Unpopular Opinions

[Cloudandshade]

I'm completely with you.
I'm also like that when it comes to people who decorate their islands with stuff like cafes and restaurants. I'm just left thinking "who's running this? Where are the staff at?"

I know its silly because it's a video game but I want logical consistency dammit!

I'm definitely guilty of placing cafes and whatnot around, but I figure I just have to run them myself. After all, why not - I seem to have to do everything else around the place, don't I?

 

[annex]

I'm completely with you.
I'm also like that when it comes to people who decorate their islands with stuff like cafes and restaurants. I'm just left thinking "who's running this? Where are the staff at?"

I know its silly because it's a video game but I want logical consistency dammit!

Yes, and when it rains the books in the libraries would be completely destroyed. The camp fires would all be put out, and some of the sofas and chairs would be sopping wet. The cakes in the bakeries would be ruined.

I recently decorated a bathroom in my fancy hotel. After two days of decorating it to perfection, I realized it didn't have a toilet. There was no room for one. I told myself it was just a game and the imaginary people or animals that stay at the hotel, don't really need one, but every time I go in there, I'm reminded that the hotel guests are shoot out of luck if they need a toilet.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Yes, and when it rains the books in the libraries would be completely destroyed. The camp fires would all be put out, and some of the sofas and chairs would be sopping wet. The cakes in the bakeries would be ruined.

I recently decorated a bathroom in my fancy hotel. After two days of decorating it to perfection, I realized it didn't have a toilet. There was no room for one. I told myself it was just a game and the imaginary people or animals that stay at the hotel, don't really need one, but every time I go in there, I'm reminded that the hotel guests are shoot out of luck if they need a toilet.

That makes me question Dodo airlines with that Mail stand. How is Orville able to handle traveling and mailing at the same time? That must be a stressful job for him to handle on his own.

 

[satine]

I think Judy looks terrifying and she gives me the major creeps. I really don't understand the hype for her, or honestly for Dom for that matter. They both just look off to me lol.

Raymond is fine I guess. The creepy fan art of him has soiled him a little for me though honestly, I wish people would just let little fake pixel critters be fake pixel critters without putting them in fishnets and maid uniforms sometimes lol.

 

[VanitasFan26]

I think Judy looks terrifying and she gives me the major creeps. I really don't understand the hype for her, or honestly for Dom for that matter. They both just look off to me lol.

Raymond is fine I guess. The creepy fan art of him has soiled him a little for me though honestly, I wish people would just let little fake pixel critters be fake pixel critters without putting them in fishnets and maid uniforms sometimes lol.

Speaking of which and this another unpopular opinion. Villager Trading is just bad. I mean I don't seem to understand why people treat villagers in this game as like "items" instead of "friends". It always strange how people can buy villagers with bells or nmts because they wanted them so badly. However I found out that sometimes people only want the villager they want for so long, but then sell them to another person who wants the villager that they just got recently. I mean who does that?

It always strange to me how that was a thing in the game where someone can come to your island and take a villager who is moving out on their island to theirs. Like Raymond and Judy they were being exploited a lot in villager trading to the point where people got scammed and of course there was so much confusion coming from people of how are they suppose to do the trade which is a long and complicated process.

I used to do villager trades myself last year, but then a common thought came to me and I was like "Why am I doing this? This is so wrong!" Thats when I put a stop to it and never traded villagers again it just felt very weird and odd to me.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

The Happy Home Academy should either be removed from the game or included in its entirety. The letters are now annoying. No, I want items on the floor HHA! Stop suggesting that I should pick them up!!!! Grrrr...

100% agree with this.. at the very least it could be improved significantly. I haven't updated my house in 6+ months. And yet I need to receive an evaluation every single week? Where is the unsubscribe button?
THe worst part is that I put a lost knapsack in my laundromat basement... HHA still hasn't gotten over it.

HHA was great in New Leaf, but so far it is so pointless in New Horizons. They should have just not put it in the game (at least not until it is up to par with the NL HHA).

 

[VanitasFan26]

100% agree with this.. at the very least it could be improved significantly. I haven't updated my house in 6+ months. And yet I need to receive an evaluation every single week? Where is the unsubscribe button?
THe worst part is that I put a lost knapsack in my laundromat basement... HHA still hasn't gotten over it.

HHA was great in New Leaf, but so far it is so pointless in New Horizons. They should have just not put it in the game (at least not until it is up to par with the NL HHA).

I swear everytime I go to my mail its always them telling me "Well you should do more" like don't tell me how to make my home. I make it however I want that stands out to me and I don't like them telling me what looks "off" to them.

 

[Moritz]

Speaking of which and this another unpopular opinion. Villager Trading is just bad. I mean I don't seem to understand why people treat villagers in this game as like "items" instead of "friends". It always strange how people can buy villagers with bells or nmts because they wanted them so badly. However I found out that sometimes people only want the villager they want for so long, but then sell them to another person who wants the villager that they just got recently. I mean who does that?

It always strange to me how that was a thing in the game where someone can come to your island and take a villager who is moving out on their island to theirs. Like Raymond and Judy they were being exploited a lot in villager trading to the point where people got scammed and of course there was so much confusion coming from people of how are they suppose to do the trade which is a long and complicated process.

I used to do villager trades myself last year, but then a common thought came to me and I was like "Why am I doing this? This is so wrong!" Thats when I put a stop to it and never traded villagers again it just felt very weird and odd to me.

I certainly think its scummy and awful that there are people out there who would con others when it comes to things like this. They are awful people.

But I don't see what is "so wrong" about wanting specific villagers on your island.
All of my villagers are ones I specifically went for and I have a much deeper connection with them because of it.

I do think that people shouldn't charge or if they do charge, just for the inconvenience of opening the gates.
I do think its scummy when people charge millions for a villager that is in boxes and just going to go into the void otherwise.
Thats why I give away my villagers for free. They're leaving, if someone else wants them great.
The community would be a much nicer place if everyone would just be helpful and not just in it for themselves. It's animal crossing, why you gotta be so greedy, ya know?

 

[VanitasFan26]

I certainly think its scummy and awful that there are people out there who would con others when it comes to things like this. They are awful people.

But I don't see what is "so wrong" about wanting specific villagers on your island.
All of my villagers are ones I specifically went for and I have a much deeper connection with them because of it.

I do think that people shouldn't charge or if they do charge, just for the inconvenience of opening the gates.
I do think its scummy when people charge millions for a villager that is in boxes and just going to go into the void otherwise.
Thats why I give away my villagers for free. They're leaving, if someone else wants them great.
The community would be a much nicer place if everyone would just be helpful and not just in it for themselves. It's animal crossing, why you gotta be so greedy, ya know?

Truth be told there is a certain website which I will not name that is full of greedy people and it has a very messed up community that seems to want so much nmts and a lot of wishlist items which most of them is just diys and villager photos. I've been there and its a painful experience. The reason why I traded a lot of villagers was so I can get nmts to get what I wanted. I find myself having to make higher offers because sellers tend to reject my offer because it was "too low" so I try hard to get to a very high amount which they accept it.

I do agree with you there is some greedy people out there and it can make trading difficult than it already is.

 

[Livia]

Bunny Day is fun. I like collecting eggs and crafting. I enjoyed it last year too, and I’m excited because this year I get to complete it again on my second character.

 

[Beanz]

I don’t like stitches and I have no desire to have him on my island. I understand why people like him but he looks kind of creepy to me, he has no eyes and you can see stitches along the side of his head (hence the name.) It’s sort of surprising to me that he isn’t treated like Coco but I can see why he isn’t because he’s meant to look like a toy while I don’t know what the heck Coco is supposed to be.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I don’t like stitches and I have no desire to have him on my island. I understand why people like him but he looks kind of creepy to me, he has no eyes and you can see stitches along the side of his head (hence the name.) It’s sort of surprising to me that he isn’t treated like Coco but I can see why he isn’t because he’s meant to look like a toy while I don’t know what the heck Coco is supposed to be.

coco is based on a haniwa, funerary items found in ancient Japanese graves from the Yayoi period (hence her Japanese name, Yayoi). Gyroids are also haniwa (and that is what they are called in Japanese)

clay, is actually also based on a Japanese artifact, the dogu, from the Jomon period, the ancient statue is a dogu statue.

I am also not a big fan of stitches, though I like both clay and coco.

 

[Starfish10]

Speaking of which and this another unpopular opinion. Villager Trading is just bad. I mean I don't seem to understand why people treat villagers in this game as like "items" instead of "friends". It always strange how people can buy villagers with bells or nmts because they wanted them so badly. However I found out that sometimes people only want the villager they want for so long, but then sell them to another person who wants the villager that they just got recently. I mean who does that?

It always strange to me how that was a thing in the game where someone can come to your island and take a villager who is moving out on their island to theirs. Like Raymond and Judy they were being exploited a lot in villager trading to the point where people got scammed and of course there was so much confusion coming from people of how are they suppose to do the trade which is a long and complicated process.

I used to do villager trades myself last year, but then a common thought came to me and I was like "Why am I doing this? This is so wrong!" Thats when I put a stop to it and never traded villagers again it just felt very weird and odd to me.

Animal Crossing is a video game. People treat villagers as “items” instead of “friends” because the villagers are not and cannot be friends. They’re not real. They’re just imaginary computer drawings. Villager trading is not “bad” because it hurts nobody. When people trade villagers, they’re playing the video game that is Animal Crossing. The villagers are not being exploited because, again, they are not real and they don’t have feelings.

I don’t have any connection with my villagers. I don’t care deeply about my villagers. I don’t care about them at all, actually. They’re fun toys to play with. They’re cute and they make me smile. But do I care about them? No. They’re not real. I care about my friends, and my family, and real people in the world. Animal Crossing is a video game. It’s a video game I’ve been playing for fifteen years! But it’s still nothing more than a toy.

Obviously, I know you understand that villagers are not real. I don’t say that to talk down to you, I just say it because it’s important to emphasize. Let’s not belittle people or weirdly try to make them feel bad for playing a video game in a way that makes them happy. There’s no “exploration” going on of Raymond because he’s often traded.

Sorry... I know your comment is a few days old, so normally I wouldn’t even bother to reply, but something about it just rubbed me the wrong way!

 

[LinkToTheWorld]

I've seen a lot of people say that they dislike that sheep wear shirts now instead of scarves. I can see why they dislike it, because it looks tight and stretches out designs and patterns on them, but I actually like it! I gave Dom some very cute stuff to wear and he just looks so sweet and round like a baby.

I agree! I much prefer the sheep now they have shirts. I never liked them with scarves and it did put me off their design

 

[moonford]

i think anteaters are one of the best designed species in the entire game, in terms of modelling design

in contrast to the likes of the mice, gorillas, monkeys, hippos, lions and tigers which low-key look ridiculous unless their colour palettes and character designs save them

i understand why much of the anteaters aren't well loved, the ones that especially come to mind are Pango, Snooty, Cyrano and Olaf to a degree. Pango, Snooty and Cyrano have bizarre colour schemes which often don't fit island themes (most people I know tend to sway toward pastel colours or natural colours and natural looking villagers, like Antonio actually resembling an irl Giant Anteater) and they aren't particularly cutesy either. Olaf has hair and I feel that people don't like the contrast between black, dark brown and white on him; so he's not winning any beauty competitions in many people's eyes (I still love him lol)

i wish they had a few other anteaters with more subdued colours instead of the odd vibrant colours so they would grow in popularity. maybe some designs inspired by irl anteater variants such as the Tamandau Anteater (with a white-beige and black monochromatic colouring) or even a food based anteater which could be based on a banana, making the snoot resemble a banana! (in the same vein of Merengue, Ketchup, Tangy and Zucker)

I also wish they would bring Zoe, Nosegay and Lulu back; they had such interesting designs. I could totally see Lulu being popular due to her pastel-esque palette.

 

[SoftCrowbar]

I miss villagers randomly moving and putting their houses wherever, honestly. (Admittedly I’d prefer the house situation to be when the first villagers move in and then their houses stay where they are put). I’m a huge fan of random (and pretty much any) change & it kept me checking in to make sure no one I didn’t want leaving left in NL.

 

[Violet Witch]

I only like the hyacinth's, roses, tulips and cosmos flowers in certain colours. I find the lilies, mums and pansies quite boring and I wish we could have more flower variety depending on the time of year like daffodils in spring etc.

 

[JellyBeans]

i don't know if this is generally unpopular but i'd much rather reset my island than have to move everything out and tear it down only to put everything back. this feels a bit hypocritical since i *know* i've given the advice to flatten your island before, plus I've done it myself to small areas, but when it comes to wanting to redo the entire island (which I do currently) I'd really rather just reset entirely. sure, I'll lose my catalogue and my DIYs and everything but that's part of the fresh start. it's just a lot easier imo

 

[Moritz]

New horizons has the best soundtrack in the series.
Although City Folk has some music that hits you in the feels unlike new horizons music does, they're not enough to elevate the overall soundtrack above it. Its only a few tracks that do that.

New Leaf had a meh soundtrack. Very nostalgic now, but kinda bland.
The gamecube one was... interesting to say the least. Not sure what they were thinking but it was the first entry in the series so obviously a free pass for it.

 

[Envy]

Yes, and when it rains the books in the libraries would be completely destroyed. The camp fires would all be put out, and some of the sofas and chairs would be sopping wet. The cakes in the bakeries would be ruined.

This is why I find what we can decorate outside to be a bit limiting. I want want to decorate outdoors with things that are more practical to put outdoors. I'm really sad that there is a wealth of appropriate outdoor items in NL and before and Pocket Camp that we for some reason don't have.

The more I think about this, the more I wish we had extra customizable community buildings, the likes of what we saw in Happy Home Designer. That way we'd be able to say, actually place a library or cafe that we can decorate instead of just trying to make one outside (which looks tacky and makes no sense). None of them would be forced on the player to place, but we'd have the option to place these buildings and then decorate them.