The Resetting Thread

[CylieDanny]

I really need some advice.

I spent a few weeks on s pervious Island before this one, with the intention of making a new island revolved around my own dark fantasy story. I spent a long time picking animals to represent each character. Even decided to get them as amiibo cards, so I would have them. I designed, and have it all planned out.

But, when I started a new game, the villagers I found were ones I had wanted for a long time, or I've just loved. Also rare like Marina, Hopkins.. Ive set this island a bit to how I want it to be, with the intention of just replacing all my current villagers. But I have like a complete island with all these cool villagers (Havent beaten the game, but a full island) But i bought cards, and planned an island out for like a month. I didnt plan on actually liking these ones i currently have, but I do. I pretty much just grabbed the first villager that appeared on an island. But they are all really interesting. Or turned out to be ones ive wanted.

So.. What do I do? Start again using a different strategy with not many interactions with the starting villagers. Or do I just keep this island because I like it a bit, and my villagers. But i feel like im wasting money if i don't use the cards. Or at least don't use all of them like i planned. But I wouldnt regret it.

Advice? Im very conflicted

 

[Yuni]

Maybe try rotating some characters into your current town? Even if it's not the full idea maybe you can integrate bits and pieces as a whole new island would be a lot of work also.

 

[CylieDanny]

Maybe try rotating some characters into your current town? Even if it's not the full idea maybe you can integrate bits and pieces as a whole new island would be a lot of work also.

That's not a bad idea, I could do that. I'll keep it in mind, some of my current ones could pull off certain characters. Thanks!

 

[Yuni]

I'm about to reset! I don't feel like I've had fun since unlocking terraforming so im going to try to keep it natural again.
Also........would have kept it for memories of my ex but his behaviour hasn't been nice so i don't want it to taint ac... I will miss my darling villagers so much!

 

[deana]

Do you plan on playing NH for a long time? Or do you think you'll get burned out with the game?

If you think you wont be getting tired of NH I don't see any harm in playing on your island as it is right now, especially if you don't have the amiibos for the villagers you currently have and are enjoying. You can always restart down the road and will have the amiibos for your fantasy character villagers at the ready.

If you don't think you wanna play NH long term then I would lean more towards restarting while the inspiration is still fresh.

Just something to think about

 

[King koopa]

Well it's your island, you can reset it. But if you do take my advice, note a few things. First, you will get 2 random starters, so if your dark fantasy island is dark, hope you get muffy or someone like her.
Second, the island fruit is automatically decided, so if you don't like it, reset.
Third, there will be a native flower there at the start. If you get lucky and the starting flowers are roses, an idea would be to breed them into black roses by watering red roses.
You don't have to follow my advice, because it's your island, but if you want you can take note of these tips.

 

[CylieDanny]

Do you plan on playing NH for a long time? Or do you think you'll get burned out with the game?

If you think you wont be getting tired of NH I don't see any harm in playing on your island as it is right now, especially if you don't have the amiibos for the villagers you currently have and are enjoying. You can always restart down the road and will have the amiibos for your fantasy character villagers at the ready.

If you don't think you wanna play NH long term then I would lean more towards restarting while the inspiration is still fresh.

Just something to think about

That is a good consideration

When I first started, I really liked it, the open world decoration was amazing. But I decided for a fresh start since i was kinda just exploring it. But I really liked that island, and the game in general. So I played around more. I thought if I did a themed island it would be super cool. So I started over to make it. But I did have a few islands before that whole idea.

Im hoping this one will be longer then all of them. I have a similar attachment to it as the one i had. Im just conflicted about keeping to my idea or not.

Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[CylieDanny]

Well it's your island, you can reset it. But if you do take my advice, note a few things. First, you will get 2 random starters, so if your dark fantasy island is dark, hope you get muffy or someone like her.
Second, the island fruit is automatically decided, so if you don't like it, reset.
Third, there will be a native flower there at the start. If you get lucky and the starting flowers are roses, an idea would be to breed them into black roses by watering red roses.
You don't have to follow my advice, because it's your island, but if you want you can take note of these tips.

Yeah, I do get two random people, but I have lucked out. some of my chosen villagers were the creepy ones to give off the vibe.
I wish I started with roses, that would had been perfect.

Its alwsys good to think about. The game gave me two starters I really liked, which added to the confliction. Thanks though!

 

[Nicole.]

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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I love your map layout!

 

[Lullabynny]

So I'm thinking about resetting. I recently visited a person on Nookazon's dream island that basically hit on the head what I want my island to look like perfectly. Problem is - I've had this island for almost a year now. I've amassed a lot of NMT, Bells, craftables, etc and that sounds like a pain to move. Im not looking forward reobtaining all the diys or stuff but I'm considering to do it soon so I dont have to worry about cherry blossom season stuff. I just cant stand my river outlets or my fruit trees or my island layout and the KAJILLON FLOWERS.

Another issue, I have two villagers I love dearly. Raymond and Judy. The expensive villagers. I have reset my island 3 times now and Raymond has been with me since the game first released. Hes my original raymond from 3 islands ago. I dont wanna lose him but I cant find anyone trusting enough to like hold him. And Judy too, i lost her once and had to respend like 500 nmt to get her back. And the buyer lied and had her heavily gifted. I want to reset so badly but all this stuff is holding me back.

 

[realfolkblues]

I've been thinking about resetting for the 3rd time. I've been watching this one youtuber discuss her forestcore island, which is what I've wanted all along, I think I just wasn't sure how to go about terraforming it that way until now.

That's not my main reason for restarting though. There's a number of things: I don't ever talk to my villagers much or at all, I almost never play anymore and I feel like I have nothing to look forward to because I paid to get all the diy recipes. I also wanted my island name to match my theme and it doesn't really.

I just need to find someone willing to hold a few things, plus a few million bells for me while i start over

 

[Kramweil]

If any of you feel like resetting, these are my NH & SH islands which took 3 weeks to build up. This time round I didn't bother to get terraforming, but just did what I felt like, because why play it the same?

Anyway, I managed to get my last villager into Ko today and wanted to share.

 

[Reptile]

I've been thinking about resetting for the 3rd time. I've been watching this one youtuber discuss her forestcore island, which is what I've wanted all along, I think I just wasn't sure how to go about terraforming it that way until now.

That's not my main reason for restarting though. There's a number of things: I don't ever talk to my villagers much or at all, I almost never play anymore and I feel like I have nothing to look forward to because I paid to get all the diy recipes. I also wanted my island name to match my theme and it doesn't really.

I just need to find someone willing to hold a few things, plus a few million bells for me while i start over

Okay same, I've reset once before but I feel like I've just rushed through the game and I haven't played in so long because it just feels like my island isn't connected to me in any way :/ if you still need someone to hold some stuff for you still I'd be happy to! I still need to man up to reset mine lol but I see no use in forcing myself to play on an island that I have no emotional feeling towards anymore (I sound like I'm dating my island lol)

 

[supersweetprincess]

Now my villagers are
Flora

Marshal

Poppy

Raymond

Sherb

I FORGOT THIS ONE I WILL EDIT IT LATER WHEN I REMEMBER HIM

Merry

Bob

Filbert

Chief
But I had my friend watch all my bells and nmt for me XD
but now I need island inspiration lol and I ALSO bought a 3ds but I cant use it until I finish my school work ;-;

Post automatically merged: Mar 5, 2021

THE VILLAGER I FORGOT WAS BEAU**

 

[nightglow]

A cool thing I saw a few months ago is that someone made a villager's house look like a boat house in the water.
Congrats on a new island. I'm happy I restarted mine in January. Are those your dream villagers?

 

[supersweetprincess]

A cool thing I saw a few months ago is that someone made a villager's house look like a boat house in the water.
Congrats on a new island. I'm happy I restarted mine in January. Are those your dream villagers?

yea I have all my dreams except for lolly but my friend has her amiibo and might give her to me

 

[HappyTails]

I reset again. I know I said I wasn't going to but I decided to do so because I decided on some goals and I wanted a clean slate to achieve those goals. So reset I did. I have two ultimate goals in this game and they are goals I never accomplished, not even in New Leaf. Those goals are one, paying off my entire house loan through bells I earn myself not with bells I bought. It's going to take a while, but I'm in it for the long haul. And two, earning the picture of every villager I have on my island. I'm just going to play and just have fun. No more worrying about the placement of my secret beach, or what my native fruit is. The game is just a lot more fun when you aren't thinking about trivial things like that. So I'm just going to play and enjoy the game. Also, unless something major happens and during the holidays and events, I decided to play my game in private. I found that if I'm constantly updating and posting pictures of everything I'm doing in the game, it feels, to me, that I'm playing more for the forums instead of for me.

I will also have a dream address but that's far in the future because terraforming and decorating my island isn't a priority. I've always made it a priority, rushing to unlock terraforming and destroying my island and it ends up ruining the game for me. So I'm going to take it slow and just play. No rush to do anything.

 

[Valeris]

I reset again. I know I said I wasn't going to but I decided to do so because I decided on some goals and I wanted a clean slate to achieve those goals. So reset I did. I have two ultimate goals in this game and they are goals I never accomplished, not even in New Leaf. Those goals are one, paying off my entire house loan through bells I earn myself not with bells I bought. It's going to take a while, but I'm in it for the long haul. And two, earning the picture of every villager I have on my island. I'm just going to play and just have fun. No more worrying about the placement of my secret beach, or what my native fruit is. The game is just a lot more fun when you aren't thinking about trivial things like that. So I'm just going to play and enjoy the game. Also, unless something major happens and during the holidays and events, I decided to play my game in private. I found that if I'm constantly updating and posting pictures of everything I'm doing in the game, it feels, to me, that I'm playing more for the forums instead of for me.

Good on you. As long as you're enjoying the game, that's what matters.

 

[HappyTails]

Good on you. As long as you're enjoying the game, that's what matters.

Thank you. It is supposed to be fun. It's a video game. It's supposed to be fun and relaxing, not stress inducing.

 

[Reptile]

I reset again. I know I said I wasn't going to but I decided to do so because I decided on some goals and I wanted a clean slate to achieve those goals. So reset I did. I have two ultimate goals in this game and they are goals I never accomplished, not even in New Leaf. Those goals are one, paying off my entire house loan through bells I earn myself not with bells I bought. It's going to take a while, but I'm in it for the long haul. And two, earning the picture of every villager I have on my island. I'm just going to play and just have fun. No more worrying about the placement of my secret beach, or what my native fruit is. The game is just a lot more fun when you aren't thinking about trivial things like that. So I'm just going to play and enjoy the game. Also, unless something major happens and during the holidays and events, I decided to play my game in private. I found that if I'm constantly updating and posting pictures of everything I'm doing in the game, it feels, to me, that I'm playing more for the forums instead of for me.

I will also have a dream address but that's far in the future because terraforming and decorating my island isn't a priority. I've always made it a priority, rushing to unlock terraforming and destroying my island and it ends up ruining the game for me. So I'm going to take it slow and just play. No rush to do anything.

Honestly, I might do the same. In past games I've really "bonded" with my villagers and it used to be so peaceful for me to log into the game, but teraforming is somehow not beneficial to me? I mean, I got my island really pretty but it burned me out so much and it just lost the flair of the old games for me. I never worried too much about stuff like that in WW and NL because it just wasn't an option. My only concern would be flowers and actually fishing and catching bugs. Talking to my villagers was also something I quiet enjoy and I just don't do it anymore in NH *sigh*. Maybe I should have just stuck with NL, since the lack of choices actually helped me relax from long days and now it's just choices upon choices :/ sorry for rambling lol