I was going for like a medieval/celtic forest theme. I wanted my town to tell a story. I was going to have an enchanted/spooky forest where I'd have a witch character live. For this, I would need dead trees...but APPARENTLY perfect fruits aren't a thing anymore, and thus, no more dead trees. I also needed the perfect fruit trees (albeit not dead) for the "good" part of the enchanted forest where I was going to have a fairy character live. I was then going to have a knight character. And then finally, I was going to have a royal character (a king, queen, princess, or whatever) who was going to live in a castle. Huge problems with all of this...For one, while yes, house exteriors are customizable in this one, the customization options suck compared to New Leaf. There's not really any themes, like the castle theme I would need to use for the royal person's house. Also there is a severe lack of furniture to fit the theme for any of the characters' houses. There are other little things here and there, like the lack of bushes, and the fact that the theming is ruined by the presence of the shops in the middle of the town (instead of hidden away like they were on Main Street in New Leaf) that just makes it impossible.
Unfortunately, I've settled for a generic Japanese-looking village theme. Not that unique, but I'm just working with what I've been given.
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Alright! I'll be checking my Dm's
Ah that sounds so nice, I wish there were more items that you could use for that. Fingers crossed they add more stuff that could fit your original theme there are a few basic little things here and there that sort of remind me of that like the stone fence and some witchy furniture items but not really. I had totally forgotten about the lack of bushes, I hope Leif makes an appearance later on to sell those and more plant landscaping options but who knows..