I've found that NH and siblings don't mix

[FRANS_PLAYER]

My sister got the game 2 days ago. I was trying to give her pointers, tips, etc. But she wasn't really listening! I bought her an outfit, gave her a bit of money, let her come over. I had to kick her out when she started shaking the fruit off all my coconut trees though :/ Then comes the thing that really boils my blood...
After a day of being extraordinarily rude, pulling my hair, stroking it with a seashell (?) calling me names, the usual, she comes down and asks:
"How much money do you have?"
I know where this is going, so when I answer, I answer with dread.
"Thirteen million."
"Can I have 70,000 Bells?"
"No."
"Why?!"
Everything just goes south from there on.
"See, Mia, you only come to me when you want something! You're sucking up to me. You can't pick and choose when to be nice to me."
Yep, I can tell this is gonna be a rough ride.

 

[Aurita]

How old is your sister? o_o

I uh have a different experience. My brother is new to the series so I gave him a lot of help initially. We would talk about new things we found out in the game and frequently go over to each other’s islands to trade items, sell turnips, or when Mabel/Abel Sisters has cool clothing. We even traded villagers and we send each other small gifts time to time!

he plays less now since there’s so many new games he needs to play and transitioning back to work. we’ve never had a bad experience but it could be bc we’re both in our early-mid 20s?

 

[FRANS_PLAYER]

How old is your sister? o_o

I uh have a different experience. My brother is new to the series so I gave him a lot of help initially. We would talk about new things we found out in the game and frequently go over to each other’s islands to trade items, sell turnips, or when Mabel/Abel Sisters has cool clothing. We even traded villagers and we send each other small gifts time to time!

he plays less now since there’s so many new games he needs to play and transitioning back to work. we’ve never had a bad experience but it could be bc we’re both in our early-mid 20s?

She's 12 and an absolute nightmare. We're 2 years apart in age but it feels like 10. I've always been the "old soul" of the both of us, she's always been a trainwreck. She has, quite literally, been like this since she was in the womb (constantly kicking my mothers stomach outward) and I can only pray to whatever that is holy that she'll grow out of this.

 

[frogslime]

Yeah, I have the same issue. She likes to pretend she's stealing things and have me at the point of freaking out, all because I have 1 Million bells. It's, hmm, frustrating, and a lot of times when I try to kick her out she goes into her pockets, but usually, she just goes shopping and makes fun of my villager's outfit. At least not my real-life fashion...

 

[Aurita]

She's 12 and an absolute nightmare. We're 2 years apart in age but it feels like 10. I've always been the "old soul" of the both of us, she's always been a trainwreck. She has, quite literally, been like this since she was in the womb (constantly kicking my mothers stomach outward) and I can only pray to whatever that is holy that she'll grow out of this.

Ah yeah, it’s hard to compare mine with yours bc of the ages I hope she grows out of it too! Younger siblings always causing trouble and grief for the older ones haha

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

Yea, since we’re all at least teenagers in our house I haven’t had as much of a problem sharing an island, other than territory issues. My siblings quickly dropped the game for some reason, though, so it’s really just my parents and me on the shared island.It didn’t stop me from wanting my own island, however.

 

[NatsumiSummer]

I find this ironic, being as NH is what brought me and my younger brother today. Before the release of New Horizons we rarely (if ever) played any games together. And he doesn't ask me for help at all in the game, and I don't ask him for help either. So I find it ironic how many people have younger siblings that are annoying them with this game. Yet I have a younger brother (age 23 years old... I am 25 years old), and we only began to talk to each other again BECAUSE of this game.

 

[sleepydreepy]

Sorry you are having trouble with your sister. I have a sister too, and we are also 2 years apart. When we were playing NL together (I was around 15 and she was like 13), we thankfully had a really good experience. I got into the online trading community so I accumulated a lot of bells and would always give her money and basically fund her town lol. I think there were a few times where I accidentally ran over her flowers and she got mad, or vice versa. Since we have no other siblings, we were pretty close because were are each other's only source of entertainment at home lol. We got along well most of the time, but had our fair share of fights. That got better with age, and now we rarely have any serious fights at all.

Anyways now we are both adults (I'm 23 and she's 21) and we are having a blast playing NH together. Since I am still involved in the online AC community (and she's not), I still give her bells just like old times lol.

 

[airpeaches]

Younger siblings really are just like that sometimes, lol. She will definitely grow out of it when you're both a little older. 2 years is a lot when you're young, your maturity levels will be more different than when you get to be older. At that point 2 years will seem like a lot less!

Back in the AC: Wild World days I played with my little brother (5 years younger than me, I was probably 10) and he kept coming over and chopping down all of my trees. I had to quickly turn off my system on a number of occasions so it wouldn't be permanent damage, and then he'd be the one to get upset and call me mean! Even now, at the age of 18, he manages to mess with me in NH. It's a lot more harmless than actually ruining my town, at least. I trusted him too much during the first week of NH launch (aka, no inclines were built) and allowed myself to be lured up to a 3rd level cliff, only to have my ladder stolen so I couldn't get back down... yes, I trusted him and dropped my ladder on my own for him to take. . stupid, I know.. Siblings, especially younger ones, will be siblings! They'll always play pranks and be demanding of you as long as you're there to provide.

 

[Cosmic-chan]

I'm so sorry. I mean for me siblings and acnh don't mix but that's because my sister (15) always prefers to be an individual and have her own island. She had her own nl town so I can understand. We tried playing acnh together but eventually she stopped playing and I took over my island. I feel bad though.

 

[-Zora-]

Im so glad I dont have to deal with that, im sorry you do. Me and my sister play sometimes but were both super chill but we still don't take things without asking. We're both older, im 17 and im the younger one so I guess it just comes with maturity

 

[Emmsey]

I need to state for the record that this doesn’t improve with age. My brother 36 came to visit my island with his wife they raided it cut down trees destroyed rocks stole all the fruit and took all of my bamboo forest..... I was unimpressed.....

 

[Balverine]

Yikes, sorry to hear you're having trouble : /

I've never liked sharing anything AC related with my siblings LOL I and my sister shared a town back in city folk, and it was a NIGHTMARE lol
we couldn't agree on anything, she kept changing the layout behind my back
it wasn't fun : P

 

[Lothitine]

Argh my sister does that too-
She came over to my island to trade stuff and purposely trampled all my flowers and stole fruit (WHEN I SPECIFICALLY TOLD HER NOT TO) and laughed about it?? It made me mad bc I gave her 100000 bells :/

 

[FRANS_PLAYER]

Argh my sister does that too-
She came over to my island to trade stuff and purposely trampled all my flowers and stole fruit (WHEN I SPECIFICALLY TOLD HER NOT TO) and laughed about it?? It made me mad bc I gave her 100000 bells :/

I have all my flowers except one gold rose (which I am going to move later) and 7 orange hyacinths fenced behind hedges to prevent that exact issue with ANYONE who visits my island. I'm just mad because my sister isn't taking the game seriously - she visited during a fireworks show and I won her an uchiwa fan, balloon, etc. I also gave her 40,000 Bells. But when she wanted to leave, she DIDN'T SAVE! She just exited and closed the game! I had the pop-up about a connection error and then realized all the things I had won at Redd's Raffle, the firework designs I submitted to Isabelle, had been reset! I snapped at her about how she NEEDS to save and close or else it'll have consequences and she just told me I was "mad over nothing." I can just tell this is going to be disastrous (._.)

 

[Sharksheep]

I have all my flowers except one gold rose (which I am going to move later) and 7 orange hyacinths fenced behind hedges to prevent that exact issue with ANYONE who visits my island. I'm just mad because my sister isn't taking the game seriously - she visited during a fireworks show and I won her an uchiwa fan, balloon, etc. I also gave her 40,000 Bells. But when she wanted to leave, she DIDN'T SAVE! She just exited and closed the game! I had the pop-up about a connection error and then realized all the things I had won at Redd's Raffle, the firework designs I submitted to Isabelle, had been reset! I snapped at her about how she NEEDS to save and close or else it'll have consequences and she just told me I was "mad over nothing." I can just tell this is going to be disastrous (._.)

I mean you could just not have her over anymore and only go to her island. People play games differently and if you have different play styles just don't play together. Don't give her free stuff and tell her she can't get mad over nothing because that's what she is getting.

I get that your are both young and your parents might tell you that you need to share but you can argue that she needs to work for what she wants and can't get handouts when it's easy to get digital currency.

 

[saucySheep]

heh.

glad that my three siblings who put out tents never play the game. except my younger bro, who only gets on so he can try to buy stuff to make an iron man outfit or whateves xd

very sorry you have to deal with such a huge brat xd

 

[daringred_]

personally i think you're being a bit overreactionary and calling your 12 year old sister a trainwreck is a bit far; after all, its not like you Have to play with her or give her anything. and this is coming from someone who had a "nightmare" little sister, 15 months younger and who smashed two of my consoles during her tantrums back in the day.

probably not what you want to hear but since everyone else seems to be on your team, i might as well play devil's advocate.

 

[Cosmic-chan]

personally i think you're being a bit overreactionary and calling your 12 year old sister a trainwreck is a bit far; after all, its not like you Have to play with her or give her anything. and this is coming from someone who had a "nightmare" little sister, 15 months younger and who smashed two of my consoles during a tantrum back in the day.

probably not what you want to hear but since everyone else seems to be on your team, i might as well play devil's advocate.

Um..you don't exactly live with them so how do you know she's not a train wreck?

 

[FRANS_PLAYER]

personally i think you're being a bit overreactionary and calling your 12 year old sister a trainwreck is a bit far; after all, its not like you Have to play with her or give her anything. and this is coming from someone who had a "nightmare" little sister, 15 months younger and who smashed two of my consoles during her tantrums back in the day.

probably not what you want to hear but since everyone else seems to be on your team, i might as well play devil's advocate.

Sorry I came off that way! She is just extremely bad behaved both offline and online and our relationship has crumbled the past year due to horrible things she has said/did.