Only triangle grass confirmed?

[Fey]

Right now I’m leaning toward it being removed, but I think it’s still possible we’ll see it on release.

It’s funny, I definitely prefer the triangles myself, and agree that there’s some relief in not even having to even consider resetting for it. However...it’s still nice to have varieties and options, especially for those who preferred the others. I’m hoping they’ll be there, despite the hassle that could mean for picking a map xD

 

[Khaelis]

Right now I’m leaning toward it being removed, but I think it’s still possible we’ll see it on release.

It’s funny, I definitely prefer the triangles myself, and agree that there’s some relief in not even having to even consider resetting for it. However...it’s still nice to have varieties and options, especially for those who preferred the others. I’m hoping they’ll be there, despite the hassle that could mean for picking a map xD

Would be rather odd for them to remove variance in grass texture since its literally just a texture file. The only coding that would go into it would be randomization of the texture upon creation of the island, unless they just wanted to go simple this time around in favour of so many new features.

 

[John Wick]

That's why I think it might be changeable with terraforming.

 

[Cheryll]

To be fair...it is the best looking one so they might want to share that. Just tbh

 

[Blood Eclipse]

Triangle grass changes to round in winter, round grass becomes stars:

Yet another piece of trivia that I either knew about before and forgot or I just now learned and will probably forget later.
Thanks. Now I know what grass I want in my town!

As for triangle patterns being the only option that will be available in New Horizons, I don't think that will be the case (or at least I'm hoping it won't be), since there have always been more than just one pattern of grass from the beginning and carried over from Animal Crossing game. I don't see why they'd remove it now, so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[mae.]

I saw circle snow grass in a trailer. See below.

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ooo good find..

but still i've never seen anything but triangle grass..
i thought i was wrong or just haven't seen anything else but.. i'm a little worried now

 

[mae.]

aaand.. more triangle grass in the new japanese tweet..

 

[Jas]

the triangle grass has always been my favourite but that star snow is ADORABLE

 

[Romaki]

It makes sense for triangle to become the default since that's all the Amiibo figures have too, but we definitely need the choice to change it later on either via terraforming or something else.

 

[visibleghost]

i hope we still have different grass shapes, it is a fun detail in my opinion.

 

[wrenbow]

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[jiojiop]

It makes sense they want to unify for one 'iconic' look. Plus, since everything is high resolution, each texture would take up more space to store, and each grass pattern requires 3 textures.

To me, it was an interesting feature but it didn't add much to the game for me. Now that we can terraform and make our own paths, I can customize my island to be truly unique and my own in much deeper ways than having a different grass pattern from my friend.

 

[Feraligator]

I hope circle grass is in the release, but it's looking like triangles only so far. If they removed the other shapes it's one less thing to reset for at least.

Edit: I saw someone say there's little squares and triangle patterns (not the rectangle brick pattern) on the back of the special edition Switch but I'm not sure if this little detail warrants anything.

 

[moon_child]

I'm honestly okay with anything but squares. But since New Horizons is now high res, who knows maybe the squares won't look as bad in this game. Ngl, I'll miss the star snow if they got rid of it.

 

[Fey]

I was never the biggest fan of the star snow, but I’d love if it at least came back for a seasonal event—say just for a week before and after Toy Day, or around the New Year. That’d be really cute and fitting for the occasion imo.