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[Variety.Gamer 4438]

I am still holding off on getting a 2nd switch because like I mentioned I am not sure what Nintendo is going to do with the whole "one island per switch issue" maybe if they release the feature to add another island one switch maybe that will save me time and money from buying it

If it doesn't come then I will just have to bite the bullet and buy the 2nd switch at a decent price.

For Animal Crossing gamecube, I am able to have a completely separate island saved to each memory card while still playing on the same system. Since the SD cards for the switch seem to be similar to memory cards, I think Nintendo definitely has the means of saving two separate islands on one switch. I think this would be a good marketing move as well since I can see more players willing to buy a $30 SD card rather than a completely new Switch.

 

[VanitasFan26]

For Animal Crossing gamecube, I am able to have a completely separate island saved to each memory card while still playing on the same system. Since the SD cards for the switch seem to be similar to memory cards, I think Nintendo definitely has the means of saving two separate islands on one switch. I think this would be a good marketing move as well since I can see more players willing to buy a $30 SD card rather than a completely new Switch.

I guess if thats the only way they can do it then it could be good, but then again I would not get my hopes up. Nintendo can do whatever they want so I am still going to hold off. I do remember that being possible on the original Animal Crossing to have 2 towns with 2 memory cards in the GameCube.

 

[niko@kamogawa]

My friend did ask me this question before.

In the end, I persuaded her not to buy a second console. Having a second game gives you a lot of benefits such as the ability to keep a lot of villagers. However, I don't think that's your primary focus. I am aware that you ran out of things to do with New Horizons. What don't you try playing another game while waiting for any potential updates to come? I don't see any reason to justify that hefty cost.

 

[VanitasFan26]

My friend did ask me this question before.

In the end, I persuaded her not to buy a second console. Having a second game gives you a lot of benefits such as the ability to keep a lot of villagers. However, I don't think that's your primary focus. I am aware that you ran out of things to do with New Horizons. What don't you try playing another game while waiting for any potential updates to come? I don't see any reason to justify that hefty cost.

I have been playing other games. I replayed all the classic games that I liked before from the NES Classic and SNES classic. So I know what kind of games to play. I finished playing Super Mario 3D All stars when I got it for Christmas (still hate Sunshine) but yeah I have been playing other games but unlike Animal Crossing these games when you are done with them you just move on to the next game when you feel like you reached ending. I guess Animal Crossing used to have story when you were working had getting your island to 3 stars just to get KK to show up and then the credits roll after you got KK but I always felt that was incomplete especially after when you got the island app from Tom Nook. I just asked myself "Would it make more sense just to get it early in the game when you first start?" I always wondered about that and it still bothered me.

Truth be told I do play other games like Super Mario and Pokemon, I do know there is a new Pokemon game coming to the switch later this year so I am going to get that but still I am stuck with old games that I've played so many times and if I wanted to get more games I would have the money to afford them but games are so expensive these days and I have to save money so you know how that is.

 

[niko@kamogawa]

I have been playing other games. I replayed all the classic games that I liked before from the NES Classic and SNES classic. So I know what kind of games to play. I finished playing Super Mario 3D All stars when I got it for Christmas (still hate Sunshine) but yeah I have been playing other games but unlike Animal Crossing these games when you are done with them you just move on to the next game when you feel like you reached ending. I guess Animal Crossing used to have story when you were working had getting your island to 3 stars just to get KK to show up and then the credits roll after you got KK but I always felt that was incomplete especially after when you got the island app from Tom Nook. I just asked myself "Would it make more sense just to get it early in the game when you first start?" I always wondered about that and it still bothered me.

Truth be told I do play other games like Super Mario and Pokemon, I do know there is a new Pokemon game coming to the switch later this year so I am going to get that but still I am stuck with old games that I've played so many times and if I wanted to get more games I would have the money to afford them but games are so expensive these days and I have to save money so you know how that is.

Nowadays you won't find games like Animal Crossing that has high replay value. I also agree that games are getting expensive too. In fact, I threw a lot of money on some games that I barely played. (I sold some of them. I always purchase physical cartridges.)

Have you consider looking for mobile games? Most of them are free. They can also eat up a lot of time if you manage to find a good one.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Nowadays you won't find games like Animal Crossing that has high replay value. I also agree that games are getting expensive too. In fact, I threw a lot of money on some games that I barely played. (I sold some of them. I always purchase physical cartridges.)

Have you consider looking for mobile games? Most of them are free. They can also eat up a lot of time if you manage to find a good one.

Well the only mobile games I have at the moment is Pokemon Go and Animal Crossing Pocket Camp, but I barely play them anymore. Pokemon Go really hasn't nothing much left to offer and Pocket Camp I'm like level 99 in that game and I pretty done everything there is to do the game.

I don't like mobile games because sometimes they have microtranscations meaning that you actually have to use real money to get stuff in the actual game which is something I really hate in general when games do that so there's that.

 

[Marshmallows]

Instead of restarting, have you considered tearing everything down and starting something completely new on your existing island? A different theme or something different? Or maybe take on a big project, or switch out some player characters and redo their homes?

If I had more time I'd spend a lot more time on Harv's island. You can design villager rooms, HHD style (even better if you have their amiibo to take pics of them in their 'home' designed by you.)

The other option is to just take a break and play something else until new content is hopefully added soon. If you've already completed everything, then maybe you're just done for now. The game is what it is.

 

[sushicatlikesart]

Unless you REALLY want to get another island without starting your main one over, no. I mean, you have to get a whole new system, which, depending if it's a lite or regular, will be from 150-300 dollars, plus you have to buy another copy of the game which is another 60 added onto it..
Doesn't seem worth it to me. Maybe cuz I'm fine with my one island and having two islands would be wayy too much for me

 

[VanitasFan26]

Instead of restarting, have you considered tearing everything down and starting something completely new on your existing island? A different theme or something different? Or maybe take on a big project, or switch out some player characters and redo their homes?

If I had more time I'd spend a lot more time on Harv's island. You can design villager rooms, HHD style (even better if you have their amiibo to take pics of them in their 'home' designed by you.)

The other option is to just take a break and play something else until new content is hopefully added soon. If you've already completed everything, then maybe you're just done for now. The game is what it is.

I already done that last year and I have no plans on doing it I'm sorry that I hate repeating myself but it's true that I have been through this before. I'm sorry but after doing that after a year it just got boring. Hate to be negative but that's just how I felt. I grew up in a time where my relatives would always tell me how "taking a break is for the weak" so I have a spoiled mindset.

I need to clarify something. I put 3,000 hours into this game and when I say that I am talking about total amount of hours I put in the game as a whole. I would not be that crazy playing the game so often like that. Most of the time was just me making the island. I do take breaks in between so I know when I feel tired I do tend to take breaks and then come back to the game. Most of the time was spent making my Island that's the reason why the hours were so high. I do take breaks in between so it's not like I was just like forcing myself to play 8 hours a day. The other hours have to do with me trying to complete nook mile achievements and trading with other people.

Keep in mind this game came out during the time when the world was in the pandemic so I had nothing better else to do and animal crossing New horizons was the only game that I played every single day because I was so bored with nothing else to play. By November 2020 I got super Mario 3D All Stars so the hours that I spent playing this game daily we're cut short and I fell a lot more relaxed not having to worry about picking this game back up again constantly.

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Unless you REALLY want to get another island without starting your main one over, no. I mean, you have to get a whole new system, which, depending if it's a lite or regular, will be from 150-300 dollars, plus you have to buy another copy of the game which is another 60 added onto it..
Doesn't seem worth it to me. Maybe cuz I'm fine with my one island and having two islands would be wayy too much for me

I mentioned this in another reply but I have the digital copy of the game, not the physical and I was told by someone else that when you have a digital copy you can actually redownload the game on the 2nd switch and play with the game account.

 

[AmandaZoexx]

Hi everyone, I need some advice. For awhile now I have been throwing around the idea of getting a switch lite so that I can start a second animal crossing island ( I already have a regular switch). I am able to pick up a tidy second hand switch lite for a good price. My concern is I still am really enjoying my current island I have now and don’t want to neglect it, however I would love to start a second island in the northern hemisphere. My current island is set in the Southern Hemisphere as I live in New Zealand and I always find that a lot of the holidays make more sense for northern hemisphere players I also would love to experience the game again from the start at a slow pace without time travelling. I wouldn’t want to restart my current island as like I said I am still really enjoying it, but I would like to try have an island in the northern hemisphere. Please if anyone has any thoughts or if you have a second island, did you find you neglected your first island? please help me out

 

[Moritz]

I have 2 islands and I find it so hard to get into it as I'm still enjoying my first so much.

I mainly use it for holding villagers and doing the campsite method

 

[-Blue-]

There used to be a member on the NL category that had like 21 gamecarts for all of their towns. And they mentioned how they never dedicated enough time to any of the towns except their first one.

I think it's possible to have one or two islands, but anything more and you're just going to neglect it and not have enough time or patience to give to each island.

 

[Halloqueen]

I don't have a second Switch or a second copy of New Horizons, but I do have multiple (5) New Leaf towns. There's certainly an appeal to having multiple copies to do more stuff, have more items, have different villagers, etc. If you can comfortably afford the second Switch and copy of the game, and if you really feel like you want to, then I would say follow your dreams. There is a potential for neglect of one town/island in favor of the other, but I think that just comes down to the player as an individual and the circumstances of your life. For my part, in New Leaf I keep track of the last day and time of the towns and time travel back to that day so as not to lose any of my residents, but that's not something you have to worry about in New Horizons since villagers don't move without talking to you first and getting your permission. But I digress, the reason I mentioned that is because going about it the way I do, it's reasonably possible to give each town/island its due attention. Sometimes I'm more interested in one town in particular, but it's not outside the realm of possibility to maintain multiple towns/islands if you put forth the effort.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Hi everyone, I need some advice. For awhile now I have been throwing around the idea of getting a switch lite so that I can start a second animal crossing island ( I already have a regular switch). I am able to pick up a tidy second hand switch lite for a good price. My concern is I still am really enjoying my current island I have now and don’t want to neglect it, however I would love to start a second island in the northern hemisphere. My current island is set in the Southern Hemisphere as I live in New Zealand and I always find that a lot of the holidays make more sense for northern hemisphere players I also would love to experience the game again from the start at a slow pace without time travelling. I wouldn’t want to restart my current island as like I said I am still really enjoying it, but I would like to try have an island in the northern hemisphere. Please if anyone has any thoughts or if you have a second island, did you find you neglected your first island? please help me out

Oh wow. I didn't know someone else was thinking the same way I was thinking. Well from what people have told me its tricky. Some people said that it is worth it because its refreshing having a 2nd island with different color variants and a different hemisphere. While others said that it maybe too expensive just to replay the game again on the Switch.

From the advice people gave me I would just wait until Nintendo at least addresses the "one island per switch" issue that has been a problem since last year and if they don't do anything then I would just bite the bullet and buy the switch at a reasonable price. You should look for discounts or a coupon to help you decide on a better deal to get the 2nd Switch.

 

[Moritz]

They won't ever introduce multiple islands per system. I am 98% certain on that.

 

[Snek]

I would save my money. You already have your own virtual island. Buying another Switch in order to buy an incomplete game to have another virtual island seems like such a waste.

 

[AmandaZoexx]

Oh wow. I didn't know someone else was thinking the same way I was thinking. Well from what people have told me its tricky. Some people said that it is worth it because its refreshing having a 2nd island with different color variants and a different hemisphere. While others said that it maybe too expensive just to replay the game again on the Switch.

From the advice people gave me I would just wait until Nintendo at least addresses the "one island per switch" issue that has been a problem since last year and if they don't do anything then I would just bite the bullet and buy the switch at a reasonable price. You should look for discounts or a coupon to help you decide on a better deal to get the 2nd Switch.

It is very tricky! I really don’t think Nintendo will do anything about the one island per switch as they will be making money off the fact that people are buying a second switch for another island. Hmm I might just wait and see if Nintendo release a new version of the switch as I was always keen on getting that after hearing all the rumours about it. If not, I’ll just buy another switch I guess!

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I have 2 islands and I find it so hard to get into it as I'm still enjoying my first so much.

I mainly use it for holding villagers and doing the campsite method

Do you regret the second island?

 

[Chris]

I have 2 islands and I find it so hard to get into it as I'm still enjoying my first so much.

I can relate to this. I reset my second island because I just couldn't fall in love with it, but I'm not particularly attached to the new one either.

 

[Victoria of Starry Isle]

Well, if you can afford it it's your money. However, it might not be easy to get a switch now because of them selling out across many stores. Special edition switches are also the same price as regular switches (in the U.S. at least) so you might wanna wait till one that you like comes out. Also waiting until the holiday season may be a long time, but last year they were selling bundles. It came with a special edition switch and a game to match the switch (For example, if you got an ACNH switch, you would get a ACNH game free) for the same price as a regular switch (300 dollars in U.S.) . Even if you already have the game you could sell it online to get some of the money you spent on the switch back. I live in the U.S. so I don't really know if they had the same offer in other countries or if they will ever offer it again.

 

[Rika092]

personally, that seems excessive, but I think I learn my lessons from new leaf. When I played acnl, I got a second copy of the game so that I could have a backup town that has completely different aesthetics than my mine. Well, what do we know.... I barely touched the second town while logging over 800 hours on my main. With NH, I definitely would not do it myself given prior experience with new leaf, not to mention that now to own a second island you’d have to buy a brand new switch which adds on to the cost. That said, if you really wanna do it and can afford to do so, my feeling is that for that second switch go with a lite version so at least you could have one that is convenient for traveling.