The Resetting Thread

[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. What are the chances I’ll get another island that’s perfect?

 

[AlyssaAC]

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.

If you love your island, then don’t reset. I just started my new island a couple of days ago and it says December 6th, even though I’ve had the game since March 25th, but I don’t let it bother me at all. If you have everything you need, then you probably shouldn’t let the date you started with bother you too.

 

[Eureka]

@kittensure I restarted my island on the 3rd of this month so that is my registration date. Try not to let it bother you! It's such an insignificant detail since time traveling is so common. For example, just because an island says it was registered in March doesn't mean the person has been playing since March. They could of just set the clock to that when they made their island. Also, many people don't even pay attention to passports. I know I don't pay much attention to mine other than changing the picture rarely or the title. You said yourself the new island is perfect, I wouldn't give that up for registration date change.

 

[Mikaiah]

I'm kind astuck on resetting because I'm not really sure if I want to do it or not... My town has been getting kind of stale, but I don't really have any ideas on decorating. The problem is, I have SO MANY fruits, DIYs, materials, etc. and don't have nintendo swtich online anymore so it'd be a true starting from zero.

Maybe I'll just tear everything down and rebuild it again. out of ideas on that front, I guess xD

 

[meggiewes]

Ugh. I still kinda want to reset for oranges like my first Oakheart because of the cute drink. I think I'm making a deal with myself to wait until next year and see if I still want to do it or if it is because my town is in flux right now.

 

[avieators]

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. What are the chances I’ll get another island that’s perfect?

ik this is kind of old but thought i'd offer my perspective, i reset recently myself but i really, really could not deal w starting in march and having to tt one day at a time back to the current date (ik i could just skip back to the current date but i Didnt Wanna) i also like the starting date being the game's launch date, so i had to make a compromise w myself: the start date for my new island was november 4th, my birthday! i got lucky deciding to restart within weeks of my birthday so i only have to catch up to december but i'm weirdly ok w the start date being my birthday. this really only works if u have a november birthday so probably entirely pointless for u but i know how resetting is so wanted to offer a little support and i like to ramble!

 

[mermaidshelf]

So I bought the game at launch but unfortunately, it was the start of the worst period of my job. I was going through a horrible time at work and it affected my personal life as well. Everyday I would bring work home and in my precious free time, I would sleep or zone out because I was so fried. I would get cheap, unhealthy take out and I gained about 10 lbs while feeling tired all the time and my apartment became a mess. I tried to enjoy the game but my time was so limited that I would just skip through dialog and I didn't really get a chance to connect with it. Eventually, it started to feel like work to play because I couldn't just play at my leisure like I did with New Leaf. I ended up not renewing my contract with work around the time COVID was really amping up. My job was in another country so I had to deal with a lot of bureaucracy and managing the logistics of moving back to the US. I had been thinking about resetting for a while. I wasn't happy with my layout (since I started at launch, I didn't really know what to look for in a map. We didn't know that Resident Services couldn't be moved and there were beach rocks with pools, etc). I felt sad that I rushed through everything and couldn't enjoy getting to know my villagers. I wouldn't be able to play for long stretches so I would miss out on events and new features. In the back of my mind, I knew I was going to reset after my stuff with my work was mostly resolved. I found a new job that starts in a few months and I was able to get most of the documents I needed for that job. So it was the perfect time to reset BUT I had worked so hard on my catalog and it was about 80% done. It felt like such a waste to abandon all that hard work so I transferred all my items to my brother's island so I could use the items I had to do touch trades and complete my catalog later. It took 3 full days to finally get a layout I was satisfied with. I'm a bit worried that we may get perfect fruit in the future because I think perfect apples are the best perfect fruit and I got peaches instead but even if I am stuck with perfect peaches, I'm satisfied enough with the other aspects of my island to be okay with it. Now I can play at my own pace and actually ENJOY playing, rather than feeling like it was another task I was falling behind.

 

[kittensure]

@kittensure I restarted my island on the 3rd of this month so that is my registration date. Try not to let it bother you! It's such an insignificant detail since time traveling is so common. For example, just because an island says it was registered in March doesn't mean the person has been playing since March. They could of just set the clock to that when they made their island. Also, many people don't even pay attention to passports. I know I don't pay much attention to mine other than changing the picture rarely or the title. You said yourself the new island is perfect, I wouldn't give that up for registration date change.

Yeah you’re right. I didn’t think of it that way. It’s just the perfectionist coming out in me. I’ll try to not let it bother me and just enjoy my fresh start. Thanks so much!

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ik this is kind of old but thought i'd offer my perspective, i reset recently myself but i really, really could not deal w starting in march and having to tt one day at a time back to the current date (ik i could just skip back to the current date but i Didnt Wanna) i also like the starting date being the game's launch date, so i had to make a compromise w myself: the start date for my new island was november 4th, my birthday! i got lucky deciding to restart within weeks of my birthday so i only have to catch up to december but i'm weirdly ok w the start date being my birthday. this really only works if u have a november birthday so probably entirely pointless for u but i know how resetting is so wanted to offer a little support and i like to ramble!

Thanks this did help. I feel the same way of not wanting to deal with tting all the way to December. I also wanted to be sorta authentic and not tt at all on my new island. (Nothing wrong with it just my personal preference of playing that I realized) I tt'ed a lot on my launch island trying to make it "perfect" and it kind of took the joy out of it for me in a way. The fact that my passport says the true date is nice but at the same time I’m just salty about it not being the launch date. But your right It really shouldn’t matter. There’s so many people who grew to absolutely hate their launch island lol. Btw starting on your birthday is awesome! It will be a double celebration! Thanks for your insight and support it means a lot

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@kittensure I restarted my island on the 3rd of this month so that is my registration date. Try not to let it bother you! It's such an insignificant detail since time traveling is so common. For example, just because an island says it was registered in March doesn't mean the person has been playing since March. They could of just set the clock to that when they made their island. Also, many people don't even pay attention to passports. I know I don't pay much attention to mine other than changing the picture rarely or the title. You said yourself the new island is perfect, I wouldn't give that up for registration date change.

Yeah you’re right. I didn’t think of it that way. It’s just the perfectionist coming out in me. I’ll try to not let it bother me and just enjoy my fresh start. Thanks so much for your insight

 

[letterKnumber9]

I've been thinking about resetting my island. In addition to things becoming stale/me never really entirely loving my layout, the name of my island was first inspired by someone who turns out might not be the great person I thought they were, and now it gives an awkward, bitter feeling every time I play the game.

I'm reluctant though, because I have achieved a lot on this island (started on launch day) such as a finished catalog, almost all my nook mile achievements, and having had the "rare" non-amiibo villagers introduced in New Horizons. That being said, I can still re-achieve those things on a new island, but I cannot change my island name or its layout. I am giving myself time until New Years to think about this, as I think starting a new island on New Years sounds exciting and fun.

 

[Bulbadragon]

I've been thinking about restarting my island as well. I decided a few weeks ago to completely redo my island, but that's just made me frustrated with not having a centered airport and my resident services being close to the airport. I also am not thrilled with my island name. If I do reset, I think I'll be looking for certain things in a map like a centered airport, but I don't have as many specifics that I want as some other people do so I may find a new map I love quickly.

The only thing making me hesitate is that I've had this island since launch. I don't mind collecting everything again - this time I also will just make my money slowly in game instead of trading for it on here. I also won't mind losing my villagers, since I have all their amiibo cards. And I would like this time having random villagers that I might not even like, instead of villagers I love from the start.

I think that if I decide to restart, I'll do it on New Year's Day as a way to say goodbye to 2020 and have a new start with the new year. We'll see what I decide to do.

 

[Romaki]

I know this is bad, but I'm restarting again. I honestly got so inspired by avieators' thread restarting in a new season and I'm just so tired of reworking my progress. Today is a memorable date for my family and I don't feel like playing10+ a day anymore lol. I think I'll also use this as an opportunity to use a different name. I don't dislike my current one, I just don't want to force myself into a specific theme or so. Also the more I jump around the more I feel like a cheater, and I don't want to like grind items or so.

 

[avieators]

I know this is bad, but I'm restarting again. I honestly got so inspired by avieators' thread restarting in a new season and I'm just so tired of reworking my progress. Today is a memorable date for my family and I don't feel like playing10+ a day anymore lol. I think I'll also use this as an opportunity to use a different name. I don't dislike my current one, I just don't want to force myself into a specific theme or so. Also the more I jump around the more I feel like a cheater, and I don't want to like grind items or so.

OH GOSH w-well i. i'm glad i could inspire u! even if it is to reset! i think i mentioned that i'm a chronic resetter, and i have been since new leaf, but it does get tiring, never finding that one single combination of things that u feel like u need to have the perfect town/island...new leaf was far worse abt it tho. thinks abt grass shapes...train station color...town hall color...placements of everything

 

[Romaki]

OH GOSH w-well i. i'm glad i could inspire u! even if it is to reset! i think i mentioned that i'm a chronic resetter, and i have been since new leaf, but it does get tiring, never finding that one single combination of things that u feel like u need to have the perfect town/island...new leaf was far worse abt it tho. thinks abt grass shapes...train station color...town hall color...placements of everything

Same, there's just something so enchanting about the beginning of the game. I kinda gave up looking for the perfect combo though, I did want apples for my new island but I got an orange airport for the first time. Just trying to experience things slightly different.

 

[letterKnumber9]

For those of you that reset, did you/can you reset your Switch's Animal Crossing play time? I want to keep track of the hours on my new island, if possible!

 

[due]

I reset my ACNL town a few hours ago and even missed the event that I set the day to be on (New Years Eve)

 

[AlyssaAC]

For those of you that reset, did you/can you reset your Switch's Animal Crossing play time? I want to keep track of the hours on my new island, if possible!

Hi! I can answer this, as I reset my play time for NH too. In order to reset the game’s play time, you need to initialize the entire Switch system, as in, reset it to factory default. Please be careful though, if you got any other games on your Switch, it will delete those too.

What I did, was clear everything out in system settings with the data management first and made sure all my pictures and other things on the Switch was cleaned up and I’m not sure if it needs too, but I went into my profile page and went down to user settings, clicked on play activity settings and deleted the play activity before resetting the Switch. After everything was cleaned up, I went back to system settings, went to system down at the bottom and scrolled down to formatting options and then finally initialized the system.

After it’s been initialized, just start up your Switch again and the play activity will be cleared.You’ll have to set up your Switch again like when you first got it, but you’ll still have everything, like the online membership, if you relink you Nintendo account.

Hope this helps.

 

[Genjiuki]

Hello all!

I have AC:WW, NL, and NH, but for some reason I can't seem to NOT reset them.

I get either 1 day or even two minutes into the game, and just... reset. Not peaches? Reset. Bad map/"bad" villagers? RESET. Just... completely erase everything.

Does anyone have any tips/reasons to not reset my games, its just such a compulsion, I feel like I have too if it's not "perfect"

And sometimes even if I like everything about the town/island, I still reset. I don't even know why.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you all!

 

[Raven_]

Oh, I know this very well. I resetted my New Leaf town every other month even after I was able to edit my town with the save editor, nothing seemed good enough for me.
I also resetted my island three times now in New Horizons but this time around I am really happy with my island and I don't think I will reset it ever again.

My biggest tip is:
If you get the urge to reset your island again don't turn up the game for a few days and really think about whether resetting will be worth it or not. And most of the time (in New Horizons at least) it won't be worth it. You can always change everything up beside a few things such as the location of the Resident Services.

It's okay to take things slowly. If you are unhappy with an area or overwhelmed because you tore everything down, then move on to a smaller area you have ideas for. Your island is a work in progress which will take some time to get completed and there's nothing wrong with that.

There is no bad map because you can always change it up. There are no bad villagers because you can always let them move out.

As I mentioned when you even are happy with your island but still get the urge to reset, don't start up your game for a few days. I hope this helped!

 

[maria110]

I don't know. It sounds pretty reasonable to reset until you get an island you can live with. However, you might try to keep in mind that part of the fun and challenge of the game is having an island that's not 100% perfect and working to make it wonderful. It's more like real life then. Like, when shopping for a house or an apartment, most of us can't afford the "perfect" one, so we have to weigh the pros and cons and make the one we choose into a home.

 

[Romaki]

Hello all!

I have AC:WW, NL, and NH, but for some reason I can't seem to NOT reset them.

I get either 1 day or even two minutes into the game, and just... reset. Not peaches? Reset. Bad map/"bad" villagers? RESET. Just... completely erase everything.

Does anyone have any tips/reasons to not reset my games, its just such a compulsion, I feel like I have too if it's not "perfect"

And sometimes even if I like everything about the town/island, I still reset. I don't even know why.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you all!

Resetting for the right map isn't that bad, I think most people did that on Day 1.

I think it's preferrable to have the first two villagers suck because their houses suck. Imagine having your dreamie in a standard house.

Here are the things that matter in my eyes, and why they matter:

- Fruit: it shows on your ID and determines the furntiure of one of your starter houses
- Airport: imo yellow and blue look best with the airplane, but you might prefer the other nook mile items as they're determined by them
- River exit: can't be changed
- Secret beach: can't be change
- town hall: can't be changed

The most important part is to find a map you can work with. Then the rest comes with the color variants. Anything else is changable, like villagers. I think you won't care about your rock formation or extra island once you're settled it. Just be open to work with an island that you might not have chosen, like don't have someone else's perfect layout in mind.



Also I came here to post because I resetted again. I just found the perfect name and got bored of day-by-day gameplay in the beginning... It's become a joke now, but the name I have is perfect now and I won't reset if I can find the perfect combination... *knock on wood*

Update: So, I told myself to go for peach + orange airport. Now I got that, I got the default outfit I wanted, and my first two villagers are Katt (kitty) and a random villager that shares my birthday. Only thing I didn't get is roses for my native flower, but that's the least important part and the lilies I got are just as pretty. But the most important part is that I'm inspired by my island's shortcomings. Here's to not getting bored again.