Have any of you reset your island yet?

[Shyria]

I did! But I was only 3/4 days in... I realised you could not terraform before a while + I didn't actually like the shape of my island...
So I started again, spent a whole night resetting to make sure I was entirely OK with what I was getting, both to terraform with and until I could get it.
I'm not sure I will reset after that, butI might after a while when I'm 100% happy with my town and feel there's not much to do anymore, so I can try something entirely different. We'll see!

 

[ElliotAdoresYou]

At some point maybe- I’m not really satisfied with my island and I kinda went into it with no inspiration/ ideas- I should’ve made a plan before so my island would look better. But at the same time I like most of my villagers and I have a lot of things in the game I’d have to redo.

 

[trashpedia]

I've only reset earlier in the game when I was just starting out just so I could have peaches as the native fruit. Other than that, I don't plan on resetting at any point in time.

 

[piske]

i did! i started on the 20th and reset on the 28th. i have no regrets! you should feel free to do whatever you’d like with your game! also, it’s only been a few weeks, so you’ll be able to catch-up quickly. c:

 

[N a t]

I reset like 5 days or so into my first island and now I'm in love with my current island, but starting on release day was important to me so I decided to time travel back to release day on my switch and play through every day again. Worth it!

 

[Moon Cake]

I've been thinking about resetting because I'm a bit overparticular about what I named my island. I named my island Hobbiton (from Lord of the Rings) but now I feel obligated to replicate the village itself; it almost feels like I've limited myself by naming my island after something that already exists.

I do like my island layout and villagers very much though; I'm sure I'll be fine in the long run but I am having some second thoughts.

 

[0orchid]

I was a chronic resetter in all the earlier versions but I decided not to with New Horizons. I reset quite a few times at the very start to get a fruit/map/airport color I like. I wish I was a bit pickier about my starter villagers but they'll leave eventually. I sometimes feel like resetting because it's weirdly addictive to me but this game has a pretty long/boring starting tutorial mode so I don't want to ever redo that.

 

[piske]

i do wish i had a starting date of 3/20 since i did technically start that day, but i don’t want to reset AGAIN cuz i’ve put in a lot of work at this point ;A;

 

[Beehaw]

Honestly after playing with a few friends and coworkers I felt that it would be weird to reset so I didn't even though my island layout and themeing were stressing me out a bit (RS is like 1 or 2 squares away from being perfectly lined up with my airport and I don't think my island is big enough to be the full nature preserve I was envisioning). I'm glad I've stuck with it cause there is a lot I like about my island and I've gotten a lot of progress done.

But I still had that reset urge so I bought a Switch Lite instead lol. I'mma TT backwards for that island, start on March 20th (or maybe earlier who knows) and have a secret island only for me! I plan on having a RP diary with that town too, so I won't feel bad TTing around to make a nice story.

 

[ForbiddenSecrets]

Nope. I probably wouldn't have the motivation to start again for a very long time if I did.

 

[JKDOS]

No. With terraforming in mind, I knew I was going to be able to get the river I wanted, and place buildings wherever, and now, so far, terraforming has worked out perfectly

 

[skogkyst]

I don't think I will reset unless things go very, very, very wrong in the future.

 

[AccfSally]

No, I still have my island.

 

[Aliya]

I reset my first island after a few days. I wanted different starting villagers and layout (river mouths), but I was pleased with everything else I had (apples and blue airport). I also only thought you could invite 1 villager for your first 3 initial plots and wasn't happy with the randoms moving in.

I figured it was a small time investment to get something I would be happy with long-term and it definitely paid off! A few hours later, I had everything I wanted again and I was so excited to get Dom and Cherry as my starting villagers!

 

[SweetSpark]

Yes, the first time because I let randoms move into plots 3-5 without realizing I could island hop for them.
The second time because I missed having the peach furniture DIY, and I wanted a different native flower.
I don't have NSO so I can't trade online currently, so I wanted a flower I liked to find when going on island trips.

I ended up getting the fruit and flower I wanted, plus a really nice airport color so I think it worked out in the end.
As someone else said, starting on release day is also important to me! (I stayed up to play it lol)

 

[Khaelis]

Yeah, twice. I'm happy with what I've got now, though. Not planning on resetting.

 

[rezberri]

honestly im kinda thinking about it. i keep telling myself i wont but i know once i get an idea in my head it's a bit impossible to shake it. my main gripe with my island is the fact that the airport is sooo close to the plaza. while that isn't necessarily a bad thing by itself, when i started placing my paths i noticed that the airport did not center up with the resident services entrance; it's off to the right by one space. i dont consider myself to be up in arms about unevenness, but this is rly grinding my gears.

im also not a fan of my airport color. i got yellow and i wish i had gotten orange or red instead, but it's not too much of a pet peeve. im a bit weird about colors, and i consider red, blue, green, and yellow to kinda be nature-y colors. and so in my game, blue is the water so i cant get that airport, green is the grass and trees so i cant get that airport, and yellow is the beach so i cant get that airport. red is the fruit on the trees, and there isn't much of that color present so i could get that airport.

i was never sure about my river mouth placement. when i first began this game, i wanted to have an east and south facing mouth because i always had a cliff on the west side of my new leaf town, so not having a river mouth there kinda replicated that but in acnh. but while terraforming ive noticed i kinda backed myself into a corner. i wanted to have a lil main area and a neighborhood, but now the main area is only on one secluded area?? idk how to describe it, but looking at my map (link) may make sense of what im trying to say.

the only things that are really keeping me from resetting are the facts that i got all the recipes for bunny day and cherry blossom season, i've put nearly 200 hours into this save already, and i love all my villagers and to let them go would honestly break my heart. so far ive been able to put up with all these problems through sheer stubbornness and terraforming, but i'll probably let go of this map a year or so from now. luckily i have irl friends that i can leave some of my stuff with should i ever reset, but im just gonna chill for now i think.

 

[thegunpowderincident]

No, I haven't reset. But I mean, I still have the same New Leaf town from release day in 2013, so.. I don't have a history of resetting being my thing haha.

 

[thelonewanderer]

I’m not talking about resetting at the beginning for a certain fruit/airport colour etc. I mean like FULLY RESET.

I reset just the other week and I’m seriously considering it again haha. I blame lockdown

I reset it on day 5 (35 hours) due to the island layout (river mouth both at the bottom) and I notice a lot of other people felt the same way as well. It better to take the loss and reset it as soon as possible. Best decision I ever made, found my #1 dreamy in Fuchsia and my island is just beautiful!

 

[mocha.]

I reset it on day 5 (35 hours) due to the island layout (river mouth both at the bottom) and I notice a lot of other people felt the same way as well. It better to take the loss and reset it as soon as possible. Best decision I ever made, found my #1 dreamy in Fuchsia and my island is just beautiful!

I reset my first island because of this issue as well! I actually was aiming for 2 south river mouths but I never realised how much space it took away from the rest of the island!