nintendo should update "starter" villager houses. who is with me?

[Maruchan]

Nintendo should be updating a lot of things. Or better yet, don't implement them in the first place imo. Especially those related to quality-of-life. In this case, the "starter" interiors. I found it rather ridiculous that starter villagers should come with such unfair setup, when they actually have an "original/full version" design that players can redeem if they, say, kick them out then re-invite them later on, or avoid them as starters altogether lol. WTF kind of logic is this. What's the point...?

Some will argue this as Nintendo wants players to play AC "in its intended organic way" and "grow as you progress in-game hence the basic setup". Which I do not agree, but can totally respect, because organic or not, everyone plays differently, each to their own preferences. What I have a problem with, is that it presented a somewhat cruel choice: stuck with this house, or forfeit your emotional investment with this particular villager you like, kick them out then invite them back and start over again. And, to further rub it in (especially to newer player or those unaware) none of the effort in giving the starters furniture/items would matter, as it won't work. You can't transform it into the look that you'd like them to have. These are imo such wasteful yet unnecessary game mechanics(?). It left a bad aftertaste once reality sinks in. (yes, a similar problem existed in ACNL too)

Fortunately (?) we are still given the workaround to counter this problem. Sadly I don't think Nintendo will change this starter villagers basic setup thing, as this highlights the "play and grow with the game naturally" theme that has been emphasized all along. I see it as a cheeky reminder from Nintendo to players that even in AC, reality still haunts you from time to time, and painful struggles are real lol.

 

[Etown20]

I think it would be nice if they updated them, but at the same time, it's nice to be able to gift your starters anything without fear of it messing up their house. There should be a house reset option the same way there are clothing and catchphrase resets.

 

[Le Ham]

I'm with you, but definitely make it an option that it happens rather than mandatory.

Billy's my jock starter. He's my favorite. Have you seen this man's goat's normal house interior? Yeah... I'll stick with his basic wooden house with the nice dining table I don't have the DIY for thanks.

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I see it as a cheeky reminder from Nintendo to players that even in AC, reality still haunts you from time to time, and painful struggles are real lol.

Haha yeah I feel that with the seemingly intentional decisions they made that annoy players. The inability to bulk craft is definitely one of them. AC has definitely never quite been an efficient game. Maybe it's because they want us to slow down and appreciate the time passing as our character slaves into the night crafting one clam into one fish bait one at a time? Or as I go around on my foreign fruit harvest day shaking every tree and picking up every fruit ad nauseum for a good 5-10 minutes?
But idk if the houses being basic for the starters was an intentional annoyance. Maybe it's like they had this idea in mind, of the villagers progressing alongside the player, but they just didn't think through the consequences of that decision. Like how in NL you could have your villagers move in anywhere in town, but that also meant they could trample your orchard or hybrids if you forgot to go through the plot resetting process. I don't think they meant that to happen on purpose, just didn't think it through.

 

[absol]

No I disagree. And if they decide to update it it definitely shouldn't be mandatory. I only have one villager with the starting interior left and I adore her house. Imo it fits her really well, even better than her normal house.
Maybe it's just me but I really like some of the starting houses, esp the log furniture ones look so pretty. :-O

 

[ayeeprill]

I disagree. Bianca still has her starting interior and I love it way more than the other one. Plus it's kind of a reminder of how long she's been here.

 

[kojuuro]

Yeah honestly some of the default houses were just ugly. That was one of the biggest reasons why I TT out all of my original villagers. Giving them items and stuff to make their homes nicer would honestly be so much better.

 

[Altarium]

I would definitely love for Lottie to come back and let us customize villagers' interiors! And a way to reset a villager's house sounds like a great idea!

However, I kinda like having at least one villager in their original interior, as a kind of "relic". A way to say: "I found them early on, without amiibo, and they've been with me since the beginning".

This is the case with me and Skye, and with some small touches I think I've managed to make her house pretty and close enough to her original considering all the limitations (though I can't get her to replace that pitcher for the life of me no matter how many cream & sugars or plants I give her )

 

[Le Ham]

I disagree. Bianca still has her starting interior and I love it way more than the other one. Plus it's kind of a reminder of how long she's been here.

That's a good point! I like having my starters with their starting interior (granted their normal interior isn't amazing enough to make the switch for any of them except maybe Sprinkle) because it's like a badge of their seniority on my island! It says to people, hey, these guys have been here with me since the beginning, they're the pillars of my island, they command respecc.

 

[Aliya]

I wish they would after a certain amount of time after living on your island. Maybe around the time Nook's Cranny upgrades?

 

[FishHead]

It would be awesome if they allowed us to design the homes like in Happy Home Designers, which means even customizing the exterior of their houses.

 

[marea]

This would be great if it were optional because some villagers are better off with starter houses, like others said! I was sad that Olive will have to live in the boring starter house but after looking at pics of her real interior i found out that it is almost the same!! I guess it is on me to pretty up her place in both cases.

 

[Lavamaize]

I agree, I have Lyman as one of my starters and I wish he just had his regular house.

 

[Gaby]

I’m with you all the way! Tammy was one of my first two and I really like her so I want to keep her but my goodness her house sucks! I saw a pic of what her house is supposed to look like and it’s super cute. I just wish she actually live in that one and not the miserably bare house she resides in now...

 

[Lyraa]

It's upsetting to see one of my dreamies, Deirdre having the "starter" home... She moved in at the same time as myself and I was hoping that she would eventually decorate with her preferred furniture but I later found out that she was never going to do it. I don't really want to kick her out either, I don't have her amiibo and I don't agree with paying NMT for any of the villagers.
I do hope Nintendo update this later on down the line:<

 

[Saralie]

I had Rudy and Agnes as my starters who I absolutely adored. I restarted a million times just to get two characters I liked. Only to find out they're stuck with starter house. Heartbreaking. I had to let Agnes go which I really hated because she was OG! I had a friend hold Rudy and cycle him back out to me so I could have my original Rudy.

Related note- I wish Nintendo would let us move Resident Services. Even if only within a couple squares on the grid. The placement of mine bothers me to no end!

 

[ParabolaBeam]

I agree, I really wanna see everyone's original housing, even if it takes a bit! :'<

 

[soomi]

Ugh me!! I am with you 100%.

I'd love to have Boomer (esp him), Dom, and Goldie's original houses. I've always wondered what the point of having a default "starter villager" house is. Why couldn't they just have the actual exterior?

 

[Spooky.]

I try to give mine some nice furniture and such, but it doesn't change the floors and all. Filbert has a gross dirt floor.

 

[Cethosia]

I would like that, but I think it should be optional. I like some of the starter houses. I recently shoved furniture at Poncho (my jock) and I really like how it looks now

 

[meggiewes]

I know I'm in the minority here when I say that I am really glad that the starter homes exist. Some of the normal houses I think are really not done well even if they are thematically appropriate.

That being said, I wish there was a way to customize villager homes easier. I would love if they managed to bring in some element of Happy Home Designer and just let us decorate our villager's homes. I know that is a long shot. They could let us have the option of upgrading (or downgrading) the villager homes to either a standard house design or their default home design. I think that would be the best of both worlds.