Well, maybe not everything, 'cause I've only played WW, CF, and NL. lol
But I do miss all the WW events. I loved how each villager had their own hobbies in WW and were always fishing, catching bugs, collecting shirts or furniture, or gardening. It was actually really fun, and it gave the villagers more personality, because they had hobbies. Also miss how villagers actually fit their personality. In NL, everyone's so... nice and kinda dull... And I do miss how villager plots were marked with signs that gave advice... I didn't have to worry about crazy plot placement back then, 'cause they just moved wherever there was a sign. And I miss how the houses in WW actually looked like real houses, oh and also miss when the town was at sea level. So... I guess everything in WW. lol
I don't remember much about CF, 'cause didn't play it as much, but I do miss the city and how big the town was with all the hills and whatnot. That was pretty cool, but I never got to play it much so.... I don't remember it really.
And even though I never played the GC game, I wish that we had the personal island instead of CT...
The random sports ball that appeared every day in Population Growing and you would have to kick it to a villager without it falling off a cliff or into a river. Also the NES games that you could play. And the Flea Market from WW. There was no better way to get your villager's furniture haha.
It might just be me, but I miss the credit card system that they used in City Folk.
It was so much more convenient than having to get out a bunch of bells.
The wishing fountain in Gamecube.
Flea markets, Ufos and so on from Wild World.
I don't remember much from them, since it has been ages since I picked one of them up.
My fiance has his old copy of the Gamecube version. I might just play on it again.
yees the redd shop from city folk ;; and that ghost !! from city folk as well
and i loved how phineas gave out balloons n stuff in the city sometimes... wish he'd do it now too ;w;
aND that card you could order in city folk so you didn't have to bring bells around? that would be sooo handy in new leaf. i barely used it in city folk because i was super poor, but it'd be really nice for shopping at gracies or something.
I only ever played Wild World, but I liked flea markets. I was not aware they removed this feature. I also liked that you could convince a villager to stay after they were in boxes. Did they remove that? I liked sending messages to my friends' towns and messages in bottles.
I felt like I interacted more with the animals in the GC version probably because of all those quests that I miss and yet don't. Nostalgia. I don't miss a lot from the original and love what they kept and what they've added.
I miss a whole lot from previous versions. I miss:
The morning exercise.
Gyroid storage.
Kicking the ball around.
Having an island villager and house I can decorate on the island.
The NES games.
The credit card.
Posting designs on your front door.
Getting a gold statue of yourself after paying off your last home loan.
Getting a weathervane for your house.
The maps at the police station.
Checking on the town at the wishing well or asking forgiveness for not doing a villager request.
Serena, Wisp, UFOs.
Being able to choose which special carpets/wallpapers you get like with Wendell.
Red turnips
Redd's shop
The town dump and recycling box.
Messages in a bottle.
The holidays that have been omitted (la-di-da day, yay day, flea markets, bright nights, flower fest, acorn festival, sale day in population growing, raffle day, sports fair, graduation day, town day, harvest moon)
Lighthouse duty.
Being able to turn gyroids off.
Delivering items to other towns.
The Flea Market.
The villagers with more personality (like them burying items for you to find or losing their door keys in the river).
I wish the would add back the larger town and having more than 10 villagers
I liked buying cans of paint to change the roof color.
Having both Booker and Copper in my town.
Seeing Pete fly.
Drawing a face on Blanca was fun. And where did Frillard go?
Being able to ignore or be mean to villagers to encourage them to move.
Having a dedicated space for tools in the pocket and being able to change the background pattern on the pocket.
The glowing bell spot.
The gyroid in front of the house with space for a few extra storage items.
Being able to ask the villagers for chores.
Washing Gracie's car.
Having the Rafflesia appear in an unkempt town. (now it only appears in unkempt AND underdeveloped towns).
The dog models.
All of the different little models (different houses, city hall, etc.)
The story episodes (soap operas) of the NPCs where you learn about them.
The diary.
Having coconuts and bottles wash up on the beach.
Having the letters on the main screen so I can easily access tools stored in them.
Agreed with the 15 villagers and the ball from the original game. I also wish this game had gyroid storage because I've been collecting them. I have nearly all of them and they fill up all four rooms in the museum. I'd really like to be able to use those rooms for something else.
There's one thing I doubt has been mentioned so far. In the original Animal Crossing, sometimes villagers would ask if you wanted to play a little game where you continuously exchange furniture, wallpaper, and carpet with them without looking at what the items are. You end up with a whole bunch of different items than what you started with in your inventory. I thought that was a fun new way to get new items. Does anyone else remember that?
something nintendo said they were gonna add was a shareable town between you and one other person on your friend's list, but they cut it because it was too difficult to do or something, idk the exact reason i just heard it. it would be cool to have a friends house and your house in one town!!
I really liked the idea of riding the bus to the city (animal crossing city folk). I liked that when you went there you could see a lot of random villagers, including ones you didn't have so if one of your favorites wasn't in your town there was still a chance that you could talk to them for a little while in the city. I also loved writing messages in bottles.