Festivale Update!
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Cosmic-chan
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So this update is to be released some time tonight to equal japan's tomorrow's time?
DarkSlayer1331
Senior Member
I was so disappointed when I watched the announcement yesterday. And then when I saw the next update for March, I immediately told myself that given this update, there is no way I can expect anything more than Mario items. If this is how they plan on giving us updates for another 1-2 years.... how sad.
Yeah I would think they mean the Nook Stop because I don't think we've ever been able to buy reactions from Nook's Cranny. Either way though, aw man! I was hoping maybe they'd switch things up and have Pave teach us some reaction. Oh well! I just can't wait to get into ~*fEsTiVaLe SpIrIt~* the second I can start getting the items.
Corrie
✨ I confess, I'm a sinner
Basically this. I'm not expecting them to give us anything worthwhile. If I turn out to be wrong, then woohoo! lol. If not, than at least I'm not let down. Maybe they'll give us something new with the whole Sanrio cards being re-released thing.
o013 WOLF 130o
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I like the items. I hope we can customize them. Excited for dancing emojis. Really really hope were gonna put rugs outside now. Hope there are more items then what was shown. Idc about mario but new items are always appreciated and I liked some of the NL ones so I hope there back. I wanna know if the sanario villagers are gonna have their furniture with them. If they do then I'll buy them. If not then I'm not sure. The sheep and elephant is cute but the rest are just there!
coldpotato
Senior Member
Yeah I am not expecting anything more than Mario items either. There are a lot of people hyping up the next update saying they're saving all the awesome stuff for their 1 year anniversary but Nintendo has not released any clues for us to think that they will acknowledge the 1 year anniversary in any way. I feel like those people expecting a huge update for March are setting themselves up for more disappointment.
I really don't like having to adjust my expectations to be super low with updates going forward, but it seems like the wisest thing to do.
Cosmic-chan
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Ngl I am doubt we'll be able to customize the items. That would be too good to be true smh 
Plainbluetees
Isometric Exercise!
sorry, just my personal opinion
really had high expectations and now I need to have low expectations for future updates like @coldpotato mentioned
Feraligator
Senior Member
There's red and green so far, but that could be it...at least the red looks nicer than the greenNgl I am doubt we'll be able to customize the items. That would be too good to be true smh
Also, even though I'm expecting March update to be Mario items only, I will still be disappointed lol, and I can't imagine how mad the community could be if that was it after a year, if 1st year ended with such barebones updates.
There might also be pink and blue, going by the costumes shown. However, since from the Japanese site info, it looks like we'll have to buy the furniture at Nook's Cranny, we'll probably only get one color and not be able to customize them, unless it's like with the Turkey Day furniture.
Cosmic-chan
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The Mario update will be trash I'm not even get hyped for it. I'm not even really a fan of Mario anymore. It's just another cash cow for Nintendo. 
Feraligator
Senior Member
The Mario update will be trash I'm not even get hyped for it. I'm not even really a fan of Mario anymore. It's just another cash cow for Nintendo.
Gamecube to 3DS era was my favourite. Probably because I prefer games to be released without updates down the line but I guess that's just my opinion
Cosmic-chan
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The switch was supposed to be the Wii U but we saw that didn't work but honestly..I almost miss the Wii U. It was simpler then. Just Miiverse and Splatoon and acnl on my 3ds. I don't mind updates but these updates have been lame af. :/ Not to mention the Switch's joycons- I haven't had to buy so many controllers ever. I'm hesitant now to even replace my new set SINCE I HAD THEM FOR BARELY A YEAR
coldpotato
Senior Member
Yeah lol I will still be disappointed too, just not as much as I would be if I expected more.
It is sad to think of the game continuing to get low effort updates with basically just items added. I feel like this game deserves so much more. If they really want this to be mostly an island decorating game why didn't they just release it as "Happy Island Designer" or something?
McRibbie
Senior Member
As I've said upthread, I think this is a bit exaggerated, and I feel there's going to be more than people expect with the next update (because there hasn't been an update without an NPC yet) but it isn't going to be TREMENDOUS either... but then again, going by the other event updates, even the Day One Bunny Day update, I wasn't really expecting much with this one. The bulk of New Content we've had added into this game's been the updates covering the months between April and September, which is traditionally something of a lull for events in Animal Crossing (so it makes sense they'd get the updates for the stuff they'd completed that isn't Event Stuff out then, because the Event Stuff takes priority)
Granted, for day one players such as myself and a lot of other people, we're now in an extreme lull, given we're rapidly running out of the content that's in the base game and the stuff that's been added in the updates since then (although I've been a bit inconsistent getting Celeste DIYs and the fish and bug models, so I've got something to do there) and the fact that this event update's pretty much as expected for event update came at exactly the wrong time, and I'm not surprised with the backlash... but god, you guys are taking it badly.
Sadly, I don't think they're going to rush putting all the content back into the game. When they said "updates for 2-3 years" they seemed to be talking about how long it's going to take to put all the NPCs back into the game (12 this year, presum. Which, yeah, that kinda sucks, and I'm using kinda to make an understatement there... it sucks real bad, to put it lightly. But I also don't want things to be rushed, or badly implemented, or have NPCs in roles that don't suit them (which in hindsight, is one of my main problems with NL... Celeste, Phineas and Wendell were ROBBED, man), so I'm also happy to wait.
Don't get me wrong, I'm also happy to shout about things that are wrong with the game (like not having an option to access your storage with wardrobe furniture outdoors, smaller events being relegated to Nook Stop, or the fact that I can't seem to do stuff for my villagers much) but I'm also aware that video games take time to make, and they're only going to take longer to make as technology improves. The fact that the game isn't being made under crunch conditions is honestly one of the best things about Nintendo at this point (although compared to the other stuff like game pricing and their stranglehold over their IPs, it's basically just going "HEY, THIS COMPANY ISN'T **** AT ALL")
We're coming out of Event Season, and we're coming out of a great drought of content AC-wise. This... was not a tremendous update, but you're fooling yourself if you were expecting anything but. It covers 6 weeks at best, it's not going to be HUGE. More stuff will come, eventually. It's not worth acting as if the sky's falling in and we're never going to get MASSIVE UPDATES ever again over a holiday update JUST being a holiday update with a few additional extras.
(also don't come at me with that THEY TOOK 7 YEARS TO MAKE THIS GAME, you think they've been in active development this entire time? did hhd and the welcome amiibo update come out of nowhere? it's more like 3, let's be real here)
bebebese
SUPER Junior Member
dunno if you saw it earlier in the thread but previously the updates have gone live 10 am Japan time (...2 am GMT lol).
To talk a bit more on this update and updates going forward, it'll be interesting to see what they do (if anything), given that festivale is the last remaining holiday (that we know of), but also the first holiday that most people who got the game for xmas will see. Wonder how they'll keep new players entertained, and how/if they'll draw in more throughout the rest of the game's lifetime.
also re: colour variants of the pavé set... koramora on youtube speculated that the two we saw might be spring and autumn variants a la harvest fest and i'm inclined to agree ;_; was hoping for a flashy rainbow version myself
Cosmic-chan
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I'm just happy holiday updates are finally out of the way. Maybe they'll finally work on QOL updated like idk LETTING STORE THESE DAMN STUPID ASS DIYS !! Like bruh. I don't mind holidays but I'm excited to see the next updates. I will say Nintendo has done good to surprise me. From new eye and skin color to new hair (even if it had its dumbass Twitter drama smh 
) even simple stuff like putting on the funny glasses actually match your skin tone now. Small things like that are what I like. Oh and I mustn't forget the new reactions even if it's copies of the animal's reactions still nice that I can sit in the game.
) even simple stuff like putting on the funny glasses actually match your skin tone now. Small things like that are what I like. Oh and I mustn't forget the new reactions even if it's copies of the animal's reactions still nice that I can sit in the game.
