Heisenberg
Game Developer
Not me by the way ^
In your opinion do you think that Animal Crossing should include some sort of romance/courtship system in it's games? This isn't about bestiality or zoophilia, it's about implementing the system into a community of anthropomorphic animals who are as intelligent and as comprehending as humans. Do you think that there should be a Harvest Moon feature where you'd get to go out and try and look for prospective wives/husbands? The animals in game already express dating and romance amongst themselves. Would it be strange for the mayor/villager to be included?
What if like the Pokemon Dungeon and Mystery Explorer series a questionnaire at the beginning of the game would determine what animal you would be and you got to play as an animal villager as well. Does that change your opinion on a courtship option?
And also what about animal villagers having families themselves after courting with another villager?
I'm looking for thoughts and opinions on this and if you'd like to see Nintendo implement something like this into their Animal Crossing series. As you might be able to tell I personally have a fursona, my yellow and black dog, but other than that I'm not really into what they call a furry fandom. (Just to clear up any bias you might think I have). Personally I think that if the mayor/villager remained human that a courtship option seems strange. I do admit though that the idea of my own villagers having families and babies that I could visit would be quite adorable! It might also influence my villager's abilities to get bigger houses (Which I'd donate to them to see that!).
Separately I'd love to be an animal villager based off a questionnaire but perhaps give the player an option. Kind of like "I'm not an animal!" option, same as choosing between being a boy and a girl. If given the option I wouldn't see a problem with a courtship option to the other villagers, it would be nice to be able to ask one of them to move into my house with me and perhaps add a second room to the house. I'm not sure if this would count as making them a permanent resident though, allowing for another one to move into the town. It would be a bummer if your wife/husband wanted to move out! I think it would help to add a little more to do during the time span of a day for all those non-TT'ers out there. Should you ever have children, perhaps they'd grow up and move out after a full year. Not that the idea of my child going to the void is fun either, lol.
TL;DR: So should Nintendo implement a romance option or leave Animal Crossing the same? Would the change be a factor in your playing of the game, or perhaps would you just ignore that option?
READ PLEASE: This thread is purely for expressing self-opinions about the topic and a decently open-minded and intellectual conversation amongst friends. Please do not bash someone for their opinions or ideas. I ask for your courtesy to your fellow TBTers. I posted this question on this particular thread because my only Animal Crossing game experience is with New Leaf, as I've not played others. So I'm posting the topic with the game mechanics of New Leaf in mind. Also I'm not sure if this question has been presented here, but I wanted to see what people would say.
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