The sad part is that we may never get most of these. But all of the proposed features would go a long way in making the game even better if Nintendo ever got around to implementing them.
Source: Nick Ha (YouTube)
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Nick Ha: Imagine an Animal Crossing update with the QoL features we actually want [FAN-MADE, feat. Kira Buckland, Lizzie Freeman, & Madeline Dorroh]
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The sad part is that we may never get most of these. But all of the proposed features would go a long way in making the game even better if Nintendo ever got around to implementing them.
Source: Nick Ha (YouTube)
We'll get maybe one of the things in this video at some point within the next 2 years, if that. Thanks Nintendo.
God, I want ALL of these features. Animal Crossing is such a lovely and fantastic game, but a lot of the things feel sluggish and archaic. Like, when I want to buy rugs, I have to talk to Sahara a thousand times and go through the same fucking unnecessary dialog over and over again. A lot of the menus and options are so hidden behind so much dialog, it's annoying. I could deal it with it at first, but after playing some 135 hours, I am tired of a lot of shit. Blathers always repeats the same shit, let me just give you everything quickly, Jesus! Same when talking to Tom Nook or any kind of shopping. Also, sometimes I don't feel like fishing or catching bugs because of the slowish messages popping, that I've seen a thousand fucking time. Just show the message once, or once per day, but I don't want see it every single time anymore.
FFS this is too good. If anyone at NOA or NOE is watching, please push this up the chain. Stuff like this would be amazing!
Right? And all of these things aren't really necessary to the Animal Crossing experience, IMO. FFS, if we're at a crafting station in our home, the game should be able to account for the things in storage without having to pull them out.
The jokes are amazing too. The Blathers one... lmaoooooo
Holy shit. I need ALL of this.
I never thought of "smart" path making before but it makes total sense.
I never thought of "smart" path making before but it makes total sense.
That has been a Nintendo staple in many games across several generations. They'll never change because your time doesnt matter.
Fantastic!! I'm baffled how this game was released as is. I've largely dropped off it as the idea of playing it is actively annoying at this point. If everything in this video was introduced it would be an instant 5 star game though.
Most of that is good. Not a fan of the placefinder indicators at all though, or the added item info. Cluttering the item screen with superfluous information like sale price and donation status is pointless, the game already tells you most of that information.
Nintendo for better or worse, prefers to take its sweet ass time implementing QOL updates, especially regarding things people actually want. It can be rather annoying waiting for long stretches of time for updates that add a handful of features at a time.
I don't even own this game and I'm already sad that people won't get to benefit from any of these "changes."
But aside from that, this is SUCH a well-done video. Off-colour jokes aside, if you'd told me this was a legit Nintendo presentation I'd believe you. I especially liked how they introduced new button options with the zoomed-in UI prompt in the center of the screen, super slick.
But aside from that, this is SUCH a well-done video. Off-colour jokes aside, if you'd told me this was a legit Nintendo presentation I'd believe you. I especially liked how they introduced new button options with the zoomed-in UI prompt in the center of the screen, super slick.
This is such a good video. I'm on board with almost all of the changes. Crafting with resources from home storage would be a major improvement.
I do think that they shouldn't unlock them all at once - much like the game gives you Nook Shopping app after you spend a lot of time shopping, things like the Dodo app should come as a feature after you've played a while. The amount of choices, optional bits and bobs could get pretty overwhelming for the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of more casual players with the game.
Edit: Also, there's no way Nintendo doesn't see this video. I wonder what the internal reaction to it will be. Probably something like - "This is not how we wish for the game to be played. We feel the player will be more deliberate with their actions, and be much more satisfied with the result of their actions when time and effort are required"
I do think that they shouldn't unlock them all at once - much like the game gives you Nook Shopping app after you spend a lot of time shopping, things like the Dodo app should come as a feature after you've played a while. The amount of choices, optional bits and bobs could get pretty overwhelming for the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of more casual players with the game.
Edit: Also, there's no way Nintendo doesn't see this video. I wonder what the internal reaction to it will be. Probably something like - "This is not how we wish for the game to be played. We feel the player will be more deliberate with their actions, and be much more satisfied with the result of their actions when time and effort are required"
I dunno.... Slow paced gameplay is part of the AC experience. Nothing says laid back island life like requiring 19 inputs for basic actions.
This video triggered me because some of this stuff is so obviously needed yet Nintendo makes things drawn out to pad the game.
In the grand scheme of QoL updates I wish the game had, this is probably only about halfway down the list, somewhere in the 800s maybe.
"What do you MEAN people don't want to feel like they're constantly fighting the game and flushing time down the drain in order to accomplish simple tasks?" - AC devs
I'm sure the famously responsive Splatoon devs will be right on QoL changes. Any day now, common sense QoL content, any day now.
It's why I kinda stopped playing this. Not entirely, as I still hop on once a day to do some tasks and check on things quickly , but can't do it for longer play sessions as it becomes such a chore when doing even basic tasks. Hopefully they provide some of these changes someday.
Oh god I could only imagine how much better those would make the game. Some awesome ideas for stuff I never thought of too like the targeter. It's sad we'll likely never get any of that.
Oh god I should have filmed my friend, I showed it to her without her knowing. Its so well done she didnt realize till the end, she laid on the floor so sad afterwards.
WHY NINTENDO WHY.
WHY NINTENDO WHY.
The game is made for very young children. Forcing players to do stuff like organize your inventory manually and take items out of storage to make DIY items with them is intentional and a large part of the game design.
Just like Smash, the fanbase takes the game way more serious than Nintendo intends. We'll never get stuff like this in AC.
Just like Smash, the fanbase takes the game way more serious than Nintendo intends. We'll never get stuff like this in AC.
