How many times did you reset to get your map?

[Rose]

I'd say somewhere around a hundred and fifty times for my current map, but the one before it took three full days of constant resetting as I went about my normal activities. If the opening sequence takes under two minutes to get to the map reveal, that's a shamefully high number of resets just to cater to some really specific demands I had in mind.

In my defense, I kept screwing up the placement of my house.

 

[Moonfall]

Over 20 hours of straight resetting.

 

[ItsMilkypink]

Between 15 and 30 resets for me, and my map is pretty much perfect. I didn't have anything too specific in mind, that may have played a part in how quickly I found a good map.

 

[Mairmalade]

Seven resets. Not bad at all.

 

[Ivory Wolf]

I've been trying to get a good map for a day. I want my beach on the right. a river that begins in the middle of town and flows south. A peninsula for my house. That there is no secret beach. That the access to the motorhome area is clear without buildings in front.

 

[Euphy]

Pretty sure it took me at least 50 resets for Litheon back then and believe me I was lucky that it didn’t took me days or weeks. I was super picky, had a list to check that included:

-Exact one map shape, I didn’t want anything else
-Circle grass
-Cherry fruit
-Campsite entrance is right at the left top most, next to plaza
-Town hall is on the other side of plaza, close proximity
-Retail is on the bottom part of the map and at a desirable place
-No villager house on the right top part of bottom slice of the map, where I wanted my mayor’s house to be
-2 or 3 ponds, no more no less

edit: current map for reference

 

[LadyDestani]

I did not reset at all for my first town, Sakura. I didn't have anything specific in mind, so I just picked my favorite of the first 4 maps that Rover showed me and I've been very happy with it. I did want cherries as my native fruit but I never considered resetting for them and luckily I got them anyway.

For my second town, Nocturne, I had a couple of requirements:

1. I wanted the river that cuts diagonally through town and looks like steps.
2. I wanted a large open space somewhere in the northern part of town to place my mayor's house.

I didn't care about grass patterns, native fruit, villagers, or anything else. I can't remember exactly how many times I had to reset to meet those two requirements, but I know I was resetting for around an hour. Not too bad, in my opinion.

 

[CasualWheezer]

I've never reset my town for my map or reset it at all. I feel that my map layout is a bit weird since there aren't that many open spaces and there's a piece of land that's narrow and far away from everything else which also made my beach cut in two and for the other part to be a very small piece of land. But I don't feel that it's a big deal and nothing worth resetting over.

 

[JKDOS]

My main island, 0. I knew the cans and can'ts of terraforming from before release, so I took the first map I seen with a west/east river outlet. At this time, I didn't know there were 2 different sizes of docks or the fact that some beaches have huge boulders obstructing them. For whatever reason, I didn't concern myself with the Town Hall's position, which is bothersome now. I'm guessing I was just too excited to get started that night. That last thing is I didn't know the importance of the airport color. Though I did luck out and get Yellow.

On my second island, I reset probably 10 times just to get the near perfect beach, dock, airport color, and Town Hall placement.

 

[huuussein]

back when i created my town almost 5 years ago, i barely had a clue what to look for in a good map, but i had one of my friends help me decide! all i was really looking out for was a good placement of the re-tail store and the town hall! looking back though i was also really lucky with how my river was flowing in my town so over all i'm still happy with it all those years later .. oh i suppose i forgot to answer your initial question lol!! i only had to reset once i believe

 

[acnh.eclipse]

I’m going through the exact same thing...Still. I started 2 days ago and still haven’t got one my requirements are
•Re-Tail close to dock
•Plaza and town hall close to train station
•Limited Ponds
•And the map has to feel right

 

[mermaidshelf]

Back then I didn't even know we could reset to get another town layout so I didn't restart at all. When I found out that you could, I felt tempted but I had put so much work into it that I didn't want to lose all the work I had done. I don't regret it because I love my map and I don't think I would've been able to find a better map but I do wish I reset for different native fruit so I could have a better perfect fruit like perfect apples. I made it work in the end though. I reset my New Horizons map like at least a hundred times though because I didn't want to have any regrets.

 

[bleached]

I didn't think of resetting for a good map! :'0 I got a pretty decent map though. I'll probably going to put fake water paths down and have a lot of flower patches. I haven't played New Leaf in a while, since I'm still planning what I want to do with my town ^^;

 

[Elias_]

I actually didn't reset for my map but for getting Stitches. I even remember that when I finally got him, I chose a map I didn't like because I was almost giving up. It grew on me, though, and took around 7 hours to get. I still remember this very well since I was so excited to play the game but couldn't because I spent all the time resetting

 

[letisbloom]

I never reset my map

 

[.: Meri :.]

I was planning to reset for my map when I first started, but I ended up not needing to. The main things I was looking for were a central town tree, not too many ponds, and a river that didn't create a narrow strip of land at the top. One of the first maps Rover showed me fit the bill pretty well, so I went with it.

 

[Hunter_Gr33n]

Not once. Actually, I had no idea you could do that.
And yes, I'm bumping up a thread from 2021. Fight me.

 

[Seastar]

I simply didn't. The map layout wasn't extremely important to me and somehow I also got 2 villagers I wanted immediately so I didn't reset at all.

 

[kisaker39]

3 times. i suppose i got lucky.

 

[KittenNoir]

I surprisingly did not restart my game at all I just went with whatever I had originally.