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I am back with more of The Best and Worst of New Leaf! Last time, I went over the topics related to the landmarks in every town and what they have good or bad. Now I am going over the rest of ACNL that is outside the customization and landmarks.
Tools:
BEST - basically, the golden tools are what I liked best. Every tool in-game (except for the shovel) are better in golden forms than their silver forms, but all tools are better in either form than any form in the lower level. What else is there to say? Getting the golden axe is much easier in ACNL than ever before. The golden watering can is better for perfect town than golden axe. The red turnip trade is pretty annoying. I don't like the Serena thing. And Leif selling you saplings sounds more relevant to getting the golden axe than what I previously mentioned. Oh, and did I forget to tell you about the tool swap in City Folk? Yeah, that makes things easier to use. I don't want to play the GameCube version or Wild World anymore.
WORST - either the beetle sensitivity or sea basses. To be honest, sea basses have always been annoying since the dawn of AC. We owe Tom Nook a lot of Bells, and if the sea bass is the only fish to catch, how are we going to pay off our houses quickly? And I'm not alone when it comes to the sea bass hate. In fact, the hatred from the community is so significant that the pun refers to how annoying they really are. In regards to the beetle sensitivity, I hate it where you accidentally scare a rare beetle at a far distance, even when you're not running.
Money making:
BEST - the best way to make money in ACNL is now beetle farming and shark harvesting. In ACNL, rare fish are more common than before. In fact, this made money making much easier, and using the island is a lot faster with no gamble needed.
WORST - of course, money making isn't always going to be easy. The worst way in my opinion is to grow money trees or shake trees. If you like to play offline and not have online friends, you cannot have a money tree unless if you pass Gracie's fashion checks (although I do have a golden shovel from last town and I don't have T&T Emporium yet). Not to mention, but this is much slower than fruit harvesting or heck, even catching only common fish.
Villagers:
BEST - my favorite villager in AC is Caroline. While I love my mayor character more than any AC character as Isabelle is my favorite animal character in AC, Caroline is my favorite animal villager ever. Even if I don't have dreamies, I do have favorite villagers. And Caroline is one of them. I also like Ava, Aurora, Goldie, and Mitzi. Of the other personalities, I liked Roald, Pierce, Amelia, Bluebear, Blaire, Agent S, Cube, Static, Camofrog, Marshal (yep, he's my favorite Smug villager), Antonio, Katt, Mira, and Cherry. But Caroline is my favorite villager. I never had her in StarFall, but I had her in the previous two towns.
WORST - I don't really hate any villager, so if I could name villagers I don't like as much, the worst in each personality are Jambette, Barold, Hazel, Chops, Victoria, Stinky, Violet, and Ricky. But the real big loser is the animal moving mechanic we all hate. I'm glad that I'm not alone in this category.
Special Visitors:
BEST - Phineas. I like how we have an achievement system in AC now. What's another special visitor do I like? The holiday visitors are great too.
WORST - other than the annoying luck system that punishes you for not wearing what the game wants you to wear, the most annoying part about special visitors in general is that Saharah will give you carpets and wallpaper you can buy from the Nooklings stores or order off the catalog. Worse yet, she can even give you a Common Wall and Common Floor, which should not be given out by Saharah.
Holidays:
BEST - my favorite holiday in ACNL is Halloween. I like the scary furniture you can get for giving Jack lollipops. I also find it fun to scare the villagers with masks they don't like at all.
WORST - my least favorite holiday in ACNL is Bunny Day. The problem are the prizes you can get. You can get grand prize tickets very easily, and the grand prize isn't so grand at all. To me, it's like giving the second place winner of a contest a copy of Monopoly (the board game) as the prize, but you give the first place winner a piece of fun-sized candy. I think the grand prize needs to be something bigger as grand prize tickets are very rare. I also don't like the music for the holiday.
Season changes:
BEST - I like the whole idea where the grass and trees change colors over time. First, it starts out to be snowy with yellow-orange trees, but the trees get greener as the snow season ends. When it melts, the grass is yellow-green. It continues to get greener as the year progresses through. After a long season of dark green grass deep in the summer, it starts changing colors again, along with the leaves. It keeps changing until the grass and trees turn dark brown. Then it snows again.
WORST - I really hate how the Snowboy is so spoiled. Even if you are dangerously close to perfection, you still lose. This makes the Snowman series nearly impossible to get.
Overall:
BEST - money making is a lot easier in ACNL than in previous games. Even if some things are more expensive than they used to be, it's still no match for the beetle farming and shark harvesting.
WORST - the animal moving mechanic. New Leaf may be the best game and has only a few flaws at the beginning. But out of all the flaws in ACNL, this has to be the worst. We're all fed up with this. If the next game was better, New Leaf will still suffer this fate as the next game will be perfect.
Coming up next: Traveling and Wi-Fi
Tools:
BEST - basically, the golden tools are what I liked best. Every tool in-game (except for the shovel) are better in golden forms than their silver forms, but all tools are better in either form than any form in the lower level. What else is there to say? Getting the golden axe is much easier in ACNL than ever before. The golden watering can is better for perfect town than golden axe. The red turnip trade is pretty annoying. I don't like the Serena thing. And Leif selling you saplings sounds more relevant to getting the golden axe than what I previously mentioned. Oh, and did I forget to tell you about the tool swap in City Folk? Yeah, that makes things easier to use. I don't want to play the GameCube version or Wild World anymore.
WORST - either the beetle sensitivity or sea basses. To be honest, sea basses have always been annoying since the dawn of AC. We owe Tom Nook a lot of Bells, and if the sea bass is the only fish to catch, how are we going to pay off our houses quickly? And I'm not alone when it comes to the sea bass hate. In fact, the hatred from the community is so significant that the pun refers to how annoying they really are. In regards to the beetle sensitivity, I hate it where you accidentally scare a rare beetle at a far distance, even when you're not running.
Money making:
BEST - the best way to make money in ACNL is now beetle farming and shark harvesting. In ACNL, rare fish are more common than before. In fact, this made money making much easier, and using the island is a lot faster with no gamble needed.
WORST - of course, money making isn't always going to be easy. The worst way in my opinion is to grow money trees or shake trees. If you like to play offline and not have online friends, you cannot have a money tree unless if you pass Gracie's fashion checks (although I do have a golden shovel from last town and I don't have T&T Emporium yet). Not to mention, but this is much slower than fruit harvesting or heck, even catching only common fish.
Villagers:
BEST - my favorite villager in AC is Caroline. While I love my mayor character more than any AC character as Isabelle is my favorite animal character in AC, Caroline is my favorite animal villager ever. Even if I don't have dreamies, I do have favorite villagers. And Caroline is one of them. I also like Ava, Aurora, Goldie, and Mitzi. Of the other personalities, I liked Roald, Pierce, Amelia, Bluebear, Blaire, Agent S, Cube, Static, Camofrog, Marshal (yep, he's my favorite Smug villager), Antonio, Katt, Mira, and Cherry. But Caroline is my favorite villager. I never had her in StarFall, but I had her in the previous two towns.
WORST - I don't really hate any villager, so if I could name villagers I don't like as much, the worst in each personality are Jambette, Barold, Hazel, Chops, Victoria, Stinky, Violet, and Ricky. But the real big loser is the animal moving mechanic we all hate. I'm glad that I'm not alone in this category.
Special Visitors:
BEST - Phineas. I like how we have an achievement system in AC now. What's another special visitor do I like? The holiday visitors are great too.
WORST - other than the annoying luck system that punishes you for not wearing what the game wants you to wear, the most annoying part about special visitors in general is that Saharah will give you carpets and wallpaper you can buy from the Nooklings stores or order off the catalog. Worse yet, she can even give you a Common Wall and Common Floor, which should not be given out by Saharah.
Holidays:
BEST - my favorite holiday in ACNL is Halloween. I like the scary furniture you can get for giving Jack lollipops. I also find it fun to scare the villagers with masks they don't like at all.
WORST - my least favorite holiday in ACNL is Bunny Day. The problem are the prizes you can get. You can get grand prize tickets very easily, and the grand prize isn't so grand at all. To me, it's like giving the second place winner of a contest a copy of Monopoly (the board game) as the prize, but you give the first place winner a piece of fun-sized candy. I think the grand prize needs to be something bigger as grand prize tickets are very rare. I also don't like the music for the holiday.
Season changes:
BEST - I like the whole idea where the grass and trees change colors over time. First, it starts out to be snowy with yellow-orange trees, but the trees get greener as the snow season ends. When it melts, the grass is yellow-green. It continues to get greener as the year progresses through. After a long season of dark green grass deep in the summer, it starts changing colors again, along with the leaves. It keeps changing until the grass and trees turn dark brown. Then it snows again.
WORST - I really hate how the Snowboy is so spoiled. Even if you are dangerously close to perfection, you still lose. This makes the Snowman series nearly impossible to get.
Overall:
BEST - money making is a lot easier in ACNL than in previous games. Even if some things are more expensive than they used to be, it's still no match for the beetle farming and shark harvesting.
WORST - the animal moving mechanic. New Leaf may be the best game and has only a few flaws at the beginning. But out of all the flaws in ACNL, this has to be the worst. We're all fed up with this. If the next game was better, New Leaf will still suffer this fate as the next game will be perfect.
Coming up next: Traveling and Wi-Fi
