To those who haven’t played New Leaf in a while…

[Nenya]

I went back to playing my two unfinished NL towns when I read that the servers are going down this spring. I enjoyed it, except for the usual frustration of tiny pocket space and storage. Missed catching a lot of bugs and fish, too, and thought I had lost my touch but it came back fairly quickly. Just finished my town called Wagtales (5 cats and 5 dogs) and set the DA, which is below in my signature. My fifth town, Bell Tree, is finished, too, but I won't be making a dream town of it.

The graphics of any decent game are not much of an issue for me. My NL towns still look pretty, imo. However, I did do the grass regrowth trick in both towns!

 

[raeandaaronsmom]

Same just started playing again demolished town need friends friend code is 1032-1679-1861 Jen or Momma

 

[Roxxy]

I actually found my ds and went back on today after longer than I can even think about.

Honestly it was fun but felt a little lost. My town is finished I guess. It looks better than I remember. When I don’t go on nh there are so many weeds and a lot of upkeep. NL my town actually looks good. I spent a lot of time and effort over the years.

Patterns in nh I struggled with. In nl I have decking over my whole island with paths and steps. NH is so much about terraforming. I forgot how good NL was. I am definitely going to play more. I don’t know about visiting as I am nervous and can cope kind of in nh but never done in nl.

Checked my bank and I have 15 million+ honestly no idea what to do with it

 

[micat]

For me, going back to New Leaf after playing NH felt a bit odd at first. It wasn’t the graphics, but the lack of certain QOL features made NL harder to enjoy. I had to get used to not seeing clothing or furniture before using them, and the smaller inventory again.

I actually made a new town in 2021 and I remember the experience being enjoyable. But after a while, I felt a bit frustrated (I was TT-ing a lot and trying to get a bunch of stuff done), so I abandoned the town… I also got super busy around this time, so it just felt like Animal Crossing didn’t work for me anymore.

However, I recently came back to this town more excited than ever. I still have some things left to finish and some PWPs to add :> I do like how there’s so much to unlock in this game. I don’t even mind the inventory or storage anymore.