Animal Crossing E3

[Bk1234]

That's a good point but Nintendo is just better off listening to what the fans want at this point. I hate to come off rude but, just because Nintendo didn't directly say that all that stuff the fans (including me) want, doesn't mean it's just not going to happen at all. Nintendo expanded the qr code design thingy to 100, and that was highly requested, so clearly they do listen to us. So, trying to say this in the nicest way possible, just know that Nintendo has a habit of surprising us, and maybe that surprise will be a better update to the game. So maybe don't say it's 100% never going to happen because I'm sure it will, you just have to be patient

Come on now, it is by no means Nintendo’s job to listen to the fans. That can go downhill sometimes, I mean just look at Fire Emblem Fates…

 

[Che5hire Cat]

Holding my expectations very low here tbh. I stopped playing the game for some months now due to the fact that there's nothing at the moment that keeps me motivated to continue playing it. Because of this, I even started to slowly losing my interest in Animal Crossing in general. If they gonna announce something for NH on this E3, then I hope it's this time an update which is worth to look forward.

 

[moo_nieu]

it would be cool but i dont have much hope tbh

 

[TheWildShadow55]

No expectations is probably the best bet right now. If we get anything, cool! If we get nothing, it is what it is I guess.

 

[JKDOS]

Since we are getting a 40 minute treehouse video, it's very possible we will see a trailer for v1.11. Whether or not it's a big update is something we cannot really predict. There's not much happening in Animal Crossing coming up other than firework shows in August, so maybe it's possible we will see something good coming our way.

 

[Jacob]

wishful thinking but alll I want is the ability to play new leaf music instead. or turn off the hourly music and just hear the sounds. Please god I hate the hourly music so much

 

[Etown20]

Just clarifying on the coverage - there is a 40 minute Nintendo Direct and a 3 hour Treehouse presentation after, so there will be 3 hours and 40 minutes of Nintendo coverage in total. The Direct usually focuses on reveals and the Treehouse usually focuses on gameplay, but a few years back, they revealed a Metroid game during the Treehouse, which surprised a lot of people.

There's only been one Nintendo Direct since ACNH released (in February announcing the Mario items). All of the other Animal Crossing update announcements have been independent.

 

[LokiBoy]

Honestly, my hopes for E3 and this speculation is that one major thing being possibly reintroduced are RV (or in this case, boat) cards for the small dock when you scan them in. They already have a plethora of items from the RV series, and this gives them a chance to release some new series collection to complement the theme of New Horizons. It’s definitely a really low chance, but I’m still hoping it’ll be implemented at some point.

Other than that, I still have hopes for SOMETHING pretty significant for New Horizons at E3, but I’ve been trying not to get too excited. I don’t want to be disappointed. Mah heart fragile QQ. TuT

Yea, I wonder how they would introduce the RV Amiibo back into the game, its not like the RVs would make sense on the island, normally when you fly to another island you dont bring an RV with you lol. So that would be smart have the RV concept changed to maybe boats that the characters live in, and maybe once in a while a character might make a visit at random during the week. Having the RV Amiibo would allow us to choose which character could make a visit and have them come to visit immediately instead of waiting.

 

[Romaki]

Anything would be nice. I feel like Nintendo really dropped the ball with the second year so far. Doesn't really feel like the type of "3 years worth of updates" we were promised. More NPC would be nice, but personally I'm more concerned about all the old furniture sets and all the new stuff ACPC has.

 

[kemdi]

Yea, I wonder how they would introduce the RV Amiibo back into the game, its not like the RVs would make sense on the island, normally when you fly to another island you dont bring an RV with you lol. So that would be smart have the RV concept changed to maybe boats that the characters live in, and maybe once in a while a character might make a visit at random during the week. Having the RV Amiibo would allow us to choose which character could make a visit and have them come to visit immediately instead of waiting.

We've already seen some RV cards reintroduced via Sanrio. Also, the regular RV cards are already functional in the game and can be used to call their villagers to the campsite just like the regular 1-4 cards. Unless they disable the already working camper calling function, or reintroduce the furniture that was unlocked by the cards like in New Leaf, a reprint of the RV cards will be just like the reprints of series 1-4 cards and won't add anything new.

 

[HopeForHyrule]

If Nintendo gives us anything AC related during their E3 presentation, I'm fully prepared for it to be a paid DLC announcement. I genuinely believe that's the only way we're ever going to see this game "complete".

 

[Dunquixote]

If Nintendo gives us anything AC related during their E3 presentation, I'm fully prepared for it to be a paid DLC announcement. I genuinely believe that's the only way we're ever going to see this game "complete".

I really hope that isn’t the case. Depending what it is, that might seriously make me never want to buy their games again, or play. I fear that they will think they can get away with what they did with NH with the next game, by drip feeding content and content that isn’t that exciting for half of the community (like redone HHD items such as school desks, random knick knacks, only two store upgrades, etc…). If the paid dlc is something like a specific item set collab like Rilakkuma, then, okay, that’s fine. Might not buy it even if I got a gift card. If it is stuff that should be in the game for free, then yeah, not going to pay.

My expectations are low; I just want a trailer telling us what our next update is. Ideally I want something new for AC and not just knick knacks to hang up or clothes. Cafe, food items, qol features…

 

[user1234]

Nintendo will do what they want, when they want and that's reason they are Nintendo and less of a sell out than most other companies IMO. They are selling out a lot more since Iwata, but they still treat their customers better than most when it comes to fan service and long term support of games. There's a lot more in NH's future, but when we'll see them will not in any way be affected by fans pressuring for them.

 

[Moritz]

Even if its paid DLC I've no issue

I've got more time out of this game than any game in the history of ever.

 

[Dunquixote]

Nintendo will do what they want, when they want and that's reason they are Nintendo and less of a sell out than most other companies IMO. They are selling out a lot more since Iwata, but they still treat their customers better than most when it comes to fan service and long term support of games. There's a lot more in NH's future, but when we'll see them will not in any way be affected by fans pressuring for them.

I do agree with this, even as disgruntled as I am. I actually wasn’t aware there were issues with Nintendo until relatively recently along with my issues with the way they handled some things with ACNH.

Also wanted to point out — this is directed at no one, my comment was my opinion and how I feel. It’s perfectly fine to be willing to buy paid dlc (regardless if it should have been in the game for free) with money if you have the money, though personally I think that encourages the company to make another AC with drip fed content and/or locked behind a paywall, but as a casual Nintendo fan, it doesn’t really bother me what everyone else chooses to do. The only time it does is when others start criticizing me or lumping me with the too greedy, nitpicking, I like to complain group when I try to voice my opinion in a constructive way. Sorry if it was seen as a personal attack. Just want to clarify since I know things have gotten heated over a matter of a difference in opinions.

 

[LokiBoy]

So just a theory, but maybe one of the reasons we aren't seeing very much new content as of lately is because they were busy optimizing the game for the coming hardware upgrade to the Switch Pro? I'm not sure how much time and resources would need to be put into that, but it seems like it would probably be something that they would need to focus especially when it looks like this thing is going to be dropping very soon. If you guys saw the new Mario vs Rabbids game reveal by Ubisoft, then you know that there is a new hardware upgrade.

 

[Airysuit]

I'm not expecting anything for acnh in e3, just a small update for the summer by the end of june

 

[-Blue-]

Come on now, it is by no means Nintendo’s job to listen to the fans. That can go downhill sometimes, I mean just look at Fire Emblem Fates…

That doesn't always work out either. Star Fox for the Wii U and Metroid Federation Force both tanked so hard. Look at the Youtube trailer for MFF. Fans asked for a Metroid game. They gave them some kind of sports game that looked like ice curling and Disney-esque bionic soldiers. Look at those dislikes versus the likes.

A lot of fans are still asking for a lot of QoL updates and Nintendo slowly gave them extra storage space for items in home and QR slots. By the time we get another QoL update it will be 6 months considering it took them about that long between those two updates. I mean, the way this game capitalized on the pandemic and captured the eyes almost globally, they really ought to be getting the ball rolling and trying different things to ensure they keep a fanbase around long enough for late life sales and their next installment instead of just trying to milk it out.

 

[Nintenshel]

I really hope they release a big update, like adding the upgraded nook's shop with more items and furniture, and maybe something new! I've had this idea since Wild World came out that they should make a way for us as players to have a shop of our own to formally sell items to friends playing online with each other instead of having to exchange by dropping stuff on the ground, or at least a formally trading option lol

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

Tomorrow's the day. I stand by my prediction. It'll be small. I'm thinking it'll most likely be new villagers (and I wouldn't be surprised if it's Zelda villagers, considering the whole Zelda anniversary). I wouldn't be upset at all if they also included Zelda items (triforce, Master sword, fairy in a bottle PLEASE, outfits, etc).

They won't show Brewster or anything interesting tomorrow. I'm willing to do a profile pic bet.