My Thoughts on the Toy Day Event (SPOLIER WARNING)

[iamjohnporter67]

Before anyone asks how I got it, it was unlocked in Sydney, Australia so I was able to play the event in that region. So I am going to give my thoughts on the Toy Day Event. This Spoilers so if you don't want to read this then click away from the thread:

Okay so I completed the event in 30 minutes and I am just going to say this I am VERY disappointed with this event. Just as I feared they made it way too simple and too easy. So I dressed up as Santa, Spoke to Jingle he tells me to craft 3 Wrapping Papers for him and gives me the DIY for Festive Wrapper Paper. So I crafted it, gave it to him, and then he gives me the magic bag with all the Toy Day gifts inside. The game didn't let me look inside like in New Leaf so that was already a bad sign. I spoke to my villagers and just like I feared they are like "Oh you're working for Santa thats cool!" it doesn't matter if you're wearing the Santa Suit the villagers act like they know who you are already. I gave them all and the thing I noticed when giving the gifts to Marina, Judy, and Raymond. They gave me gifts in return I guess if you have a high friendship with them they will give you gifts too because none of my other villagers gave me anything in return. So after that I delivered all the presents, I talked to Jingle, takes the gift bag off of me, and then gives me the Toy Day Sleigh and the DIY for the Gift Pile. I checked what gifts Raymond, Judy, and Marina gave ma and guess what its the same toys that we've already bought in the shop. I got the RC Helicopter, Kid's Tent, and a Dollhouse. I mean what?! This event really felt underwhelming. If you ask if you can do it with multiple users you can but it plays out the same way so I guess if you want to get multiple Toy Day Sleighs then that will be good. Overall this event was lackluster, really was hoping that it didn't be this short but it is what it is. I'm giving this a 6/10

 

[Sara?]

I am sad with what you have to share but with bits here and there from what people have told through the forum i had expected so much sadly. I guess they simplified it so much because its time lock and people cant really TT back or worth to it, thats my only guess. I do wish that we will get more engaging and complex events in future updates

 

[Jam86]

tbh i don't really know what i was expecting, i knew the event was gonna be simple but i was still hoping it would be good i guess

i'm gonna do the event on my main character to get the diy and hopefully i can do the event again on my second character and keep the bag because it was one of my favourite things in NL ☆

 

[Snek]

This angers me to no end. So what you saying is that all the toys that we gathered up and wrapped up in preparation for this event is all for nought? I seriously thought it would be like NL. It would make sense right? A villager asks for a specific toy and you give it to them. Simple. I can't give them a pass for this one. Like you said, this is too lacklustre, especially for Toy Day/Christmas.

 

[meo]

Yea, I saw a video showing that much and was disappointed. I was hoping there was maybe more going to be fleshed out but I guess not this late.
That's one of the reasons I feel like they should have at a minimum kept the idea of finding out hints for what presents they want during December. It just feels too short.

 

[daringred_]

after they simplified both halloween (no certain masks scaring certain villagers, no proper chasing, one set instead of two) and harvest festival (removal of ingredients like butter, sugar etc.), i can't say i'm particularly surprised. still disappointing nonetheless. i'm holding out hope that we can keep the magic bag, but i won't be shocked if they removed that little harmless feature too.

 

[Sara?]

after they simplified both halloween (no certain masks scaring certain villagers, no proper chasing, one set instead of two) and harvest festival (removal of ingredients like butter, sugar etc.), i can't say i'm particularly surprised. still disappointing nonetheless. i'm holding out hope that we can keep the magic bag, but i won't be shocked if they removed that little harmless feature too.

As far as I am aware they have removed that feature too so we won't be keeping the magic bag, make sure to make tons of pics while you have it

 

[tajikey]

I'm sorry your experience was lackluster, but I'm thankful it's not a total time suck. Granted, I'm really only in it for the two recipes and Jingle photo, but I wasn't looking forward to sinking a ton of time into getting them, so am thrilled it's not as thoughtful as years prior.

 

[Rika092]

I suspected as much because there was another spoiler post with the toy day event guide. The one thing that really made me upset is that the toys we spend so much effort to gather truly seem like play no importance in the event. Maybe Nintendo never intended this to be, but everyone thought those would be somewhat related to the toy day tasks... and it made sense, considering how toy day worked in new leaf, where we had to take clues from villagers on what they wanted. And I guess we all thought it’s gonna be like that but with the extra layer of complexity that we also would have to prepare the gifts in advance rather have jingle handing them to us. Had toy day worked like that, it’d be a much more sophisticated event. The current version that you experienced and described sounds overly simplified. I mean, I get it that that not everyone would want to spend a good chunk of their day on Christmas playing animal crossing, but they could’ve seriously executed it better...

 

[Manah]

To be fair, there was no indication in the game that the toys have anything to do with Toy Day, it was an assumption based on how the event worked in another game.

That said, NH has significantly dumbed down a lot of things, and while I'm glad the events aren't overly complicated (some things in NL were a little too much if you wanted to collect everything) it really feels like they didn't put any effort into some of them, and it contributes to NH feeling overall more soulless to me.

 

[Raz]

@iamjohnporter67 dont forget to check/interact with the toy day stockings (that you hopefully have hanged in your house) tomorrow as there's still one more thing as a reward for completing the toy day event. You can ONLY get this item from the stockings tomorrow, so don't forget.

 

[iamjohnporter67]

@iamjohnporter67 dont forget to check/interact with the toy day stockings (that you hopefully have hanged in your house) tomorrow as there's still one more thing as a reward for completing the toy day event. You can ONLY get this item from the stockings tomorrow, so don't forget.

I time traveled and I checked the stockings and yeah I got Jingle's Photo. I mean could've been in my mailbox but I guess they had to make it secretive.

 

[John Wick]

Well I just finished and the villagers gave me color variants of the toys, and not my island's default toy colors!

 

[Jam86]

ok so i just did toy day because i'm super impatient and i'm honestly giving it a big thumbs down

only 3/10 villagers gave me gifts, like i don't actually need any toy items because my sister has them all but it still would have been nice to get something
and it was too quick, the only upside was the diys

also i'm not a fan of christmas but it did sort of get me in the holiday spirit for the first time in 6 years so i guess that's good too

 

[John Wick]

ok so i just did toy day because i'm super impatient and i'm honestly giving it a big thumbs down

only 3/10 villagers gave me gifts, like i don't actually need any toy items because my sister has them all but it still would have been nice to get something
and it was too quick, the only upside was the diys

also i'm not a fan of christmas but it did sort of get me in the holiday spirit for the first time in 6 years so i guess that's good too

Yes, you will get a couple of random gifts during the Jingle delivery, but after that, I wrapped up ten lots of two peaches and did the extra gift exchange (wrap with any wrapping paper), and got sixteen color variants of the toys.

 

[Jam86]

Yes, you will get a couple of random gifts during the Jingle delivery, but after that, I wrapped up ten lots of two peaches and did the extra gift exchange (wrap with any wrapping paper), and got sixteen color variants of the toys.

extra gifts?? i didn't know there was more, i just set the timezone back lol

 

[Silkfawn]

Welp, I was disappointed in this event weeks ago, ever since I watched the whole event on YT by some hacker.

I did switch my timezone to Auckland so I got to play earlier than others, and yeah, I think I finished the whole thing in 10-15 minutes.

The most time consuming part is finding the villagers to give them the gifts.

EDIT: I also could careless for the toy gifts, I have every single one catalogued.

 

[John Wick]

Aw, I wanted to make the gift pile but you need red wrapping paper.

You can't order it, so it might take weeks.

You would think they'd make that available, as well as the cardboard boxes it requires, so you could make it for Christmas.

 

[Jam86]

Aw, I wanted to make the gift pile but you need red wrapping paper.

You can't order it, so it might take weeks.

You would think they'd make that available, as well as the cardboard boxes it requires, so you could make it for Christmas.

do u want some red wrapping paper? i got loads

 

[John Wick]

do u want some red wrapping paper? i got loads

Thank you so much, but that's ok, I can TT or just wait. ^_^