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Is time travelling bad?
People will have their own opinions on this subject. I personally don’t think it’s bad, and it’s not cheating. Play how you want to play regardless of what someone tries to tell you. If someone says time traveling is bad, that’s just their opinion. Opinions are not facts.
 
Is it possible for river fish to spawn here: or is this opening too small?
 

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I’m pretty sure I already know the answer to this, but in order to get game updates, you do need WiFi, correct? I haven’t had it since prior to the Dream Suite, and I’ve been unable to get it. I’m not being prompted for any updates and although it’s be useless to me anyhow, I’d just like confirmation. Thanks and sorry for my obliviousness.
 
I’m pretty sure I already know the answer to this, but in order to get game updates, you do need WiFi, correct? I haven’t had it since prior to the Dream Suite, and I’ve been unable to get it. I’m not being prompted for any updates and although it’s be useless to me anyhow, I’d just like confirmation. Thanks and sorry for my obliviousness.
yep! game updates are downloaded from the internet so will require wifi
 
Can someone take a picture of their basement? I currently don’t have my houses fully expanded. I only expanded all the way to the attic. I’m not sure if I want a basement, but I’m wanting to see a picture of one….to see what size they have more or less.
 
Hey there! I have a complicated question that I can't seem to find a solid answer for. I have two Switch consoles and one Nintendo account, and it is causing issues. On Switch #1 I am not the Island Rep and would like to delete all save data and my account from this console. Would this have any effect on Switch #2 where I am the Island Rep? If so, could I back up the island save data and be able to keep it? I would much rather have flight issues while we're both playing than lose all the work I've done on my island. Any insight you have would be greatly appreciated. 😁
 
Hey there! I have a complicated question that I can't seem to find a solid answer for. I have two Switch consoles and one Nintendo account, and it is causing issues. On Switch #1 I am not the Island Rep and would like to delete all save data and my account from this console. Would this have any effect on Switch #2 where I am the Island Rep? If so, could I back up the island save data and be able to keep it? I would much rather have flight issues while we're both playing than lose all the work I've done on my island. Any insight you have would be greatly appreciated. 😁
i don't think my scenario was *exactly* similar to yours but hopefully it'll help in some way - when i first got AC i got it on my shared switch, then quickly bought my own and transferred my account over to my new switch. however by this point my sister had already made a character on my island, but they were still able to play the same island no problem while i had my own separate island on my new switch. they later reset the island and started fresh, although i had no idea until much later so obviously it didn't impact my gameplay in any way. however, i can't remember exactly whether they used my nintendo account to play or if they used their own - i think it might've been their own but obviously the island rep of that first island was my acc and that got reset just fine without affecting my new island on the other switch. i'm pretty sure either way game data is tied to the switch itself and not the account so you should be able to reset no problem, but i don't want to say that for sure and risk being to blame if it goes wrong 😅 as for backing up island data i've never done anything in relation to that so i won't comment in any way. hopefully this helps?
 
Can someone take a picture of their basement? I currently don’t have my houses fully expanded. I only expanded all the way to the attic. I’m not sure if I want a basement, but I’m wanting to see a picture of one….to see what size they have more or less.

hope this helps! :)

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Is there a limit to how many trees can grow per day? I planted 32 trees in a slightly-too-large orchard last night, all equally spaced from each other, but only 20 of them grew to the one-ball-of-leaves stage today. The rest are still sprouts, but they aren’t wilted or anything.
 
Is there a limit to how many trees can grow per day? I planted 32 trees in a slightly-too-large orchard last night, all equally spaced from each other, but only 20 of them grew to the one-ball-of-leaves stage today. The rest are still sprouts, but they aren’t wilted or anything.

There's no limit, but trees won't grow if they're surrounded by too many other trees despite having the correct spacing. To solve this, you can just temporarily transplant the interior trees to a new location, grow them there, then move them back to your orchard.
 
Could anyone tell me how amiibo work? I bought some packs at Target. There are random villagers in each. If you want to get amiibo for all villagers for whom they are available, do you just have to keep buying packs and possibly receiving duplicate cards? Thanks for any info.
 
Could anyone tell me how amiibo work? I bought some packs at Target. There are random villagers in each. If you want to get amiibo for all villagers for whom they are available, do you just have to keep buying packs and possibly receiving duplicate cards? Thanks for any info.

yes, they are sold like trading cards. There are different villagers available in each ‘series’, 1-4 and then in the welcome amiibo series which has not been rereleased in the us.

if you want specific cards you can also buy them on eBay (where they will generally sell for a significant markup compared to the $1/card price of the pack.) or you can trade for them on here!

I imagine that a lot of people might be looking to trade in the next few weeks, since many have been able to buy cards. (Including me😊)

the Sanrio amiibo cards are the exception. They are not randomized and every pack includes all 6.
 
So I got second island, planning to terraform it in the near future. Any suggestions to make this process easier? Now it's only second day in game for me. Lots of trees around. Should I chomp half of them already?
 
Could anyone tell me how amiibo work? I bought some packs at Target. There are random villagers in each. If you want to get amiibo for all villagers for whom they are available, do you just have to keep buying packs and possibly receiving duplicate cards? Thanks for any info.
You could also trade the Amiibo cards you do have for Amiibo cards you don’t have that are villagers you want. Keep in mind there are villager cycling services that use Amiibo cards, if you’re more into getting a certain villager than you are into collecting.

For inviting an Amiibo that you summon to your town, you have to invite them to your campsite three times. This means that you will have to craft three specific items for the villager and they won’t ask you to move in until after you have given them that third item you crafted for them.

The cool thing with Amiibos is that you can choose which villager moves out in place of your summoned Amiibo. The villager that gets kicked out immediately gets put into boxes, meaning they will be packed the second you choose to replace them.
 
Do umbrellas show up in dream address? I know they didn’t in new leaf, so I would like to know if they do in new horizons. Can anyone upload a dream holding an umbrella?
 
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