Animal Crossing New Horizons - Is THIS Why Updates Stopped?

[@CrossingChannel]

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[@ericlopez845]

BOB'S GANG!!!!!

[@katiea.1017]

Honestly, the only thing I wish they would really add would be the option to create multiple islands. If they did this, I would be so happy because I could be so much more creative and not have to completely restart one island over and over again. I don’t want to lose all of my progress on the island I have, I don’t want to waste money on another switch just for another animal crossing island either. I just want to enjoy the beginning all over again….sigh

[@zephyrias]

Same! What if you were able to purchase another island? Nook will hook you up with another prospective piece of real estate. Then you (as the island representative) can appoint yourself or another user on the switch to become the rep. To visit the island, or set it as your current island, one would have to become that island’s rep, and transfer ownership. :) basically making the rep a normal villager on the old island and a rep on the new one. Bam! Multiple islands!

[@Morri78]

I would even pay for that option! (Even though I do have two consoles)

[@Ulvejenta]

It hasn't been a thing in previous ac games, if you wanted a new town for new leaf, you would have to buy a new game card in order to have a new town to play with

[@ari2450]

Totally Agree! I Have Multiple Island Ideas But I'd Really Hate To Give My Current Island Up. Even If It Was Like 100$ For The Feature I Would 100% Buy It.

[@IceFox28]

@@Ulvejenta which games are we talking about here? There were plenty of cheap work arounds in older ac games. You didnt have to buy another game cartridge or another console. A memory stick or memory card (gamecube) wasnt that expensive either compared to that if you needed the storage or a backup anyways for other stuff. Heck for the DS all I had to do was make another user and boom new town. The only game that made it a real pain was NH. Even pocket camp is easier!

[@telephonewyre]

It still blows my mind we never got more shops/shop upgrades for the island.

[@angelanimelover18]

Agree like the Able Sisters need a upgrade the ability to choose more than one colors of the same outfit, Tom Nook’s Cranny, and the right side of the museum for Celeste.

[@dolcepumpkinspell4913]

Exactly I was so excited to see the final department store expansion but it only stops at the mart expansion

[@baby_dino3300]

It slightly annoying that pocket camp (a game that is easily and repetitively monetised with each new event) still has new content. I feel like part may be thinking with their money as well

[@a.jdeets5527]

The Pocket Camp team has a whole different set of developers. It’s the same team who makes Mario Kart Tour. So that’s not a fair criticism.

[@NotesNNotes]

I mean, you said it, it’s because you pay for content

[@Jenskieez]

because its marketed as a free to play mobile game with in ap purchases

[@LunarNaiad]

I can confirm that as someone who has worked in games and TV, we almost always have multiple projects on our plate. It's very rare for one person or team to be focused only on a single project for an extended period of time. The amount of work for every project varies throught the year, so it just makes sense to have employees always working on multiple things at a time. So I doubt they stopped work on AC to transfer everyone over to Splatoon... realistically, they've probably been working on both all along (they were just in different phases of development)

[@Robinx1985]

I believe the same thing but I'm sure they have one more big dlc planned before they cease on patches for things that get reported anyways.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

We would have to ask people that work on Animal Crossing

[@Chuck.driving]

I refuse to believe that the upper East wing in the museum has no future renovations... *prays for Celeste gift shop*

[@Mayhem9x]

THIS

[@NitroBird22]

Idk if it coming

[@LexPlayy]

I RLY hope they’re working on the next game, whether main series or spin off. Personally I don’t think fan critiques would have convinced Nintendo to ignore the millions of dollars they stood to make from additional DLC. I’ll never understand why they decided to stop at 1 tbh

[@hydroids]

ikr

[@Mayhem9x]

couldn't have said it better myself. money speaks louder than anything in the gaming industry

[@jamieever4046]

Nintendo already had millions. This game has enough players, they're just squeezing out money.

[@emmaidontknow6419]

I personally think it's just sad that there's a lot of things we had in previous games that were taken away from us in ACNH. It had so much potential and I think they could've done more gameplay wise. I love the details in ACNH but the gameplay could've been so much better I'm my opinion. I still play and love this game but it's just sad to play it and to know that it will stay this way forever and isn't going to get any more updates rather than seasonal stuff and events

[@PlayfulDead22]

I definitely would pay for more DLC in NH, but am excited for the next installment too whenever it comes. My only big miss from NH is not getting the same new fruit, etc that NL had, it's like a step back. Bob's Gang!

[@piperbird7193]

I'm fine with it if they are working on the next AC, but I just really hope they listen to some of the more common complaints about NH. Bulk crafting, shopping baskets when trying on clothes, and the ability to choose your hourly songs from any AC game would be wonderful things to add to the next game, and would let players know that they are listening to us.

[@sourcandy6469]

yes to everything you said!!

[@TheAmazingRaptor]

They also need to add all the features from new horizons/new leaf FROM THE START. And don’t mask new content under the “free update” style. That’s my main complaint with new horizons. It’s unfinished imo. All the updates were just things from new leaf that should have been in the base game from the start, and even now, this game is still missing many things.

[@sourcandy6469]

@@TheAmazingRaptor I agree! Unfinished describes this game the best imo

[@halnyx7488]

The thing I'd want them to at the very least continue expanding was the amount of Custom Design Slots. Because if they're not going to update goods and events, at least give us the ability to have more slots to make our own custom goods.

[@d-padqueen1103]

From what I know, Nintendo had to employ specialists in animation/modelling to build the models for items ACNH - those people are scarce and in high demand and pretty expensive to build so many items... Which could mean that they might want to extract more money from fans in the way of another game - It is possible that they can use the assets from New Horizons to build a revamped New Leaf, it just seems odd they put that audio on the radio after the 2.0 update. However they would have to build more assets to attract enough attention from animal crossing fans and there's a difficulty in question when it comes to both games in compatibility, because as a fan myself, I would like some of the items from New Leaf unseen in NH on my NH island and vice versa. I personally would like to see a town designed from scratch (happy home designer style) that is functional with a variety of shops and activities, a froggy wetsuit to match the hat, windows that are now wall placed items, animals that are hungry and eat what you make them instead of just placing whatever food you give them somewhere, animals that hang out with you outside as well as indoors (it's not hard to parent animations and have them interact with nearby objects, also why do we have phones but never call anyone?)

[@blake_playys163]

They came out with a Kirby spin off mini game game that they announced yesterday that will be available later this summer. Maybe we will get an Animal Crossing mini game spin off game, as there are none in new horizons. Also the rabbits got a mini game spinoff by Nintendo, so there kinda on a roll with making mini game games. So maybe Animal Crossings next?

[@CrossingChannel]

This was such an out of left field announcement, defo gives you some hope!!

[@blake_playys163]

@@CrossingChannel yes also these 2 mini game games came out all in the span of 1 month !!

[@TheVioletBunny]

Rabbits ? Where ! Tell me more I need more friends

[@Fannintendociccio1]

Guys, keep in mind that Kirby games are made by HAL as their sole real big series, it's basically a big Nintendo approved indie series. While Nintendo doesn't have just animal crossing to focus on

[@blake_playys163]

@@Fannintendociccio1 Yes, I’m just saying Nintendo is on a role with among spin off games this past month so Animal Crossing should be soon.

[@saniez8235]

For me New Horizons is not a finished game. It feels not really right for me. I don’t know what it is. I hoped for so many things and almost nothing came. So why is Brewster there? There is no point for me to go everyday to him. Don’t get me wrong I loved the game and I was hyped sooooo much that I cried when I saw the first direct/trailer for new horizons and for every update but I don’t really play it anymore. And that is so sad. And there is almost no point for switch online for me. I don’t know. I hope more that they do more for this game than a new game and maybe for a new console. That would be so bad in my opinion. But I think I play the next time to get the hype again.

[@nessa_93]

💯

[@ninasukie3034]

If Nintendo used their brain, there is so much they could add without thinking of a new game. They could use the the nook points. They could also give us paid DLC. I really miss Gracie furniture. I agree they gave us an incomplete game . Animal crossing is one of my fav games.

[@ZerudaChan]

When the game first announced, I hoped they built upon and expanded a lot of the features already present in New Leaf. So seeing that a lot of them were either cut cuz not there at launch just rubbed me the wrong way. Tortimer island is definitely one that disappointed me immensely not being in the game, cuz it just makes hanging out with friends a bit boring...

[@Kitezh1]

It really feels empty to me. The reason I loved animal crossing is because it was a game that I would play over a long span time slowly building my village/Island. New Horizons..I had done everything needed in like 3 months or less

[@Sirens_kai]

@F Karma I am not familiar with the older games so maybe that’s why it feels more fun for me

[@mariah3810]

Honestly, this is my first experience with animal crossing! I still do love the game, I binged it like millions of others during the lockdown but I feel like way more can be added.

[@TheAmazingRaptor]

Play new leaf and you’ll see how much missing content there is and how much reused content disguised as “free updates” in new horizons. New horizons is an unfinished game, it doesn’t even have half the features of new leaf. It’s missing so much. New leaf is a much better game imo

[@Sirens_kai]

Same I’ve always wanted animal crossing and this is my first one I’m playing every day right now lol… I wish there were still updates though for new stuff

[@raffaelm6558]

I still love playing ACNH daily, well almost daily, and I'm also the insane type with three islands so I'm definitely happy with how the game is now... safe for the lack of Nintendo items and especially Zelda content. I hope we might still see that, maybe even Splatoon, even though I'm far less interested in that franchise.

[@tailsBOOM1992]

I have multiple houses saved and pretty much empty that were waiting so I could finally make a Nintendo museum like I wanted to before in other games :( Now they just sit there

[@raffaelm6558]

@@tailsBOOM1992 The museum exhibits were such a great thing… I miss that in New Horizons so much.

[@raffaelm6558]

@@ChicagoMel23 That’s not really the same, I think. I meant the option to have four custom rooms in the museum that you can decorate and use as exhibits.

[@laZOETje]

Wait, how do you have three islands? Multiple consoles?

[@raffaelm6558]

@@laZOETje yup, the AC Switch, a regular one and an OLED 😅

[@kelleyk28]

I think that if Nintendo hadn't said they would give us at least 3 years of updates, people wouldn't be mad.

[@infinitegraces]

It's been proven that they never actually said it would be at least 3 years of updates, though.

[@sourcandy6469]

I would still be mad because if you compare NH with the other games it just seems unfinished.. and it’s lacking in quality of life stuff

[@TheAmazingRaptor]

@@sourcandy6469 new horizons is basically new leaf but half the features + terraforming

[@sourcandy6469]

@@TheAmazingRaptor exactly

[@a.jdeets5527]

They didn’t say that

[@SamiSmolboi]

I’m really upset that they will no longer do updates. There’s so much more potential for this game even still.

[@davidsaldarriaga3926]

agree, i wanna cry

[@jasprincess98]

I was really hoping that there would be a Tortimer Island DLC or a DLC for a city with Gracie 😭 I love New Horizons, but it still feels lacking with out these features! This is the only animal crossing game in the main series without Gracie and I thought for sure that Tortimer island would be a perfect fit for this game!

[@unusually.crossing]

To me, the anger of ACNH players due to the lack of new content in the updates from the first half of 2021 (the ones we got from February to July) pushed the developers to release the 2.0 update in November of the same year, and to say "no more updates", because they wanted to stop being criticized by unsatisfied/frustrated players for their bad work. Unfortunately, there are still people that are unsatisfied of the game, there are problems that remain unfixed. I'm staring at you, duplicate DIY recipes and horribly long loading screen when I'm logging in...

[@animefan1047]

Yeah, I'm only a few diys away from having all of them, but I just can't seem to get them. Also was hoping for bulk crafting with stuff like fish bait and medicine. Making them one by one is going to wear out my A button.

[@pikathemimikyu6655]

I'm a relatively new player to NH, and I barely have any DIY's but I have so many duplicate DIY's with no where to put them but litter them on my island 🤦‍♀️

[@TheAmazingCoochini]

@@pikathemimikyu6655 you can sell them or put them in the trash and store them in your house.

[@pikathemimikyu6655]

@@TheAmazingCoochini oh thanks! I don't want to waste my storage like that so I'll sell them. Didn't realize I could.

[@becca9569]

This makes me think about the Sims 4. I believe that game came out in 2017, and yet there are STILL updates consistently, some free and some paid! Just recently they released two new DLC's for it. There's just such a huge following and fans are willing to pay for each new DLC installment to keep playing a game that still holds up to today's standards as far as graphics. It's really fascinating to me, I'm not sure I've heard of any other game with that many DLC that continues to be so popular. Granted I think there may be more limitations to the Switch console as to how much you could really build onto one single game before it getting buggy. I dunno, but it's interesting to think about!

[@jordannimz5180]

Sims 4 came out in 2014! It's almost 8 years old at this point. It's interesting, though, because it has a lot of similarities to ACNH (aside from the obvious genre similarity). Both games were, at launch, missing a lot of features from previous games: ACNH was missing Brewster, gyroids, swimming, Tortimer's island, etc. and TS4 was missing toddlers, pools, skin tone sliders, open worlds, etc. Obviously some of these differences were game design choices, but a lot of it felt like a step back from the previous games. Both games slowly added back missing features through free updates, but still have some features left out altogether. The Sims franchise is unique from AC in that expansion packs were always part of the game model - even The Sims 1 had 7 expansion packs and some things were basically guaranteed to be part of an expansion pack instead of the base game (e.g. pets, weather, occult Sims, etc.), whereas ACNH is the first Animal Crossing game to have an expansion pack (and second to have post-release updates, although New Leaf only had one big update). Still, both ACNH and TS4 have a lot of people criticizing that, even with all the added content, the core of the game is missing a lot of that *soul* that the previous installments had.

[@Luvcatz88]

I just want a shopping cart for the clothing store 😭 clothes shopping is so painfully tedious

[@Raven74408]

All I want is more ways to enjoy the game with my friends. I miss playing the mini games with them on Tortimers Island. I was hoping that would come with the arrival of Kappn and Tortimer to the game, but no.

[@gracesmith8138]

My major gripe with NH is the lack of music variety for the different hours. New leaf had a great soundtrack and all of the hours had unique songs. I miss being able to tell what time it is based on the music.

[@Sirens_kai]

New Horizons does? Only after you get K.K Slider on your island though… or am I thinking of something else

[@MLPRainySky02312]

@@Sirens_kai no ur absolutely right idk what this person is on about. Every hour in NH literally has a different song.

[@tropicanabussy6112]

@@MLPRainySky02312 i think they meant how almost every song sounds the same, in previous games the leitmotifs for the themes were less obvious/more subtle and had more variety to them. New horizons music feels the same

[@TheMrsLibelula]

It's sad to think that Animal crossing is finishing, I enjoy the game very much

[@kenyaj135]

One thing I wish they would bring back is that crate they had at the dock in NL, the one that allowed you to bring more items back with you from the islands.

[@lunarozegaming]

I don't think they'll pull a New Leaf 4 years later to add new content New Horizons to me is good as is, I just hope they find a way to keep all the holidays patched in.

[@Simplicimus1945]

How about island expansions? That’s probably a great deal more difficult than I imagine, but think of a vast island.

[@lunavox5707]

I just wish they’d release more items from new leaf. Also wish we could change the exterior of homes without fully expanding them. The designs are there, and maybe I have a shop that doesn’t need all the rooms ya know?

[@davidcbeaudoin]

Bob's Gang! I honestly suspect that the pandemic made the type of collaboration they usually use for developing new content a costly challenge (from a man-hours perspective). The division of resources between ACNH and other Switch games probably didn't help either, even if it wasn't the biggest factor.

[@lewisnorden3744]

Personally I think there is more than enough stuff in New Horizons. What annoys me is the lack of quality of life improvements

[@Hyrulianslayer690]

It's probably because they make more money with the mobile animal crossing game, so they put all the animal crossing effort into that.

[@TheVioletBunny]

I played that for about 10 minutes and quit mobile games are always trash no matter what skin the put on it.

[@Hyrulianslayer690]

@@TheVioletBunny yeah the game play got a little boring after a while. It was all the cute stuff they had that kept me going back.

[@lagoongames]

I'm honestly fine with the state the game is in now. The way they released content for this game was really weird and dumb but after 2.0 I think it feels like a complete package. Even if I still have criticisms with it I still love it to death and see it as one of my favorite games ever

[@glamourandgloom]

Bob's Gang, well think the reason in my mind is that maybe ACNH was just over competing with Pocket Camp. It just seems a lot of big publishers are highly incentivized to pursue mobile game style monetization schemes instead of going for a typical game product. I know this is a very cynical take on things but with how the AAA game industry is trying to go within the last few years, where we the players are no longer the focus customer, instead that would be investors, or shareholders and it seems lately most games are built to appease them not as a form of entertainment but profit, again looping back into adding in monetization schemes that entrap players into buying macrotransaction, RNG loot boxes more and more, and actual gameplay is left shallow or "grindy" for that purpose.. I am not saying all paid content is bad either, as I would too support new paid DLC for ACNH, but compared to it and Pocket Camp one can see which one they would prefer to support.

[@PlatypusGuitar]

I think Nintendo wanting to shift the focus so players buy OTHER games is the most likely reason. I have around 4000 hours into ACNH at this point so I guess I should be ok with no more new content but the truth is I would gladly take ANYTHING new, because I love the game that much. What bothers me is when I compare franchises and realise the last Donkey Kong game came out in 2014 on the WiiU and then ported on the switch but the switch did not get its own DKC game. In that same time period, we've had over 20 pokemon games, which I personaly dont care for.

[@elli_senfsaat]

Hm I wouldn't want them to already beeing working on the next AC game as long as NH still misses some things to be finished. But honestly, if this was the case, if they really let NH drop... then they should tell us so! It would be a HUGE disappointment, though I don't want to hope endlessly

[@keripinch14]

yo right

[@WHAATEVEN]

Splatoon 3 *will not* sell as well or have as big of a following as Animal Crossing. I feel like if that’s the reason (or any other game) then they’re wildly out of touch

[@jordannimz5180]

I mean, Nintendo knows that. But basically nothing else is going to compare to ACNH. The most recent data I can find (from Wikipedia, dated March 31, 2022) is that ACNH has sold 38.64 million copies worldwide (second-best-selling Switch title behind Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's 45.33 million copies worldwide), *and* is *the* best-selling game of all time in Japan, at 10 million copies (beating the previous record, the original Famicom/NES Super Mario Bros.' 6.81 million by a *lot*). Still, Splatoon sells a lot. Splatoon 2 has sold 13.30 million copies worldwide, making it the 12th-best-selling Switch title.

[@RylixBlizzai]

the only thing that i got disappointed about when the end of updates was announced was that it meant that we'd be seeing no more new buildings or upgrades to existing ones i mean seriously i would've loved to one day get the ability to upgrade the roost into it's own establishment if i wanted and nook's cranny clearly still have future developments planned given it had a platform to reserve the extra space around it much like the museum did before it got art

[@bunnieroots3553]

I'd argue there's a very good chance that the people who CONSTANTLY had bad things to say ended up convincing others that the game was bad. I quit playing for a LONG time because every time I logged into socials it was just me getting bombarded with "Why AC isn"t fun anymore" type videos. I think that even if people didn't feel that way personally, they walk away from that content thinking the game is lesser and therefor they also play less. That just leads to less people playing, and why would Nintendo bother with updating a game who's own audience cannibalized itself?

[@_.mxggxn._]

I agree with you. I think a lot of people still want more more more rather than playing the game and enjoying it for what it is.

[@amandaslough125]

@@_.mxggxn._ The game is unfinished if you take it for what it is. Imagine post Switch online servers shut down. You'd get the game and wouldn't even have the art gallery in it, let alone bushes and everything from 2.0. It very much was not a complete package. Mainly because they struggled making the terraforming work. If they just focused on outdoor furniture, they could've spent more time in the day to day gameplay and polishing instead of making a finicky grid system overwork itself.

[@_.mxggxn._]

@@amandaslough125 I do agree, I’m more talking about future updates. I agree that 2.0 added a lot and improved the game. I just don’t think it’s a surprise that it’s the last free update.

[@featherpheasant3851]

I feel like people who complain too much about a game without a certain feature or whatever should just zip it a bit, because most of them probably don’t know how challenging it is and how clever the devs are, I speak from experience

[@LaydiNite]

I understand that to a large degree, the exception is the situations where there was a step backward or things missing, like the shop only having one upgrade that was pretty useless. I get where people are coming from with that type of criticism, since when you buy a newer game in a series like this, you don't go in expecting less than what came before.

[@mandychristiansen6491]

I still can't get over the fact that the guy over Nintendo America is named Bowser 😂😂

[@_.mxggxn._]

I love AC, but I do think it’s unrealistic to expect constant updates. That doesn’t mean I’m not disappointed, but they can’t focus on it forever. I do think it’s a missed opportunity not having more DLC add ons though. Even if it was just a cash grab from them. Bobs Gang!

[@poolelasssb]

Well now that splatoon 3 is finished I'm thinking they gotta do something for ac, be it a spin off or more dlc or even bring a brand new game. But I just wish they could give us the multiplayer mini games like we had in new leaf. it's is massively missed by many even if we have to pay for another dlc id definitely be like, nintendo take my money now. also we need a room opposite the roost in the museum its so odd not having something there maybe a storage room or an observatory for celeste.

[@Mutilatedmorgue7]

I’m a fairly new player of ACNH and I would like to see them put out updates as well because I just recently bought the DLC and I love it and I would love to see more things brought to the game. Is it possible to get updates in the future?

[@ralphw7454]

I’m not sure if anyone saw, but there were reports about Nintendo earlier this year. Many articles discussed how Nintendo has been having issues with its employees and developers. The main reason was that many were lost or let go due to the pandemic. Idk… I remember watching a few videos on KZbin about it Nintendo being horrible to their employees that are overworked and burnt out along with staff shortages but not hiring new people despite the fact that they need to!

[@LisaMichelle98]

Wasnt this about the North America branch though? Because that doesn’t have much influence on the development, which is done in Japan.

[@ralphw7454]

@@LisaMichelle98 remember how in Japan, hierarchy depends on seniority, not necessarily what you know within the company. So work was not evenly distributed through the team, and specific individuals worked beyond their actual position. It’s not only in the gaming industry. The articles and videos I’ve seen were about Japan. I haven’t seen any about North America. Plus, the game was developed in Japan, so… North America wouldn’t even be that important to mention… because when I think of Nintendo, I think of Japan, not North America…

[@LisaMichelle98]

@@ralphw7454 okay, good. A lot of people somehow seemed to think after the news from NA that that had influence on the development, so I was just making sure :) I didn't read much about the problems in JP (I know about the hierarchy though).

[@kawaiiskiki]

Outside of what could be considered "necessary updates" and not just fluff, I don't understand people sometimes. Do people _want_ Nintendo to become like EA? DLCs are mostly paid content for a reason; in order to profit back from developing that content... it just makes sense. I've heard that one of the games, I think Pocket Camp, has a boatload of DLC that just makes it not as fun, and it's like... that's basically a lose-lose situation. Sure people get to still play the game, it isn't a Gatcha game (Looking at you Mario Cart Gatcha game), but something like that can begin to bog down the experience. DLC _has_ to be a good chunk of an expansion pack to even be considered for release; sometimes DLC is too big though and ends up somewhere else, like with BoTW 2. In the end, the situation is just a bit untenable. Sure the constructive criticism may be nice, but sometimes all someone sees is the loud, toxic minority. Lucky for us, Nintendo is Nintendo and not some small indie devs; but humans are still human, nonetheless. As a first-time AC player and someone who's interested in game dev, I do think there are gaps in NH and quite a bit of design direction that took a turn from NL, from what it seems. Maybe next time they'll be able to focus their efforts on what people seem to want most out of it; the social interactions. But like many companies... yeah, Nintendo isn't some unshakable pillar. I have some theories on their type of game dev process, but this has gone long enough.

[@Raylongleg]

I can understand the logic behind it but it could be possible for Splatoon Crossover update to celebrate the release of Splatoon 3 because it will encourage AC fans to play Splatoon 3 and have some new villagers on the side.

[@nijv.e]

I mean yes i get why people would be excited if nintendo makes new ac games but tbh i would rather see more updates on acnh. The game could use a little improvement on some things and i would be excited for what comes next in the game. i like this game alot and there is alot to do in the game so if a new ac game comes out i would be kind of sad if they don't update acnh anymore.

[@emilyb41]

I want more… I want to be able to change all the main building and RS path… more items… customize villager wardrobe etc..

[@derpydashdjblazekin]

They could have done a lot of stuff packs like the sims have

[@vanadians3819]

They would have got more money out of me with Animal Crossing. I wont spend a dime on Splatoon.

[@MoochieMae]

I'm still holding out hope for them to add the Splatoon and Legend of Zelda villagers and items.... though that hope is running thin now that Splatoon 3 has been released and we have heard nothing as much as a rumor for it... and yet Pocket Camp got Splatoon items... I know that its a different team working on it, but there really SHOULD be some common ground between them when New Leaf had them and they ARE using it for content under the Animal Crossing title for Pocket Camp. It just seems like a poor choice to me that they wouldn't add it to New Horizons even though they added the new villagers right away to Pocket Camp once 2.0 dropped in NH. This is where my frustration lies. I have completed everything outside of the 100 fish in a row that I am working on and finishing collecting all villager photos. I just would like something a little fresh even if it is a new seasonal item or 2 so I have something to look forward to while doing the content grind I don't enjoy. These are my opinions, I'm not saying one way or another that these things have to happen or not.

[@sodapp9628]

It's still fun to play ACNH. As much as i want another DLC it's fine. I know cause other games getting attention lately or they're working on other things. They must be busy on other games or Updates for animal crossing. Who nows maybe we might get more mini games or new games. (Most likely splatoon 3)

[@SamuraiBill]

it might have been budget. i recall they said they were near finished, then hated what they made and scrapped and started over. so they may have lost dev time to make the game and its content.

[@WunderwaffePrime]

While I do wish that New Horizons got more updates, I think the amount of content we got after all of the updates is more than enough. They kept people entertained with free updates for long enough as to where a reasonable amount of people were okay with putting more money into the game, and purchasing the DLC when it was released.

[@TheAmazingRaptor]

Play new leaf and then you’ll realize how unfinished the game is

[@WunderwaffePrime]

@@TheAmazingRaptor I still play New Leaf regularly and New Horizons doesn't feel unfinished to me, New Leaf just has more of what I like about Animal Crossing.

[@strawberryloft]

i love customizing my island but this is really why i prefer new leaf, we had a cafe, we actually could TALK to villagers, there was minigames like hide and seek there was a tropical island with minigames which you could play with people online, they removed so much fruit as well also all the shops and special npcs. im disappointed they removed EVERYTHING and just made improvements for decorating

[@pima262]

I'm kind of lucky. I got the game soon after it's release, and played it a lot during the beginning parts of the pandemic. But, then got so busy with work and school, and in the middle of all that, and out of nowhere, had the "brilliant" idea: "I'm going to try to Nuzlocke every main line Pokemon game" (well, one game from each generation in order. Got halfway through silver, got bored, so went back to Animal Crossing.) So, because of all that, I basically stopped playing ACNH for about a year. I didn't even make it to the KK slider concert before I stopped playing the first time. Now that I've graduated, and got a job with a set schedule, I have much more free time. I picked it up again. So, I'm still collecting, building, getting more DIYs, ect. I guess I'm lucky because I came back to it fresh after a year of not playing. So, I still have a lot to do which keeps me occupied (my current project is getting every hybrid flower. I already had quite a few, including blue roses, which took up most of my time when I was playing it the first time, but I decided to start from scratch. Because I love tormenting myself, I guess) So for now I'm good with what we have. it still makes me sad that we won't get any more updates. But between this, my Nuzlockes (I haven't given up on that. I just need breaks.) And the other games, I suppose there's plenty to keep me occupied until the next animal crossing installment. And I have to believe there will be...something in the future. ACNH was WAY too successful to drop the franchise altogether.

[@YMangaka]

Even if they had to focus on splatoon over acnh, they could still use that as an opportunity to work on a few dlcs for ACNH as well (i mean, they did it with the mii costumes for smash, sooo..), like inkling hats or costumes or some splatoon-related items for decoration like they did for the Mario franchise. It would obviously work if some ac fans also like splatoon, and it would garantee Nintendo some dlc cash for their time working on those.

[@dietotaku]

nintendo has never really done an animal crossing release the way they did ACNH. all the previous installments, you bought the game, and that was it, there were no updates at all. new leaf got the ONE update years after launch to incorporate the newly-developed amiibo system but that was it. i think ultimately the reason they stopped releasing updates is because there isn't anything to update. the game is complete, we now have all of the content planned for ACNH.

[@wolfofredwall455]

Bob's gang. I don't know why they stopped making updates or dlc but i love this game i still play it every day.

[@mytypicaluser]

They’re most likely working on porting ACNH for their next console, which forces us AC fans to buy another console just to play it. It’ll be like ACNH deluxe (now with store upgrades, mini games etc)

[@blackwingred3473]

Personally I think what we have is amazing. It makes sense that they'd need to focus on game in development more the closer to launch date. So maybe that's what happened. You have a "finished" game, and a "developing" game, if you were Nintendo which would you choose to focus on? Bob's Gang here to stay!

[@rubbish_kat]

So many quality of life changes still needed in new horizon, sad to hear we’ll probably never get them.

[@pokebreeder2517]

i hope the next anmal crossing game is even better with more interesting villager diolog, upgradable buildings, cooking, farming(maybe not farming) maybe snapable furniture sets for kitchens and such

[@dacasman]

It's funny to me that New Horizons has sold more copies than all 3 Splatoon games combined and is currently the 2nd best selling game on the switch yet they decide to abandon it.

[@tinahoefs1455]

I don't have a problem with no updates but they should then permanently 🔓 all time locked elements and at least have a permanent anniversary like acnl :(

[@ImmortalAbsol]

I know there's a lot of Splatoon/Mario Maker dev overlap (to the point you can datamine things from one game in the other), if there is significant overlap with Animal Crossing too it might be that SMM3 is in the works and the overlapping staff not working on Splatoon are prepping that? No way it's the main reason, or even just the majority one, but it might be a factor.

[@gamingbady5305]

I feel like they aren’t adding anything because if they do it just turns into people screaming the next thing to add, personally I want the crossover villagers and items, but if they were to add that then people will shout for bulk crafting so let’s say that’s added, “furniture in water”, “carpets outside”, “More wall hanging items”(this one might be personal but a guitar should be able to go on walls) “more design slots” and the list goes they’d either need a 2.0 event possibly paid which adds a bunch of features at once to try add as many fixes as possible or updates endlessly they can’t really win because we will find something else to nitpick about that said if they were talking the time to gather all issues raised slowly implementing them and release it when the game starts dying to pull players back 2.0 style with a £20 paywall I wouldn’t mind but crossover stuff is such a no brainer I don’t know how that’s gone so long.

[@megan1950]

re: the harsh comments; isn't there harsh feedback about every game? There may be a lot of criticism, but also, what about the proportion of criticism to how much praise, obsession, and how many copies were sold

[@Nikinjapan]

For a company that seems to be all about the money, it's definitely a strange decision to stop supporting the game

[@valkyrie_arts]

My problem is that they update Pocket Camp ALL THE TIME and it's decidedly.. not a long-term type game (for me, anyways). I got bored of it pretty damn fast. Despite my being against it, they could make even more bank off this game doing more DLCs. My family bought their Plus subscription (which is STUPID expensive for a subscription) so I could get Happy Home and, honestly, I'd feel less bad about them paying $70 or something if Nintendo made more DLCs for Animal Crossing and just making them Plus exclusives (like the N64 and Sega emulators, as stupid as that is). Literally the only thing that the Plus membership is being used for is for Animal Crossing. That's it. I mess with the emulators but AC is where it's all sunk. The possibilities are near endless with this game. A few personal things I'd like added would be even more custom design slots (because the community makes some dope designs, like, wow), more inclines and bridges (like, eight isn't enough, fam), maybe some more house design choices (the exterior stuff, you can go through all the combos that work together real fast), and terraformming that makes sense (WHY CAN'T I PUT MY TREES ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF WITHOUT THE "GLITCH" OR PUT THEM CLOSER TO WATER??? And I'd actually kill for another cliff level, I wanna put a two-tier "building" on the top most cliff we have currently), and maybe some more urban items (along the lines of the storefronts, and for the love of god, I want a sign that isn't the wood one, it doesn't fit with a city theme). I know coding is hard, trust me, I KNOW, but they're worth billions in USD (they're in the trillions in Yen but.. Yen is worth much, MUCH less than the USD) and the Japanese are very meticulous and methodical people (not just them but y'all get my point). We know they can hire more people in the computer science and art professions, they have the resources and they can hire anyone from anywhere. But, for whatever reason, they decided to give New Horizons one last non-bug fix update then drop it like a sack of potatoes. Yet still update Pocket Camp like no tomorrow. I don't get it. But, we can only really dream, y'know? New Horizons is amazing as it is, I wanna make that plain, but so much more can be done.

[@nessajean6504]

Bob's Gang. At least in the Happy Homes section I can see all of the villagers that I can make them a vacation home, get new recipes from that island, and still listen to Kapp'N sing when I go to a different island.

[@EditKingdumb]

We Need Every Feature That Pocket Camp so they can discontinue Pocket Camp and Make New Horizons The Best In Features

[@laZOETje]

I get they are a company etc. i never played Animal Crossing but bought the Switch specifically for ACNH. If it were not for this game I would never have bought a Switch. No, I am not interested in the other games on offer, at all. There may be some others like me, due to COVID they hit on a huge success. I am very happy with the game but I would love to be able to have at least one other island orrrr, a way to get a completly new island without losing all the progress you have, ie stuff. Not having to work so long to get what you want to build etc. Youd need a storage Island though 😝 not a tool shed😂 or a moving van.

[@aniflowers1998]

While I don't know Nintendos reason, there are to many posibilitys with to many factors, the "critic" the game got would totaly be a reason why I would stop working on that game. Yeah, I'm petty like that xD If fans where always wanting more and more and more and more, no matter what I give them, and than even went so far as to calling me "racist" or "abelist" for not including X, Y and Z in my game, without considering that some of those ideas would limit the game extremly, I would drop the game. Let them deal with what they have and reap what they sew. I never saw so much stupid controversy over an animal crossing game than I saw with this one. It would suck any motivation to creat more content for it out of me, if I where the creator. No matter what they gave us, fans where never sadisfied. That just sucks.

[@Prismaotic]

I would definitely pay more $$ for Special DLCs. I understand other games and stuff are a big thing but I would like to think there is way more they could have done to animal crossing..

[@ravenangelstone8581]

Time to go for other games and Slaptoon 3 it's not one of them.

[@TheVioletBunny]

That game series looks ultra boring to me

[@ateesky123]

Need more shops and I’m still waiting for the island, where you can meet new players and play minigames with them..

[@demidesiree1486]

i bought a switch solely for ACNH- i prefer gaming on PC so i don’t really want to play any other on the switch. so either way they’d not be getting people like me to buy any of their other games lol! it’s a little sour they’d abandon this game so soon, especially cause it could have easily made them way more money if they kept updating it. imo it wouldn’t even have had to be big updates, even just new furniture or events would be great!

[@jordie_pop]

i just want to be able to customize all the buildings (the airport hello!!), edit how many villagers you have/amiibo new ones in without having to have all 10 spots filled, and change the river mouth openings & peninsula shape. would never restart again lol

[@chaos17945]

The game feels unfinished and rushed to me. I don’t understand why they would just drop it with how popular it was (and still is). Lame.

[@BusinessSkrub]

It's really simple. People bought out Switches to the point where even Amazon was struggling to meet demands, and millions of copies of animal crossing with them, because everyone was in lockdown when it came. People had free time, they were sad and depressed, and they wanted something to occupy their time during lockdown. New Horizon's success is almost entirely due to global conditions upon its release; very likely 70% or more of those purchased copies have not been played in a year or more, and without a huge active player base, why would they go out of their way to START new development? I think the popularity of the game was much bigger than anticipated when it released, and because of that they just didn't have a ton of content in production, but then it fell off incredibly fast and Nintendo just decided to let it go.

[@uncle-jj_real]

Hey, Bob's Gang! Jared here. You want to hear why I think they stopped working on ACNH? I believe they stopped working on NH because the people at Animal Crossing team had little time to fullfill the needs of our fellow fans. Sure, it was a mistake asking Nintendo to release it alongside Doom: Eternal, but many miracles spawned after they both game out. (No, I'm not talking about Pooplers!) Anyways, the president of Nintendo wanted to make sure everything was ready, disregarding the other things that the update could've had, therefore, the Animal Crossing team had no choice, so they went and released it. On the bright side, it made NH loved more, especially with Brewster and Kapp'n involved. Sure, NH and HHP are both great, especially when together, I just hope the best for my fellow fans and the Animal Crossing team to put their differences aside and cooperate together. I know NH was my first AC game, and I just hope everything to go everyone's way. That's all I have to say. I hope you understand.

[@GeoGB877]

I feel like they just don’t want to waste resources on an already successful game. Also Bob’s gang.

[@yazminasporrong8880]

So there’s no point in continuing the game then really for those who don’t care about Splatoon. Great.

[@alexisdalia1591]

I bought a switch lite pretty much just for playing this game. They definitely could of done more with its followinh

[@katiescarlett2694]

I wish they would tell us they are making a new game when the said no more updates. Surely happy home will get updates still right?

[@Disaster_Jess]

i wish they kept updating the lothes, pocket camp has some amazing stuff and im so dissapointed that they didnt addd some stuff from PC into NH

[@Sophieperky]

I think in terms of critique though it would be petty for nintendo to take it personally- I think it still can have an affect on the companies willingness to keep going forward with it. Companies are all about ratings and if a certain product is consistently getting negative reviews, harsh or not, they will most likely put the product to a stop than risk loosing more favour with their audience by trying to improve it more- even if the improvements could be positive ones. Who knows we may get the new leaf amiibo treatment somewhere down the line. But given the toxic place ac twitter could be, I wouldn’t blame nintendo for waiting a while ttyfgyguug

[@xayners]

I just want bulk crafting because of fish bait. That's all I want. Just bulk crafting. Why is that so hard to implement?

[@oO0catty0Oo]

Legit. I would pay soo much for dlc

[@wetsockz3001]

Honestly as much as i have enjoyed acnh if i would have known this is how Nintendo would treat us i would have never bought it which is a shame since i purchased a switch just to play the freakin thing but whatever ill just resell it to my baby cousins

[@Trick-Energy]

Yeah, what are they doing? Those is a giant fandom that deserves more enrichment

[@zaidarodriguez6551]

I feel disappointed with Nintendo bc they promised updates for the first 3 years of the game and they literally said: DLC and done, no more updates and pocket camp keeps having more content and updates than the main game... Idk 😐

[@jessiagnew8864]

Bob's Gang! I think that Nintendo is bonkers for but putting out more content for this game. It makes me sad, I love this game so much 😥

[@RaineCantRead]

Bobsgang🐱 I think Nintendo have done so much work into new horizons there is no need for more updates.(I have bob and I love him)

[@Adnil2077]

I have a question. What is that thing that looks like kadbood? How does it work? Is it like Tortimer but in furniture ?

[@darkmajikmaker]

Lets not forget they are still creating updates for the animal crossing mobile game. A game that is a lot older than New Horizon.

[@Toastcat890]

I've already moved on I play it sometimes but I'm looking forward to the game Puff Pals now.

[@JD-hd8hu]

I’m disappointed they haven continue with animal cross new horizon. Please note even that they stop. I still play the game.