BUILDING A NORMCORE ISLAND IN 14 DAYS | NORMCORE ISLAND TOUR ACNH | ANIMAL CROSSING NEW HORIZONS

[@GraceElise1616]

I'm a Wild World player and JUST got New Horizons. I get so overwhelmed with all the crazy islands from people playing this game for like 4 years. It's nice to see the "normcore" islands with so much storytelling and characters. Thank you!

[@sundragon13]

I just got NH too, and I feel so behind

[@EmL-kg5gn]

I hope you love it!!! Wild world was the only other animal crossing game I’d played before this one and even though they’re very different I love them both 🥰 I’ve had this game for several years and have never finished decorating an island. There’s no need to put pressure on yourself! You can play in your own way and at your own pace

[@hoefireclub]

As much as I love and am impressed by the crazy islands and their detail, I can’t make them myself because they burn me out. And I find them hard to play in. And visiting them either causes lag or they’re just not easy to navigate. A lot of us who started playing when it came out ended up feeling a bit rubbish from not doing all these popular and heavily detailed islands. I’m glad normcore is coming back. I think we need it

[@user-wc6bl4zs4i]

I’ve been playing new horizons for four years but I’m not a fan of the super decorated islands.

[@sweetdreams1028]

Look at it this way, you still have a long and fun journey of building your island more and more. Unfortunately, while I have a pretty crazy island that I’m really proud of, it leaves me with barely any reason to come back and I’m generally burnt out from the game because of how much I worked to make my dream island reality. Word of advice, don’t try to make the best island as soon as possible, as it’ll make you feel empty not too long after, just enjoy the game. 😄

[@mothman1995]

Watching you do this series has helped me on my own island! I'm pretty much a normcore girly, with a bit of clutter and flowers. I felt truly stuck on decorating, but this challenge has helped so much with inspiration! There's not many island showcases like this, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you!

[@maggieinstitches]

I feel the same!! It has given me confidence to not just copy, but to branch out and so a little of my own thing. 🙌🏻 I am loving it!!

[@brennadeen1855]

Who doesn’t how some clutter and flowers lol

[@CasperTFG333]

I second this comment!

[@spinnenlile]

Maybe unpopular opinion: Normcore islands are the best islands. They are just so relaxing and wholesome and nostalgic. I restarted my island around two weeks ago and wanna do a Normcore island and I am so looking forward to build my island Teacup❤

[@_lodestone_]

As someone who doesn’t have Nintendo online I appreciate this

[@Nism0_pepr]

GET ONE

[@rainbowcat498]

Agreed! its expensive!

[@ElenaMartinez-rm1gh]

@@rainbowcat498 you can get the free 7 days trial or the one month sub and the designes remain! You don't need to alwayas have it

[@vivi-ws9yl]

You can get the 7 day free test version and get whatever you want. That's what I did

[@asphodel_ren7504]

I didn't even realize normcore was a thing until this video!! I've been playing since release but always focused SO MUCH on decorating and burned myself out once i reached halfway LOL. Until I finally decided to restart completely and 'play the way nintendo intended' and ensure the island stayed completely playable. I found that decorating less made the game funner long-term... it gave me time to actually play

[@ReadingNymph]

This series got me to stop overthinking my island so much and just enjoy it 😊

[@shpeepy_crossing]

Normcore is so nostalgic! This island is sooooo cute! This series has been so much fun to watch!

[@Sloth_Crossing05]

this island... omg this island, it was SO fun to watch you build and its so so pretty! i love how its so nostalgic, and just makes me want to do a forever island

[@electrabae3917]

this video inspired me to reset my town after not really knowing what to do with it and feeling massive burnout. as a wild world lover™️, i love this idea of normcore sm!! you said it here first, the accessibility is the best part about it. i feel like super elaborate and high concept theme towns are gorgeous and i wanna make one someday but i still wanna be able to fish, catch bugs, dig fossils, shoot down balloons, etc. something i feel was impossible when i had every corner filled to the brim with furniture and hard to get around pathways. i felt like once the nh tutorial was over i was already planning on town layouts.. this is just the easygoing concept i need to re-love animal crossing all over again 🥰 thank you!

[@nysad4277]

Thank you for the normcore representation lol. It’s just fun but also I always feel like I have to decorate things super uniquely and extra, so this makes me feel better about just having fun

[@ZiggyStarASMR]

take your break girl! you’re killing it and you deserve it 🥰

[@amelieh9499]

this is so nice! decorating the island is so overwhelming to me. i've had the game since early 2021 and i've never had a fully decorated island or a 5 star island :') i like catching bugs and diving. someone told me i "play like a boy" haha for my new island i've set a goal to get a 5 star island! it's going slow but i'm determined to get there! this video was super inspiring as i don't have the energy to bother with all the custom paths. hope you have a lovely day!

[@TNgirl546]

My island is not overly decorated. I watch these videos with the elaborate entrances it makes me not want to play. I then started playing like I want to. I was walking through my island yesterday and noticed a white lily on a cliff. Then I noticed more. I went to Isabelle and sure enough I was at 5 stars :)

[@amelieh9499]

@@TNgirl546 that's so nice! i'm happy for you!!! it hasn't happened for me because i usually left my island almost completely bare :') also i totally understand you because i've tried to look up inspiration for decorating and i see the gorgeous but complicated islands and i just lose motivation instantly. that's why seeing something a bit more simple like this inspired me to make something similar but even simpler so i don't lose the motivation i have right now :D i hope you have a great day 💕

[@patsloan4212]

this is a great series! The best is seeing how you think about items to set out. I only play about an hour a day, usually tired, so it's hard for me to decorate since I don't know the items well or have a plan. This helped me see some says to do simple builds to make it cozy for relaxing play. Thank you!

[@lindaleclair8879]

It has been great fun watching you build this island ... can't wait to visit the DA

[@joyjohnson8776]

You deserve a break after all your hard work. The island is looking so beautiful

[@OllieCrossing]

As someone who just started a NormCore island, this has given me so much inspiration! I LOVE u, I really want to start catching more streams LOL. But Love this island, but I will not be finishing in 14 days lolll

[@Scrabbledat]

This is SO nostalgic.. takes me back to acnh 2020

[@notzelduh]

do you delete each island build after they're done or, how do you manage this??? i just found your channel and am absolutely binging your build videos, it seems like it comes so naturally to you and i am SO jealous lol! you're so talented!!! loving the vids

[@MelissaVerse]

I do delete each island when im finished with it yes 😊

[@ShawnsSpooky]

Every island you make is adorable. This has been fun and like you said, very nostalgic.

[@trendybylp]

I love it! I am now obsessed with NormCore. ❤❤❤

[@phillipmcbee5458]

me to

[@violetmeliora]

It turned out so well! Had so much fun hopping on day by day, watching your vision come alive ♡ Take whatever time you need :)

[@oliviafagin293]

This island is just too cute! I love the simplicity and the wide open feeling!

[@Racheljohnsoooon]

This has been so satisfying to watch, thank you for bringing a smile to my face for the past two weeks!! Congratulations 🎈

[@MichaeleL3]

I loved this so so much! Every bit of it! You’re so inspiring. Now my 2020 was very different because I work in a hospital but at the same time, acnh became my escape from the reality and a way to relax and chill. I loved your tour and quite frankly I’m irritated with Isabel regarding the five stars thing. Stupid dropped items. It’s a shame we can’t “place” the fruits outside of the orchard. Oh well, we all know it’s 5 star worthy even if Isabel doesn’t think so. ; ). As many of said, I love your yapping so carry on!

[@katalystkatapatheticalyssa5987]

I also needed Animal Crossing to maintain my sanity after my hospital shifts.

[@maddy707]

Ever since City Folk I always hated custom patterns for the ground because they never truly blended with the ground textures? Love this!

[@badgerfoot]

I assumed that as “normcore” it would have been more of designing an island that influenced/nostalgic of previous games where you couldn’t terraform/doll house everything. That being said though, this is very cute. Definitely some notes I’ll take when doing my island. Thanks for posting this.

[@heyyariella]

I am a new player designing my first island, but I’m so freaking overwhelmed. All the other islands I’ve visited through their DA are beautiful but not something I can realistically accomplish. I put in your island’s DA and am currently touring it and it exactly what i’ve been looking for. Also luckily it is basically the same layout as my island(minus the private island) so I am excited to build now! Thank you for making this video!

[@raissinha9067]

Beautiful island! One of the best I've ever seen. The beach shop is so cutee

[@robincampbell22]

You did it!!! I can’t wait to visit your DA!! Everything came together so well!

[@LoriMoench]

This island 🏝️🏖️🏝️ was so fun to watch you build, and I think I am going to give normcore a try. I have two islands and have since game started in 2020 and I still haven't done a whole lot of anything. I'm afraid to be a failure at it.

[@kaciedurso]

Just go for it! ❤

[@mozelac]

i found that NOT picking a theme helped. I just picked stuff for areas and blended them in transitional points My main island is a normal-fairy-forest-dreamy-cottage-nature core xD

[@phillipmcbee5458]

my son is visiting your island by dreaming right now but is using his sister's account and likes your island.😊

[@ohmygeeisangiee]

I just picked up animal crossing since last year and restarted my island. This gave me a lot of inspiration on how I want to decorate so thaaaaank youuuu for this ❤

[@katherinel6448]

I have never reset my island after four years and decorated to the nth degree and it’s so laggy now it’s unplayable… this was sooo nostalgic, I had ALL the areas you mentioned at the start haha

[@PlayingNic]

This bring so much memories ! I still have a paper where I wrote what I wanted to do on my island and I'm definitely gonna create it ! Also I think that, as much as trofey island are so beautiful, we forget how "simple" island are so cute and have their own charm !

[@KittyQualtagh]

i adore your island so much!! re; your farm area/modern normcore - i think that fits so well bc i dont know anyone who didn’t have that one build of there’s that felt like it established their style moving forward! i had a factory made out of simple panels and stalls and i am still a working-class-town-core girly 😂

[@ranoosh90]

Yay!!!! So happy you got your five star!!!! I was wondering if you could do a video to show how you record animal crossing. You inspired me to start streaming my animal crossing life / cosy games. Thanx!

[@Flibblenibble]

Wow wow wow! I've loved watching each day 😍 Congratulations on 5 stars, I think you did incredible! Can't wait to visit the DA 😍

[@eb-sj]

I'm definitely going with this theme, I can't take the lag and the fact my villagers walk in custom drains on a daily basis. On another note, if you just remove the music player from the music area they'll be more likely use the music stuff. I guess they aren't going to sing the song playing on the jukebox with the mic when they could just sing along with the music itself? I stopped putting them in because I just wanted to hear the villagers singing alone, and I noticed the mic got used more! Unfortunately the same thing happens with Gyroids (like if you put a gyroid in to play a little background music the villagers tend to gather around the gyroid and dance instead of using the music stuff) so you kinda can't give them any backtracks I guess 😭

[@Kathy_Ellen]

I loved watching this series! Thank you so much.

[@PeggyV69]

I loved this series & this island!!

[@tamiwelch1549]

Well done! Your island is adorable!

[@estelle846]

i have never been able to play animal crossing before but i came across this series and i loved it so much !! now i wanna go back and watch your other videos where u use custom codes cause im really curious about how a custom code island looks like lol

[@emilylauch1627]

i absolutly adore your island. I think i fell in love with it, definetly gaining some inspiration from this video!

[@williankenjidahmertanaka9091]

OMG this island is GORGEOUS

[@wildflowerwingz4398]

I love normcore so much. That’s what I try my island to be but I gave up as there’s no inspiration and this makes me want to continue. My favorite parts on my island were the bridge leading to my museum with a dinosaur in the back on the cliff and then a pottery area.

[@Lindas5811]

Well done I really enjoyed watching you do norm core, I am not online so that really helped me. Thank you

[@misnermayville]

This is my favourite island or at least one of my favourites :D I love normcore islands

[@nylahsdances1ncoming]

Your so amazing to watch, the tour was so clear and easy to wtach they way you went from house to house was so smooth!And you ideas are so creative 🎉🎉🎉

[@aimi7396]

What you said about your accent is pretty funny. I'm French, who has been majoring in English related topics since high school and I've always had an American accent when I speak English. However, our teachers always taught us to lean more towards a British accent, which was usually preferred (without any pressure though, having an American accent was totally okay, we were just encouraged to have a more British sounding accent). That's kind of the reason why I hate my American accent and wish to have a British one, but I just cannot manage to change my accent 😭😭 Keep going btw I really like your videos

[@TracySFirestone]

I have allayed preferred to use in game paths. I may love to use custom paths, however, I prefer to place them on top of the in game pathways, so they will show up on the map,mand our villagers will be more inclined to use them too. Helps if their is a speck of transparency, so that when I curve an in game path, they will appear to curve as well. My current islsnd really only has one custom pathway, not overplayed over an in game path. The area to my campsite is too twisty and turns. I also loved how you handled the diagonal areas. I might do that on a future island.

[@Duckybrownys]

I still decorate like this because themes are too like detailed for my like and I like to be a bit more minimalist normal that’s sort of fame basically

[@Cavastar]

Wow just lovely. Thanks for the inspiration

[@BibleWithCoffee2]

I love it! It is so cute! I didn’t start playing until 2021 but did a lot of these things. I now don’t use the in game pathways much. The island I just finished I did use them with custom codes on top of some of them. I love how it looks on the map.

[@LuVzHeRwOrLd]

yaaaayyy!!! just the normcore inspo I neeed!!

[@elzebub5]

I got acnh the day it came out and i find this very comforting

[@LizzieThePinkDrink]

I love it so much !!

[@tracey-anntracey-ann1044]

This is such an inspiration good job. I think I might make my island normcore 😊

[@rae_happyplace]

Congrats Melissa on completing this challenge ❤

[@orangehes]

wow! can’t wait for the next one i’m so excited to see the next theme

[@MaraHug]

You are going to be the first da i visit. Im a newbie.

[@heather_raye118]

I love Goldie! She is on mine.

[@fnafbusterhq]

I really enjoyed the normcore island, it looks so normal 😊

[@FrancaisKitty]

Butttt where do I get those display stands for fossils outside the museum??😮

[@LoriMoench]

Happy Memorial Day Melissa, hope you have a wonderful day with your family and friends 😘

[@amandamatthews167]

This island is so amazing i absolutely luv it x

[@MelissaVerse]

Thank you ☺️

[@amandamatthews167]

@MelissaVerse ur very welcome I've been binge watching ur builds from the Halloween island amethyst and loving everything u have done x

[@shainacarmenatty4021]

Halloween normcore? 👀 that would be cool

[@JoseRamos-hp2vg]

The music area was SO REAL omg we all had one

[@ttaylorrrr]

I loved this series you did great!

[@mariadouglas1980]

I have a pretty normcore island, but I use custom codes!

[@tibtib6550]

Norm core made me love this game again

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

It’s been 4 years and mine still looks like this lol 😅 I’m glad its a Core hahaha yes the fountains at the enterance! 😆 NO WAIT YOU HAD A BALLOON 💔😆🪨

[@sandraleeyates1971]

Wow I loved this island and I love when you do any challenge too

[@TracySFirestone]

I enjoyed watching this series.

[@muffxiinৎ]

it turned out so well! :D

[@Ambermarie13]

So so obsessed with this island ❤

[@fvances]

that’s funny, i have molly and she runs my campsite too. set her home up like a ranger station

[@lilstrawbury]

i LOVE ur island :D

[@Soobins-Dimples]

I LOVE THIS THANKS

[@sophiexdark1416]

my first island was normal core and i also put a fountain in my entry way

[@TiggylikesPancakes]

HOW DID YOU GET GOLDIE lol I have been hunting for her for a year

[@MelissaVerse]

I have her amiibo card 😊

[@TowelsKingdom]

Looks awesome

[@MatchaaMochi]

youve done more in 14 days then ive ever done in 4 years of having the game T^T

[@ameliaheythere4392]

I think this was the same as my island before I tereformed. That felt naustalgic to see you walk around :')

[@Iamabaddieuwu]

Can I use the idea for the entrance? 3:14

[@MelissaVerse]

of course

[@akorn95]

❤️❤️❤️ so inspiring! Thank you! 🚀✨

[@sophiemariealex]

any tips on getting to three stars???! struggling to get there hahahah

[@mimiteri]

Yay! Love it . Ty

[@PrincessPeachT9]

Good morning

[@TheSonicMaster23]

*eternally confused about why people always give Maple a honey farm instead of a maple syrup farm*

[@kylespitzley5707]

Putting tree taps on my new animal crossing bingo card

[@mllejolain]

So Cute!

[@kimberlyl9205]

So lovely! 🥰

[@Nokia_rblx]

i got a switch in 2023 and my island is so mountainous

[@astranoon]

I want to do a normcore island without using treasure islands! I have become sooo reliant on treasure islands, so it will definitely be a challenge for me 😅

[@Ashlyn-oj9hi]

omg so cute!!

[@shoujo.0knt9]

My island in 2020 was.. interesant, because I used to collect umbrellas and there was a giant part of the island full of umbrellas 😹

[@keviaaar]

Normcore is so back

[@Celestia12-i9e]

Yay 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@conyerserin]

We have 4 of the same villagers!

[@Duckiecrossing]

Why does it always seem like other islands are huge compared to mine 😂

[@flobaowski]

u took some other items we only got after 2.0… u could have used gyroids 😄