How do you choose a map?
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Less river. I try to get one with the least amount of river possible.
And then I try to get one with Re-Tail near the beach or where there's a straight path towards it so that it's not so annoying going back and forth between the dock and the shop after island trips.
And then I try to get one with Re-Tail near the beach or where there's a straight path towards it so that it's not so annoying going back and forth between the dock and the shop after island trips.
tolisamarie
Senior Member
I like my town map because it has a mostly straight river, a continuous beach and Town Hall, Retail, the Reset Center, Caf?, and the Police Station are all lined up to make a nice "Main Street". I think I have a perfect map 
I would look at the number of ponds (less = better) and whether the Retail is close to train station.. It's convinient when you do trades using the Retail method or have ppl over to sell turnips.. Straight river would be nice too.
I know some people are way more picky-- they even look at grass patterns, number of rocks, color of train station/town hall roof and stuff. I didn't spend 'that' much time when I picked my map again xD..
I know some people are way more picky-- they even look at grass patterns, number of rocks, color of train station/town hall roof and stuff. I didn't spend 'that' much time when I picked my map again xD..
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the game sorta balances the river/pond out. Short river maps will have more ponds than long river maps. I wanted a river that doesn't go from East to West, to create a little island of sort. Retail and Town Hall position was important as well. Even with the map I like.. rocks are at all the wrong spots, oh well best learn to embrace them I guess lol
MindlessPatch
Time Keeper
If I was to choose a new map I'd look for retail placement (easy to reach from beach but closer to the train station), the river and the beach and definitely watch the ponds. I'm happy with my current map though some of the villager's houses irritate me.
My friend has a pond right below the train station (directly below the passage to main street) she has to constantly run around and I don't know how she survives I would be seriously annoyed if that happened in my town and would be resetting right away.
My friend has a pond right below the train station (directly below the passage to main street) she has to constantly run around and I don't know how she survives I would be seriously annoyed if that happened in my town and would be resetting right away.
peppermintys
bruh
Tbh, the two main reasons I chose my map is because the river dips kinda in the center of the town so that there's an almost-peninsula that my house is on, so that nobody could move near me and my house was in the center. The second reason I chose it is because the town tree/plaza thing is down in a corner, bc I just don't go around there that much.
If I ever reset or get a second copy, I'd want retail closer to my train station, and I'd put the cafe and police station next to retail. I guess I could've really done that even with my map now, I just wasn't thinking when I placed the cafe and police station. Ah well.
If I ever reset or get a second copy, I'd want retail closer to my train station, and I'd put the cafe and police station next to retail. I guess I could've really done that even with my map now, I just wasn't thinking when I placed the cafe and police station. Ah well.
Mega_Cabbage
Meh
I just picked the first one I saw that had a symmetrical river without paying too much attention to anything else. I'm not as picky as most people.
Cherry-Blossoms
Galactic
I like my town map because it has a mostly straight river, a continuous beach and Town Hall, Retail, the Reset Center, Caf?, and the Police Station are all lined up to make a nice "Main Street". I think I have a perfect map
woah your town map is amazing
I love the little isolated are where you placed the campsite
tolisamarie
Senior Member
woah your town map is amazing
Thank you! Feel free to visit my dream town anytime
LaceGloves
Senior Member
I wasn't too picky with choosing my map, but I really like mine because it only has 1 pond and all of the important things are close together (re-tail, train station, town hall, plaza)
snapdragon
Senior Member
Choosing my map was all about the river! I also don't like inaccessible parts of beach, but that was secondary.
ellabella12345
not-even-in-a-pickle
I chose the first map I got because I thought of it as not cheating 
LilyElizabeth
Senior Member
The first thing I look for is a West-facing map. I've always had it facing that way so it just feels backwards the other way around!
Next I check that the waterfall is south-facing because I love to take pictures by it when it's fireworks or the northern lights.
Thirdly, there has to be a little secluded spot of land for my house That's the real deal-breaker. If there's no clear bubble of land for my house, I move on.
Next I check that the waterfall is south-facing because I love to take pictures by it when it's fireworks or the northern lights.
Thirdly, there has to be a little secluded spot of land for my house
That's the real deal-breaker. If there's no clear bubble of land for my house, I move on.
@ http://www.belltreeforums.com/showt...5-ACNLpics-!&p=4387761&viewfull=1#post4387761
I created a thread posting of this almost three weeks ago. (Link, above.)
For deciding on that map, I wanted the following:
The amount of ponds wasn't important. Whether there were rocks in my way was something.
I do prefer a west-side beach.
I did want good locations for the Town Hall and Plaza. Because I kept in mind a need to be flexible, I took my time with the decision. (You really need to walk through a town you may consider accepting.)
You can look at ACNLpics at this Dream Address: 5900–5033–4735. Once you're there, and have gone through the humans' houses, you can pretty much see why I made my decision with accepting that map.
I created a thread posting of this almost three weeks ago. (Link, above.)
For deciding on that map, I wanted the following:
1. I needed the southern part of the town to have enough space for four human houses (and with area allowing trees to be in between those humans' houses).
2. Native fruit had to be cherries.
3. I had to go through the town and determine, rather methodically, whether the paths (like I was creating a grid) would work with where I envisioned the locations of villagers' houses. (I didn't want them on top of each other. I got rid of previous town, Progress, in part because I made that mistake.)
2. Native fruit had to be cherries.
3. I had to go through the town and determine, rather methodically, whether the paths (like I was creating a grid) would work with where I envisioned the locations of villagers' houses. (I didn't want them on top of each other. I got rid of previous town, Progress, in part because I made that mistake.)
The amount of ponds wasn't important. Whether there were rocks in my way was something.
I do prefer a west-side beach.
I did want good locations for the Town Hall and Plaza. Because I kept in mind a need to be flexible, I took my time with the decision. (You really need to walk through a town you may consider accepting.)
You can look at ACNLpics at this Dream Address: 5900–5033–4735. Once you're there, and have gone through the humans' houses, you can pretty much see why I made my decision with accepting that map.
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