Museum Stamp Rally event is even blander than the May Day Event

[seularin]

i don't bother to do these events lmao -- unless the completionist side of me takes over

 

[Noel_in_Sunrise]

I liked it much more than Mayday. It was cute getting to read the specific idea behind areas in the museum. I wish I knew what all the areas were called. The zoom in to the meteor on the ceiling was particularly great. The only odd part was not including the art section. I hope they include it next year.

I actually thought the Mayday event was a hassle. Liked this better.

 

[Sicariana]

Not horrible...but also lots of room for improvement. I think the event would be received far more warmly if the rewards were more exciting. Ideally, the museum café or shop would be released alongside the event.

 

[Meira]

I don't mind it because I got to go around my museum and see what I've donated so far.
I think it's also good because it's nice and quick that anyone who doesn't have time to play can still participate.
Wished they added an art plaque though. Probably didn't because the event release was before the updated art addition

 

[monsieurberry]

The way they've done it, it would be better if we would just have Blathers gather everyone on the plaza, talk about the importance of museums, science, history, and then gave us a souvenir. It would be much more meaningful and would also be more interesting on an educational level.

This event does look like it was rushed, especially as it never mentions the art gallery. Hopefully they'll do another event tied to art (and I sure hope it's more than just go there, get a stamp, take your prize, go home).

Ideas like this make me wonder why you and I aren't working for Nintendo. It's like the developers are going out of their way to make an event unmeaningful. I have to say after the fiasco that was the Fishing Tourney (basically the villagers had no involvement, there wasn't even a ceremony like there was in New Leaf) I don't have any hope for future updates. The developers are going to have to convince me to be excited about anything they have planned.

This isn't to say I'm not enjoying the game. I am! I'm just disappointed at how little they seem to be doing with this upgrade model.

 

[Soigne]

it was cute, but i'm not going to be going back each day to get the same items again. the three frames combined sell for 900 bells, so it really isn't worth it.

 

[That Marshal Fangirl]

It wasn’t too bad. Sure, it could’ve been longer, but it was a cute little event nonetheless. I really like the plaques we got as rewards, too.

 

[monsieurberry]

I mean if you treat the event as a speedrun to get the stamps and be done, obviously it’s not gonna be super interesting.

I think the idea was to spend more time and marvel in the museum and explore/find new things about it. Also shows the importance of museums irl, and gives a little light on something that’s been the same since the GameCube game.

But the thing is they could have done just a little more and it would have been so much better. They could have given you actual facts, for example. Something small like that would have made me appreciate the event a lot more. I love Blather's blathering.

 

[Hyllin]

I think it was ok. I like the plaques but I just really wish that their was a little more to it. They should have at least included the art section

 

[Terrabull]

I just would have been more happy if it couldn't be finished in a day. I enjoyed the zoom outs and little tidbits about the sections. I never saw the meteor before, lol!
These are obviously filler events. They are buying time to complete more of the game that should have been ready at launch. Expect an update AFTER the photo event, and expect that to be exactly as short or shorter.

 

[stiney]

@ the people saying maybe it's a japanese thing, as a museum interpreter in japan I can 100% assure you yes this is absolutely a japanese thing lol I've done events exactly like this irl and we have one permanent stamp per museum year round. retired old people love 'em (they like collecting the little stamp cards, it's kinda like how americans always squish coins when they go to museums)

It’s also definitely a thing at some American museums.

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The only part that was semi hard for me was finding the icy fish stamp because I forgot how to get to that section. Still took me like 5 minutes to do. But I’m happy to have these little details rather than not have them.

Wait we had different fish stamps. I had two stations in the fresh water section and one by the coral reef.

 

[Licorice]

Don't fool yourself. You PAID for it. These "free" updates are content that are part of the base game. They're just being slowly added to the he because of the model Nintendo decided to use with AC. It's exactly the same thing in Street Fighter V. If anything, you should be asking what exactly comes with the 1.0 version of the game/in the game cartridge. They delivered a hollow game on purpose, to control the pace the players would be able to experience the events. It's a timegate, but you already paid for it.

The moment you start believing they're rolling these updates for "free" as an act of goodwill, is the moment where you'll take their side against yourself and will be willing to pay for content that was already planned to be in the game - and that affects not only yourself, but everyone who got the game. The industry has a history of inducing consumers to change sides and support anti-consumer policies (paying for an online service that doesn't exist, buying day one dlc that was just content purposefully removed from the game to be sold separately, EA's dreaded online pass, lootboxes...), and your post is a prime example of how that works.

They’re still free updates. Like I don’t get your point. Content is still coming for FREE. Was the game rushed? Yeah but stuff is still being added. This game just came out in March. You can’t compare this to stuff like EA.

 

[stiney]

aw, i actually found this event to be super cute! some of the stamp "comments" were pretty funny, imo, like the one pointing out the incoming meteor or the one with the "little guys just chillin'" in the fish exhibit. not all of the events need to be super grand imo, i like the smaller ones too! c:

Dang you got different comments. My dinosaur ones were about iguanodons and pterosaurs not really being dinosaurs.

 

[minimoon]

I enjoyed it. I love the museum but I don't go in there very often, except to donate things, so I was glad to be forced to look around the whole place. It was the first time I'd seen some of the exhibits and they reach have really cute details so I ended up staying and taking photos.

From my time in Japan I noticed that stamp rallies are everywhere there and seem to be especially popular at this time of year. I think it goes well with the other activities (fishing and bug catching, cherry blossoms etc) that might make Japanese people nostalgic for their childhood and are connected with a particular season. They could've made this a Japan only event, but I'm glad they didn't..

I do agree that the prizes weren't great though - I wish they'd been items I could display outside the museum.

 

[galactickat4240]

I didn't mind it to be honest, it gave me an excuse to donate the fossils that were in my pockets and look around the museum for some stamps!

 

[Jacob]

I kinda loved it

 

[Mary]

I liked the part with the meteor where it said "what's that orb in the sky? I'm sure it's fine..."
a little bit of dark dino humor I wasn't expecting from animal crossing, haha.

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

Better than Bunny Week.

 

[stiney]

I liked the part with the meteor where it said "what's that orb in the sky? I'm sure it's fine..."
a little bit of dark dino humor I wasn't expecting from animal crossing, haha.

Going to have to do the event again, I didn’t get that stamp today.

 

[Mary]

Going to have to do the event again, I didn’t get that stamp today.

It was the "extinction" stamp iirc.