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On a scale of 1 to 10 what would you Rate the Festivale Event?

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I gave it a seven, which is a good mark for me. Actually, I enjoyed quite a bit Festivale. I loved the music and the atmosphere. However, one big negative aspect is the way you get items. While it reminded me of New Leaf because in that game you had to collect feathers to get an unorderable furniture set, I found it annoying not to be able to choose which items to get. Anyways, the event kept me playing for a while, which is good. My favourite part of Festivale was, apart from Pavé’s dance and the confetti falling, villages singing your island’s anthem. I know it’s just a detail, but ot’s what made me smile the most. All in all, Festivale is a fun event. :D
 
I'd say 6, leaning towards 7.

The best bits:
  • Pavé. I know some people hate him, but I like him.
  • Villagers getting in the spirit of things!
  • Most NPCs, like Tom Nook and even Orville, getting into the spirit!
  • Knowing which villagers will ask for which feather colour so I can swap easier.
  • Being able to get the full set in every colour with relative ease.
  • The feathers make for nice decorations.

The main flaws for me were:
  • EXCESSIVE DIALOGUE. Oh my gosh, Pavé, please, just.... Just take the dang feathers off me and give me a Festivale item. Would be a solid score of 7 if it wasn't so annoying (or at least had more variation).
  • Not being able to give multiple feather batches, but that sorta goes with the above statement. 12 feathers means 4x more repetition.
  • Needing to make a float after 9 items all the time. I really just needed one.
  • Not being able to buy more of the Festivale items in the first place. I'm limiting my TTing now, but I want more garlands and maybe stalls, but I don't want to keep getting more of the set just to get them.
  • Breaking nets. Ruins the game in general, but especially this event.
 
I'd give it an 8, I really enjoyed the event today! It was so fun and cute seeing all my villagers dancing together and being happy. I played it with my friend and her sister which made it more fun, and we came up with a mini game to catch as many feathers as we could in five minutes!
I loved all the pretty colours and items as well, and the float was a surprise, did not expect that. I managed to get all the colour variants for the items, so all in all, it's been a fun event.
Plus, I freaking love Pavé! 🦚💙
 
I was able to colour all my hot air balloons, get a full rainbow set, and get the float without getting too frustrated (unlike the thanksgiving event) so overall I’m quite pleased with it. Favourite event so far, love Pave and the colourful confetti floating around. 10/10
 
I gave it a 1. They had 8 years to learn from the abomination that was NL Festivale and they still ****** up. The dancing is still annoying, but tolerable. I was hoping Pave would just give you DIYs so you wouldn't have to watch him shake his tail feathers in your face 100 times, but of course the most annoying event is the one you don't get the DIYs for. But what really tanked the event for me was when Pave demanded three more rainbow feathers for another float while I was trying to collect the set in every color. No, I'm not burning 12 feathers just to stroke your ego. I thought that since every other event in NH was made easier compared to NL, this one wouldn't be half as annoying, but I was wrong.
 
I gave it a 7. I love the furniture; it's my favourite event set so far in NH and I like it loads better than the one in NL (which was actually pretty good; I liked the colour scheme but always felt that for an event like Festivale it should have been flashier/more colourful). The float is amazing, although I'd have preferred if I wasn't forced to give up three rainbow feathers after every nine items. I also wish that we could use the actual colour of feather that matches the variation we want (ex. using red feathers to make an item red, similar to how the pumpkin items work) since I think that would make it a lot easier. It was fun to watch the villagers dance and throw confetti around, although it'd have been great if they brought back the games in addition to the trading! Also, Pave not giving out duplicates made things so much easier than in NL so I was able to get several complete sets, which was great.

The main reason why I didn't rank it higher was because the items aren't craftable and they require rainbow feathers to customize; if one of those things wasn't the case it would have made it so much easier and I wouldn't have a collection of 84 Festivale items (15 from Nook's Cranny + 63 from Pave + 6 floats) that are currently all sitting around outside and are not going to be fun to store. :P
 
First of, I consider it the best event so far, up there with turkey day. Yes, the feather part was grindy, but it was way easier than in New Leaf, as trading feathers is much easier, and rainbow feathers can also customize furniture colors without too many problems. Time to swarm my island with blue bling!

The big part, though, was the atmosphere - the villagers were so upbeat, had really fun dialogue, and the dancing vibe was really over the top. I couldn't help but smile all throughout the event, seeing the antics going on.

The only hazards I had:
1. The Furniture wasn't diy, so it will take up inventory if you want to keep it all. (And I want to keep it all ;_;)
2. The Feathers had a rather low stacking limit, and rainbow feathers being unstackable - which might be painful for inventories.
3. Depending on how color completionist, it could take a very long time to complete

Overall, I give it a solid 8.
 
Thank Darth there were no DIYS.

That was pretty much the only positive thing.
 
I gave it an 8/10. The event was simple, yet fun, and I enjoyed running around town collecting feathers. At times the feather-searching got a bit repetitive, but overall I had very few complaints.
 
Red Cat said:
I gave it a 1. They had 8 years to learn from the abomination that was NL Festivale and they still ****** up. The dancing is still annoying, but tolerable. I was hoping Pave would just give you DIYs so you wouldn't have to watch him shake his tail feathers in your face 100 times, but of course the most annoying event is the one you don't get the DIYs for. But what really tanked the event for me was when Pave demanded three more rainbow feathers for another float while I was trying to collect the set in every color. No, I'm not burning 12 feathers just to stroke your ego. I thought that since every other event in NH was made easier compared to NL, this one wouldn't be half as annoying, but I was wrong.
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Oh yeah I was annoyed with the demanding of 3 more rainbow feathers too. I mean it's nice you can get multiple floats but you shouldn't be forced to, especially when it takes so long to get rainbow feathers.

Basically what this event is, is a whole pave set, but they're making it 10x as difficult to get all of the items. What will they make us do next to get all variations of a furniture set in an event? Collect 20 of something floating in the air to craft 1 of something out of 10 that you need to bring to an NPC for one color variant? Why not actually put effort into making an interesting/fun event rather than a tedious and annoying one?
 
Rating: 8
Edit, gonna put spoiler thingys because my post is kinda long...

  • I thought it was very cute and fun. It is something that does take some time if you are wanting multiple items. Turkey Day was my favorite Holiday/Event thingy, but this is challenges it. I haven't decided if I prefer Festivale over Turkey Day yet. Turkey Day, to me, seemed pretty unique and fun. I would rate Turkey Day as a 7 because it was so quick to finish while Festivale takes more time if you are wanting the colors and multiple items. Turkey Day would be a 10 for me if we got to get the food items for decorating too or if they used it to introduce the mechanic of crafting food items at stoves. Festivale was unique and fun too, but eh.. I really liked the cooking aspect of Turkey Day and the Villagers using their stove similarily to a workbench for crafting... it just kinda makes me think that Nintendo may open that door up to us for food items... Edit, I wanted to add because lot of people criticized, I like Pave's voice.

  • I loved the interaction/dialog of the Villagers and Pave. The movements look natural and fluid which I would think could be hard to do with dancing. Pave looks fantastic in my opinion with his movements and color pallet. I liked how there were dances for the feathers and how it is a little different for the rainbow feathers.

  • It was very nice to discover that the villagers participate in the event by trading. And it wasn't negative if you decided to say no to them. You can still trade with them even when they are in their houses.

  • It was nice to see the villagers lively and using the reactions. Broffina even on Festivale still walks away from me when I get near her lol.

  • The spawn rates of the feathers are good. I found it fun, but I also find bug catching fun and I feel they are similar.

  • I am very glad we can craft the rainbow feathers instead of relying on a spawn rate. It is nice that the furniture you get from Pave isn't random. It cycles by set. Although I don't know what I am going to do with all these Festivale Floats I keep getting to reset the cycle.

  • I didn't like how you had to sit through the dancing for every set of feathers given to Pave. I mean, I could understand the dance for each rainbow feather being that way because they are special. But the normal ones it is just annoying. You should be able to give more than 3 at a time.

  • I would prefer that after you get the full set of one of the colors, you can choose what furniture you want Pave to give you when you turn in the same color of feather that you got the full set from. It is kind of grindy to have to collect the whole color set and sit through the whole process of turning all of it in just to get a second balloon or something. I suppose getting extra stuff you don't need may encourage online trading.

  • I would also prefer that Pave didn't insist on giving us the Festivale Float over and over. I mean I assume you give him 3 rainbow feathers to reset the cycle. I didn't try skipping the Festivale Float request because I heard a youtuber say that after you get the full set of such and such color Pave gives you the items randomly instead of giving the full set. I assumed this was because he didn't give Pave more rainbow feathers upon request for the Float and I didn't want to risk not having a pattern as I need more than one of certain items. Now I have multiple Floats I am not sure what I am going to do with. If I can't find someone on here to buy them from me, then I will probably end up selling them to nooks. Or maybe I am looking like a fool on here getting a million floats thinking that it resets the cycles lol!!! If so, remember you are laughing with me not at me!

  • Feather Stacking. I understand why they did it the way they did, but it is also annoying. It discourages storing feathers past Festivale. The colored feathers only stack in 3s. So if you wanted to save them to make rainbow feathers 6 months from now because you are thinking you may want to customize the furniture into a different color for a season or whatever, you can only save enough for 3 rainbow feathers and it takes I think 2?? to customize one of the items. If you wanted to save rainbow feathers thinking it will save room and be more practical, they don't stack.

  • Festivale is alot for one day. Don't get me wrong, I am glad it isn't something to finish quickly if you are wanting different colors and multiple of the same item for your island. But it is alot to get done for one day. Especially if you are living normally and not stuck at home from winter weather or the pandemic. I think it would have been best if they made it last a week. I know Bunny Day got alot of criticism, but if I remember right, that was 2 weeks? Either way Bunny Day interrupted everything you attempted to do on your island. whether chopping wood, hitting rocks, fishing, shaking trees, popping balloons, and I think digging holes?? Plus the irritation of the eggs interfering with acquiring the Cherry Blossom diy cards. With Festivale if it lasted a week, I think the only annoyance are villagers getting in your way when terraforming or decorating as they do get in your face with confetti and dancing. I do like how special festivale as it is a one day thing, but it isn't practical or realistic to the players who may have other things to get to that particular day. I know TT can "fix" that but for some reason I and others feel that Nintendo doesn't care for the TT. I mean, they do time lock future events whether we had them last year or not. So it is odd to have it this way. And I know some people don't like to TT at all while others don't care or they have a limit of only TT within the week they are in.
 
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I thought the event itself was cute, but because I was trying to collect the blue and red festivale sets, it was a pain to take the time to collect all the feathers to customize the furniture. :/ I wish you didn't have to make rainbow feathers for non-rainbow colored items.
 
John Wick said:
They want us to scroll even further through the endless piles of materials, and make us think we have alot of actual items.
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Considering that catching feathers is time consuming it would take forever to craft that many feathers. Also you need a lot more room in your pockets if you wanted to get say 40 of them. Its 2021 and we still don't have bulk crafting.
 
John Wick said:
The rainbow feathers were easy.

Just craft them.
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Difficulty isn't the problem, payoff is. Crafting for one float takes three feathers of each color for one duplicate item many people don't need, instead of being able to use these feathers to get four furniture items you don't have in your collection yet. Four items are roughly half a set. And having to waste the feathers for half a set just feels like pointless slowdown.

In case some do want more floats, they could've just added a separate option that doesn't block the normal exchange.
 
Manah said:
Difficulty isn't the problem, payoff is. Crafting for one float takes three feathers of each color for one duplicate item many people don't need, instead of being able to use these feathers to get four furniture items you don't have in your collection yet. Four items are roughly half a set. And having to waste the feathers for half a set just feels like pointless slowdown.

In case some do want more floats, they could've just added a separate option that doesn't block the normal exchange.
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I didn't like any of the items so it didn't bother me either way. :)
 
Manah said:
Difficulty isn't the problem, payoff is. Crafting for one float takes three feathers of each color for one duplicate item many people don't need, instead of being able to use these feathers to get four furniture items you don't have in your collection yet. Four items are roughly half a set. And having to waste the feathers for half a set just feels like pointless slowdown.

In case some do want more floats, they could've just added a separate option that doesn't block the normal exchange.
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Btw if you're wondering if these Festivale Items and Feathers are worth selling. Its not. I only got like around 20,000 bells when selling all the items and the feathers which cost 200 bells each.
 
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