Do you think perfect fruit will make a return in ACNH? Do you want them back?

[Dork]

I really loved the perfect fruit! I really don't know why they did not include them in this game! Any ideas?

Maybe they were concerned about people making easy bells by selling their perfect fruit on other islands? Seems dumb but I know they held back on several nook mile events bc they thought making miles was too easy w them.

I feel like if I had perfect peaches back I'd use my fruit trees way more than I currently do! I miss the golden peaches so much

 

[Fruitcup]

I think it was a nice feature because it really made your native fruit special. I doubt they will bring it back but i would love it if they did

 

[-Blue-]

The perfect fruit was a pretty cool feature. I also liked when the trees would die and you would be left with a dead husk. I know there are dead tree furniture pieces now. I don't know if they interact like other trees (changing with the season/having snow on them) or making a hollow creak sound if you interact with them, but I did like that.

 

[Halloqueen]

I have no belief that they'll bring back perfect fruit in this game. I figure that if they had any intention of including this feature, they would've included them from the launch of the game, and I've felt that way since the beginning.

Also, the 2.0 update was simply stated to be the last update in the original Japanese rather than the terminology we got elsewhere about it being the last "major" update, so I don't expect anything else to be forthcoming whatsoever.

Would I like them to return? Yeah, it was a neat little feature and I'd love to see shiny perfect apples on my island. I'd also like the trees to die after you harvest them enough times like they used to, though at least we got that dead tree item in 2.0. But yeah, no, I don't see it happening.

 

[o013 WOLF 130o]

It was a weird feature. I forgot what you had to do to get them. Yeah I'd like then back. I liked how they looked the most. Also it would be cool if eating 1 gave 5 stamina.

 

[Croconaw]

I thought it was a nice feature. It was a symbol of your native fruit for me. It was like “hey, my native fruit is an orange.” I doubt they will be brought back in this particular game because I don’t see any updates in the foreseeable future. It would be cool though if they return in future mainline games. I also don’t know why it was removed in the first place. It’s easy to speculate but in reality we won’t know the real reason unless otherwise stated by Nintendo.

 

[-Blue-]

The best part was getting one rotten fruit piece when the tree died. You could gift it to a villager and they'd eat it. Worm and all.

 

[daringred_]

they won't come back in this game because this was the last update, but i wish they had. they were fun, and they could've brought back villagers requesting fruit alongside it. missed opportunity if you ask me, and it was always nice swapping baskets of your native perfect fruit for other people's to prepare for when villagers asked for specific fruit. it was the equivalent of gifting rare fish when asked for "any" albeit slightly easier. i also remember the infinity basket trick lmao. i have one for perfect oranges and perfect apples on one of my NL towns. (not my own doing, someone gifted them to me in a trade.)

 

[RiceBunny]

I wish they would. It’s really sad if what people are saying is true and this is the last update. Maybe they’ll continue to go the EA route and keep releasing DLC

 

[Vintage Viola]

I hope they come back, the shiny apples were gorgeous. They were half of why I wanted apples for my town so bad, the other half is that I just really love apples.

 

[mitfy]

i like them! i agree that it made your native fruit a bit more special, plus they were very pretty. i also think it was a neat feature that if you harvested the fruit too many times, the tree would die. i always thought that was a super cool way to make a spooky atmosphere.

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

I really miss the perfect fruit too, but if they haven't brought it back even with 2.0 and the dlc, I doubt it'll come back at all unfortunately I hope I'm wrong though!

 

[Regalli]

I wish they would. It’s really sad if what people are saying is true and this is the last update. Maybe they’ll continue to go the EA route and keep releasing DLC

I really can’t stress this enough, but because it’s not necessarily common knowledge I’ll keep saying it: One of the reasons 2.0 was the last update and they have no plans for another paid DLC is that a lot of the Animal Crossing team also make Splatoon, and so major development for ACNH had to end at some point so the team could focus on Splatoon 3. (This also explains a lot about the skipping the Wii U and timing of Welcome Amiibo update in New Leaf - because Splatoon was where they were focusing their development and Splatoon 2 being targeted as a Year One Switch release with post-update support meant it’d be a while before the next Animal Crossing could really start, and that’s before you add in the new gameplay mechanics planned for ACNH being a doozy. It also explains that gag during the New Horizons Treehouse footage back at E3 2019 where Nogami was like ‘why do I have a squid in my pocket,’ in case you didn’t get the joke then - he was producer on both ACNH and the first two Splatoons, and is now I believe the deputy manager for that subteam of Nintendo.) That overlap isn’t a bad thing - look over at Gamefreak, where you can tell having to work only on Pokemon with releases almost every year and new Pokemon every 2-3 years for a DECADE has seriously burned out the staff - but it does mean that they can’t keep supporting either game indefinitely, whereas EA does have a dedicated team who only make Sims. But I also don’t think Nintendo particularly likes the idea of the games as a service model where you’re supporting a single game for ten years, anyway - even with the more formulaic titles, you can tell they like playing with setting and changing up the mechanics a bit too much for that. Especially when you add in console gimmicks and their relative lifespans.

Sad if you only care about one franchise and not the other, and I will definitely be curious how Nintendo handles this after ACNH’s massive success because they DON’T usually have one team handling two of their really big franchises (the closest you usually see is, like, IntSys handling both Paper Mario and Fire Emblem, where one is clearly secondary to the other, or Retro making Donkey Kong Country games after they figured they were done with Metroid Prime,) but Splatoon’s also a great franchise and I’m really excited to see where EPD 5 goes next. I don’t want either of them to get shorted for the other.

 

[Tiffany]

The perfect fruit looked nice but that was the extent of my liking it. I did not like that the trees only produced fruit 3 times and then the tree died. I didnt like the dead trees and i dont want my fruit trees to stop producing so i had to either keep track of how many times i shook the tree(so i only did it twice) or not shake them at all. If they made a way for the trees to keep producing fruit like regular trees then im all for them coming back otherwise i dont miss them. but seeing as nintendo has already said there will be no more updates i think we can assume perfect fruit is not coming back.

 

[Marshmallows]

Perfect fruit was nice to find. I would like it back only because it's so iconic, but I probably wouldn't have much use for it unless they add new recipes or something. I hardly ever collect fruit. I wonder what the perfect peach would look like.

I'd prefer they added the tropical fruits, like bananas and persimmons. Plums would be great, too.

As others have said, I don't think they'll add them to the game at this point.

 

[Serabee]

I mean, it was neat, but it's not necessarily a need for me. I certainly won't object to it coming back... but, NGL, I'm confused as to why some people seem to be speculating about future updates when I feel like they've made it clear there won't really be any? I mean I could see them MAYBE adding an item or two... maybe. But I'm not even expecting that. They've been pretty clear that they're done. Which 100% sucks. But I feel like hoping for more isn't going to make you feel better in the long run- it just feels like an good way to feel even more bitter and upset.

I really can’t stress this enough, but because it’s not necessarily common knowledge I’ll keep saying it: One of the reasons 2.0 was the last update and they have no plans for another paid DLC is that a lot of the Animal Crossing team also make Splatoon, and so major development for ACNH had to end at some point so the team could focus on Splatoon 3. (This also explains a lot about the skipping the Wii U and timing of Welcome Amiibo update in New Leaf - because Splatoon was where they were focusing their development and Splatoon 2 being targeted as a Year One Switch release with post-update support meant it’d be a while before the next Animal Crossing could really start, and that’s before you add in the new gameplay mechanics planned for ACNH being a doozy. It also explains that gag during the New Horizons Treehouse footage back at E3 2019 where Nogami was like ‘why do I have a squid in my pocket,’ in case you didn’t get the joke then - he was producer on both ACNH and the first two Splatoons, and is now I believe the deputy manager for that subteam of Nintendo.) That overlap isn’t a bad thing - look over at Gamefreak, where you can tell having to work only on Pokemon with releases almost every year and new Pokemon every 2-3 years for a DECADE has seriously burned out the staff - but it does mean that they can’t keep supporting either game indefinitely, whereas EA does have a dedicated team who only make Sims. But I also don’t think Nintendo particularly likes the idea of the games as a service model where you’re supporting a single game for ten years, anyway - even with the more formulaic titles, you can tell they like playing with setting and changing up the mechanics a bit too much for that. Especially when you add in console gimmicks and their relative lifespans.

Sad if you only care about one franchise and not the other, and I will definitely be curious how Nintendo handles this after ACNH’s massive success because they DON’T usually have one team handling two of their really big franchises (the closest you usually see is, like, IntSys handling both Paper Mario and Fire Emblem, where one is clearly secondary to the other, or Retro making Donkey Kong Country games after they figured they were done with Metroid Prime,) but Splatoon’s also a great franchise and I’m really excited to see where EPD 5 goes next. I don’t want either of them to get shorted for the other.

Huh, I didn't know that. As someone who doesn't play Splatoon that seriously bums me out, lol. Hopefully they'll at least take the time to add some solid single player content to Splatoon so I can enjoy it as well

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

I miss the perfect fruit. My island native fruit is apples.. ugh what a shame they can't be perfect apples, they were so pretty in new leaf!

I don't get why they didn't add in perfect fruit and bananas. I feel like it wouldn't have taken long to do, all things considered

 

[Regalli]

I mean, it was neat, but it's not necessarily a need for me. I certainly won't object to it coming back... but, NGL, I'm confused as to why some people seem to be speculating about future updates when I feel like they've made it clear there won't really be any? I mean I could see them MAYBE adding an item or two... maybe. But I'm not even expecting that. They've been pretty clear that they're done. Which 100% sucks. But I feel like hoping for more isn't going to make you feel better in the long run- it just feels like an good way to feel even more bitter and upset.


Huh, I didn't know that. As someone who doesn't play Splatoon that seriously bums me out, lol. Hopefully they'll at least take the time to add some solid single player content to Splatoon so I can enjoy it as well

I mean, obviously more time between games can be a bummer if you’re hoping for more, but it does mean when they come back to the franchise they’ve had a break and are (hopefully) coming at it with fresh eyes and some new ideas and that’ll make the next game better. Especially with games and big creative projects where you’re going to be doing one thing for years at a time, it’s good to refresh your brain and work on something completely different every so often - like if you get stuck on something and walk away for a bit, and when you come back the solution’s super obvious.

But I would definitely like it if Splatoon 3’s single player mode weren’t so dang HARD as the first two. I enjoy them right up until the point they start demanding reaction times and precision exceeding what I can perform, and then it just gets frustrating and sad. At least it sounds like the Octo Expansion improved in that department by giving you the skip option. Still not the best solution in accessibility features, but it’s a start.

 

[Anj2k6]

It does kind of suck we didn't get them back especially since they exist in pocket camp :/

 

[Sweetley]

Doubt they will ever come back, which is a shame since I liked them (especially perfect apples and cherries). Although I'm more disappointed over the lack of tropical fruits. Considering New Horizons' whole theme is tropical island and all that, you would think tropical fruits would be in the game 100% for sure. But nope, nothing, for whatever reasons. Which sucks a lot because I would have loved to have some lemon trees.