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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Hype Thread
- Thread starter Meelow
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I too am hyped to suspend my real life to go live with my new animal friends.
So it's basically a very chill game.
I have one Nintendo game voucher and debating on maybe using it on this.
That sounds super cozy. Early morning Animal Crossing is some good Animal Crossing.
So hyped. Been a while since I've been this hyped, where it's like my body is just *humming* in anticipation.
I'm contemplating beachy/nautical names for my town. I'm still undecided, though I have a few favorites.
I'm contemplating beachy/nautical names for my town. I'm still undecided, though I have a few favorites.
With the amount of customization in this game, I'm sure you could easily create a cozy forest within the island!
I'd also like to direct everyone's attention to the back of the stunning AC Switch console (hope nobody minds me posting a NSFW image):
Notice—there are no less than seven islands represented on the back, all separated by a contiguous body of water. And hey, there's a sailboat too!
Now, let's take a gander at this particular section of the cover art:
And, of course, the title of the game itself: New Horizons. Plural!
This has been my grand conspiracy ever since they first unveiled the game at E3, but at this point I'm totally convinced: there will be multiple islands. And if that's the case, it stands to reason that each island will have some unique characteristic or attribute to justify its existence.
This is all just a very long-winded way of saying that I would not be surprised if there's a dedicated forest island for us to explore.
You'll probably live on the center island of the back of the 3DS, seeing as it has a lighthouse and the newly released trailer features an island map that shows to have a place for a lighthouse to the right.With the amount of customization in this game, I'm sure you could easily create a cozy forest within the island!
I'd also like to direct everyone's attention to the back of the stunning AC Switch console (hope nobody minds me posting a NSFW image):
Notice—there are no less than seven islands represented on the back, all separated by a contiguous body of water. And hey, there's a sailboat too!
Now, let's take a gander at this particular section of the cover art:
And, of course, the title of the game itself: New Horizons. Plural!
This has been my grand conspiracy ever since they first unveiled the game at E3, but at this point I'm totally convinced: there will be multiple islands. And if that's the case, it stands to reason that each island will have some unique characteristic or attribute to justify its existence.
This is all just a very long-winded way of saying that I would not be surprised if there's a dedicated forest island for us to explore.
So you're probably right. There probably will be an island with pine trees where you can go camping or something.
Oh, we GOT us some layers.
Just look at those stairs!
Wonder if they'll let us play with the landscape at all, like creating those elevations ourselves
I approve this post. I just hope that if there are multiple islands, there are convenient ways to travel to them. If I have to hear Kapp'n sing a song or something it's gonna get old fast.
I really think we'll be able to have and manually control a sailboat. Sort of like a mini Wind Waker setup.
my first thought after reading this was "pfff, no". but then i thought about it and you know what? that's such a good idea lmao, i'd love to have a tiny boat to visit islands on. especially if you could get rare deep water fish or something.
it would so cool if you could go to randomized instance islands with your friends where there's unique/rare materials, abandoned furniture, bugs, fish etc etc.
I never managed to get into this genre, everytime I tried I felt "this is not for me". This time... I have a different feel, I'm encouraged to get the game more than usual... ,maybe because of the island setting? or because I feel the play style of accessing the game regularly and doing small things for short amount of time will suit me better in the near future... I don't know.
Animal Crossing is this weird thing where they basically invented all the predatory psychological manipulation techniques of F2P mobile games but as a full-priced game before the advent of micro-transactions or smart phones.
it's addicting.
So I was half asleep watching someone record around Nintendo of New York when they come across an Animal crossing Sticker book. I woke up real quick. Only $7+ online so I'll get that for the Target animal crossing book they give for preorders.
Gotta say, I really don't like that the inventory is still so small and now clogged up by all those crafting materials. There's reason to believe inventory might be expandable but I hope it's actually enough to deal with the new crafting mechanic.
They've shown backpacks, so expansion seems no-brainer. I'm on the fence about crafting, especially considering how much I disliked Pocket Camp. Hoping the teams thought of crafting separately.
Interested what the roadmap for content is going to be for this game. Hoping for a decade of legs. New Leaf almost got there. Welcome Amiibo added a lot
I'm personally excited about crafting, though I'm not mega into AC. I played and enjoyed New Leaf, though I wasn't an obsessive fan who played it for years and clocked hundreds or even thousands of hours like that YouTube grandma :D So for me crafting will give me more to do.
You'd think it'd be a no-brainer, but there's absolutely no reason for the lack of expansion in previous games and yet we've been stuck with having to store items in letters up until now, so who knows really. A lot of people point to the backpacks as evidence that they're finally adding it, which I do think is possible, but it would still be its own irritation if expansion is tied to fashion items.
Still not sure what my island's gonna be named, I'll do the same thing I did in New Leaf: use a random word generator until something feels like it fits. My New Leaf village ended up being called Carousel, which was very cute, and felt right.
A lot of people assume we'll get a general direct first. Also, digital preorder timing seems to vary a lot from what I've seen but game-specific Directs tend to be pretty consistent at close to one month before launch.
(Also an insider that people here seem to put stock in said two directs this month with the AC one on the 20th)
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There must be something that can be managed as a cloud save without much risk. Collections (bugs, fish, etc), town layout and building progress? I'd just love some kind of safety net.
Look at that "Save Data Settings." Did they hear all our cries?!
There must be something that can be managed as a cloud save without much risk. Collections (bugs, fish, etc), town layout and building progress? I'd just love some kind of safety net.
Just in time for Valentine's Day is my guess!
I'm seriously dying for the pre-release Animal Crossing Direct. I'm so damn excited for the game, the new themed Switch, everything!
I'm seriously dying for the pre-release Animal Crossing Direct. I'm so damn excited for the game, the new themed Switch, everything!
I have started dreaming about the game so yeah, i'm in
I'd probably call my town/island like some star or constellation, being the last one Centauri. Maybe I'll go with venus, Ursa Maior or something.
Not particularly bothered with the crafting aspect, that's not what I don't like about Pocket Camp, but I sure hope there is some classic gameplay mixed in, part of what I love about Animal Crossing is that cozy routine
Anyways, less than one month to go!
I'd probably call my town/island like some star or constellation, being the last one Centauri. Maybe I'll go with venus, Ursa Maior or something.
Not particularly bothered with the crafting aspect, that's not what I don't like about Pocket Camp, but I sure hope there is some classic gameplay mixed in, part of what I love about Animal Crossing is that cozy routine
Anyways, less than one month to go!
With my depression at an all-time high, I can't wait to get lost in this wonderful world again <3
It looks so damn clean. The rainfall during nightime looks especially spectacular, from what I've seen. They've done an amazing job on the shadows and water effects etc. Not in this specific video but prior to this.
So ready to just chill out in the evenings with this game going about my AC business for a few hours before bed.
Island name I'm torn between Lordran and Kanto
Island name I'm torn between Lordran and Kanto
