The Resetting Thread

[Aurita]

I haven’t reset my island before but if the main thing you’re missing is the newness of obtaining new recipes & items, maybe instead of resetting you should create a second character?

you can “rebuild” your diy library and your catalog of your new character (probably can’t trade with others if you don’t have online on 2 profiles) and you can even terraform areas as well! You’d still need your main character to move houses & building but your second character can do a lot of “new” things

But if the layout of your island or your NM items/airport is bugging you a lot then I’d say go for the reset since you can’t change those.

 

[Lilyacre]

If your current save isn't bringing you any joy then I think you have your answer

Take the plunge, start fresh and take your time getting everything and developing your town, that's my advice!

 

[moonlights]

i've been in a similar situation to this before and it's always ended up in me resetting. if you're not enjoying it i'd suggest resetting, all items can be obtained pretty easily anyway! good luck

 

[k e r f u f f l e]

Sounds like you ought to just reset. Why keep your old island if you aren't having fun? Boom- science.

The Venmo thing will have to wait unless you can come up with further negotiations.

 

[Moon Cake]

I reset my island two days ago and I don’t regret it at all! I love my new island map with south and east river exits, the Residenf Services Center super far from the airport, hyacinths (my favorite flower), and cherries (my favorite fruit). I definitely went through my first island too quickly but I’m really glad for this second playthrough. I even found one of my favorite villagers from my first island (Zucker) again and I’m having a blast getting to know some new villagers too.

I hope this can help anyone who’s thinking of resetting!

 

[misstayleigh]

I hummed and hawed the first time I reset and then ended up enjoying it a lot more, but time traveled to get caught up, which I think led to some quick burnout. Once you have all the bells in the world from turnips too it’s hard to motivate myself to actually earn things lol. I’m thinking of resetting once more for the Fall update and trying to minimize TT, as difficult as that is... and I’d want to start off with moving my villagers on the sand so I can really flatten and demolish my island when I unlock landscaping. Where I am right now is I just think everything I’ve done is..... ugly... and not gr8 planning on my part even tho I thought I had a ~vision~

 

[saucySheep]

I am going to buy myself a switch lite and I'm pretty hype ab it : ) obviously I shall be downloading NH. Slight problem, though. I've decided to give my switch account to my brother so he can have all his fortnite garbage lol. this means setting up a new account and therefore a new ACNH island.

I'm a bit said because even though I kind of hate my island (idk what went wrong. it's just so bad.) I LOVE my villagers and all the progress I've made - all the cool clothes, furniture, DIY's, critters and stuff like that - it'll all be lost (well, not all of it, i will be transporting my villager photos and some of my favorite furniture and clothing items to my new island as soon as possible, ofc xd)

I'm also kinda excited tho!! 0.0 when i get a new island it will be so fresh and untouched and honestly i miss that. sometimes i walk by structures on my island and wonder "what did this look like before i screwed it up to look like this?" lol. I just think a fresh new start will be really relaxing. ^v^ and, also, i LOVE the song that plays in tent RS, and the tune that plays non-stop before you upgrade resident services and get hourly music. and though i am technically a NH "pro" (or so the "noobs" refer to me as), i plan to take things super slowly and not just unlock all the stores and everything the second i start playing just because i know how. also... i think it will be great to get some fresh faces on my island. I wonder who my starters will be? Or my native fruit? Airport color? (I'm freakin' resetting if I get Diva, peaches or Orange airport. Sorry.) but yeah ofc Tammi sherb and curlos are gonna need to make a comeback. Sorry to the other folks ily too but ehhhh xddddd

yeah. thanks for making this thread and let my ramble on i know y'all don't care but im hype so eeeeeeeeeee : )

 

[misstayleigh]

bit the bullet and am resetting today! wish me patience and luck haha

 

[saucySheep]

bit the bullet and am resetting today! wish me patience and luck haha

ayee neat you gotta tell me what it's like

 

[AquaMarie]

I know there is a resetting thread, but I feel like this is a little different, so hopefully I can post it here.

I can't seem to get this off my mind today and it just kind of came to me out of the blue. There is nothing that I hate about my island...nothing driving me crazy, but for some reason I started thinking about resetting.

There was a time when I could never even imagine resetting an AC town. Why would I throw away all the hard work and memories?

But all of a sudden it sounds exciting. My head is getting filled with decorating and landscaping ideas, looking at and choosing a new map sounds fun. This time around, there is SO MUCH we can change about our islands, so I will probably just pretend that I just "remodeled" everything, including the things we can't actually change. If the airport is a different color it will be because I "painted" it. If RS is in a new area it will be because I funded a project to have it moved to a more ideal location.

I have a second island I share with my fiance, so there will be no problem saving bells, items, and even villagers if I need to. I can just transfer the most important things to the second island for safekeeping.

If I do go through with this, I won't just do it on a whim. And I don't want to miss out on holidays because I'm too busy resetting or stuck in the tutorial. So I will for sure wait until after Halloween, and possibly even after Christmas.

Have any of you reset just for fun? How did you feel afterwards? Any advice you have for me?

 

[John Wick]

To answer your question, YES. You are crazy. (J/J)

Don't do it, you'll end up regretting it.

If you need a change, just redesign/terraform. Don't lose all that hard work!

 

[Bluebellie]

Don’t do it!
I actually thought about resetting possibly about a month ago. There was just something off about my map layout and I just couldn’t get an area to connect. Anyways I decided not to reset and I was able to figure out the issue. I just pretty much tore down my whole town. If you want a clean start (this would be what I recommend. I reset once since the game came out ( at the start probably the second day). It was soo hectic doing all the tutorials at first. It was not enjoyable at all.

 

[HappyTails]

I reset my game today because I thought of an even cuter name for my island, and my last island I kind of ruined because I broke my ultimate rule of not buying bells. Having millions of bells made customizing and moving building around, and paying off stuff way too easy and way too fast and I rushed through it. The point of this game is to slow down and relax. And I wasn't doing that. So I decided to start fresh.

Sure I lost a lot of stuff, and that's disappointing but it's not stuff I can't earn back. Also I decided to play my new island in private. I will probably buy some NMT and uncustomizable Nook Miles items as well, if I don't get the colors I want. Of course, I'll still get a Dream Address and share it, I'm not going to completely ignore the multiplayer mode though.

 

[Dracule]

I don’t think you’re crazy, haha! Sometimes we want a completely fresh start to try something new with an island. I’ve had the same thought before, but settled with flattening instead. I do agree with others—you really gotta think about it. Sometimes regret sets in even when there’s been serious contemplation about your decision. If you aren’t attached to your island to begin with, then I’d say store all the important stuff on your shared island with your BF, then reset.

 

[Livia]

I’ve thought about it too, but I’m too attached to my island and I don’t want to build up my catalog again. I really liked the beginning of the game though and I wish I could experience it again.

 

[BalloonFight]

Honestly I feel like resetting just for fun sounds like a recipe for regret. It's hard to fully imagine how you'd feel with all of your prior hard work gone until your literally back at day 1 in your campsite having to do the full story again. I personally would vote for either flattening your island, or work on different sections per day re-imagining your island, instead of a full reset.

At least though you do have a second island for storage if you were to end up resetting. That's definitely a nice benefit to have. Ponder over the idea carefully imo just to make sure massive regret doesn't set in.

 

[Hedgehugs]

if you're crazy then I'll be crazy with you homie lol

i haven't reset since like the 2nd month the game came out and been trying to just finish my current island but sometimes I just think "man,i kinda wanna reset lol" not because i hate my island (most of the time) but because i find the beginning of the game so fun to play through and after you get terraforming it gets kinda boring imo

the only reason i haven't reset is because i don't have the luxury of having 2 islands rip

 

[Sharksheep]

I think it's the same as creating a new minecraft world or a new save in Stardew Valley or Don't Starve. I like starting over in games because the fun is in getting your resources back up again. Yes I can play in my old save where I have pretty much infinite resources but it's pretty boring once you done everything.

 

[meggiewes]

I did this with New Leaf. Just about four years in or whenever the Welcome Amiibo update dropped, I gave in and sold my town to reset. I've regretted it ever since.

I would say that if you aren't fond of the colors of items you have been getting or want to play the roulette with the Nook Miles items, go ahead and reset. If you are sure that you don't mind starting over, reset.

If anything is holding you back (and it might be because you are making this thread instead of just doing it), then don't reset.

 

[Pyoopi]

Maybe the reset bug climbed into your ear at night. it happens a lot to people.

But honestly, I'd do what the others said above. Mull over it for a bit.