Festivale Update!

[RollingAntony]

Anyways

(it's an unfortunate coincidence that Pavé is also a bird)

I'm excited about the possible color variations of some items. The Pavé set is great either way but the red version is winning me atm. I'll add the floor lights to some of my less illuminated areas of my island, I'll spend tons of time figuring out which instrument I will swap for the drum (although it depends on the sound it makes) and the maracas will probably replace either the pan flute or the ocarina.

Both kind of banners are going everywhere, they seem so versatile. My beaches will gladly take two of the parasol things and probably Mr. Resetti as well. I'm intrigued by the floor decoration, so I'm on the fence with that. Oh and the flower bouquet must find a place on my flower garden, it looks so precious.

The chocolate box may go well with Melba or Bianca. Or Mathilda, as that girl is always flirting with Angus. Maybe even Antonio, the little jock can't help himself and eats chocolate-covered donuts constantly so

 

[6iixx]

They couldn't. These updates aren't free. People apparently have a really hard time undestr the Games as a Service model. You paid for ACNH in full, but you're getting the full game in installments. These updates aren't additional content, they're part of the game you've bought, they just didn't deliver everything at once.

Nintendo isn't generous or anything. They're just doing their part of the "contract".

i think the reason they're adding the updates, however, is to keep people from speeding through and then complaining they have nothing. if TT wasn't an issue for them, it might be different. but they literally have to lock events and update it like this so that people don't speed through the entire year and then have absolutely nothing to look forward to.

i remember how upset everyone got when turkey day wasn't available until it was legitimately here.

i personally don't find any issue with a game being updated as it needs to be so that things fall into place how the company wants them to.

 

[Bk1234]

Maybe even Antonio, the little jock can't help himself and eats chocolate-covered donuts constantly so

He’ll be able to burn it off.

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i think the reason they're adding the updates, however, is to keep people from speeding through and then complaining they have nothing. if TT wasn't an issue for them, it might be different. but they literally have to lock events and update it like this so that people don't speed through the entire year and then have absolutely nothing to look forward to.

i remember how upset everyone got when turkey day wasn't available until it was legitimately here.

i personally don't find any issue with a game being updated as it needs to be so that things fall into place how the company wants them to.

I also agree with this point though lol. The updates preserve the longevity of the game for more fans imo.

 

[Raz]

Ooooh ok, I see what you’re saying. Thanks for explaining.

No problem. To be honest, the model is purposefully confusing. They've been implementing more and more anti-consumer tactics at such a high rate that, unless you're interested enough on the state of the industry, you won't follow everything and get confused. And, by that point, they will exploit the consumer even more.

EA is probably the "best" at doing this, and Activision/Blizzard is not that far behind either.

In any case, always remember that companies aren't your friend, no matter how friendly they try to approach you. At the end of the day, they only care about one thing, and that's your money.

 

[coldpotato]

Which of the other updates have been lackluster?

I should have said lackluster events. I'm not sure there has been a full update I felt that way about (except this one) but I have for events. I think the Toy day event was very lackluster and also disliked how they made us only be able to get certain decorative holiday items on the day of the holiday. As an update, the last one overall was still pretty good because they gave us a lot of stuff, even some things we asked for.
My annoyance now is them doing their 1 day events (plus not getting much else except new items). I loved when they would have us collecting DIYs and such before an event to hype us up and give us new stuff to do daily (halloween for example did this very well imo). It's pretty boring to not have any new things to do besides one event on one day.

 

[Raz]

i think the reason they're adding the updates, however, is to keep people from speeding through and then complaining they have nothing. if TT wasn't an issue for them, it might be different. but they literally have to lock events and update it like this so that people don't speed through the entire year and then have absolutely nothing to look forward to.

i remember how upset everyone got when turkey day wasn't available until it was legitimately here.

i personally don't find any issue with a game being updated as it needs to be so that things fall into place how the company wants them to.

They've been using that as an excuse. The team responsible for ACNH is the same team responsible for Splatoon 2, which featured a very similar model. Thing is, in Splatoon, they didn't have time travel to use as an excuse, so they said it was just to keep the game fresh (which also does not justify holding up content, as many devs keep their games fresh for a long time without doing that).

It's just a marketing strategy, and it works.

 

[RollingAntony]

He’ll be able to burn it off.

He should but I still think he has the biggest tummy on the island.

Or maybe he just has one of those mighty tummies that the strongest people on the world have and he's shooting for strength instead of form.

 

[Bk1234]

They've using that as an excuse. The team responsible for ACNH is the same team responsible for Splatoon 2, which featured a very similar model. Thing is, in Splatoon, they didn't have time travel to use as an excuse, so they said it was just to keep the game fresh (which also does not justify holding up content, as many devs keep their games fresh for a long time without doing that).

It's just a marketing strategy, and it works.

Splatoon 2 is already a paywall in the sense that you have to pay for Switch Online in order to really play the game.

 

[Raz]

Splatoon 2 is already a paywall in the sense that you have to pay for Switch Online in order to really play the game.

Yeah, I remember playing the game when it was released. Back then, NSO was still free. When it became a paid service, I decided I wouldn't pay for it, as I was also paying for Playstation + (my ps4 was still "alive" then), and the only games I had on the switch with online support were MK8D and Splatoon 2. MK is a is a full game right out of the gate, and I already had downloaded the top ghosts (cause I mostly play time trials), so I didn't really need NSO for that. But Splatoon became a dead game without an online subscription.

 

[-Blue-]

True, but I feel like Splatoon's online is way better than NH's. You can visit someone's island locally and there's not much of a difference if you do it online. I really wish they had found a way to not kick all of us off if someone disconnected. That was so annoying on the 3ds.

Twitter has New Leaf trending right now. I kind of knew why before I even checked it out. I like the game, but I can't say I am not disappointed in this months update. We hadn't gotten a trailer since November. I actually expected us to have so much more then we have right now when I was looking back in early 2020.

 

[peachycrossing9]

If I'm being totally honest, I didn't have very high expectations for this update. And I'm glad I didn't. Even though I usually don't complain about stuff like this because I don't see the point, I'm disappointed too, and was hoping for a little bit more than just Pave.

 

[jenikinz]

I am not disappointed with the update. I like getting something new to look forward to and didn't expect some gargantuan update anyway. It does concern me how many people would be ok with paid content though.
I spent hundreds on PC and finally uninstalled it. It felt like everything was just a recolor anyway. I don't want this to turn into something like the sims or a mobile game where you are paying for all the best content.
I bought the switch specifically for this game and I don't want to now have to pay for content. Not saying it will for sure happen, but I wouldn't be surprised and at that point I would have to just enjoy what I have because I am not sinking more money into this.

 

[6iixx]

I am not disappointed with the update. I like getting something new to look forward to and didn't expect some gargantuan update anyway. It does concern me how many people would be ok with paid content though.
I spent hundreds on PC and finally uninstalled it. It felt like everything was just a recolor anyway. I don't want this to turn into something like the sims or a mobile game where you are paying for all the best content.
I bought the switch specifically for this game and I don't want to now have to pay for content. Not saying it will for sure happen, but I wouldn't be surprised and at that point I would have to just enjoy what I have because I am not sinking more money into this.

i would be highly disappointed and upset if i had to start paying for items. with something like animal crossing, you buy it and you get it - with the small difference of events being updated as that time comes.

if it were to ever turn into something like the sims franchise.. my feck. ea really made us pay to do our laundry in that game.

 

[JKDOS]

I want to change my opinion and say this might actually be a rug and not a furniture item.

The key is the floor lights around it.

If the "rug" is a 2x2 item, and the lights are 1x1, is it even possible to put the lights that close? I checked my game. I don't have any 2x2 rugs. All my circular rugs are 3x3. But If I try to use a 2x2 furniture piece for example, it doesn't seem like my lights get as close are they are here. Keep in mind, the floor lights can be placed on a rug, so they can be placed this close if needed.

The best item I could find that would mimic it being furniture was the leaf pile. This is as close as the lights will get.

 

[jenikinz]

i would be highly disappointed and upset if i had to start paying for items. with something like animal crossing, you buy it and you get it - with the small difference of events being updated as that time comes.

if it were to ever turn into something like the sims franchise.. my feck. ea really made us pay to do our laundry in that game.

I played the sims from when it first came out and all the ones after except 3. For whatever reason that one didn't pull me in at all. I bought ALL the expansion packs just to get those few items I felt I had to have. I refuse to do that with this game. I really hope it doesn't go down that road.

 

[6iixx]

I want to change my opinion and say this might actually be a rug and not a furniture item.

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The key is the floor lights around it.

If the "rug" is a 2x2 item, and the lights are 1x1, is it even possible to put the lights that close? I checked my game. I don't have any 2x2 rugs. All my circular rugs are 3x3. But If I try to use a 2x2 furniture piece for example, it doesn't seem like my lights get as close are they are here. Keep in mind, the floor lights can be placed on a rug, so they can be placed this close if needed.

The best item I could find that would mimic it being furniture was the leaf pile. This is as close as the lights will get.
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is it possible that they incorporated the lights in with the rug / placement / whatever the feck that thing is?

 

[Raz]

I want to change my opinion and say this might actually be a rug and not a furniture item.

View attachment 353426

The key is the floor lights around it.

If the "rug" is a 2x2 item, and the lights are 1x1, is it even possible to put the lights that close? I checked my game. I don't have any 2x2 rugs. All my circular rugs are 3x3. But If I try to use a 2x2 furniture piece for example, it doesn't seem like my lights get as close are they are here. Keep in mind, the floor lights can be placed on a rug, so they can be placed this close if needed.

The best item I could find that would mimic it being furniture was the leaf pile. This is as close as the lights will get.
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The thing is, it looks like the floor lights are part of the rug. They're different from the ones we have in the game right now.

 

[princess.looking.for.frog]

I dont know if anyone mentioned this but um-
ROD??

His little bandana is off? If anyone has him please report if this actually happens at festivale or just some weird glitch?!

 

[Licorice]

Honestly I can’t stand most of the items in pocket camp because they don’t look like stuff that would even be in animal crossing. I’m kinda glad they aren’t in the game oops. Lol

The more I’ve thought about it I think the update is fine. But I do wish there was less outdoor furniture and more indoor sets because I personally don’t like too much outside. I put the absolute bare minimum to get 5 stars and even that looks like too much to me.

 

[nightglow]

I don't think the floor lights are part of it.