wetsuit rant

[Ciary]

You cant set the wetsuit as a wand-outfit, but you can wear a wand outfit over a wetsuit (so basically the inverse). So if you want to switch quickly between swimgear and normal clothes, equip the wetsuit, then put a wand-outfit on. If you want to swim, simply change out of the wand outfit.

That's what I plan on doing, but I already use all wand outfit slots. so now I have to replace one with my daily outfit

The wetsuit is essentially a tool, you can’t add shovels to wand outfits.
I don’t really care if I’m swimming with shoes etc on, plus there’s water shoes right? They make sense!
The storage situation is annoying but again it’s a tool right, so it’s where the tools are I think? Tbh i think I’ll have an area on the beach where I leave a wetsuit

it isn't stored as a tool in your storage. it is stored as clothing
and other than a tool is that a tool is easy to equip/swap. not so much with a wetsuit
and you can equip tools while wearing a wand outfit
so no, it isn't actually a tool... it behaves more like an umbrella actually

 

[Underneath The Stars]

i like it. it's even better than how it was in new leaf.

 

[JellyBeans]

it is similar to NL so I don't really mind, and now that I've realised I can put a wand outfit on over my swimsuit that makes my life feel a lot easier

 

[SirSean]

it is similar to NL so I don't really mind, and now that I've realised I can put a wand outfit on over my swimsuit that makes my life feel a lot easier

That's smart thinking I'll have to try that today!

 

[Bohemia]

Yes, it's weird swimming with my halo on!

 

[Reploid]

ok, new update today! swimming yeey!
but really, why? nintendo? -_-

So the new update includes wetsuits. you can put them on and go swimming! and you have to put one on to go swimming. no swimming in normal clothes!
so in a way, the wetsuit functions like a tool. you put it on and you can press A at the water to dive in. nice!
only,it doesn't work like any other tool.

• first of all, you cannot equip it if you have a wand outfit on. because it's a piece of clothing ... and they couldn't do the same thing they did with the helmet for some reason?
• also, since it's a piece of clothing, it disappears from your inventory when you equip it. the only way to unequip it is to go into the clothing menu and remove it, or to put a different piece of clothing on
• but that doesn't mean the clothing you had on is now in your inventory. no. you have both equipped! so to swap you need a separate set of clothes!
• not to mention that the suit only replaces tops and bottoms. socks, shoes, bag and any headwear you have on have to be unequipped separately if you want to swim without them!
• on top of that, you cannot make a swimsuit part of a wand outfit! you have to carry it with you if you want to go swimming.
• and if you want to store them because you don't want to carry a swimsuit all the time, be prepared to scroll all the way down in your list of clothes because they're all the way at the bottom below the umbrellas!

like, is there any way nintendo could have made using a swimsuit any less convenient?
or am I missing something obvious that makes all this ok?

My only issue with it is that I have to remove it to try clothes on at the Able’s store. If they can remove my building hat, they can remove my wetsuit.

 

[sleepydreepy]

I played New Leaf so I'm use to the wetsuit mechanic but reading your post did make me realize how strange it seems in this game. The only problem I have with it so far is that you can't register it as a tool. I also don't wear wand outfits often so I didn't know you couldn't put it on top of that.

 

[Opal]

Since it's the same in NL I don't really care but I wish whenever I would go into the changing room at ables that the wetsuit would automatically be taken off instead of me having to take it off.