Nintendo is being too slow on the updates (Real Talk)

[VanitasFan26]

You say people last year "didn't speculate too much" and I'm struggling to see how you reached that conclusion. Ever since April, people were repeating the same things over and over again, because "the datamine" said so, because of course that NPC has to be added, because etc. Like, some content creators on YouTube "speculate" on the return of Brewster like every two weeks since the game was released. Too many articles about the game talk about the new things but always include an addendum about "what x thing is not".

Thats kinda strange considering that last year in May I remember we got the May Day event and I remember many people actually enjoying it so I didn't hear much complaints about Brewster not appearing. Maybe I didn't see it elsewhere, but at the time people were still enjoying the game. Also for the Datamines I feel like sometimes it can be used the wrong way. When you mentioned YouTube there is an issue there.

Sometimes people will speculate that whatever is in the datamine will come to game. However, that could me just be unused coding or features meaning to say that it was supposed to be added in the game but it was left out. Its this thing with most other games when it comes out complete there are people out there who look through the games files just to see what was left out and what it could've been if it was added in. That doesn't mean to say that it will be back though so I can see why some people thinking it would come back would be wrong.

Also I do agree with your point about too many articles about the game thinking that there is something coming but its not really since its a rumor. Rumors tend to be untrustworthy. Sometimes they are right and other times they are wrong for the most part.

 

[Moritz]

Well that's controversial considering that the online in New Horizons is not really that good. When a game has an online but it lacks a lot of modes it just makes you wonder "well is there a point to having a subscription just to visit someone's island" All you do is just shop on their island, and sure you can interact with their villagers, and of course have a fun time hanging out.

Since the dream suite came out last year I seen people say "well if I have the Dream Suite what is the point of me visiting islands?" since then many people didn't want to come to others islands, because of how long the load times are when visiting islands. I get that there is a saying when the online doesn't really offer much. Its like the Single Player has more for the player to do, but the online really lacks in that department.

Me personally I really find myself using the dream suite more often than visiting other people's islands using Dodo Airlines. Then again there are some questionable decision when the game feels like you need to have an online subscription just to do certain things like get a code for a Custom design slot or just basically trying to send a gift to your friend. Its a hot topic so yeah.

I can see why some might not want a subscription to nintendo online and not think it adds much value for them.

But to me, online or not, it's not a subscription based game. You can very easily play without online, on my second switch I dont have online and am doing just fine.

The online service is a nintendo thing and not an animal crossing thing so I don't personally think they go together for this particular discussion.

 

[Mr.Fox]

EDIT:
Some datamining news that could interest others...

In the datamine, there are indications that villagers can wear wetsuits, hospital and school clothes automatically. But there are currently no situations that triggers it. Just think: villagers wearing raincoats automatically when it rains, or changing to workout clothes when exercising.

Previously, it was hinted that Lottie might return, so it might be related.

This blew my mind lol
The villagers wearing wetsuits...or even being in the ocean swimming around...can't wrap my brain around that.

 

[Rosch]

This blew my mind lol
The villagers wearing wetsuits...or even being in the ocean swimming around...can't wrap my brain around that.

Interestingly, these were recently added in v1.9.0.

 

[a potato]

The game is just over a year old, and it continues to sell well. There’s no need for a major update right now. As someone else pointed out, the Welcome amiibo update didn’t come to NL until a few years after release.

 

[King koopa]

This is a bit negative, so to prevent the thread from turning into a war, I hid the text.
I'm on both sides. I don't hate new horizons, but I do agree it's lacking. Like someone on the thread said, new leaf had 5 shops from the start, then you get more as you progress. Many people (not just here) have been saying that there should be more shops. And I'm one of those people. Although I think more shops should be added, it should have it's limits. And same with the #bringmorefurniturefromnewleafintonewhorizions people. Now, I say this with love, you can't just add everythingback from new leaf. I mean, some people might love it, but the game would just turn into new leaf part 2. What I'm saying is, every animal crossing game has something special. Acpg was a great start to the series and introduced villagers who would later become staples of the series like Goldie, and Bob. Wild world was also a special game because of the episodes that go back into some characters pasts like tom nook. City folk added the city, and also introduced new characters like dr. shrunk. New leaf really was a step in the right direction imo. Not only did it make you mayor, but there's lots of shops, and more to explore.
Main point: So, Nintendo may be being slow with the updates, but eventually they will add something worthwhile and something new. I honestly don't mind if Nintendo starts adding new leaf furniture back, but what they shouldn't do is add everything back, because it becomes less of it's own game.
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[psiJordan]

I mean it is entirely possible that they aren’t giving us a look of what’s coming in updates in the future because... there isn’t a lot coming. “Updates through the next 2 years” could be just special or miscellaneous items unfortunately.

I think they’re slowing down and drifting away from monthly/seasonal updates into just little things

 

[Marshmallows]

I don't think the updates are that slow... the fact we get regular updates at all is pretty nice, actually. And this month has been very generous with the Mario items, Sanrio, and the custom designs.

Some of the past updates could have been better. A lot tend to be very event focused, which is fun for a week or so but the items are very thematic and you're left with not much to do until the next event. More quality of life changes or new long-term items and things to do would be welcome. For instance, the Halloween event was great... loved the pumpkins and atmosphere... but it would have been nice to get a gothic or baroque furniture set and a wrought iron fence without pumpkins. We did get new face and eye colors which was great, but they aren't very versatile, either. Growing pumpkins was fun, but nothing else came of it. I was hoping we'd be able to grow more things.

Going forward I'm just hoping for more items, some QoL improvements, and maybe some more things to do, like the cafe, being able to decorate villager homes, or go to a new Tortimer island. I'm hopeful they have good things in store.

 

[peachycrossing9]

I'm actually perfectly fine with how the updates are coming out. I don't really want everything coming too quickly. It gives me something to look forward too every couple of months. But I can see why that might be a problem for people who are getting burnt out.
Although some of the updates were a little lack-luster, I still think they are coming out at a good pace. I'm just really hopeful for some more items in future updates. I think everyone is.

I also agree that the speculations are annoying. It gets everybody's hopes up too much, and then people are just disappointed when they don't see that particular thing in the update.

I'm honestly on the side of I'm pretty over seeing these threads about what is wrong with the game, because we all know what the issues are at this point. Is there really any need to keep making threads about it? I don't think Nintendo is ever going to be able to please everyone. There is always going to be something wrong or something missing from the game for people. It's like people can't just enjoy something anymore. Sorry if what I'm saying upsets you but it's what I think.

Like I have said many times before, but I guess I will say it again- I love New Horizons, and though it lacks some things, it's a great game overall and has helped me through a lot of things since it came out last year. I'm not going to speak about what I think is wrong with the game or the updates, because everyone knows at this point, and it's just dragging it out.

I swear if I see another thread like this, imma scream.

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It's also worth noting that while it seems like Nintendo doesn't hear us, they do. They gave more storage, they gave us more slots they even fixed Bunny Day when the game first came out last year. So, while it feels like Nintendo isn't hearing us, they are they're simply working on their time not our time.

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I mean hell they may have done a crappy job of it but, they brought back the Saniro update. Nintendo is trying their best during a time of a pandemic. Please remember this guys.

omg yes. People think Nintendo don't actually listen to what their customers want, but they do. I guess people should try having some patience.

 

[jasa11]

Im gonna be real short on the updates we been getting these past months.

April fools day event has its own special character just like toy day, halloween..etc
The event itself is super fun and it gives great rewards based on new leafs version.

What did new horizons get? A stupid a** whoopie cushion. That itself SAYS enough about the quality of these updates.

 

[Cosmic-chan]

omg yes. People think Nintendo don't actually listen to what their customers want, but they do. I guess people should try having some patience.

I try to look at from Nintendo's perspective. They're a huge company that just work only on ACNH. The fact the game is finished should be a clue that they probably won't focus on it as much as new stuff like Splatoon 3 however, that doesn't mean Nintendo doesn't note things. They do and they'll get to them when they can. It's like being a teacher in a class of 200 students and at least 100 of them raise their hands, yes the teacher sees all of them but, they can only get to one person at a time and everyone needs to be patient. Nintendo does hear us, they do take note and while yes not everything they do is perfect, for the most part they do try to take care of their customers. Nintendo is made up of humans. Humans can only work so fast and will make mistakes. People need to be patient and wait.

 

[Xara]

i’m a bit divided on this myself. on one hand, i’d probably become overwhelmed if they were rolling out updates at say,, pocket camp speed but on the other hand, i’m always interested in new content and find that i’m becoming burnt out a lot easier since i only have about the same tasks to do each day which becomes boring after a while. i don’t have much of an opinion on how fast updates should be dropped but i definitely would’ve loved a sneak peek of things that are to come sometime this year.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

Personally I am fine with the pace of the updates. It's nice that they are continually adding to the game, even a year after it has come out. I think people just gotta be patient. I'd rather slow updates than tons of buggy, rushed updates.

 

[pocky]

This attitude is pretty common with any game that has a big following. You got a lot of people that will complain and a bunch more that will defend the game no matter what.

Personally there is still a lot of content that I wish would get added. Maybe not so much "content" but items. Looking back at my New Leaf houses it feels like I was able to get a lot more creative whereas with New Horizons I'm extremely limited with what I can do. Other than that New Horizons has almost everything else that I want, except maybe perfect fruit and certain NPCs I doubt at this point will ever make a proper comeback.

 

[Bunnii]

I miss a lot of things, like I thought we would have Brewster and maybe even Tortimer Island or something by now ;-; And I do lowkey kinda wish it was like Pocket Camp with the amount of events and items. I did stop playing this game for a while. I feel like with more frequent updates, they would keep more players interested. But thats okay I guess, I don't want to complain, I do love the game regardless

 

[BluebearL]

I don't think they're slow with the updates per say, I think we're expecting them too fast. I've said in another thread I made when the game came out and people were on lockdown, all we did was play the game, whereas with previous games we had real life as well, like school, work, etc. But since we had all that free time, we've 'consumed' all the content the game has to offer, whether you're playing at a slow pace or not, on the whole people have just poured hours and hours into the game, myself included.

I don't know what Nintendo plans for the future updates for the game, none of us do really, we can speculate, which ends up getting people's hopes up and then dashed when it doesn't happen, or we can just wait and see what comes. It'd be great if we saw series classics like Brewster back or Cooper and Booker in some role, but Nintendo has always marched to the beat of its own drum, and puts things out when they're ready to. For example, the game itself was pushed back to 20th March 2020 after being billed for a late 2019 release.

Patience and not getting too caught up in what we want I think is the key going forward. I hope that since things are getting somewhat back to 'normal' (let's face it, we'll never be 100% normal again, whatever normal was), but AC should take a back seat in people's lives, like the previous games did, as we all get back to real life. Once that happens, the updates won't seem as slow.

100% agree with this. There has been very little lockdown where I am so I have not had much time at all to play ACNH. As such, I haven't grown bored of the game and have missed some of the events/updates due to time. I can hardly keep up! I think that we are lucky to be getting updates with new and exciting features as often and as frequently as we are. Yes, I would love to see Brewster but I am sure he will come with time. This game has brought a lot of new features to the franchise, let's not forget that and make the best of them rather than looking for what is not there.

All of this being said, I am not looking to invalidate the way that others are feeling. It has been a tough year and we love this series so wanting Nintendo to put some of the beloved features back in soon is perfectly understandable.

 

[FaerieRose]

And I do lowkey kinda wish it was like Pocket Camp with the amount of events and items.

Mobile games take less time to develop items for. And wouldn’t want New Horizons to turn into a microtransaction mess like Pocket Camp.

 

[buny]

As a person who is busy doing other things and playing other games now (as opposed to how it was for me last year, when i pretty much played the game all day), I really don't think the updates are slow. My problem is that they're focusing so much on adding new items, which are welcome of course, but I'd love for them to do an update that adds some more things that aren't focused on the collecting part of the game, which along with decorating seems to be the prominent feature of ACNH. I want more interactions with my villagers, I want more dialogue, more things to unlock that aren't just items. A building upgrade, a new NPC, a little story, anything. Unlock the Tortimer island or Brewster. I want more things to do other than decorate and collect items. Also, unrelated, but i miss Katie :c

 

[Pintuition]

I think recently they've been doing a way better job pushing out new updates than previously. Earlier last year we'd go months with no new content. As others said, it is important to note they may be having issues related to the pandemic which may prevent some updates being released as quickly as they would like.

Recently we had the Festivale Update, Mario Update, and the Sanrio update all within the last month or so. I'd definitely say that's an improvement. At least people are talking about the game again and the updates have generated some level of excitement. In the past I've been displeased with the time it took to get updates but if they keep going on their current path I think they're headed in a better direction. No matter when it comes, I'm excited to see what's on the horizon for the next update!

 

[Corrie]

I think the update style itself is ok, but the issue is that the base game has very limited content milestones. In NL you had way more shops to unlock, more furniture, all events at base. That's why there are more complaints. The updates like the Redd+Leif or Diving ones were received really well, and I think if the event updates all included new features (Like the recent design changes) it's a lot better for game longevity.

This is my problem with the game too. The game was missing a lot upon launch and in my personal opinion, the game was sold as unfinished which it shouldn't have been. It was like they were halfway done and just shoved it out anyway. I think that's why everyone's complaining.