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Nintendo Delayed Animal Crossing to maintain a healthy work/life balance for their developers.

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VN1X

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Good. Last thing I need is another something I consume in my life that I have to feel bad about.

Kudos to them for keeping work conditions satisfactory for their employees.
 

TimPV3

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I'm surprised it took this long for a dev to use this excuse to positively spin a delay
 
MayorTortimer

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The idea that a team of developers would have to crunch/stress out over such a relaxing game is a little ironic, I have to admit.

Good to hear that the delay is providing a great team with a healthy work-life balance. Definitely seems to fit the spirit of the franchise. :)
 
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pixelpatron

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Chaz said:
Its good to hear this though. People can wait.
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Lol, I literally searched for "Nintendo delays Animal Crossing" so because I used delays and the previous post used "delayed"...the Era search engine needs some work. Three out of four words should ping back SOMETHING. Or have an option for search to concentrate just on key words, and focused search history of the last month.
 
Efejota

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Being the kind of game it is, I also prefer it this way since we can get more meaningful/interesting character dialogues and little details in general that don't take that much to do but bring up the game overall to a better experience. I don't want a serviceable entry, and the 3ds game already suffered from streamlining too much in areas like the museum. Poor Blathers.
 
JB2448

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TimPV3 said:
I'm surprised it took this long for a dev to use this excuse to positively spin a delay
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Maybe because it's not an excuse and it's just stating what the company has done for most of its projects for decades, and it's only getting a focus in the press now because of an industry-wide lens being put on the subject due to increased consumer interest?
 
Prophyblakcis

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steering clear of crunch time really amounts to them being behind schedule in the first place. I mean less than a year is really no time to wait but still...PR pixie dust
 
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JB2448 said:
Maybe because it's not an excuse?
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It's still kinda PR spin though. If they weren't crunching before and they aren't planning on crunching, then it's just a normal delay. Saying it was for developers implies that they considered overworking their employees instead of delaying the game.
 

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pixelpatron said:
Lol, I literally searched for "Nintendo delays Animal Crossing" so because I used delays and the previous post used "delayed"...the Era search engine needs some work. Three out of four words should ping back SOMETHING. Or have an option for search to concentrate just on key words, and focused search history of the last month.
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Yeah it needs work. I play it safe with searching and use as little words as necessary lol in this case I used simply 'Animal Crossing'
 
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