Perfect Snowman criteria is annoying

I guess I'm the only one not annoyed 😅 I actually really like it. I didn't look at a guide and I made a perfect snow boy today, just based on him telling me I *almost* got it yesterday. I just made the head a tiny bit smaller than I did yesterday and I did it! I guess I'm just not in such a rush to make a perfect snow boy everyday. I have 3 months to do it so if I fail every now and then, it's all good.

What I do wish is that the entire snow people family were in New Horizons.. I liked that each snow person had their own set to give. And I miss the bingo.
 
Snowboys being rude is part of the fun though xD I don't think they're any better or worse than any of the other games? Following guides is harder than eyeballing it imo
 
I read something like "roll the body until it's above your eyes and the head until it's above your ears". Well, every time I've tried that, I've failed. However, I've succeeded in making a perfect snowboy every time I've made the head right BELOW the ears while rolling the body until it no longer grows in size.
 
what I usually do is roll a snowball to it's maximum size, and then roll another one about midway of my ear and it's worked perfectly two times so far. first time I didn't make a perfect snowman but luckily he gives a DIY on the first time regardless.
 
I mean I'm starting to get the hang of it, so my personal annoyance is being limited but yeah, considering it's the only way to get recipes and you only get one shot per day (unless you hard reset), it does seem to require waaay too much precision. Especially bc there's frankly no way to know what the proper size ratio is without looking it up online! He never says "oh my head was a little too big" or "aim for 3/4 of my body size" or anything like that. Idk how anyone who just plays without online guides would ever get a perfect one.
 
Not annoyed at all ^_^ I dont need to "win" every time I play a video game in order to have fun. I haven't yet struggled with making the snow boys perfect. With all of the guides online I've been managing so far. I think we have a few months to do this too, so I cant say I'd let it ruin my day if I dont get it right, I'd just try again the next day
 
I actually found it easier to make a small snowman. I kicked a snowball until I started rolling, then did that with the second, then kept rolling til it looked like the right proportion. Of course, I was lucky enough to have them spawn very close to each other. I imagine that becomes harder if they are like all the way across the map.
 
I have no idea how I got mine right. It's my 3rd and it even kept rolling a little before finally coming together and I was getting ready for the speech but nope. It even gave my alts diys so if I get more large snowflakes I can at least get to decorating a little sooner, maybe.
I wanted to use the tile guide but the snowballs so far have been spawning in places where all I can do is guess. I'm not gonna roll them across bridges and trying to roll them of the hedge was a bad idea, straight into the river it went.
At least I got one and will be getting more flakes until he melts.
What really bothers me so far is the way they talk after you build them and they turn out imperfect. Like they are really trying hard to rub it in.
Depending on how it goes I might end up frustrated in general. So far it's been mostly fun. I really want the popsicles and the counter though.
 
JKDOS said:
I agree. That whole 90% speech is condescending
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I think this is my only main gripe about it all lol. I don't mind messing up a snowboy here and there and not getting it perfect every time, but the snowboy's dialogue when it goes "so close!" is super demeaning LOL it makes it feel like a slap in the face for spending like 2-3 minutes rolling snowballs in circles. Like damn, I'd rather the snowboy spit in my face and tell me it hates me rather than passive-aggressively tell me about how the ratio isn't perfect.
 
I actually find it fun and not that difficult! Honestly I'm sure it just comes with practice. On the second one I made I got it on the first shot, but the one today took a few tries. Just look at some proper guides and you'll get it soon enough :)
 
I mean, it was the same in ACNL. Except in ACNL, to get all the different items and stuff, you needed to make MULTIPLE SIZES of Snowman/mam/boys with perfect proportions! So, no, it doesn't bother me at all, because it's SO much easier. So. Much. Easier. And the proportions are the same- heads need to be one size smaller. Exactly one size. No more, no less. It can take a little bit to get the hang of it (I kept making my heads slightly too big in this game the first time around) but now I'm making them easily without needing to reset (and I have all the frozen DIYs already). I guess I might be annoyed if I'd never played ACNL, though.

And, frankly, when you think about it... these guys live four days. Can you blame them for wanting to be made as perfectly as possible (then again, they also apparently have memories of being snowflakes... I have many questions regarding the life cycle of Snowboys)? At least they seem pretty nice even when you mess up. When I made my first ever Snowboy in a previous game (I forget which), he got mad at me and wanted to be put out of his misery. Whoops 😅
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CitrusCakes said:
I think this is my only main gripe about it all lol. I don't mind messing up a snowboy here and there and not getting it perfect every time, but the snowboy's dialogue when it goes "so close!" is super demeaning LOL it makes it feel like a slap in the face for spending like 2-3 minutes rolling snowballs in circles. Like damn, I'd rather the snowboy spit in my face and tell me it hates me rather than passive-aggressively tell me about how the ratio isn't perfect.
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Really? Personally, I find it rather nice. Like I said- my first ever Snowboy in a previous game immediately wanted to be destroyed (IIRC he was counting downs the days until he melted) and wondered why I even bothered to make him if I was going to doom him to such a miserable existence. I personally think these Snowboys come off as rather supportive but, then again, I haven't listened to the full spech in awhile, lol.
 
Serabee said:
Really? Personally, I find it rather nice. Like I said- my first ever Snowboy in a previous game immediately wanted to be destroyed (IIRC he was counting downs the days until he melted) and wondered why I even bothered to make him if I was going to doom him to such a miserable existence. I personally think these Snowboys come off as rather supportive but, then again, I haven't listened to the full spech in awhile, lol.
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LOL don't worry, I was mostly exaggerating. It is nice that they are supportive about it, but to me the dialogue for getting it 90% right comes off as condescending. I personally swore at my TV when playing when it gave me the "so close!" reaction HAHAHAH i'm not sure what it is about it that seems disingenuous.
 
I actually like the sassiness of the snowfolk. It's a nice change to the villager dialogue. Besides, cranky and snooty dialogue were similar back then.

Anyway, there are three methods to creating Snowboys: ear method, path method, time method. All detailed by Justin here:

It does take trial and error but I'm sure you can all find the method that works for you. The ear method is what works for me.
 
CitrusCakes said:
LOL don't worry, I was mostly exaggerating. It is nice that they are supportive about it, but to me the dialogue for getting it 90% right comes off as condescending. I personally swore at my TV when playing when it gave me the "so close!" reaction HAHAHAH i'm not sure what it is about it that seems disingenuous.
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I guess I'm just so used to the death wish dialogue that anything else sounded lovely 😝 But I was ready to throw my Switch after a few "Oh, so close!"s (I legit forgot you can even play this game on a TV since I never have, lol) so I feel ya! I was just pleasantly surprised by all the Snowboy dialogue in this game- it's just cute and fun, though it does get repetitive after awhile!
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Rosch said:
I actually like the sassiness of the snowfolk. It's a nice change to the villager dialogue.

Anyway, there are three methods to creating Snowboys: ear method, path method, time method. All detailed by Justin here:

It does take trial and error but I'm sure you can all find the method that works for you. The ear method is what works for me.
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I swear by the "practice makes perfect" method because all the others are way too confusing for me 😂 But if I had to try one, I'd go for path. The time method seems too complicated, and I didn't get the ear method AT ALL.
 
I finally got my first perfect snowman by using the 10 path space technique where you make both snowballs maximum size and then make a path 10 spaces wide leading up to one snowball and then roll the other snowball along this path to make it smaller. Don't know if that makes sense, but it worked for me finally! I struggled with this in ACNL as well. I don't know why.
 
Have you tried the method of using 10 path spaces yet? Supposedly it comes out perfect every time. I'm trying it tomorrow.

Basically, you lay down 10 path spaces in a row, (easy to keep count if you alternate types). Then roll one snow ball max size, and push to one end of the paths (not on the path though). Then roll the other to max size, and place at the other end.

Then roll one ball over the 10 path spaces, directly to the other. Supposed to come out perfect every time, as it shrinks just the right amount over the 10 path spaces.
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Rairu said:
I finally got my first perfect snowman by using the 10 path space technique where you make both snowballs maximum size and then make a path 10 spaces wide leading up to one snowball and then roll the other snowball along this path to make it smaller. Don't know if that makes sense, but it worked for me finally! I struggled with this in ACNL as well. I don't know why.
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I just saw this after writing the same thing! Lol. Good to know it works. I hadn't tried it yet.
 
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