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Festivale Update!

6iixx said:
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.
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I agree with this. I remember when people were complaining on October 2nd that the Halloween update was boring because they TT'd through the whole month and harvested hundreds of pumpkins. Or that they had "finished" Toy Day before everyone else was experiencing Turkey Day . Or that they had finished the Art Gallery over just a day of grinding (an experience that would take the average player several years to complete).

There's nothing inherently wrong with this playstyle, but you just run out of things to do REALLY fast. And there isn't really a mechanic in New Horizons for the ultra late-game when your island is "complete", your museum is finished, your catalog is complete, and you have all of your favorite residents. Those ARE the late game objectives, but they can be finished quite quickly by a motivated player and then there's nothing to do.

I guess my point is that a certain amount of complaining is to be expected and sort of needs to be set aside. New Horizons isn't really built to be burnt through at a rapid clip, even if it can be. And I think staggering these content updates does create a healthier pace for the game and its community.
 
Definitely can't say that I'm super super stoked about this update. New reactions is probably my main highlight. It'll be interesting to see how they do things from here onwards, though; as all of the major holiday's are now in the game so there isn't really much sense in them keeping the same update formula surrounding a major holiday.
 
JKDOS said:
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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I agree with others saying that the floor lights seem to be part of the design.


I think that the japanese PR mentions that the megaphone, the chocolate box and the flower bouquet appear on different colors each day. We already saw 4 different colors for the tool, what would be colors for the bouquet? Pink/Red/White/Black? Same colors for the box?
 
i really wish it was a rug item, but i don't think it's going to be the same as the other rugs we have in the game.

if this update let us put down rugs as items outside, i would be the most giddy person in the world.
 
Well I was whelmed by that update. Festivale seems like it'll be a fun little event and I do genuinely like the way the furniture looks (though of course I'm excited to see what other colors the items can be customized in). Like others have pointed out, it'll be interesting to see what other little QoL things that weren't shown in the trailer come to light.

The Super Bowl party thing had me laughing my butt off. 100% here for a giant football rug.

I'm not super excited about the March update being primarily focused on the Mario items. I don't really care about them and it's hard to get excited since the "event" will likely just consist of the items being added to the Seasonal tab to buy in a limited timeframe.
 
Dang, the trailer already has more dislikes on YT than the past two update trailers and it hasn't even been out for a day yet.
I predict it will be their most disliked acnh update trailer. I wonder if something like this will get Nintendo to actually listen.
 
Raz said:
They couldn't. These updates aren't free. People apparently have a really hard time understanding 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".
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Exactly, thanks for bringing this up. It's not that we got the full game and this is the additional content. They released an unfinished game and are now basically finishing it. For a game like this, it is absolutely fine. But since the base game feels so empty in comparison to its predecessors, it's questionable why most updates add relatively little to the experience.

And again, I just can't understand why a quality-of-life update or even shop upgrades/new shops take so long to develop or aren't even on their roadmap. Those are features that can be implemented by a tiny team within weeks. Either they are planning to roll out one update addressing many of those common criticisms - or they just don't care...

Edit: Also, we shouldn't forget that most of the content we would like to see is nothing new, but bringing old features back. This means that the planning stages are much shorter as less testing is required.
 
coldpotato said:
Dang, the trailer already has more dislikes on YT than the past two update trailers and it hasn't even been out for a day yet.
I predict it will be their most disliked acnh update trailer. I wonder if something like this will get Nintendo to actually listen.
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I don't personally think it has many dislikes. Sure it could be the most disliked animal crossing video, but it's not a backlash at all. There have been way worse disliked Nintendo videos like the drama in the Smash Bros community and the Fire Emblem reps if I recall properly, I think that was very disliked. If anything I'd dare say the like/dislike ratio on that video doesn't even reflect the community's feelings right now, as I've seen more general disappointment everywhere than ever before (Instagram, Youtube, Twitter... Even Reddit). Plus I doubt Nintendo would take those seriously, their goal is to sell and the game already sold.
 
charmingpeach said:
I don't personally think it has many dislikes. Sure it could be the most disliked animal crossing video, but it's not a backlash at all. There have been way worse disliked Nintendo videos like the drama in the Smash Bros community and the Fire Emblem reps if I recall properly, I think that was very disliked. If anything I'd dare say the like/dislike ratio on that video doesn't even reflect the community's feelings right now, as I've seen more general disappointment everywhere than ever before (Instagram, Youtube, Twitter... Even Reddit). Plus I doubt Nintendo would take those seriously, their goal is to sell and the game already sold.
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Yeah, I also doubt they'll take the criticism seriously. At this point, I hope they create a DLC similar to the Splatoon 2 one, which actually adds a lot of content. Not that I want to spend more money on the game, but at least it would give Nintendo an incentive to create a substantial amount of content that has to be well received by fans.
 
6iixx said:
i really wish it was a rug item, but i don't think it's going to be the same as the other rugs we have in the game.

if this update let us put down rugs as items outside, i would be the most giddy person in the world.
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IF RUGS COULD BE PLACED OUTSIDE.. that would be a game-changer. I wouldn't be surprised if it's not like that, though. ):
Love love love the maracas and megaphone things (definitely not gonna work the same as NL I think, though).

I actually really love this furniture set as I'm going for a tropical-ish theme.
Oh and BEANS!
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I'm wondering if the Sanrio Villagers are coming back for the march update, as they seem to be releasing sometime after the 20th.
 
charmingpeach said:
I don't personally think it has many dislikes. Sure it could be the most disliked animal crossing video, but it's not a backlash at all. There have been way worse disliked Nintendo videos like the drama in the Smash Bros community and the Fire Emblem reps if I recall properly, I think that was very disliked. If anything I'd dare say the like/dislike ratio on that video doesn't even reflect the community's feelings right now, as I've seen more general disappointment everywhere than ever before (Instagram, Youtube, Twitter... Even Reddit). Plus I doubt Nintendo would take those seriously, their goal is to sell and the game already sold.
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Yeah I just meant the most disliked acnh update trailer video. I'd love if they took our feedback into consideration but that's just a dream of mine lmao.
 
I bothered to read through a bit of the thread and I came across the rug furniture piece. It could be like the bugs you get from Flick on the bug tourney. They look like qr stickers, but act like furniture pieces that you can pick up. That's probably what the rug will be like. Which is cool since it will be one of the only carpets you can put outside.
 
I am just excited to see Pavé and these items below are so freaking cute:

Credit to @TheKryptoKnight for posting this information.

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Maybe because I’m new to the game but the update sounds fun to me. I wasn’t expecting updates - I don’t think there were any on the original AC game on the DS that I played.

My daughter is excited by new stuff too as she wasn’t expecting it.

We don’t pay on a subscription model for the game so I don’t really expect ongoing development and updates. I’ve brought the game, they aren’t making further money out of me for it, so I don’t expect them to spend further money developing it.

Today is my one month anniversary of playing the game and I’ve played it everyday although some days a shorter time than others. There is still a lot for me to do, finish the museum, develop my island, do my house. I’ve finished other games in a quicker period!

So I’m looking forward to the update and think it looks fun!
 
i mean... this is just Festivale from NL but on NH with updated furniture + emotes tbh.
Don't get me wrong. This is my favorite Animal Crossing event, but i'm a tiny bit disappointed :/

Also at this point we probably won't be receiving the Cafe for a while, or at all. If we are it will most likely be after the Mario update.
+ It would be cool to see the Splatoon and Zelda items to return with it as a nice bonus. (I don't see the Sanrio villagers/sets returning because it was a collab)
 
PAVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! :love: he has a unique voice!!! i'm so happy to see him and his dancing!!!!!

but not much new stuff (not that i was expecting too much with festivale). well i should say exciting stuff. pretty much just basic festivale, but different items. i am excited for the idea of a confetti cannon and dancing emotes, but all in all this update doesn't look too interesting. course i won't say it's the worst update so far, just that it doesn't look all that exciting.

i don't like the idea of february not getting an update (which the video makes it seem like), but i've seen some leaked vday items so either nintendo is still swept up in the mario35th thing and is trying to advertise that more or february items are just gonna be added in with nothing really said on it. i am excited for mario items!! i hope this means will get more nintendo items too. please give me back piranha plant
 
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