The ACNH Rant Thread

[-Lumi-]

100% Agree
Also diagonal paths to bridges

Yes! I was super excited when I got my bridge placed diagonally after a lot of trial and error with fixing my river - only to realize paths wouldn’t line up with it. So it just has no paths connected and I’ve had to be okay with it. :’)

I had a cute idea for my island and I went to to place one of the kids tents and I’m super bummed that it can’t be diagonal! It’s not the end of the world but it would look a lot better if it was diagonal.

Also the placement of chairs really throws me off, too. I have to have chairs so far back from what they’re meant to be in front of if I ever want to sit in them! With benches/stools (anything backless) it’s not so bad because I can sit on it backwards and turn my character around but it really bothers me with the chairs.

 

[Moritz]

Yes! I was super excited when I got my bridge placed diagonally after a lot of trial and error with fixing my river - only to realize paths wouldn’t line up with it. So it just has no paths connected and I’ve had to be okay with it. :’)

I had a cute idea for my island and I went to to place one of the kids tents and I’m super bummed that it can’t be diagonal! It’s not the end of the world but it would look a lot better if it was diagonal.

Also the placement of chairs really throws me off, too. I have to have chairs so far back from what they’re meant to be in front of if I ever want to sit in them! With benches/stools (anything backless) it’s not so bad because I can sit on it backwards and turn my character around but it really bothers me with the chairs.

You really would think since the let us put bridges at angles they would let us make paths to them
It seems so obvious

 

[-Blue-]

100% Agree
Also diagonal paths to bridges

It'd be nice to be able to rotate furniture pieces outside that are on top of things like tables for example. It feels like an overlooked thing when we can do it inside houses easily.

 

[your local goomy]

• Seriously, Isabelle's entire existence. Please, just shut up. My hand cramps from button mashing.
• No Gracie. Please, give me my queen. I want her to spit on me and force me to wash her car again. Devs please I just want Gracie back
• Like, I love Flick and C.J. and all, but as mentioned earlier in this thread, they purposefully replaced Nat and Chip to be more marketable. And I really don't like all of the "partner" nonsense. Just put it one way or the other, devs. Are they together or not? I personally see them as just friends, mainly because pairing a chameleon and a beaver is just...strange to me. But seriously, I wish they'd bring Chip and Nat back. Especially my man Nat. If they made a plush of him, I'd buy that son of a bee sting in a heartbeat.
• Of course, the lack of furniture. Like a lot of others, I'm mourning over the loss of the Rococo set and like all of the GracieGrace sets, but some others I miss are the Alpine, Sloppy, and Pavé sets.
• I also miss the old Bug-off or Fishing Tourneys. Seriously, bring my old men and their tacky furniture back! C.J. and Flick can still show up and buy stuff from you, just have the oldies host the contests!
• The bigger fish being thrown in plastic tubs. This kinda relates to all fish, I hate how cramped they look in there and hate displaying them because of that It's a shame because I wanted to make an aquarium room but it just seems cruel. I also can't gift my villagers funky fish like sharks without feeling bad.
• Crafting is honestly driving me insane. Now I'm at the point where if I hear that a game has crafting in it I audibly sigh and die a little on the inside.

 

[DaviddivaD]

I gotta laugh when I catch my cranky villager, Fang, inside Nook's Cranny and he marvels at how big the store is. Seriously? There are three items in front of you, an item to your side depending on season and the cabinet. It's the opposite of big, dude. Is there a section that the Nooklings have in secret? A no humans allowed area perhaps?

 

[your local goomy]

Just thought of a few other things last night lol

• I guess this isn't particularly with AC and more with games in general, but I don't care much for the switch to gender-neutral characters. I understand why it's implemented and not saying it should be removed, but I just wish there was a way to choose. I don't care to be referred to as they/them, though it rarely happens. It just makes the villagers seem distant since the dialogue tries to avoid pronounces as much as possible.
• Gullivarr's addition to the game. Gulliver already annoys me, but now we have another one to waste a visitor day when I could be getting someone more important. I really wish they made the pirate stuff a Pascal thing, kinda like they did in NL. INstead of getting a beloved NPC *cough* gracie *cough* back, we get what is basically a reskin. Dang it, I just want to shoot Gulliver's UFO down again.
• Like others said, the lack of new villagers, but also, I think it would have been a great idea to ring back some other beloved ones that were scrapped. And by this, I'm practically begging them to bring back Aziz and Tarou, they would make me want to tolerate the jock personality SO MUCH MORE. Like, not to involve myself in the Raymond Wars, but I'm fairly certain that some returning villagers would have the same demand as Raymond does, especially from people who had them in the original games and miss them.

 

[Starboard]

I got color locked into the worst colors in this game. I really hate the color locking, I really do. Even if you do have a subscription, it is tedious to find someone with the colors you actually want when you should be able to just customize the item.

My island doesn't even have a theme so I can honestly care less about colors but I'm angry on other people's behalf. I can make any color in this game work in my favor and if not, I just won't use the item, but people who have a theme for their island are being screwed over royally with this feature.

I'm also annoyed because this is obviously a way to force NSO on people and I've always hated those slimy practices. I understand Nintendo is a company but they don't have to be slimy and color locking stuff to force online trading (that you have to pay for) is slimy.

I wish more people would say this so Nintendo would feel pressured to change something! I'm surprised not that many people are vocally annoyed at all the trading (and paying) we have to do just to get the colours we need. Because to me it screams "taking advantage of desperate players for extra bucks" and it's just gross.

 

[Croconaw]

I really want diagonal paths to bridges! Or smoother diagonal paths in general.

 

[azurill]

I wish more people would say this so Nintendo would feel pressured to change something! I'm surprised not that many people are vocally annoyed at all the trading (and paying) we have to do just to get the colours we need. Because to me it screams "taking advantage of desperate players for extra bucks" and it's just gross.

My guess is most people like myself don’t think Nintendo will change their mind. I get they want people to get the Nintendo Subscription but color locking still doesn’t make sense since people would have traded without it. There is more to trade then just furniture. If they really want more people to get the subscription I think adding in tortimers island and mini games would get more people interested.

 

[JKDOS]

I wish more people would say this so Nintendo would feel pressured to change something! I'm surprised not that many people are vocally annoyed at all the trading (and paying) we have to do just to get the colours we need. Because to me it screams "taking advantage of desperate players for extra bucks" and it's just gross.

I was just thinking the other day, wondering what Nintendo would do if we were more vocal and wrote up complaint Tweets and articles about this. I feel it's too late now though. This should have been addressed in March or April 2020. It would seem odd if people started to become vocal now. I have a very small amount of hope that if there is to be a new Nook's Cranny expansion some day, it would contain all the colors.

We have a customization mechanic, and yet, we can't even use it on furniture that have variations. Something's got to change.

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

I have no motivation to pay this game, it feels more like an obligation, and I find comfort in monotony. I'd be happy if they added the crappy balloon set from new leaf.

 

[Croconaw]

My guess is most people like myself don’t think Nintendo will change their mind. I get they want people to get the Nintendo Subscription but color locking still doesn’t make sense since people would have traded without it. There is more to trade then just furniture. If they really want more people to get the subscription I think adding in tortimers island and mini games would get more people interested.

I would’ve been more inclined to get the subscription if Tortimer’s Island were added. I loved that feature, and I’m not sure why they got rid of it. There weren’t any real problems with it aside from the occasional troll or two.

 

[kayleee]

Terraforming is very tedious, I am redoing my island and it takes FOREVER to terraform

 

[Lullabynny]

I miss the cozy small town feel of the last games. I still play New Leaf and I adore it, it feels like an actual quiet port village that I's honestly have no problem living in.

This deserted island just feels...bland. It feels like it's trying to appeal to a more modern demographic especially with all the villagers out with their smartphones all the time and talking about popular online trends and all these apps and eugh.

Call me a gatekeeper or whatever I just havent liked this push Animal Crossing has been going to appeal to a more "general" demographic. The decorating and character interaction is about as deep as a mobile game, which I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they were trying to emulate. (i.e. the above "general" demographic) I know it started in New Leaf but it got 10x worse in Horozions.

 

[JKDOS]

I miss the cozy small town feel of the last games. I still play New Leaf and I adore it, it feels like an actual quiet port village that I's honestly have no problem living in.

This deserted island just feels...bland.

I have the same feeling The best way I can describe it is: living in a house will walls vs living in a house without walls. One is more cozy than the other.

That and the fact that a deserted island doesn't leave much possibility open. I'd love Club LOL, but Club LOL doesn't sound like something that belongs on a deserted island. And since K.K. would perform there 7 days a week, it's like K.K. basically lives on your island. New Leaf's Main Street being a stop along a train route just fits better for that kind of thing.

 

[VanitasFan26]

I told myself I wasn't going to post here, but I have to express this. Since I've had the second island I've been restarting constantly trying to get different furniture variants. I've realized that this is such a pain to do, because I've been trying to get cute blue variants of the cute furniture. The 1st restart I got Red, the 2nd one I got Yellow, and now the 3rd one I got the white variant. I mean seriously what in the world?

Furniture items should never be color locked. You be better off just trading to get these furniture variants. I know you can get them from Shaking Trees, Wisp, and Redd, but its RNG. I had to say this because this has been driving me nuts!

 

[Flicky]

This deserted island just feels...bland. It feels like it's trying to appeal to a more modern demographic especially with all the villagers out with their smartphones all the time and talking about popular online trends and all these apps and eugh.

Yeah, it seems to be a trend lately - games that are designed to be a 'getaway from the world' shoehorning modern technology into them (even when they don't need it at all). Kingdom Hearts III was so jarring with the instagram loading screens and inclusion of a smartphone (really? All that magic and we get a crummy phone from this world? Why not a holographic phone from the future? Use your imagination already!).

I've always hated it, I just want an escape from modern life, but they're getting harder to find it would seem...

 

[VanitasFan26]

You know there is another thing that bothers me. We have diagonal bridges, but why can't we build diagonal inclines? You can use the ladder to climb up diagonal cliffs thats no big deal, but seriously we should be able to make diagonal inclines. I am saying this because I made a well developed diagonal cliff on my island and yet I cannot put an incline because it only goes Up, Right, Left, and Down. No way of making it go diagonal.

 

[Croconaw]

Personalities shouldn’t be gender locked. It would be cool to have female jocks or males that are peppy. It’s not obscure for a female to be interested in sports.

 

[Lt.Savior]

I'm starting to get really impatient. I know Nintendo said some time ago they had something big still in store for ACNH. I think it was 2 months ago. But where is it? Sorry just had to rant a bit...