The Resetting Thread

[AlyssaAC]

Decided to reset my old island of Oceana. Thing is, I was rushing way too fast and I wasn’t having fun with it or any of the previous islands too. So today I made my new island of Cozy Wood and decided to take my time with this one and not rush. Also, I think I’ve come to realize I don’t like time traveling, so I’m definitely not going to be doing that anymore. So between the taking my time and no time traveling, I feel much happier now than I did before.

 

[Bethboj]

I'm thinking about resetting, but only if they bring significant new content into the game. More shop upgrades, missing NPCs (Cafe, etc), and mini games/new places to visit.

I think it would be fun to start from scratch with a complete game. No TTing, just slowly playing through the game and unlocking things bit by bit. But without new content I don't think it's worth the trouble to restart.

I am also thinking about doing this. But currently the only thing there is to do is terraforming, even the events are old. I’d love to be able to play without TTing, I loved plying daily when it first came out. But now there’s just not enough to do daily.

 

[your local goomy]

I'm in another pretty difficult rut. I have a super cute island theme in mind, and I'd really like to be able to work it out, but the problem is that I poured a lot into my past island and I'm not SUPER willing to just throw all of that away and redo everything from scratch. I'd really like to use this island theme, but I just don't know if restarting is worth it. I could always move this secondary theme over to my NL town, but I rarely play my 3DS and as much as I've been trying to get back into NL, most of my towns sit abandoned. I'm not sure what to do.

 

[Bunlily]

I'm thinking about resetting, but only if they bring significant new content into the game.

This. I will probably reset my island and start playing again if they bring new content to the game that gives me a reason to want to play again.

 

[Bethboj]

This. I will probably reset my island and start playing again if they bring new content to the game that gives me a reason to want to play again.

I recently reset in the hopes they bring something good out this year. I have to say that it has been refreshing to have stuff to do again, but I never had my island fully done up and looking gorgeous like some people so I wasn’t losing much!

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

I just restarted (*❦ω❦)

I named mine KawaiiCove

 

[SunfishAsylum]

I'm re-starting my island today/tonight and want to give everything I have away. I'm new to the forum, is there a place I can post the Dodo code for people to visit and take?

 

[Moritz]

I'm thinking of restarting my second island... again. I put a lot of work into making it how I want it. But I feel I put in too much work terraforming instead of just playing the game.

Now I have its layout how I want, and have all the villagers I want. But no items placed down and no real desire to play. I just go on my main island where I'm happy and relaxed instead.

Every time I go on, I see how much work I have to do to make it look good and just turn it off.
Also the fact I want to decorate it with autumn items that I don't have the diys for and I don't want to TT as I took a bit of a break last year so never fully experienced autumn in the game naturally yet.

I'm worried that if I restart I will regret it as I've done that so many times on my second switch.

I always start out with the intention of playing like I did when the game first came out, but then things don't go perfectly as I want, I start comparing to my main island that I love, and start time travelling to fix it all.

Maybe I should just accept that I can only care about 1 island and thats my main island.
I dunno.

I probably won't reset... I'd lose so much stuff. maybe I should just get a third switch (I joke)

 

[JKDOS]

I'm re-starting my island today/tonight and want to give everything I have away. I'm new to the forum, is there a place I can post the Dodo code for people to visit and take?

Hi, welcome to TBT. I'm sorry you didn't get a response to your question the other day. Things are a little slow right now while we wait for Nintendo to bring us some new content.

If you haven't discovered it yet, the best place to give your items away would be https://www.belltreeforums.com/forums/nooks-cranny.237/

You may also use the same place if you need help obtaining some items such a as fruit on your new island. Good luck on your new island.

I probably won't reset... I'd lose so much stuff. maybe I should just get a third switch (I joke)

Ah, Nintendo's master plan to sell you the OLED Switch is working. Losing all the DIYs and storage is rough. I'm still holding out hope that we get a New Game+ feature like New Leaf had. I'm kind of in a slump with my second town too. I like half the map, but not the other half. I can't really destroy the half I hate without affecting the half I like. I also fear I'm going to reach the point of no return with it if I'm not careful. When I think about it, I just want to get off. My second island was suppose to be a way to experiment more without worrying about destroying my main island, so I don't know why it bothers me so much.

 

[HappyTails]

After resetting and resetting and resetting and honesty almost giving up on this game entirely I finally found my forever island. I had reset back on the 31st that island didn't feel right and I had also started back on the being picky about villagers thing that I said I wasn't going to do and it killed that island I didn't feel attached to anyways.

Originally I wanted to name my island Everglades after the Florida Everglades. Florida is known for oranges so I was looking for an island with oranges and an airport color that was either blue because blue is the complementary color of orange or orange airport because matchies. Well I found a few maps that matched those criterias but when I stepped on the island I didn't get the 'this is home' vibe. So I decided to make a list of all the fruit and what state each fruit is known for like instance, Georgia is peaches if I got an island with peaches I would pick a city in Georgia to name my island.

Well my 'this is home' that I finally found has apples and a green airport. Which is perfect because green is the complementary color of red. So I decided to name my island Chehalis which is a port in Washington state (Washington is known for apples) and I couldn't be happier.

The point of this post is to just let people know that if you don't limit yourself based on fruit or airport color because you might realized that you might come across something so much better that you will not want to ever let go of. Everglades with oranges is a cute idea but I found that I love Chehalis with apples 1000× better. Thanks for reading.

Oh and one last thing. Don't let the color locked items deter you. You got the ugly yellow lighthouse? No problem either buy or trade for a different color lighthouse or make that lighthouse work in your favor. Surround it with pretty purple hybrids for an idea. Yellow is the complementary color of purple after all.

My sudden obsession with complementary colors.

 

[Moritz]

The point of this post is to just let people know that if you don't limit yourself based on fruit or airport color because you might realized that you might come across something so much better that you will not want to ever let go of.

I know this will only add to people's confusion, but I have a counter haha.

On my main island I got tired of resting because it was the day of release and I just wanted to play.
I figured cherries were cool enough because they were in the movie and yellow wasn't bad for the airport.

I love my main island, but both of these things bug me to this day. They're not huge enough to make me delete 1200 of play time. But I'd kill to change them.

On my second island I went in knowing I wanted an orange airport and oranges as my fruit.
I settled on pears, one of my favourite fruits in the game, and I really regretted it.
I actually ended up restarting my island.
This happened twice.

I now have oranges and an orange airport and I am so happy with that combo.

Sticking with what I knew I wanted was absolutely the right call for me.
Trying different colours and fruits just made me like the island less.

 

[HappyTails]

Yeah my suggestion might not work for everyone. For the longest time it didn't work for me either so I get it.

 

[voltairenism]

deleted a 720 hours island bc i wanted to have a game to relax on my college break and stardew valley or minecraft werent doing it for me. i immediatly regreted it xD but after playing the begging (which i thought would be the most boring part) was actually so relaxing. i decided to not bring anything with me so i have to farm for money and diys again, which is actually..... really nice. it's just nice to take your time, not time-travel and have something to do everyday, something look forward for tomorrow

 

[Bunlily]

i decided to not bring anything with me so i have to farm for money and diys again, which is actually..... really nice. it's just nice to take your time, not time-travel and have something to do everyday, something look forward for tomorrow

Hmm.. this is actually inspiring and tempting me to reset.

 

[voltairenism]

Hmm.. this is actually inspiring and tempting me to reset.

Honestly, I really dont regret it anymore. The beggining of the game is sooo relaxing. I just decorate with whatever I get in ballons or trees and make do, it's refreshing to not be perfectionist about decoration. I even missed the song from before the town hall is finished haha
Also because it's summer + diving update, it's a lot more easier to make bells than at game launch

it was a hard decision for me though, so before I did it, I took a stroll around my island, recording it, talked to everyone and made a party at Harvey's lol

 

[CyJ]

So I’m STILL thinking of resetting but it really scares me. Maybe it’s just that I’m not creative and/or really bad at terraforming and decorating but I really don’t like my island and feel like I need a fresh start. One of the main reasons why I would like to reset is the placement of my airport and RS. The RS is too close to the airport and I think it would be easier to design my island if my airport would be in the middle instead of on the right side.

I don’t get much enjoyment out of the game anymore and while I know it may sound ridiculous I feel a bit “burnt-out” overthinking my island so much...

The reasons that hold me back from resetting are that I started during the lockdown back in March together with a friend, my museum progress, my villagers and the bonds with them, the fact that it’s the island I picked while knowing almost nothing about NH (played CF and NL in the past though) and I have OCD so that makes it even worse resetting because I’ll probably overthink all of it. Including even the date I reset my game. It’s hard to explain...

I know it’s my choice but I want to get as much insight as possible before making the decision and avoiding instant regret.

I’ll even show an image of my lay-out. Don’t mind the red circles. They were for showing a friend some of the things that can’t be changed.

I just reset after having my island from the start of the pandemic as well. I had all my favorite villagers and was very attached. But the thing was, there wasn't much left to do and I wasn't playing as much. So one day, without even looking at my old island beforehand (because every time I did that I changed my mind) I just DID IT. And the only thing I regret is losing Sherb. I won't tell you to try it, because it's irreversible, but I am glad that I did it.

 

[JKDOS]

The beggining of the game is sooo relaxing. I just decorate with whatever I get in ballons or trees and make do, it's refreshing to not be perfectionist about decoration. I even missed the song from before the town hall is finished haha

The prologue song is definitely really relaxing. It's sad the rest of the game's music doesn't even compare to the same theme and style that the prologue used. The closest song we get to the prologue is 2AM, but seriously, I am never up past 12am.

The entire beginning of the game was/is my favorite part about New Horizons. Having just 2 villagers living in tents, having Timmy walking around the town holding a flag, and having nothing to really worry about other than maybe getting some bells and miles, or as you mentioned just using what even furniture you can find to decorate with is nice, and the music with the wind (or rain if lucky) just ties everything together.

When resetting your island, the prologue can be something to look forward to.

 

[BakaRina]

I decided to reset during the weekend since I felt like going for a new look for my island. I didn’t like the color of my airport or that I had pears as my native fruit, so I wanted to change that. It was a right choice since I’m liking what I got after resetting a few times. While I have yet to figure out what theme I’d like to decorate my island this time, I’ll relax and get villagers I know I’d enjoy having around on my island instead of having popular ones. For now, I’ll relax and have fun. I might will use some ideas I used for my old island for my new island when I get to decorating it soon.

 

[The friendcode exchanger]

So I have not been playing New horizons in a long long time after losing my physical copy of the game for good although I can still continue on by downloading the digital version because yay for digital saves .

Like many people other people here in this community I got bored of playing it because there was just a lack of content for me to explore and I gave up while trying to unlock k.k slider.

I really wanted to make a story based island based on the One piece manga and anime series and the island was called Raftel after the final island in the series with my main character looking like the main character Strawhat Luffy and I was aiming to add more characters based off characters from the manga and anime.

If I ever get back into the game I want to reset my game because I am not at all satisifed with my island layout and the lack of progress with the island was what killed my enjoyment for this game and caused me to stop playing the series all together and I started playing other games like Mother 3 ,lot's of jrpgs in general and many other games.

If I do reset my Island I want the themes, characters and setting to be completely changed.

Again I was thinking of doing an island with a story but this time I want to make it much more depressing but not in a horror style as is popular in the community instead I want to focus on subject matter related to childhood + the mistreatment of the elderly which is a big issue in my country of Sweden

In my New leaf town I did do something like this but this time I want to take it a step further.

I want to touch upon subjects like separation anxiety ,childhood neglect and emotional abuse ,sibling favoritism by parents,the effects of a broken childhood and an unstable home enviroment on an adult and the rest of their lives. I will also include symbolism like I did in my New leaf town which was partly inspired by looking at other dream towns especially aika village where one of the rooms was filled with eggshells and a piano which is obviously supposed to represent abusive parents that constantly demand perfection of their children also known as tiger parents or asian parents.

I have heard many horror stories in the news from Sweden where I live of elderly people being mistreated in horrific ways especially with those that are ill and have mental health issues like Dementia such as the cases were no caretakers arrive to help somebody with dementia and they end up suffering for extremely long periods because of it for example them being forced to sleep in their own feces because nobody bothered to help them with their basic needs like going to the bathroom changing clothes or switching bedsheets.

I want to portray these horrors as best I can to show how bad this can get at times even in first world countries like Sweden where it's sometimes taken for granted that the care for the elderly is adequate and giving them the help they need even when it more often than not clearly isn't.

 

[floatingzoo]

So, my second island is literally only two or three days old (I only just got my house today.) It is going to be based on Club Penguin, and I am going to try to not terraform at all! I decided that I didn't want to name the island something Club Penguin themed however, just in case I wanted to change the theme later down the line. However, when I reached the moment to name my island I completely blanked on anything original. I ended up naming it "Wonderland" (as in Winter Wonderland) because I wanted to progress so badly.

I'm not a big fan of the name now. I want something a bit more original, that isn't so tied to an idea (Alice in Wonderland.) A lot of people suggested naming it "Puffle" and I was just thinking that naming it "Cream Puff" would be really cute!

The map is also not exactly what I was looking for, as you can't access the secret beach without a ladder. Without terraforming, it will always be a bit of a hassle to get down there.

I'm a big fan of the airport, like the native fruit, and besides the secret beach location, the map is nice. I also went through the tutorial with my nephew, so it wouldn't be the one we got together. Thoughts on resetting?