Features You Want / Feature Ideas General Discussion

[dawky]

Travelling market

Had the idea of a little market or something. Y'know how Joan comes round on a Sunday, maybe she could be part of like a tiny market place. Special edition furniture, fruits that aren't your town's fruit, a way for wendell to bring patterns from other towns maybe... Sunday afternoon or once a month, in the town plaza. Something like that. Maybe you could even set up your own stall sometimes and sell things that you've caught or patterns you've designed...

 

[BossMK]

OutDoor Event stage!

This is an idea I've had for abit. It is a mix of Club LOL and the Event plaza in PWP form, so basically an open air theatre. Instead of having the club venue, things could open up in this area that wouldn't/couldn't opened up in the event plaza due to the tree being there. In this place I would expect things like Dr. Shrunk's performances, K.K. Slider DJ/live performances, possible circus performances, possible Cat-walk for Gracie fashion shows, Kapp'n singing, and maybe even player hosted events. If the player is mayor again in Switch, maybe before setting up something, the special animals would ask you in advance if they could set something up there, possibly choosing the theme (for gracie, you'd choose the style like iconic or basic, etc). Player hosted events could be more along the lines of a talent show that either villagers or other players could participate in, a show off contest, showing off the most valuable items you have, and more. To add more variety to something along the lines of a talent show, I also have another idea...

Music composition!

Like everyone else, you are able to work with a short, simple, and cute town tune that allows you to hear alot of villagers play it when you talk to them, the bell play it, and even the convenience store play it. While having that, I would like to see an expansion on it that would make the instruments useful. Adding things like music score that would be bought from the store that you would use to make the instruments play the notes you want them to play. the system could be the same as the regular one, just larger with each sheet that you have. If your score went beyond the page, it would extend to another page that you have and add to the composition or just end because you ran out of paper. Since the instruments aren't real, they wouldn't need a big expansion on music score and would just be settled on different pitches of the instrument. feeding the score to an instrument, a gyroid, or even a villager would be fantastic, having any of them play it for you to see how it sounds in different instruments or a villager's voice (or the sound the villager makes when playing the town tune) would be very interesting. You wouldn't be able to have multiple different songs go on at once at your house, but if you practiced in the open air theatre you'd be golden, as you could have a practice session by laying out instruments, gyroids, and villagers to play at the times that you want them to. The music scores would have to be stored like letters in a different tab so that it doesn't take up too much space. Different Varients of Lyoid or maybe villagers with special talents could play the instruments while you conduct/play with them. Having yourself and some villagers in a band-like scene would be a beautiful addition to the game in my opinion.

 

[Kabbeleka]

I agree with most things mentioned. Some users have very nice and great ideas!

Here?s my little list with things I?d really like to see, too:
? Soundtrack: Being able to choose which soundtrack plays. I like the hourly music from every game, but occasionally I?d like to switch back to the Wild World or GameCube soundtrack. I?d really like the nostalgia.
? Events and Festivals: It was already mentioned - and I absolutely agree!, that these cute little events like morning aerobics from GameCube and the Flower/Light-Festival should come back. I?d also like to be able to plan an event on my own. It doesn?t have to be something fancy. A small selection of existing events would be a start: Imagine you could plan your own fishing tourney, set the rules and provide the prices. You could invite some friends or make an announcement for this event online, so that anyone could join. Alternatively, you just let your villagers have fun.
? Multiplayer: First, a better ?local? multiplayer would be nice. Specifically I?d like to be able to have more interaction between the player characters than just sending letters. As an example: My boyfriend is going to move into my town. We only have one Switch and don?t want to buy a second one, just to play together. I guess many people feel the same. So what about sharing the screen? I wouldn?t even mind a split screen. That way people, who have a player character in the same town, could play at the same time. I mean you can play Mario Odyssey and Let?s go Evoli together. I?d like that for Animal Crossing too.
Then there?s online multiplayer. I?d love a big and nice online community for AC. I could imagine something like an online city, perhaps based on the city in LgttC or a bigger island. There could be something like a market, where you can buy things from other players.

 

[Frequency]

List of Ideas for Animal Crossing Switch

Here is a list of ideas I'd like for Animal Crossing Switch thought of by Liability and I.
Which ones do you agree with or like? Which ones do you not agree with or dislike? Can any of these listed ideas have more to them?
We were discussing ideas on the more realistic side, things that would most likely happen instead of wilder ideas.

• More than 10 villagers
• Toolbox
• Friendship Meter between you and your villagers
• Friendship Meter between villagers
• Permanent villagers
• Being able to invite villagers over
• More inventory space
  
• Less repetitive dialogue
• Meaningful letters + the writing
• Better typing system
• Different mascot/secretary/mayor
• Bigger town
• New species and personalities
• Actual rude villagers
• Bigger houses
• Nonhalting events + new events
• Bigger stores, including the clothing shop
• Be able to give villagers items without sending it in a letter or asking for it
• Interactive "Public Works Projects"
• More atmospheric and immersive
• More activity throughout the night
• Custom windows and blinds
• Much quicker tutorial

Elaboration

• Friendship Meter - This meter wouldn't be the one from Pocket Camp. It would look more like a temperature meter and would go up and down depending on how you treat the villager. It would also have differences in color depending on where you are in the meter (red when really low, green for high, etc). There would also be no levels to this like Pocket Camp does. It would also be nice to see villagers caring about other villagers and seeing a Friendship Meter between them as well.
• Permanent Villagers - As far as I know, permanent villagers are not a thing in New Leaf, even if it seems like that one villager you have never wants to leave no matter what you do to them. It would be nice to have some indication as to whether they're permanent or not. If permanent villagers are definitely not a thing, it would be nice to have something like this. But also, you would still have the option to make them leave your town even after they're permanent, they just wouldn't leave on their own.
• Inviting Villagers - Your villagers can always invite you over or invite themselves to your house but you can never do this in return. It would be nice if we were able to ask them for a change (as well as other things).
• Less Repetitive Dialogue - Something that can be really unmotivating is, for example, every time you walk into a building, you're always invited with a welcome every single time. It would be nice if that was removed, as well as other repetitive dialogue that I don't need to see every time just to skip over it.
• Meaningful Letters / Writing - Currently, letters don't mean anything all that much. A lot of the time your villagers will just respond with anything random. It would be nice if it seemed like we were actually talking to them (I know seems like a hard one to implement, but it would still be very cool). As for the writing, it would be nice to type a full word without cutting it immediately to the next line with half the word. I understand you can enter to fix this, but it would be nice to do it without entering to the next line.
• Typing System - Most of us type really slow on Animal Crossing games because of the way the system works with tapping on the screen with the stylus for each letter. Hopefully this can be fixed somehow that would work for both portable and dock.
• Different Mascot/Secretary/Mayor - Tortimer had his time and it moved onto Isabelle. This was a very good change for most people, but I feel we should have a new mascot/secretary/mayor (I don't know exactly what to call this position since it has changed from mayor to secretary and probably some people consider her a mascot at this point). I would still like to be mayor or someone who is running the town, so a different secretary (or someone that helps guide you) would be nice for the new game in the series.
• Rude Villagers - Villagers in New Leaf are way too nice most of the time, even the cranky or snooty personality types, and it would be more fun to me if they were more real or rude to me. I know this is probably a strange one, but being called something by my own villager was actually pretty fun and entertaining for me. Wild World was my first Animal Crossing game and the rudeness in that game was high compared to New Leaf.
• Nonhalting Events - Events in New Leaf seem like they get in the way rather than help the town. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to do certain things but I couldn't because an event was going on. I would like it if an event could go on and you can still do those other things. Besides this, actual fun new events would be really nice to see. Maybe even plan your own events?
• Interactive "Public Works Projects" - If they're even going to do PWPs again, they should definitely make more interactive ones. It bugs me so much that they're just space on the ground instead of actually making a difference in your town. I would love to see my villagers interacting with them.
• More Atmospheric and Immersive - Considering how this is going to be the first Animal Crossing in HD with a much more powerful system, the details and lighting for the game is going to be upgraded. It would be really nice to see things like street lights shine during the night time or stuff like galaxies going across the sky, something really wonderful to look at if you just want to look up at the sky, especially during the night.

Need an elaboration on anything listed? Let me know and I'll add it.

Another thing I want to say is: I've noticed that a lot of the time when people are talking about new features or tweaks they would like in the new game, they talk about it as if it's just going to be a remastered New Leaf.
For example: "Have the ability to build a multi-purpose gym on Main Street as a public works project." or "Able to customize the island with certain furniture"
Who says they would still do Main Street, public work projects, or the island? They may still do something like PWPs, but it may not even be called that or work like they do now.

There were probably more we thought of, but this is all we could think of for now.

 

[MysteriousSpirit]

hd graphics
stockart faithful isabel
villagers having shoes
more special npcs
no resetti

 

[HappyTails]

I want to be able to design my map.

 

[peppy villager]

I want to plant cacti the same way you plant bush starts

 

[acornavenue]

I hope we can trade fish and bugs with people

 

[Liability]

motion controls for fishing/bug hunting/digging/etc and the option to turn it off
an open-world style camera where the camera is behind your character
a mini-map in the corner to see the town and the option to turn it off

 

[Blue Cup]

Honestly, unless it's letters to other players, I feel they should just let us choose from templates for letters to villagers; But make them so that templates have a like/dislike parameter attached to them, making it where one personality type might like this template but hate another. Make it easier since writing letters to NPCs is basically a waste of time as the characters aren't actually reading them or anything.

I loved how in City Folk you could just write "friend" five times in a letter and attach gift and you would get a positive reply and gift in exchange. I realized how pointless and stupid sending letters to villagers was at that point.

 

[Lancelot]

motion controls for fishing/bug hunting/digging/etc and the option to turn it off
an open-world style camera where the camera is behind your character
a mini-map in the corner to see the town and the option to turn it off

What benefit would motion controls have to digging, fishing and bug hunting. You literally stand still whilst you do them- expect maybe bug hunting.

 

[Dacroze]

What benefit would motion controls have to digging, fishing and bug hunting. You literally stand still whilst you do them- expect maybe bug hunting.

In City Folk you were able to flick the remote to use the fishing rod and bug net. You could also point at the screen to move the character, but everything was entirely optional. I think the fear might be that Nintendo loves motion controls too much and will make them mandatory like they did in Lets Go (I know it was developed by Game Freak) and some parts of Mario Odyssey, just to name 2 examples. I personaly thought it was really annoying to have to constantly shake to controller in order to roll faster in Odyssey, which is even worse if you play in handheld mode.
I really hope this isn't the case here and if they implement motion controls they will make them optional.

 

[Burumun]

I really hope this isn't the case here and if the implement motion controls they will make them optional.

Definitely agree, and if they do have them, I hope we're able to turn them off entirely. They're fun in the beginning as a novelty, but it's usually better to not use them, and really annoying when you accidentally trigger them without meaning to.

 

[WeiMoote]

I also agree. I know you adore them, but at least make them optional.

It took me nearly forever to get past the tutorial of Bully: Scholarship Edition for the Wii thanks to forced motion controls. And then there was Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility, while they also had traditional control, I don't recall there was a way you could shut off motion controls.

 

[Liability]

that's why i added optional, because some people may not want that. it would feel more immersive for me to have motion controls, if they could even implement it

i really really want this game to be open world. no more loading screens unless necessary. i want to be able to go into a villager's home seamlessly. i want to be able to have total camera control and look around the town

 

[Bcat]

I want a basic trading system added in. Something like the market box in pocket camp, but for furniture and other things. It would be a huge quality of life upgrade for simple item trades.

 

[Burumun]

I want a basic trading system added in. Something like the market box in pocket camp, but for furniture and other things. It would be a huge quality of life upgrade for simple item trades.

I would love this so much, especially if it's more like a trading post where you can also search for items. It probably won't be such a problem with a new game, but it sort of sucks not to live in America when you want to trade online.

 

[AlyssaAC]

I want a basic trading system added in. Something like the market box in pocket camp, but for furniture and other things. It would be a huge quality of life upgrade for simple item trades.

I want this too. I plan on doing a lot of trading, so this would help so much better than going to a town and dropping off items or picking them up.

 

[cIementine]

the first thing that comes to mind right now is a higher character limit for town name and player name, which seems pretty realistic and not a lot to ask

 

[Speeny]

As Dacroze said I really hope they don't implement motion controls. (Can't quote their post properly for some reason.)

For me, there'd be several things if I really think about it. But the ability to cook would be neat. (Some people will say it's too similar to Harvest Moon but it depends on how they go about it.)