I request fancy pants DLCs too, America!

[GingerSchnapps]

Okay, I know that the game has only been out for little over a month, but I still can't see American companies going out of their way to produce actual DLCs for this game.

Japan is a very tight-knit community and people are practically living on top of each other. Of course things tend to overlap in their culture. This is why I believe that video games and convenience stores have the ability to work together in Japan to make something unique. I don't think most of us will be lucky enough to get something like this from our own countries.

I know that where I live, there is a stigma attached to games. These two are the absolute worst in my opinion.

• Only children play them; adults who play games have some sort of malfunction.
• Sure, games are popular, but the gaming community isn't worth reaching out to.

These are so wrong that it almost hurts my brain. If anything, my generation and the generation before me will be playing games well into our 70s, 80s, and possibly into our 90s if we're still able to function. Nursing homes will have 11th generation consoles and Wii hoverboards. Okay, probably not hoverboards. Damn you, Back to the Future: Part II!

My point is that it's going to be pretty interesting to see if companies outside of Japan will even bother with us. Look at Best Buy. This is a company that's supposed to be "hip" and "down with the geeks". Where else can you go to find overpriced HDMI cables or have someone stick a screwdriver in your PC before checking if it was unplugged?
We've heard enough about how disappointing they are so far, so I wont talk about them again. I can only hope that Best Buy will release better DLCs in the future.

Yes, there's no point in writing this because the companies will probably never read it. I'm practically talking to myself. This is why I've started emailing companies, asking if they'd consider pushing out a few DLCs for Animal Crossing. I haven't heard anything back yet, but it doesn't hurt to try.

TL;DR - We're screwed.

 

[Stevey Queen]

I don't even like how they make us go to companies to get the DLC anyways. All DLC should just be released like the rainbow screen and the palm tree lamp were. A lot of the Best Buys dont even have their nintendo zones up anyways. They suck.

 

[Lucsy]

They should atleast have some fast food DLCs, which is basically what America is all about.
McDonalds would be a great company to do it because there's like a store on every block, and they all have wifi in them.
Maybe a Starbucks, but idk.

 

[Bea]

Starbucks DLC would literally be the best thing ever.

 

[pocky]

[*]Only children play them; adults who play games have some sort of malfunction.

There was a news report a while back about how adults were using the game to target children. In it they said that Tortimer could be the sort of man that asks children for inappropriate pictures, and they interviewed some guy from the internet crimes force task unit who said something along the lines of "I cannot come up with any legitimate reason that an adult would be playing that particular game." And that adults playing Animal Crossing are doing it for the wrong reasons.


I hope that we get cool DLCs though.... The Best Buy ones weren't exactly amazing.

 

[ben_nyc]

I'm just happy some sort of DLC is available; Nintendo should have various partners throughout the year w/ their exclusive DLCs to keep things fresh.

 

[ravenkaw]

Well...I personally LOVE the Raccoon Clock and the Cat Tower. The others, true, I don't really care for. But honestly, the Palm Tree Lamp and the Rainbow Screen aren't amazing in my opinion.

Now, Starbucks DLC...that would be way cool! Fast Food themed items....uh, no thanks. I'd prefer America to remove itself from its fast food image. >:/

 

[GingerSchnapps]

Yeah, I sent a message to Starbucks through their website asking about a possible DLC set.
I didn't even get a confirmation email that it had been sent and it's been a couple of weeks already.

It'd be nice to have a Starbucks themed room though. It's actually quite realistic when you think about Starbucks going up against a local coffee shop (The Roost), lol.

 

[DJStarstryker]

The 7-11 DLC isn't too bad. The main problem with it for international fans is that it's only available in Japan and it's not catalog reorderable, so it's difficult to get without paying millions of bells per piece to the people who have it.

I think the Japanese Campus DLC is boring, honestly. I got it all just to collect it, but for a brand specific thing (Campus makes notebooks, pencils, etc in Japan), it's not that interesting.

I don't care for coffee myself, but I agree that Starbucks could potentially be interesting. But what I'd like even more is to see video game cross-promotional items. An idea is they could have Pokemon DLC to celebrate the upcoming release of Pokemon X/Y. This year is the 30th anniversary of the Famicom. Where's my little Famicom DLC to put in my house? I'd love that. It's also Capcom's 30th anniversary. Nintendo teamed up with Capcom to put Mega Man in the upcoming Smash Bros games. They could put Mega Man DLC in AC the same way.

 

[pocky]

I'm personally not a big fan on Starbucks (the quality of their coffee isn't so great) but I would love to Starbucks items in the game. I'm turning one of my pattern mule's houses into a bakery/coffee shop so having those items in the game would be great ; O ;

I would also be excited for McDonald's stuff (even though I hate fast food in general) Having a McDonald's style restaurant in game would be super cute ; v ;

 

[ChaosKitten]

I personally don't see many good DLC's for North America, if any. Sure we'll get some from Nintendo, but I don't know if we'll get anymore from companies here. I can't see them caring at all and thinking it's worth the time and money. It sucks because I think there is potential for some really cool stuff!

 

[Aquadirt]

All it even did at Best Buy was connect to their network called bestbuy... I already had that in my 3DS from a recent system transfer and it acted like a home network instead of the Nintendo Zone or whatever. I missed out on the raccoon wall clock. They should really make that not so goofy to deal with.

 

[kuryuki]

u-u I haven't been to any of the nintendo zones just because it's so far and I don't drive, been always ordering from someone else's house haha.
I doubt we'll get anything cool though :/ there's just this trend about how ..well..japan gets the cool stuff and we don't ..everywhere lol.

 

[Nymph]

I would also be excited for McDonald's stuff (even though I hate fast food in general) Having a McDonald's style restaurant in game would be super cute ; v ;

that would be kinda neat actually~! like fryers and soft drink machines and a little cash register~ n_n

though i would still secretly be hoping for a round hamburger bed > v >

 

[pocky]

that would be kinda neat actually~! like fryers and soft drink machines and a little cash register~ n_n

though i would still secretly be hoping for a round hamburger bed > v >

Or a hamburger phone!

I honestly think that McDonalds might do something like that -or like maybe another fast food place will. Like whenever a new movie comes out McDonalds always does promotions for them and has happy meals with toys and whatnot. So I can see them getting together with Nintendo to bring us cool items

 

[GingerSchnapps]

So, this is some lame news for us North Americans.
Apparently, the Best Buy DLC that came out today can also be reordered...

Is it possible that an American company can hate its own people?

 

[JasonBurrows]

Starbucks DLC would literally be the best thing ever.

Coffee related DLC, yeah!

 

[ben_nyc]

So, this is some lame news for us North Americans.
Apparently, the Best Buy DLC that came out today can also be reordered...

Is it possible that an American company can hate its own people?

It's a two edged sword; it's not rare, but through trading, available to everyone. Why is everyone so upset? It's not like this was Pre-order DLC & it wasn't delivered or... if the DLCs had severe issues like it was the wrong object, etc...

 

[GingerSchnapps]

It's a two edged sword; it's not rare, but through trading, available to everyone. Why is everyone so upset? It's not like this was Pre-order DLC & it wasn't delivered or... if the DLCs had severe issues like it was the wrong object, etc...

It sucks because it doesn't carry the same weight as DLCs from other countries. I've met very generous people who have given me DLCs that you cannot reorder. I feel cheap because I can't repay them with the DLCs we are currently getting. I like sharing what I have in the game with people, but I also want to repay my friends with items that are worth something.

It's not that hard to see why it's a little upsetting at the moment.

 

[RisingSun]

The thing about McDonalds hotspots is that they are really AT&T hotspots because they get their server from AT&T. McDonald's is not even listed as a "partner company" on the hotspot website, although AT&T is.