For those that don't know what I'm talking about, New Leaf was the first game in the series to introduce major proportion changes to most of the villagers, such as larger limbs and bodies, that marked what future characters would look like from then on out. Some smaller-sized species went mostly unaffected, such as the ducks and squirrels. When the then-new designs of these villagers were first revealed, I could remember a few gamers being bothered that many of said villagers didn't look "cute" anymore, and that player villagers in particular looked dramatically different and somewhat unoriginal compared to older games. For me, I was never bothered by these changes, and I actually think they were much needed as the series slowly went toward an HD direction and the player could wear pants, skirts, shoes, socks and so on.
Take Rosie for example. On the left is her City Folk design, while the right is her New Leaf one:
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Not much of a difference otherwise, is there?
So, what about you? Did these proportion changes bother you at first? If they still do, how so?Not much of a difference otherwise, is there?