How do you decide which Animal Crossing game/town you commit to?

[famiquinn]

every time i start getting really into animal crossing again, i hit a point where i want to play ALL the games and experience as much animal crossing as i can each day. this usually means i have like 3 towns across 3 different games that i check in with every day. however, i find myself having a harder time growing attached to my villagers and progress when i play like this, as it feels like im putting less effort into each game than i otherwise would committing to one

so my goal is to limit myself to one game currently, but i CANNOT decide between gamecube, wild world, and new leaf, all for different reasons

i actually bought a copy of animal crossing on gamecube recently. it's always been one of the games in the series i've been the most fascinated by, and from my past experiences with it i had so much fun making patterns and designs, even if they aren't used for much outside of your home, clothing, and those sign boards you can buy. it's also the game i'm trying to get my mom to try and play with me from time to time, but i'm not sure if animal crossing would really be her thing. however, i haven't started a town on my memory card yet, so i'm keeping it on the backburner so i don't open up yet another town that i'll stress about not checking in often

wild world has me the most conflicted because i genuinely think this game might be my favorite in the series, which i was absolutely not expecting. it was my first game, but i only really started playing it for real back in september, and i was so surprised how deep the villagers feel compared to even later entries. even compared to gamecube, i think wild world has my favorite villagers and interactions by far. im really attached to my town, babetown, and i've made a decent amoutn of progress so far and i overall really enjoy the game. i think my only gripe with it right now is the fact i can't save more patterns than the 8 in my inventory and the 8 at able sisters', because i love drawing random miscellaneous things and saving them.

new leaf is the town i've probably put the most time into. i started it back in september, and so far i've made a bunch of progress, more than i have in any previous town. i tend to play new leaf like it's the older games, so i am not super specific about how i decorate my town or getting all my perfect villagers. i kinda let things happen and plan around it; i really like working around limitations, it feels fun and exciting. i love my town, basset town, i love the progress i've made with my house, and i really love making pro designs in this game.
however, my gripes with the game kinda manifest in weird little nitpicks that i can never shake. i'm really not a huge fan of being the mayor at the gate, i tend to prefer being some little poor freak that moved into town and it's up to me to make friends and make a name for myself. new leaf isn't TOO bad in this regard, other than being called mayor and stuff, i think you're still treated as just Some Guy in your town aside from when you recieve PWP requests and stuff. but it's still something that kinda bugs me, as i tend to prefer being in the background/just another villager, and i really dislike having more agency than my other villagers. that being said, god damn it's nowhere near as bad as new horizons lmaoo.

now that i reread this thread it kinda looks like i'm asking for which game i should play, but honestly i'm more just getting my thoughts out on it cuz i've been stewing about it for a while lol. if any of you guys stick to one town or play across different games, let me know how your playstyle works!! i tend to overthink these things so some input from literally anyone else but myself will quell my horrible spinning brain )

 

[Nuguns]

hey; im jumping ahead after reading that u cant decide between the 3. Try city folk. its got acww music, its got big console features from acpg, and a unique fun approach that was borrowed into new leaf. I have yet to play it, right now i consider it to be definitive.

Currently im playing ACPG : )

I think each game has a unique feel to it and therefore, each can be made a different purpose. ill read the rest of ur post now

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I got my dad to play ACPG with me, getting ur mom to play sounds awesome

ACWW is my favorite too, it was my first game, so naturally

hey me too; I have nitpicks about new leaf that made me want to put it down cause i want something really nice to be a part of it or else. My peeves became too much so i stopped. If i had friends playing that game with me it would be different... I think they player looks like theyre on stilts. Sorry nintendo i dont wanna grow up with animal crossing like that. I like the little lookin guy.

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I always stick to one game at a time im glad ur trying that. I bet itl be more important. I had wondered about ACPG for a long time now too and i just got into it some months ago, its great to play casually and doesnt ask too much of you like other titles. You just play, which feels good.

 

[famiquinn]

hey; im jumping ahead after reading that u cant decide between the 3. Try city folk. its got acww music, its got big console features from acpg, and a unique fun approach that was borrowed into new leaf. I have yet to play it, right now i consider it to be definitive.

i do have city folk! i'm pretty sure i have a town in it too. while i do like the presentation and the bigger towns that are somewhat similar to gc's, i'm honestly not a huge fan of the villager dialogue and the way the dialogue system is set up in the first place. it kinda feels like stardew valley's dialogue system, where you interact multiple times to hear their full thought, but in city folk it will just repeat their last text box indefinitely. it feels really robotic, if that makes sense??

I always stick to one game at a time im glad ur trying that. I bet itl be more important. I had wondered about ACPG for a long time now too and i just got into it some months ago, its great to play casually and doesnt ask too much of you like other titles. You just play, which feels good.

that's the exact reason why i love gamecube animal crossing, it feels really freeing and relaxing. i just have my loans, but i can go and just hang out and talk to villagers and draw pictures and patterns. i also adore just how big the towns are in gamecube. some people would argue there's nothing to do in a town of that size, considering you can't place PWP's or furniture, but it just feels really fun to blast across town, come across whatever's new, and make each acre more beautiful with trees and flowers.

also, i completely went against what i said in my initial post and started a town in gamecube LOL. it's the second day, but i accidentally got a town with two cliffs (i usually don't seek this out but it was a happy accident) and i've already become pretty attached to my villagers.

i think i'd like to focus on gamecube for a good while, but i'm also pretty invested in my new leaf town, specifically with my interior decoration and stuff, it's really fun in new leaf. i'm thinking of alternating which games i play each week, but i'm going to start that once i've sold my turnips in new leaf, haha.

 

[Nuguns]

i do have city folk! i'm pretty sure i have a town in it too. while i do like the presentation and the bigger towns that are somewhat similar to gc's, i'm honestly not a huge fan of the villager dialogue and the way the dialogue system is set up in the first place. it kinda feels like stardew valley's dialogue system, where you interact multiple times to hear their full thought, but in city folk it will just repeat their last text box indefinitely. it feels really robotic, if that makes sense??


that's the exact reason why i love gamecube animal crossing, it feels really freeing and relaxing. i just have my loans, but i can go and just hang out and talk to villagers and draw pictures and patterns. i also adore just how big the towns are in gamecube. some people would argue there's nothing to do in a town of that size, considering you can't place PWP's or furniture, but it just feels really fun to blast across town, come across whatever's new, and make each acre more beautiful with trees and flowers.

also, i completely went against what i said in my initial post and started a town in gamecube LOL. it's the second day, but i accidentally got a town with two cliffs (i usually don't seek this out but it was a happy accident) and i've already become pretty attached to my villagers.

i think i'd like to focus on gamecube for a good while, but i'm also pretty invested in my new leaf town, specifically with my interior decoration and stuff, it's really fun in new leaf. i'm thinking of alternating which games i play each week, but i'm going to start that once i've sold my turnips in new leaf, haha.

i have a simple advice being your overthinking predicament. allow yourself to be bored.

dang im jealous of your cliffs

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i do have city folk! i'm pretty sure i have a town in it too. while i do like the presentation and the bigger towns that are somewhat similar to gc's, i'm honestly not a huge fan of the villager dialogue and the way the dialogue system is set up in the first place. it kinda feels like stardew valley's dialogue system, where you interact multiple times to hear their full thought, but in city folk it will just repeat their last text box indefinitely. it feels really robotic, if that makes sense??

I feel what ur saying, but i am not deterred from city folk from such a fact. Im willing to go with it and let my reservations go to be a part of it.

I just watched the movie sherlock holmes and thats why Im speaking so intellectually lol

 

[famiquinn]

i have a simple advice being your overthinking predicament. allow yourself to be bored.

dang im jealous of your cliffs

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I feel what ur saying, but i am not deterred from city folk from such a fact. Im willing to go with it and let my reservations go to be a part of it.

I just watched the movie sherlock holmes and thats why Im speaking so intellectually lol

by the way i didn't mean to deter you from playing city folk at all.. in fact, i started playing it recently as well and it really is a nice time LOL. i think i can't say i outright dislike any animal crossing game, even if new horizons comes very close to that