Regarding players claiming their island is out of room

[RooftopsRevolution]

Here's an idea;
How about we just let people play how they want to play and stop judging people for it?? Why is this even an argument? Why can't we just be nice and be like "I respect that you feel this way. I don't understand it but I respect that you feel this way"

Goodness gravy this is exactly why I quit these forums to begin with. Be freaking kind to each other you guys, it's a game??

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

Nothing I said was below the belt, read it back, you just don’t like it because you don’t share the same opinion, it doesn’t make my opinion any less valid. I find it ridiculous and lazy that people would be against having new content released for a game that came out a month ago because they’ve put a certain amount of work into their Island after a month. I’m sorry but I stand by the fact that that is absolutely ridiculous, I’ll be wanting Nintendo to release new content and make me think of new things for my island 6 years from now not be done after a month.

I can see I’m fighting a losing battle and as I say, there’s no malice intended and I’m not calling anyone out I just don’t get how new content can ever be a bad thing

I'm not calling you out for your opinion. I'm fine that people want more buildings and if you want more buildings that is fine as well. Heck, I definitely see more buildings on the way and I'll have to make room for them, even if I don't want any specific builds for my island.

What I don't agree on, and what I called you out on, is how you stated your opinion. Again, you're free and entitled to phrase it as you will, but if you're calling other users lazy and ridiculous for doing things you find ridiculous and lazy, is disrespectful. I'd recommend you take an introspective look at the things you write and how you write them, before you post. I'm sure you mean no malice out of them, but instead of standing by what you're saying, take a step back and see how you've made a mistake and apologize.

Best of luck to you, though

 

[moonolotl]

I do want to chime in to also say that...if they didn't add any new buildings or facilities, I can almost see that being a complaint down the line. Everyone works hard on designing their town but it's not as if we're building it up to keep it that way forever, everyone is going to want to change it up eventually and Nintendo are hardly going to drop an update that releases a ton of buildings at once, it'll be gradual and I really do think everyone will adapt to them. I can't see people being so firmly satisfied with how their town is now, one month into the game, that they'll never change it.

its already been a complaint. Ive heard a lot of people saying there arent enough buildings and i 100% agree

 

[Mairen]

You know what I find the ridiculous? The fact that every time I come on TBT I see one or two new threads with people so baffled by the way other people choose to play their games that they find the need to make others defend their choices. "Why don't people want new buildings?" "Why does everyone like Marshal?" "Please explain why Raymond is so popular!"

Honestly, I don't get why people get so hot and bothered by what other people do with their islands when it doesn't affect them in the slightest. Who cares.

I do apologize that I've done something to bring negativity to belltree =( I meant no harm by creating this topic and was only doing so in order to harbor discussion between players and get some input from people who seemingly had no spare space on their islands. I'm someone who always has abundant space so I was just trying to learn from others. I am truly sorry for my curiosity >.<

 

[Moon Cake]

I would love more buildings to be released because that likely means we'll have more NPCs and mechanics to interact with! While I like having the current buildings, it does feel a little lackluster and I would love for NPCs like Leif or Label to be more integrated into the island life. I have also plotted out empty areas next to Able's and Nook's for about 2-3 shops and I would be ecstatic if I could fill those spaces with more shops or a cafe.

However, I completely understand how it may not be as welcoming of an idea for those who have very advanced islands or a plan that they really want to stick to. I think a part of me wishes that Nintendo could have released some indication of how many buildings (and their sizes) there will be at the start of the game so people could plan ahead but I also like being excited for updates. I also think it's likely that many people will change their islands as the days, months, and years go on and as we get new content. While I think it's important to stick to what you like, I also think it's important to adapt and remain open to new ideas.

 

[Altarium]

On a previous thread I said that I hoped the Dream Suite would be on a separate island just like Harvey's place is, simply because of the fact it's not a building I'll be using daily, unlike the museum, Ables and Nooks. I do want the feature to come back and I'll probably make some space for it, but I don't really like the idea of having a building that I'm not going to use all that regularly taking up space.

I wish Nintendo gave us some sort of roadmap as to which buildings are coming and their sizes. It's nice having the element of surprise but on the other hand it makes it kinda difficult to plan out things properly.

(I say this with an island that's not even 20% developed, I've literally only worked on the bottom right 4 squares of the map lol)

 

[thatveryawkwardmayor]

literally feel like this a damned if you do damned if you don't situation. before the Leif update, some of y'all were complaining about getting an unfinished game. pick a struggle! i understand that with more buildings = more tearing down existing structures of your island but its kinda apart of them game... props to you if you're happy with things are on your island though. hopefully with more updates you won't be forced to make drastic changes and can not choose to participate in some items (i.e bushes from Leif).

also some of y'all are boxed that these sort of discussions keep happening on this site. i just want to point out this is a discussion forum after all lmao and you're not required to defend your choices or participate in these discussions if you don't want to and feel uncomfortable.

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

I'm running out of room because I decided to be generous to my villagers and give all of them sizeable yards... If they add more buildings, I will definitely have to give that up, but that'll be an okay sacrifice. I'd love more buildings.

 

[cloudmask]

I do apologize that I've done something to bring negativity to belltree =( I meant no harm by creating this topic and was only doing so in order to harbor discussion between players and get some input from people who seemingly had no spare space on their islands. I'm someone who always has abundant space so I was just trying to learn from others. I am truly sorry for my curiosity >.<

for the record, i thought your OP was worded very respectfully and i had no problem with it. rather there are some replies here that are bringing in negative energy. but the thread itself certainly didn't need to turn out that way, i thought you asked a fine question and i was happy to answer it in kind.

 

[pocky]

I do apologize that I've done something to bring negativity to belltree =( I meant no harm by creating this topic and was only doing so in order to harbor discussion between players and get some input from people who seemingly had no spare space on their islands. I'm someone who always has abundant space so I was just trying to learn from others. I am truly sorry for my curiosity >.<

You don’t need to apologize. Your OP was very polite so I don’t think that it was offensive to be curious. Just got a little frustrated with some of the replies I’m seeing.

 

[morthael]

Nothing I said was below the belt, read it back, you just don’t like it because you don’t share the same opinion, it doesn’t make my opinion any less valid. I find it ridiculous and lazy that people would be against having new content released for a game that came out a month ago because they’ve put a certain amount of work into their Island after a month. I’m sorry but I stand by the fact that that is absolutely ridiculous, I’ll be wanting Nintendo to release new content and make me think of new things for my island 6 years from now not be done after a month.

I can see I’m fighting a losing battle and as I say, there’s no malice intended and I’m not calling anyone out I just don’t get how new content can ever be a bad thing

I don’t think people are saying it’s a bad thing, more like expressing their sentiments why it can impede/affect their experience. I don’t think it’s fair you’re sticking labels on people like “lazy” or “ridiculous” because you perceive it as such when to someone else it can suck to move their layouts around because they spent hours creating it and they’ve gotten attached or it disrupts the flow of their island, etc. Just say you don’t understand rather than labeling people, it doesn’t hurt to be kinder and extend a little empathy. You are allowed to express your opinions and they’re valid but being unkind is not the way to go.

 

[Llunavale]

You can complain about any situation one way or the other and you wouldn't be wrong about it. I think it's on the developers to discourage a set layout and let the player know that they'll still have a lot to add to their island later on. People need to be more flexible about their island, but there really wasn't any indication for that. Nintendo isn't exactly transparent about their future plans, we're all just guessing for the most part.

Yeah, I do agree with you in terms of transparency, but I also feel like it's pretty obvious we'd be getting at least a couple more facilities, especially if you have come from New Leaf or even City Folk where we had an abundance of different features and facilities (granted CF was even more out the way than NL but still). I'm not saying it's impossible for them to genuinely decide to remove them all - but it does seem unlikely; it's a safer bet to assume we will have more buildings, than to assume we won't.

I feel like I've digressed though. The main point of my comment was that people who don't want new buildings right now may very well want them in the future. It's not super likely Nintendo are going to drop a bunch of them at once, I'm sure there'll be plenty of time to adapt towns to them - and like I said in an earlier post, it's also possible many of them will just be stapled onto existing buildings as upgrades!

 

[Romaki]

A lot of these issues wouldn't be happening if we had more islands for these occassions. Like an advanced island with Brewster and a concert hall for K.K. for example. Or give the main NPC their own island for their area, I don't get why it had to be like Wild World and such.

 

[moonolotl]

My opinion:

• Animal crossing is a game based on slow progress, however, its also a sandbox. Do what you want with it, how fast you want to do it. TT or dont TT, tarantula or dont lol, whatever floats your boat!
• HOWEVER, because animal crossing has always and always will be a game about slow progression, i think its unfair to complain about new things being added because you have no space since youve already finished your island.
• I don't think the dream suite will be a building and i personally dont want it to be a building because i dont feel like it would fit?? like what villagers gonna visit a shop to go and sleep lol
• I want the cafe to be a separate building because shoving it in the museum is dumb
• yal gotta stop being so passive aggressive

 

[Spooky.]

Personally I have a lot of space left over that I'm not sure what to do with, so I'd be welcome to a new building or two (though the open space isn't exactly where I'd want them) but I could still work with it. I don't time travel, so my town is not 'done.' At times I wish it was, but I find taking it day by day, I get new ideas and they're easier to implement *because* I didn't fill up my island early on.

However, I wouldn't be opposed to new things being placed inside existing buildings either. I'm fairly flexible...though I think when my town is more complete I might feel differently? It would depend on how much prep time we have/how much of a surprise a new building would be.


ETA: Also telling someone they are playing the game 'wrong' because they TT and finished their island is really judgmental and rude? The game is meant to be played how you WANT to play, and I'm not going to get into the tired argument of TT vs not TT, but stop telling people they're playing wrong just because it's not how you play. (This is not directed at OP but some of the responders)

 

[Lady Sugarsaurus]

But even if you place them individually, surely you should have enough space inbetween them to build another building? I'm trying to think of what my island would look like if the houses had all their own spots and it would just leave a lot of empty spots around the town hall area.

It really sucks for people with map designs though, it's hard to design your map when you don't know what else is coming too.

Another lovely map from Reddit as an example:

But still, I feel like there's a lot of unused space once you've placed all the current buildings. It sucks that you'd have to get rid off one of your creations, but the space is still available to you. Maybe the game just unlocked transforming way too early, I'm sure there's more to come as well.

I agree that the game unlocked terraforming way too early. haha.
That should have been super late game after we get more buildings and more upgrades.

 

[Romaki]

My opinion:

• Animal crossing is a game based on slow progress, however, its also a sandbox.

I feel like the devs haven't really thought through all of the implications. They obviously knew people made their own paths constantly, so they should have also known that people work hard on their layouts as soon as the options are available to them.

A lot of this could have also been avoided if they just added some data for the NPC in the game tbh, I feel like a lot of people believed that most of the NPC wouldn't return because they weren't found in the first datamine. And now we have like events until the summer right? So possibly Brewster only starts showing up in the fall? That's pretty late if people can already completely decorate their island and terraform it.

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

My opinion:

• Animal crossing is a game based on slow progress, however, its also a sandbox. Do what you want with it, how fast you want to do it. TT or dont TT, tarantula or dont lol, whatever floats your boat!
• HOWEVER, because animal crossing has always and always will be a game about slow progression, i think its unfair to complain about new things being added because you have no space since youve already finished your island.
• I don't think the dream suite will be a building and i personally dont want it to be a building because i dont feel like it would fit?? like what villagers gonna visit a shop to go and sleep lol
• I want the cafe to be a separate building because shoving it in the museum is dumb
• yal gotta stop being so passive aggressive

I'd definitely be fine with Café being either a standalone build or an extension to the museum. I can see Dream Suit as its own island (much like Harvey's), and I think that would work.

 

[Raz]

A lot of these issues wouldn't be happening if we had more islands for these occassions. Like an advanced island with Brewster and a concert hall for K.K. for example. Or give the main NPC their own island for their area, I don't get why it had to be like Wild World and such.

They could make something similar to the first AC, where there were a separate island where you could invite some exclusive villagers (they wouldn't be able to move to your town, only to this island). Something like a "satellite island", like Harvey's. See, I would be more than satisfied if they just expanded Harvey's island to add the dream suite and the Club LOL (it certainly would make me go to that island more frequently and it would also be a QoL move, as you would need to go to just one place instead of having various islands containing just one building each).

That being said, I'm patiently waiting for the cafe to be added as an exclusive building. I wouldn't mind a post office or the police station, but they could simply merge both buildings in some kind of "basic services" building.

 

[Feraligator]

I'm just going to say my own opinion here in hopes I won't be judged for my playstyle and opinions on a game (I can't believe I'm saying that.)

I'm welcome to more buildings, I have so much space in one bit of my island because I'm still in the process of designing it. I'm actually nearly finished though because I've had so much time to play the game in lockdown and I believe others are the same, also because of TTing and progressing faster.

I have my neighbours houses spread out a little more than the average residential design so that's taken up a lot of the top half of my island. However, I'm really hoping the Café is a standalone building and maybe other stores too, I like the idea of different stores. I don't really understand having a museum shop separate to the actual museum, but I can accommodate that in a way.

That being said I completely understand the frustration of some people because planning is a thing, and changing a plan after you like the initial one because there are new things coming that you weren't told about is understandably something you don't want to accommodate.

I don't understand judging the other opinion because of the way they play. Leave them be let them voice their opinion without sounding insulting. We are playing a video game that's meant to be relaxed and enjoyed in different ways, not everyone that has a different playstyle to you is ridiculous.