Can’t visit a random dream....

[Lavulin98]

This is pretty stupid on their part if there are no random islands. If you’re part of an AC forum or group it’s probably not that big a problem but for other people they’ll probably just have Dream addresses of people they already know, which makes it pointless to even use the dream suite.

You literally can just google dream addresses on twitter or youtube and whatnot. Is not that hard at all to find towns to visit. Its at your fingertips.

 

[milraen]

I’m really disappointed about this. Now we have to go online to search for a dream address, pick one, type it in. I just want to relax and visit random islands

 

[Flygon]

You literally can just google dream addresses on twitter or youtube and whatnot. Is not that hard at all to find towns to visit. Its at your fingertips.

I don't like that you have to visit outside sources. Especially since sharing dream addresses will be popular now but will trail off later.

It also means that people that aren't active asking for visitors won't even have a CHANCE to get a visit. And their town might be rad, and that sucks.

 

[Lavulin98]

I don't like that you have to visit outside sources. Especially since sharing dream addresses will be popular now but will trail off later.

It also means that people that aren't active asking for visitors won't even have a CHANCE to get a visit. And their town might be rad, and that sucks.

There is no way to tell how many people visited your town in dreams. In new leaf it used to tell you the number, but here, there isn't. So even't if you actively promote your town, you never know how your promo did anyway.
People not actively asking for visitors are not interested in visitors. simple. it shouldn't bother them that their island won't be randomly visited in a dream.

 

[LittleMissPanda]

Just another reason why NL is superior (soundtrack, furniture variety, ordinances, I could go on). Leave it to Nintendo to bring back a feature only to screw it up somehow someway. "One step forward, two steps back" as always.

It's actually amusing to me, how so many people were so excited to have the Dream Suite back, and then Nintendo just takes it all away.

 

[bebebese]

The only times I used the random town feature, I got nothing special. I prefer knowing I'll get a good town with a code.
That being said I did like being able to search by town or mayor name although that was hit or miss too lol

 

[Flygon]

There is no way to tell how many people visited your town in dreams. In new leaf it used to tell you the number, but here, there isn't. So even't if you actively promote your town, you never know how your promo did anyway.
People not actively asking for visitors are not interested in visitors. simple. it shouldn't bother them that their island won't be randomly visited in a dream.

I found the lack of even minor feedback to be a bummer as well. There are now two frustrating choices we're discussing. XD I don't find that line of argumentation persuasive. "You shouldn't want the thing because they took out another thing you want that made the original thing more meaningful."

Why are you invested in how other people feel about this? I've paid for this update with my initial purchase of the game. I enjoyed the previous version's features that were explicitly left out, I'd like them back. You don't feel the same, which is fine. No one is "wrong" here.

 

[wanderlust//]

That’s upsetting. I was actually hoping for this. Also, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to go to another dream while in a dream, instead of having to go through tons of dialogue and animations to sleep again and go to another dream? QoL!!

 

[MaxM]

I swear the designers of this game have a dartboard of "flaws" they fire at for every feature. There are always has to be something wrong or unnecessary with everything (like how you can't get changed or use the Able fitting room in the scuba outfits or how you can get items sent home from Harv's Island but not Mystery Islands) Nintendo always seems to take one step forward and one step back.

If it was a new feature it wouldn't be so bad but to let us do random in New Leaf but not now is just so frustrating. I don't want to only visit 5 star perfectly manicured islands people share online.

Maybe someone with a big reach online (Twitter following, Nintendo site?) should make a petition to bring random dreams back?

 

[Lavulin98]

I found the lack of even minor feedback to be a bummer as well. There are now two frustrating choices we're discussing. XD I don't find that line of argumentation persuasive. "You shouldn't want the thing because they took out another thing you want that made the original thing more meaningful."

Why are you invested in how other people feel about this? I've paid for this update with my initial purchase of the game. I enjoyed the previous version's features that were explicitly left out, I'd like them back. You don't feel the same, which is fine. No one is "wrong" here.

I've waited a loong ass time for this dream suite update because I actively visit towns and it was a huge pain to do it with the host there and connection error, paying fees etc. Even in new leaf I did a ton of dream hopping and I found the random feature and the sort by name feature useless. in 9 out of 10 cases it would take you to beginner towns that are not developed at all. so even then I would search for codes. So I just roll my eyes at people complaining how difficult it is to find a dream address, when it is not. not hard at that's all.

I do wish they would have shown numbers tho. I love stats.

 

[windwake-me-up-inside]

Animal crossing is catored towards kids, but all ages play. I know there was a lot of issues back in the day of kids clicking the random option and getting horror towns full of gore custom designs, or really messed up glitchy towns. Probably was removed in favor of friends sending each other codes to try and avoid that.

As for us adults, we can search in a web browser, a forum, or social media for towns and can therefore better curate the towns we visit. I'd rather this than have several kids stumble on a town like the japanese Cannibal town with gore...

 

[MaxM]

Animal crossing is catored towards kids, but all ages play. I know there was a lot of issues back in the day of kids clicking the random option and getting horror towns full of gore custom designs, or really messed up glitchy towns. Probably was removed in favor of friends sending each other codes to try and avoid that.

As for us adults, we can search in a web browser, a forum, or social media for towns and can therefore better curate the towns we visit. I'd rather this than have several kids stumble on a town like the japanese Cannibal town with gore...

You can report inappropriate Islands in New Horizons and they'll be removed. I'm sure those kids got over it, just like the ones apparently "scared" of Mr Resetti!

 

[Flygon]

I've waited a loong ass time for this dream suite update because I actively visit towns and it was a huge pain to do it with the host there and connection error, paying fees etc. Even in new leaf I did a ton of dream hopping and I found the random feature and the sort by name feature useless. in 9 out of 10 cases it would take you to beginner towns that are not developed at all. so even then I would search for codes. So I just roll my eyes at people complaining how difficult it is to find a dream address, when it is not. not hard at that's all.

I do wish they would have shown numbers tho. I love stats.

I actually made a thread about how I thought the "random dreams are all starter towns" problem would be solved by delaying the release of the Dream Suite. I was actively hyped for random dreaming for that reason.

I'm really excited about the Dream Suite as well, don't get me wrong. That doesn't change that it's annoying that they removed features I was looking forward to. And apparently at least one that you would prefer they had kept in.

I think you're missing the point. Finding a DA is not hard, but it involves making choices. Making choices when you don't care is a strangely laborious process. How should I arbitrarily pick a code? Sometimes I just wanna zone out and visit random towns. I don't think that this complaint warrants an eye-roll in response.

 

[DaviddivaD]

We can’t visit random dream towns in NH like we could in new leaf. I always loved visiting the random ones. It honestly sucks that you HAVE to have a dream address.

Well this is a major disappointment. Why did they not add this feature? That was the main reason I used the Dream Suite!

 

[Tentacles]

Ew that is so stinky. I could spend hours hopping around random dream towns just taking it all in so I really hope they fix that in an update.

 

[MaxM]

So reading the thread I see they also removed the option to search by village name and character, as well as the feature letting you know how many visitors you've had (I forgot about these things as I didn't play NL for many years but searching by name was so fun!)

Seriously, what is wrong with Nintendo? We're not asking for anything unreasonable, they're just removing basic features for no reason and it really sucks.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

i can’t even visit a certain dream address (chase crossing’s) and it’s weird because some people are able to while some are not. wtf? already a glitch?

 

[MaxM]

I actually made a thread about how I thought the "random dreams are all starter towns" problem would be solved by delaying the release of the Dream Suite. I was actively hyped for random dreaming for that reason.

I'm really excited about the Dream Suite as well, don't get me wrong. That doesn't change that it's annoying that they removed features I was looking forward to. And apparently at least one that you would prefer they had kept in.

I think you're missing the point. Finding a DA is not hard, but it involves making choices. Making choices when you don't care is a strangely laborious process. How should I arbitrarily pick a code? Sometimes I just wanna zone out and visit random towns. I don't think that this complaint warrants an eye-roll in response.

I hope somebody makes a website where people can upload their codes and it will give you a random one each time you visit. That might be more fun than trawling through forums and more in the spirit of the original Dream Suite.

 

[naranjita]

wow this sucks big time. I was excited to just chill on Friday evening and start visiting random islands :T

 

[windwake-me-up-inside]

You can report inappropriate Islands in New Horizons and they'll be removed. I'm sure those kids got over it, just like the ones apparently "scared" of Mr Resetti!

Seeing realistic gore in a children's game that is not suppose to have it is different than a cartoon mole saying somewhat mean things, but ok.

afaik reporting towns in New Leaf never really did anything. I kept reporting several towns for porn designs and they never got taken down.