New Animal Crossing News Coming NEXT YEAR!

[JCnator]

Let's see... I bet that they're announcing a new Animal Crossing game for Wii U next year, since the staff development heavily hinted about it before. Given that it isn't a handheld title this time around, I'm pretty sure that the release date gap between international versions and Japanese version shouldn't be as ginormous as New Leaf did (7 months for the record). You know, non-handheld consoles aren't very popular in Japan's video game market compared to elsewhere, since they don't usually have a lot of space in their houses to begin with.

A larger-scale update data (or DLC) for Animal Crossing: New Leaf would've also made a lot of sense to extend the interest, considering that the suspicious "Update Data" button found on the main menu is largely unused and the New 3DS is coming soon to those who don't live in Japan or in Australia. Believe it or not, it hasn't received any new update data since the end of March 2013.

 

[Rasha]

OMG YESSSSSS

we nead moar wolves! :'D

 

[Locket]

. Animal Crossing for Wii U. I can't wait! But... it may be years when I hate Animal Crossing...

 

[Pokemanz]

Aside from an overhaul in how we place public works projects with Isabelle, my biggest hope is they scale up the world/characters differently again, but to resemble more of the anime. The world in the anime seemed huge, and I'd really like that town size in HD if they bring it to Wii U.

This. Even though it was just a movie, I feel a world that large would be much more fun to explore. Plus there's more room for PWPs should they return.

In the next AC I want more interaction. I love when villagers call out my name and ask for my opinions because it feels like I'm actually part of the game.

Maybe they could add things like actual relationships between villagers. Some get along well and others just don't (it's decided at random though, two towns would not be the same). That would be something interesting because I like to think of each villager as unique.

Speaking of uniqueness, that should be another main focus. Each villager should have specific favorites like color, bug, fish, furniture set, ect that they obsess over. Two villagers would never have the same tastes regardless of personality. I'd also like to see some actual friendship development among villagers. For example, Cranky villagers won't like you hanging around them at first but will eventually warm up to you.

"W-what? You got me the _____ I asked for?!
...um, thanks! You know, you're not all that bad, _____."

The focus should be on villagers. I worked hard to get all my dreamies in ACNL but now that I have them they're getting kinda boring. I want to establish really great friendships in this next AC!
Maybe there can even be a "best friend" feature where once you become really great friends with a villager, they can become your "best friend" which could allow them to hang out with you and do stuff together, like catching fish/bugs or whatever. Maybe you could even take them to the island with you or something?

I'm just rambling on with ideas, haha. I hope this AC is a good one!

 

[LostNoob]

Expectations?

Hmm, well, judging my expectations purely from how New leaf was announced.
I suspect there will be a new AC game for the Wii U in around 2017/2018.
Wasn't the wait between the announcement of new leaf and the actual release something like 3 years?

I can't see it taking that long for the Wii U version to come out.
New Leaf was first announced with the 3DS in a very early stage which is honestly quite rare for Nintendo to show footage of a game that early.

I assume development for AC Wii U probably started late in New Leafs development stage so late 2011 early 2012 meaning it's had a few years development already, if they announce it next year at E3 and then release it late 2016, that gives it a similar development time to New Leaf (2009 to 2011 maybe 2012) so 3 years or so.
Honestly, by 2017/2018, I'd be surprised if we haven't heard about Nintendo's future console by then.

 

[spCrossing]

Honestly, I want the big towns from the first game to come back.

Since the Wii U's capable of so much crap, it'll be cool just to see it rise up again.

Oh, and you can basically transfer your town from New Leaf or something, i dunno.

 

[Marmoset]

I'm not really a fan of Wii U. I mean, I have City Folk but I don't know. I didn't like the game mechanics. So if the new AC game is for the Wii I'm going to have to pass.

 

[Jarrad]

I can imagine the new ac not doing very well, as it has always sold best on hand held consoles.

WW was a huge success, as was new leaf.

City folk not so much. Nintendo will really have to pull out all of the stocks if they're wanting the next home-console animal crossing to sell. They have to make it worth buying a Wii U just to play it. City folk was a failure, despite little people finding it disappointing. The majority of us Nintendo fans were pleased with it, but that won't be enough this time round. Especially considering the Wii U is currently the worst-sold Nintendo home console to date.

It needs to very enticing to buy.

- - - Post Merge - - -

I've literally just come to the realisation that it's not going to be better than ANY of the previous AC games, if what the OP said is true.

It's been like 1-2 years since they finished production on New leaf, right? Remember how long New leaf was in development for? No way are they going to be able to deliver an amazing game which surpasses it predecessors in just 1-2 years when every other AC game had been worked on a lot longer than 1-2 years...

I hope that the new ac game isn't being announced next year. Heck, I don't mind waiting 2 years. As long as the game is worth the wait.

 

[JJarmon]

Watch, all these people who say they won't get the Wii U version will end up buying the console to have the game... especially if it has major improvements from New Leaf. It's not a bad console, guys. The Wii sucked, City Folk sucked, but this has potential. Think of the memory space! They could do so much with this game. They may even be using the Miiverse community & plaza for new ideas.

 

[Dollie]

Animal Crossing is one of the few games that would make me buy a Wii U. Looking forward to the news. c:

 

[tamagotchi]

I've literally just come to the realisation that it's not going to be better than ANY of the previous AC games, if what the OP said is true.

It's been like 1-2 years since they finished production on New leaf, right? Remember how long New leaf was in development for? No way are they going to be able to deliver an amazing game which surpasses it predecessors in just 1-2 years when every other AC game had been worked on a lot longer than 1-2 years...

I hope that the new ac game isn't being announced next year. Heck, I don't mind waiting 2 years. As long as the game is worth the wait.

I agree. I can't imagine it being a really different great game than New Leaf. There might be some touch ups here and there if It's released sometime soon [ next year, I think? idk ], but it doesn't seem like It'll look like a really different game like New Leaf looked. If it does I probably still will end up buying it, but..

Hey, you know what? If it is a super great game, then I guess I'd be proven wrong. Guess we'll just have to wait n' see, lol.

 

[TaskBarR]

I absolutely can't wait for the eighth entry! I've fallen in love with Animal Crossing so much over the past few years, I'll be picking it up at one point or another no doubt.

 

[KCourtnee]

Aw I never was planning on getting a Wii U... I guess I'll have to if a new AC comes out on it.

 

[Justin]

There is no way it won't be out by the end of 2016. No way.

I'd like to see them be ambitious with the town size this time around making use of all the RAM on the Wii U. It's pretty sad that the original game on the Gamecube has the largest town size... let's see them go crazy with the size for Wii U.

 

[Justin]

A larger-scale update data (or DLC) for Animal Crossing: New Leaf would've also made a lot of sense to extend the interest, considering that the suspicious "Update Data" button found on the main menu is largely unused and the New 3DS is coming soon to those who don't live in Japan or in Australia. Believe it or not, it hasn't received any new update data since the end of March 2013.

I've always wondered about this too. They released an update including the new update option... and then proceeded to never use it. I don't think that means anything is coming though, that ship has sailed now. It would a little late to come out with something now. More likely it was just put in there as a "just in case".

 

[LostNoob]

It'd be nice to see some New Leaf DLC, not too much, maybe a few new furniture sets to tide us over until the next game.

On the topic of a 2016 release date in Japan at least, it's not impassable, the developers (Nintendo EAD 2) don't just work on one game at a time, development for a Wii U version could have easily started whilst New Leaf was still in development under a different team of programmers, who knows, they could have started development at the same time.

New Leaf has been out in Japan since late 2012, so 2 years plus all of next year and most of 2016 if they are aiming for a holiday release, it's pretty feasible.

I just hope localisation starts sooner like with Pokemon X and Y, it'd be cool if the game launched worldwide on the same day.

 

[spCrossing]

There is no way it won't be out by the end of 2016. No way.

I'd like to see them be ambitious with the town size this time around making use of all the RAM on the Wii U. It's pretty sad that the original game on the Gamecube has the largest town size... let's see them go crazy with the size for Wii U.

Yeah, that's basically what I want for the next game.

Also bring in a full orchestra?

 

[JJarmon]

I hope the creators of Animal Crossing step outside their comfort zone slightly if they're going to make a new game. With a high amount of memory space, they could definitely make a larger town with more villagers. With HD graphics, they could use different textures and make different terrains. Let's hope they bring new holiday events, different villager interactions/animations (such as the jock villagers jogging around town), slightly more detailed NPC backgrounds, complete surround sound orchestrated music... They better blow us away. If it's another port of New Leaf, I'll still get it but I'll be disappointed.

 

[TaskBarR]

You know, I actually wouldn't mind if it's just an enhanced version of New Leaf, like City Folk. If anything I loved New Leaf and I would definitely buy an HD version with more features.

 

[JJarmon]

You know, I actually wouldn't mind if it's just an enhanced version of New Leaf, like City Folk. If anything I loved New Leaf and I would definitely buy an HD version with more features.

Character customization would be kind of nice as a new feature. I don't know if that would ruin the 'charm' of the game or not, but I think people would really appreciate different skin colors and other features off the bat.