What’s your stance on time travelling in Animal Crossing?

[FreddeGredde]

I don't care if others do it.

But as for me, I don't understand why you'd even feel the need to, when there's sooo much you can do at any point anyway.

Waiting for the museum to open? Just place the unique creatures outside in piles until it opens!
Want to personalize your village? Create your free designs for roads, signs and anything else you'd like to add.
Want to make a lot of money? Go to those mystery islands, or just keep collecting stuff and build and sell.

I'm only at the end of my second day, and I've probably played more than ten hours already, and I want to dive back in as I'm writing this...

But who knows, maybe day 5 or 6 will get more boring, but then I've got other games to play.

 

[Deleted member 8784]

Personally, I'd find it defeats the point of it. It's not meant to be something you rush to complete.
Other people can do what they want though, why on earth would I care?

 

[Jerm]

Don't care. I don't think I would be into this series so heavily had my buddy and I not time traveled constantly on GameCube.

 

[Grapezard]

That it's not really my business how other people play. Animal crossing isn't competitive.

 

[JangleLuke]

I wouldn't invite people who do it at my table during lunch time.

 

[Like the hat?]

I time travelled to get the museum open because my favorite part of animal crossing is filling out the museum.

 

[Obsonet]

As long as you don't reset I can live with it.
Resetting really grinds my gears

 

[jadjei]

Don't really care, people can play their game whatever way they want. Personally I don't time skip, I think it defeats the point of the game.

 

[fieldafar]

I don't do it personally, but I don't care if others do. It's their game, they can do whatever they want with it.

 

[TheGhost]

I time traveled twice today so far. I do what I want to do on the island in a hour and then what? Wait until tomorrow? No way, I'm pushing the clock to 6 the next day so I can keep playing. Especially since I'm in lock down.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I'm not going to do it, but I also don't see why I should care about how someone else enjoys the game.

 

[Common Knowledge]

Wouldn't do it myself cause it kind of defeats the purpose of the game, but I don't care if other people do it. Nothing in AC is a competition that is going to give some players unfair advantages over other ones, so Nintendo's blocking of cloud saves over it is asinine.

 

[Minastepes]

Every time i start time travel i quit shortly after. It ruin my interest.

 

[Dymaxion]

I say let people break the Animal Crossing experience if they want to. Personally, I think it's not the most fun way to play the game, but if other people time travel or clone items, I feel like it doesn't make the game worse for other players.

 

[Deleted member 5725]

I understand why people do it but personally I don't have that need since this is going to be a slow-burn game for me anyway. I certainly don't care if someone else does it lol, just let people enjoy the game the way they want.

 

[Baby Bird]

Personally, I think it defeats the purpose of games like this, but it really doesn't affect me in the slightest

 

[Deleted member 58401]

It's my first AC, and I broke down. I plan on stopping once I get the ladder, unless one of you would have a better suggestion for a more natural spot to stop skipping. I'm happy I did it, though. I was pretty skeptical when all I could do was shake trees. Now I'm in love.

A couple caveats: I never play any game online, but it seems like skipping could make that weird. And I have no friends on my Switch, so same deal.

It seems like it's good to allow it while making it a minor pain in the ass. Just one more way the game let's you do whatever the hell you want. And I love that feeling.

Edit: This should be a poll, no?

 

[Apollo]

I don't do it, and as far as friends and communities go I'd generally prefer not to play with those who do so that we're all on the same schedule- it just feels more special that way to me. But play how you like

 

[LumberPanda]

The players who do it need to respect the developers' artistic vision. They cheated not only the game but themselves.

 

[DrForester]

Are there any new villagers in new horizons?

 

[Deleted member 7462]

I don't care in the sense that it doesn't affect me, but I also would never do it and think that it's the worst possible way to play AC. Like, what is even the point? The design is so that you have a sense of anticipation and pride from building over time, which you lose if you time travel.

Ultimately, I'm not connecting with anyone else, and people can play how they want, but I don't get it from a personal standpoint.

 

[Enduin]

People can play however they want. I don't care. TT isn't for me.

 

[Rotobit]

I don't really care if other people do it but it's one of those things where I feel you're just kinda ruining the experience for yourself

For me AC is about chilling out and taking things slow, sure you might miss some things but that's life and it's an incentive to keep coming back to your town every year. Collecting everything ASAP like it's Pokémon just seems kinda odd.

 

[kiaaa]

It's my first AC and I only plan on playing with my SO. I'm probably going to be using some time traveling because we really only have time to play together on Sat/Sunday.

 

[wildbite]

It cheapens the experience for me. In New Leaf, I got very obsessed with getting all my favorite villagers by soft resetting, and then fast forwarding to the day when a villager I didn't want would move out. Then return back to the current real-world date.

I felt disconnected from my town. I want to experience things day by day this time around.

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

If you're missing a bug or fish from last season, go for it. I won't shame you.

 

[Deleted member 17207]

It's cheating/defeats the purpose of the game. It's an attempt to turn the game into something it's not, or play it a way it's not intended to be played.

But go nuts, why should I care.

 

[ghostcrew]

Do what you want, it's your game.

Seems a little pointless to me though seeing as the passage of time and how you use that time is core to the gameplay. But whatever, you do you.

 

[kiaaa]

About how much time are you guys playing per day? I'm curious about how much there is to do on a daily basis.

 

[ThisOne]

I don't do it because it would ruin a lot of the fun. These games are most fun for me by waiting to see what's changed each day. The drip feed of content makes me look forward to logging in every day.

 

[Wetwork]

Not time traveling allows me to play a game for years that I'd get burned on in weeks. So, I just kinda take it day by day.

 

[Deleted member 37233]

It's like cheating, I don't like it, but I don't really care if other people do it.

 

[EdgeXL]

I do not do it but dont care if others do

 

[Bjomesphat]

Can these threads that ask for opinions on gaming habits just come with an implicit understanding of, "I don't actually care how other people play"? Like, of course I don't care how you play, but that doesn't mean your choices should be free from criticism. I might think people are ruining the game by time traveling, while others might think I'm wasting my time being artificially constrained to Nintendo's restrictive game design philosophy.

I just think when these types of threads come up (ie. cheating in Dark Souls, save states in old games, etc.) half the posts just end up arguing that we should let people play how they want to play. Obviously people are free to enjoy things how they want, that should always be implied, but some of us just want to discuss the merits of different playstyles and have fun arguing the "right" way to play.

With that said, I do think time traveling ruins the fundamental purpose of the game, and I can't really fathom why someone would do it. It's not like the game is going away. It's designed to be played for years and years. To me it's like the people that listen to books and podcasts on 1.5x speed. I don't understand the impetus to consume more and more content. I have a finite amount of time in each day, and what I don't get to do in that time can be saved for the next day.

 

[King_Moc]

If you wanna do it, do it. I think it does spoil the magic of the game though.

 

[Legacy]

I won't be doing it at all, really enjoying the game for what it is right now

 

[GamerJM]

Growing up it was how I usually played Animal Crossing, but I was under the impression that the newer games had some sort of failsafe against it so I stopped. I generally have more fun playing the game like this but admittedly I don't think I've ever properly played the game the way it's meant to be played longterm (AC Gamecube and Wild World I time traveled, City Folk and New Leaf I played for a few weeks then fell off), so maybe I'll give that a chance with NH.

Want to make a lot of money? Go to those mystery islands, or just keep collecting stuff and build and sell.

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I think this is also part of why I did it. In the older games doing this wasn't an option, the only way to really make money fast was to time travel, or at least that was the only way I could figure out as a kid (maybe the Gamecube/GBA Link Cable thing allowed you to collect bells more quickly), but in the newer games you don't have to do that.

 

[Astral]

Can these threads that ask for opinions on gaming habits just come with an implicit understanding of, "I don't actually care how other people play"? Like, of course I don't care how you play, but that doesn't mean your choices should be free from criticism. I might think people are ruining the game by time traveling, while others might think I'm wasting my time being artificially constrained to Nintendo's restrictive game design philosophy.

I just think when these types of threads come up (ie. cheating in Dark Souls, save states in old games, etc.) half the posts just end up arguing that we should let people play how they want to play. Obviously people are free to enjoy things how they want, that should always be implied, but some of us just want to discuss the merits of different playstyles and have fun arguing the "right" way to play.

With that said, I do think time traveling ruins the fundamental purpose of the game, and I can't really fathom why someone would do it. It's not like the game is going away. It's designed to be played for years and years. To me it's like the people that listen to books and podcasts on 1.5x speed. I don't understand the impetus to consume more and more content. I have a finite amount of time in each day, and what I don't get to do in that time can be saved for the next day.

Click to shrink...

I was about to comment on how "safe," for lack of a better word saying stuff like "everyone should play how they want" is as an answer. Like, yeah obviously. But I still think you're a punk for summoning in Souls games and I'm sure some people think I'm a punk for time traveling my way through EV and IV training in Pokemon SwSh. I've never played AC but it definitely seems like time traveling defeats purpose of the game. I guess if it's the only thing you have to play, you'll be more inclined to do that.

 

[Deleted member 18161]

How long does it take for your island to "reset". A full 24 hours ?