We all know duping ruined an aspect of New Leaf. If you weren't duping willingly, you did it out of necessity to keep up with the trading market. I was apart of the problem. Just logged into my New Leaf town to take a trip down memory lane and I had 40,000,000 bells in the bank. Capitalist scum, I was.
I remember the night I decided to start duping. I was losing a bid auction for Blue Bear. I was on the Island frantically catching beetles so I could win my dreamie but of course, the other bidder out did my best efforts.
That night the game got ruined for me just a little. I was genuinely working for something and that was fun! But when you are up against essentially, cheaters, it's no longer fun.
I'm not taking a holier than thou approach, I understand people were doing it just to keep up. It was honestly a game design flaw. People will do things if they can. It's the way the news goes. I did. I duped with friends all night and there wasn't a piece of furniture, or top tier villager I couldn't afford. That part was cool but I kind of lost interest in the game not too far after.
With New Horizons, I have a feeling Nintendo will be stricter when it comes to manipulating the game. I get this idea because of the new cloud save feature. Nintendo wants this game to be played how it's meant to be played. As do so many of us. We will work for our things. We lost a really important part of the game that we will finally get back and I think that's really good for the longevity and lifespan of Animal Crossing.
EAT THE RICH.
