i love new horizons, but i’m honestly really disappointed that nintendo stopped updating it when they did. the base game and 2.0 provided some amazing features, items, etc, but to be honest, the fact that the base game and the updates we did get were mostly based around decorating and events, it feels like the heart of the game is still missing… at least in my opinion. so much focus was put on decorating, terraforming, crafting, etc, that the sense of community, little details and characters that the previous games had were put on the back burner. of course, i know that there’s only so many features that can be put into a game before it begins to feel crowded and overwhelming, but man. i miss pelly, pete, phyllis and the post office. i miss the campsite being an igloo in the winter instead of the usual tent. i miss tortimer’s island, club tortimer and minigames. i miss dr. shrunk. i miss blanca and april fools day. i miss katie and having to escort her to other towns. i miss rover greeting us at the start of the game. i miss a lot, and i know this thread isn’t a discussion about that, but nintendo’s decision to stop updating it has ruined any chance of those features/characters ever returning in this instalment, and that sucks. it’s not a matter of new horizons not having anything to do, the game has plenty of activities; it’s a matter of it still missing something, and that something is incredibly important to me and a lot of other people. at times, it feels more like a decorative spinoff like HHD than it does a mainline animal crossing game because of how much focus is on decoration and terraforming. it’s like nintendo put in terraforming and more creative freedom than ever before (which i’m very grateful for, don’t get me wrong) and went “this should be enough to keep people entertained for years”... but it’s not. there’s only so much decorating and terraforming you can do before you’re content with your island and/or you get burnt out.
on the topic of overwhelming, 2.0 was exactly that. at least for me, and i believe i saw a few others say something similar around the time that it dropped. 2.0 was incredible and brought so much to the game that i (and others) thought would never see the light of day, but the amount of new content that dropped all at once was pretty overwhelming. it’s a personal problem, but i get overwhelmed easily by lots of exciting things going on and being introduced at the same time, and this was made worse by the fact that my cat had passed away just a few days prior and i was in no headspace to be overwhelmed anymore than i already was, even by something as great as 2.0. i still want all the content in the game, but i think it would’ve been more digestible if it was dropped in smaller updates rather than one big one. HHP definitely should’ve been its own update at least. smaller updates would have given us something to look forward to for a while longer, instead of everything dropping in november 2021 and that being the end of it. nintendo adding in the rest of the zodiac figurines in a surprise minor update was lovely, but i imagine that may be the last of their surprises where new horizons is concerned.
i know that some of the community (not anyone on here) were *******s about the lack of content and updates prior to 2.0, but i genuinely don’t understand why they’d stop updating new horizons after less than 2 years when like you said, it’s their #1 best-selling switch game. i get they want to focus on other games such as splatoon 3 and can only add so much to new horizons, but still. plus, the fact that i don’t think they even acknowledged new horizons’ second year anniversary? i’m not talking about a lack of surprise update, or even a second anniversary cake item in-game, either. on march 20th, i checked nintendo’s social media accounts, including the official animal crossing twitter account, and i didn’t see them mention new horizons’ anniversary anywhere. it’s like they’re pretending the game doesn’t exist or isn’t important to them anymore, and that’s just… yikes.
so, no, less than 2 years of updates isn’t really okay, just like them releasing an ‘unfinished’ game wasn’t really okay, either, nor is them not even acknowledging it anymore. it probably doesn’t seem like it considering this post lmao, but i really love new horizons with all my heart, and i hate that nintendo dropped the ball as quickly as they did. i hate that i, and so many others, are getting burnt out so soon and/or have stopped playing entirely. maybe i have high expectations since new leaf kept me (and this community) entertained for a lot longer than 2 years, even without the WA update, but damn.
on the topic of overwhelming, 2.0 was exactly that. at least for me, and i believe i saw a few others say something similar around the time that it dropped. 2.0 was incredible and brought so much to the game that i (and others) thought would never see the light of day, but the amount of new content that dropped all at once was pretty overwhelming. it’s a personal problem, but i get overwhelmed easily by lots of exciting things going on and being introduced at the same time, and this was made worse by the fact that my cat had passed away just a few days prior and i was in no headspace to be overwhelmed anymore than i already was, even by something as great as 2.0. i still want all the content in the game, but i think it would’ve been more digestible if it was dropped in smaller updates rather than one big one. HHP definitely should’ve been its own update at least. smaller updates would have given us something to look forward to for a while longer, instead of everything dropping in november 2021 and that being the end of it. nintendo adding in the rest of the zodiac figurines in a surprise minor update was lovely, but i imagine that may be the last of their surprises where new horizons is concerned.
i know that some of the community (not anyone on here) were *******s about the lack of content and updates prior to 2.0, but i genuinely don’t understand why they’d stop updating new horizons after less than 2 years when like you said, it’s their #1 best-selling switch game. i get they want to focus on other games such as splatoon 3 and can only add so much to new horizons, but still. plus, the fact that i don’t think they even acknowledged new horizons’ second year anniversary? i’m not talking about a lack of surprise update, or even a second anniversary cake item in-game, either. on march 20th, i checked nintendo’s social media accounts, including the official animal crossing twitter account, and i didn’t see them mention new horizons’ anniversary anywhere. it’s like they’re pretending the game doesn’t exist or isn’t important to them anymore, and that’s just… yikes.
so, no, less than 2 years of updates isn’t really okay, just like them releasing an ‘unfinished’ game wasn’t really okay, either, nor is them not even acknowledging it anymore. it probably doesn’t seem like it considering this post lmao, but i really love new horizons with all my heart, and i hate that nintendo dropped the ball as quickly as they did. i hate that i, and so many others, are getting burnt out so soon and/or have stopped playing entirely. maybe i have high expectations since new leaf kept me (and this community) entertained for a lot longer than 2 years, even without the WA update, but damn.
