wowzah, it has been sometime since i’ve posted on these forums, huh?
almost as long as i’ve been away from the actual game.
oopsies.
wild indeed, marshal.
anyway, since it’s the 3rd anniversary of ac:nh and i’ve been in a big animal crossing mood the last week or so, i thought to myself; “hm, why not try to get back into the game?”
but i wanted to do it in a fun and unique way, and hey look, i found this (subjectively) fun and unique idea by nintentalk.
i’m around 2 months too late to the party but at least it means i don’t have to explain what hard mode is (and if i do, i just suggest clicking the link, i’m bad at explaining things).
so yeah, i download the game again, only took an hour and i have more than one switch so i’m privileged and didn't have to delete my old island (i swear i’ll finish it someday, might be on my death bed) andddd…
i hated the islands i got so bad i didn’t even pick one i just instantly rerolled lol. didn’t take a picture but i promise you 2 of them were double south rivers (not that they’re bad but i’ve had them twice and don’t really like the long and forever side beaches, just not for me.) and 3 of them had short docks and i wasn’t feeling a short dock. i’m not picky but size matters sometimes, y’know.
so i accepted my fate of having to get both my starter villagers photos before they can escape my island, but it won’t be too bad if they’re both good, right?
…right?
my starter villagers end up being billy and flo, who… i actually don’t mind too much, surprisingly. but then again when it comes to villagers i’m not too picky and my overall favorite villager is hazel so my taste is a bit abnormal to say the least.
also billy’s catchphrase is “dagnaabit” iirc. I can’t be too upset at that.
also also i just did some research on billy, his birthday is coming up on the 25th, yippee!
also also also i looked at what his house interior usually looks like. man am i glad i got him as a starter and not later down the line.
so, i start my new island life setting up the average college student’s house.
and because it's hard mode, i (try) to follow the rules. i make my own really well designed custom outfit (you won't see it on me in some pictures because i forgot to put it on after making it lol)
and i draw on my bulletin board with a horribly drawn sign, definitely nowhere near as good as my custom design outfit.
and because i know i'll be in poverty in terms of nook miles tickets, i make my passport.
it's a bit of work in progress. give me some time.
after that i do the typical stuff you do after resetting, aka paying for my house via nook miles system and giving nook fishes and insects so i can say hi to my homie blathers the next day.. which is actually the same day just around 5am since I'm playing around midnight.
oh, and here's the end-of-the-day map:
personally i love it. my only complaints being how close the town hall is to the airport (too close to do those cool bridge openers) and the airport color (which could've been worst ngl. just would've preferred blue).
i already have a few ideas for a few areas but i'll talk more about those ideas when i can actually execute them.
have a cute bonus picture:
i almost never play the game this late so i didn't even know timmy (or is that tommy) comes inside to read and sit on a pillow after it gets too late. very cute imo.
that'll be all for the first update! should have another post up very soon, though.
almost as long as i’ve been away from the actual game.
oopsies.
wild indeed, marshal.
anyway, since it’s the 3rd anniversary of ac:nh and i’ve been in a big animal crossing mood the last week or so, i thought to myself; “hm, why not try to get back into the game?”
but i wanted to do it in a fun and unique way, and hey look, i found this (subjectively) fun and unique idea by nintentalk.
i’m around 2 months too late to the party but at least it means i don’t have to explain what hard mode is (and if i do, i just suggest clicking the link, i’m bad at explaining things).
so yeah, i download the game again, only took an hour and i have more than one switch so i’m privileged and didn't have to delete my old island (i swear i’ll finish it someday, might be on my death bed) andddd…
i hated the islands i got so bad i didn’t even pick one i just instantly rerolled lol. didn’t take a picture but i promise you 2 of them were double south rivers (not that they’re bad but i’ve had them twice and don’t really like the long and forever side beaches, just not for me.) and 3 of them had short docks and i wasn’t feeling a short dock. i’m not picky but size matters sometimes, y’know.
so i accepted my fate of having to get both my starter villagers photos before they can escape my island, but it won’t be too bad if they’re both good, right?
…right?
my starter villagers end up being billy and flo, who… i actually don’t mind too much, surprisingly. but then again when it comes to villagers i’m not too picky and my overall favorite villager is hazel so my taste is a bit abnormal to say the least.
also billy’s catchphrase is “dagnaabit” iirc. I can’t be too upset at that.
also also i just did some research on billy, his birthday is coming up on the 25th, yippee!
also also also i looked at what his house interior usually looks like. man am i glad i got him as a starter and not later down the line.
so, i start my new island life setting up the average college student’s house.
and because it's hard mode, i (try) to follow the rules. i make my own really well designed custom outfit (you won't see it on me in some pictures because i forgot to put it on after making it lol)
and i draw on my bulletin board with a horribly drawn sign, definitely nowhere near as good as my custom design outfit.
and because i know i'll be in poverty in terms of nook miles tickets, i make my passport.
it's a bit of work in progress. give me some time.
after that i do the typical stuff you do after resetting, aka paying for my house via nook miles system and giving nook fishes and insects so i can say hi to my homie blathers the next day.. which is actually the same day just around 5am since I'm playing around midnight.
oh, and here's the end-of-the-day map:
personally i love it. my only complaints being how close the town hall is to the airport (too close to do those cool bridge openers) and the airport color (which could've been worst ngl. just would've preferred blue).
i already have a few ideas for a few areas but i'll talk more about those ideas when i can actually execute them.
have a cute bonus picture:
i almost never play the game this late so i didn't even know timmy (or is that tommy) comes inside to read and sit on a pillow after it gets too late. very cute imo.
that'll be all for the first update! should have another post up very soon, though.
