IDK if anyone has already said this.
Next time, Nintendo needs to release the whole game at once. I play my games in bursts, basically, and then I move on to a new one. FoMT came out this week, and I can already tell I'm probably pretty done with Animal Crossing at this point. That SUCKS because I know I am going to basically miss out on a ton of game content if I don't check back in frequently with a game I'm basically already checked out of. I came to see the new diving update and played for a day. Then I checked out again. I'm not really upset at the game the way it came out, but I would have preferred if all the new stuff coming- brewster, the dream suites, etc.- the goals that you keep playing to attain, were in the base game. I'd probably still be playing it if I felt I still had things to work towards. But my island has been as "upgraded" as it can be- 5 stars, looks the way I want, most villagers I want, finished parts of museum for the seasons we were in while the game's been out- for a while. I need milestones to continue to play a game like this & without them, the game loses its luster. I feel like I sort of don't care about the new content now- like I'll come to collect it & dump it somewhere on the island, but I'm not really sure it's going to actually equate to more play time from me, given that I'll already be out of the rhythm of AC & into the rhythm of a new game.
I'm not angry about it- I think the 200+ hours of AC that I've played is more than a testament to the game's quality, but I know that could have been so much more, probably more then the amount of hours I sank into ACNL if the full game was released on launch. I know why they couldn't delay the game further, and I appreciate what we got. I still wish this game came with the robustness I've come to expect out of Animal Crossing.