For me, the rule is if you are unsatisfied with your town layout and placements of pwps or anything about it, and makes you not want to play then resetting is a must.
I dont think you need to get a second copy honestly.. and you save money if you dont get another one. If I were you, I wouldnt buy another one. The only reason why I would buy another one is because I really want to have two finished but different towns. For instance, if I were to buy the second copy I would make a winter, snowy, xmas themed town (including the villagers exterior of home, personality, and kiddish appearance for christmas spirit). However, Im content with the one I have!
You can easily just delete all your save files and start completely fresh like that.
Yes you like your villagers a lot! Thats a big factor! Youve completed the house, unlocked T&T emporium, have 6/9 villager pictures, completed the fossils in museum, remodeled my train station, and close unlocking Katrina. you can get the dreamies you have currently in your town again: tumblr, bell tree villager trading plaza, reddit etc always sell or giveaway villagers! However, those are things you can do again!!
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hahaha maybe its because my first ac game ever but I will never get tired of my town. I am currently just waiting for 2 last pwps to get and build but my town is pretty much finished. I played on my bf's digital copy for acnl but he moved back home so I had decided to buy my own copy & 3ds.
yes acnl is my first (you read that right, wish I ran into ac earlier) and only ac game so Im not sure if that makes a difference. For me, the whole point of acnl is creating my dream perfect town. If I create a perfect town then there would be no need for another one. I just need my last 2 pwps to obtain and build but its mostly a finished town. I cant wait to sit on the tree in the plaza to read the history of my town and listen to the ending song with credits! I would never restart or delete my town. It took a lot of planning, time, and effort so Im really proud of it. The feeling of finishing everything will last for an eternity and getting all my dreamies, badges, fishes, bugs, diving creatures once is enough for me. I wouldnt want to do it again.
My theme of my town is a summer get away because it is my favorite season. My town is a dream town that I like escaping to when I feel like it. I log unto it everyday just take a stroll around my whole town and admire everything I have designed. I like my town in any season and weather. When i feel gloomy and I log to see that its raining and playing beautiful rain song its pretty neat <3 You dont have that kind of desire? Make a town you can admire forever? Like a utopia?
the best part of acnl is sharing your town and seeing other people's towns, along with giving away a lot of items or paying for pwps for new players! at least thats what I think!
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If you decide to reset or buy a new copy, thoroughly plan out your town and stick to it. Try to really aim for what you really like and dont settle for any less.
consider...
--good town map
--the perfect town name
--decide town theme, the overall atmosphere/look you want
--make sure your town fruit is one you really like!
I like apples best but my town fruit is pear.
However that doesnt really bother much but it might for you
--grass shape: triangle, circle, square
-- building colours: train station (mine is yellow and I dont ever plan to upgrade)
town hall, mine is green
--pick a town theme and stick with it
* make a great town tune and flag!
*pwps that match the theme
* think about which villagers you would love to have based on their personality & looks
*villager home color and interior design & catchphrases + greetings
(i.e. Clambake [da: 5100-4022-5551] is my favorite town to visit in dream suite.
the creator got villagers that go with the forest/autum theme
including the villagers home exterior appearance)
*bushes, flowers, trees that go along with theme
*interior and exterior design of your mayor house
* qr code for path pattern you desire
-- and character face.
you will want to choose a face you like for your character
since you will face it every time you play
once you decided to reset and consider all of that visit a bunch of dream addresses of really awesome and completed towns! The towns Ive seen are: horror, modern city, foresty/rain, disney princess, beauty and beast, alice in the wonderland, zelda, final fantasy, Clue, music, rainbow, spongebob, cat themed towns but of course there are many more I saw. I wouldnt mind seeing a victorian, layton, sherlock holmes, xmas town hopefully i find one! It always inspires me whenever I was placing pwps, villager homes, landscaping etc. Also many online ac communities have a group where they post pictures/discuss their progress in their first town or restart/resets of towns. Maybe joining these groups would help you to create a town that you will forever love and be pleased with!
also many of the acnl players Ive ran into are super perfectionist.. it amazes me and scares me at the same time. However, very few have the unlimited amount of patience to fit their perfectionist urge. They are in a rush to get what they want. They get frustrated and some even quit playing the game for awhile maybe several months because they get tired or upset for losing their dreamies.
if you dont have the time and patience using a map editor or hacking the game to design it how you want is not bad. Ive seen very awesome hacked towns: Vieques dream address 4800-5782-1713 (spring). Of course you really have to know what you are doing when hacking.
I didnt have to get everything I wanted to be satisfied with my town. I personally like apples and wished it was my town fruit but I settled for pear. I did care about how things placed, landscaped, and what villagers I had. But Im glad Im almost finished, it turned out just how I planned and looks dazzling in my eyes.
Wish you the best with your town or new town!! =]
