If you could change anything about New Leaf, what would you change?

[estypest]

Must have been said but --

Random things when you shoot down balloons. Used to be great popping a balloon then seeing the surprise of what it was!
More of the backstories and such with the NPCs, and the random messages on the noteboard (so boring now!)
Flesh out the personalities a bit more again.. so vanilla..

Thatll do for now

 

[Spooky.]

No grass erosion, better pwp placement options, choose what spot new villagers move into.

 

[tinytaylor]

the fact that there's a microphone built into the DS yes when you chat with someone you have to use the typing mode. i think actual chat should be enabled for at least people on your best friend list.

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

All the common issues (dupe bug, PWP, move-in).

Campers showing up more often (Sometimes months would go by and nary a camper to be seen).
Shorten the amount of villagers you need to cycle through if you want someone you love dearly back (from 16 to, say, 4).
Have the option to disable Bugoffs and Fishing Tourneys once you complete your 1st of each (Otherwise I don't play on the 2nd Saturday of a month).

 

[Sloom Lagoon]

All the common issues (dupe bug, PWP, move-in).

Campers showing up more often (Sometimes months would go by and nary a camper to be seen).
Shorten the amount of villagers you need to cycle through if you want someone you love dearly back (from 16 to, say, 4).
Have the option to disable Bugoffs and Fishing Tourneys once you complete your 1st of each (Otherwise I don't play on the 2nd Saturday of a month).

Yeah, that's a point! I don't like having almost a whole day when I can't talk to me villagers :c Maybe they should just be less frequent and I wouldn't mind as much! Just once or twice a year each is fine!
As for the dupe bug, I don't mind it too much. I don't use it, but it's good for rare items or DLC that isn't re-orderable and only available in like Japan. If it wasn't for others duping, most us in western countries wouldn't see lots of the cool DLC, let alone be able to buy it! If it was as limited as it was supposed to be, then it would be selling for like 100 million bells xD

 

[jobby47]

I don't think I would change anything.

 

[Tap Dancer]

Grass erosion wouldn't exist. Seriously, my town is mostly made up of dirt. I don't run, but just playing so much means the grass wore away quickly.

I also wish it was easier to place PWPs. I have a bench beside Re-Tail and in front of a pond. Stupid Isabelle wouldn't allow me to place it so that it was centered. I got it as close as possible, but it annoys me a little.

I would make the map bigger so that we could have 12 or 15 villagers. Being the mayor, I think I should have a say in where new homes are built.

 

[unintentional]

I think the game could've used more smug and uchi villagers, there's so little compared to the older personality types. I also think Kapp'n shouldn't be constantly commenting on female players' appearances.

or as soon as a guy and girl get on his boat he makes a relationship comment like no, Kapp'n, this is my cousin not my bf kthx

 

[Becca617]

more
closet
storage
is
needed

 

[PlasmaPower]

I would've liked it if you could decide where you can put a PWP on a grid of the map of your town.

As for changes, make it so villagers can sell your their fish, insects, and anything that's on top of a table.

- - - Post Merge - - -

Must have been said but --

Random things when you shoot down balloons. Used to be great popping a balloon then seeing the surprise of what it was!
More of the backstories and such with the NPCs, and the random messages on the noteboard (so boring now!)
Flesh out the personalities a bit more again.. so vanilla..

That'll do for now

This.

 

[Soundmotion]

grass erosion

 

[P.K.]

Make setting up a PWP easier instead of having to constantly go through Isabelle's speech about how much space is needed. Maybe something like a grid system. And to stop having the spacing so uptight... Isabelle I can't see that other building now I am pretty sure we are capable to having the windmill built here :|
You can't place a bridge because a villager's space is like ten spaces away but the game is totally fine with a villager moving right in front of one.

 

[Noodledude]

PWP spacing especially for bridges. Get rid of weeding day (terrible holiday idea in my opinion). Change it to nature or something that requires you to plant flowers, fish up trash, and plant trees, etc. Make it so that any villager can request any PWP regardless of personality, and make villagers stop disappearing to main street, making them useless until you restart the game.

 

[Pipsqueak]

I want to be able to move the Mayor's house and any perm PWP without resetting.

 

[pocky]

You can't place a bridge because a villager's space is like ten spaces away but the game is totally fine with a villager moving right in front of one.

this

 

[Candy83]

Zoning control. It would actually encourage us to use all four slots for human villagers. To be able to exert control of options where villager houses may be built would be really good. This way, your paths won't get messed up. We won't have to worry about incoming villagers' locations and, with that, go through a lot of wasted time plot-resetting.

 

[Mr. Marowak]

I'd like to see some more of the old, forgotten villagers come back. Those left behind in a previous version who don't get to live the glory of 3D gaming. i'm not crying you're crying shut up

I miss Brewster's gyroid storage as well. They've always been one of my favorite things to collect. He would hold onto as many as you wanted, sans repeats. That way you could sell any extras and know exactly which ones you had. An entire third of my locker space is filled with the little buggers and I need more space SO BADLY. Speaking of which, why is the gyroid "being on" limit four now? I can't display a whole nebuloid collection if they don't all boop and beep.

A bit more control with housing. Why not set up a "housing district" where all animal homes are in or near? It makes everything that much easier and doesn't involve plot resetting or dictator-esque levels of power. Just say the soil is too loose everywhere else or something.

 

[Sloom Lagoon]

Oh, another huge thing for me is not being able to take our own nets and rods to the island. We work hard to get silver/ gold nets and rods, so why can't we take them to the island with us?! it's unfair.

 

[Shinji~]

I don't like that personalties are exclusive to genders. They mustn't be evenly assigned but there should at least be some snooty males, jock females etc., just to make the game more diverse and realistic..

An option to change the face later in the game would probably be nice too, especially for new players.

What this game really needs though is a town editor that let's you move villagers houses, pwps, etc. (It sucks having to use the reset trick for hours until the new villagers house is in the right space. But I'm probably the only one who does that, haha..)

 

[al-tirah]

I wish the island was as big as the island in the tours and that we can build island-themed PWPs on it.

Also, I'd like more downloadable items!