In fact, this has reaffirmed my decision not to buy a game from a renowned franchise the next time it's announced, as I'll be holding off on pre-ordering it until I know for sure that it will have what I want. I won't make the same mistake again.

I've already lost interest in franchises such as Pokémon because of this, so I'm skeptical about this new Arceus game for this very same reason, but this also applies to a possible upcoming Animal Crossing game in the future and other games. And if this position entails that I won't get to play it, so be it. I have other important things to do than let a corporation dictate that I must shell out €60 first and then hope for the best and hope that it will have what I bought the game for after 3 years, when it's already collecting dust on my shelf because I've gotten tired of it.
 
This is the exact reason I wasn't getting excited or having high expectations... Because I knew they would just be crushed, and I would be left feeling disappointed and sad. I didn't really think they were going to announce anything, but I was kinda hoping I was going to be wrong.

This has just kind of made me really believe that Nintendo really doesn't care about acnh anymore just as I have being thinking for a while. I will be surprised if they end up paying anymore attention to it, or putting out any updates.
I still love the game, and I still play often. So I won't be stepping away from it. But it really sucks to know that Nintendo doesn't give a flying pig about this game. It could be even better than it already is if they had just paid more attention too it. But obviously, there are better things to worry about. :/
 
The sad thing is I might just buy it if they release a DLC update. I really want to keep playing this game but I've run out of things I enjoy doing. And I'm the one who keeps going on about how they swindled us into subscribing to Online to get all the things we could have in NL for free...
 
I don’t believe they’re done with updating. Considering what has been datamined and how quick they’ve put patches through for certain things. (Taken plots, two villagers in boxes etc)
There is clearly some intention to keep updating the game and having it work.

I believe that a lot of the acnh team that pushed through the first few updates, are now working on games such as Splatoon, Pokemon etc. So whoever is left, are now left to do the minor and big updates by themselves. Which means creating new HD graphics, rigging animation, implementing all the new assists being added, whilst having to rigorously bug test and making sure nothing is going to break the game. Plus presentation side. . I can understand why the updates are taking so long.

It’s just unfortunately a waiting game until that day happens. But I believe something is coming 😶
 
Just finished watching it *ahem more like just skimming through it all just to get to the stuff I actually care about lol* and honestly all I cared about was what they were going to show 'n' tell for BotW 2. New areas to visit and explore, new abilities, a little bit of insight to the story... New enemy types?? Yes! Just what I was hoping for! Not just Bokoblins and Moblins all over the place. I'm hoping some old and classic enemies make a return as well, such as Tektites and Deku Babas.

To Nintendo, Animal Crossing is pretty much on rock bottom on their to-do list. They'll get around it when they feeeeeel like it.

Zelda is what people really wanted. Oh, and SSBU and Metroid. And Mario Party. And Splatoon.
 
but this time around it's about how toxic the fans are being towards Nintendo because there was no AC info...which MIGHT make them respond to the outcry sooner than later.

I feel like "toxic" is an overstatement considering the same fans have been waiting for things like Brewster since March 2020, and the fact that the only updates we ever get is Nintendo unlocking events that could have been in the game at launch or shouldn't have been time locked. For example, the August fireworks show in 2021 needs an update to unlock when it was there in 2020.

ETA: Long stretch: Nintendo has been underground since 2020 working on a v2.0 that will blow the game out of the water. I can only keep dreaming.
 
We all know that the next update is bringing the fireworks and we all tease that it's just going to be that only and nothing else. So saying to be patient and wait for what we assume is just going to be fireworks (that shouldn't really be time locked anymore) and some seasonal tab items isn't having me foam at the mouth in excitement. Heck if fireworks is what you want you can still time travel back to 2020 to just watch them. So their idea to pad the game through artificial time locking and stop time travelers from advancing too far is already going to backfire. And after fireworks would be Halloween with a dry spell in September. So again you could just time travel to October 2020 to experience that.

Don't get me wrong, I like the game, but I don't think this kind of set up would fly if it weren't for the pandemic and lockdown. They were able to use it as an excuse and milked it out. Sakurai's team was able to push out most of the 2nd fighter pass. The lockdown certainly caused problems for them, but they kept at it.

Another thing I see people commenting about (although maybe not here) Is that NL got its only update after it was 3-4 years old. Which while true, the base game had enough content that even if it never got the WA update, would still hold up better content wise than NH does when it came out and even right now with all of the updates it has gotten.
 
Personally I highly disagree with the idea that the older games had more content.

They had different content sure, but a bigger shop is just a bigger shop. If you own everything, it's still got nothing for you. And it's just shopping. Plus, it only took a few months to fully unlock everything. The fun of upgrading shops would have lasted us until the summer, when we were all still playing and having fun anyways.

Brewster added no more than 3 minutes of playtime per day. And he only had like 4 items to give out. Its a stretch to call it content.

The club gave reactions by bringing fruit there each day. Once you owned all the reactions the building was useless for 6.5 days a week.

Katrina took 1 minute of your day.

The island was a good way to make fast money but all you did there was catch bugs and fish. Its not exactly something we are missing.

There were minigames that... yes okay those you can consider real content and we are missing that.

Gyroids I personally don't like, but they did take time to dig up and if you wanted you could keep track and try to collect them all. So I'll count that as something that would add to the game.

I could be missing some stuff so let me know if i am. I purposely did not include stuff like shampoodles or the post office because their exact functions are in the game.

New horizons also brought a lot of new stuff to the table in terraforming and crafting. So it's not like the game just took away and never added things to it.

Would I like updates and new content? Yes of course. There is no reason for me not to what new stuff.

But I find it disingenuous to pretend that older entries were drowning in so much content that after a year and 3 months you had so much more stuff to get on with.

I have never played an older game for more than 4 months because after everything unlocked and paid off, there really is nothing to do.

So im fine with waiting for any updates we may or may not have gotten because the game is not incomplete, its not lacking, and it was very much worth the price we all paid for it.
 
Personally I highly disagree with the idea that the older games had more content.

They had different content sure, but a bigger shop is just a bigger shop. If you own everything, it's still got nothing for you. And it's just shopping. Plus, it only took a few months to fully unlock everything. The fun of upgrading shops would have lasted us until the summer, when we were all still playing and having fun anyways.

Brewster added no more than 3 minutes of playtime per day. And he only had like 4 items to give out. Its a stretch to call it content.

The club gave reactions by bringing fruit there each day. Once you owned all the reactions the building was useless for 6.5 days a week.

Katrina took 1 minute of your day.

The island was a good way to make fast money but all you did there was catch bugs and fish. Its not exactly something we are missing.

There were minigames that... yes okay those you can consider real content and we are missing that.

Gyroids I personally don't like, but they did take time to dig up and if you wanted you could keep track and try to collect them all. So I'll count that as something that would add to the game.

I could be missing some stuff so let me know if i am. I purposely did not include stuff like shampoodles or the post office because their exact functions are in the game.

New horizons also brought a lot of new stuff to the table in terraforming and crafting. So it's not like the game just took away and never added things to it.

Would I like updates and new content? Yes of course. There is no reason for me not to what new stuff.

But I find it disingenuous to pretend that older entries were drowning in so much content that after a year and 3 months you had so much more stuff to get on with.

I have never played an older game for more than 4 months because after everything unlocked and paid off, there really is nothing to do.

So im fine with waiting for any updates we may or may not have gotten because the game is not incomplete, its not lacking, and it was very much worth the price we all paid for it.

I don't understand. You are acknowledging that older games had more things to do but saying you highly disagree they had more?
It also doesn't matter if some of the older stuff like shops, Brewster and Katrina didn't add hours of gameplay for most people, it is still more than what NH has. Sure some stuff the older games had may not be the most entertaining content for some people but it is still content. They are still shops/NPC's that added charm to the games and for a lot of people improved the wholesome animal crossing experience.
 
I watched the direct yesterday hoping for a tease of an update, but c’mon: the game is 15 months old. They wanted to showcase new stuff. Plus the last small update they did covered events through June (or July?). I really don’t understand all the folks on YouTube saying “No MoRe uPdAtEs” just based on this. I think maybe there will be another direct (or maybe just a trailer) in July or August; and I think when the last major update happens, they’ll tell us it’s the last major update (like they did with Mario Maker 2).

As for me, I’m looking forward to Mario Party Superstars and Warioware. 😄
 
I don't understand. You are acknowledging that older games had more things to do but saying you highly disagree they had more?
It also doesn't matter if some of the older stuff like shops, Brewster and Katrina didn't add hours of gameplay for most people, it is still more than what NH has. Sure some stuff the older games had may not be the most entertaining content for some people but it is still content. They are still shops/NPC's that added charm to the games and for a lot of people improved the wholesome animal crossing experience.
No I don't. I acknowledge they had some different things to do. But new horizons brought its own stuff to the table.

So while there was some different activities that new leaf had, it does not mean it had more content. Because new horizons added stuff older games did not have.

And it does matter if the content that older games had that did not get brought to new horizons adds hours of playtime. Because if it doesn't, then why even care about it?
 
Personally I highly disagree with the idea that the older games had more content.

They had different content sure, but a bigger shop is just a bigger shop. If you own everything, it's still got nothing for you. And it's just shopping. Plus, it only took a few months to fully unlock everything. The fun of upgrading shops would have lasted us until the summer, when we were all still playing and having fun anyways.

Brewster added no more than 3 minutes of playtime per day. And he only had like 4 items to give out. Its a stretch to call it content.

The club gave reactions by bringing fruit there each day. Once you owned all the reactions the building was useless for 6.5 days a week.

Katrina took 1 minute of your day.

The island was a good way to make fast money but all you did there was catch bugs and fish. Its not exactly something we are missing.

There were minigames that... yes okay those you can consider real content and we are missing that.

Gyroids I personally don't like, but they did take time to dig up and if you wanted you could keep track and try to collect them all. So I'll count that as something that would add to the game.

I could be missing some stuff so let me know if i am. I purposely did not include stuff like shampoodles or the post office because their exact functions are in the game.

New horizons also brought a lot of new stuff to the table in terraforming and crafting. So it's not like the game just took away and never added things to it.

Would I like updates and new content? Yes of course. There is no reason for me not to what new stuff.

But I find it disingenuous to pretend that older entries were drowning in so much content that after a year and 3 months you had so much more stuff to get on with.

I have never played an older game for more than 4 months because after everything unlocked and paid off, there really is nothing to do.

So im fine with waiting for any updates we may or may not have gotten because the game is not incomplete, its not lacking, and it was very much worth the price we all paid for it.
I'm not even wasting my time reading that. You just roasted new leaf and acted like it's just a waste of time to play. If you actually take the time to play the older games, you'll realize there is WAY more to do. And just sitting here acting like new leaf is a waste, well I get it's your opinion but I disagree! New leaf did bring more things to do. New leaf has way more shops and npcs and fruit and minigames which gave you and your friends something to do. And why even care about it? IT'S WHY SOME PEOPLE LIKE NEW LEAF MORE! That's like if I made mario kart 9 but took out all the characters everyone likes and only replace some, make bad courses, bad karts and wheels, got rid of battle mode, and yet you would still say it's the best mario kart game ever.
I know I might get viewed as rude after this, but it's because this man literally complained that new leaf had nothing and criticized every feature
 
I'm not even wasting my time reading that. You just roasted new leaf and acted like it's just a waste of time to play. If you actually take the time to play the older games, you'll realize there is WAY more to do. And just sitting here acting like new leaf is a waste, well I get it's your opinion but I disagree! New leaf did bring more things to do. New leaf has way more shops and npcs and fruit and minigames which gave you and your friends something to do. And why even care about it? IT'S WHY SOME PEOPLE LIKE NEW LEAF MORE! That's like if I made mario kart 9 but took out all the characters everyone likes and only replace some, make bad courses, bad karts and wheels, got rid of battle mode, and yet you would still say it's the best mario kart game ever.
I know I might get viewed as rude after this, but it's because this man literally complained that new leaf had nothing and criticized every feature
No actually I really like new leaf.
Its a good game. If that's how you want to read what I said so be it but it's not even close to me saying new leaf is bad.

I'm saying new leaf is not made by brewsters or the island. Those features are small and insignificant. They did not make new leaf a better game, and they won't make new horizons a better game.

Those features add literal minutes to your daily playtime. Its nothing.

If you dont like new horizons now, it won't make you like it. If you're out of stuff to do now, they won't give you stuff to play daily again.

They are not these huge things the game desperately needs. They are nothing.

Ps you clearly did read what I said :p
 
I don't understand. You are acknowledging that older games had more things to do but saying you highly disagree they had more?

I'm not even wasting my time reading that. You just roasted new leaf and acted like it's just a waste of time to play. If you actually take the time to play the older games, you'll realize there is WAY more to do.

I believe @Moritz's point was that while AC:NL had a larger variety of things to do that there was a lack of depth to those activities.
 
Not going to lie, it is kind of surprising that some of the more tropical fruit did not return for a tropical themed island. I guess we'll just have to see what is in store for August's trailer, if they even bother with one, and not some jpeg announcement. I would love to be wrong, but I feel like we're just going to see the fireworks festival.

Like I don't know man, but even an update giving us food and drinks to carry, eat, and drink would be better than just 'Here have the same event only'

I like the game, but I also dislike it at times. When that happens, I do take breaks and come back. There may have been a lack of depth in some of the activities, especially if those ones don't really speak out to you, but I liked the variety in it. In NH it's heavily designed focused, so a lot of the updates have fallen in that category. So I loved the variety.
 
I'm currently playing NL more than NH for a change of pace and it's been interesting to observe the differences. This is just my personal view, but I think the games are more similar than different.

If I were going to give constructive criticism to NH, I would want it to do more things that are new to the series and add longevity rather than bring back old features they omitted. While there are some old features I would like to see return, I'm not sure any of the old features are enough to fix the NH burnout/fatigue some of the player base has experienced.

If/when Brewster is added, it will be fun and interesting for 2-4 weeks and then players will be looking for the next big thing. I think that's just the cycle of these games and how we consume content these days. It's also why I think the series should move more toward a living game structure, but that's a whole other topic.
 
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