The Resetting Thread

[Che5hire Cat]

I just decided that I will reset my first island tomorrow, mainly for the reason that it's nothing but a hot mess which I can't save anymore. The island's name sucks, the way I terrformed certain parts sucks, the town fruit becomes kinda lame, the villagers aren't that great... I feel like that I can do better and a fresh start, especially with the update coming soon, feels just right for me. I already have a theme in mind which I would like to try out, still looking for a good island name however.

 

[r1v3r]

im restarting my island tomorrow...what are some tips yall have for racking up on nook miles and being able to unlock things quicker?

 

[saucySheep]

im restarting my island tomorrow...what are some tips yall have for racking up on nook miles and being able to unlock things quicker?

for racking up nook miles the best thing to do is simply complete some of the starting initiatives (catching fish/bugs, etc.) and for unlocking things quicker i guess you could just play for several hours a day

 

[r1v3r]

for racking up nook miles the best thing to do is simply complete some of the starting initiatives (catching fish/bugs, etc.) and for unlocking things quicker i guess you could just play for several hours a day

tyty

 

[HappyTails]

im restarting my island tomorrow...what are some tips yall have for racking up on nook miles and being able to unlock things quicker?

Also, I'd recommend buying NMT from someone on here. That way you don't have to keep spending your Nook Miles on tickets. Most people accept TBT (the currency you get on here just from posting and participating)

 

[LuluLove]

I got the game a couple of days later after release and I’ve reset once, after 5 days or so. Now I’m debating if I should reset again: there are numerous reasons behind but also reasons that stop me. I love all my villagers and I like how I decorated my island. What I hate is my airport color, which is yellow(I always wanted the blue one, it’s so cute) and how I terraformed my island. I’m good with decorating but terrible at terraforming. When I unlocked terraforming I completely destroyed all my cliffs as well as my river. I made them myself but they are terrible, they look blocky and very unnatural. So I’ve been thinking about resetting once again, even tho all the accomplishment I have made are holding me back. I find the first week on the island extremely tedious and all my fish, bugs and fossils! But at the same time I feel like starting again with a map that I won’t need to touch at all, cause I’m not going to terraform again! What should I do?

 

[Roxxy]

The thought of starting again would scare me. I wouldn’t recommend the blue airport as it has the worst colour variations. If you do decide to restart I am sure lots of us would be happy to help

 

[Fye]

I personally wouldn't reset this far into the game if you're happy with your villagers, museum, and catalog / furniture. Rather than resetting to get a new map, why not move all the houses onto the beach and try to terraform your island into one of the starter islands? It will take a while depending on how much furniture and flowers you have on your island but I think it would definitely be easier than starting from scratch. And then once you're done terraforming, putting all the flowers, furniture, houses, and bridges/inclines back shouldn't be too bad since you already know how you like to furnish your island and probably have enough bells to move buildings around (cause that's also an issue in the beginning of the game). But either way good luck!

 

[LuluLove]

I personally wouldn't reset this far into the game if you're happy with your villagers, museum, and catalog / furniture. Rather than resetting to get a new map, why not move all the houses onto the beach and try to terraform your island into one of the starter islands? It will take a while depending on how much furniture and flowers you have on your island but I think it would definitely be easier than starting from scratch. And then once you're done terraforming, putting all the flowers, furniture, houses, and bridges/inclines back shouldn't be too bad since you already know how you like to furnish your island and probably have enough bells to move buildings around (cause that's also an issue in the beginning of the game). But either way good luck!

I might try to do that! I’ll have to watch some tutorials on YouTube on how to terraform naturally tho, cause I’m not really skilled! Thank you for your advice tho

 

[saucySheep]

i wouldn't, i'd probably just try to make it work with the rivers and such

 

[HappyTails]

Resetting just for an airport color isn't really worth it especially if you are far in the game. I mean I get that people have their preference but when it comes down to it, the color doesn't change what it does. And I honestly have a feeling they are going to give us the option to change the color to something else, because remember they are releasing this game in pieces instead of all at once. So I'd say just try to stick it out.

But I get wanting to reset because of terraforming. I've myself reset because I didn't like how I terraformed my island. So I can't really suggest not resetting because of terraforming less I look like a hypocrite. XD

 

[LuluLove]

Resetting just for an airport color isn't really worth it especially if you are far in the game. I mean I get that people have their preference but when it comes down to it, the color doesn't change what it does. And I honestly have a feeling they are going to give us the option to change the color to something else, because remember they are releasing this game in pieces instead of all at once. So I'd say just try to stick it out.

I hope so! It really bothers me, I know it’s silly but I can’t help it! I wish it was blue it would give me some piece of mind!

 

[Feraligator]

I think if the only thing that makes you want to reset most is the way you've terraformed, it might not be worth it. You could change things little by little, or plan it out using Happy Island Designer?

The airport colour is something I don't like either, but the orange one came with the best colour variations of furniture for me. Blue is my favourite colour but the furniture colours really aren't great, so I'm happy I got orange because of that.

Maybe try to continue terraforming and if it really does become too much, take a break and try again? I hate my RS location as well, and it was almost enough for me to reset over, but I tried something new with my entrance and I actually really like it now, so now I can't imagine resetting.

But, if nothing is going right for you, it might be best to reset because from my experience some of these lingering thoughts never go away for me. I do end up missing my older towns though, but sometimes I get a better one afterwards.

 

[HappyTails]

It's not silly at all. Everyone has their own preferences. I always tell people on the reset thread that if something is bothering you about your island that you can't change at the moment, you are probably better off resetting because you'll be focused on that one thing that's bothering you and it will keep you from enjoying your island to the fullest.

My last island I had before this last reset, I was doing a island revamp because I didn't like how my terraforming was going before. So I decided to do Project Revamp where instead of resetting, I decided to revamp my entire island, it was time consuming but very fun. I did reset that island, not because of the terraforming, but because I had bought bells from someone and that's my ultimate 'no no' rule. Remember, terraforming can get messed up or turn out a way you don't want but it's not something that's unfixable.

 

[deirdresgf]

i restarted about a month ago because I got a new switch and the data transfer was too confusing. if that didn’t happen, my attachment issues would NEVER let me restart baha but I kinda had to, but i was so happy after I did. i really hated my old island, but I worried about losing museum progress and the date I started on my passport (yes, this was literally my main worry, I was proud of the registered march 20th) after restarting, I had more motivation to play the game! i picked a layout and a town name I loved, and it was fun having a fresh start. i definitely rushed to unlock things on my old island and then I had nothing else to do, so it was fun to take things slow. resetting is a big decision, but just know it isn’t as scary as it looks! i‘m going to put a link to a video that helped me! also, just know that if you need any help saving items from your old island, you can come drop them off on mine if you need to! (sorry this is so long haha, i hope this is helpful in some way)

 

[LuluLove]

that’s why I love the animal crossing community so much! Everyone is so nice! Thank you all for your kind and helpful advice! I think I’ll try to remodel a little bit cause I am very attached to some of my villagers and it took me so long hunting for them(I don’t buy them and I only own one amiibo card, which is molly, in case I couldn’t find her on island tour). If it will still look so blocky and unnatural I think I’ll find the courage to reset. I have a couple of friends who could keep some items for me, mostly bells and NMT. Thank you all so much

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It's not silly at all. Everyone has their own preferences. I always tell people on the reset thread that if something is bothering you about your island that you can't change at the moment, you are probably better off resetting because you'll be focused on that one thing that's bothering you and it will keep you from enjoying your island to the fullest.

My last island I had before this last reset, I was doing a island revamp because I didn't like how my terraforming was going before. So I decided to do Project Revamp where instead of resetting, I decided to revamp my entire island, it was time consuming but very fun. I did reset that island, not because of the terraforming, but because I had bought bells from someone and that's my ultimate 'no no' rule. Remember, terraforming can get messed up or turn out a way you don't want but it's not something that's unfixable.

I have some rules as well, so I do understand you. Buying bells is a no no for me as well, cause I think it really kills the purpose of the game. I don’t time travel either but that’s absolutely personal, everyone plays in a different way. I find terraforming very messy, maybe because I’m not really skilled. A couple of months ago I transformed my entire island, getting inspiration from various youtubers but it turned out weird and it was so filled that I couldn’t play the game anymore. I transformed it back again to get a city vibe and it’s alright...still the river is very unnatural and the cliffs are very boring, even if i tried to do some variation

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i restarted about a month ago because I got a new switch and the data transfer was too confusing. if that didn’t happen, my attachment issues would NEVER let me restart baha but I kinda had to, but i was so happy after I did. i really hated my old island, but I worried about losing museum progress and the date I started on my passport (yes, this was literally my main worry, I was proud of the registered march 20th) after restarting, I had more motivation to play the game! i picked a layout and a town name I loved, and it was fun having a fresh start. i definitely rushed to unlock things on my old island and then I had nothing else to do, so it was fun to take things slow. resetting is a big decision, but just know it isn’t as scary as it looks! i‘m going to put a link to a video that helped me! also, just know that if you need any help saving items from your old island, you can come drop them off on mine if you need to! (sorry this is so long haha, i hope this is helpful in some way)

That’s crazy! I literally watched this video today! It really helped as well, it was soothing and very calming! Thank you so much!

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Just to give everyone an idea of what I mean regarding terraforming and the river being very unnatural and blocky...

 

[HappyTails]

Yeah, that would bother me too if things looked unnatural and weird so I get what you're saying. XD

My advice is if you do reset, don't go ham with the terraforming. I did that very thing and it resulted in me resetting my island 3 times since launch. Focus on one area at a time: one day focus on your airport, then the day after, you can focus on the shopping district, then the day after that, work on the camping area. That's what I did when I was doing Project Revamp. It made terraforming a lot less intimidating. Also, I only spent max 2 hours a day on terraforming. I don't know if you were trying to copy the YouTubers you were watching, but I would suggest not doing that. Getting inspiration from them, of course, but make your island uniquely you. It never turns out the way you want when you try to copy someone.

And yes, buying Bells makes things way too easy, and it ruins the game for me. Same thing happened to me in New Leaf and that's when I made the vow to never by Bells from anyone anymore.

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I see you posted a map of your island. That actually doesn't look bad at all. You can try making the river a bit curvier and even try not connecting it all together.

 

[LuluLove]

Yeah, that would bother me too if things looked unnatural and weird so I get what you're saying. XD

My advice is if you do reset, don't go ham with the terraforming. I did that very thing and it resulted in me resetting my island 3 times since launch. Focus on one area at a time: one day focus on your airport, then the day after, you can focus on the shopping district, then the day after that, work on the camping area. That's what I did when I was doing Project Revamp. It made terraforming a lot less intimidating. Also, I only spent max 2 hours a day on terraforming. I don't know if you were trying to copy the YouTubers you were watching, but I would suggest not doing that. Getting inspiration from them, of course, but make your island uniquely you. It never turns out the way you want when you try to copy someone.

And yes, buying Bells makes things way too easy, and it ruins the game for me. Same thing happened to me in New Leaf and that's when I made the vow to never by Bells from anyone anymore.

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I see you posted a map of your island. That actually doesn't look bad at all. You can try making the river a bit curvier and even try not connecting it all together.

Aw, thank you! It’s a simple design cause I still want to be able to really play the game. I like to have my river accessible and to pop balloons without loosing the presents

 

[Serabee]

Yah, if I were you, I'd see if I can find some good guides to terraforming online- you can make cliffs that look natural, you just have to be strategic about it. It took me a long while to get the hang of things, but I think I've finally developed a knack for it. But I'm sure there are tons of guides online about how to terraform well! If you do reset, though, just make sure you get a good layout right off the bat. I reset once a day or two after launch (I got the game as soon as it was released here, lol) and made sure that I could look at the map and immediately visualize where I would put all the things I wanted. Since then I've only done minor terraforming- like smoothing corners, cutting some paths through cliffs, and moving rivers a smidge. I wanted a more natural look for my island and I made sure I had a good start so I wouldn't have to go nuts with terraforming!

As for the airport color... I guess that's harder because there's nothing you can do about it. But sometimes I wonder if Nintendo will give us a way to change it- it's so weird to me that we can't. I wouldn't be surprised if, at some point, an update will release a way to change airport color with Nook Miles or something. Maybe they could even release new styles for the airport and shops and RS and stuff! BUT that's just me dreaming, lol

 

[angelcat621]

I started my first game in June but wasn't satisfied with some things I'd done so I reset in August and have no regrets. I even got the same map and native fruit as before. It took 3 real-life weeks to time travel the campsite and get the 10 villagers I wanted but it was worth it because I love my island now.