I'm resetting over 350 hours into my game! Reset discussion!

[senbeiiscool]

I haven't reset my island but I know you mean about feeling guilty for sure. While it wasn't time travel for me, it was duped items. I willingly bought a duped lucky cat but after a while I got very guilty about it. But today I managed to get one on the forum where the user clearly said it wasn't duped and even though I paid a lot for an item I already had, it made me feel a lot better. There's very little satisfaction for me in getting not genuine items. Although in the end it's literally the exact same thing and I'm only trusting the words of an internet stranger that it's not a dupe, guilty conscience is real. I'll probably end up selling those dupes to Timmy and Tommy or throw them in the trash...

 

[Llunavale]

I've recently restarted, too. The only items I kept are the ones I can't get again (personally) - for example, the Nintendo Switch and ACNH Nintendo Switch (which are no longer distributed) and the Bell Rug (which was only distributed to you if you actually played when the interest rate was decreased). Some other stuff too, like the World Map because who know when that's going and...basically any gift from Nintendo.

Slightly different reason for me I guess. I'm still not too bothered about TT, I am bothered by how absolutely quickly I burned through the game though, like just 9 hours a day for days in a row - killed the buzz for me. I want to go into it playing what I would realistically play if I were still working (thanks 'rona) - and I feel like that'll be easier now that I've already exhausted my long day plays of it.

 

[ryanparrott01]

In terms of New Horizons, I haven't reset my save at all. I'm currently at 240 hours into my island and I couldn't imagine resetting it. However, in previous entries of the series I have definitely reset.
When I played Animal Crossing: New Leaf it was my second time dipping into the series. I had played City Folk on the Wii and had a wonderful time. However, when I started playing New Leaf, while I was excited to play another Animal Crossing game, I didn't like it as much as much as City Folk. After playing it for a year or two, I had fully built up my house, had seen a ton of villagers come and go, and pretty much built all of the public works projects I could have wanted. I thought my town looked good enough to me and there wasn't anything else I could do. So after a few months of not playing I decided to reset. And I was honestly pretty disappointed. Maybe it was the new cast of villagers or it was having to play the same story over again with nothing all that new, but to me, the game lost it's charm.
In New Horizons, I have some pretty good villagers who I've "bonded" with since I got the game, and even had an old villager from my very first town come back! While my house may be fully upgraded now, and I have a 5 star rating on my town, I still couldn't imagine gameplay growing stale and needing to reset my island.
Props to you though for wanting to start over! I know if I had another switch, things might be a little different and I might want a new save. I just can't throw all of this work away yet

 

[Romaki]

I actually resetted twice. When the game first came out, I just jumped right into it while only looking for a native fruit (which I decided to change later on as well) and not knowing any limitations of the game, I chose a map I couldn't work with. It was mostly the two south river outlets, they took away a lot of space and I can't work well with vertical spaces. The rocks also sucked, but it easy to forget them.

For the second island, I really screwed up the achievements by traveling backwards to cycle villagers out and that really bothered me. Also I wasn't far along into the island and felt no real connection to it, so I had no issue resetting again because I still have a lot of time on my hand. The island itself was alright, had a nice secret beach location but a river flow I didn't prefer, though that barely matters. I welcomed resetting.

Now with my third island, I love it. With flaws and all. I have a starter villager I really love and I already have a higher friendship with him than I had in my previous tries. I transformered a considerable amount of the island, but I worked with what was there and didn't have to terraform for hours. My island doesn't look like anybody else's. It's very basic, or natural depending on how you like to look at it, but I enjoy it. I'm not the kind of person who can make use of every little spot, but I can make myself an enjoyable island that has a lot of thought put into it.

I don't plan on resetting again, but if I do I wouldn't be too hard on myself. I want to enjoy the game in the moment, and sometimes it just doesn't feel right anymore. But I try to not drive myself crazy over my layout, everything could be different but everything has flaws too. I'm just happy I have a nice set of villagers and managed to get some nice recipes and furniture so far. Everything can be changed, I like my rivers and the location of the secret beach doesn't matter too much. I could dislike my town hall position, but it's convenient for me and I can work with it even if Nintendo never adds an option to move it. Terraforming everything can be a sour experience, but it beats resetting after a while.

Overall, I don't regret a single island I played. I have lovely memories from all of them, but I'm confident with my current one. It's all good.

 

[Believe]

I commend you for taking the leap and trying to go for a run that you can be fully proud of. Regardless of one's opinions on time traveling or anything that isn't 100% purist, it takes a lot of willpower and self accountability to do something like this. Best of luck!

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

Ooph! I’m 245 hours in and wouldn’t even consider resetting. I’m only now doing some bits of terraforming in my island (yep just now, lol). I know my island will have design issues, but I also know I can work around them. I also like seeing my island evolve over time. Resetting would certainly take that away. And I’ve also invested so much getting my dreamies in that even the thought of resetting and finding them again would be maddening for me.

I honestly admire your patience, as well as other that have reset after so many hours invested in your island. But I guess if there’s something nagging you that keeps you from playing your current island, I guess it makes sense!

 

[raqball]

Best wishes but there is no way I'd loose all the time and effort I've already put into the game...

 

[AC-Kristin]

I reset once because of OCD, I hate terraforming... and my island had too many rivers so there wasn't a lot of room that's why I chose to reset. Now that I have the island that I want with plenty of room and it's 5 star, I intend to keep it forever. So I don't really regret resetting, but I admit I couldn't bring myself to ever go that route again.

 

[Licorice]

I’m at 455 hours lmao I have no desire to reset personally. In acnl I reset constantly and always regretted it. In this game I made sure I got a map I wanted.

 

[Blueskyy]

I have nearly 300 probably. I have never reset an island even in the GC days. I’m happy with my play style even if I have TTed to speed up things. I still have so many things to do.

 

[tolisamarie]

I would never reset my island after putting in that many hours!! There are things I might change down the road, but I love my island, and it was one of the first 4 options I was given. I was too excited to start playing to worry about silly things that some people seem to obsess over.

 

[seularin]

if it takes the guilt off your shoulders and makes you happy, go ahead !!

 

[Lotusblossom]

Honestly... I wouldnt reset because I time traveled.. you'll probably end up doing it again.. I really personally dont see a difference time traveling or not... I think time traveling helps speeds things up great cause it can get really boring waiting around for nothing like a villager leaving.. I wish I was more experienced with it...

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But I also think resetting is fun and I just wish that Nintendo didnt make map resetting a nightmare cause that's the worst part about it.. but if i arent picky then resetting is fun and give u a fresh start

 

[N a t]

Honestly... I wouldnt reset because I time traveled.. you'll probably end up doing it again.. I really personally dont see a difference time traveling or not... I think time traveling helps speeds things up great cause it can get really boring waiting around for nothing like a villager leaving.. I wish I was more experienced with it...

Maybe there is a chance I'll do it again, but I don't want to let myself do it. More than anything I want to use the opportunity to practice my own self control because I know I don't have amazing self control in general. There are plenty of great reasons to TT and also not to, but I guess my own morals or personal reasons made me feel bad for doing it so I'm gonna try and do better this time!

 

[Lotusblossom]

Maybe there is a chance I'll do it again, but I don't want to let myself do it. More than anything I want to use the opportunity to practice my own self control because I know I don't have amazing self control in general. There are plenty of great reasons to TT and also not to, but I guess my own morals or personal reasons made me feel bad for doing it so I'm gonna try and do better this time!

I edited the post afterwords about the map resetting nightmare.. it's something to think about

 

[cainhurst]

I started over a few days ago, with a similar amount of time having been put into my previous island. In the end there was just too much STUFF everywhere - flowers mostly, and the amount of time it would take me to dig everything up and move it elsewhere just to enable the work I wanted to do... idk. The place was COVERED, to the point where even though I wanted to get started with decorating, I couldn't - there was no space! And the idea of having to organize sales (because it would be a "waste" to just vend them to the Nook kids, considering the value of hybrids when sold to a player) also seemed daunting.

I was lucky enough to have amassed enough NMT from villager sales that I was able to comfortably start over and locate the villagers I was looking for in the days following. Don't regret it one bit.

EDIT: clarification

 

[N a t]

I actually resetted twice. When the game first came out, I just jumped right into it while only looking for a native fruit (which I decided to change later on as well) and not knowing any limitations of the game, I chose a map I couldn't work with. It was mostly the two south river outlets, they took away a lot of space and I can't work well with vertical spaces. The rocks also sucked, but it easy to forget them.

For the second island, I really screwed up the achievements by traveling backwards to cycle villagers out and that really bothered me. Also I wasn't far along into the island and felt no real connection to it, so I had no issue resetting again because I still have a lot of time on my hand. The island itself was alright, had a nice secret beach location but a river flow I didn't prefer, though that barely matters. I welcomed resetting.

Now with my third island, I love it. With flaws and all. I have a starter villager I really love and I already have a higher friendship with him than I had in my previous tries. I transformered a considerable amount of the island, but I worked with what was there and didn't have to terraform for hours. My island doesn't look like anybody else's. It's very basic, or natural depending on how you like to look at it, but I enjoy it. I'm not the kind of person who can make use of every little spot, but I can make myself an enjoyable island that has a lot of thought put into it.

I don't plan on resetting again, but if I do I wouldn't be too hard on myself. I want to enjoy the game in the moment, and sometimes it just doesn't feel right anymore. But I try to not drive myself crazy over my layout, everything could be different but everything has flaws too. I'm just happy I have a nice set of villagers and managed to get some nice recipes and furniture so far. Everything can be changed, I like my rivers and the location of the secret beach doesn't matter too much. I could dislike my town hall position, but it's convenient for me and I can work with it even if Nintendo never adds an option to move it. Terraforming everything can be a sour experience, but it beats resetting after a while.

Overall, I don't regret a single island I played. I have lovely memories from all of them, but I'm confident with my current one. It's all good.

I don't regret my previous islands either. I may regret some of the choices I made but I'm slowly learning from them in ways and I'm trying to train myself a little to be somewhat more mature or at least patient! I didn't totally rob myself of my work because I saved some furniture and stuff that I got from regular play and also other players. While it defeats the purpose of resetting in some ways, i felt okay doing it because I didn't have to use anything other than my time and effort to find them! I want my badges to look normal though, and I want to feel like i earned my villagers the same way I earned my items I guess!

 

[OceanTyrant]

I have kinda documented why I resetted in another thread here on the forum.

In a nutshell ; ive resetted on 4 occasions. Each being more trivial than the last.

My 1st reset came about stacking the ceremonies and when I finally wanted to do them, it was no longer available. Other resets were about me not knowing how I received 5000 bells in my mailbox and not Screenshotting random DIY recipes I found on the beach and the latest one being I did not talk to my very first 2 villagers before I spoke to Tom Nook at the plaza when we all just landed on the plaza....

I do feel where you are coming from with feeling guilty about TT even though i have never done it. but yeah thanks for creating this thread and sharing your thoughts and encouraging others to write as well!

Cheers

 

[JKDOS]

The island I want simply doesn't exist, so rather than restart I think I've finally come to the realization that I need to make my layout work for me, and so far I'm content with that decision. I am a perfectionist, an over-analyzer and worrier, so that could change at any time but I hope that won't be the case from here on out. I spent a few days last week feeling really down over the game because I was so frustrated with my island and contemplating restarting. The whole task was overwhelming so I was just kind of frozen.

I agree with this, though some valid reasons to reset over would be the river outlets and Town Hall placement.

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I've gotten stuck countless times in my town,, and have restructured my town about 5 or more times now. I've wanted to reset, but I've stuck with it. I'm finally getting close to something I like. I'm still struggling setting up the villager homes the way I like.

 

[Dewasa]

I don't think I can ever do a full restart. I think I can do a soft restart, demolish everything and redo it all but to restart all the DIY, item cataloging, museum, etc. I just wouldn't have the patient for all that. The terraforming tools give me what I need in the case I dislike a certain area enough to warrant a big change.