The Resetting Thread

[Soot Sprite]

I’m thinking about resetting but I keep going back and forth. I mean I’ve put SO much effort into my town, and I’m kinda happy with the way my town is now. I haven’t played much lately and I’m hoping maybe resetting will get me back into it but I also don’t want to lose all of my progress.

 

[Kramweil]

Well, I created a character on my island and built up her inventory slots, and then moved her to another Switch. Wanted a one-room more than anything. Also wanted to never open my lamp and portable radio boxes!

I'm not going to build Nooks/Ables or the museum, or upgrade RS because I really don't want Isabelle!

Will see if Bunny Day happens, but if y'all would like a break from eggs and want to visit a deliberately undeveloped NH or SH island, let me know!

 

[Seelie]

Well, I created a character on my island and built up her inventory slots, and then moved her to another Switch. Wanted a one-room more than anything. Also wanted to never open my lamp and portable radio boxes!

I'm not going to build Nooks/Ables or the museum, or upgrade RS because I really don't want Isabelle!

Will see if Bunny Day happens, but if y'all would like a break from eggs and want to visit a deliberately undeveloped NH or SH island, let me know!

Oh man I've been lowkey tempted to do this to get terraforming early so that I can build an island without all the annoying scooting houses around the beach! Keeping those boxes is also a super neat touch.

Can you still invite villagers if you don't build Nook's/Able's/museum, though? I thought those were part of the storyline required for villager plots.

 

[Kramweil]

Oh man I've been lowkey tempted to do this to get terraforming early so that I can build an island without all the annoying scooting houses around the beach! Keeping those boxes is also a super neat touch.

Can you still invite villagers if you don't build Nook's/Able's/museum, though? I thought those were part of the storyline required for villager plots.

Well, when you go to Mystery Tours you still get a villager till after you invite 3. But since you will never donate for Nooks, you will never see Mable.

Blathers just comes after Tom receives 5 critters, but Blather's tent is amazing! If you don't donate the 15 critters to Blathers, the museum will never get built.

The housing plots only kicks in when the museum is finished (in the middle of Tom making the announcement), so the RS will never be upgraded (it happens when the 3rd housing plot villager moves in).

Unfortunately you will never unlock terraforming, so no bridges/inclines. Works for me because my island has that natural vibe.

I also tested what events are possible without an upgraded RS, and Zipper and Franklin do not show up. Jack does, and it's the full event, though much harder with 2 villagers (lol). Jingle shows up but only gives the Toy Day Stockings for his next-day photo. May Day maze still happens.

 

[VividRevolution]

...I’m going to reset again. I know I reset my original island just a few weeks ago, but I just. I don’t like how my current island is going, and I want to start over and not time travel nearly as much as I have on this island. The good news is that I now have two amiibo cards of two villagers I liked from my original island, but I’m going to lose Flurry and Cherry, and I’m going to be really sad about that.

 

[bestfriendsally]

okay... i'm thinking about restarting my island, cause of one little nitpick.. & that is: the private beach! it's too small *i'll put a pic of it here later*

it just looks really awkward.. i mean, it's got rocks in front... i'm not even sure if i'll be able to put a natural incline there...

i'm surely tempted to restart, just cause of that...


but i don't really want to restart cause i'm 11 days in & i have/done a lot of things already *if you see in here - https://www.belltreeforums.com/thre...ime-type-of-island.576339/page-2#post-9840136 * & the resident services is updated today



also, my starters, i love kid cat but i'm not sure about ' rocket '

i did want either teddy or pashimina, or both... *i have teddy's amibo, though :3 * & i also want sally & ketchup.. *i have both their amibos too :3 *


but i have lily, sherb & anabelle now on my island





*maybe i'll do a video of my island, as a little tour, showing how it is..... also, so that i have a memory of it*





edit at 5:01 pm: okay... i figured out how to get down to the private island... i used my ladder... also, it doesn't look that small, after all :3

 

[coffee biscuit]

I just reset my island two days ago after being on hiatus for a long few months. I've mostly been waiting for a good chunk of new updates before I played again but I've been feeling the Animal Crossing itch. I found a nice map, got Ursula as my uchi (she's my fav uchi, so cute and more importantly pink <3) peaches, and a yellow airport. I was aiming for orange but I like yellow almost just as much so nbd! Maybe one day we can customize our airports and planes, lol

I'm pretty happy with my island. I am time traveling of course (I obviously need to catch up eventually) but I play each day pretty thoroughly so I won't be rushing too crazily.

I've reset so many times now but oh well, I honestly don't think I can tolerate resetting again so I should be good. I just hope there's more game changing updates planned for this year ;w; I love the game but it's definitely missing some content. (still no perfect fruit or island fruits, really?? I want grapes so bad, damn you Pocket Camp)

 

[xhyloh]

i reset my island for the third time at the beginning of this year and i'm so glad i did! i've learned about terraforming and design a lot since my first island so it's been very rewarding to put that to use!

 

[bestfriendsally]

okay... i've really decided to restart my island.... i don't care if i'm 13 days in... i don't care if i already have the campsite, the resident services updated & able sister's tailer shop is coming today.... i can get them back...

i want apples... & i want to drink apple juice at the beginning...





& i've got my memeries/screenshots on my facebook, so it's fine there :3


it'd be kinda funny, sorta, if i got kid cat again, though...

 

[VanitasFan26]

I've had my island since day one and I've been thinking about restarting. I seen all of the pros and cons of restarting but I am now at this point in the game where I feel lost, there is nothing else to do, I experienced the Festivale event and I just stopped playing after that. I am asking myself "Why am I still playing this?". My Museum is completed (got all the fossils, bugs, fish, sea creatures, and all the statues/paintings) and I worked hard to get all the Seasonal DIYS from trading and grinded so many nook miles just to get a lot of nmts to do trades with. I just don't know what else to do. Part of me wants to restart so I can have a fresh start but the other part of me is wanting to not do it because I will just have to do everything all over again and no matter what you do villagers and npcs will still repeat the same lines so I don't see the point. I'm very conflicted.

 

[Lynnatchii]

I just feel like resetting..i hate my island, i just hate it. The placement for stuff, the villagers, EVERYTHING! The thing that's keeping me back, that I'm afraid of regrets..i have so many stuff that i don't want to lose, like nmt, bells and stuff. I really want to start fresh but idk..i feel likes it'll be more less exhausting than cleaning everything up and building again. but, the regrets that I'm afraid...can someone help me?

 

[TheMagicIf]

I just feel like resetting..i hate my island, i just hate it. The placement for stuff, the villagers, EVERYTHING! The thing that's keeping me back, that I'm afraid of regrets..i have so many stuff that i don't want to lose, like nmt, bells and stuff. I really want to start fresh but idk..i feel likes it'll be more less exhausting than cleaning everything up and building again. but, the regrets that I'm afraid...can someone help me?

If you've been considering resetting but are worried about losing your Bells, NMTs, and items, it's better to reset sooner than later before you amass even more Bells, NMTs, and items, which is going to make your decision even more difficult. You can always have a friend or a user on the forums hold anything you may want to take to a new island.
On the flip side of that, tearing everything down and building from the ground up is a viable option too. It's more time-consuming, but it does allow you to keep everything you've earned while still being able to change things up. You can move every building aside from Resident Services, and you can always let your current villagers move out naturally, or be booted out via the campsite if you've grown weary of them.
Ultimately it's up to you, but I hope this helped even just a little bit!

 

[Seelie]

I think I'm going to reset Inverness, my second island. New island will probably keep the name, but I think I'd like to move away from the very neat, proper layout that I was working with and go more towards fairycore, maybe? Muir Wood is very cottagecore-adjacent and I had so much fun making it, but Inverness is giving me a lot of trouble. I'll probably drop the all-cats theme, too.

I'll make a final call after work this evening (when I'll have time to really play), but I'm thinking I'll port over money, items, etc. to Muir Wood for holding, anyway.

 

[Kramweil]

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[Wildflower]

resetting has been on my mind for the past week or so. i've felt burnt out since january, and ever since then, i've just felt overwhelmed by terraforming and i just feel like i haven't been playing properly. i spent the whole time on my island comparing my island to other people's and putting myself down for not having a theme. (one of the things hyperfixate on is animal crossing, so i has to be- in my mind- perfect.)

and after some major thinking, i finally decided to! i've been doing a bit of research, and seeing a lot of people say that they felt refreshed after doing it, kind of convinced me! i'm really excited!!

i've reset a lot in new leaf, but one of the reasons why i didn't mind resetting in that game, was because you could keep your catalog. sadly, nh doesn't have that, so it took a lot of thinking, but i can just get all my stuff back, right?

i feel bad, and i'm going to miss all my villagers, especially marshal, dobie, and beau. but you know, it's alright, because hopefully i'll get them back some day!

 

[Valeris]

okay... i've really decided to restart my island.... i don't care if i'm 13 days in... i don't care if i already have the campsite, the resident services updated & able sister's tailer shop is coming today.... i can get them back...

i want apples... & i want to drink apple juice at the beginning...





& i've got my memeries/screenshots on my facebook, so it's fine there :3


it'd be kinda funny, sorta, if i got kid cat again, though...

Thirteen days isn't bad. I'd think it would be better to reset with not as much invested in your island.

 

[bestfriendsally]

Thirteen days isn't bad. I'd think it would be better to reset with not as much invested in your island.

i've already reset & i'm 5 days in, already...

i've gotten the the musuem & nook's cranny now & i'm going good... & mabel's coming ever now & then :3

 

[Kramweil]

Did an intense speed build in 2 days, all because I met Dizzy and built up the island for him to move into plot 3.

 

[JKDOS]

Did an intense speed build in 2 days, all because I met Dizzy and built up the island for him to move into plot 3.
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You'll have to update your dream at some point. The fog in the current dream is really cool. If you'd like to keep it, I think it will reappear if you TT back to the same day/time.

 

[Kramweil]

You'll have to update your dream at some point. The fog in the current dream is really cool. If you'd like to keep it, I think it will reappear if you TT back to the same day/time.

Well, let me know if you would like to visit, and I'll open up! In any case I appreciate you visiting my old DA of my reset.