should katrina come back? & other things

[lichia]

hellooo so i'd like to get ppl's opinion on this! here's what i think: katrina was really really cool in terms of design and fortune telling is kinda cute, but it was just so disposable in new leaf? correct me if i'm wrong, but having good luck didn't mean much, and having bad luck just meant you'd trip a lot? i think that it would only make sense to bring her back if she had more influence in gameplay - make good luck more relevant and bad luck worse. except it isn't fun to have bad luck, so just tripping might be the exact tolerable amount of bad luck for players.

in any case, i didn't care much for katrina, i just thought she looked cool and her tent was nice. the animations were pretty but that was it, u know? what do you think?

anyway, literally the only two things i ask for in this game are my man brewster w/ his café and the ability to place rugs outside. oh my god. what about you?

 

[Jhine7]

In my mind, more NPCs the better! Hopefully Nintendo will prioritize who comes back first though, like Brewster. But it definitely would be nice to see Katrina again.

 

[lichia]

In my mind, more NPCs the better! Hopefully Nintendo will prioritize who comes back first though, like Brewster. But it definitely would be nice to see Katrina again.

i hope so, too! brewster seems to be a fan favourite and working at the café was so much fun! it'd even make sense in-game to open a coffee shop on an island that's growing and developing. i think it's a lot more compatible than, for example, the dream suite - even though that was really clever!

 

[justina]

She was never really my favorite NPC so I voted no, I can’t say I ever enjoyed the tripping lol. Plus imagine if your tools are more likely to break faster or something with her.

 

[Koi Fishe]

Katrina was one of my favourite NPCs so I'd love her to come back! I'd also to be able to visit other players islands again! It was super fun in NL.

 

[TheodoreCottontail]

Yes and I want a new furniture set with her theme!

 

[eggie_]

i would love if katrina came back! the lucky items were a cool addition and also getting some exclusive dialogue between the npcs to flesh them out a little more would be really nice to see. like a convo between isabelle and nook if youre wearing a certain item that katrina tells you to wear - pretty much just bringing that whole mechanic back from NL (unsure if it was in other past games) could be a good way to add just a little more content!!

also i feel like if they brought back bad luck days theyd have to do something to balance it out. like maybe also give you the opportunity to increase your chance at getting a meteor shower in the next week with katrina or something. but i wouldnt want it to just be "pay bells increase luck" if that were the case

 

[0019293893]

I liked having the lucky items and giving you good luck. I would love a Katrina set too!

 

[eggie_]

Yes and I want a new furniture set with her theme!

ooo me too!! fortune telling furniture set would be so cool. also some bazaar/merchant/market items in her set! i think that could really fit katrina's aesthetic.

 

[lichia]

She was never really my favorite NPC so I voted no, I can’t say I ever enjoyed the tripping lol. Plus imagine if your tools are more likely to break faster or something with her.

THAT WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE can you imagine? hahaha

ooo me too!! fortune telling furniture set would be so cool. also some bazaar/merchant/market items in her set! i think that could really fit katrina's aesthetic.

that's such a good idea! specially since the game is missing some furniture. i'd looove to be able to have a nice market with more "intentional" items and could definitely see some bazaar items in katrina's colour palette and style!

 

[Serabee]

In my mind, more NPCs the better! Hopefully Nintendo will prioritize who comes back first though, like Brewster. But it definitely would be nice to see Katrina again.

My thoughts exactly! I'd love to see Katrina again, ESPECIALLY if she brought fortune telling furniture! But, even if she didn't, I still say yes. She had such a cool design and always had fun dialogue. Speaking of which, I'm actually on another website for disabilities/chronic/mental illness, and people post a lot of things they like that they find inspirational- someone actually posted a wood burning/carving thing that read "And remember that bad times... are just times that are bad". It even had the little furniture icon leaves from Animal Crossing, but I don't think anyone had any idea that it was from a video game. It IS a cute quote, though!

Anyway... I'd ESPECIALLY love it if we could place Katrina's tent as a permanent fixture I have a haunted house on my island and they'd go SO great together!

 

[lichia]

i would love if katrina came back! the lucky items were a cool addition and also getting some exclusive dialogue between the npcs to flesh them out a little more would be really nice to see. like a convo between isabelle and nook if youre wearing a certain item that katrina tells you to wear - pretty much just bringing that whole mechanic back from NL (unsure if it was in other past games) could be a good way to add just a little more content!!

also i feel like if they brought back bad luck days theyd have to do something to balance it out. like maybe also give you the opportunity to increase your chance at getting a meteor shower in the next week with katrina or something. but i wouldnt want it to just be "pay bells increase luck" if that were the case

yes! the villagers need more dimension and dialogue prompts! and i agree, balancing bad luck x good luck would be very important - if they were really bland and didn't affect your game in a relevant-but-manageable way, it'd just fall back on what i think was her issue in new leaf: she didn't really add much in terms of gameplay besides making you trip on bad luck days.

 

[Alicia]

I'd love to have Katrina back!
We need someone to remind us that bad times are just times that are bad!
I think it would be really cool if she had some items that went with her return.
I definitely want Brewster back too.

 

[Miele]

I would absolutely love to have her back. I can imagine the villagers saying something like going to her and saying that they had bad luck. When that happens, you see them trip and stuff. When good luck happens, they would FINALLY be able to catch the bugs they’re hunting.

Another idea could be that the lucks affects the rocks. Good luck could mean doubling the amount of bells you get in the money rock, or increasing the chance of finding gold ore. Bad luck could mean reducing the bells in the money rock or maybe your tools breaking faster. Just a thought

 

[pup]

if i had to pick only a select NPC to come back it probably wouldn't be katrina buuuuuut i could see her coming through with some sick DIY recipes. i'd love to have a spooky bazaar on my island. i don't love falling down all the time, but maybe they wouldn't bring that mechanic back ahaha.

 

[milktae]

She was a cool NPC but I never had the clothes she said would bring me luck

 

[daringred_]

let's face it, most of the stuff in the game is already disposable and some of it way more than katrina + luck, so i see no reason whatsoever to not bring her back. luck, at least, did have an effect on gameplay -- if you had bad luck, for example, you could spend an entire day tripping over yourself and even lose your balloons if you didn't know. and i know i personally had several good luck days where the money rock + trees gave me 2x the amount of bells so.

 

[rubyrubert]

I want her to come back but give us spooky/witchy furniture for having good fortunes haha, or maybe a special title?

 

[lichia]

She was a cool NPC but I never had the clothes she said would bring me luck

same! hahah maybe that's why i don't remember good luck being so relevant. i love everyone's suggestion about how good luck and bad luck could interfere with your day and your ideas of items that she could give us/sell <3

 

[sleepydreepy]

I loved Katrina, she was so cool! I think it would be awesome if she came back, but if she didn't I wouldn't be upset