Anyone else excited for when this game loses popularity?

[mayortiffany]

I've been playing since New Leaf, and I actually appreciate that the Animal Crossing community has grown. The more people who play, the more people to trade with! Because of the extended community, we've gotten things like Animal Crossing Exchange and Nookazon, helpful additions to the community that I don't think would have existed otherwise without an influx of new fans.

The more new fans stick around in the years to come, the more that Nintendo will hopefully see that Animal Crossing is a worthwhile game to invest in, and they will continue to update the game, make new ones, and create more merch!

 

[meggiewes]

I don't mind the popularity it is getting, but it can be exhausting. I am willing to bet that a lot of people who are doing it because it is the new thing might drop it once they get bored with it. I only hope that some of those people just fall in love with the game and become new fans to play it for at least a year or more.

What gets my goat is when my friends (who are brand new to the series and loving it) get to a certain point and get stuck. They ask me for advice on what to do and ask me something very simple that is answered for you just by reading the text in the game. So, I ask them what they remember reading about it first and they say that they didn't actually read any of the dialogue for the game and just button mashed through it. Yes, I do hold my tongue, but I also remind them to actually read the dialogue.

 

[Xara]

i personally like the pace of the community rn - i still play the game i want to but it’s nice to see so many people playing and excited ;u;

 

[DJStarstryker]

This game is definitely super popular. Nintendo mentioned in their quarterly report that the game has already sold more than they expected it to for lifetime sales. Meaning they expected it to take years to sell this much. It's not just generic hype though. NH came out at the right time for everyone, with these crazy world events.

I don't mind it being popular. I don't feel pressure from other players. I just do what I want to in-game. Don't compare yourself and your island to what you see online. Take it at your own pace.

 

[Mick]

I kinda like it being mainstream, I never had this many people to play with back on new leaf! I am definitely playing at a slow pace and I'm making no effort to rush my island decorations or my game progress. If people want to obtain everything now, they can go ahead and do the thing with the entry fees and the auctions and the NMT and all of the other nonsense but if that's not something you enjoy, you can just kinda... Not take part in it? It works for me.

I usually joke that I am 'more competitive than you' but this game really isn't a race... And I have no interest in making it one.

 

[Orieii]

I love the popularity AC is receiving, but I'd also like everything to calm down lol. People are now overpricing Nintendo Switches and Animal Crossing due to the hype, and it sucks I feel so bad for those who were looking forward to purchasing this game My heart..

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Honestly tho, I wish even more people played it, lol. The more the merrier AC deserves it

 

[issh0mans]

I love the popularity AC is receiving, but I'd also like everything to calm down lol. People are now overpricing Nintendo Switches and Animal Crossing due to the hype, and it sucks I feel so bad for those who were looking forward to purchasing this game My heart..

it's very upsetting.
i really wanted to get an AC switch, but can't/couldn't with the exorbitant prices scalpers are charging.
my friend really wants to get a switch + animal crossing but can't with no restocks and the $700+ price tag on just regular switches.
this stuff sucks man. ​

 

[Angelbearpuppy]

I think the new growth for the community is good for the game. A community needs new blood to keep growing. And like it has been pointed out the true fans will stay.

 

[Jacob]

Yes and no, I think New Leaf's life-line was so long even with a calmer community, that this new popularity might mean New Horizons will just last even longer. I like that there's always animal crossing news online and that I'm not alone in my IRL friends who plays anymore. But I do think it made it's way into some unsavory parts of media consumption. People online on certain sites can be very irritating lol

 

[Sephiroth]

I see the boom of ACNH in the same manner as when Pokemon Go came out. Took a few months until the super new casuals left, then experienced players who jumped onto the hype. After some time all I see playing are super cringey people, hardcore people, and people who actually just like the game for what it is and plays for fun.

Happened with NL too.

 

[_Donut_]

This game could not have had a better launch time to be honest

 

[Mairen]

Honestly, I'm not. While I do acknowledge that the more people who get into something, the higher rate of negative experiences comes with that too... but we have to consider that there are also so many more positive experiences to balance that out. I think a world where everyone plays animal crossing and enjoys it honestly from the bottom of their hearts would be a beautiful world. Also, as things become more popular, it encourages the producers to give us even more content of it. If New Horizons never became as popular as it was, do you think they'd have decided to re-release the amiibo cards? Maybe yes, maybe no, but you cannot deny that the surge in popularity certainly helped them make that decision. It may also encourage for other merchandise like plushies or other merchandise? Who knows what will come of this. But I mostly see it as a positive. It's true that the game's popularity will eventually slow down, regardless. But for now, I'm going to see this popularity as a good thing that may help to expand this franchise way further and allow us to enjoy it more and more.

 

[nammie]

No, it's so much easier to trade when there's so many people playing, and I'm hoping because it's so popular Nintendo releases more merch/amiibos lol

Plus I love being able to talk to my friends (who never really had an interest in animal crossing before) about acnh and send them memes and stuff!!

 

[Taj]

I see your point; but heavens no. I've finally got my close friends playing it, and now I don't feel bad flexing my 1055 hours on new leaf

 

[Fluuffy]

I think i’m one of those people >.<‘ Government is slowly easing up the lockdown policies and I am requested by my employer to go back to work in a week. Many people are probably in the same boat. I had so much time this past month that I can’t even believe the amount of play time i’ve accumulated just for this game. I’m still going to play but not as much anymore. Maybe check in for updates. Many are for sure still going to play as I notice this site never really dies down. Noticed this back in NL even after joining a year after game release.

 

[Druidsleep]

No, I enjoy Animal Crossing being a general topic. And more popularity means more merch available in my area, which is usually quite rare.

Ahh I never thought of March! After you knows what is lifted you know what I'm gonna buy!

 

[kemdi]

One one hand, I'm so glad the game is finally getting the recognition it deserves!

On the other hand, I admit that I am finding it more difficult to connect to community as easily as I did with previous games. Its to a point now, where I have a small group of three friends that I play with regularly and really only try to connect with others when I have to trade, because the 'competition' play style annoys me.

 

[miraxe]

Nah. I keep seeing people talk about how calm and nice things were when New Leaf came out, and I've come to the conclusion that we must have been playing two different games haha.

I played New Leaf basically religiously from when I got it (around Black Friday 2013) until 2019. It was the same thing. People were still paying crazy prices for villagers. People like me (I'm not innocent and I'll be the first to admit it!) with good villager luck took advantage of that to make serious bells to pay crazy prices for furniture. If you thought Gracie Grace sets were expensive, wait until you see the prices I paid just for the convenience of not having to customize the whole Rococo set or to earn Mermaid furniture on my own.

There were still lots and lots of scammers, as there always have been and always will be. I remember having to google everyone's 3DS friend code before letting them into my town. It's a lot nicer now since you don't really lose anything. You're just mildly inconvenienced if someone plucks your flowers, for example.

The insane love/hate people have for villagers now? Also still a thing back when New Leaf was out. You're forgetting the meltdowns people would have over getting a voided StreetPass villager they didn't want or how people would show up to your town to buy an item and try to get you to cycle out a villager that was their dreamie (sorry friend, I ain't got time for that). Same thing with the racing for perfect towns. At least now things are in your control more or less. New Leaf had people doing some impressive reset magic to get their towns all nice and pretty, and don't even get me started on the cycling resets. Speaking of resets, I see people stress resetting their islands now and all of these comments about how it's so easy to feel bad about your island compared to other people's, but that was also still a thing in New Leaf. I think it was actually more of a thing in New Leaf since you couldn't just terraform, move buildings, or island hop for new villagers. I think most people held someone's stuff for them while they reset on New Leaf, had their items held by another player, or both.

I think people are just being nostalgic, especially people who haven't played New Leaf in years. New Leaf was just as crazy as New Horizons is. Being less popular wouldn't do anything about that other than make it less visible. Casual games have a way of evolving into something more intense than games that were designed to be intense in the first place- hope that makes sense. It's not limited to Animal Crossing. Look at how intense Pokemon breeding gets. :d

I'm really happy the community is so big now. Towards the end of New Leaf's life cycle, it got pretty lonesome when it came to things like trading or even just visiting others. I'm like 99% sure I was just hanging out with kids young enough to be my kids on Club Tortimer at the end there.

 

[FireNinja1]

Not...really? There's obviously quite a bit of hype around Animal Crossing, in part because it's a new game and in part because of COVID, but I don't see it as a bad thing per se. Having popularity means that there's more active communities around Animal Crossing; I fail to see why that's bad on balance.

If the game's popularity falls off, then there's less people to trade with and talk about Animal Crossing with. There's obviously some downsides to having a game become much more mainstream / played (e.g. people being a lot more greedy, although that's more of an issue on communities besides TBT), but I think those downsides are far outweighed by the benefits.

 

[cheezu]

I'm just waiting for the amiibo card prices to drop at this point.
I so badly regret not buying more before the game was released.