for my previous design, i would have loved if it stayed in the spring or autumn time but for this current design, i don’t think i really mind the different seasons! i’ll have to see how i feel about it during winter though…
if anything, i wish i could keep my island during a specific time of day! would prefer if it stayed in the evening to nighttime so that things can have the sunset look or have things lit up and glowing during the night hehe
Autumn is my favorite season and I absolutely adore it. There is certainly an appeal to the idea of having the Autumnal color scheme with the different colored leaves.
Winter is my second favorite season and, seemingly contrary to popular opinion at least here on the forums, I actually like the ground being covered in snow for months. I like building the Snowboy, though I wish the rest of the family (Snowman, Snowmam, and Snowtyke) were included in New Horizons as well; I really miss Snowman Bingo. I can see a polar island that's perpetually in Winter being a neat concept that appeals to me too.
However, at the end of the day, I don't really like the idea.
The change in seasons brings different bugs, fish, deep sea creatures and activities that keep the gameplay fresh, or at least as fresh as is possible for a 4 year old game. Staying in one season would come at the cost of too many other aspects of the game. The concept seems neat at first, but I feel like it would quickly become boring and lose its appeal. If every day was Christmas, it would become mundane and unremarkable; you'd stop caring and probably start to resent it. It's better for the things we like to cycle out naturally and return later. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Sometimes, but then again I like switching up some of my island decor as the seasons change so that they match.. I think if I had to pick one season, I'd stick with summer since I want a tropical-feeling island!
No, my first time going through the winter season in this game was hard. It was fun at first, but it just felt more bland than I remembered it being in previous games. Everything being covered in a monotone white bore me.
Sometimes! I love how the trees look during cherry blossom season and the fall aesthetics too I love so part of me would like the trees to always look like how they do during cherry blossom season (the funny thing is I don’t like pink; the trees just look so pretty regardless and I love the petals falling). Winter I enjoy a lot because of the snowflakes and snowboys.
I agree with what Halloqueen said! Each season does keep the gameplay fresh (summer I’m least fond of aside from the appearance of sharks and the stags (like the golden stag).
I do wish winter was a little shorter, or at least give us back all the snow people and have more things we can do in the snow.
Like lil events or activites we can do with our villagers, like snow fights. I can imagine snow fights could be your villagers asking for a snowfight like how they used to ask us to play hide and seek (Nintendo bring it back), or a villager randomally smacks you into the head with one before they ask.
And I wish spring was longer, espically the blossom season.
I think I would like more to stay in autumn since everything looks amazing in that season.
I like having the different seasons for gameplay wise, i like how the gimmick works where the seasons match where you are, and like some people said it might get a little bit boring being the same all the time. I understand it though with some themed islands, especially when decorating with seasonal items that tend to look best during those times, but in that case saving that time with a dream address works for that i think?
Personally no, because I like the seasons changing naturally as time goes on whenever I log on to play. I definitely understand why some people would like to stick to one season though, especially if their island's theme revolves around and/or relies on a particular season.
Yes and no. I feel like summer fits with the theme/look I want for my island the most, but I also enjoy the seasonal events and items that come with the changing seasons
I don't get the appeal, maybe if I'm planning an island and it looks best during a certain season then sure. But in general I didn't know some people thought that way until I came across this thread.
I think it would be fun to have a way to 'freeze' the current season and stay that way until you changed your mind. But it'd likely require a lot of programming work to turn on and off, considering how much is tied to the seasons. Maybe it could be for aesthetics only?
I wouldn't want it to remain that way forever, but it'd be lovely to admire Autumn for however long I wanted, and I know a lot of people would like to be able to extend cherry blossom season.
I honestly like all of the seasons (though winter and the blinding white of the snow definitely gets old quickly..), but I wouldn't mind it being summer on my island all the time! Just so I could.. catch sharks whenever I want.. all the time..
I'd probably get bored of any season eventually if I was experiencing it all the time, though.
If I had to choose it would be spring, specifically in cherry blossom season. This is because my island is zen themed and the timing would be perfect for a zen themed island. Spring also has my birthday and I love the rain so it has everything that I really need.
