The Resetting Thread

[neverqueen]

i am a chronic restarter; i do this with literally any game i've ever picked up. couldn't tell you why, it's just an impulse i guess. :v

by some miracle i've only ever done it once with NH, and that mostly came down to realizing i wanted a different island name and a different plaza location. instead i've moved on to half-way building up my island and then flattening it to nothing to start again.

i think my advice to people who are considering starting over is that they do a tear-down first instead of resetting, that way you keep all your bells, DIYs, villagers, and museum collections, etc, but also a (relatively) clean slate to work with.

 

[Shawna]

I don't recommend restarting NH personally- many people do it due to burn out, but we still have plenty more future events to tide us over. And what do you even do once you've reset? Just the same thing all over again till the inevitable burnout?

I did reset my NL town, but that was after 3 years, and not because of burnout or nothing to do. I reset because
A: I was having reoccurring nightmares about the corruption of my save file, and i couldn't be dealing with those.
B: In NL, Tom Nook would pay you to reset (i got 23,000,000 bells for my new save files bank acc) and I got to carry over my catalogued items.
C: I made sure to give my most valuable items to my mate to hold onto and give to my new character, including the souvenir clock I got on the 3 year anniversary of me being mayor.

So yeah, unless your Island is negatively impacting your mental health, I'd keep it, especially with all the future events. It's also nice to look back on your island once years have gone by.

I reset my first island (March 20th - November 15th) because it had been neglected for a while, and because I messed up with terraforming. Hopefully the latter won't happen again.

I am gonna TRY my best to make this my permanent island. (well, at least keep it for a looooooooong while)

 

[Heemi]

OK, so. I have 2 switches, and I'm thinking of restarting one village I'm not super happy with...the only issue is, it has Raymond on it.

Is it worth it to get Raymond over to my second island via TTing and Amiibos or should I just wait for the inevitable Raymond Amiibo?

 

[Shawna]

OK, so. I have 2 switches, and I'm thinking of restarting one village I'm not super happy with...the only issue is, it has Raymond on it.

Is it worth it to get Raymond over to my second island via TTing and Amiibos or should I just wait for the inevitable Raymond Amiibo?

I'd say just try to get Raymond on your new island with some TTing. It could be a long while until we get Amiibos for the new characters.

 

[Heemi]

I'd say just try to get Raymond on your new island with some TTing. It could be a long while until we get Amiibos for the new characters.

I'm still not entirely sure I want Raymond though...decisions, decisions...

 

[anotherwoodenidea]

Does anyone else wish you could just clear out all of your villagers? I loved travelling and deciding who to recruit, but I’ve had my current set for months and I’d quite like to just evict all of them and start again!

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

Super-duper tempted to reset, now...there’s just some permanent features on my current one that I really can’t gel with. I’m not sure if I should wait until after toy day or something.

 

[saucySheep]

Super-duper tempted to reset, now...there’s just some permanent features on my current one that I really can’t gel with. I’m not sure if I should wait until after toy day or something.

mmmmm not worth waiting. i waited to start my island until after halloween and it just made me feel restless and discontent with my island. if you really wanna reset then there's no problem doing it now (unless you want a lot of villagers on toy day/upgraded nooks cranny for the toyday stuff)

 

[Romaki]

Super-duper tempted to reset, now...there’s just some permanent features on my current one that I really can’t gel with. I’m not sure if I should wait until after toy day or something.

Do whatever feels right for you. You can also change the date on your console and play multiple days at once if that's something that interests you. Like start it on a significant date or just the day you got it (though the latter required a lot of play if you want to cover every event etc). I just restarted with what will hopefully be my last island and I started on the day I got it, but I also know that I have the entire month to just play AC and chill. It does get tedious after a while, I wouldn't recommend more than 100 days unless you're super motivated.

It's up to you. The tutorial can take up to two weeks, so by Toyday you'd have customization and at least 3 villagers you couldn't choose.

 

[avieators]

h guess who just restarted her island its ya girl,,,i PROMISED myself i wasnt gonna do this but i made a fatal mistake and that was flattening my island (three times) so nothing looked natural and i was just miserable with it so!!! to the depths with it and me. looking for a new map now,,,would like a long pier + cool peninsula and a blue or orange airport update: interesting map found and KATT IS HERE,,,problem #1 yellow airport ew,,,
update #2: the airport isnt THAT bad honestly,,,native fruit is apples and native flower is ROSES,,,the only problem is i cant get a look at the pier or peninsula w/o the vaulting pole

 

[AlyssaAC]

Reset my island and Switch again today. Something about double south river layouts just doesn’t work very well. I felt so limited on space. I decided to try resetting for my ideal island again to see if I can find it. Been resetting for the last hour. I’m thinking this might take awhile. xD

All this resetting and I can’t find it. Feels like resetting for my one town I loved so much in New Leaf all over again... >.>

Edit: Found it, and it’s got everything I like.

 

[avieators]

so i did not end up taking that first map bc This Is How It Goes, found one w a v cute round peninsula, apples and an orange airport,,,native flower is pansies which is my least favorite but it Doesnt Really Matter I Guess. neighbors are rancid but that can be fixed. interesting cliffs too!

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honestly half of the reason i deleted my first island was the terraforming issue but,,,the other half was that at and around launch i played on that island with a bunch of ppl that ended up being really awful and i would think about them every time i played and how cruel they ended up being,,,idk i think thats a valid reason for deleting?? like there was no way i could fix that (i couldnt really even fix the terraforming lol dont be like me and flatten ur whole island kids)

 

[AlyssaAC]

I reset again... I really don’t like resetting for things to get it perfect. I just want to have fun, so tomorrow I’m gonna try again, but this time, no resetting for perfection. I really, really need to get out of this habit... It’s just not healthy for me... I’m just gonna play in my own way at my own pace and not rush this time, so no time traveling for me too. I’m also gonna use my first island name that I had back in March, so yeah. Hopefully I can break this cursive habit!

 

[jiny]

i have such a huge urge to reset my island because of my island name i dont like it at all but ive made so much progress and i have almost all my dream villagers ;-; i dont have a problem w my items & bells bc i can just drop them at my boyfriend's island .. i might just buy like a few villagers and let randoms move in i just wanna reset bc of my island name LOL idek why i chose it ;(

 

[Eureka]

i have such a huge urge to reset my island because of my island name i dont like it at all but ive made so much progress and i have almost all my dream villagers ;-; i dont have a problem w my items & bells bc i can just drop them at my boyfriend's island .. i might just buy like a few villagers and let randoms move in i just wanna reset bc of my island name LOL idek why i chose it ;(

If you really dislike your island name that much then go for it! You can always get your dreamies again. It can be pretty fun to let random villagers move in first just to see what you get.

 

[jiny]

If you really dislike your island name that much then go for it! You can always get your dreamies again. It can be pretty fun to let random villagers move in first just to see what you get.

yeah i just dropped off my valuable items and stuff i wanna keep at my bf's island im gonna reset in the morning!!

 

[beemayor]

i haven’t been on here in a while but i’ve been looking at this particular board to ease some anxiety about resetting. i got new horizons on release day and within a week i had reset because i time traveled and was way ahead of my friends that i was playing with at the time.

then i reset a couple more times for various silly reasons. now my island doesn’t exist because i reset months ago and never found the drive to hunt for a good map. now i want to play new horizons but i don’t have the energy to get through the tutorial

 

[Raven_]

i haven’t been on here in a while but i’ve been looking at this particular board to ease some anxiety about resetting. i got new horizons on release day and within a week i had reset because i time traveled and was way ahead of my friends that i was playing with at the time.

then i reset a couple more times for various silly reasons. now my island doesn’t exist because i reset months ago and never found the drive to hunt for a good map. now i want to play new horizons but i don’t have the energy to get through the tutorial

Hi, I have resetted my island two times and I am planning on resetting it for the third time this week. While going through the entire tutorial again will be a pain you can also speed it up a little bit by time travelling. You already resetted your island multiple times so there's nothing wrong with speeding it up a little bit this time.

Maybe these "tips" will help you a little bit:

- Before you start your new island, lay out different island names and themes. If you can't decide for a theme/name, maybe you can combine some themes or even names instead and make it work which makes it more likely that you will be happy with your island in the long run.

- Keep in mind that even if you are unhappy with something regarding the map only a few features are permanent like the secret beach for example. You can always change everything else up and ask your friends for help if it gets too much.
- If you ever think about resetting your game again, don't start the game up for a few days and really think about whether it's a permanent feature that bothers you or something you could change up (with time)

- If you are looking for inspiration regarding on what you want to build I would recommend watching youtube speed build videos instead of just looking at pictures on pinterest. It makes the whole process of building something less intimidating in my opinion

This got kinda long but hopefully it helped you a little I know that it can suck a lot to feel like this

 

[jiny]

i just reset my island, currently looking for a map right now Dx
i really want peaches as my native fruit, i had oranges in my previous island and i hated it lol
the airport color doesnt really matter to me .. i just hope i get decent starting villagers too
i want a long dock,, and a decently sized peninsula since i just realized what it is and i actually wanna try designing it
secret beach placement doesnt really matter to me either since i most likely wont end up using it ;0
heres to hoping i just get peaches as a native fruit while having a map i actually want

 

[kittensure]

I reset a couple weeks ago and everything’s perfect. My layout, my fruit, my airport color is all just how I wanted it. I always felt like I needed to reset but I put it off because I thought my day 1 island would grow on me. Actually I reset twice for my day 1 but in March so it wasn’t a big deal. My latest one I made in November is perfect. BUT what’s bothering me is my registration date says "November 22nd" I feel badly about it because I pre ordered this game and I feel like I should get to have it say "March 20th" and it just irks me so much. Do you think I should reset AGAIN but push my date back. I don’t know. I didn’t do it because it didn’t feel authentic at the time but now I regret that choice because I’ve been playing since release date. Help? Anyone have any advice as to what I should do? I really love the island but the date gets to me.