Animal Crossing Direct - October 15th (OP now includes a summary of announcements)

[Serebii]

Summary:

Brewster:
- characters show up, like Isabelle
- invite characters thru amiibo

Kappn:
- located at the pier, ferries you to random islands
- island can be different seasons, time of day
- climbable vines can be picked up and likely reinstalled on your island
- some new type of plant on the ground(?)

Harv's Island expanded w/ new plaza area:
- familiar island visitors set up shops (Saharah & Kicks shown)
- Katrina gives fortune daily
- Cyrus / Reese customize the Nook Mile items
- Tortimer allows you to access storage
- Harriet gives new hairstyles

Group stretching in town plaza
- uses motion controls or buttons

Island Ordinances:
- Bell Boom
- Night Owl
- Early Bird – all residents wake up earlier
- Beautiful Island

Construction Servies:
- modify house exterior design

Home Storage Upgrade:
- from 2400 to 5000 thru 3 expansions

Nook Mile
- new redeemable items, including:
- Outdoor storage locker accesses home storage
- outdoor ATM to deposit / withdrawl money

Cooking / Farming:
- tomatoes, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, carrots can be grown
- cook recipes in your kitchen and eat for typical rock-breaking power
- some food give more than 1 power

Pro Decorating:
- ceiling decorations / lighting
- accent wall (change individual wallpapers within room)

Bridge / Inclines
- expanded from 8 to 10 each.

- 9 new fence types (some fences can be customized, including originals)
- 11 new reactions
- 11 new hairstyles
- 12 new songs

Pro Camera Mode
- eye level camera (FPS, basically)

Customization Patterns (originally given by Sable) can be worn or used as flooring / wallpaper

Gyroids
- plant gyroid fragments, water them to dig up next day
- find them the day after it rains
- can be customized

New furniture types in the store (ceiling décor) and new items

New Tool (DIY can be purchased at Nook's Cranny)
- Permanent ladders can be set up on island for better island traversal

Ability to move thru tight spaces created by furniture (like sofa and coffee table being too close)

Villagers visit your house and invite you to theirs

Added by Shedinja :
+ Purchasing the DLC let's you use the new Happy Home room customization options (except for the expansion options, because I guess that's why you pay Nook for a bigger house) in your own house back in your island.

 

[Clefargle]

Thanks I am so hyped for the return of the BREWST

 

[Aleh]

Yesss finally! 20 minutes means it should be quite hefty.

 

[Razmos]

Wonder if it will be enough to get me playing again, it was my first animal crossing game and it really helped me at the start of the pandemic but I fell off with the lack of updates

 

[Greywaren]

Here's hoping this will be enough to make me jump back in again!

I love the game, but there's not much to do anymore and I hope this fixes that.

 

[Dyle]

God I hope they let us skip Isabelle and her damn crosswords, missing socks, and unnamed bands on tv last night

 

[DNAbro]

Let's get that Nook upgrade, QoL changes, gyroids, and maaaaybe mini game island again?

Or DJ KK

 

[eKongDiddy]

It's so far away! Hopefully I have my replacement switch before the update comes out.

Hoping for a huge dialogue/villager interactions update!

 

[EssBeeVee]

give me a fishing overhaul.

 

[Quinton]

This is still my first AC, so I don't know what I want. I just know I want a lot more. I loved New Horizons for approximately six months.

 

[Blitzwolf215]

Damn, Smash and Metroid this week and Animal Crossing the next week. Nintendo is on a roll.

 

[CesareNorrez]

I have played ACNH everyday since launch, so here's to keeping that streak going.

I hope with 20 minutes they do a little bit of demoing the update but also give us a roadmap through at least the 2nd anniversary.

I also expect some Amiibo Card talk as well.

 

[BY2K]

Give me

The Zelda items.

And the special amiibo villagers.

For the love of God.

 

[Butch]

Hoping for a huge dialogue/villager interactions update!

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I don't know if something like this could happen, but I'd love it so much

 

[SanTheSly]

I think I'm personally done with ACNH at this point, and unlikely to redownload it, but I hope people still playing it get a substantial update here.

 

[Magnet_Man]

Direct opens with Isabelle grabbing a flame and throwing it to reveal--!!

 

[Lirose]

Excited! It's sweet that they chose October 15th for the direct which is Brewster's birthday. Hoping for lots of updates!

 

[Lexxism]

If they give us some good QOL, I might play this game again.

 

[nikos]

20 minutes, please be good. The Roost is a really good start. I'd love to get back into this game.

 

[MayorTortimer]

Let's gooo!! I really hope that they announce some fun mechanics that switch things up beyond Brewster. But also, hoping that Brewster might mean that gyroids are back... Looking for a reason to get back into this game.

 

[edgefusion]

I wonder if they'll let us move resident services yet. I'm 50/50 whether to restart my island (after hundreds of hours) because my square is literally 4 blocks from my airport and I hate it.

 

[Truckondo]

I wonder if they'll let us move resident services yet. I'm 50/50 whether to restart my island (after hundreds of hours) because my square is literally 4 blocks from my airport and I hate it.

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A lot of people want that so it probably won't happen.

 

[Neoxon]

Hopefully this update is beefy. I've been needing a reason to go back to my island.

 

[CesareNorrez]

I don't know if something like this could happen, but I'd love it so much

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At the very least there will be more dialogue surrounding The Roost and Brewster. Characters will will talk about it around the island and they will likely show up in The Roost with unique dialogue.

If Nintendo does more seasonal updates, there will be dialogue there as well. As there has been with the the updates since launch.

As someone that has played everyday since launch I comes across dialogue that is either new to me or I have forgotten about. I know there is still some I haven't see as I have never had 2 Sisterly villagers on an island I think they have a unique interaction with each other.

 

[Glimpse_Dog]

Wonder if it will be enough to get me playing again, it was my first animal crossing game and it really helped me at the start of the pandemic but I fell off with the lack of updates

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My og switch got robbed and while I'm getting a switch oled soon I doubt Nintendo will let me do cloud save recovery.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I'll probably fire up the game to visit Brewster a couple times in November and then shelve it again

 

[Swearing.circle]

First animal crossing game and loved it at the start of the pandemic but over time its just felt like there isnt many meaningful targets for me to hit anymore. Hope this adds something substantial.

 

[tapedeck]

Brewster will force me to turn my game back on after a year…gonna be a lot weeds and roaches to take care of.

 

[ZeoVGM]

This really needs to be a big update. Really hoping for QoL changes to how multiplayer works and an organized catalog that is at least close to what Pocket Camp has.

 

[Thorakai]

Bring back every NPC villager. "Everyone is here!" Probably not gonna happen, but I can dream haha.

 

[CesareNorrez]

A lot of people want that so it probably won't happen.

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They increased storage space in the house which people swore would never happen. They added the ability to remove the overlay in picture mode which stated as a glitch. People complained about Bunny Day and they toned it down.

It's too hard to guess which feedback this team will listen to. I'm hoping they smooth out issues surrounding Dodo airlines. Too much dialogue just trying to open the gate or visit someone. Give me an app in the NookPhone or quick menu of some sort.

 

[DredPirateStorm]

I'm hoping this is a 2.0 type update. I want more of everything. We definitely need a bunch of QOL improvements along with content.

 

[jankuza]

If they announce paid DLC, what would you expect what that would feature?

A Happy Home Designer like Mode?
Or Amiibo Festival 2... Just Kidding :D

 

[BassForever]

Ick tax deadine day, hopefully I'll be able to sneak away and watch it live

 

[CesareNorrez]

If they announce paid DLC, what would you expect what that would feature?

A Happy Home Designer like Mode?
Or Amiibo Festival 2... Just Kidding :D

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They could easily squeeze money out of me if they just released soundtrack DLC. Give me some classic tunes as choices for the hourly tracks. And I love NH's OST.

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

My predictions:

1. Brewster + The Roost: working at the Café is back with a reward system. Villagers + NPC's can visit the Café. Pastries are new (kinda like cupcakes from your bday). No cooking/veggies/fruits. No gyroids but Brewster will hint them going forward until another update. The Direct will focus heavily on this segment (probably a look at the café, villagers coming in, etc).
2. New amiibo card set is introduced: includes all new villagers and NPC's from NH. We won't be seeing returning villagers from the GCN that were cut, unfortunately.
3. New visitor NPC: either Katrina or Lottie (which have been hinted already). I'm leaning more towards Katrina, tbh. Luck system is gone and replaced with something new (probably related to the point system from the Nook app). If it's Lottie, then I predict something about changing our house appearance or our villager's.
4. No new villager interactions (i.e. villagers visiting your home/new games,/etc) but they will be included in the update, just not in the Direct.
5. IF they decide to add something else in the Direct (which I doubt, because I feel those 3 things will cover roughly 20 min), I think they'll tease a Nook store upgrade but won't show it until another update.

 

[NateDog]

Hmmm wonder if they can get me back on board, really can't remember the last time I booted this up. It was my first AC game to play but I loved watching my partner play New Leaf and she's played most of the older titles too and her interest fell off of a cliff as well so we'll see.

 

[kodax_shc]

With Series 5 amiibo cards coming I think it is a safe bet that we will be getting both new and returning villagers added to the game. All previous amiibo card series were 100 cards so I believe that will also be the case for Series 5.

 

[lord_of_flood]

It would need to be a very substantial update if they want me to jump back in again. I haven't played since July of last year because I just got bored with the villagers and the overall lack of activities to do on the island.

 

[joffocakes]

I really love Brewster.

 

[Fumpster]

Genuinely all they would need to do to hook me back in is fix the mountain of QoL annoyances with the game, but I'd be pleasantly surprised if that happens. I'll tune in anyway though.

 

[Xita]

Hoping it's meaty.

 

[Mediking]

Please be good

 

[famicorpse]

This is going to be a banger!

 

[mnk]

Wow, 20 minutes has me hyped.

I still haven't logged on this month to start getting the new Halloween DIYs, so maybe this will finally motivate me to do that.

 

[seady]

I hope it's not just some new items for a special event that can all be collected in a few play-through.

 

[CesareNorrez]

I hope it's not just some new items for a special event that can all be collected in a few play-through.

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We already know it's for a permanent new business that is open 24/7, The Roost, and for the new Amiibo Card series. Likely to include a few other updates as well since it's 20 minutes long.

Don't see that it was mentioned, but the New Leaf Welcome Amiibo Direct was 16 minutes long. If that correlates at all with this one, then we are in for a huge update.

 

[Bardoon]

Haven't played in almost a year. Don't know what it would take for me to go back to playing regularly, but I guess I'll watch and see.

 

[ShinobiBk]

20 minutes?
Is this the Welcome Amiibo type big update?

 

[SuperFakerBros]

Crossing my fingers it's enough to bring me back in for at least the holidays. That's usually when I like to play AC anyways for the comfy cozy Christmas vibes