New Horizons is Dead And It’s All Nintendo’s Fault

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[@michaelmcclellan5345]

The game is only dead if you want it to be. Animal Crossing always has replay value and can beat great way to relax.

[@LovelyLiefie]

So true!!

[@drsabrinamolden]

I can’t imagine stop playing

[@Olivier562]

💯❤️‍🔥

[@jenni4809]

I play new leaf more than new horizons

[@strangetown666]

the old games certainly did. new horizons doesn’t.

[@HollyWoomy]

I think my biggest gripe is that despite suggestions since day 1, Nintendo never implemented the simple quality of life updates that would have helped the game survive longer. The dodo airlines dialogue is so long I find myself actively avoiding flying sometimes 😭

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

Or crafting multiples

[@BladeRedwind]

THIS. I hate that we don't have a shopping cart for clothes. I want multiple items in one shopping trip; I don't want to go in and out of the dressing room repeatedly. Or how about having access to all my crafting supplies when I'm in my house? Why do I need those supplies on my person? And the ability to craft multiple items at once. I'd be VERY happy with these updates. I love that Disney Dreamlight Valley addressed some of these issues.

[@frogberriez]

same, that shit boils my blood, the fact they just never ever fixed it

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

Or adding more clothing styles and maybe custom textures to the custom clothing menu. I ended up barely using it because I couldn’t do any of the clothing I wanted to make.

[@medicinalmercury]

being in tears while frantically pressing a is just part of the experience bro

[@ellesimmons730]

I think it isn't that surprising that people are getting bored with it when the animals themselves are so bland. It was different when your villagers were your friends and had larger personalities. You'd want to keep playing to see your friends.

[@shipper-of-heart8898]

RIght. Now in NH it feels like the villagers only have about 4 lines of dialogue (2 different ones when given gifts iirc) and they feel so much blander (lazy villagers only talk about food and being messy, jocks just talk about sports and workouts, etc) and you can only talk to them a couple times before they hint they're annoyed by you, rather than other games where they loved talking to you up until the 10th-12th time where theyd subtly tell you to go away

[@bunbunartco2501]

I've gone back to playing New Leaf bc the villagers are one of my favorite things about the series and most memorable and I missed that. I didn't have any connection to my villagers in NH, and I only got 2 photos a few months after I got NH. I wanted to get more but couldn't even stand talking to my villagers. I've gone back to playing New Leaf and there's so much more life to it

[@1337million]

@@bunbunartco2501 To think that when New Leaf released one complaint was lackluster villager interactions lol

[@tripleg6]

@@1337million And somehow they made it worse.

[@rebelsleighter]

in earlier games the villagers had opinions and would insult you that was actually fun and dynamic /gen

[@Manuel_SJrJr]

For me, the AC experience that made it the most rewarding for me was interacting with the villagers. ACNH has a great assortment of villagers, but there’s nothing interesting about them anymore. I realize that getting berated by your favorite villager isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but most of the interactions I had felt the same overall. I’d be down for a toggle feature that allowed salty dialogue. Also would love to see doing jobs for villagers make a return.

[@CRT.v]

They don't even need to bring back the "mean" dialogue (though I would also love if they did), they could literally just port over some of the dialogue from New Leaf! That game was by far the kindest until New Horizons when it comes to dialogue, but there was still so much of it that I never got bored talking to my villagers. And it made it possible to have favorites and least favorites that didn't just boil down to "prettiest/coolest looking" and "oh god this dude is ugly". I had entire relationships with villagers and cried or rejoiced when they moved out. Now I just hope that none of my favorites from that game come to my island because I don't want to see them without a personality.

[@memorian8472]

I totally miss this aspect of the game too. It made the interactions much more meaningful? But also made it more exciting to talk to them, you never knew what you were going to get and when you finally break the cold shell of a mean villager it actually made the friendships seem more real.

[@CrystalFlames]

When Nate moved in my old game, I was DEVASTATED

[@chillfactory9000]

Theres no progression in friendship. As a kid I got emotionally attached to my villagers, but with my islanders I'm not.

[@lw1391]

I disagree. I miss the mean dialogue with the villagers but aside from that I think were they really drop the ball was with the NPCs. I miss Wendell. I miss the Pelican love triangle. I miss Phinneas. I even miss Dr Shrunk. People were freaking out waiting for Brewster because of this. I even got a bit more interested with the game when they re-added Harriet. Agree completely about the jobs though.

[@Rajclaw]

I think they should have given another year of updates, add more to multiplayer, more items, maybe even more new villagers, returning villagers, maybe a new shop or upgrade to a previous shop

[@Anna-zt3jc]

honestly, i don’t even care abt entirely new content for this game, i just wanted them to use the features from previous games🥲

[@xomi7098]

especially the old minigames, i rlly miss those, idk why they decided to remove them 😭

[@WillowBero]

The villagers need more personality in my opinion. I'm tired of getting the same diolauge from my three normal villagers every day

[@animefan1047]

I wanted them to expand the size of the three rooms on the main floor (left, right and back) to decorate them more. For a game that's supposed to be about expressing your creativity, it sure doesn't give us the full potential to do so.

[@mutsuloveproductions9695]

I absolutely agree! They haven’t even released the pink cradle that rocks when interacted with. It was one of my favorite furniture and I want it on there!

[@Silburific]

I don't think I've ever gotten bored of a game as quickly as I have with NH. It's not because of a lack of updates- it's because the base game just doesn't have a lot to do. Once you get your island exactly how you want it, complete the museum and either find your dreamies or more likely, give up because the adb is nothing but an expression of the developers' contempt for the players... then what? You continue walking around a ghost town, talking to animatronics who regurgitate the same handful of lines ad naseum, or you wipe all your data and start from scratch because fuck you- you want a new island while keeping your old one? Give Nintendo $400 more dollars for another console! And unless you have a modded Switch, there are only so many ways you can decorate your island in the first place. Games from 20 years ago have more replay value than this. NH is the epitome of "wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle". It's not a life sim, it's a big dollhouse with all of 8 dolls, copy and pasted dozens of times and dressed up in different outfits. The villagers do nothing because there's nothing for them _to_ do; your giant island only has 3 places to visit. All the _stuff_ in the game is surface level at best- scratch that surface, and there's nothing there. This is a $60 version of a paper doll.

[@pea7422]

so true. the fact you cant have multiple islands is so depressing. "screw your island you made, buy a new console or it shall be destroyed" hacking the nintendo switch is so valid bec the developers are lazy and cant even let us have multiple islands is depressing.

[@justahuman9273]

Exactly 100 percent truth!!

[@cordianims]

based

[@pea7422]

wheres the heart we used to get nintendo? the effort? new leaf was extremely acceptable. and yes, being mean/angry IS PART of people's personality, so why can't villagers not always have a good day in a way that's not super sweet? i dont care if my villager gets extremely angry at me at all. the lack of personality in the characters or exclusiveness is KILLING me. some character's may only be nice, and some characters may have a bit more attitude.. idk i just feel like it's so dumbed down like we can have snooty villagers but give them some exclusive dialouge and i don't mean a "catchphrase" like three exclusive sentences of dialouge only they can say. and also mean things to say when theyre amgry cause honey i know you and me aint no buttercups like "sorry im angry right now" no im like go away or else suffer my wrath reee

[@Feebiecat]

genuine question have you played the other games ?

[@patricklewis9787]

My biggest gripe with New Horizons is that it goes full in with the sandbox aspect at the cost of the life sim aspect. The villagers started repeating dialogue almost 2 weeks after getting New Horizons to the point where I never bothered to work for getting a villager’s picture

[@aurora-10]

it's giving sims 4...

[@Tyler-yp5ve]

The next animal crossing better bring back the “moving to a new town alone” feel rather than the “decoration sim god mode” feel like the older games had. That’s the core of the franchise and it should’ve never changed. I think that vibe is why keeps people playing the older games, because they actually form a connection with their villagers and village in general.

[@GM-zv1ry]

yes agree! something about NH feels almost TOO customisable. And personally i never felt like my island was good enough from going online & seeing everyone elses beautiful islands. It lacks the lonely charm and instead has a lonely-trapped-among-robots feel

[@quarzita]

tbh even in pocket camp villagers feel more alive, its so saaad

[@loto7197]

Really good way to put it

[@citrusbutter7718]

My only irritation with New horizons is it's an island centric game boasting about how we can customize our islands.... But that's the thing, we can't actually do that. We have to spent 2 hrs-2 days restarting over and over because we hate the island options when we start the game for the first time or after we restart. We can't move where our airport and resident services are, we all have the same island types, brown sand and cliffs.... For an island game i find it annoying how they don't give us options to make the islands tropical or not, like choosing the climate, geography, and shape of our island. In every other animal crossing we had a lot of fruit options, and in NH we only get like 4 of them and non of them even tropical..... Not saying just because it's an island that it has to be in the tropics, but there's no options to make it be if we want it to be o.0? And they finally offered white cliffs and sands part of the DLC,..... and it has nothing at all to do with our actual islands >.>

[@dreamingahopefuldream4439]

@@citrusbutter7718 Plus whenever you want to design anything how you like, you have to manually go in and dig/build/place which became so tedious that I just didn't bother. I would much prefer a quick, easy menu that allows you to customize faster and efficiently.

[@riyuma1990ri]

If they would add mini games, had a Celeste expansion to the museum to get star fragments, added more fruits and veggies, upgrade both nooks and cranny / sable sisters - it would be perfect ❤

[@redgerran]

When I saw that you couldn't update Nook's Cranny, I was beyond disappointed. It was my favorite part of all the animal crossing games, and it just felt like a given that this one would have more features than the others.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

I think they should do seasonal expansion packs for a reasonable price. I think that would be a perfect compromise that would keep the game fresh.

[@user-cm3uo6lu6o]

These are great ideas, very simplified! Thanks for your tips :)

[@princessmarlena1359]

I’d like to put in a casino of some kind.

[@CrystalFlames]

For real, why did they remove the lychees, persimmons, and durians?

[@clovart8552]

one thing i wouldve loved is if i could invite a friend over, give them some special permission, and let them help me fully decorate my island. designing an island from head to toe would be so much more fun with a friend imo :)

[@pea7422]

same.. other people should be allowed to decorate your island (by ur choice ofc)

[@bubblegum6828]

Yea i agree its really annoying cos i wanna help my bestie

[@Mairas.Labyrinth]

Yes that would be so fun!

[@kirstenonic05]

The only way I can think of doing that is local multilayer, but local multilayer is so limited you probably wouldn't be able to do much

[@spilledpeaches2376]

my take is it's not the lack of updates, it's the lack of content in general- new leaf didnt get constant updates but it had a really active fanbase all the way up until NH came out. I almost feel like the lack of control you have over your town in the previous games gives you more to do. in NH you're basically a god who can shape your island how you see fit but in the previous games you're moreso actually living in the town as a resident, which i feel is what makes animal crossing so great, even as someone who loves customization. it's also a lot less stressful cause in NH i always worried about getting my island perfect but in NL it doesnt matter cause theres actually more to do besides decorating

[@Erlianes]

Yeah it's definitely about the lack of content

[@lynn8656]

i thought that would be the big thesis in this video, honestly. that year or so of updates was for the most part just adding things that were in previous games at release!

[@preconvictions]

my thoughts exactly!! as beautiful as NH is, it’s just that. it’s soulless and shallow, which is unfortunate for the series. just a decorating sim really

[@blackout4328]

Cry harder.

[@bunbunartco2501]

I sold my Switch and rebought a 3DS mostly bc I got sooo bored of how bland and lifeless NH is, that I'm going backwards to New Leaf. I played that game on and off for 8 years and never got bored of it. Took me 1 1/2 years on and off to get tired of NH. Plus I been upset that it's not as content heavy for a while now so it's about time I go back to the best AC game lol

[@ninckmane]

I don't think the problem is that the game stopped receiving updates - it's just that its an incomplete game. Of course, people have and will find ways to enjoy the day-to-day activities, but there's so few things to do in the game, and so few interactions that it becomes repetitive after a while, events included. And its a shame to say that, but New Leaf has more content for the game and seems to put more care into what they put out, and it only received ONE major update.

[@brunettemouse3265]

This. Yeah. I played new leaf for so many years after the final update, and I still loved it. It's normal for AC games to not be updated, I don't have an issue with that, but it's because there isn't really enough to do in new horizons. Decorating takes up most of the game.

[@Frogglin]

I have three lazy villagers, and had the exact same conversation with them one after the other. I miss when your villagers actively hated you for ages.

[@kootunesscrewy]

Then again, it was sold during the pandemic.

[@brunettemouse3265]

@@Frogglin we've all experienced this tbh, and it's such a shame.

[@lilPotatoxD]

I don't understand you guys. I have played new leaf and wild world for a long ass time, and I don't see how they have more content than New horizons. I mean besides villager personalities but everything else NH has more content then both games, I think. you can decorate a whole island plus all the dlc content they added.

[@purepwnage909]

They didn't give us 2 years of updates. They just gave us the other half of the game that was supposed to be there at launch and called it a day.

[@lilyyoung1002]

I agree

[@caseyschannel]

this

[@bingbong9076]

Yup, same with their sports titles like Mario Golf. Its so blatant they scoop parts of a finished game out, then give it back to us months later pretending its some kind of a favor.

[@moonjg4418]

lmao thats the tldr of my comment XD good way of putting it

[@OJTheBLAK]

It’s unfortunate that ACNH has kinda gone by the wayside. They can always update and add nuance that no one is really thinking of. There’s a reason why I barely launch the game anymore and when I do, it’s just to see how much weeds have accumulated on my island

[@sambun6394]

Besides…..maybe it’s time for a new one

[@kld8206]

@@sambun6394 That's not gonna be till maybe 7 years or so They never release 2 AC games on a console now a days. (Plus the game is still only about 2 years old. It's not like your fps games that become irrelevant after like 6 months)

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

@@sambun6394 Hell no. New Horizons was expensive enough. There should be at least a years worth of more updates, but Nintendo have skewed priorities. We don't need another friggin' game, we need more updates!

[@pea7422]

@@ReptilianTeaDrinker RIGHT i am sick of ppl giving them excuses

[@raskolnikov6443]

@@pea7422 the game is good though

[@kiba1984]

I haven't seen anyone mention that 90% of the updates we got were stuff from older games that the base game didnt release with initially. Every previous entry had monumental changes between them. This one just had terraforming and outside furniture. Outside furniture was an experimental feature introduced in pocket camp. As someone who grew up owning all of the games, I was severely disappointed in the 7 - 8 year wait from New Leaf resulting in this.

[@Elite_Teach]

I love the idea of decorating your island with furniture instead of having public works projects but after you get your perfect town there really isn’t much left to do

[@CarlosFerZar]

Me too, it's much less time consuming

[@albino5995]

As someone who has only been playing ACNH for less than 2 months, I can see why this game took off. It’s so relaxing and some of the villagers give you a warm feeling when you speak to them. Shame it won’t get much of an update for veterans but just know that there are still new players coming in and enjoying the game you all love 🙂

[@AlexisAW]

Same. I’ve been playing since I got it for my birthday in July, and I love it!

[@Redeadhunter]

Been playing since the start of June and three things: 1. I've been sleeping on this series for too long, it is so chill for getting home from work to. 2. It's like it never really died if you have a small group to play it with 3. Bam is love, Bam is life

[@ravenangelstone8581]

Wait till you end up getting burn out from playing ACNH. This happen after awhile.

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

@@ravenangelstone8581 You experience burnout in every game.

[@QueenCloveroftheice]

I played it when it first came out until my ex kept the switch and all the games in the breakup. The game has had so many updates since I played that I feel like it will be a brand new game when I pick it up again!

[@KatyBooksetc]

Honestly thought they'd give Celeste an observatory so the museum would be symmetrical on the inside 😅 but for the most part I prefer games that aren't updated forever - I play Pocket Camp in October because I love Halloween but it's overwhelming to play all the time 🤔. The way it's constantly bringing out new things for you to buy is intense 😳.

[@pinkmagicali]

I moved my museum assuming they would. It would be so cool to have current timeline star maps to see and it’s not like it would be difficult. There are plenty of virtual star maps already.

[@hannadentabites3978]

I know!! I was expecting it maybe during the big 2.0 update. I'm so sad its not in acnh

[@farmpunk_dan]

Imagine if they had made it so multiple people could share an island and cooperatively develop and decorate it. Would have massively expanded the appeal of the game and made its lifespan 10x longer.

[@midnight_purple5461]

That's what I originally thought when they revealed multiplayer

[@comfortme]

yea multiplayer didn’t offer much to begin with… just trading villagers and running around. players were responsible for their own entertainment which is arguably grueling when you have to set up the island prior since you’re not allowed to decorate with players there

[@CaylexT]

Well, actually, if you play it with your live-in family or roommates, you can. That's what we do on our communal Switch where I live. It's not always perfect, since sometimes we have differing ideas. Choosing villagers that we all like and making room for all of the planned areas could sometimes be a struggle. But few people are as lucky as us in that regard. Tying the island to the physical Switch was a boneheaded move on Nintendo's part.

[@3mPeRaToR]

This game is missing a lobby, where the users can go to meet new people and trade, that would have been a killer feature.

[@jc9485]

And the island mini-games that you could play with friends!

[@3mPeRaToR]

@@jc9485 great idea

[@Cotran61]

Yeaaahhh... no. It is of course a good idea but the amount of pedophiles in ACNL was way too high. If I remember correctly that's also the reason they didn't include the "meet random people"-lobby like in NL

[@monikalul]

I feel like this game is lacking a lot of things that made the other games great. Main issue I have is the VIllagers dialogue is so bland, they have like the same 3 lines making it very boring to talk to them. And why can't Nooks shop be upgraded more, second floor?

[@adrianleonce455]

I feel like the "NH has bland dialogue" arguement is quite over-exaggerated. While the villagers do have some normal or unimpressive dialogue, I found a good chunk that were funny and cute (especially when 2 villagers talk to each other). I will agree that NH dialogue is lesser than the past, but I don't think its bad. It still has its charm from what I have seen. And while NH does lack some past stuff, I feel like it has alot of good stuff past games don't have access to.

[@Unwatered_Plant]

@@adrianleonce455 I think that it should have more variety, I hear the same thing over and over again. I honestly would like it each villager had a different dialog, it would be a lot of work but it works totally be worth it

[@adrianleonce455]

@@Unwatered_Plant Giving each villager different dialogue sounds neat but that could be a bit of a hurdle for development. We have 400+ villagers and the developers will likely add more in the next entry. If the developers decided to do your idea, i think a sacrifice might be required. That sacrifice is removing alot of villagers from the next game, kinda like how GameFreak removed alot of Pokemon from the dex.

[@Unwatered_Plant]

@@adrianleonce455 that is true, I wouldn't want any villagers leaving. Then I suggest that they bring back the old dialogue style, where there is actually interesting things they say that are funny and screenshot worthy. Instead of "let's make today the best day yet"

[@adrianleonce455]

@@Unwatered_Plant I mean, New Horizons already does that, like Lazies having an experience that gets them banned from vehicles, Peppies drinking too much coffee, Jocks naming their muscles, any villager breaking the fourth wall, etc, etc. (I have a good amount of funny or interesting screenshots). I think they just need to make more of that dialogue, bring back a little of the aggression from the original AC and lower the chances of running into normal/uninteresting dialogue.

[@patrickquinn8531]

Honestly I have just come back to the game recently and I have been having a lot of fun. I found taking a break for almost a year really helped me enjoy the game again. I have so many ideas for a new island design and have found it fun to have a relaxing game to come to for an hour here or there every day.

[@lav.ra.]

I've been replaying too after a loooong break and I feel the same way!

[@leximor]

Me too!! I reset my island after not playing for almost a year. Now I’ve been trying a completely new style than I had in the past and I’ve been loving it just like I did in 2020 ☺️

[@MarcusXD100]

This I will forever say that more than anything nh was victim of mass burnouts Especially since MANY binge played this game hard at launch Something that didnt happen with nl....

[@MarcusXD100]

Or at least not as hard as nh i mean

[@genericplantlife]

This is great for me to read since I also have not played for a year and the game is calling to me again. I've been planning on resetting my island and starting over fresh and only playing for a short time each day as a form of work debrief.

[@xXSamhaiXx]

The pocket camp thing was what I kept saying, not only does pocket camp way more furniture and aesthetics in it, the animals also actually interact with the furniture. My original wish was to have the fortune cookies in acnh, I think they enhance the villagers by giving them a background story/theme to go with them. I should have known that we don't get that tho bc after all they are technically loot boxes. But aside from that the items in acpc just feel like so much more care and love went into them. Like if you just look at the differences between a furtinure set in NH and a fortune cookie set in pc. It feels more detailed, same with the clothing, like animal ears and tails, cute stuff to carry or wings to wear, even things like little ghosts that fly with you. I always thought pocket camp was their "try out" for what items/aesthetic to put into nh, and then it'S 80% cottage core items until the 2.0 update. And I might be a bit to honest here, but 90% of the updates that we got were things that already were part of the previous game(s). Even characters like celeste where just a "new skin" to an already existing itemset. Sure previously you had to get the zodiac set via free updates, but in the sense you are just doing the samt thing. Talking to a character to recieve the itemset (in this case the crafting recipies). I loved the idea of what new horizons could have become. Mainly bc I used to play pc and I loved the idea of having all of those items and events in nh. Hell take the pc model- Each month has a different theme, there is a garden event, a gyriod search and a fishing tourney. All of those have a set you can get. If you play all of them you might get all the pieces. If not, there could be a villager who appears on your island and maybe for nm exchanges you furniture pieces you weren't able to get. And probably my biggest piece of critique is the fact that your villagers are lifeless puppets. PC has so many cute furniture pieces they can interact with in unique ways- WHY was that no possible to be done in NH? Why can the villagers in the mobile game use a hot spring but on my island it's useless besides being decoration? Or all the amusement park stuff. It's like your island is a museum where no one is allowed to touch anything or use anything. I hate that so much. Animal crossings main focus was friendship and interaction. That is where they could have added stuff to, like the fortune cookies adding to the villagers backstory. But instead we got a sim like "create your own island" simulation that is 90% old stuff and 10% more power to decorate. ANd personally I think that is sad. Animal crossing new leaf was my fave game of all time, pc made the wait bareable but NH dissapointed me, I feel like it's obvious the devs wanted to move on to splatoon 3 and seeing how much care is put into it, it's clear where the energy went. But personally I don't know if I am going to buy the next animal crossing game, if we even get one. There is no reason they should not be allowed to use the pocket camp items. Even if we had to have like a "Pay once a year and get new items every month" like in pocket camp. I just wish this game felt like actually new and not like they were leaving us waiting months for old game features to be patched in. I feel like NH is done, like I don't think people would go back even if it got a massive update. The one thing nintendo should do is listen to the fans and put the care this game deseves into it. Don't have your team work on another big title at the same time. And for the love of god give us more varieties in items (just gimmi the pocket camp stuff) that animals can actually use.

[@Cuteemogirl94]

This!!!

[@castaliafierce8466]

Preach, queen!!!

[@trinketeerrine6674]

I was surprised that we got nothing from acpc in acnh. I was so excited to see the cool new stuff in pc and the new interactions, it made it worthwhile to grind during events to get all the furniture. Like getting an ice skating ring that your campers actually use and skate on. It made collecting furniture fun, just to see what the campers would do with it. They could have implemented a way to transfer the furniture / clothes (there are so many cute clothes too, and wings !) over to nh, that would have been a way to incentivize people to play both games...

[@SagittariusAyy]

They honestly stopped updating New Horizons too soon.

[@xXSamhaiXx]

@@SagittariusAyy yeah especially bc they had reasons to update it. Like when zelda anniversary came around why didn't they put the zelda items in game? Also seeing how many modders put acpc items in the game, there is so many people who wanted this and Nintendo just never listened to the fans

[@tiffanymcdonald7195]

One thing I wish they’d add is the bus and shopping square city from City Folk on the Wii. It’s a forgotten game but one of my favorites because I played it so often. I liked the exclusive yet insanely expensive furniture store, the shampoodle salon, the theatre/marquee, the fortune telling shop, redd’s store, kicks, and the actual happy room academy. City Folk was completely forgotten and I really miss it, plus they could even let us redecorate the shops if they were to add it in. 🥺

[@mbella3099]

RIGHT? It's probably my favourite from the AC games, the city was just kinda magic to me. All the things you could do, the characters and the MUSIC; i love the city theme

[@korettopun1203]

Sameeee I started in City folk

[@korettopun1203]

The muisc, so nostalgic

[@skylersadventures765]

The Balloon man too! I miss him 😔

[@squidgirl3327]

The problem I find is new horizons doesn’t have the re-playability the previous games had. The updates kept everything in new horizons fun, Being able to do way more and not giving more to do it with just kinda makes it feel less creative by being more creative… I don’t know what I’m trying to say, but it just feels like new leaf and the games before it had a lot more that wasn’t explicitly explained to you and you had to discover on your own, meanwhile most of the interesting features that are new in new horizons is explained during the update announcement, making it easier to grind for the new stuff and rush through it only to find you now have nothing to do. If you already have your new horizons island the way you want it and have done all the newest stuff, it’s hard to find interesting things to do.

[@Twinklethefox9022]

I'm actually having that issue in new leaf. I don't have any ideas on what to do except to pay off my house and buying gifts for my villagers. That's basically all I do.

[@themarioking7127]

@@Twinklethefox9022 you get a special challenge for paying off all of your house and from buying game consoles. You can also make coffee, go on tours that will net you CRAZY stuff that I will not spoil either, so many awesome third party items are just in fortune cookies alone that I'm gonna say has everything Nintendo, it even has competition events online.

[@desireesmith862]

I still hate when I leave my New Horizons town and then come back (after months) and nothing has changed. Everyone is still there.

[@Twinklethefox9022]

@@themarioking7127 yeah but where do I even get game consoles? My store doesn't have them. And I can't do online competitions. Also I already do the Fortune cookie thing and I don't do tours because I already have all the prizes I want from there. And I don't really go by the roost much to even play that mini game but I'll try it. The only thing I didn't know about was the challenge for completing the house and the game consoles

[@themarioking7127]

@@Twinklethefox9022 try the internet! Little Timmy has done it. Literally I'm not kidding tho

[@unusually.crossing]

I stopped playing ACNH three months ago, after completing all of my goals (i.e getting my dream villagers, all of the DIY/cooking recipes, completing my museum...). I don't really have anything to do anymore in the game, so I've moved on to New Leaf, which I'm playing daily. It hurts to see that Nintendo no longer cares about updating ACNH, because this game still has flaws, like villagers forcing you to pick duplicate DIY recipes (my sanity really was damaged at times), the inability to put rugs outside, golden tools breaking, but, most importantly... *2PM music* 🤮

[@keysh_]

The 2pm music in new horizons is so damn loud for no reason

[@sugarkitty2008]

I wish there was a way to turn off the music. I just want to chill to the sound of the rain or the breeze sometimes. Most games have audio options with a slider for the background music. It's not hard! Why doesn't it give this option!! I started a new island last month-ish, after a year and a half of not playing. It felt so much more relaxing than I remembered... then the townhall was built and the music started. And yes, especially the 2pm and 7am music.

[@Espeon804]

I'm probably one of the few people who loves to 2PM music. it's just so silly.

[@vinylflowersss]

I am really sad about it. It just really feels like they never finished it and just abandoned it for no reason at all when it was just almost there to being the best thing ever. 😔

[@Maya-ls3ky]

Knowing Nintendo they are probably working on the next game for their next console already Switch is almost 6 years old now, for refrence the Wii U wasn’t even 5 when the Switch released and the Wii only just turned 6 when the Wii U released, the GameCube was 5-6 when the Wii released and the N64 was 5-6 years old when the GameCube released, the SNES was about 5-6 years old when the N64 released and the NES was 5-6 years old when the SNES released; The switch is simply on its way out and will probably be a legacy system after 2023

[@morganmastry5917]

I started playing cozy grove instead. With it being quest driven, it holds my attention more. If I get tired for the day, I come back another day and my quests are still there waiting. You still get to decorate some, and the decorations are also part of the gameplay and story. There’s so much to do and more rewards. I really like it.

[@HollowAshes747]

Cozy Grove is so good compared to ACNH. Helping the bears, the overall aesthetics, and how rewarding it all is just feels so nice but with ACNH I only play it when I get in the mood to which is sad cause I played ACNL religiously

[@ariartsy9220]

Man, that sounds like exactly what I wanted with this other game I got, Calico. It was so good... For about 20 minutes. Then you've completed the main storyline, every quest for every character, and the world becomes a weird husk where you can't really talk to anyone anymore and all you have is making the same few desserts and trying to get every furniture item. I think I might get Cozy Grove, it sounds nice, and like everything I want in a relaxing game.

[@modelmajorpita]

It's not just that the updates were lacking and ended. New leaf lasted long after it stopped getting updates. It's that there wasn't enough to do with friends online and every time people found a fun bug nintendo quickly patched it out while ignoring bugs people actually wanted fixed.

[@projectproxy]

I miss the New Leaf multiplayer minigames, and the Wild World ability to customise the backdrop of our item inventory page.

[@griffinbrown5517]

The funny thing is, I was begging for a major update up until 2.0 dropped, but when it finally did I checked it out one time and never played ACNH again. It wasn't too little, but it certainly was too late. Still had a great time with New Horizons but it could've been excellent if all that was added within the first year, while the game was fresh.

[@Jenny77901]

There were too many quality of life things i was hoping to have been fixed and when they werent, i didnt want to play.

[@loto7197]

I stopped playing about a month after release. The main problem I had was the sheer tediousness of tools breaking and crafting. Perhaps I'm old-school, but wild world and new leaf were my favorites.

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

I was quite outspoken since the start saying that this was the weakest AC game in a long time. There's just so much wrong with the game and it lost its identity imo. - Only a single nook upgrade - no upgrade to able sisters - lack of buildings (hair stylist, club lol, dream suite, nooks homes etc.) - Surface level dialogue, villagers are so boring - can't work at the roost - islands are inferior to ACNL's one island - Music sucks, only 2 or 3 tracks stick out to me, and most annoy me - The damn singing in the town centre

[@real_Furryratchet]

I miss the shop upgrade and museum shop. I mean just one shop upgrade? That is very disappointing. The only thing that annoys me is the people who always believe that there will be more updates for the game. Nintendo said it themselfs. "No more updates!" So I moved to other games. It's all about fun in the end.

[@YouAreBreathing]

The only good thing about no game updates, is that how video game modders can modify their games without fear of an update breaking it. But I still wish for a surprise future update for Animal Crossing New Horizons.

[@Anytyme06]

In every Animal crossing game Nook's shop was upgraded past Nook's Cranny, but in NH it just felt like they couldn't be bothered to put in any of the upgraded shops and combined with the fact that Brewster wasn't there at the initial release made NH feel cheap/rushed. NH was a HUGE step forward in customization but big steps back in every other aspect of the game.

[@timelapse11]

I just wish we had gates for the fences and the ability to change the size of the rooms in our homes, the side rooms are too small. I also wish they didn't make the villagers barge into your house, I just wanna chill in my front room without them constantly barging in! Or having to hide from them in my kitchen till they leave. Having the ability to say no when the villagers try to give you an item you already have or a recipe you don't need would be nice too.

[@Krencher]

It’s so sad to see it go, I love the game and I really hope they update it until they release a new game, but I get why they might not.

[@ryujikazuda]

Nintendo really needs to add one final software update which allows modding. because they've made it pretty clear they don't care than much about NH anymore. they need to allow us to mod our games and do whatever we want. with that newfound freedom of creativity, people who haven't previously played animal crossing might even be brought into it as well. if Nintendo allowed modding in ACNH, they'd actually benefit from it because more people would be buying the game.

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

Thats never gonna happen. Come on its nintendo

[@strayiggytv]

Yeah that's not gonna happen because people would immediately put nsfw stuff in there and Nintendo doesn't want that brand damage.

[@melu0o]

Lmfao nintendo and modding? Is this a out of season april fools joke?

[@bananafone1414]

@@strayiggytv the thing is usually most people don't really have the coding knowledge to add NSFW into the game, and those that do would rather add other things. Sure there would be nsfw but not as much as actual good mods, take doom for example, so this is definitely not the reason, the reason is that Nintendo are just asses, they won't even let people play games that are decades old on roms. Or let people make fan games. Modding can keep a game alive for so many years, it's the reason games like doom,gmod,skyrim,fallout, have players after all these years, mods.

[@Danny328DT]

You want the Nintendo Ninjas to come after you?

[@ChibiDevil245]

Honestly the only thing I really wanted as an update was a way to reset the island without resetting every part of your progress in the game, because the main focus of NH is the island customization. Like, once you've built the island, that's it, there's not much to do. And resetting everything manually, like tearing down all of your terraforming by hand and picking up all your items is a MASSIVE time suck. But if you reset by deleting, you delete Everything. All your progress in HHP, all of the recipies and catalog items you've unlocked, your bank account, etc. And all of those things take a considerable amount of time to build up, even if you time travel or use things like Nookazon. So in order to have fun and do what the game encourages you to do, after you've played it once, you either have to spend the time to raze everything to the ground or say goodbye to all of your hard earned progress, and then spend a bunch more time building it back up. I know that asking for a new save slot would have been too much (even though the one island per console is still an incredibly consumer unfriendly move on nintendo's part), but I think I would have gotten a lot more enjoyment out of the game if I'd been able to move onto a blank island while keeping all of my bells and DIYs. I really love the customization and freedom ACNH gives, but with the way the game is structured it makes it incredibly unfun to do.

[@youcanletgox3]

I haven’t played the game since December 2021, and before that, for about a year. We were told there’d be 3 years worth of updates, yet, like you said, we only got 1.5 years. The game feels so incomplete to me and I haven’t played an AC game since Wild World. Players have provided so many incredible suggestions for quality of life improvements, but those have all fallen on ignorant ears. It’s a shame the developers have let a potentially incredible AC game fall so low.

[@citizencalmar]

I'm kind of torn on that final question, honestly. There are things from earlier Animal Crossing games that never made it into New Horizons which makes it feel like the game really isn't "complete" yet, notwithstanding that we know they're done with it. On the other hand, a whole new game is always a fresh start, and a new chance to make a more "complete" Animal Crossing from the ground up. So, I can't say I really have a preference for whether I want a new game or just new New Horizons content. Maybe what I want is just "more Animal Crossing", however they choose to present it.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Well, we won't get a new Animal Crossing game until at least 2030 judging by the wait between ACNL and ACNH.

[@AerynKDesigns]

IMO, doesn't that just mean you have reason to go back and play the games that had the features you liked? Instead of it all being in one game, one town, you get to have reasons to visit each platform and town you created.

[@jusong]

I loved ACNH, but I just feel that the timing for the update were too spread out to keep my engagement. I have a feeling that if they announced the 2.0 update earlier, I could have seen myself enjoying it more. I just felt like by the time they announced the major update, it was too late for me. The interest worn off. I did put over 500 hours of the game, so I can't really complain about it, lol. I think I would rather wait for the next instalment and have a fresh start. I always look forward to the anticipation of a new game :')

[@Anna-zt3jc]

i always found the update thing weird. like the first couple updates weren’t even new features, just introducing basic things that had no reason to not b in the base release :/

[@Morri78]

I kinda agree, even though I’m still playing (on a new island). The 2.0 update would’ve been perfect for the one-year anniversary and then HHP in the fall, but I guess Covid disrupted things. While 2.0 was exciting, most people had already finished their islands and almost moved on

[@pizzaroll3356]

This game lacks of things to do and personality. Like it feels empty everytime I play it. I understand why people prefer new leaf.

[@justahuman9273]

@@pizzaroll3356 Yeah, it's really superficial. Outwardly beautiful but empty.

[@marytorres3091]

Something I’ve seen no one talk abt is just how small the amount of creatures to catch and discover feels, like I’m rlly new to the AC franchise so maybe it’s always been like this but for me (a bug nerd) my favorite part was catching new bugs n when the diving was released I was over the moon. I rlly wish Nintendo would add more creatures specifically bugs, hell maybe even different scorpion or tarantula species

[@grimms4402]

Agreed! I started playing NH pretty recently (since the 24th of September) and I already caught like half of the deep sea creatures :(

[@doctorprepologedyedeyadede3542]

Catching crap, diving, and selling my pumpkins from by big garden are hoe I made much of my 💰 to

[@AceHuman]

@No Im actually surprised. Looking into it, New Horizons has 80 bugs while New Leaf has 72. It really feels like theres just not as many, or maybe something happened to the experience of finding new bugs that made it less appealing? It's strange, but I've felt less enthusiastic about finding more.

[@Moll0p]

Apart from the Halloween and final update (Which I loved). The other major updates seemed to just add in a lot of what the older games had in it from the start, like diving, gyroids, Brewster etc which was my main issue with their update system. I guess as well as decorating and the museum I feel like there isn't as much to work towards in developing your island, Timmy and Tommy only have one shop upgrade, no police station, Gracie, also the post office. Don't get me wrong I love New Horizons and still occasionally turn it on

[@chloeplaysacnh]

Personally, I don’t think new horizons is dead. Obviously it’s upsetting that Nintendo has chosen to abandon this game and not bring us more updates… But ACNH only dies when we decide it does and I have faith in this community to keep it alive until the next instalment 🥰

[@maureenseel118]

I still play when I need to zen out

[@brunettemouse3265]

More updates would have been amazing, but idk why people are suprised that the updates stopped. It's standard for AC to not be updated. It's dissapointing but not at all surprising.

[@chloeplaysacnh]

@@brunettemouse3265 Very true!! ❤️ I think we’d all just like it to be updated forever without the micro transactions - like a cheap pocket camp. Unrealistic but we can dream hey! 🤣

[@brunettemouse3265]

@@chloeplaysacnh so true 🤣🤣. I wish! Lol

[@negnoms]

@@brunettemouse3265 yeahh but they did say that there would be a lot of updates when the game was coming out so some people are sad about the lack

[@jjslide1]

Its so sad because we all want to love the game because of how pretty it is but nintendo just cashed out and bailed:(

[@lokiwhite2600]

Personally, i do think they should make an update for some quality of life things, like using the touchpad for the clothing maker! And maybe the ability to make custom pants-

[@robocami]

I wish we could customize pants, but Nintendo left it out for a reason...

[@hercies7820]

The one thing I wanted the most before they would “drop” NH is to give us the option to customize the exterior of Nook’s Cranny, Able Sisters, museum, etc. Guess I’ll just have to stick to simple panels or find mods 🤷‍♀️

[@VulcanW]

Rest in Peace ACNH, will always love you Edit: Some of you lot in the replies need to learn what an opinion is :/

[@james441]

Even though it’s the worst AC game, ofcourse ❤️

[@HappyXID]

@@james441 Amibo party exists ya know

[@james441]

@@HappyXID spin off

[@HappyXID]

@@james441 You never said "worst mainline game" you said "worst AC game"

[@james441]

@@HappyXID when referring to AC game it’s always main line, otherwise I’d say spin off AC game

[@m.p.2005]

I think what kinda made me leave the game for a long time was the spread out updates. I absolutely loathe when the game I get isn't a "finished" product and costs a lot of money (even more when I see it's way cheaper after all the updates come out...). I always have a love-hate relationship with updates, because as soon as I complete my island, some new features/furniture/items are given to us, and if they're great I need to change my island again which is a pain, because terraforming is a nightmare...

[@hearteyedracoon8605]

I feel like the part of the game I was the most invested in was when you were actively working to get KK on your island. Maybe it goes against what life Sim games are but idk, it was nice working towards a goal. Once you get all the updates and are done decorating, there's not much that keeps your interest

[@mattisixx1699]

Agreed. I started playing again and started a new island, never got to the Terra forming part my first go round, but this time I did and pretty much haven't played since the day I unlocked it. If there's no goals to the game, why play it?

[@girlbehindthereddoor]

100% agree. For over a year playing this game I never finished an island because I'd get bored after reaching 3 stars where there's no more tasks to complete. I really liked working towards them and having a narrative to follow. Once you're on your own you really do have to make a list for yourself to complete.

[@tazzraspberry8815]

Being able to make a new island and save your past one would be amazing

[@chelseawhite7353]

i might be in the minority but i kinda hate the idea that a new console has to come out in order for a new game to be made. consoles are SO EXPENSIVE, the game itself is SO EXPENSIVE and i don't want to spend $300+ on a new console every couple of years. i wish they'd make the games so they're cross-compatible, they'd still earn plenty of money off of people that can't afford a new console but could totally afford the game.

[@soap6264]

I think it had a good run, it helped a lot of people through lockdown and definatly got a lot more people interested in the genre, and I'm sure many of those people will return for the next game

[@dinomite2675]

Imagine this: The next animal crossing, you can choose to upload your island to the cloud and on that island, you and a friend can be mayor and co-mayor. Both you and your friend has full privileges but the special feature is that since it’s on the cloud, you can work on the island even if the main owner is offline. It could be a P2P connection so servers wouldn’t be a problem. That would be so awesome to work on an island with a friend rather than just your friend visiting and not being able to do anything ._.

[@watercolorskies]

i just want celeste to join the museum crew. to be able to use the telescope would be really neat. it was so cool in previous games when you created constellations and looked at the stars, i wish nintendo would’ve added that again. the shooting stars are great, but those recipes are really lacking. if brewster can be added for 2.0, celeste can be added for 3.0 lol. (yes she’s out on nights with shooting stars but it’d be nice for her to have a place in the museum too) also, if mabel could have a shop with her sisters at some point… the city folk store was fantastic (i could never afford the furniture back then). nook’s cranny having 2 (?) upgrades is just sad. nintendo could do so much more, they’ve already shown us from elements in the past that we’re not asking too much from them. the multiplayer aspect is horrible, whilst new leaf’s was so much fun. also also, the fruits? we’re on a true island so it would’ve been nice to see new leaf’s island fruits return.

[@momofasho5416]

They dropped HHP and that was it. This game had so much potential. The switch is capable of handling many more game mechanics and god … so disappointing. I got over 400 hours in New Horizons so I got my moneys worth but still. The gameplay became tedious. ☹️

[@superpokefan9567]

The problem with New Horizons is that it suffered from the Switch's update model. That of course being the "we'll offer them free updates to seem like they are getting value when realistically we're just patching in the rest of the base game" that many games have suffered from. None of the updates for New Horizons were substantial. They only added in content that should've been in the game at base. The only exception being what was added with the 2021 November update but by then it was too little too late for most. The damage had been done to the game's image that it was an inferior title to what came before, so what was added wasn't enough to bring people back for long. On top of that the DLC that came out was for a niche sect of people, the ones that actually played and enjoyed Happy Home Designer. Nintendo confirming the November update was the last major update sealed the game's fate. It was now done. No more additions would be made. Did you want Tortimer Island and the minigames it brought with it? Did you want more island upgrades like more than one TnT store upgrade? Did you want something like visiting the City to get off your deserted getaway? Too bad, game is done. Even adding in new villagers was pointless for those who didn't want to fork over cash for their new amiibo cards. You most likely had max capacity on your island so you'd have to go through the tedious adventure of island hopping to even find a new one, let alone a specific one. I stopped playing NH after I got a 5 star island before the November update. I wanted to at least get my moneys worth for a game I did not enjoy so I grinded for the island and dipped. When the November update came around, I played for about a week and stopped again. Nothing that was added peeked my interest enough to come back. I haven't looked back ever since. For a game that sold almost 40 million copies, they sure love treating this game like it doesn't exist. A lot of people always brought up the development team was moved to Splatoon 3 and that affected the game. If true, good on them for taking priorities with the superior game. It is however a shame that NH was left to die when it barely had anything to it. New Leaf had so much more to offer that the only thing NH has over it is Island Customization. This game threw away all the great parts of New Leaf in favor of making a game where you'd make this cool looking island, post a picture or video about it, and then nothing. While I could say I'm looking forward to whatever comes next, I'm not. Not until I know the priorities of the game. If the game goes back to a NL design philosophy, I'd be on board. If it's just going to be marketed with customization first and foremost again, I'll pass until I hear that it's an improvement over this. TL;DR Nintendo abandoned a 40 million copy seller before the game could truly sprout it's wings. Had the game received more substantial content updates like the November update, the game would be held in higher regard. Unfortunately the lackluster performance of NH has mostly likely alienated more hardcore fans that might hold off on purchasing the next game should it be more of the same. What a shame.

[@superpokefan9567]

@@rappsface There was better progression. New Leaf gave you goals to work towards. Main street was a good progression system. You'd slowly but surely unlock all of the additional buildings, including Club LOL, as well as having the full TnT upgrades instead of just one. Streetpass was a fun feature that let you see people's homes that you passed by on your day out. It was a nice use of Streetpass unlike most games that did randomly generated content or, nothing really. The villagers had more dialog in NL as well. They didn't repeat things as often as NH did early on. They also did things like asking for items or visiting your house/asking you to come over at base instead of NH getting that in November a year after release. Happy Home was an actual progression thing as well instead of being an afterthought. The theme challenges was a nice thing to work towards, especially if you wanted the gold house. It's also nice that you could go visit them instead of them being an invisible force you can't interact with. Medals were a better achievement system for me as well. While they didn't offer you points to trade in for items like Nook Miles, I liked how they displayed on your profile card. It was a nice way to see how much of x you accomplished, especially since you could show it off. It was also nice that Phineas had an actual purpose. Tortimer Island was a great way to grind for bells, but it was also a great multiplayer hub. You could find randos or go with friends to play minigames or chill out, it was great. It also like many things NH doesn't do, had the NPCs being there. NH had so little returning NPCs that it was honestly disheartening. Isabelle barely mentions her brother, you never saw Tortimer or his family, you never saw Phineas, you never actually get to see Resetti, etc, etc, etc. It was just a shame that all these characters you could go meet in New Leaf were just, gone until the November update. Even then, you need their amiibo cards for some of them to show up. The one thing NH has over NL undoubtedly, even if it is tedious, is island customization. Being able to shape your island the way you want it, move houses and buildings where you want, is great. It's unfortunate that the game had to sacrifice the life sim aspect of the series for customization, which is why most people are disappointed. It picked one aspect over the other instead of both.

[@superpokefan9567]

@@rappsface Exactly. It's not all doom and gloom. New Horizons has left us with a great base for a new game. Taking the customization from this game with some tweaks to make it better (because holy terraforming is SO slow) while incorporating the life sims aspects people love and previous features and junk, it's all there. We just have to wait and see what's next for the series. Thats unfortunate, but it can honestly only go up from here. With this game being a 40 million seller, that's for sure to give the dev team a huge morale boost. So here's hoping the next game is a home run.

[@josie_the_valkyrie]

Yeah, I'd likely wait a year after the next one is released to see reviews before I consider buying it.

[@jadeemarie]

i think the problem is people expecting so much to be thrown out constantly. as someone who’s played animal crossing games since the first few. they come out slowly and they’re not really meant to have constant updates like the way other games do. i don’t see it as a “death” of a game more as just enjoying what we have until the new one gets released.

[@Jme_hde]

My issue with New Horizons is the lack of updates - paid or free. Happy Home Paradise was fantastic and bought me back to the game but to drop the game (after leaving months between updates anyways) and saying the next animal crossing game will come in 2027 probably with no spin offs doesn’t sit right with me, and all due to Splatoon 3 development (both my most played games). How Mariokart 8D is still getting updates, that look awful, and not ACNH actually confuses me…

[@miyakogfl]

I'm still playing New Horizons daily and probably will until the new one's out. Honestly I'd rather have a new game at this point that addresses some of the community issues with NH and has more stuff. I would love to see them take a different direction with a new entry and add more activities to do as well. Pocket Camp honestly IMO has a pretty boring gameplay loop even though it does constantly get new furniture. I tried picking it back up and I couldn't really stick with it. I think the mobile game-ness of it kills it for me just because you know you'll never be able to get all the furniture. In New Horizons it's actually an attainable goal. Regardless, I'm not too bored though since Splatoon 3 has been great so far.

[@HarvestHollows]

No but actually This company goes up and down more than a fucking yo-yo

[@orange_piano]

An extra year of updates (new furniture, clothing, random events, etc.) would've been nice! Also, I think the whole update process could've been handled better. Maybe instead of dropping a large update every now and then, small updates every week/month would have just felt better? I understand this would've been hard to do during the beginning of the pandemic though.

[@EspeoniaManga]

Remember when games used to be complete at release? Didn’t have to worry about paying more for DLC or sitting around hoping they would come back and add more content/finish the game. Good times

[@indexical1897]

1500 hours in and I’m still playing!

[@TheVioletBunny]

I’m with you

[@astr0_f3tching]

Same 😭 more than 2000 hours and im still addicted to it

[@nikmariealex]

I truly think without COVID we would have enjoyed this game at a normal pace

[@lilyyoung1002]

Agreed

[@ingridc0ld]

I miss old furniture items. It doesn't have to be all the fun stuff from Pocket Camp, I just want the furniture from New Leaf

[@mrlaz9011]

especially the gracie stuff, the gorgeous set was basically my Aesthetic.

[@StudioGimmick]

I wish they would add back some of the features that were in New Leaf. I miss the island mini games and the fun customizations you could do with the houses and I want more shops to actually add onto the island and not me going to the other island. I also miss Gracie and Shampoodle I also miss playing mini games with the villagers as well

[@GlamourJassi]

A game is not over because the Updates stop. Wild world was offline, so updates were'nt even possible back then. Still I can play this game for hours and hours to this day. The 3ds was cancelled, so new leaf will never have a new Update. I play it everyday. I think nowdays we are just spoiled.

[@mymthegreyful]

i would most certainly pay for more DLC for ACNH

[@aweckzs]

my main problem is how getting a ton of items you want to decorate your home and island is locked behind visiting other people with the stuff you want. players who cant afford their nintendo pass just...don't get a ton of stuff. yes technically its available for free but the way we are able to unlock these new features is all locked behind rng, its frustrating. i picked up acnh again a few months ago and was unable to really improve that much of my existing island.

[@lanachristy]

I agree with you that the current model is more ethical for children player and works better for people who don't have a lot of income to keep putting into the game. I am not a child, but there are a lot of things in my real life that needs me to improve and pay attention to. For me, game is not supposed to give me anxiety keep purchasing the newest or limited items so I am not missing out. In the meantime, I have huge respect to the mods creaters. You are all awesome human being sharing your love and beauty with others.

[@MagicMaggiez]

It seems like ACNH could have gone the route of the Sims4, where each expansion pack is 40 dollars and there are a bunch of them. But tbh I wouldn’t want acnh to go that route. I’m fine with the final update, I haven’t even completed the hhp dlc yet. What I will say is that I wish with acnh you were able to buy a second copy of the game or have more than one island. I know people who have bought a WHOLE NEW switch just to have a second, third, fourth island. I FOR SURE would have dropped 60 dollars for the ability to have a second island, but not 200-400 dollars lol for a new switch… I think Nintendo kind of needs to reevaluate where they can get money and how to make things like that possible

[@MagicMaggiez]

Plus with the Sims4, with the PC version you can mod your game however you want. And the base game is going free to play soon I hear

[@loitsyy]

I got New Horizons about a month ago and it's sad that people don't play it that much anymore, i was so hyped for new horizons in 2020 but wasn't able to play it because I didn't own a Switch and now that i finally got it it's "dead"🙁

[@NicDoesDumbThings]

Same but I got it a week or so ago. Sad to see that it's already considered dead. There's a lot to do but you can't help but feel you missed out.

[@iamrococoo]

there's tons of people still exploring, completing their collections and enjoying the game! it's literally the (third?) most successful switch game, you're fine. it's just not trending like before.

[@WilbertBeltman]

I would have prefered if they would just do big updates instead of small "nothing" updates. I love Animal Crossing so much, but I've stopped playing New Horizons, while I always picked up the other Animal Crossing games until the next release, I feel like there's just not much to do besides decorating your town, talking to villagers isn't nearly as fun as in the other games. I just can't figure out what it is, I figured it would be nostalgia, we all change after all! But I've started a new file on New Leaf months ago, and I'm still enjoying that.

[@semmieb3e127]

There’s so many small things that they could’ve done: diagonal stairs/inclines, cliff bridges, true diagonal pathing, minigames, megaphone, etc, but they just didn’t do it for some reason.

[@patchthebats]

Honestly more than anything a solid quality of life update would get me back into the game. If there was some amount of furniture or items sprinkled in, that'd be great too but I wouldn't say I need it too much.

[@babycsac9366]

The game lost me about a year ago right before the big new update i feel there timing was way off on there update releases its a shame I think of picking the game back up but i just know ill have a insane laundry list of crap to do and i don't feel like putting in the hours anymore its a shame its really a great game

[@krillmenow3951]

Another thing I haven’t seen anyone mention yet is that the dev team for NH is also the same one working on Splatoon 3, so that’s probably another reason why there hasn’t been any new content for NH in a hot minute. Still sucks though considering how much content from the older games hasn’t been added to NH :((

[@kristencrowhurst4356]

I would love to see more seasonal events added that feature mini games! The mayday maze is so fun.

[@Lucy-uf6oi]

tbh while nintendo played a role, the animal crossing youtube and instagram community encouraging overconsumption of the game (multiple towns, multiple switches, constantly buying more) instead of playing and enjoying the lifesim aspect of the game. this started with new leaf's community on instagram and has completely destroyed the franchise since nintendo is focusing less and less on things like character interaction and worldbuilding and more on laziness.

[@jessicagreenfield6584]

I honestly agree. It's sad. I was so hyped for the game in 2020 but so sad after a year and a half it just ends. At least we got Disney dreamlight Valley because that game is amazing

[@FictionWhispers]

I've thought the same. Won't see Animal Crossing the same after playing Dreamlight Valley. Been decorating and moving the buildings (for free!) today. Annoyed at it being dripped with the characters but love the rest of it.

[@kathycoleman4648]

I'm loving Dreamlight Valley, too. I'm actually getting my Aunt a Switch Lite with ACNH, Dreamlight Valley and Octopath Traveler (she's an old school Final Fantasy fan, so that should be up her alley, too.) as a surprise. I'm also thinking of going back to ACNH and playing again. I binged it for a couple weeks in March 2020 but haven't touched it since. Not sure if I'll keep my island or make a new one. But it should be fun.

[@Cure_Hana]

@@FictionWhispers It seems like they’re moving quickly with patches and updates, though. They just announced two days ago that they’ll release Scar and some major bug fixes in roughly three weeks.

[@abbiesapp2922]

My biggest problem is I'm at the stage where kk is coming to my island, I'm at 4 stars, I wanna get to 5, but I'm constantly out of storage room in my house, and I'm out of things to get rid of. And I've got a huge bill to pay off

[@fairydoom7311]

One thing I'd LOVE as a feature, would be the ability to build empty buildings, so you could create your own libraries, shops, cafes... just do whatever you wanted inside.

[@tealoTAG]

So sad... Lets hope the next AC game has as long a life as new leaf... 😞

[@Luna-ii4mx]

I want updates so badly. I love the style of new horizons

[@roumdboi]

I don't want NH to update, I just wish it released in a more finished state. Like even after this final update, it still feels like it's missing crucial things that the series always had before

[@thecoolestmanever9068]

i hate all these “such and such is ruined and it’s the person who made it’s fault” because it isn’t dead, it’s just slow. they don’t expect casual players to have gotten everything in an update in a few months.

[@demonangel918]

While I understand the feelings that people have, I don’t feel the same. I never played animal crossing before new horizons, I got new horizons a few months after the initial craze died down. Almost none of my friends were playing by august 2020, and I contribute that to the fact people were at home mostly and trying to fill their time with something to do. If I am correct, the other animal crossing titles didn’t get updates after release, you just got it and that’s it no changes, nada. I knew new leaf got one like 4 years later with the welcome amiibo, but that was it after that right? Sure new horizons might be lacking in some things like multi crafting….but as I didn’t play any of the other games, I have nothing to compare it to. For me it’s a game that I got my $60 + worth of money. People burnt themselves out and that’s what actually “killed” the game, especially a game that isn’t supposed to be played the way it was during the pandemic- not let me time travel and get EVERYTHING the first week or so, then complain that I’m bored. The community played its part in this, with the way it became ravenous (nookazon! Hello! Real life money for stuff I can get in game?! What lol, and then get scammed, no thanks) Pocket camp is not to be compared to this because 1. It’s a mobile game, 2. It’s made by a different team, 3. Mobile games tend to be more heavily monetized, and want to create a sense of FOMO. They will squeeze out as much as they can because they know people will shell out money.

[@D0MiN0ChAn]

My thoughts exactly! I don‘t know of any other recent $60 game i enjoyed for more than 1500hrs like I did with ACNH. Definitely got my money‘s worth. It’s also one of those games you can come back to any time, once inspiration strikes again 😄 a big part of the community (content creators especially) burnt themselves out because they wanted to have all the stuff as fast as possible, and make the grandest islands of them all to show off instead of simply enjoying the journey 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@SadicDarkAngel]

Same in my case. I am from out of US so even getting the console was hard because it was sold out. I got it some months after the pandemic strike and NH was my first game, I got help from multiple people while building my island but I still come back to move things around, I never got into landscaping and whole island design but I try to spice it up a bit sometimes. Just yesterday I stayed late because I got a meteor shower and I was so excited! I got distracted with other games in the past years but I can still go back and have fun creating vacation homes or just fishing.

[@ToonGohan]

I would say the majority of your point is wrong. Like you said you’ve never played a previous AC game so simply “burning out” didn’t kill this game. The game itself is actually missing many features of the previous game and the update horizons got after still didn’t add half of what was in new leaf. My imagination ran wild with how much I wanted to do only to realize none of it was in this game and that’s not to say it’s bad or there isn’t fun to be had but it’s most definitely a step down.

[@frogberriez]

you said you havent played any previous games so idk what point you're even trying to make, also seems like you get really mad when people don't play the exact same way you do

[@demonangel918]

@@frogberriez I don’t care how people play, I just don’t like people getting mad about “having nothing to do” when they decided to do a speed run lol

[@positivelysarah]

I recently have been watching a couple of various streamers. I have fallen back in love with the game. So I agree, it’s only really dead when you’re not enjoying it yourself anymore

[@eveningclicks7767]

I think the next game will be better as long as they keep the graphics. NH was a huge project because they had to make all the assets from scratch unlike new leaf. In fact, many of the assets were out sourced. Then on top of it all they added a huge crafting mechanic. It is by no means small. Unfortunately the dialog of villagers suffered. Mini games were absent.

[@persephone_8949]

I guess that what makes it the most disappointing is that we never truly got the creativeness or coolness when it comes to furniture. When modders or people that made ideas presented them, they'd get shut down and nintendo would just do what they want. It would be amazing if they added dlc kinda like sims or a creator shop.

[@frydaepiedae]

I don't care if it's dead development-wise. If I keep playing, it can't be dead. Games die when I say they die!

[@YingYang270]

I still enjoy it everyone now and then but I'm just saddened that there won't be another update for quality life changes, nook store upgrades, new fruits and of course the biggest thing everyone wants mini games to be added to game

[@pokemnstar]

I don’t think it even needed constant updates. New Leaf only got one big update but the sheer amount of content in the game made it last a lot longer. Even just adding something like The Island, with actual mini games you could play with friends would help a lot

[@LittleKroh]

It would be amazing if they added a workshop that would make modding your game without a modded switch possible. But that would mean vetting mods before allowing them to be downloaded. Making sure that they don't break the game, corrupt save data, or brick the switch all together. (there are some mean ass people in the world)

[@triggerhappy4199]

Facts if i eventually work for Nintendo learning shit so I can that’s the first thing I’m suggesting

[@Mitsu06]

I'm new to Animal Crossing franchise but even i can tell that the villagers are so.. bland and boring.. A lot of my dreamies have peppy personality but hearing the same dialogue from three animals is dissapointing, and the fact that i could easily befriend them in weeks doesn't help either. I'm planning to hunt for more personalities but i doubt it helps as if your friendship is already high they'll just keep repeating the same line everyday anyway. I only wish i have more long term goal to do with the villagers

[@shiriguessman5157]

I don’t like the fact there is many things in your island on NH that you can’t terraform and change, you only get 4 choices of islands, no way to view the island but a tiny silhouette, if we can only choose once then at least allow us to explore the 4 islands first, after that then if all 4 suck I wouldn’t mind restarting my switch and choosing between 4 islands again as long as I get to explore them first

[@justingriffin2360]

I just needed another upgrade for all facilities, I guess more villagers, fruit, recipes, and furniture. Really just upgraded facilities. Hopefully next installment they think bigger bc I’m trying to make a full blown city

[@corpsenymph4644]

The amount of cute asf items in pocket camp literally makes me want to cry. I’m trying to stay away from games like pocket camp that are stingy with their currencies, especially when it’s something I will absolutely despise, but every time I hear about the items in pocket camp I wanna bash my own head in