Let's Make an Animal Crossing Game!

[@JelloApocalypse]

This video is sponsored by MONSTER LEGENDS! Play it here! spons.org/JelloMonster So. What should we name that Moth girl?

[@rosemallowss1309]

Hello Jello

[@butwhy967]

Mothy?

[@BraxtonKovary]

Goth

[@rand0m_n3ss]

emo

[@BlastoiseMaster]

When I saw the word ‘Legends’ I thought you were sponsored by Raid.

[@thezootbox]

"the kind of person who cheat-codes in a bunch of money in the sims and uses it to build their mega-mansion, then immediately stops playing when their sim moves in" I'm in this picture and I don't like it

[@arcticanimations3644]

I I don't not like it there too....

[@heelixes]

this made me feel directly called out

[@Vanadras]

Who here is going to abuse the heck outta Turnips within the first day

[@nomochord3364]

I’m kinda in the picture and I don’t like it

[@starridreams4653]

I feel like I was being watched...

[@KingMe-qz2hr]

“Any mechanic that makes a player play less of your game is a bad mechanic” Golf: *Sweats Nervously*

[@DSQueenie]

????

[@aspillust]

@DSQueenie The better you are at golf, the less swings you have to take. Less work = better

[@aspillust]

@Joseph Penton Yep

[@DSQueenie]

Billy Cipher ah okay.

[@mr_willybilly]

Speedrunning: OCEAN OF SWEAT

[@maddestmewmew]

No ones talking about how cute the greenhouse moth is. Everyone should talk about how cute the greenhouse moth is immediately. SHE DISGUISES HERSELF AS AN OWL. BECAUSE SHE KNOWS BLATHERS. DOESNT LIKE BUGS. I would die for her.

[@iristhorne2536]

I agree. I love her design. But it feels weird to me because we can catch moths. It's like the whole thing with the catfish controlling the swamp area. Otherwise, she is precious.

[@Slash0mega]

I dont know... A bug villager would be even weirder than a fish vilager... Anf it would also change blathers dislike of bugs from a silly quirk into strait up RACISM!

[@nicohart6781]

you saw that too! I was love struck! I like to imagine she likes blathers and is trying to be what he likes, perhaps she helps him recover from his trauma when he learns the truth! Ah that would even play into the character interaction unlockables. love. just pure love for the design and any and all of its potential.

[@HarriWasHere]

WAIT SHES NOT AN OWL? AM I THINKING OF THE RIGHT PERSON?

[@rexcake]

I SHIP IT. SSSSSHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPP

[@DecarabiaSMT]

Blathers should have different degrees of fear in regards to the size of bug you donate. like if you give him a fly or an ant he's like "oh...haha...t-thanks." but if you hand him the scorpion or tarantula, he should scream bloody murder like jack black

[@Phoenix_IsRising]

YES

[@wsurviver8376]

Just wait until he realizes that the greenhouse attendant is the world’s biggest moth

[@kingturboturtlednoc5722]

I love the idea that the whole game the audio is sped up Japanese, except for blathers's scream which is just normal-ass Jack Black

[@heartofthewild680]

IIRC if you give him a cockroach in Wild World, he freaks out way more than he does with any other bug

[@bing_crystal4831]

That’d probably be a bit difficult to program, but I really like that idea. Something like that would make me wanna actually read the characters dialogue instead of just spamming through it all.

[@caterpillar3275]

Jello: No more trash! ACNH: t r a s h i s l a n d

[@MantaKizaemonFTW]

Eh, DIY recipes make trash a bit useful

[@MantaKizaemonFTW]

@Guilherme Graziotin garbage but not as garbage

[@jennapower3285]

I’m sorry I couldn’t ignore your pfp it’s amazing

[@jaredarenas7542]

Too bad there aren’t enough garbage DIYs :/ I got all of them within the first couple of weeks, when there could be so many more added like a boot plant like from Wall•e, a shoe rack, rubber flooring, some used cans to decorate your kitchen, etc.

[@josemanuelmurguia8970]

LMAOOOOOO

[@imdvalbft]

new horizons is definetly A LOT into stylish section of the triangle

[@barackobama1381]

Thats why nh is my favourite, I'm definitely more of a stylist sort of player. However, for the other types I can see why they might not be so fond of it

[@MantaKizaemonFTW]

It's only a nudge more diagonally up-left than HHD

[@oldman6426]

you win profile of the year

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

New Horizons has actually been the worst game for that when it comes to decorating your house outside of maybe the first (even then the first seems better.) The game is just missing so many furniture sets from previous games, and lacks the ease of so many of the other games in getting the furniture you want. Why can't you re-colour furniture on demand like New Leaf? Why have they cut so many furniture sets? Why are the shops so incredibly small and so many are basically missing? And it takes so long to even get to style your island and house in this game. If you want more shops to be able to style (buy furniture for) your house you have to waste a bunch of bells and time/resources making town projects. And after that you need to work up a bunch of Nook Miles to fly to basically empty islands where the most you can do is get fruit (and again this game has less fruit than the previous... Somehow) and make a Tarantula Island. As someone who lives with someone who dropped hundreds of hours into City Folk, New Leaf, and over 500 on Happy Home Designer, this game definitely doesn't do a great job for people who mainly care for designing houses.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@Pokémon Hoenns Talk Show Which was in Happy Home Designer, which still had more furniture and a better system in general for decorating :P

[@Minto8384]

"If you didn't save correctly they'd *R I P O U T Y O U R E Y E B A L L S* " Jello, Jello please calm down. The children are scared

[@anishthefish2439]

@Super Greyflash dude same. does it actually do that?

[@rosheafan]

@@anishthefish2439 yeah. It does.

[@gone_blank]

I agree

[@dwarflanternsharkfriend6713]

Exactly. Jello is just trying to protecc the innocent chiren from the real villain; gamecube animal crossing.

[@gone_blank]

You know what... Frick acnh for getting rid of the clock! Time traveling is what make the game!

[@cocostar319]

I feel like instead of just stopping time you could just talk to isabelle and pretty much she, nook, and other npcs would upkeep the town while you were away. You tell her how long you will be gone for and, boom, your villagers will be told not to worry and most weeds will be picked for you. However this only works when you are away from the game not playing so you can't just never pick weeds

[@cgkase6210]

A bit late but the problem with it is that the seasons still change. Its supposed to appeal to both faster paced players and to stylists by having a permanent season or day for as long as you want, like allowing a Halloween themed village being constantly in Halloween. No matter how much you'd want to do it, with the upkeep system, you'd have to limit playing for a holiday town to just the holiday. And I'd rather not play a game once a year if I like it.

[@purpleisdebeste]

But in-universe it wouldn't super make sense why they don't always do that

[@broham9877]

@@cgkase6210 also a bit late, maybe have season keeping be a reward for a perfect town. Maybe unlocking a character such as Farley or Serena that will stick around even if you lose the perfect town rating and they will allow you to change the seasons and other cool stuff like that.

[@TerrariaGolem]

Painting entirely luck based? Fake paintings? Art History Majors: *Heavy Breathing*

[@misirtere9836]

The luck based part is that you need to wait for Crazy Redd to decide to show his face, then you also need to be lucky enough for him to decide to sell a painting you need. Also, actually being able to tell which paintings are fake is a New Leaf exclusive feature. Prior to that, forgeries were undetectable aside from getting Blathers to tell you that you got scammed.

[@Chowdonut]

​@@misirtere9836 also there werent even any fakes in the gamecube one

[@TerrariaGolem]

@@misirtere9836 ah true. But New Leaf rewards my animation major. Have to take art history next semester.

[@lavistardust]

In New Leaf, real and fake paintings actually have different textures, which means you can guess which one out of the four is real.

[@jessijynx734]

@@lavistardust True! Although it can be hard to see the differences between the real and fakes pieces sometimes because of how small the textures appear on screen lol

[@yaminokat]

GameCube through city folk: Children New leaf: Mayor New Horizons: Island decorator and cultivator Animal Crossroads: Part adult, part GOD

[@MantaKizaemonFTW]

NH is demigod

[@LolitaLaceCotton]

I'm wheezing from the finale one but how will it work?? What new things will we be able to do?? Lmao would it be like sims?

[@souplol3100]

next one I wanna be a dictator

[@B121AN1]

Pocket Camp: Scam victim

[@mokufreeman4692]

@@B121AN1 Happy Home Designer: Can't afford The Sims

[@zachsback4more]

Oh yes my favorite seasons summer Fall winter and Wet

[@lumberIShere]

*W E T*

[@zachary9092]

m 0 i 5 t

[@mr.preston1632]

Maybe its a NEW season In the southern heimisphere

[@snailofkale]

Uwa!!!

[@YourfavoriteIdiot764]

Damn wet is the best season

[@evvveeeeeeee]

Winkle being awake for ten years: “please end this horrible existence. Please.”

[@fedoraturtle6536]

I really like the moth villager disguised as an owl for blathers.

[@sydnamon5986]

ikr that was cool!

[@awsomespecs]

tho its existence puzzles me

[@itshaitime2089]

This video is: 25% good ideas 75% Jello screaming about time, collectibles, and menus edit: I'm back as an 18 year old who has a lot less time than I did at 16 and this video makes so much more sense to me.

[@septimustache6359]

I like most of the ideas. I don't have time for a 1:1 life sim, I'm already living one.

[@Gboy86ify]

@@septimustache6359 Then play Stardew Valley instead.

[@GoblinSquid]

@@Gboy86ify Stardew valley isn't a life sim, it's a farming sim with some combat. The NPCs are garbage that say the same things over and over again.

[@FlareChargerMLPAnimeFan]

@@Gboy86ify I mean how other people play the game doesn't effect you so why do you care how others play?

[@GamerTowerDX]

@@FlareChargerMLPAnimeFan bc the game isnt intended for that kind of play

[@DeerBonesBaby]

Good news, Blather's personality is back! It's so interesting to read him do his little explanations on all the donations! Also! The villagers keep sitting on my BUGS! I WAS TRYING TO CATCH THAT CITRUS BEETLE, *GOOSE*

[@cesarvera2198]

DaggersLegend 54 no he doesn’t he can give you unique explanations on the bugs and why he hates them did you just not ask him for an explanation?

[@eddiec8360]

DaggersLegend 54 If you give him a bug on it’s own he yells about how much he hates it and if you ask him to tell you more he does the thing where he describes why he hates it, idk how you’ve been playing.

[@BestiaIustitia]

DaggersLegend 54 like if you donate a snail he yells about how disgusting the slimy trail it leaves is, you didn’t actually read that or play new horizons did you?

[@radishjuice8662]

He says the same thing every time

[@bee1501]

a lot of people in these comments haven't been asking blathers to tell them more about the bugs and fishes they bring in and it shows.

[@heartofthewild680]

19:57 here’s an idea: instead of cutting fine art, just add a new traveling merchant who only sells legit fine art (no forgeries) but at a higher price than Redd’s shop (which would still sell art at a lower price but with a chance of it being forged). Those who can distinguish which ones are fake by looking at them (which is possible in new leaf, as the forgeries look noticeably different from the real ones) can shop at Redd’s to get a cheaper price, while those who can’t (or simply don’t want to) can pay a little more to guarantee an original. And there could also be another traveler you can sell the forgeries to (maybe they buy them for the canvas and paint over them with their own designs, or maybe they’re Redd’s supplier or even Redd himself but he’s in disguise), so if you wind up with a forgery, it’s not a total loss.

[@bunniebie9269]

a year late, but wanted to say that i actually love this concept and think it has some real teeth. the new merchant could have a rivalry with redd, who tries to convince you that the authentic merchant is a scammer. make them another species often depicted as being slippery and cunning, like a snake (a cobra art dealer would be amazing). the forgery buyer could be a forgery-focused art collector, something snooty-looking like a borzoi or afghan hound maybe? or something with a bit of chaotic energy, like a raccoon or tasmanian devil.

[@dandy10195]

i like redds because now you can look at the art and if you know whaty the painting is suppose to look like you can pick out the right art, its skill based rather than luck based

[@virginiafernandez6846]

That still has the problem of the art completion being luck based, though.

[@cityfey]

@@virginiafernandez6846 i think if you had the second merchant not sell duplicate pieces that would help

[@jmurray1110]

Well fir red just look at a website that shows you the difference abc explains it That’s what I did

[@drakesword5214]

Jello at the end is him just having, like, 3 mental breakdowns at once.

[@mr.preston1632]

Ha YA

[@ProjectSNT]

I was streaming Animal Crossing just yesterday, and I actually went on a rant about how the art section of the museum sucks so badly because it's all luck-based. Having a guaranteed way to get art pieces without making sure they're not just recreations would be SO much more convenient. I've never been able to finish the whole museum in any game just because I have terrible luck when it comes to finding art. Edit: All y'all saying it's not luck-based in New Leaf are forgetting that you still have to wait for new art to show up in Redd's tent. Duplicate real pieces can even show up after you've found one for the museum. So yes it's always been luck-based. Please stop.

[@One2Ctrl4U]

Its not luck based in New Leaf. The fake art has subtle differences from the real ones.

[@greysa5074]

I had to use KZbin to decipher which ones were fake when it came to 'Animal Crossing New Leaf' for the 3ds. Sometimes I didn't have my phone when Redd came around because it was missing. *sighs*

[@nomochord3364]

Yea, I bought a fake painting, I’m keeping it in my house >:(

[@howaboutnow1895]

Hello

[@NeatNat]

_(Oh huh, it's Courtney. Fancy meeting you here.)_ I've never played an Animal Crossing game, so I can only imagine the pain of doing that.

[@squidpedia8682]

Some constructive criticism: *TL;DR: Having everything instantly, is boring. Don't give ultimate control at the beginning of the game, and give us something to look forward too. You also can't rush through life and enjoy everything it has to offer. You need to slow down to be able to enjoy some things.* I agree with you on a few points •Botany section for the museum, and having special types of plants depending on season, month, time? Yes yeS YES NINTENDO *GET ON THAT* •Bring back the town dump and add a possum that collects trash and rewards you? Great idea. •Make it easier to time travel? Sure, but don't make it too much in the players face. •Give the player more stuff to do as mayor besides publics works projects? Yes please Other stuff like the seasonal areas? Yes, but with some tweaking. Make the seasonal areas not available year round, but only 1 open depending on the season. If its winter, make the jingle production area open. If its autumn, make the crow farm open, etc. It gives you something to look forward too and still keeps the aspect of how the game passes in real time. Each area would have their own seasonal related activities to do. The activities could range from different things that collectors, recliners, and stylists would like. Activities like catching [so and so bug/fish] thats only available during the season, help garden on the crow farm, build snowmen in the jingle area, help decorate, etc. Don't make it too easy to collect stuff whenever you want. If most stuff in the game came instantaneously, theres no fun in that. You'll run out of stuff to do way quicker. If the shops closing to be upgraded annoys you, time travel (granted, that they improve that aspect of the game and make it less tedious and annoying to do so). Or maybe make the wood pecker workers come in if you pay a large sum of money. Just don't let things come too easily. I wouldn't give the player the ability to design the layout of your town straight off. I like how they are doing it now, giving you four randomly generated towns to choose from. Ultimate control gets old. The aspect of not knowing what your gonna get adds some excitement to the game, you don't know who will be in your town, what your town's layout will look like. I like how they do it in New Horizons, not letting you change the layout at first and having you build around the town layout as it is, and letting you have more freedom to change some of the layout in the future (adding pathways, waterfalls, cliffs, etc.). You don't instantly have all the power, you have to earn it The reason the shops do this in AC is since thats how real life works. AC is designed to 'mimic' real life. Its a home away from home, it takes some elements of what we see in our everyday life, and makes it more peaceful. The reason theres a lot of waiting involved in AC is since thats what real life is like. Waiting. If we could have whatever we wanted instantaneously, life would get kinda boring. Theres nothing to look forward too, we've seen it and done it all already. When something new comes out, there needs to be a buildup of hype for us to get excited, and when we have what we were so excited for, we need to be able to savor it, enjoy it. Rushing through something takes joy out of it. Lets say you got pizza. If you scarf the whole pizza down in one bite and swallow immediately, that wouldn't be enjoying the pizza right? You just rushed through eating the pizza, and didn't stop to enjoy the taste of it, or eat it slice by slice, enjoying each slice for its different toppings EDIT: in hindsight after playing lots of new horizons, yeahhhhh the ability to terraform your island got weirdly overwhelming? Its hard to put into words but it just started to lean into that feeling of it almost being like you too much control. This is a guess, but I feel like thats why so many people decided they wanted to reset their islands after a few months of the game ‘s release. It just got too old and too fast. I guess there’s something to be said for pacing in how much options for activities a player may be presented with at any given time. The player needs to be presented with enough ideas to be motivated to play the game, but also not too much control to the point where it almost seems unpleasant to have to decide on what massive amount of work you will tackle first. But the activities still need to be shaken up mixed around for different seasons and months every now and then to keep them from going stale. If that makes sense? Also for the love of god release a game at launch thats already worth $60. Nintendo really released an unfinished game and said “we’ll finish it later”.

[@ravenpaw0233]

I do like your idea for tweaking the seasonal areas, but let’s say that you haven’t experienced the season? I think that the areas would be unlocked by experiencing the seasons in your town, not just right off the bat. I think that once you unlock say, the crow’s farm, you would be able to visit the farm in the spring and fall, not just fall. When you first visit the farm, you should get gifted a small plot of land for yourself and then be able to take care of your plants until winter arrives. When winter arrives you leave your garden to be taken care of by the crows, who would be finishing up harvesting their crops for the fall. When you come back in the spring, you’ll see that the crows are starting to plant their crops and that your garden is just how it was when you left it. It does kinda take away the entire “its always fall here” idea, but it kinda gives the area a bit more of a real life vibe. You would still be able to catch fall-exclusive bugs, but the crows would do something different depending on which season you’re in.

[@endermangames1112]

I do agree with you except for the seasonal island thing. how you put it makes it sound like the winter area is open in winter, which is a bit redundant. it would remove the point of the sesonal areas. like what another commenter said you should unlock each one by doing mayor tasks for different npcs

[@liamwhite3522]

@@endermangames1112 Another fix to the redundacy is you only have the opposite season area available. They become vacation destinations. Over the winter you visit summery islands, but in the summer you head up to the wintery mountains.

[@endermangames1112]

@@liamwhite3522 that would be a lot better

[@spookyman5442]

Yeah he was really aggressive towards the game

[@areomorales6511]

A “Let’s Make a Zelda Game” would be so cool!

[@purpleisdebeste]

YEAH! also I like the Fire Emblem game script he's writing

[@scipioafricanus133]

lol he’d turn Zelda into an Assasin’s creed game

[@purpleisdebeste]

@@scipioafricanus133 Breath of the Wild turned it into a Skyrim game, so honestly I'm okay with assassins creed. Also we could play as sheik.

[@ummswafiya]

Yes that would be Amazing!

[@shaddowofthelost1750]

Legend of Zelda, yes

[@JCstock]

So hey, Horizons is out, and it's got a lot of the features he wanted. It's the only animal crossing i've ever played, so I can't name every difference, but... He asked for item stacking, most items stack in Horizons. He asked to be able to place buildings and villagers, you can do that, he asked for a mission based system that gives rewards as an alternative to bells, Horizons has that too, he asked for bells to automatically go into the wallet, well hey now that happens. He asked for you to be able to create your character right off the bat, yup that's here too. Edit: Trash also has a function now! You can unlock new crafting recipes with trash that you fish up. Here's hoping you like Horizons Jello, as my first ever animal crossing game I'm in love with it.

[@genesisyugioh9405]

Well, Bells don't QUITE go directly into your wallet. Bells from rewards? Sure. Bells you find in holes or presents? Right into your inventory. Thankfully, all you gotta do is click on them, so it's not really a big deal. Also, Blathers has unique dialogue for each thing you bring to him now. Like with Pillbugs, he mentions that while children find poking them to make them curl up fun, he finds it disgusting to see their little legs squirm about, or with Paper Butterflies, he mentions that, while they look nice, they're highly toxic, cocoons and youths included, and that birds have grown to avoid them ("This bird especially").

[@JCstock]

@@genesisyugioh9405 Ah. Well I've been talking to Blathers, and it seems like he's got more personality than what Jello was describing. He describes each bug and how he hates it, even even got flustered over why the red snapper was called a red snapper.

[@IanIzardTheLizardWizard]

@@genesisyugioh9405 Dug up bells don't go into your wallet because you can choose to plant them back in the hole and grow a bell tree. It's kind of a metaphor for the whole game; you can choose to take what you have now and buy like, 1 thing or slow down and reap long term rewards for your decisions. The game was originally designed to criticize these industrial mindsets where everything needs to be done the exact way you want it when you want it. That the same reason why you can't pick villagers and sometimes your friends move away. Because that's life.

[@jesusprado7826]

I feel that he made this to late by the time it was posted on the 13th we already knew alot of certain features ..

[@kirbytrax8326]

Ian Izard Hey I’m playing animal crossing cause it’s freaking cute. That was pretty deep and true at the same time, I’m sad I go cry in bathtub full of sadness.

[@Doesnotmatternomore]

Like a lot of other people have said, I feel like giving the player that much control over the clock undermines precisely what makes Animal Crossing a uniquely enjoyable game. "Fun" isn't always about the player being in control or the player mastering the game world; some games are fun precisely because the world is outside of the player's control. This may sound like a strange comparison, but Animal Crossing resembles roguelikes in this regard. Losing can be fun; its entertaining to go fishing and then pull up a piece of garbage rather than a fish. You can't just optimize the game on day 1; instead cool piece of furniture your find or rare bug you catch is a memorable moment, moments that are spread out across months of playtime. The difference, of course, is that Animal Crossing is low stakes so none of the "losses" Animal Crossing doles out actually harm you in the game. You've got to chill out when you play Animal Crossing. It's not a game about winning; it's not a game about expediency. It's a game just about being in the world.

[@wayjae]

Right? It sounds like he needs a different game, something more engaging to keep him interested. Perhaps he should just play stardew valley

[@anythingagency8516]

You said it better than I could. I guess this is why it's the game he would want out of animal crossing.

[@AstridCeleste96]

They already have that control over the clock. I think I'd prefer it not be doable via exploit OR in-game interface, but I understand why players WOULD want it, and believe if they aren't going to prevent the exploit of time travelling that they ought to just make it accessible and integrated. Maybe at world creation, like MineCraft, where if you check "Hardcore" there's no going back, but in this case they check if the time-controlling dragon is there.

[@anythingagency8516]

@@AstridCeleste96 but that's the thing though. Jello seems to be acting like it's an inconvenient feature when in reality it's an exploit that's probably not even going to be in new horizons

[@Mr.Monacle]

Anything Agency I feel like an inconvenient exploit that is totally necessary to be able to actually play the game the way you want should just be a feature that’s improved upon. It seems to me, a lot of the complaints about this video are claiming that he’s biased but from a purely unbiased perspective (I have no dog in this race, my exposure to these games has always been secondhand), *you* all seem to be needlessly defending a game that is incredibly inconvenient to play, *objectively*. He literally explained how it’s inconvenient but for some reason a lot of people keep saying he’s wrong. I see a lot of appeals to tradition fallacies being employed, but nothing that actually points to him being wrong. You come the closest by pointing out Time Travel isn’t inherently a feature, but it still seems necessary to actually play the game, so I fail to see how that matters.

[@wrightsright]

While I feel like this has a lot of good ideas, it just doesn’t feel like animal crossing. As a “stylist“ I agree it’s nice to get a lot done in the time I get to sit down and play the game. It’s frustrating to have to manually take a good extra 2 or more minutes time traveling. But, I feel like waiting is part of the game. Life takes time and so does getting things done in Animal Crossing. The game motivates you to keep playing since you know that things will continue tomorrow. You play the game knowing your town is progressing over time. Imagine this: A long day after work. You’re tired, you remember your hybrids may have grown! Your public work project is finished! You open the game and prepare for tomorrow. The next day, another long day. You remember that, “oh yeah” it’s the fishing tourney today!” You’re motivated to play more.

[@AstridCeleste96]

If you feel like waiting is part of the game, and you time travel, you're fighting for an empty point that clearly doesn't apply to you. I feel like it should be all or nothing personally, and either way I'm fine with it. I think I'd rather time traveling not exist, and if each seasonal zone existed, make it not have ALL the season's flowers/bugs/fish/etc. but rather have a good chunk, leaving the exceptionally rare to be discovered during the proper seasons in-town. But, if time traveling is going to exist via exploit of changing date/time, I don't want players who want to play when they can and avoid the punishing feeling of missing a few days have to rely on an exploit and feel "less" for it.

[@wrightsright]

Therrion ' I can totally see your point of view! You’ve made some really good points ^^

[@ladygremlin8287]

@@AstridCeleste96 time travel is a necessary evil. putting it in prospective, The comment clearly used work as an example. If you work all day and get home at 9pm or so you miss all the day time activities. There is also the fact that if you are traveling and take the game with you. I brought new leaf with me while I was in Japan and played when on the trains and such and it was weird getting on during the day the first time and it being nighttime in the game because "oh yeah timezones." Removing time travel completely just isn't a good idea.

[@delta8694]

Ayy 420th like ha ha it's the _funny number_ please laugh now

[@wrightsright]

Poison Apple ha ha ha

[@kipofthemany2213]

"SO IS THE INEVITABLY OF DEATH, KAREN! THAT DOESN'T MEAN I WANT IT IN MY ANIMAL CROSSING GAME!" Jello you are a gem, and I almost just a gut laughing at this line.

[@punchy4real]

Trash is actually useful in new horizons because you can craft furniture with plastic or rubber

[@josephperez2004]

Oh snap, they had a crafting mechanic? Put that in! I have an unhealthy love of collecting junk to make things until my kneecaps burst under the sheer weight of my pack.

[@mikaila6655]

Joseph Perez then you’re gonna LOVE new horizons bro, theres tons of cute and fun things to craft

[@GamerTowerDX]

@@josephperez2004 yeah new horizons lets you even customize your crafts with colors and patterns!

[@josephperez2004]

Whole thing sounds awesome, everyone. Honestly, only played the original Animal Crossing on Gamecube, sort of moved away from consoles before the rest started coming out. But some of my fondest memories of that game were designing shirts with the Able Sisters, both for the artistic exercise and getting to talk to them and learn about their lives. Being able to slowly get Sable to open up just about made my heart burst.

[@50phia]

@@josephperez2004 Not only that, we will now have backpacks AND kneecaps!

[@moviemoment247]

Best part of all this: the new NPCs you made. I love them. I want them. Also, after watching this video, if someone wanted just a collecting game with tasks to stay busy, I would not recommend animal crossing.

[@BerryMilkWay]

@prickly pear Ikr She's so cute

[@mr.preston1632]

Yeah

[@NightWink129]

Is there a frickin' game that has the same styling aesthetic for houses, characters, and a town that Jello describes? That's the only part of Animal Crossing I like.

[@wesleypatterson2989]

Oh my god, dude, I want that Moth villager SO BAD!!!

[@talbotbluechel2102]

@@NightWink129 yeah, stardew valley, a bear leaves you a note asking for maple syrup. And it talks. Jello basically described Started Valley with a couple of quality of life improvements.

[@deacon3637]

Jello: “There’s no reason you should have to wait to access something you’ve already opened” Also Jello: Sponsors Monster Legends

[@LegoCat88]

Deacon's BluBoard lol so true

[@AirahsELL]

Good thing there's a very fucking visible timeline on the video so you can skip past the sponsorship.

[@Chimp_Man]

@@AirahsELL more true

[@imphie]

he also did mention "This isn't like a moblie game, you bought it" and I do like some of his ideas like the dragon and the sleeping until certain a time. love the idea of a 365 Halloween town. but I like how these things are optional and incorporated into the game

[@charlietheranga1026]

@@AirahsELL That wasn't the point, the point was that mobile games make you wait or spend money, not that we had to wait because of the segment with the sponsor

[@warrenthewizard]

This is an old video but let’s talk about how Jello’s entire idea was about how we’re not getting rid of the clock, we’re just giving players the option to go faster. There are still wait times and obviously there’s room to make assumptions and discuss the specifics of the waits (hence the extra seasonal areas being non-playable UNTIL the in game season has been unlocked) but this just allows for all play styles! Making the clock manipulation more accessible is good because it allows players to move a little faster if they want, and allows for the reclining “time travel shouldn’t be allowed” people to keep doin their things. It seems like everyone missed that? There are universally agreeable unnecessary wait times that we can drop altogether but giving players the option to move with real time or speed things up is a great idea, how are you gonna tell someone how to play the game? Nintendo didn’t, they saw the direction players were taking the game and rolled with it, with all the new custom designs and terraforming and creative flow, Nintendo doesn’t care how you play so why not make it more available to play faster?

[@bigwave1713]

It a bit to do with intended play. A new playing is not going to not use a feature even if it is better for them. By having that feature there you would have to design the game to be more focus on this way changing the core of what animal crossing is

[@warrenthewizard]

@@bigwave1713 Not necessarily, I am not a game developer nor do I pretend to know how much extra work would be involved, but the thing that made NH so fun was the commitment and attention to detail in the quality of life (at least in the later updates) which is exactly what Jello talks about, to draw attention to one play style is inevitable and the entire game franchise has been pandering to that play style up until NH and it has now progressed more towards the recliner/designer, there is absolutely no reason not to have a game mechanic that would help the collector who likes completionism. There is still plenty of work in it. Besides he already talked about how the clock manipulation would benefit those types of players as well.

[@hat-desu]

I think something often misunderstood is that anti-TT people aren't choosing to go slower because they don't want to go faster, it's that they're purists about the game design philosophy itself. Including TT as an in-game accessible feature will implicitly eliminate the style of slower, daily gameplay that AC builds itself around, and a different argument can be made for whether that itself is inherently flawed or not. Jello makes a good point about people who don't have time to play at length daily, and a system that punishes them is bad for sure. However, while making it completely real-time-agnostic means you can play as much as you want, and then not at all, it also means the majority of players will always going to be going as fast as they can. A player that is out of things to do won't take the time to relax and wait for the real time clock to move if there's a button that says "skip to the next part" that the game invites you to press. That's why the design implicitly changes - to choose to wait around would actually be ignoring an aspect of gameplay. Even if it feels like they're "forcing" you to wait now, and more goal-oriented people take issue with that, I think that restrictive part of the design was and still is intentional. To a certain extent I do think the devs have the right to tell you how to play their game, and people absolutely have the right to disobey that anyway without it being called a design mistake. A designing angle I would really like to see is one that incentivizes and rewards non-TT gameplay (like giving them more to do in a day, reducing some unnecessary waiting, etc.), as even though it's probably a much tougher thing to accomplish, I think it would make for a much more interesting Animal Crossing than one that just deprecates it. It might as well just be a different game, without it.

[@ToaderTheToad]

The thing is... Number one, Time Travel was _never_ supposed to be an intended feature, and probably should never be, some things are left best as their original state, and not trying to bring it in to focus more. And second... Well, _this is Animal Crossing, for Pete's sake!_ The original GCN game was advertised as the "The game that's running every minute of every day, whether you're playing, or not." Removing that would basically destroy what little remains of the original intent of the games. It would remove what's cool about the games. Just _having_ it there, right in front of your face, _nearly every_ player will go "Hey, cool" and use it, never really getting to experience _what_ the game was intended to play like. The original Animal Crossing was intended to be just a relaxing game, not one that you're supposed to blow through and be done with it. I know different people have differing styles of play, but first and foremost, Animal Crossing is just intended to be a relaxing game, building up your town, just chilling with villagers.

[@warrenthewizard]

@@hat-desu I think I pretty much agree with everything you said, and as far as giving the reclining traditional players more things to do and having less wait time punishments is honestly the heart of it all, maybe the sleeping time travel dragon is something you can access in a menu and not someone just hanging out in your town so you only know about it if you’ve explored a lot of other options in game or you’ve read it somewhere online, that way you’ll use him if you want, and most likely won’t even find him if you don’t look for it. It could even just be a simpler way like having Tom Nook or Isabella in the menu (although the reason I liked winkle I because his concept is fun and whimsical) Just to make it a bit more palatable.

[@crylokrebs9552]

This video is Jello saying he’d rather play star dew valley.

[@garfieldfan420]

I agree, he was comparing it too much to stardew valley, and they're 2 completely different games

[@mokufreeman4692]

It honestly showed the "I WANT IT NOOOOW" mentality that people have these days, I personally feel with ACNH only days away, and with everything we have seen that there will be so much to see/do, that having to "wait for a day" wont even be a problem for the most part.

[@osaka35]

And yet a lot of the things he complains about are things within stardew valley as well. So I guess he doesn't really like stardew valley THAT much either.

[@ch4ddy2]

@@garfieldfan420 animal crossing and stardew vallew and barely alike, instead of making this video he shouldve just.. u know.. played stardew valley

[@andrewlapworth8397]

I hate everyone in this reply chain.

[@dieuwt2626]

"Tom Nook smells, great" I- I can't handle this "subtle" humor

[@pentagonyx]

"We're giving the player the ability to stop time altogether-" Yeah just imagine if the Villager player had the abilities of The World.

[@betabee1221]

KONO DIO DA!

[@juliobispo7344]

So its the same type of stand as the world?

[@celery.0532]

and made in heaven, and mandom

[@invertebrate_king1487]

Celery.05 And Star Platinum (and y’know who)

[@tinker5739]

IS THIS THE WORK OF A ENEMY STAND

[@superhero1576]

you know, as much as i kind of understand the whole "waiting is part of the charm!" and "waiting for the reward makes you come back the next day!" and similar arguments, they feel less convincing when i remember that there are plenty of games that make me want to play again tomorrow without...you know, actually FORCING me to wait until tomorrow

[@AmatMiguel]

Agreed. If anything, the wait until tomorrow mechanic literally makes me go "well, I'm busy tomorrow, so I guess this is goodbye" and my town becomes abandoned after enough wait days.

[@CrizzlyB]

JelloApocalypse: *Angrily smashing clock into the ground* Animal Crossing: *Smirking next to a closet full of clocks*

[@festivepotato3611]

CLOCKS WITHIN CLOCKS AWAIT YOU

[@dimensionalclones5018]

Ha SpongeBob

[@kittycat8178]

You... don’t... use that in comments...

[@kacpercicharski3431]

The logo is a clock, that's the best part

[@chillmanmax]

@@kacpercicharski3431 wrong. you are the clock.

[@phage7889]

Jello: complains about unnecessary waiting in a game Also jello: MONSTER LEGENDS HELL YEAH WAIT 24 HOURS TO HATCH AN EGG! 36 HOURS FOR HABITAT TO BE BUILT. PLAY MONSTER LEGENDS NOW

[@abagg5357]

you can tell he got a lot of money from his sponsor lol

[@DavidWright004]

Phage To be fair ML is a mobile game to make money to speed time while AC is a game that he already bought, he want to play the game.

[@eggsintheface8272]

Eren Yeager just don’t buy games that you don’t like the mechanics of?

[@Nimta]

@@eggsintheface8272 I wish people thought like this. None of this microtransaction bs we have in most of our AAA games today would exist if people could do this one simple thing.

[@AverageEggmonEnthusiast]

I mean that's a free to start game. He even mentions that in this video. A free mobile game that leeches money that way is one thing, but those same practices shouldn't be in a $60 game. And at least with the mobile game you technically CAN speed it up.

[@Chowderskin]

One thought I had for spicing up the villagers a little was, each "personality" is basically a flag that says "draw dialogue from this table," so do the same thing for species. A frog and a bear are by their very natures going to care about some different things. So any given villager has two "personality" tables to draw from and the intersection makes a cranky wolf distinct from a cranky rhinoceros in the same way he's always been distinct from a normal wolf, but also, he has some new common ground with the normal wolf, and now everyone's whole dynamic is different from one relatively simple change. Plus, you know, bring back the attitude you mentioned. Also, I think the characters just plain had more actual dialog in the older games.

[@vaughnthompson2466]

i like how he slowly descends into madness

[@crowsenpai5625]

31:29 that atm was breaking him.

[@hannikahdelacruz1735]

Jello: We’re not getting rid of the clock COMPLETELY. Also Jello: Pretty much just just throws the clock mechanic away.

[@datdamndog389]

He doesnt, he just ads the machanic for people who want it to negate the Clock

[@TheMysteryCrow]

This. Being able to stop time removes a realistic clock from the game

[@Nobody-jg9mu]

“We’re not getting rid of it. We’re just adding access to all seasons at all times that you will have to visit in order to do everything along with a convenient option to pause, rewind, fast forward time with barely a consequence in sight.”

[@flavoured736]

@High Definition im sorry what??

[@TheMysteryCrow]

@@Nobody-jg9mu Barely a consequence. Barely a consequence! Have you ever played Animal Crossing?

[@summerof-ld5nk]

altough i disagree with the whole time travel thingy he suggested, i do like the different seasonal locations! but i don't like them beign RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR TOWN, it feels weird and unnatural, maybe they can be distant lactions that dodo airlines can fly to? also i would like them to be there not only for you to just collect bugs and furniture, maybe the snow land can be like a place to hang out in and drink some hot chocolate with friends and do some snowy activities! just some of my ideas! (sorry for bad grammar, english is my second lenguage! TwT)

[@kazy.2936]

trashwithglitter I don’t see any grammar mistakes

[@summerof-ld5nk]

@@kazy.2936 it's just in case I get something wrong :/

[@eigreasychair]

People have lives tho 🙃

[@NameName-yj7lp]

Your English is great! Also yeah like you could make snowmen and have a score to see how good it is

[@sineadthomas2024]

I mean, you wouldn’t be able to walk to them, they’d take the Kappa bus

[@mattgamer80]

I feel like you approach this with a lot of bias to the "collector" style of play at the start. Adding in a time skip feature while also having the seasonal islands, is just a way to speed up the game and make things easier to collect everything. That removes a bit of the point for a lot of the audience of animal crossing. I think a lot of people who play AC are somewhere in the middle of that grid. Most people who like to design their town, tend to also be a recliner and like to relax it. Most people who are recliners, want to collect everything or gradually do so etc. Having everything to do at once, is kinda takes away the feeling of not having to do anything, or a lot that is a part of animal crossing. I think the way you design the game, would make for a really good game, but not so much a really good animal crossing game. Though some of the other things you mention like, more personalities, more bugs, more fish and more things to collect would definitely make for a good addition. More of a back story for the main cast would definitely be good too, like the Able sisters story line.

[@choco699]

Mattgamer80 Not going to lie... that sounds like the weirdest opinion I’ve ever heard of animal crossing. To me it sounds like “animal crossing is already a game for everyone and it’s not about doing anything at all... but to access a lot of the stuff you need to do all this”. To me, animal crossing is the most relaxing linear experience ever. You want to design? Repeat this 100 times. You want to collect? Do this 100 times. You want to relax? Well do nothing... or repeat this 100 times until you get bored

[@Sirvaria]

I agree with you, personally i fit all 3 types he outlines as well, but if collecting things was easier id easily start to feel pressured to actually collect stuff, it would accelerate my gameplay which, i think, isnt what ac is about at all

[@cameronweaver2013]

@@choco699 AC is a life sim game, that's the point. Why Time travel and get everything from the start? The wait is part of the experience. There are game theories about slightly longer loader zones to give the player time to reflect

[@JinjoJinjoJinjo]

I mean The recliners could just kinda lengthen the experience by not going to the islands

[@Tigerctart]

I would love it if they improved the personalities. I mean, in new leaf they offer each month a download for a new item. Why can't they simply add or change a few lines of a characters dialog instead?

[@RoseDeleca]

I really like the idea of guilt-tripping me for being gone for a while so I have a different idea. I feel like you should just be able to post a notice in game that you'll be gone for a while and that everyone take care of my shit. so when I get back all my villagers are happy I'm back and are saying hi and stuff and all my shit isn't dead but it's works the same as stopping time but people are happier to see you

[@darkstrideisi3346]

Nobody: The random possum man: *GIVE ME YOUR TRASH*

[@dorksdomain8355]

Darkstride Is I that’s some nice looking T R A S H

[@HarleyMaebry]

A moth pretending to be an owl so she doesn’t scare the entomophobic owl she wants to be friends with is such an incredibly cute concept, and I’m kinda mad Animal Crossing doesn’t have that kind of character depth.

[@pikaphin3335]

Here’s the thing, the whole “wait a day” thing I actually really like. Why? Because it taught patience. Something we all need to learn. I have ADHD, and when I was little I couldn’t sit still at all. When I got Wild world, (which I adored) it taught me what it means to be patient and how to cool down when I get frustrated. People today get too heated too quickly, if games like animal crossing can teach kids patience, then I see it all the more important to keep it in the game.

[@pangetpampam8272]

Pikaphin333 this. on top of what you said it feels like this guy dont know how fun it is to wait for thing that you'll know that's gonna be great

[@plant7371]

I have ADHD too. However, I want an hour or two to wait, not a day or more. That's excessive.

[@pikaphin3335]

F u r r e t perhaps a day can be a lot, maybe a couple hours would do better as compromise? Though I have to say construction does takes a long time to do. By animal crossing standards they must have freakin’ miracle workers with how fast they build.

[@willinglyghostly]

Same I love a lot of his ideas but I like the slow base concept of ac like in his game I could beat the game in a week

[@crescentrose3549]

panget pampam clearly not everyone thinks so and waiting for things isn’t for everyone. Being antsy or not patient shouldn’t be an excuse to not be able to enjoy a game. If u don’t want to use these features I’d imagine you could just choose not to or if Nintendo did this they would/should have an option to turn some features off

[@-Commit-arson-]

If Jell-O was a animal crossing villager, he would be a sheep wearing a cardigan I don’t know why, but I think this is the most accurate

[@maxaroni39]

I actually liked having to wait a day. It gave me something to look forward to, motivation to get through the day. Animal Crossing isn't a game you complete, but one you enjoy. Too much control would suck out the fun of playing.

[@mifiaurad5776]

Roni Finn I agree :0 it’s like when you overuse a cheat code in the sims 4 that gets you a bunch of money-

[@maximumforce8275]

That's kinda why I was a bit bent on when I first heard you had more control in horizons

[@maximumforce8275]

But now I kinda appreciate it cuz we can finally choose who goes where

[@Moved936]

Great! Becuse all those controlling options as he says it are options you don’t need to do it if you don’t want to

[@NihongoWakannai]

​@@Moved936 giving people the option and forcing them to choose not to use it takes away from the immersion. Games should be made in a way where players don't need to design the game themselves, they should just be given a game which is focused on a specific type of gameplay.

[@olivinebranch]

don't personally agree with everything (it's a life sim game, life isn't always convenient and things don't happen instantly) but good video with some interesting concepts! The seasonal areas are really cute & even if i'm not crazy about all the time travel shenanigans the time travel dragon is a super cute concept, I want a sleepy dragon friend in my town

[@packers12to80]

Yeah he totally misses the vibe of animal crossing ...it's supp to be a slow but worthwhile build up. Relaxing and a slower paced peaceful game....it seems to want to turn it into a speed run from hell.

[@deepsavings3126]

@@packers12to80 True, though I complete agree with his qol opinions, especially the dreaded inventory space problems.

[@packers12to80]

@@deepsavings3126 yeah it seems new horizons has alot more. But in new leaf at that certain point we did get that additonal storage that was a ton of space . So that in new leaf makes me feel like horizon is gonna have something similar we will have plenty of space

[@packers12to80]

@@deepsavings3126 1 thing I don't think I've seen yet in any commercials ....rem in new leaf how we could make our own 4 rooms in the museum . I wonder if we will have that same option in new horizons

[@emwatchesthings]

also the moth. moth sounds rlly cool fr

[@JCstock]

This is just Jello telling us that he wished Stardew Valley's characters were animals.

[@OtioseFanatic]

There is literally a mod for that.

[@QwertyUiop-sm3fv]

Bro I don't even think he likes the animals honestly didn't say crap about them in the video

[@golisopod7322]

LMFAOOO

[@eden3537]

Let him be a furry in peace, it's okay

[@maximumforce8275]

Can we all just admit how cute the moth girl is?

[@louisBellz]

I had an idea to add for customisation, a personality creator! Where you can select expressions and body animations for when you do certain acts to bring the player alive more, every villager feels the same just with a different outfit, so letting them have a wide selection of ways they behave and react would be nice, I know there’s emotes, but they still feel bland and almost not expressive enough

[@parpdox246]

"Also, no more trash, i'm sick of catching trash" so he did not read about the beautiful town ordinance in new leaf...

[@definitelynotaduck]

Almost like you had to manually select and pay for the option to remove rubbish, forgoing a different town ordinance in the process.

[@bananatim178]

Yeah, there is the beautiful town ordinance in New Leaf but if I remember correctly, you can only have one active at a time. That means you have to choose whether you want no trash or something else entirely

[@amidarkdesigns1229]

You'll get trash and you'll like it!

[@Blue8lue]

It sounds like he played New Leaf for like five days at most, so no probably not.

[@bradensorensen966]

Getting rid of trash is a game mechanic, not a punishment. I mail the trash to the least likable villager... problem solved.

[@xwun]

I don't really see how your vision of the game appeals to "the recliner" at all. You made the game sound great, but not very relaxing, which as a recliner myself, for me that's main appeal of the series. Sounds good for the other two though.

[@InATyzzy]

not a stylist, but i didnt really see much geared towards it either. clearly biased which makes me wonder why he brought up the triangle to begin with

[@floralrune]

@Dovahgatr the current AC games are pointed towards the recliner style because that was the original purpose of the game; to socialize with the villagers and relax. i’m not saying that that can’t change, but that’s just probably why the games are more recliner friendly.

[@sineadthomas2024]

Chillie-Pepper You can pause time, and completely customize your map. That appeals a lot to stylers

[@chey1863]

xwun As a stylist, I can say this really bothered me. It’s nice to be able to spend real time playing the game because that way you aren’t racing against a clock, you’re walking with it instead

[@dreaminglovecast4025]

periodt

[@skeletonsinscarves3965]

Idk man animal crossing seems more for folks with a lot of patience, it's a different world taking things slow and steady without worrying about anything. Sure I have a bill but I don't have to pay it by a certain time, I pay it to get to the next level of my home and whenever I feel like it

[@rottncrow545]

skeletons in scarves that’s a good point

[@thatgoblinking]

the way I understand it, you could just not sleep or wake up winkle, so we can all be happy :)

[@sineadthomas2024]

Well, if you have the ability to Time Travel, it might as well take less than 15 minutes of menuing

[@stitches768]

I've kinda left the game for a long time. Because I've found it really boring now.

[@gooseypuckoosey]

There are those who are patient, and there are those who time travel and are scorned by the patient.

[@gamebrielthegreat8027]

This doesn't feel like an "Animal Crossing" game necessarily, but GOD do I want to play this game.

[@OperationOmegaOne]

This sounds like a fun game. But not a fun animal crossing game. That said, I like the idea of a botany area in the museum. Personality expansion as well. More than 8 would be nice. Honestly my only issue is a deep disagreement with the free access to all seasons and the time manipulation.

[@tokyozombe]

my thoughts exactly. it changes the fundamental gameplay mechanics and ruins the whole idea for me.

[@ShredAimlessly92]

I think time manipulation could be implemented as a 100% completion reward, once you’ve done everything by the book, you can have that added layer of freedom without compromising the original challenge.

[@lagomorphafan534]

I WOULD LOVE A BOTANY AREA and a BOTANY COMPETITION. [Based on the new Trailers ] I would like if in the next new Game you could do more with your fish and Bugs to. Like breeding new hybrid-forms , teaching them a special trick . You know some way to make them more pet like.

[@MrJojux]

Same. Access to everything is an easy way to create an overload of options, while making them all more meaningless. If you could unlock some of those seasonal areas it might be interesting as it is a reward system. But many of the other things are real problems. There should be more innovation in the series and I really dislike that at some point the game always was a "I have to play, to check certain daily events, but after some time there is not a lot left to do." Maybe add some minigames or other things to keep your player if they want to spend more time.

[@GamerTowerDX]

@@MrJojux animal crossing is a game you have to take in small doses,but even then the nook miles and terraforming in NH does this job waaaaay better then how jello planed it

[@cappujhino]

Edit: To everyone who is saying yOu DoN't HaVe To UsE tHeSe fEaTuRes, you guys should consider the development of a game. They can only spend so much time implementing certain features. So if they made something like entirely seperate areas to visit where the seasons are frozen that would take a lot of development time away from other aspects of the game like the polishing real time mechanic (aka the things I would enjoy). Animal Crossing clearly focuses on having a believable season cycle and this would not be the case if the focus was on the features you described. So no, I could not enjoy the game the way I do now. Warning constructive criticism ahead: You're making it more convenient for the stylists and collectors but you're taking a lot from the recliner players! The whole real time dynamic is unique and important to the animal crossing series. Getting up early feels a lot more fun when you open your ds and your villagers comment on you getting up early. Success! I'm not a lazy potato. Plus the seasons and light matching real life can really get you into a nice seasonal mood. Just playing half an hour on real life Christmas eve makes it feel so much more special and festive. There are so many games with a 'snow area' and a 'harvest area' and so on. Almost every rpg has it. In animal crossing however it's your own world that changes which makes it so fascinating. And the waiting... well waiting one day for a store to open makes you feel so much more accomplished after you finally fully upgrade all the stores. Plus I believe for most players animal crossing still remains a mainly single player experience. It's supposed to be relaxing and sometimes you've done all your chores and the game TELLS you to stop 'working' for the day. There's simply nothing you can do apart from relaxing and catching a few fish. So I believe you saw it very subjectively from the perspective of a collector / stylist. Your new animal crossing would be a story of seasons type game but it would lose a lot of its uniqueness AND it wouldn't keep you playing. I played animal crossing for about five REAL TIME years. Without the time mechanic I could've done the same thing in a few weeks and basically beat the game, losing a lot of a relaxing experience I really really enjoyed. (Kudos to everyone who actually read this, have a great day.) PS: I really liked the way you analysed the player base, I'm pretty sure it's very accurate, you just missed out on one of the 'lifestyles'... ^ ^ OH and yea I had the botany idea too that would be so cool. :/

[@top_hattrick659]

You can still play it exactly the way you described in this game you just have the option not to

[@golfie46]

You can still play it like how you’re describing but if you opt out of doing that then you’re no longer a recliner player

[@silver.shoelaces]

I'm a collector and I like the real-time aspect of it too. I often have trouble committing to things when they're very long-term, and Animal Crossing is a challenge for me to keep up with, even though I don't play it for many hours every day. I consider time traveling to be cheating, so I don't do it. If the game added it as a feature I would do it, but in its current state it isn't for me. What *is* for me is running around to make sure I've given Blathers every single bug and fish that's going away at the end of my current month.

[@top_hattrick659]

@@silver.shoelaces so animal crossing needs to make your decisions for you? You don't like time travel but if it was in the game you'd do it? Why? You don't have to. You can't argue that the option shouldnt be there for other people because you wouldnt be able to stop yourself from doing something you dont wana do

[@skeletonman1126]

Cappujhino I don’t really see how he appealed to stylist players at all lol

[@fliptuna1441]

animal crossing is basically just taking care of tons of children while also taking care of everything else you just made and destroying the ecosystem is also reasonable and completely okay to everyone living in the animal crossing world

[@sophiehelena6737]

i always feel so bad when catching all the insects in my town!! smth in the back of my head tells me they arent going to respawn

[@M-u-m-p-e-l]

@@sophiehelena6737 They aint dying though :3

[@FrancisR420]

So basically colonial America.

[@fliptuna1441]

Maui Randall yeah basically

[@sophiehelena6737]

@@FrancisR420 i remember that history lesson differently

[@KaizerHiwatari]

Animal Crossing: is literally about taking things slow Jello: F A S T E R

[@johnny_boi5456]

🤣

[@nikolasmtr]

yes.

[@bralenmurphy1991]

Ikr!

[@31-2-5]

12:35

[@warrenthewizard]

This is an old comment but let’s talk about how Jello’s entire idea was about how we’re not getting rid of the clock, we’re just giving players the option to go faster. There are still wait times and obviously there’s room to make assumptions and discuss the specifics of the waits (hence the extra seasonal areas being non-playable UNTIL the in game season has been unlocked) but this just allows for all play styles! Making the clock manipulation more accessible is good because it allows players to move a little faster if they want, and allows for the reclining “time travel shouldn’t be allowed” people to keep doin their things. It seems like everyone missed that? There are universally agreeable unnecessary wait times that we can drop altogether but giving players the option to move with real time or speed things up is a great idea, how are you gonna tell someone how to play the game? Nintendo didn’t, they saw the direction players were taking the game and rolled with it, with all the new custom designs and terraforming and creative flow, Nintendo doesn’t care how you play so why not make it more available to play faster?

[@lowercasecolour]

the moth-owl idea is amazing and i want it to be real

[@mrsparkx7088]

Blathers wouldn’t like that.

[@virginiafernandez6846]

The Moth-owl is adorable and I would Die For Her

[@spritepepsiplushes8353]

@@mrsparkx7088 Until you finish the mayor task

[@SuperSonic68]

"Let's make a Sonic game." I *dare* you. I double hedge-dog dare you.

[@1HundoGames]

Dido

[@isaaclee2084]

Yaaas

[@untapped8776]

I beg for this.

[@starch_tuber1778]

Ooooh boy, that one could be interesting.

[@cyanryann64]

Oh no oh fuck no all i can imagine is that other guy who did that video and it was ass

[@birchtree6975]

While these ideas are fun, I think you're missing some of the appeal to animal crossing in the idea of "freezing" time. Time progression adds to the feel of the gameplay, time travelling isn't _meant_ to be utilised in the game, hence why it's annoying to do so. I think being kept to the limit of time acts as an incentive to keep playing the game as the seasons change. Being able to go to areas for every season takes away that feeling. Just being able to get every seasonal bug and fish at any time means that "completion" would be over way too quickly and I think that would take away from the experience.

[@nashvontookus7451]

It could just be an option depending on how you want to play. No need to exclude either opinion.

[@Doodlemaster54]

Requiring time out of your day and days out of your month to get certain collectables not incentivizing gameplay it's demanding gamplay. I would rather have a game with it's own time like stardew valley. You can't get everything from the get go and you control time (not travel back in time).

[@rh0dr1]

I would say give the game two modes you can choose from at the start, classic mode, where time functions the same as older games. And rush/arcade mode, designed for people who enjoy Animal Crossing, but either don't have the consistent time or want to be able to accomplish more in less time.

[@Qunpowder]

DJ Flash Forward But then it’s not animal crossing 🤷‍♀️ I feel like if you’re not into the time mechanic it’s just not a game for you.

[@Doodlemaster54]

@@Qunpowder Honestly I like the game, I bought and played the game for a solid month, but it wasn't until I had other games to play and real life obligations did I realize that the game is kinda bullshit about not playing it. I still adore the game but I wish the feeling was mutual.

[@korrinnie3847]

"my pants are full of carp" every 3 year old in a 10 mile radius: felt that

[@danielpozo3958]

There actually is a reason to make the player wait a day to finish a building, and it's to avoid players to play compulsively the game, to keep its relaxed atmosphere

[@sapphiresupernova]

Exactly! And for the mayoral stuff in NL it seemed like a fun poke at bureaucratic red tape and permits.

[@punkett]

I think what he’s saying is that people time travel anyway, so why not just make that a mechanic

[@kolskullkid140]

It's not fun for some types of players so they're should be a option to avoid this in the game

[@armoredwolf1495]

well, its "compulsively" frustrating to be reminded every time I want to play that I have to wait a week before I can play.

[@danielpozo3958]

@@kolskullkid140 bruh, it's super easy to just go and change the time, it takes you like 3 minutes in new leaf and less than 1 in the new one. I perfectly understand wanting to skip time, but that doesn't mean it should be implemented in the own game

[@phoneheaded]

I just want Brewster to have a house in town so I can visit him outside of the coffee shop and gain his friendship.

[@echozxi4692]

I love how he just ignores the fact that Pocket Camp exists lol

[@whalesharko4465]

Everyone does

[@thecooldoge6343]

Soggy Carrots how

[@poffydaisy5134]

@Soggy Carrots you suck, its one of the best animal crossing games

[@poffydaisy5134]

@Soggy Carrots its cute, its free. Controls are good, AND ITS FOR MOBILE. Its OF COURSE not good as new horizons, bruh. But its good.

[@louise4152]

Oh wow! A game you have to pay 60 dollars for + a console has better quality than a free mobile game! This wasn't even a fair comparison _what's your point_

[@Zafaruss]

Bro when he was describing the 3 types of players I was like “yeah yeah he’s kinda getting me (the stylist) correct” THEN HE SAID THE SIM THING AND I LOCKED MY WINDOW.

[@ruki4929]

Everything was going well until you started talking quality of life, where you just spiralled into madness. Personally, I don't mind the clock or the menus or the time it takes to do things - but that's probably because I'm a recliner type: things going slow and taking time stops me from overwhelming myself with tasks. And it helps make animal crossing feel alive: like you said yourself - it's a little world that keeps chugging along, with or without you. So although your suggestions on quality of life and time is nice at some points, there is still a point where you take the life part out of it - you end up with a game you can run and done in 10 hours rather than a slow burn life sim. Maybe I'm just fortunate to not want to speed run animal crossing. ... Also, you seem to like harvest moon and stardew valley way more than animal crossing, why not try making a game on that sort of psuedo-series?

[@ruki4929]

@High Definition If you add stardew valley, which he takes from too, it could be considered such. Like, the spiritual successor thing.

[@dragoon4530]

I feel like manually advancing time really changes animal crossing at a fundamental level. I'm fine with the option being there, but it was always an exploit rather than a feature. To let the player control the time like in harvest moon or stardew, animal crossing completely loses the kind of pacing it's going for. It's not really meant to be a "end the day when you accomplish your tasks, move to next day" sort of game. It's always been more of that mobile game style, check in for an hour, tweak some things, and then get excited for what's unlocked tomorrow.

[@savampire3275]

I understand your point of view, but not everybody has a few hours everyday. this makes animal crossing feel more like a daily chore than a game. I love animal crossing but the time mechanic is outdated. its not a mobile game.

[@richiejack1996]

@@savampire3275 in that case the game is then not for those people. AC's always been a niche game, and trying to make it accessible to everyone ruins it at it's core.

[@imjusthere7970]

@@richiejack1996 Nothing wrong with a game developing to suit more people tbh. The core of the game might shift but its still the same game but with improvements. And not all of the improvements are things you HAVE to do, like time travel.

[@Gboy86ify]

@@savampire3275 Well go play a different game then.

[@yeatu]

That is absolutely untrue. Adding a feature that lets you easily TT doesn't ruin YOUR GAME because nobody is forcing you to use it. Literally, nobody. You can just ignore this feature like you've done all this years. TTing already exists since the very first game, so it's not even a matter of adding a game changing feature, but just making it more available to everyone! This is a sandbox game, you're free to do whatever you want with it. There are no rules. Stop trying to create ones only because you don't like playing a certain way when you don't have to. Sorry for the rant, hope I haven't offended anyone. My point is, just let everyone play however they want as long as it doesn't affect you.

[@stevethepocket]

The other thing that's always bugged me is the lack of options for character interaction. A great example of this is the birthday parties. You show up in their comically tiny house (another thing I'd like to see change), and they have all of one guest besides you and they're just walking around whistling. There's nothing to do except show up, hand them their present, maybe talk to each of them one more time, and leave. It's kind of depressing. You should be able to play party games or something. Same with when you visit someone's house or they visit yours; there should be minigames and stuff. Villager has a ping-pong table? Make it so you can play ping-pong with them. They have one of those game consoles that double as working emulators? Make them the player-two AI, complete with reaction dialog when they win or lose. Even _Pocket Camp_ had those little cutscenes where you cook or make crafts together; maybe flesh that out into real minigames. Just enough to make the world and its characters feel more alive.

[@avacx]

When it was villager birthdays I used to feel so bad about leaving so soon that I’d close my ds down and leave it for a while so I’d be there longer... but when I leave they’d still say “oh you’re going already ?” :'(

[@Luckygekko]

Yes, exactly this. It's one of my major complaints about AC. Villagers fon't feel "alive" they don't do much and you can't do much with them. I would like to be able to invite them to your house whenever you want, play mini games with them, ask if they wanna go to the museum, go to an island etc I also would like them to have more interactions between them. They could talk more, do things together and such. I hop new horizons is gonna deliver in that regard

[@joltdarkjolteon4125]

This is such a good idea. In new leaf everything just felt kinda empty because there was basically no interaction with the world itself apart from the different personalities that exist.

[@a.c.757]

Well, there’a a birthday piñata in one of New Horizons trailers, so at least there’s that! I do hope the villagers are more lively though

[@nonofyabusiness7253]

"processing power of an egg timer" is one of my all time favorite quotes

[@mushroomfusion245]

Pokémon video: I’m changing the formula a little bit but still keeping the core of what makes the series great! Animal Crossing video: WHY WON’T YOU MAKE ME A GOD, NINTENDO?!

[@mynameis_ehe8373]

He clearly enjoys some parts of animal crossing, but wishes others were better. And I agree. I myself consider someone who wants to play animal crossing as a way to relax, and pass time. But when I have nothing to pass time with besides the same things I always do (catching bugs, fishing ect.), I get a little disappointed. Animal Crossing is a unique game. And so if I'm in the mood for something only animal crossing can provide, and they can't provide it, you gotta understand the bigger issue here.

[@TheBoeboe]

@@mynameis_ehe8373 orrrr.... do like jello, and just play stardew valley

[@Random-yg1fi]

Agent Duck Sadly your expecting Animal Crossing fans who have been playing the same game since 2001 to be open to change. They are somehow denser the than a black hole and like a black hole, they suck in any criticism and spit out “you don’t get it” like that’s an argument. May want to avoid the fandom at all cost.

[@TheBoeboe]

@@Random-yg1fi the animal crossing fandom is actually more open than alot of other fandoms. but the real life clock is what sets animal crossing apart from other franchises

[@Random-yg1fi]

Maro “Fandom is actually more open than a lot of other fandoms” *sees the complainers in the comments section* Yeah, no. If I suspend my disbelief long enough my back would give out. It’s hard to say that a fandom is open when they hate on any idea that gives others their own way to play, even though it’s expressed as optional.

[@_koza]

But there's something so cozy about the 1:1 timeflow in these games. There's no stress involved, once you've done everything there is to do in a day, you turn the game off & play something else. Animal Crossing doesn't demand your attention, it invites you in to relax or mess around for as long as you want. It makes the game feel more down to Earth. Adding the seasonal areas would be awesome!! But it would seriously take away from the whole point of the game right off the bat. It would be like going into creative mode in Minecraft & giving yourself diamonds. You get to the end faster, but it takes the journey out of the game. You may as well just stay in creative mode if that's how you wanna play. And I'm 50/50 on the inventory space & menu management. It would be nice to have more space & save time in menus, but intentionally slowing everything down just fits the slow & easygoing atmosphere. If it's improved then awesome! If not then oh well. I couldn't agree more about the NPCs though, everyone's so watered down in the new ones. They're too nice & they're too shallow. I miss the villagers being mean & having to sit through Blathers talking about donations forever. It was fun to learn about them as a kid! lol Blathers, Sable, Phyllis, Resetti, K.K, Copper, & Booker all acted like people we've met in real life, so their exaggerated personalities made us chuckle. And they were all that more memorable for it. I can't say the same for most of the new characters. (with minor exceptions) Isabelle is alright, Harvey is fun, & Lief is ok. And 100% yes, make collecting the art better. The biggest thing I'm sad about in all the games after GameCube is the music. Don't get me wrong, the new music is wonderful & I love it! But the weirdness of the old soundtrack is filled with this feeling of nostalgia, even when you first hear it. The new music is more relaxing & pleasant but feels like all the new characters: safe.

[@thenateman01]

What if you work nights at a job it literally gives you no time do to practically anything

[@derekbarbosa]

@@thenateman01 nothing stops you from setting your clock initial 12 hours behind/head. NH has gone as far as you being able to chose a hemisphere.

[@twilightvulpine]

@@xdlr22 They should allow multiple ordinances from start for people who have nightly routines or can only play sparingly.

[@_koza]

@@thenateman01 Good point. Like others suggest you could set the time different, but that doesn't quite work having a sunny game at night. I think having a bit of nightlife could fit right in the game as an improvement. Maybe some small-time/specialized shops shut down but some more general ones stay open? With new night crew characters too. It would give night a whole new vibe & let people like that still get to play.

[@eeveegaming4798]

I’d like too see villagers talk about others moving away and being sad about them leaving

[@s0urc4ndy____24]

eeveegaming4798 i would love this feature, it shows that they actually have personal feelings rather than spouting out random junk every time they talk to you

[@venum0us]

They do this in new leaf (not sure about the other games) but most of the time its the only way i even know villagers are moving they usually get worried about the villager and talk about them/ask you to go talk to them

[@GeNeG01]

They do in acnh

[@lizard81612]

As a suggestion instead of mayor tasks, I think a friendship/interaction mechanic with your villagers. When fulfilled, they would help you with any community improvement projects. Having a specific quest for every type of villager personality would be really fun though.

[@lizard81612]

Ooh I kept watching the personality thing having an effect on donating!! Love that

[@pkpinna]

"Animal crossing is a 15 hour game disguised as a 60 hour game" Animal Crossing is neither of those things. Animal Crossing is a life you live.

[@ventoasti]

I laugh at the fact he thinks that animal crossing could be played in fifteen hours. haha...fool...*my town is 5 years old and I am still not finished with this game*

[@juliaboon9741]

Yeah I laughed at that. 60 hours? Ha aha Hahahaha

[@Db-dp2ip]

I threw up on a pretty lady in a D&D campaign!!! My town is 7 years old and I’m barely done with anything!

[@beaniepollard8290]

This is an underrated comment - AC is a two-three year game at least

[@mokufreeman4692]

@@beaniepollard8290 Sure, if you give up, if my gamecube hadn't died I'd still be playing my GC town from the early 2000's lol.

[@shayners8833]

“Predator mmo were you trick the players into paying to play the game” Jello: THIS VIDEO IS SPONSORED BY MONSTER LEGENDS! PLAY IT HERE!

[@Crevasse]

Shayners88 10/10.

[@indigocactus3089]

Ok, let's break down those three pillars of Animal Crossing you mentioned, comparing Crossroads to New Horizons. Crossroads: Collector: Tons of love for this pillar. You could pretty much collect everything in one real week, if not a day. Tons of new stuff to collect and ways to collect it that haven't been seen in Animal Crossing before. Stylist: The ability to get plants and furniture more easily from Autumn and Winter land respectively makes decorating more easy then before. Freezing your town in one season could lead to some cool themed towns, too. But that's...kind of it. Recliner: Umm...I don't think this pillar even made it into Crossroads. I mean, theoretically you can relax in any Animal Crossing game, and this is no exception, but nothing was really added or talked about that benefits this pillar. I suppose the simplification of many aspects of the game makes the game as a whole more relaxing, but that applies to all three aspects of the game and New Horizons does it, too. New Horizons: Collector: You collect nearly everything in the game, pretty much. New tools, new buildings and shops, etc., in fact because you only start with a few villagers you technically collect them, too. The whole game is now a collectathon of sorts. Stylist: Nintendo shifted this into maximum overdrive for this game. Being able to meticulously design every aspect of your island in true sandbox fashion is a bold move for the series, but it means anyone can get their dream town, without the need to hunt for a good one at the start or lay down patterns everywhere. The ability to put furniture outside also massively increases your options. Plus, have you *seen* the new interior design? Recliner: Now that the game is a total sandbox by the end, you can make your dream vacation island! Put down reclining chairs and lanterns and such to make the perfect beach getaway, or make a beautiful lake resort, it's up to you. Since the game essentially starts at zero, it's up to you to figure out just how deserted the island is, so if you're the lonely type you can make a whole residential district, or you can keep it to a quiet little shack or two near the waves. Tell me if I missed anything. Assuming I didn't, the imbalance here is...less than exciting.

[@LittleMissGamer123]

Ultra Cactus one benefit for new horizons is transparent images! The amount of creativity in that alone is amazing!

[@ladygremlin8287]

This comment is 10/10

[@jeddonaldson7526]

Friken Nintendo I'm tryin to buy this game why won't credit cards work.

[@flapjack0925]

Don’t forget about winkle being able to freeze your town in one season. Good for the stylist players in crossroads

[@sawyerthe4561]

He did talk about having a new fishing mini game

[@TheSamTheSame]

I just want a day where blathers CAN buy my spare fossils (for an increased price maybe?)

[@LeafRazorStorm]

"Choose your appearance from the start of the game!" Wait, you're telling me Pocket Camp FIXED something??

[@InATyzzy]

Nope! Happy Home Designer did! Yes Pocket Camp still remains to be a useless dump lmaooo

[@Arwen_XIV]

@@InATyzzy Yup! It was since Happy Home Designer and not Pocket Camp!

[@patavinas4282]

And that's why you should never let a completionist design the entirety of an Animal Crossing title.

[@dylanmontz9789]

Agreed! I'm definitely on the completionist corner of the triangle, but much of his nuances is what makes Animal Crossing what it is. If I wanted a game that let me jump around to different days, I'd play Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley. Animal Crossing is unique because of its time based events. It's a game that's not meant to take up a lot of your day, but meant to be played over the course of a week. I average 15-30 minutes playing each day, and then i jump to another game. I'll be buying the game digital this time around because of that. I want this game to hold me out for a year or more, because then i get to continue to experience something new along the road. It's why games have things like DLC, seasonal events, and updates. Player engagement lasts for a longer period of real time and players feel more satisfied overall. Much of why i didn't like AC when i first played was because I was too focused on the completionist aspect of it. I wanted nothing more than to fill the museum, but when i learned i had to wait nearly a year just for the chance of completing the museum, i got frustrated. I'd pull out my game cartridge, complete all my dailies, and then i'd try and stretch out any amount of fun i could from the game. It grew frustrating and tiresome, because the only way i was having fun was playing for multiple days at a time. But once i changed my goal and my outlook on AC, i realized how relaxing the game was, the amount of dialogue characters had, and overall how excited i would get to play a little each day. Animal Crossing is the Tamagotchi of the video game world. You give it care every single day, but it's not something you'll spend all day on.

[@doofphineasandferb8049]

@@dylanmontz9789 Thanks for writing this essay on my exact opinion except I am a recliner

[@deadlyteddy617]

He did point out people who use cheat codes in sims. I feel he made the game for those people, but it wouldn't effect those who ignore shortcuts.

[@maximumforce8275]

@@doofphineasandferb8049 same. I do have creativity to be a designer but I'm bad at actually designing. And I just dont have the patience for r.c being a collector.

[@ladygremlin8287]

@@dylanmontz9789 you've put it better than I could. I love animal crossing because of this. It has taught me patience. I'm right in the middle of the triangle. Im a completionist/collector, stylist, and recliner and animal crossing caters to me deeply. I've loved it since game cube, and I still play new leaf. Once I get new horizons I'll still be playing it for years to come

[@TheRoark]

I love how the owl guy is actually a moth wearing an owl costume, that is so cute!

[@Y524MODS]

Uhm, it's a she

[@TheRoark]

If misgendering a moth on the Internet is my only crime then I will be okay 😂 but yes, I now know the moth is a she!

[@Y524MODS]

@@TheRoark Alrighty, just wanna make sure lol

[@TheRoark]

Thanks for letting me know, she must be protected at all cost

[@awsomespecs]

does that mean that blathers is racist

[@Toca_Atlas111]

Ok I love how the botanist character IS A FREAKING VENEZUELAN POODLE MOTH!!! ITS SO CUTE!

[@amethystrose1888]

The description of a stylist playing the Sims is literally how I play the Sims...

[@KawaiiPockyEater]

Same. I came here for a good time, not to be called out like that, haha

[@sugarskulls2817]

Same. I enjoy doing the designing but the actual gameplay is boring lmfao

[@acetrigger1337]

Yeah, the Creator of the series was also a Stylist.

[@redwed6]

I mean for that whole clock argument, they don't want people playing the game for hours on end as they want people to do their tasks for the day and close it then go outside or something. They don't want people playing for hours and hours on end.

[@eric2980]

redwed6 they also want a high return rate. If you had to wait a day to see something, they are banking on the fact you will return to see it.

[@thegloriousryan8981]

Yeah the only problem with that is the game already has the ability to bypass this mechanic, it's just annoying as hell to do. Additionally, you can't really make the excuse that they want people to do other tasks, because literally everything takes a million years to do in animal crossing. I played new leaf for the first time with no previous knowledge of animal crossing and the number one problem I had with it was the difficulty wasn't in mechanics or anything, it was just a bunch of loading screens that delayed me from playing the game I payed 60$ for. The game disguises itself as a mobile game that you have to pay full price for. ADDITIONALLY, there is no reason to have time limits on anything in terms of the business side either. With mobile games, they are generally either free or less than 5$, so their income relies on the player coming back and spending money on new content. BUT WITH ANIMAL CROSSING, from what I know, there is no new content, no DLC, literally no reason to keep players playing. You can't even argue it's for marketing because after the game is cleared, its described as a whole experience from the people who played through it, and the way I saw the game when I was done with it was "Wow. I payed 60$ for a 3D version of stardew valley that has the game design of a scratch project and literally nothing fun to do other than change outfits. I should've just played a mobile game because atleast a mobile game is FREE and adds new content consistently rather than waiting for 8 YEARS to add any new content to the franchise." I had this problem with the game WITHOUT the context of the other games having all of the same collectibles as the predecessors. So, if a game really wants me to play it for only a certain amount of time a day, IT should RESTRICT IT, not make it hard to access, and make atleast a different option when you start the game to set the difficulty to "daily" or "timeskip", or something along those lines.

[@mikaeruu0309]

@@thegloriousryan8981 New Leaf isn't $60- Also uhhhh that just means AC isn't geared towards u lol

[@thegloriousryan8981]

DINA'S INFERIORITY yeah I guess not. Was just expressing my point of view.

[@beefoprime8254]

👁️👄👁️

[@granthargraves6080]

I have to agree that this video does sadly miss a lot of the points of an animal crossing game. I do think parts of the game desperately need streamlining and improvement, but I don't think that a speed increase is the way to do it.

[@thesplatooanima8231]

33:02 Fun Fact: Kitty(That Cat) actually has the Name "Karen" in the German Versions of Animal Crossing since New Leaf

[@ajdude9]

I can't help but feel like adding time travel and the convenience of all four seasons at your fingertips would both devalue seasonal play and it's unique features, and also cut Animal Crossing down to a collectathon with a weird amount of villagers and furniture but not very much to do. Yes, it can be annoying to have to wait for a specific irl season or time to catch bugs, but that's the restriction that keeps Animal Crossing alive. Mobile games - as horrible as they may be - have captured this perfectly. You literally cannot complete a no-money paid run of a freemium game in a day. Or even a week. Animal Crossing forces you to wait a day or a season so you can't speedrun through all of it's content. It asks you to take it slow and enjoy each day as a unique blessing, rather than allowing you to collect every single bug and fossil in a single day and exhaust all of the content AC has to offer. It's about the journey, not the destination. Your destination with collecting all the bugs for the museum is to have all the bugs. What then? Are you going to go and look at all your bugs? Or are you going to realise that catching bugs is useless aside from getting more cash? Animal Crossing isn't a game that should cater to making things easier for you. Animal Crossing is a game that makes problems for you to work through, but doesn't force you to complete them. You're free to leave your town to grow weeds and become a dump, or live in a cardboard box with a candle atop and never pay off your mortgage. The satisfaction comes from the daily progress. The daily routine of collecting new fossils and chatting with your friends. If you start seeing these as daily chores rather than a chillout experience that literally goes at the same pace as your life, you should probably stop playing. I agree with expanding the museum, restructuring the painting acquisition and adding some more character to the characters, but not giving the player powers of time travel, all four seasons, instant building and basically any other godlike powers. If we have all four seasons that we can just walk to, and we don't need to wait for buildings, what's the point of time travel in the first place? The only purpose it could serve is events, and they would feel hollow and worthless because you didn't need to wait for them. They're just there to be activated whenever you want.

[@keerya4179]

I don't think TT would be great, but the seasons islands and the time dragon just to stop time (only affecting villagers and state of toon and house, not the actual day of year) would be fine. But like, it should be features to unlock, so only available to players that really want them. Because as much as I love the idea of a game you play a bit every day and take it slow, I also know that if my job tell me "the deadline is soon but we're not anywhere near finished so it's crunch time" well I'll shut up and have no life for a while. If a game demand your time but you don't have as much as it ask for, it's not fun. It's frustrating, depressing and sad. Which are not the emotions I want a game to make me feel.

[@Dracina]

I feel like bringing up the no-money-paid mobile game runs undermines your point. The reason those freemium games are free is to annoy you into paying to speed them up. Here, you are paying 60 dollars. You already paid your fee. You should be able to speed things up if you want.

[@ajdude9]

@@Dracina While that is true, the pacing of Animal Crossing is it's replacement for how other games may pace themselves out. Certain games have difficulty spikes, like putting a tough boss battle that'll keep you occupied. Other games have depleting resources, such as Stardew Valley and it's stamina system. Some games might have side-quests or fetch quests to slow down the pacing. Roguelike games like Enter the Gungeon mix RNG and skill as you need to get the right items for a run, and learn how to play well to progress. Animal Crossing lacks pretty much all of these, the only thing holding you back is how much time you're willing to spend on collecting the bugs, fish and fossils as well as gathering funds to pay off your mortgages. Thus, it uses this system of a time requirement to it's advantage. You can spend as much time as you want trying to catch all the bugs, but you've got to wait until the next day for things to change and progress. You can't blitz through Animal Crossing's main gameplay as a speedrunner might other games (Disregarding AC speedruns focused on mortgage). Everything takes time, and that's the "difficulty" of it. Give players control over this element of time, and it's like giving players a special weapon that kills a boss in one hit, or a button to just solve the puzzle immediately and move on to the next puzzle.

[@twilightvulpine]

@@Dracina You can... by changing your clock. It's not convenient because the point of the game is immersing yourself in the daily routine, not rushing it 20 hours straight. If you are annoyed by it, then you don't like Animal Crossing. It's like saying you want to play a Pokemon game without battling, and a Mario game without jumping. That's a different game.

[@hundbait]

I don't really agree with his idea of traveling backwards in time or way forwards in time, but being able to advance to the next day or night for people who cant be up late or early without the hassle isnt a bad thing imo

[@TheRoark]

"Alright, now I can finally speed run existence!" -JelloApocalypse, probably

[@bossbabyfuyuhiko6657]

"I can finally beat a life sim game" -JelloApocalypse, probably

[@janethebluemouse]

"I want it and I want it now"- JelloApocalypse, probably

[@RaquelIsAlive]

the thought of getting rid of the clock really wouldn’t/doesn’t sit right w me in animal crossing, i think it’d really kill some of the charm & i say that as someone who time travels

[@sineadthomas2024]

He’s not getting rid of the clock, really, just making it less important. Days will still progress, time will still move forward, it’s just optional

[@Tam-Ezrac]

High Definition I’m pretty that’s what jello is trying to do

[@supermutantsam1160]

@High Definition Yeah, that’s exactly the argument Jello uses against it. Keeping that mechanic because “That’s what Animal Crossing is!” and not because it makes the game better is a bad design choice.

[@Mqstodon]

@@supermutantsam1160 but it does make the game better. Without the clock the game would feel much more bland honestly.

[@noahforsbergclausen3823]

@@nyamuyutenji I probably wouldn't notice if the clock was used less, cause I didn't even realise it was an important part of the game.

[@fowlowl6236]

It's valid to play the game for collection / styling. I am not trying to tell people how to play the game. But this video doesn't really mention the people who played the game mostly for checking up on and talking with the villagers daily. I would love to see a game where they really went ham on the villagers behavior and made them feel more real. Animal crossing for me felt less like a game that I wanted to complete and more like a place to visit that had its own things going on.

[@asierx7047]

Unfortunately due to the large amount of villagers they would need to significantly cut the cast in order to give them an actual personality.

[@lolnothxyt]

@@asierx7047 Not necessarily. The basic personalities just needed more quotes/lines/etc and then they could sprinkle in a few unique on top of that. The villagers definitely need a makeover tho lol I also play for that.

[@Jesus-sj4yz]

@@asierx7047 Even so, it would make the game feel way more interactive. Instead of seeing a bunch of characters with the same personality

[@midgetwaffles8635]

Also, definitely have more villager events... like, villagers having fights, gossiping, asking your opinion on certain things, etc. Maybe you could even have some villagers have secret crushes on each other depending on the personality combo! You could even add more context to a villager doing something shady and asking you to keep quiet; maybe they could steal from other villagers and try to sell their items to you?

[@CheesioViewer]

I don't want to dislike this video, where's the "I respect your well-stated opinion but disagree" button?

[@neko7936]

You're like button can be that button

[@Spar_kie]

Yea, I feel that. I understand his grievances and opinions, and can see where he is coming from, I just disagree

[@twilightvulpine]

He definitely put a lot of work in this video and I respect that, but I thoroughly disagree with nearly everything he suggested.

[@riverrocksaplenty6519]

It's great to see people that are OK with someone else's opinion, even if they disagree with it

[@jackbeckner8334]

the four island seem a little op but I like the time travel things

[@fawkz2160]

The point of waiting in animal crossing is to have something to look forward to the next day.

[@floralrune]

exactly

[@sineadthomas2024]

I don’t have time to play the game tomorrow, and I don’t want to return to a town filled with weeds when I have time again

[@user-ph5yi7nb3m]

@@sineadthomas2024 then enact the beautiful town ordinance so weeds don't grow. that's what i do

[@Deltak001]

People are different with different philosophies and lives

[@floralrune]

@Sinead Thomas well, for a lot of people (including myself a lot of the time) there isn’t anything to look forward to the next day. and yes, the town might be messy when you come back if you’re gone for a while, but at least it’s something to do

[@sharkylady]

Why do I feel like this video is gonna be controversial

[@birbz1033]

Cupcake BG it shouldn’t be, it’s literally him just giving his feelings on the series and packaging what he wants into a game design idea

[@BlueDavrial]

Because he has some baffling self-centered ideas on what Animal Crossing should or shouldn't be

[@nashvontookus7451]

@@BlueDavrial "Self-centered"? Where did he say that his ideas are gospel and not agreeing with him is factually false? Projecting much?

[@Darkgun231]

@@BlueDavrial I actually agree with him. Animal Crossing is not a mechanically good game.

[@capness1228]

@@Darkgun231 Being centered around a mechanic you don't like doesn't make the mechanic bad. That's like saying Mario is a mechanically bad game because you don't like it when people jump when you push a button.

[@diegoishere3672]

I think it's so true now.. *"Haha, you decided to fish! F- (bleep) you, here's an tire!"*

[@starspeculation]

There's a lot of good ideas here, but half of the points are underlined by Jello's "i hAtE wAiTiNg."

[@Tepig28]

Jello: "Why do you need to wait for a shop to upgrade?" Me: "Because that's how people actually renovate stores. They close em..." Also I'm pretty sure paintings aren't luck based. You're to know the original painting and compare if it's accurate or not. It's meant for people who are interested in art

[@BalrogQuote]

Prior to new leaf, it was luck-based. The way Redd worked was changed quite a bit.

[@zarchblarch2490]

Just saying that doesn't mean waiting for shop upgrades is fun just because it's realistic

[@maximumforce8275]

@@zarchblarch2490 why bother playing a unrealistic games just so you can have something realistic

[@bombytetoo]

yeah but this is a game. they don't have to actually have to spend time renovate a store lol

[@Tepig28]

I'd agree. But the thing about Animal Crossing is that it's a *life sim* game, not just a game. Stuff like actual time and stores being closed is stuff that realistically happens. Even then it's better than waiting a week or a month for the store to open back up again. A day is perfectly fine

[@cuileinanbar]

this video was not "lets make a new animal crossing game" it was more of "stuff in animal crossing that i hate and also like 5 minutes of my ideas of a new game"

[@JMPDev]

The botany owl turning into a botany moth blew. my. freaking. mind.

[@lilartemisse]

let me fix this video in my opinion lol - *keep the clock.* the best part of animal crossing is getting gratification when you finally complete something after working towards it. i think they made it so tedious to time travel because it isn't how animal crossing SHOULD be played, but i'm not saying you're an awful person if you time travel. you COULD do it, but it's not the point. instant gratification would ruin the main 1:1 aspect of the game that so many people enjoy. the punishment and guilt trip for neglecting your game tbh should be still like past games. it's intimate, your villagers are living in your town. if they were real people, of course people would be pissed at you for leaving for 4 months and never coming back. - *seasonal locations only after you've experienced the season on the main part of your town/island.* each season in animal crossing offers something completely new, and having access to everything at the start would ruin the feel of it being.. well, a life simulator. in real life, you don't experience all seasons at once. once a season passes, you miss it, happy it's gone, etc. you can't just "go back whenever you want." - *KEEP paywalls, but add more upgrading tasks.* again, it's a life simulator. you don't get things for free. running a town as a mayor is expensive, you have to pay for essentially everything. I do agree with "quests" for upgrading some stuff, like the example with leif wanting to upgrade in collaboration with another farm, but the farm needs assistance first is a great idea! - *keep trash, add underwater furniture, but keep fish as shadows.* no. no. no. the best feeling is catching 5903502 sea bass, then finally getting a coelacanth or a tuna. trash is so unimportant but it replicates real life. there's trash in rivers/oceans. personally, i like how weeds appear, trash should also appear on the surface on the water once you first start or leave for a long period of time. this i believe shows more growth or backpedalling in a town/island. underwater furniture is a good incentive, though. - *yes to more museum exhibits, no to removing art and diving.* just because you don't like it, doesn't mean others do. i loved redd's guessing game and diving. but a botany collection and a gyroid collection would give me more incentive to practice flower breeding and not getting rid of gyroids. - *no to 100% being able to control your town/island.* self explanatory... randomness in villagers is apart of the game. picking your favorites limits villagers you've never met before you could potentially have a bond with simply because you stuck with villages you already knew. the only things i 100% agree with is villager dialogue and lack of intricacy. villagers that request certain things ( i.e lazy villagers --> hammock example ), they should donate a substantial amount of bells compared to other villagers simply because it's something they asked for.

[@Dynomar]

Now this is an animal crossing game I would play. I didn’t think you could make the seasons locations better, but having to experience the season first makes it so much better!

[@Meesh760]

ellie I gotta agree there’s to much free will and power though what he has said is a really good idea this is a life simulator so having less power and free will is what makes it more interesting and fun cause you may get bored later since it’s a lot more easier to do things and finish the game

[@Lum1-00]

Gotta agree, this is a terrible video. As it turns a slowpaced and relaxed game into a speedrun and charmless game. Also in addition to your point about villagers, firstly in real life sometimes your friends wont always be there therefore you have to make new friends, this is what NH is trying to present. Secondly , in this video he says we should be able to pick villagers but what about players who are new and never had favourite villagers. Finally, there's something so satisfying about seeing my favourite villager in the campsite one day.

[@vicinitrix927]

It’s spring break, forget reading all that

[@snailwizard3724]

now this ^^^ is an animal crossing game. i do agree, the video is stripping what animal crossing is into something else. i do like the idea of mayor tasks and the greenhouse though, it would keep the game more engaging and have more to look forward to than just selling bugs/fish/etc

[@DuskoftheTwilight]

It ultimately sounds like your "Speedrun" of the original Animal Crossing has colored your expectations and biases a lot here. Most of your suggestions are in service to that collector playstyle and specifically towards making sure that type of player can "Complete" the game as fast as possible, while ignoring the other sides of things. For example, allowing the game to be "completed" at such an accelerated pace disrupts the recliner playstyle a lot, because the fact that there's a lot more you *can* do inherently puts more pressure on people to *do* those things. Sure, you can say "You can just ignore the time travel dragon and not play with that mechanic," but that just becomes the inverse of the current situation where if you don't feel like waiting, you can just exit the game and adjust the clock. In both cases, both playstyles are "Accessible," but it clearly skews and biases the design in a different direction. Pretty much all of your complaints and suggestions to speed up the pace chip away at the relaxing feeling the game has to offer, because speeding up the pace makes people feel like they have to keep up with that pace. Yes a lot of the game's current design decisions are intentionally slow, but that's the thing, they're *intentionally* slow, to keep the pace of the game slow, to appeal to those people who *want* a slow, laid back experience that they're not getting from other video games on offer. I'm not saying that you don't make some good points and suggestions mixed in, but the overall video feels tainted by this bias you have towards the collector playstyle specifically. You claim to be making a game that's focused on all 3 playstyles, but you don't really have any specific suggestions for the recliners, and your suggestions that apply to designers are basically just unintended side-effects of your Collector-focused suggestions. I understand that everything in this video is ultimately your opinion, but my opinion is that you failed in the goal you set out at the start of the video. You did not design a game that appeals to all 3 of those player groups. Referencing that triangle, you designed a game that appeals to the bottom edge of it, leaning towards the collector side. You've removed aspects of the game that specifically appeal to recliners without adding anything in that would appeal to that group, and the only consolation is basically just the inverse of the existing ways you can deal with the time limitations, asking players to ignore what are now cleary intentional mechanics that accelerate the pace of the game.

[@kaykat523]

Exactly!! I was stressed just watching this video

[@ABBooklover777]

+1

[@chey1863]

I hope he sees this comment, it has some very valid criticism in it

[@scrub_jay]

I agree with you completely especially about the pace. I liked Stardew Valley a lot but constantly feeling like you're racing the 12-minute clock got to be really exhausting. The way he says there's "NO REASON" to make players wait a real day for something shows utter lack of understanding of what makes AC unique.

[@InATyzzy]

math i wholeheartedly believe he made the video to jump on the animal crossing hype train..

[@richiejack1996]

Okay, so let's get this out of the way right now. The ideas you've presented are not bad, they would be really cool to play and have fun with, in a game that isn't Animal Crossing. AC is a slow burn of a game. You play a little bit every day, you catch what you can when you play, you talk to who you can, you buy and sell what you can. Then you put the game down and come back to it the next day. This whole video acts as if animal crossing needs to be completed, because you focus way too much on the collection side of things. If you want to collect all of the things in a game in a few days to a week then play a game that is designed for that. The collection side of AC has always been a sidequest (in my opinion) you catch a bug or fish for the first time you donate it, you find a fossil you don't have, you donate it. It's something that's done on the side rather than the main focus of the game. The whole section of the video focusing on time traveling as a proper mechanic rather than cheesing the game, completely misses the point of everything being in real time. You're not supposed to be able to go to seasons on a whim or to different events whenever you want. The developers intend for you to slowly play this game day to day. Expecting to be able to collect and do anything in a short amount of time defeats the whole purpose of having everything play out in real time. Shops being closed when they upgrade, public works projects taking a day to build after you pay them off, that point at the very beginning where you have to wait a day to even start the projects, all of that is the developers telling you to slow down and take your time with the game. It's them saying "you've done something big today, take a break relax and come back the next day to see your hard work paid off" At the end you say this is a 15 hour game acting like it's 60 hours. And you're not wrong, but you're approaching that argument incorrectly. You show so much displeasure in animal crossing when you try and rush every objective in the game, when you should be doing what I've said multiple times already. Slow down, and play the game a little bit at a time. It's relaxing because it is slow, the game is never pushing you to do something, you're not expected to farm bells using the island in new leaf, you're not expected to turn the game off, change the system time, and turn the game back on to be at a diffent point in time. That 15 hours of content isn't supposed to be enjoyed in 15 hours, it's not supposed to be enjoyed in 60 hours. It's supposed to be enjoyed over a year (or more if you really want to) in real time. Because if you make Animal Crossing into a game where you can do everything whenever you want to, it ceases to be Animal Crossing, it becomes a collectathon, or a Sims game where you control the character directly. At the end of it, your ideas again, are not bad, but they're not good for what Animal Crossing is. It just seems like Animal Crossing isn't the type of game for you, and making a whole video telling AC fans what the game should be while completely missing the point of what makes AC fun yourself, just feels gross and wrong. I understand that this is your own personal interpretation of an AC game and that's fine, but you spend too much time through the whole video just crapping all over the series and don't really justify it other than making the "I don't want to wait for things to happen!" argument. Okay I'm done, most of this probably doesn't make sense, but whatever, decent video and ideas, but you completely miss the point of the games.

[@janesmith5259]

I think the purpose of Jello's redesign is to appeal to All types of people who play. His game won't punish people who like to play it as a slowburn. It will simply have more options to accommodate more kinds of people. He's making the game more accesible, and more approachable.

[@WHAATEVEN]

AlienWhale I couldn’t agree more with you!

[@thefury770able]

AlienWhale you said what I was thinking better than I could ever do

[@Notokia]

I think youre right🙈 You said what i was thinking throughout the whole video😅👍

[@richiejack1996]

@@janesmith5259 making a niche game such as animal crossing accessable to everyone who would want to play, rips out what AC is at its core. It's a slow relaxing game to play day by day. By making it a game where you have the ability to do everything right away, that core appeal of having your own little world you visit daily disappears. Why play the game day by day when I can just time travel a few months down the line to get what I want? Why admire what I've donated to museum so far after a month of playing when I know i can fill it up within a week? If people want a game that's cute charming and has collectables they can go play something like A Hat In Time. But if you're playing animal crossing just to complete it you're missing out on what the game really has to offer.