The Resetting Thread

[VanitasFan26]

i really wish they just let you have a second save, new game plus or anything...

i really feel like starting fresh but i'm not sure if resetting will really bring back my motivation, and i don't want to commit to losing my full catalogue, old island etc. on a whim like that. i would do it instantly if i didn't have to wipe my old save.

i remember, back in new leaf, i actually reset my 3ds because i wanted to play pokemon omega ruby a few days earlier lol... which also reset my animal crossing town. and it worked out really nicely, it revitalized the game for me, i barely even missed my old town
i feel like the same could happen again, i am not very attached to my current island and i don't play anymore at all

edit: writing this down is making me realize that maybe i shouldn't have a full catalogue, perfect villagers etc. anymore. my motivation to play obviously went down by a lot once i achieved these things

Ugh this is the thing that is holding me back from restarting. I really hope in the future Nintendo adds a way for us to make a 2nd island on the same Switch. The thing is if I do that and the moment I do that Nintendo could come out of nowhwere and say "Hey we are going to let you make a 2nd island" then I would just get mad and annoyed. Could you imagine if they did that and people just restarted when they even announce it?

I don't restart because unlike most people I don't want to redo everything that took so long to do. I have most of the stuff in my catalog including different variants from trading so I don't want to like have that gone. Not to mention that long tutorial you have to redo over again to get 3 stars, and get KK Slider on your island just to get the Island Designer app. Besides restarting is so RNG because its like you want to find the Map layout you want but then you have to worry about what Native Fruit you want and what Airport Color you wanted to have. My friend found out this the hard way when she got the map layout she wanted but got a Yellow Airport when she wanted a Green one.

I remember in New Leaf Welcome Amiibo there was a feature where if you wanted to delete your Town, Isabelle mentions that you can sell your Town to Tom Nook and it depends on how much you had done on your Town and your Plaza Tree needs to be big enough in order for that to work. The thing is Tom Nook can buy your island and you get all those bells deposited in your bank when you are wanted to make a brand new Town of course everything you had before is gone but all those bells you have will make it easier to make a lot of public works projects and buy all the furniture that you had before. I still wonder why they never brought that mechanic back in New Horizions.

 

[shuba]

I really hope in the future Nintendo adds a way for us to make a 2nd island on the same Switch. The thing is if I do that and the moment I do that Nintendo could come out of nowhwere and say "Hey we are going to let you make a 2nd island" then I would just get mad and annoyed.

agree

I don't restart because unlike most people I don't want to redo everything that took so long to do. I have most of the stuff in my catalog including different variants from trading so I don't want to like have that gone. Not to mention that long tutorial you have to redo over again to get 3 stars, and get KK Slider on your island just to get the Island Designer app.

i think it could be fun to play from the beginning again, but "getting locked into it" is a bit scary to me - what if i actually don't feel like playing the entire tutorial? then i can't even hop on the game quickly anymore and just do some spur of the moment stuff

I remember in New Leaf Welcome Amiibo there was a feature where if you wanted to delete your Town, Isabelle mentions that you can sell your Town to Tom Nook and it depends on how much you had done on your Town and your Plaza Tree needs to be big enough in order for that to work.

so many odd decisions... i really don't understand why they completely took out any kind of new game+. the bells were already quite lacking but way better than nothing

 

[hellFlower]

Argh, I'm back here again, but not because I want to be... I logged on for the first time post-Mario update and oopsie! Save file corruption! I tried re-downloading the game, but it didn't fix it and like a total fool I never enabled backups either... Why is it always the towns I like the most that do this? First in NL and now in NH.... I must be cursed lmao.

Not sure if I'm going to go for the same layout as last time, I sort of want to keep the natural shape of the river this time around, I dunno. I'll just pick layouts I like the look of and see where they take me I guess. I'm allowing myself a bit of TT since I lost so much progress, mostly just to get the museum and I'm going to get myself the bedhead hair too.

Here's hoping I find a new island quickly! Might make an island journal for Miaumuur 2.0, just for fun.

 

[Rajescrossing]

Hi guys, I'm thinking about redoing my island but confused about redo or restart? Please I need your help. Also I would like to hear that pros and cons if I restart and redoing it thank you

 

[<Claire>]

If I know the difference, then redoing just sounds leagues better imo. You keep your villagers, dont need to go grinding for supplies, dont need to wait for shops and stuff to open up. Unless that's what you're after in which case, restart!

 

[Halloqueen]

It depends on what's making you feel like restarting.

Is it villagers? They can move out and be replaced, so remaking the whole island over that would be perhaps a bit too much.

Is it the island layout itself? Terraforming can help a lot with that, though you are unable to change where the river mouths are that lead out into the ocean.

Is it the name of your character or island, or perhaps something like the color of your airport, the location of your Resident Services building, or something along those lines? If any of those things are what's bothering you, it's definitely appealing to restart and get what you want, because you can't alter those things once they're set.

Personally, I could never restart my island and would never really recommend it. You lose all of the progress you made, all of the items acquired, and all of the bells earned. Some people see appeal in that fresh start, but I could never do such a thing. You might be one such person who does see appeal in restarting everything though, so if so, it might be the best thing for you.

A lot of people seem to decide to, rather than restart entirely, flatten their entire island through terraforming and then build everything up again to their new specifications. Perhaps this less drastic option will address whatever is bothering you about your current island.

 

[Moritz]

The only reason to restart your island over flattening it and building it back up is to move one of the unmovable locations.

If you restart you can get different river mouth locations, different airport location and colour (always on the bottom), different secret beach location (always on the top), and the biggest ones imo, different rocks along the beach and a different resident services location.

Restarting can also give a different fruit but other than what it says on your passport who can tell

If those aren't driving factors in wanting to change your island then don't restart it.

You will lose all your bells, items, catalogue, villagers, diys, you won't be able to terraform straight away so will be stuck with an island you probably don't like for a while anyways.

However if you really hate where your resident services building is and none of your designs for it makes you happy, then maybe restarting is the best way about it

 

[JemAC]

I much prefer redoing my island rather then restarting, I got the game a couple of days after its release and still have the same island I picked back then, though now changed a lot through terraforming and decorating. As others have mentioned the biggest benefits of redoing rather then restarting is keeping all the DIYs, objects, supplies and villagers that you've already gained, especially useful for any event DIYs or furniture that could be harder to obtain if you restarted your island. Also if you're quite far with completing your critterpedia and museum then restarting can be a pain if you have to go through catching all the bigs, fish or sea creatures again, which isn't too bad if you enjoy fishing and bug catching but it could also get a bit tedious.

While I'd probably never restart my island as I think there are too many disadvantages to it the only things that would make me do it would be to change the 'set' things, e.g. airport colour and location, river mouths, resident services placement and other things on the island that cannot be altered. If I was really unhappy with these then I might reset the island to get better locations for them and to make decorating easier but for anything else I'd pick redoing the island as the best option.

 

[Reploid]

Hi guys, I'm thinking about redoing my island but confused about redo or restart? Please I need your help. Also I would like to hear that pros and cons if I restart and redoing it thank you

How far into the game are you and what are you unhappy with?

 

[Rajescrossing]

It depends on what's making you feel like restarting.

Is it villagers? They can move out and be replaced, so remaking the whole island over that would be perhaps a bit too much.

Is it the island layout itself? Terraforming can help a lot with that, though you are unable to change where the river mouths are that lead out into the ocean.

Is it the name of your character or island, or perhaps something like the color of your airport, the location of your Resident Services building, or something along those lines? If any of those things are what's bothering you, it's definitely appealing to restart and get what you want, because you can't alter those things once they're set.

Personally, I could never restart my island and would never really recommend it. You lose all of the progress you made, all of the items acquired, and all of the bells earned. Some people see appeal in that fresh start, but I could never do such a thing. You might be one such person who does see appeal in restarting everything though, so if so, it might be the best thing for you.

A lot of people seem to decide to, rather than restart entirely, flatten their entire island through terraforming and then build everything up again to their new specifications. Perhaps this less drastic option will address whatever is bothering you about your current island.

In that case I would prefer redoing option because I don’t want to loose my villagers and all the progress and my bells that’s definitely not the good idea. I will flatten it out I guess then build it however I want . Thank you for the suggestions guys , appreciated

 

[JKDOS]

Hi guys, I'm thinking about redoing my island but confused about redo or restart? Please I need your help. Also I would like to hear that pros and cons if I restart and redoing it thank you

Restarting - Pros

• If your map is terraformed beyond what you are capable of repairing, you'll get a fresh start.
• New Airpor Color, New Fruit, new Colors locks if you dislike your current ones.
• Unless you already picked the perfect map, you'll get a chance to find a good RS location, beach/peninsula/rocks/dock etc.
• You'll have something to keep you busy as you progress the prologue and start rebuilding the island.

Restarting - Cons

• Unless you have amiibos to bring back all your villagers, you will have to hunt them all down again.
• You lose your museum progress, catalog, DIYs
• You lose everything you own unless you have a friend who's willing to let you drop hundreds to thousands of items, and spending hours making dozens of trips back and forth before and after the reset.
• You will potentially have to spend more hours getting back your progress than just redoing

Redo - Pros

• You keep everything you lose from the restarting cons.
• You keep your island in case you love it or have a perfect map already (RS location, beach/peninsula/rocks/dock etc)
• You will potentially spend fewer hours than restarting

Redo - Cons

• You keep your island map (RS location, beach/peninsula/rocks/dock etc), if you dislike it, you may never like it.
• If you want natural looking rivers or cliffs after destroying them, you will have to work extra hard on terraforming these. I know I never could
• You will have to remove all trees, flowers, and items, which is very monotonous, and you may even lose interest halfway through rebuilding
• You'll have to move buildings around and destroy bridges and inclines as you start to reterraform.

 

[Rajescrossing]

How far into the game are you and what are you unhappy with?

I’m not happy entirely with my outcome of my island at the moment I think only the reason I wanna redo my island

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Restarting - Pros

• If your map is terraformed beyond what you are capable of repairing, you'll get a fresh start.
• New Airpor Color, New Fruit, new Colors locks if you dislike your current ones.
• Unless you already picked the perfect map, you'll get a chance to find a good RS location, beach/peninsula/rocks/dock etc.
• You'll have something to keep you busy as you progress the prologue and start rebuilding the island.

Restarting - Cons

• Unless you have amiibos to bring back all your villagers, you will have to hunt them all down again.
• You lose your museum progress, catalog, DIYs
• You lose everything you own unless you have a friend who's willing to let you drop hundreds to thousands of items, and spending hours making dozens of trips back and forth before and after the reset.
• You will potentially have to spend more hours getting back your progress than just redoing

Redo - Pros

• You keep everything you lose from the restarting cons.
• You keep your island in case you love it or have a perfect map already (RS location, beach/peninsula/rocks/dock etc)
• You will potentially spend fewer hours than restarting

Redo - Cons

• You keep your island map (RS location, beach/peninsula/rocks/dock etc), if you dislike it, you may never like it.
• If you want natural looking rivers or cliffs after destroying them, you will have to work extra hard on terraforming these. I know I never could
• You will have to remove all trees, flowers, and items, which is very monotonous, and you may even lose interest halfway through rebuilding
• You'll have to move buildings around and destroy bridges and inclines as you start to reterraform.

Thank you for more info about pros and cons appreciated

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

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[Courtney.lamelia]

oh that sounds like so much fun. I thought about getting a planner, but I never have. I may do that soon with my boyfriend’s switch!

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Also I had a tropical island named Peach Cove, but I decided to go with a England town theme and I named it Adelaide.

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

oh that sounds like so much fun. I thought about getting a planner, but I never have. I may do that soon with my boyfriend’s switch!

Yeah and when I start again I’m play it slowly this time

 

[Xara]

sounds like fun! good luck with your new island!

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

sounds like fun! good luck with your new island! ☺

Thank you so much

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

I’m really excited

 

[HappyTails]

Yeah and when I start again I’m play it slowly this time

Slow and steady is the way to go. A game like this can be ruined if you rush through it since it's not made to be rushed through.
I started my new island 10 days ago and I still only have 7 villagers, and haven't unlocked terraforming. I'm taking the time to actually talk to my villagers and paying off my house loans and projects, with money I earn myself which is very tedious but I'm loving every grueling minute of it.

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

My Acnh planner arrived yesterday and I’m gonna restart today after lunch