Unfortunately, but to do what you want you would need an always online game which just isn't compatible with a mobile console. There's just no way to reconcile a single island shared between two people if they could potentially play offline.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct - Feb 20 @ 9am ET
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While that is true, I am curious if Nintendo could've gone for the option to have an island that only is accessible online and have a separate save for your singleplayer island with the classic "visiting other islands" online mode. Kinda like playing a Minecraft seed solo or on a server.
Actually pretty interested in the expansion of dangerous creatures. Certainly makes sense for a deserted island setting.
Nothing really there to make me bite on this entry, but I haven't really been interested in this series since the DS. Big changes to the online interactions elements would have drawn me in, but it's basically the same, which isn't really surprising. Oh well, it seems like fans are happy so that's good.
Nope, they ditched that later. Which is a pity. It would be cool if they let you access the NES/SNES games from your Nintendo Switch Online in-game, but I doubt that's gonna happen.
Actually pretty interested in the expansion of dangerous creatures. Certainly makes sense for a deserted island setting.
Tarantulas, scorpions and bees were always in the old games IIRC
Welp, you have old Animal Crossing games for that, thankfully. For the rest of the world, quality of life changes are needed for sequels.
I'm not sure if I love the idea of a forced Pearl and Marina style info dump broadcast whenever you boot up the game each day.
I have 2 Switches. A regular for me and my son has a lite. I added my account to his switch that way he can download and play all my eshop games.
I think since it's 2 separate switches we should each get our own island?
Ah, I have not played since Wild World, didn't know about that. Unless there were Scorpions in that game and I just never encountered one...
The changes made to New Horizons show you that, despite the cheery art style and all-ages appeal, Nintendo really recognizes Animal Crossing is a core-focused game in the same way Odyssey and BOTW are.
New image confirms at least 9 villagers in your island. I think it's likely we'll get at least 10 (which, will probably be the max. number of villagers). Was 10 the max in NL?
Tarantulas and scorpions only appeared extremely infrequently at night (in fact, most of the times you got stung before you could even react and get the net out) so you would pass out and reappear at the door of your house. Bees appear when shaking trees for stuff.
Yes, 10 was the max in CF and NL. WW had 8 and GC had 15.
New image confirms at least 9 villagers in your island. I think it's likely we'll get at least 10 (which, will probably be the max. number of villagers). Was 10 the max in NL?
Ah yes! You are all set then. Each Switch will have its own island, yep. So you should be able to both visit each other's islands via online co-op or couch co-op.
EDIT: Ah I just noticed you won't have two copies of the game. To be honest I have no real experience with game-share/account share on Switch or how that works or what, if any, limitations arise from that!
Thanks! I'd bet in favor of 10 villagers. I don't think the island is big enough to fit 15.
This is the first AC game to be around since the creation of Amibo, so I guess that is an unknown but I'm going to assume you'll be ok not using them
you're not missing much - they are basically "cheat codes" in a sense. not using them will not be detrimental in your experience in any way IMO
edit: at least that was their functionality in New Leaf. their functionality in New Horizons is still a little ambiguous
There will be some crossover items with Pocket Camp but probably not many. Text and voice chat online are through the Nintendo Switch Online app. Amiibo just help you invite specific villagers to live in your town, you won't miss out by not having any.
That part where the spider chases the villager was a big old pile of NOPE.Actually pretty interested in the expansion of dangerous creatures. Certainly makes sense for a deserted island setting.
But I'll still play the game :D everything else looks amazing
I'm looking to do something similar. Does doing this unlink your Nintendo Account from your main Switch, or does that still stay there so you have access to your own games (online connection required to boot), but now your account is simply the primary on your son's Switch?
As it appears no you won't be missing out on much. Amiibos will allow you to invite specific villagers to live on your island but they can still move there regardless by random chance. As for pocket camp it seems like there may be some exclusive items that come from in-game events from what they showed - so you may miss out on that but it likely won't be anything to sweat over.
I don't use Pocket Camp either. I might use the app, if chat is only allowed through there (which I hope not).
I'm going to have an entire room filled with Nintendo stuff :D It looks like you can use the editing tool to make stuff almost look like it was made with that design, definitely going to be going QR code crazy :D
My account is still on my switch. I made my sons switch primary so he can take it in the car and stuff and not require internet. Anytime I boot up an Eshop game it does an online check first on my switch
Animal Crossing is even more laid back IMO.
The way most people play is they check in once a day for a bit and then have longer playsessions exploring and redesigning.
Or you can just play whenever, the game doesnt penalize you. Except if you stay away for a long time the residents will notice and weeds will grow (but I think thats staying away for a few weeks IIRC) But in this one it looks like even weeds are worth money? so that seems like even less of a penalty lol
Also no Microtransactions.
Ah, I probably didn't play much at night then... glad they kept those in then regardless. I wouldn't mind even more hostile bugs and tiny animals.
The thing I'm most intrigued about is the other "distant islands" Mystery Tours.
- Finding a villager on the island
- Getting resources
- Finding special occurrences (The group of hittable money rocks for example)
- Are there certain resources or flora that can only be found (Naturally) on distant islands? (Maybe naturally occurring special flower types/colors)
- Are there certain characters that can be found on distant islands?
- Since this is a function that you may want to do forever, there must be some constant way to get Nook Miles to buy the tickets, even in the lategame
- Is this a quick(?) and reliable way to get foreign fruit for your island?
I think the quickest way to get foreign fruit will still be with friends (that is, if you play online). But only because you need to fulfill Nook Miles in order to get Nook Tickets for those tours. Maybe if you get all Miles done, it'll eventually just let you go with like a special pass or something.
The islands you can travel to remind me the resource islands from Dragon Quest Builders 2
Basically just areas with renewable resources for when your "home" base is running low on resources or you don't want to get anything else from your home
Basically just areas with renewable resources for when your "home" base is running low on resources or you don't want to get anything else from your home
Sweet, sweet. I have a hefty hotspot amount so going online if I'm ever outside the house won't be an issue.
Do you have any issues with cloud saves overwriting each other, or is it that easy to avoid?
I mean, we're not entirely sure they're goners. We haven't seen them yet, that is all. Maybe they have a new job, like Resetti. To be honest, I never cared much about them, lol.
Cooking would be cool but I feel like there would be a gameplay reason for it - and I really don't want a hunger/thirst meter lol. But yeah with all the equipment and actual food around it will be odd if we can't cook
The fact that you think this is even remotely a valid comparison is hilarious.
Oh my gooohhhhhd! You can edit your rivers!!! I have never had a town where I was happy with the rivers and they went and let us change them as we see fit!
My take away from this is that you can change the landscape of your island. That's pretty cool. Otherwise, it's basically the same game I've been playing since the GameCube. It would be cool to see big exciting changes like the above.
The aquarium looked impressive from a visual perspective.
The aquarium looked impressive from a visual perspective.
