[SPOILER] Datamine hints at new and returning features

[Rave]

Ooh- very excited to see if the secret beach gets a use after all.

 

[Khaelis]

Oh, I completely agree with you. Most, if not all, of that is probably coming. I just had to say what I did because that Earth Day update is coming up really soon. Some of this stuff may end up being in there, but I doubt all of it will. Seeing how all of this has been going, I think we are going to keep getting new features over time. But after the new update, we will inevitably have people coming to complain "but Ninji said this will be in the game with an update, whhyyyy isn't it heeeerrree?!"

Speaking of Earth Day, I recall their being a Nintendo Switch maintenance being scheduled for sometime today, with the topic of 'distribution of update data.'

I'm not entirely sure what Nintendo means by that, but it could be the Earth Day update?

 

[SaltedKaramel]

Gosh I'm so excited for vegetables!!! If this is true! I thought Brewster and bushes would be my favorite but vegetables!!?!? PLEASE!

 

[DJStarstryker]

Speaking of Earth Day, I recall their being a Nintendo Switch maintenance being scheduled for sometime today, with the topic of 'distribution of update data.'

I'm not entirely sure what Nintendo means by that, but it could be the Earth Day update?

Probably! They would have to take the online server down temporarily to upload the update data onto their servers. Earth Day is not until Wednesday, but it makes sense to put it up there and let us download it a few days in advance.

 

[trashpedia]

Vegetables? Seafood? Cooking? I would have never thought 0-0

 

[thelonewanderer]

Source: https://nintendoeverything.com/animal-crossing-new-horizons-datamine-may-hint-at-upcoming-features/

https://twitter.com/x/status/1251882943448059904

Spoiler

– There’s entries for two extra museum upgrades
– All three levels (after the tent) seem to contain an art section
– There also seems to be two standalone buildings: the museum shop, and the museum cafe (which incorporates a Gyroid section)
– Redd appears to have a ship which will dock on the ‘secret beach’ at the north of the island
– That particular acre is called Nつねきち internally (つねきち is Redd’s Japanese name)
– The ‘fake art’ mechanic is coming back
– Bushes are coming back: azalea, hibiscus, holly, hydrangea, camellia, osmathus
– Those might change; the list actually changed between 1.0.0 and 1.1.4
– Vegetables that you can grow and pick: tomato, wheat, sugar cane, potato, carrot, pumpkin
– 1.0.0 has a file for a “Seafood” Critterpedia page that’s supposed to contain 33 items
– The only one actually in the released game is the manila clam
– There’s a 3rd Nook’s Cranny referenced, but no details on features or upgrade requirements
– Diving will allow you to obtain fish (a different set from fishing) and seaweed
– There’s a portion of the save file reserved to store them already
– Unused shopping interfaces: ‘cGardening’, ‘cMuseum’ (possibly museum shop), ‘cRealEstate’, ‘cGallery’
– These might not be full-fledged shops
– This particular system includes Nook Miles redemption, bridge/slope type purchases and Kicks’s shoes, for example
– The code that pops up a “select an item” box (to gift a villager, to sell, to swap a fish out for, etc) has a “cTunekichi” (Redd) option – possibly will be able to give him stuff
– There’s a function that stores a ‘play report’ (Nintendo’s aggregate stats on game play) with three variants: get_recipe_diy, get_recipe_clothing, get_recipe_cooking
– Only the diy one is actually ever used, so the other two might be in the plans
– Some mentions of stuff here have been removed from 1.1 onwards; the list mentioning ‘FlowerBush’ and vegetable names has been modified to list ‘FlBu, V0, V1, V2, …’ instead, one mention of Redd’s shop has gone from ‘TsunekichiShop’ to ‘TShop’
– ‘TShop’ is in what seems to be a list of doors that buildings can have
– Since 1.1 they’ve added ‘WOffice’ as well, which isn’t actually used yet, but might be something they’re working on
– There’s a list of types for items where every type is used in the game, except for “Art” and “Dishes” (see below)

These are features that Ninji, who has datamined the game since release, has found in the game's code, apparently. I don't want to discredit his hard work, but obviously with something on the internet, you have to take a huge pinch of salt.

If these actually make it into the game, I'll actually explode of excitement. I'm trying to keep my hopes down so I don't get disappointed, but this information is too much and I wish I didn't stumble upon it at 5am!!

What do you think?
It all seems like a bit much to me, Nintendo has been really quiet about what they will include in updates so I'm not sure if I should believe this. But at the same time I really love all of these features and hope they actually do make it to the game, even if it's drip-fed to us.

Its a start but I want more things. Waiting for island expansion, villagers expansions, 20 plus new buildings, Tortimer island returns, and etc...

 

[Khaelis]

Its a start but I want more things. Waiting for island expansion, villagers expansions, 20 plus new buildings, Tortimer island returns, and etc...

If you want all that, expect to pay for it. Those are a lot of demands, especially for such a small island.

 

[coney]

this sounds very excited! I really wanted to have an open art exhibit in my town with the art sculptures. Hopefully art comes back soon, Also hopefully with the Earth day update we get can get the bushes back, I used them a lot in New Leaf so landscaping felt incomplete without them. Farming sounds very cool, hopefully we can get strawberry fields, I always thought that would be a nice addition.

 

[DJStarstryker]

Its a start but I want more things. Waiting for island expansion, villagers expansions, 20 plus new buildings, Tortimer island returns, and etc...

Those sound great, but might need to temper expectations. Realistically, I'm not sure if some of those things are even going to happen. It'd be great if they did, but...

We don't know what exactly this game will look like a year from now, or more if NIntendo keeps supporting it. It could be radically different! I hope so, with lots of new features! But I feel like you're setting yourself up for disappointment if your expectations are too high. Easier to try to enjoy what we do have, and then every new thing will feel exciting and new and fun. If the game as it is doesn't feel like enough, you could always stop playing it and wait until some other time in the future to see if you like it better.

 

[QueenOpossum]

I can't believe this is real... only because I've never played a game with so many updates... but I actually do believe it too sorta

This is very common now! For Nintendo, Splatoon is an example. But outside of Nintendo, many games do weekly events/monthly events.

 

[JustAWeavile]

Can we get an F in the chat for everybody's decorated secret beaches who had no clue that one day that beach would have a purpose?

 

[IndoX]

Bushes coming back is a godsend. WHAT TYPE OF DESERTED ISLAND DOESN'T HAVE BUSHES?

 

[Rave]

Surprised that there's still no sign of tropical fruits, though. Please...give us bananas....

 

[Sgt.Groove]

Ninji is in the animal crossing discord XD He's a super trustworthy guy if his contributions to everything are to be taken seriously. *me shaking in my chair at the thought of growing a tomato and pumpkin in animal crossing*

 

[Xara]

wow that’s a lot. i typically don’t believe datamines as i never want to get my hopes up, but it’d be super cool if all of this turns out to be true

 

[thelonewanderer]

If you want all that, expect to pay for it. Those are a lot of demands, especially for such a small island.

I'll pay 20 dollars to increase villagers cap to 30 and I'll pay an extra 10 dollars to double the size of the current island. Money is not an issue, having an option to do so is. I don't like spending "micro-transaction" but AC is a game I will be playing for many years. Beside AC has already profoundly affected my sleeping habit in a very positive way, that alone is cheaper than most sleep meds.

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Those sound great, but might need to temper expectations. Realistically, I'm not sure if some of those things are even going to happen. It'd be great if they did, but...

We don't know what exactly this game will look like a year from now, or more if NIntendo keeps supporting it. It could be radically different! I hope so, with lots of new features! But I feel like you're setting yourself up for disappointment if your expectations are too high. Easier to try to enjoy what we do have, and then every new thing will feel exciting and new and fun. If the game as it is doesn't feel like enough, you could always stop playing it and wait until some other time in the future to see if you like it better.

I know but I waited 14 years for my ideal console AC game so my expectation are high but at the same time I have no expectation because its Nintendo and not someone like Sony. I'll just take what they give us.

P.S I thought the AC community hate the idea of farming? I'm confuse by this positive reception? Everytime I mention farming on reddit, everyone tell me to go play Harvest Moon/Stardew Valley instead.

Ironic cause i got into Harvest Moon/SOS/RF thanks to Wild World.

 

[stardrop-crossing]

Not to get overly excited about some stuff that may or may not make the final build of the game, but,
FARMING AND COOKING AAaAAaa

I have this big empty lot next to my house that I was thinking about turning into a farm, so I guess I have to if this ends up happening

 

[pocky]

On one hand I don’t doubt that a lot of these features will eventually be added to the game. On the other I doubt that parts of these features are already in the code.

 

[ForbiddenSecrets]

Cranny having more updates, the museum adding rooms, and the secret beach having a function are all things I 100% expected to happen. Diving is something I was hoping would come back. Vegetables are a surprise to me but I super welcome them if they show up ♡

 

[Khaelis]

On one hand I don’t doubt that a lot of these features will eventually be added to the game. On the other I doubt that parts of these features are already in the code.

It's not uncommon for data to be put into a game via an update ahead of time, you'd be surprised how much it reduces development time. Nintendo does it a lot.