Avoid opening presents from sketchy people/people that you don't know

[Underneath The Stars]

I always go to item dumps and they are usually wrapped as a cute little surprise looks like that isn’t going to happen anymore..

Oooop! Looks like I'm not trading with people I don't recognize until this gets patched! How awful. It's hard to tell as a trader if something is hacked and not to touch it when its dropped like that. Yikes!

I guess I won’t be picking up wrapped gifts from online traders until this is patched o: it’s messed up for people to try to ruin other people’s games with these items tho
Hopefully Nintendo fixes this fast!!

i hate that innocent stuff like this, people do as an act of kindness, could get ruined by things like this
i hope this doesn't become a bigger thing. because wrapped gifts giveaways have been a thing and for people to play a prank like this is so malicious. i know the hackers who'd do something like this is just a small percentage but, still. nintendo should fix this soon & prohibit this from happening.

 

[Debeers]

This is terrible! I sometimes liked to wrap a thank-you gift when visiting other islands, guess won’t do it any more.

 

[Hilbunny]

Wow this is awful. Animal crossing is such a sweet game...why would you ruin something someone is enjoying? some people do want to watch the world burn

 

[That Marshal Fangirl]

Yikes, thanks for the info. I've definitely gone to gift giveaways where the presents are wrapped up.

 

[Insulaire]

I mean, if it’s any comfort, like a lot of trading, you’re probably still safe going to a gift giveaway from anyone on this forum

 

[Underneath The Stars]

I mean, if it’s any comfort, like a lot of trading, you’re probably still safe going to a gift giveaway from anyone on this forum

that's true!
they wouldn't dare. as the word will go fast.

just be careful who you'll trade with outside tbt. sometimes it's obvious when a giveaway is sketchy.

 

[Katzenjammer]

Whoa...I am super glad I read this before doing my belated b-day thing.. o__o;; Thank you so much for the info!

 

[Bcat]

Aaaaaaand now I have to have ppl worry about my wrapped mystery presents that I’ve had sitting out since the game came out. Thanks.

 

[Miss Misty]

Thanks for the heads up! It never ceases to amaze me the lengths griefers will go to...

 

[Bcat]

I wonder if restoring a backup from your island would fix this? You would probably have to disable the automatic backups right after this happened though, so that it wouldn’t backup over your clean save. I would contact Nintendo first thing if this happened to me. At the very least, it makes them aware of it so that they can fix it faster.

 

[DJStarstryker]

I've never understood why some people apparently get enjoyment out of ruining others' games.

 

[HappyTails]

That's terrible that people would do that. People honestly really have nothing else better to do than to find ways to ruin other people's game. SMH. I hope Nintendo fixes it soon.

The thing that really gets me is that people like this is ruining it for everyone because they are making who are trustworthy and wouldn't do something like look bad. It's annoying. I hope Nintendo find a way to ban on people who do stuff like this.

And this is another reason I don't like auto saving. The game auto saves and you are stuck with the hacked items, unless you are fast in realizing you've been had and turns the game off before it auto saves.

 

[mangoe]

I guess there are bad apples in every batch- the animal crossing community is one of the sweetest communities I have ever joined.

 

[DJStarstryker]

Since it wasn't brought up specifically - does anyone know if we can put these things in a trash can to get rid of them? If we can, that could be a solution to get rid of them if affected.

 

[Serabee]

just putting it out there because i see some misinformation about the issue: it has been confirmed that you can't rewrap, sell or drop them so just be careful guys and don't accept wrapped gifts from people you don't trust!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1297642792731082752

Since it wasn't brought up specifically - does anyone know if we can put these things in a trash can to get rid of them? If we can, that could be a solution to get rid of them if affected.

In the other post I quoted, it says they can't be thrown away

 

[DJStarstryker]

In the other post I quoted, it says they can't be thrown away

Aww, too bad. I was hoping for an easy solution. Well, hopefully Nintendo patches this out. Be careful until then, everyone!

 

[Selky]

Hopefully nintendo throws out a quick patch on that. That's really unfortunate.

 

[Serabee]

Aww, too bad. I was hoping for an easy solution. Well, hopefully Nintendo patches this out. Be careful until then, everyone!

I'm guessing Nintendo will patch this super quick- I wouldn't be surprised if we get an emergency patch in the next couple of days. They can be lazy with some glitches, but this one is probably their top glitch priority right now.

But this is one of the reasons I don't go to giveaways. I'm just so paranoid (the other is that I don't want to fill my catalog too fast for fear of running out of things to do ). I remember reading about "seeding" in WW and that scared me so bad

 

[Shellzilla_515]

*Sighs*

I'm that person who barely goes online, but I feel for those having to fear that they may potentially get these kinds of presents from people they don't know. Some people want to watch the world burn...

 

[wanderlust//]

This is scary lol now I’m never opening any presents