I love resetting the game over and over again. Don't ask me why, but I like repeating the first three days (even if I often complain about it), discovering a new map, new villagers... I like change, even if it's constant.
ACNH POSITIVITY Thread
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Bruscoe
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I think the lazy dialogue is the best in this game, but I've got to give a ton of credit to the sisterly dialogue. Cherry - the only sisterly villager I've had on my main island since around July 2020 - really knows how to make me feel better about myself. Take this piece of dialogue for example:
This was said after I talked to her for the first time in a month last November. It's relevant because this came at a time when my real life social life was going downhill. Despite the game's shared dialogue, this little moment made me appreciate Cherry a whole lot more as she's the only sisterly I've grown to known over a three year span. There's also been a few times where she's told me not to be afraid to talk to her about my problems, to "stay awesome", and that I can always cry on her shoulder if I needed to. If I could actually hug my villagers, I'd seriously cry in real life. I originally only moved her in as sort of a joke related to a certain Twitch streamer I watch, who had her in their New Leaf town and made hilarious jokes about her antics. Now, it'd be emotionally hard to replace her myself at this point.
Out of all the villager personalities in this game, Cherry's dialogue is the one where I've had the most amount of times wanting to cry happy tears. She may look tough on the outside, but believe me - she's got one of the biggest hearts my island's ever seen.
This was said after I talked to her for the first time in a month last November. It's relevant because this came at a time when my real life social life was going downhill. Despite the game's shared dialogue, this little moment made me appreciate Cherry a whole lot more as she's the only sisterly I've grown to known over a three year span. There's also been a few times where she's told me not to be afraid to talk to her about my problems, to "stay awesome", and that I can always cry on her shoulder if I needed to. If I could actually hug my villagers, I'd seriously cry in real life. I originally only moved her in as sort of a joke related to a certain Twitch streamer I watch, who had her in their New Leaf town and made hilarious jokes about her antics. Now, it'd be emotionally hard to replace her myself at this point.
Out of all the villager personalities in this game, Cherry's dialogue is the one where I've had the most amount of times wanting to cry happy tears. She may look tough on the outside, but believe me - she's got one of the biggest hearts my island's ever seen.
Shawna
AroAce, ASD, and Proud ^^
Awww I recently reset my island and I got Cherry for my starting sisterly. ^.^
And yeah, I feel this. While I do crave friendship and interaction, I feel like I mostly lean towards being introverted. I definitely relate to you and Cherry. I would also love a feature where you could hug your villagers. This would warm my heart so much...
I know I ready talked about this on here, but something else I love is when I get a letter from my villager to see how I am doing (goes for New Leaf too), especially if they are sent when you need them most. :,)
I love Cherry! Had her in NL, and she was one of my favorites.
I can’t believe it’s been nearly 4 years since booting this game up on day one. And what’s funny is: I have yet to even finish a town so far. Life happens, and when I would come back after a long time, I want to restart. Then, Switch crashes and had to buy a new one (didn’t know I could back my game up till after). But now, I am finally on my way to completing my town. And, I’m challenging myself not to terraform for the sake of my sanity lol.
While yes, I can list quite a few things I’m not a fan of, there are plenty I do love.
Everything is freaking gorgeous. They have added many things we have asked for, such as cooking (I know it’s not a cooking sim game, but as a fan of food, it would be awesome if they took things further in greater detail in the future!). Decorating my home doesn’t feel much like a chore anymore, and inspires me to take steps further. Gates. In-home walls. Homes/buildings on the beach, on cliffs, etc. Having better control over villagers not leaving when you want them to stay (no surprise move-ins and -outs lol). The cute stretches you can do in front of town hall. And more that I can’t think of at the top of my head.
Shawna
AroAce, ASD, and Proud ^^
So, I recently started an alt island in the Southern Hemisphere on the family Switch lite, and tonight, I noticed something seemingly small. :,)
I decided to make the alt island in the Southern Hemisphere, since I wanted a "backwards", if you will, experience . XDDDDD
(Note: I live in the northern hemisphere (in the state of Texas more specifically),
so my main island is obviously in the northern hemisphere).
Anyway, it appears that the moon illuminates the other way too...
As some of you know, if you are one to keep track, our moon is currently in the waning crescent phase. In real life in the northern hemisphere, the waning crescent is illuminated to the left. Whereas, in the southern hemisphere, it is illuminated to the right (vice-versa for the waxing crescent). So, I was happy to realize this tonight. <333
I know this is not a big deal to most people, but as an astronomy fanatic, I appreciate this attention to detail so much.
Hell, the resident representative I am using for my alt/southern hemisphere island is my OC Skye, and she is actually an astronomer. <3333
I do wish the moonrise and moonset schedule was more accurate to real life. In the game, it rises at around sunset and sets at around sunrise, whereas in real life, the schedule changes depending on the phase. The schedule I just mentioned only applies to when our moon is full (or during either of the gibbous phases). If we are in the new moon phase or either of the crescent phases, for example, the moon is actually mostly out during the day, and only out for the beginning (waxing) or end (waning) of the night.
I decided to make the alt island in the Southern Hemisphere, since I wanted a "backwards", if you will, experience . XDDDDD
(Note: I live in the northern hemisphere (in the state of Texas more specifically),
so my main island is obviously in the northern hemisphere).
Anyway, it appears that the moon illuminates the other way too...
As some of you know, if you are one to keep track, our moon is currently in the waning crescent phase. In real life in the northern hemisphere, the waning crescent is illuminated to the left. Whereas, in the southern hemisphere, it is illuminated to the right (vice-versa for the waxing crescent). So, I was happy to realize this tonight. <333I know this is not a big deal to most people, but as an astronomy fanatic, I appreciate this attention to detail so much.
Hell, the resident representative I am using for my alt/southern hemisphere island is my OC Skye, and she is actually an astronomer. <3333
I do wish the moonrise and moonset schedule was more accurate to real life. In the game, it rises at around sunset and sets at around sunrise, whereas in real life, the schedule changes depending on the phase. The schedule I just mentioned only applies to when our moon is full (or during either of the gibbous phases). If we are in the new moon phase or either of the crescent phases, for example, the moon is actually mostly out during the day, and only out for the beginning (waxing) or end (waning) of the night.
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TotodileStars
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A couple of small things that have probably been mentioned, but...
- It made me happy when I realised that villagers can't move out without the player's permission anymore - I can finally have all my dreamies in one place, without worrying about them disappearing if I don't play for a while!
- The extent to which islands can be customised. While I do also like using PWPs in New Leaf, it's nice to have more freedom and control over how the place looks. I've seen some really creative ideas that people have done because of it!
Shawna
AroAce, ASD, and Proud ^^
So, I found this on Reddit and I thought this was pretty neat.
The fact that Muffy recognizes that her birthday is on Valentine’s Day and the fact that this piece of dialogue is unique to only her.
The fact that Muffy recognizes that her birthday is on Valentine’s Day and the fact that this piece of dialogue is unique to only her.
Continuing the sisterly hype train, I love my two sisterlys, Paula and Hazel. I kept Hazel for a similar reason you kept Cherry, as a joke related to someone else (one of my college friends got a roommate named Hazel who was... weird lol), but grew to love her so much I transferred her to a new main island after I got bored of my Day 1 island, and then moved her back with me to my Day 1 island when I wanted to focus on it again!
Paula was my tenth villager on my Day 1 island and I HATED her at first bc I was unfamiliar with her and the other bears. I totally planned to move her, but just from random interactions with her I noticed how kind her dialogue became and she really made me feel welcome during a time when the entire world was shut down. She was the most relatable for both that and every time she spoke about moving away from home and her old friends- I had literally just moved to my first adult apartment and was living on my own, and had to leave behind some toxic "friends," so she was really there for me when I needed her. Sounds kinda sappy and lame, but I love this game for stuff like that!
Bruscoe
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It's not lame whatsoever. The biggest reason why I like this series so much is how much of an impact villagers can have on your mental wellbeing, regardless of repeated dialogue. I'm a male, and while I definitely look like one in real life, I have female villagers in my signature because I just like some of them so much (Dotty especially):
Seeing Dotty smile simply makes me happy, and she's even my camp caretaker in Pocket Camp. The real life connection of her with a pet I once had only made the emotion stronger. If I feel like I'm having a bad day and come here wanting to vent, I look at her in one of my posts and I feel more at ease. I don't really know myself why my mind is wired like this, but if cute Animal Crossing stuff helps to make me feel better, then I've found my perfect coping tool.
And when I play the game for the first time in a while, Dotty will be all like, "Finally! I get to talk to you! I... I legit missed you." and appear all worried. I know that all the peppy villagers (like Patty who's also on the same island) say this as well, but for some reason, seeing that she missed me felt real to me. Forget about my real life relationship woes - it doesn't take much for this game to make me smile.
It's been 4+ years since new horizons came out, and yeah I know a lot of people are "finished" or bored with it.... but how great of a game is it that you can forget about it for months, pop it open on a random day months later, and still enjoy it a lot. All time great game!
did you catch anything good!!?The hourly music for 1 AM and 2 AM are now my new favorite songs in ACNH. I heard them for the first time while staying up to catch rare bugs, and it was honestly worth it.
QueenCobra
Snacky daddies
Finally found all the deep-sea creatures! My next goal is finishing the art section of the museum…which might prove harder than it sounds. (I already finished the fossil section. I’ll get the the bugs and fish later.)
Millysaurusrexjr
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I forgot how pleasant the graphics are.. this game is just so pretty
The ability to put furniture outside was a great addition to the game. If any of the older AC games get a reboot, that and the ability to make different cuts of clothing are the two things I'd like to carry over from NH.
I realize I’m quoting some pretty old quotes but why not xD !
Indeed, I like the degree of the immersion the game has. It’s a nice escape to one’s figurative (and to an extent literal) island.
I always get a laugh by Blathers when he wakes up in the day. Never gets old.
Indeed, I like the degree of the immersion the game has. It’s a nice escape to one’s figurative (and to an extent literal) island.
Ahh yes!
I love the random Naruto running xD ! One time I saw a couple of them doing it.
I always get a laugh by Blathers when he wakes up in the day. Never gets old.
Shawna
AroAce, ASD, and Proud ^^
Maybe it’s because of the new 3.0 update making improvements to crafting and scallop rewards, but I have been feeling oddly attached to Pascal lately.
I know a lot of his dialogue is meant to be silly, but a lot of it is also genuinely very sweet, offering friendship, comfort, and reassurance. Prior to the 3.0 update, I was very impatient with the crafting, so I never really took advantage of the mermaid items, even if they are some of my favorites in the game. But now, it’s a lot easier to craft and collect them. He also gave me a gorgeous mermaid princess dress a few days ago. It also helps that he gives both a pearl and a mermaid-themed clothing/DIY now after the update, and not just one or the other like before.
And the crafting goes for in general. It’s so much easier to craft now. You can bulk craft, items are pulled from your storage, you can store stuff you weren’t previously able to. I honestly got impatient with it before 3.0, so I hardly used it up until the new update.
The crafting improvements have honestly been a game changer for me. I’m not the most patient person, and I don’t deal with tedium very well, so crafting often got overwhelming for me. I’m grateful Nintendo finally gave us the crafting improvements we’ve been wanting on for years. It really goes to show that some simple quality of life updates can go along way.
I know a lot of his dialogue is meant to be silly, but a lot of it is also genuinely very sweet, offering friendship, comfort, and reassurance. Prior to the 3.0 update, I was very impatient with the crafting, so I never really took advantage of the mermaid items, even if they are some of my favorites in the game. But now, it’s a lot easier to craft and collect them. He also gave me a gorgeous mermaid princess dress a few days ago. It also helps that he gives both a pearl and a mermaid-themed clothing/DIY now after the update, and not just one or the other like before.
And the crafting goes for in general. It’s so much easier to craft now. You can bulk craft, items are pulled from your storage, you can store stuff you weren’t previously able to. I honestly got impatient with it before 3.0, so I hardly used it up until the new update.
The crafting improvements have honestly been a game changer for me. I’m not the most patient person, and I don’t deal with tedium very well, so crafting often got overwhelming for me. I’m grateful Nintendo finally gave us the crafting improvements we’ve been wanting on for years. It really goes to show that some simple quality of life updates can go along way.
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I became really into Animal Crossing: New Horizons years ago, and it has opened up so much for me, like new friends, Nookazon, and the Bell Tree Forums. It's a chill place where I can get creative, be myself, and chat w/ friends. I really love the music and graphics that the game has, and the 3.0.0 update made it even better, meaning Nintendo actually gave people like me who completed their assignment early something new to do.
And honestly, if I never clicked on that trailer video for the game, I would not even BE on this site. So ig that's just the power of 2020.
And honestly, if I never clicked on that trailer video for the game, I would not even BE on this site. So ig that's just the power of 2020.
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