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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Hype Thread

When do you expect the Animal Crossing Direct?

  • February 5th or 6th

    Votes: 58 6.6%

  • February 12th or 13th

    Votes: 119 13.5%

  • February 19th or 20th

    Votes: 297 33.7%

  • Later Feburary

    Votes: 123 13.9%

  • Early March

    Votes: 127 14.4%

  • No Direct

    Votes: 158 17.9%
  • Total voters
    882
  • Poll closed .
Kyrios

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LightKiosk said:
Aya Kyogoku has said this a while back in regards to Pocket Camp and New Horizons:


The (what I assume to be first batch) items were also shown in the Direct:
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Gotcha, thanks (I don't know how I missed that)

I'll just hold onto it for a little longer just incase.
 
pvin626

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This is going to be my first Animal Crossing game I ever play! So how similar is this to Stardew Valley cause I've played that for like 10hrs.
 
Aprikurt

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pvin626 said:
This is going to be my first Animal Crossing game I ever play! So how similar is this to Stardew Valley cause I've played that for like 10hrs.
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Stardew Valley is more based solely on the farm itself and how your relationship with the town affects that.

Animal Crossing is much more intimate and relaxed. You don't have combat or stamina like in Stardew; you can do as much or as little as you like in a day, with no penalties or restrictions to speak of.
 
TheIdiot

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Hopefully there aren't some baffling limitations to the new terraforming/island customization. For example, I sincerely hope there is no arbitrary limit as to how many bridges you can have in your town, or how much water vs. land. I saw someone here (or was it reddit?) post an idea that seemed like Amsterdam/Venice/St. Petersburg with canals and bridges dominating the layout; I'd love to make something similar seeing as how those are some of my favorite cities IRL.

If not, I'll work with what I got, I just recall being annoyed that every idea I had in New Leaf was quickly shot down by Isabelle.
 
Kyrios

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pvin626 said:
This is going to be my first Animal Crossing game I ever play! So how similar is this to Stardew Valley cause I've played that for like 10hrs.
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More accurate to say that Stardew Valley is more similar to Harvest Moon than Animal Crossing.

AC is much less rigid in that you're not rushed to do anything before the day is up so everything is at your own pace and you do not need to worry about stamina gauges like in Stardew.
 
Tavernade

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TheIdiot said:
Hopefully there aren't some baffling limitations to the new terraforming/island customization. For example, I sincerely hope there is no arbitrary limit as to how many bridges you can have in your town, or how much water vs. land. I saw someone here (or was it reddit?) post an idea that seemed like Amsterdam/Venice/St. Petersburg with canals and bridges dominating the layout; I'd love to make something similar seeing as how those are some of my favorite cities IRL.

If not, I'll work with what I got, I just recall being annoyed that every idea I had in New Leaf was quickly shot down by Isabelle.
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I can see them limiting bridges and some extreme land/water issues (like you can't block off someone's house with water).
 
TheCongressman

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TheIdiot said:
Hopefully there aren't some baffling limitations to the new terraforming/island customization. For example, I sincerely hope there is no arbitrary limit as to how many bridges you can have in your town, or how much water vs. land. I saw someone here (or was it reddit?) post an idea that seemed like Amsterdam/Venice/St. Petersburg with canals and bridges dominating the layout; I'd love to make something similar seeing as how those are some of my favorite cities IRL.

If not, I'll work with what I got, I just recall being annoyed that every idea I had in New Leaf was quickly shot down by Isabelle.
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It totally sounds like something they'd do. Include an awesome tool for creation only to put a bunch of limits on what you can actually do with it.
 

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So how does the game decide if you are in north/south hemisphere?

Do we select it in the menu at the start of the game, or is it based on your console region settings?
 
TheIdiot

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Tavernade said:
I can see them limiting bridges and some extreme land/water issues (like you can't block off someone's house with water).
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I'm sure there's a limit as to how much land you can remove to not mess with the game's integral vibe and development plans (new shops, renovations, leaving room for new players, etc.) , but I hope that the number isn't something that basically limits you to two small ponds and a river, or something.
 
MaitreWakou

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Damn, replayed Pocket Camp for a bit because I'll want the exclusive items, damn it really went full gacha since the last time I played.
 
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Unicorn

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As an early adopter of PC it made me question if I even liked the series. I played every day for a month for the stupid login bonuses.

PC is so soulless. It hurts to even think about.
 
iFirez

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Does anyone have a link to that Character Customization image we saw last week? The one you see when you start the game and you can select some features of the player character?

Found it.
 
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Xita

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Gonna be honest, in NL after I completed the deep-sea diving museum stuff I never went back to swimming. The feature was neat for like a few hours.

So if it is gone from NH I wouldn't care too much, except with the terraforming stuff I could see people making island towns or pools where you have to swim and that would be rad.
 
Qikz

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Xita said:
Gonna be honest, in NL after I completed the deep-sea diving museum stuff I never went back to swimming. The feature was neat for like a few hours.

So if it is gone from NH I wouldn't care too much, except with the terraforming stuff I could see people making island towns or pools where you have to swim and that would be rad.
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They've shown the flippers already so I think swimming is in.
 
Rotobit

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I hope swimming is in even though I barely did it in New Leaf, just because it's a nice sense of freedom. Plus it just makes sense for an island paradise.

Also I just got super hyped thinking about Gulliver's items this time around. You'll be able to put the Moai head outdoors where it'll fit perfectly, for once! Hope they add even more fun "ruin" type items.
 
Unicorn

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You can't make an AC game that is 100% surrounded by beach and NOT have swimming. Especially when EVERY promotional trailer or gallery has beach-shots. So much beach-time means you for sure can swim.

c'mon y'all.
 
wildbite

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Rotobit said:
I hope swimming is in even though I barely did it in New Leaf, just because it's a nice sense of freedom. Plus it just makes sense for an island paradise.

Also I just got super hyped thinking about Gulliver's items this time around. You'll be able to put the Moai head outdoors where it'll fit perfectly, for once! Hope they add even more fun "ruin" type items.
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You can't make an AC game that is 100% surrounded by beach and NOT have swimming. Especially when EVERY promotional trailer or gallery has beach-shots. So much beach-time means you for sure can swim.
c'mon y'all.
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I was wondering why the previews didn't mention swimming. I was thinking my first instinct on an island would be to jump in the ocean but then realized in the first 45 min, you won't have a wet suit which is probably the requirement for swimming again.
 
mnk

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In New Leaf, were the diving creatures included with the fish in the encyclopedia or were they in their own tab? Because we've seen the critter encyclopedia screen for NH, and it only has two tabs, one for bugs and one for fish.
 
Dremorak

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TheIdiot said:
Hopefully there aren't some baffling limitations to the new terraforming/island customization. For example, I sincerely hope there is no arbitrary limit as to how many bridges you can have in your town, or how much water vs. land. I saw someone here (or was it reddit?) post an idea that seemed like Amsterdam/Venice/St. Petersburg with canals and bridges dominating the layout; I'd love to make something similar seeing as how those are some of my favorite cities IRL.

If not, I'll work with what I got, I just recall being annoyed that every idea I had in New Leaf was quickly shot down by Isabelle.
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They will 100% need to limit it.
No game supports an infinite number of objects. (Minecraft etc aside)
I would say somewhere around 10 bridges is probably an acceptable limit.

Terraforming I would think is okay, but maybe there are some restrictions based on pathfinding, minimum amount of land, etc etc.
 
Unicorn

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mnk said:
In New Leaf, were the diving creatures included with the fish in the encyclopedia or were they in their own tab? Because we've seen the critter encyclopedia screen for NH, and it only has two tabs, one for bugs and one for fish.
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They had their own tab.

y'all we didn't have "confirmation" of the museum until a few days ago. Some stuff is just gonna remain under wraps.
 
TheIdiot

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Dremorak said:
They will 100% need to limit it.
No game supports an infinite number of objects. (Minecraft etc aside)
I would say somewhere around 10 bridges is probably an acceptable limit.

Terraforming I would think is okay, but maybe there are some restrictions based on pathfinding, minimum amount of land, etc etc.
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I understand certain limitations, in particular landmass. But why limit the amount of bridges if a player wants them in his/her town? I don't see how that would lessen the experience intended by the developers.
 
Dremorak

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TheIdiot said:
I understand certain limitations, in particular landmass. But why limit the amount of bridges if a player wants them in his/her town? I don't see how that would lessen the experience intended by the developers.
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Its not about lessening the experience, its about performance. Number of objects on screen is a big concern when tuning performance, and one of the best ways to control that is by limiting the number of objects or type of objects that a player can build.
 
karmitt

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Dremorak said:
They will 100% need to limit it.
No game supports an infinite number of objects. (Minecraft etc aside)
I would say somewhere around 10 bridges is probably an acceptable limit.

Terraforming I would think is okay, but maybe there are some restrictions based on pathfinding, minimum amount of land, etc etc.
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I wonder how they'd communicate limits if they're in place?

If they were restricting bridges wouldn't they also put restrictions on items on the ground? I don't see much of a difference between the two technically. If the user places a bridge is it really that different from them perhaps filling it with turf and putting a small fenced garden, etc. I assume it's all just geometry, and a bridge at least has the advantage of not being interactable, no animations, etc.

My personal guess is there aren't limits beyond usable tiles. They've likely designed a game where it's ok to fill every tile on screen with something and have it run without issue. There might be cases that cause slowdown like a field of Gyroids or other animated things, but I doubt it's restricted.
 
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MayorSquirtle

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Unicorn said:
Why unexpectedly?
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Because it tends to be pretty easy to guess what gender and sometimes even what personality a villager will have based on design tropes that have been common since the first game. There are some occasional curveballs, but did anyone really see that design and not figure the sheep was probably going to be peppy or normal with those eyes and smile?
 
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