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What do you think about having a cooking system or a restaurant?

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Maybe you could cook/bake certain things and give them those completed dishes and they would become closer with you. It could also be an alternative for birthday gifts, or maybe ( if Shrunk's function is the same in the new title ) after collecting the emotes that are in New Leaf, by cooking some dishes for him, he could give you even more, that have been seen in Happy Home Designer and such.

Now a HUGE part of Animal Crossing is customization. Firstly, your own home. Not everyone is going to have a full blown kitchen room. So, a public works project could be some sort of restaurant. I was thinking that if they didn't have a new NPC, Franklin could run it, or maybe even a relative of him! Imagine if Franklin had a son or something, and this little turkey guys runs this restaurant that you can work at part time to cook! Sort of like a 2nd Roost, but there's more to it than just remembering the villagers' favorite dishes. They could have little microgame things where you have to fry/sautee/whisk/etc the ingredients you've got to make those dishes.

Tell me what you think about this! Or anything you'd change or add, maybe if some dishes could give you certain abilities when you eat them, like maybe it could increase how often fish appear when diving, or walking speed. Let me know!
 
I wouldn't want a restaurant pwp, instead if a player doesn't want to cook with their own equipment, they should be able to get basic dishes in the same store that sells the ingredients. I just feel like the more building pwp there are the more bloat there is to the pwp that every player has, making towns less unique and more the same. Like, no one NEEDS the police station or cafe, but we alllll have them right. I've written at length before about a cooking system, but, basically the way nintendo would implement this would need to be done with a deft hand. But, basically, I think it's a good idea, and I think it would be cool if the player could gather random items and throw them together, to see what the resulting dish is -think botw cooking system but many, many more options.
 
I could see us somehow making the treats from Pocket Camp to raise friendship; I'm however a bit wavering on if we should get abilities from the food. It just makes me think of how they've added coffee in Don't Starve, it increases your movement speed. Now mostly, that game has turned into at least 25% of the time preparing coffee. This of course is a play style, but if you decide to use it at all, it takes a fair bit of time to maintain.

If they could find a way to do more with it, but not have it become such a big time sink, I may be more interested. I suppose though, some people may want it to be as that, which is fine.
This is all preference of course.

It could be fun as an island mini-game for sure, and the restaurant idea sounds interesting!
 
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I would love to cook and have cooking book, then new recepies appears when you learn them. Maybe you could do applepie and have more money with that than selling just regular apples
 
I'm not sure if I'd like working at a restaurant, and I don't think I'd want it as a PWP. I think I'd like it as a place on Main Street (or whatever alternative in the new game) where you can see villagers eating and can purchase and eat meals.
Also, I would absolutely loveeeee a cooking system. I love to cook and bake in real life, so I think it could be sweet in the game:) But I'd rather it be something pretty simple.
 
i really feel like cooking isnt animal crossing and wouldnt fit in well
and to be honest it feels like if they start adding too many ideas that animal crossing might lose its identity so i dont really want this kind of thing added personally
 
Hmm...I'm not a huge fan of cooking in animal crossing,,just like tsukune_713 said, it'd sorta lose its personality,,,,I'd feel like I'm playing cooking mama ngl

However, a restaurant isn't a bad idea, it'd be cute. The only way I could see cooking in animal crossing is if it's a mini/vague animation of them cooking it up in a part time job. Almost like brewster's animation of him making the coffee for you
 
i really feel like cooking isnt animal crossing and wouldnt fit in well
and to be honest it feels like if they start adding too many ideas that animal crossing might lose its identity so i dont really want this kind of thing added personally

I feel the same. Honestly cooking and restaurants don't appeal to me much and they don't seem like Animal Crossing to me.
 
I don’t think cooking would be a good idea. However, I do want more edible food to be added to AC, so I’d love for there to be a new restaurant in town. I wouldn’t want it to be a PWP, though, just a normal building like The Roost.
 
i really feel like cooking isnt animal crossing and wouldnt fit in well
and to be honest it feels like if they start adding too many ideas that animal crossing might lose its identity so i dont really want this kind of thing added personally

Yeah, so how about we add absolutely nothing new and have it literally be an exact copy of New Leaf! Right?

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I feel the same. Honestly cooking and restaurants don't appeal to me much and they don't seem like Animal Crossing to me.

But controlling every animal that lives in your town is?
 
I think cooking would be a neat feature for Animal Crossing.

It's already in a lot of other chill, life simulator types of games so I think it would be fitting.

As long as the mechanic was kept simple, I think it would be appropriate and fun.
 
I don?t think cooking would be a good idea. However, I do want more edible food to be added to AC, so I?d love for there to be a new restaurant in town. I wouldn?t want it to be a PWP, though, just a normal building like The Roost.

Isn't the Roost a PWP though?
 
I’d love a bit more food stuff! Even if just some more display/interactive food... it’d be cool to have like a long table you could set up with several dishes, make up a proper dining room, that’d be so fun for the dream town mechanic. But I would certainly utilize a restaurant type area (I do agree it’d be best as a shop or other building, since kitchens don’t fit into all house styles), or just purchase from some kinda kitchen showcase in the stores.
 
A restaurant would be nice if we can decorate it and maybe set a menu for the day.
It would be nice if online players could visit the Cafe thru the dream suite. The first Disney Magical World game let you visit other players Cafe only using online. You could leave a rating. After visiting so many the game would give you a free outfit.
 
anything that has to do it with food is something I love and support, I guess.
if we were able to make coffee why not cake? I'd love to bake cakes for my villagers and have my own bakery with my own designs.
 
Well, in Happy Home Designer, you were able to build/design a restaurant. I could imagine having
a restaurant as part of a building along with the other buildings/shops. If they make something
again in the new game ? la City Folk, like with the option to visit a separate city with different
shops and such, then I would say a restaurant would fit pretty good into it. In general, having
a place where you can meet villagers that aren't living in your town would be nice and for that
a restaurant would make a good place in my opinion.

As for the cooking system: It sounds like a fun idea and I could imagine making some food for
you villagers as a gift. Now it's not something that I need in the new game, but I would use it
if the game offers something like this.
 
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