Thanks for posting the new Datamine Snow. This has kind of become the go to thread for Datamine discussion, so it's the place I tend to look for new info, plus it's nice to have fewer threads with ongoing discussions rather than a lot of one off threads that die after a few days, but that's just my opinion. Anyhoo, there is a lot to digest with this datamine.
First, I gotta say I love when Nintendo does little tweaks that make the game a nicer experience. The sky mode is great for taking pictures of camp layouts. I was never fully satisfied with the methods we had available to document that. I do wish we were able to turn around and pose though with the looking at the sky pose as an option. I'm quite happy our bugs/fish/fruit are sorted now, though if I'm being super picky, I wish we were able to toggle though which ones were at the top. On the other hand, the menu isn't terribly long, and adding a toggle could just be code that would bulk up the game for no reason. Now lets talk about the character stamps. Two words...THANK YOU! It was such a pain keeping track of which villager requests were fully completed, and now I can see it at a glance. I like to catalog as much as I can, so this makes the process MUCH easier. It might be my favorite thing that we currently have access to.
The rest of the datamine feels pretty standard...new villagers, new furniture, new clothes. Always nice to see, but it seems like every time I get close to getting all of my villagers to 20, more are added. I guess it does keep giving me things to work toward. I tend to craft any new furniture we get within a few days, but I honestly don't know if I've used many of the new regular items from the last few months because I tend to decorate with event items when I get them. I also worry about maxing my inventory because I tend to hold on to cookie dupes. I really wish they would let us trade with one another. I would open a store on here in a heartbeat, but I digress.
The fishing tournament looks cute, but I'm honestly kinda burned out on those events. I honestly miss the old style events, but I feel like those have been replaced by scavenger hunts. The most interesting thing in the datamine is the possible anniversary stuff. Do you guys think it implies that they will be gifting us items we may have missed? The first picture has a rare cookie item surrounded by less rare items. What does that mean?