Boccages
Senior Member
Some newcomers or first time Animal Crossing players don?t realize this, but this series was never conceived for lengthy play sessions like Civilization or The Legend of Zelda. It?s meant to be distilled onto a longer time frame with small daily play sessions. I remember with New Leaf, I would usually play 45 to 60 minutes daily when it came out in 2013.
The fact of the matter is you won?t have much to do after 1 or 2 hours of playing New Horizons on March 20. On day 1 in New Leaf, you had quite limited activities : you could meet the villagers, choose where you would set up your tent, pick up weeds, do a few chores for Tom Nook, and repay your first loan. Yes, you could visit the few opened stores, but most of them were still out of reach. You were also limited by the fact that you could buy only 1-2 tools on day one. You could not go to the Tropical island yet, but you were able to visit other towns by using the train station. Visiting other towns could enable you to buy more tools. In New Horizons, I expect we will first craft flimsy (breakable) tools. But then again, I fully expect that the available ressources on day 1 will limit the amount of tools/objects you can craft. I also don?t expect to be able to cut down trees with the flimsy axe (just gather wood), and Nintendo might make blueprints unlockable, meaning some tools might not be crafted on day 1.
I expect that New Horizons will be even more limited on day 1 than New Leaf since you settle on a deserted island. So I don?t expect shops except Nook?s service center. I also expect some parts of the island to be unreachable (higher tiers).
Here is what I expect from day 1.
* Landing on the deserted island with 2 random villagers who?ve bought into the Nook Inc. Getaway Package with you (you might be able to select who with amiibo cards or not)
* Meeting with Nook and the Nooklings at the service center
* Limited exploration of the island
* Choosing a spot for your tent
* Crafting basics
* Gathering some basic materials like weeds, stones, and wood (and selling them for bells to Tom Nook)
* Helping the 2 other villagers setting up their tent 🏕
* Limited purchasing options at the service center (tools, flower seeds, sapplings, maybe basic furnitures and blueprints)
* Visiting other deserted islands through the Dodo Airlines docking station
* Maybe fishing (fishing pole), sand digging for mollusks (shovel), or bug catching (net) if you are able to get some of these tools (and watering flowers with the water can... if you can get one).
* Completing a few chores for Nook and the 2 accompanying villagers
The fact of the matter is you won?t have much to do after 1 or 2 hours of playing New Horizons on March 20. On day 1 in New Leaf, you had quite limited activities : you could meet the villagers, choose where you would set up your tent, pick up weeds, do a few chores for Tom Nook, and repay your first loan. Yes, you could visit the few opened stores, but most of them were still out of reach. You were also limited by the fact that you could buy only 1-2 tools on day one. You could not go to the Tropical island yet, but you were able to visit other towns by using the train station. Visiting other towns could enable you to buy more tools. In New Horizons, I expect we will first craft flimsy (breakable) tools. But then again, I fully expect that the available ressources on day 1 will limit the amount of tools/objects you can craft. I also don?t expect to be able to cut down trees with the flimsy axe (just gather wood), and Nintendo might make blueprints unlockable, meaning some tools might not be crafted on day 1.
I expect that New Horizons will be even more limited on day 1 than New Leaf since you settle on a deserted island. So I don?t expect shops except Nook?s service center. I also expect some parts of the island to be unreachable (higher tiers).
Here is what I expect from day 1.
* Landing on the deserted island with 2 random villagers who?ve bought into the Nook Inc. Getaway Package with you (you might be able to select who with amiibo cards or not)
* Meeting with Nook and the Nooklings at the service center
* Limited exploration of the island
* Choosing a spot for your tent
* Crafting basics
* Gathering some basic materials like weeds, stones, and wood (and selling them for bells to Tom Nook)
* Helping the 2 other villagers setting up their tent 🏕
* Limited purchasing options at the service center (tools, flower seeds, sapplings, maybe basic furnitures and blueprints)
* Visiting other deserted islands through the Dodo Airlines docking station
* Maybe fishing (fishing pole), sand digging for mollusks (shovel), or bug catching (net) if you are able to get some of these tools (and watering flowers with the water can... if you can get one).
* Completing a few chores for Nook and the 2 accompanying villagers
