1) What old things do you think they'll bring back?
- Brewster/gyroids is a no-brainer especially after the datamine lol. The Cafe will probably be its own building like in NL. We'll have to see what it allows you to do. It's also an opportunity to unlock dialogue from our vendors as well as Isabelle who currently seems to only exist in the game for fan service. Maybe you'll even see Rover show up in there from time to time? Joan, Resetti, Tortimer?
- Diving for sure. That was a big enough feature in NL it only makes sense. And the manila clams, like there has to be something they add to that yknow like why is it just manila clams
- Eventually maybe a few more villagers we left behind from the Gamecube. Woolio might end up stealing Pietro's spotlight lol. Less likely they'll bring back the special villagers from NL Welcome amiibo but who knows
- Persimmons, probably once the rest of the shop upgrades come in. One of the variants of Mom's tissue box features the 5 basic fruits, a turnip and a persimmon. This discovery excites me but also makes me wonder what the fruit situation will be if they add more fruits. The tropical fruits in NL were cool cosmetically but they offered nothing special in terms of gameplay - maybe we'll see some sort of solution in cooking but given DIYs like the infused-water dispenser and frying pan idk. I do see a reason for perfect fruit to make a return
- At least a few classic (or updated versions of classic) sets right? I mean for whatever reason we got the modern wood wall and floor back, just not the furniture set. I can understand the wooden set replaces blue, green and maybe ranch or alpine, the cute set replaces the lovely set, etc... maybe the wooden block set is supposed to replace both modern wood and kiddie?? But we still have things like Gracie's sets, rococo, astro, etc that don't have an equivalent yet. This also applies to some clothing items like the boppers you'd get in NL at firework shows, items like the throwing beans, etc.
- While I never played HHD, I've understood in that game you could maneuver your character between things placed half a unit away from each other. Like a couch and coffee table, for example. For whatever reason you can't do that in NH. Certainly at some point they'll see reason to add it in?
What do you hope stays gone?
- While grass wear made towns look natural in a sense, and it was a little weird when I saw the NH direct/trailer to see just a solid green carpet for grass, I'm glad they made that decision ultimately. Maintaining the dirt paths I had in NL required regular use and I had to be careful to not run on the grass too much if I didn't want it to disappear. Now you can just place down a dirt path and it's done.
2) What new features do you think they'll introduce to the series?
- I'd hope there would be a way to be able to design villagers' houses for them, like it would be a request they'd ask you for at maybe max or close to max friendship and that could unlock original wall/flooring/furniture for your starter villagers.
3) How frequent do you think updates will be?
- I don't mind all that much at this rate. Game's only been out for two months, and sure they could take this a lot faster but they're choosing not to. Monthly, seasonally, in-between, whatever
4) When it's all said and done, how much bigger do you expect the game to be? Minor changes from what we have now or completely unrecognizable?
- Somewhere in between minor changes and completely unrecognizable. The core day-to-day gameplay seems to be pretty much set - doing your rounds, checking the shops, bug hunting and fishing, crafting, talking to villagers - yet the datamined info seems to suggest some pretty hefty additions to island life. They might be just cosmetic like bushes or they could be more interesting, but I don't think a lot of groundbreaking changes will come that shake up the daily formula all that much.
5) How do you think holidays will be handled on subsequent years? Exact same event/prizes like past games, or does stuff get added, similar to games like Overwatch?
- No way of knowing now, but I'd like it to be where once they add in the holiday, like they've done Bunny Day, from then forward you can just play it like in past games without another update. That said, I really wonder how they're going to do Bunny Day next year, since the goal was to collect the DIY recipes, which everyone who played the event now has. If they kept it the same next year there'd be nothing for us to do who played it this year, but they also need to make the recipes available to people who play next year. That's the thing about the seasonal DIY recipes, it's one and done and you always have them - that'll make some seasonal/yearly events tricky.
6) What would have to be included in a paid dlc, larger style expansion to be worthwhile for you?
- I'm generally not the kind of person to pay for anything I don't need, and I don't expect there to be paid DLC for NH (you could transfer PC items for free if you played PC, and Welcome amiibo for NL was free [granted amiibos aren't], and aren't we already paying for NSO) but it would have to be something pretty darn substantial. Like basically a new game substantial, at which point might as well just make a new game lol
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