Perfect Snowman criteria is annoying

[Vsmith]

I also have been struggling with making the snow boys. It's very frustrating and I had to put the switch down and leave the room a couple of times. Yet when my husband says "hey let me try", he gets the perfect snow boy on the first try!! Also I get frustrated at accidentally destroying the snowball when kicking it into something. rant is over... practice makes perfect snow boys I guess, lol!!

 

[coffeedrinker]

This has happened to me a few times, and I think the problem is I was trying to form it too close to other furniture/trees.

Thank you! That makes sense, because I have been trying to move them out of the way and I am probably trying to build them too close to trees.

 

[coffeedrinker]

I just made a snowboy easily and I think my main mistake has been placing them too close to trees. I had been trying to keep them out of the way and also allow space to make more the next day, since I only have 2 open areas where it is possible to make them. Lesson learned! Thanks everyone for the help.

 

[Foreverfox]

Me rolling my snowball: *roll, roll, roll, roll, piff*
*Snowball hits destination signpost*
Me: gahh...
*closes game without saving*

 

[Blood Eclipse]

Sometimes this happens to me, but for the most part, I find it easy to create snowmen. I don't know, I just take an estimated measurement and it usually works.

I saw this on reddit not too long ago, so it might help

I haven't tested the method myself yet though.

 

[Galaxite]

Sometimes this happens to me, but for the most part, I find it easy to create snowmen. I don't know, I just take an estimated measurement, and it usually works.

I saw this on reddit not too long ago, so it might help
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I haven't tested the method myself yet though.

This works. I just did it today and it let me build the perfect snowboy.
I really really strongly suggest using this method. It helps so much.​

 

[Che5hire Cat]

I had yesterday the problem that I made a snowboy which look in my opinion "perfect", yet turned out to be not the case. I have the feeling as if it was kinda easier to make them back in New Leaf.

 

[Starboard]

This really is hard, twice I thought I had the head ball at the middle of my ear but both times it wasn't perfect. At least we have a long time to get the DIYs.

 

[GnarlyGarden]

Arg!!! I wish it said whether the head was too big or too small instead of just being the wrong proportion. Quitting without saving feels like a cheat to me, so I’ve got 4 imperfect snowmen.

 

[AssassinVicz]

I agree to some degree that it’s annoying.

There is some wiggle room I think, since there’s times when I feel like the head is too big/small but apparently it’s perfect.


The only issue I have with the snowboy is that it’s a lot of guess work and hoping your snowboy is correct. Since I can sometimes have it close to being perfect, but have one part be too small or too big. I can especially see the frustration this can cause since if it’s constant every single day, you’ll just not play it.

I really hoped that they had atleast some guide to it or had neighbours even mention the sizes. Since sure going onto sites which datamine the game ahead, so we know ahead of time is a nice thing. But I personally would enjoy going into the event and have the game clearly say ‘roll it this many times’ or ‘size to your earlobe’. Something like that, as there’s younger players who might not have the precise measurements the game wants.

But it’s just my opinion. It annoying but it you have plenty of time to catch up.

 

[daringred_]

guessing this is an unpopular opinion but it doesn't bother me whatsoever. i've managed to make a perfect snowboy each day so far just by eyeballing it. maybe i'm just lucky but if i'm really unsure about my sizes, i just whip out the camera app and scale them compared to my character. if anything, the snowballs only being able to spawn with at least x amount of space available (when that wasn't a thing in NL) bothers me.

 

[kayleee]

I’ve been using the method where you roll one snowball across 10 path tiles and it works like... 80% of the time. And I’ve noticed there are certain spots on my island where it NEVER works, even though I do it exactly the same every time. I like the idea of being rewarded for making the “perfect” snowman, but it’s way too strict, especially for a kids’ game in my opinion

 

[Corndoggy]

back when i was in winter (southern hemi) i gave up on perfect snowmans almost right away because it annoyed me, so i was just making ones i found cute for my own personal aesthetic. i think i missed out on majority of the winter diys but honestly at this point in the game its getting too hard to try and get every diy, ive missed a lot (mermaid, pirate stuff, all of cherry blossom, some of the mush and fall stuff, even one of the halloween ones (rip the fence). at this point, unless you are an avid diy and item completist, i recommend just having fun with it and create some whacky ones, im talking massive head tiny body.

 

[AlyssaAC]

I don’t remember the snowmen being this hard to make in past games, but I do agree, it’s very annoying with this whole “gotta be exact size” thing. The last couple of years I’ve been trying to aim for perfection in my games, but I quit that. Then I heard about this and I just rolled my eyes saying, “not again...”

 

[Sheydra]

Okay 2nd messed up snowman now getting annoyed.

 

[Feraligator]

guessing this is an unpopular opinion but it doesn't bother me whatsoever. i've managed to make a perfect snowboy each day so far just by eyeballing it. maybe i'm just lucky but if i'm really unsure about my sizes, i just whip out the camera app and scale them compared to my character. if anything, the snowballs only being able to spawn with at least x amount of space available (when that wasn't a thing in NL) bothers me.

lol this is also my experience

 

[JKDOS]

When I first tried the usual method of doing snowball sizes based on the players eyes/ears, I had to reset 4-5 times before I got it right, because the perspective can be hard to see, and also it changes easy with 1 step too low or 1 step too high.

The 10-tile thing also is not a very good method for me as it requires a lot of space in whichever part of the island your snowballs spawn. I don't have a lot of trees, but I have enough that 10x consecutive vertical or horizontal spaces in non-existent when counting in flowers, fences, and other objects along with trees.

I tried the 17/12 seconds method and it has worked flawlessly every time the last few days. Doing so is also a lot faster because you are not spending time making the largest snowball you can, which takes up to 40 seconds of rolling to make, or spending time terraforming and landscaping to open an area for 10x paths.

As a side note, I've tested the 17/12 method in both City Folk and New Leaf last night. In City Folk, the snowman came out perfect. In New Leaf, I ended up creating a perfect Snowwoman. I don't remember much about New Leaf's Snowfolk, but I'm guessing the smaller size is what lead to it being a snowwoman. It was perfect nonetheless. So the 17/12 method seems to be fantastic for getting proportions correct.

 

[JSS]

Easy way to remember:
Bottom half slightly smaller than the maximum size
Top half slightly smaller than the bottom half

I failed when trying to follow visual guides or "up to the players eyes/ears" tips, but haven't failed once keeping the above in mind.

 

[Angelbearpuppy]

I still struggle. It will look right when side by side then....nope 90 percent. But hey there is always tomorrow.

 

[meggiewes]

I feel like it is easier to build perfect snowmen when you don't try to follow a guide and just play. For the first two I tried hard to make them perfect and they were just nearly there. The past two days, I haven't tried as hard and just eyeballed it. I ended up with two perfect ones in a row.