Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and amiibo Festival Bundle Details Emerge

No interest. I'm not a fan of Animal Crossing. Also, I'm staying as far away as possible from "party" games since Mario Party 10 was released. Amiibo Festival looks like less of a game then Mario Party 10 did which is bad.

I'm pretty sure they already mentioned that Isabelle and Digby would be bundled with it at some point. What I want to know is how much it will cost since it was said that the download version would be free but amiibo would be required for it. I doubt I'll get it though.

So for HHD - if you buy the NFC bundle are you getting two cards or just one ? Which ones ? One special (like Isabelle) and one random ? Or both random or both special ? Still lacking on some details, at least for me..

I'm just going to buy Animal Crossing U..... Oh wait, never mind...... There isn't one!!!

Nope. Still mad about the 2 seconds at e3 when I thought they were releasing a WiiU AC. Not interested. I'm all for spin-offs, but not if they make it INSTEAD of a real game.

That was just a rumour about a Wii U AC. People are being really stupid about these new AC games. People complain when they get the same old thing and complain Nintendo tries something new. Good thing they aren't listen to you guys. I, for one, am happy for new amiibos and innovation. New Leaf only came out two years ago. Get over it already. I am mad that we aren't getting a New XL bundle. I could care less about the cards. Guess I won't be getting a New 3DS XL for another year.

Well, for the first time in franchise history, I will be not be getting these new Animal Crossing games.

And besides, I'm already getting the amiibo Retro 3 pack on that day....

HHD is a probable for me just because of the Streetpass group, but I'm honestly not all that hyped because of the cost of the cards and the way they are packaged with one special in every pack making the cost even higher than it would be for just blind packs. Twice the price as in the US is also annoying. I certainly don't think the game is worth £150, which it would cost (minimum) to get all the cards and associated furniture etc.

AC Amiibo Festival is a definite "NO!". There are way better, much more interesting games available and giving it away for "free" with the amiibo still does not mean I will play it. And I won't get the amiibo because there's no game to play with them that warrants the purchase and again, the cost is simply too high. I can live without figures for the sake of figures. Gameplay is paramount, not all these (costly) frilly extras and these 2 games just don't seem to have quite enough. It's all just underwhelming.

lol, the thought of having buying this makes me almost vomit.

Will people just get over it already? I mean Nintendo is just trying to branch out and take the fanchise in new directions here

Not really interested in the games, but I want all of those amiibo. And the reader for Codename Steam.

Will be getting HHD (not collecting the cards though). I guess the amiibo cards that come with the game will make cute bookmarks.

I'll pass...

@dkxcalibur How was Mario Party 10 bad.

Amiibo Festival dosent look that bad. It's pretty sweet that the amiibo will take data from Happy Home designer and use it in the game. It's not a Mario Party clone just because it's board game based. It's similar to monopoly as it deals with money. Why would they release a new animal crossing game if they're still advertising new leaf.

@amiiboacid Mario Party 10, "in my opinion", is not a good game. It's almost not a game. I have fond memories of playing the first couple Mario Party Games with friends because each person rolled their own dice and moved their own piece. There were branching paths and different directions you could move in. Finally, most of the mini games were skill based. In Mario Party 10, everyone moves together??? There is absolutely no strategic values present; and a lot of the mini games are brainless-luck based games. We were excited about the Amiibo Party boards until we found out that the boards are simple and there's no real major change from each character's boards except cosmetically. My youngest son loves Mario Party 10, he's almost 6. My oldest son, he's 9, was disappointed and bored after playing it a handful of times.

From what I have seen of the AC:AF game so far, there appears to be even less gameplay in this then in Mario Party 10. The couple of videos or gameplay footage that I saw, show players rolling dice, moving on a board, and then receiving a message. I did not see mini games??? I'm concerned about the depth I guess. The board looks good, and I do like the "each turn is a day" concept.

....But I hope you're right and it's similar to Monopoly. I didn't see that comparison but I hope you're right.

I want the New DS. I will not buy AC:HHD without the New DS. Every day I check and see if they have announced the New 3DS XL HHD Edition for North America, and every day I am disappointed.

Will be giving HHD a go but not Festival. It's all good and well people talking about Nintendo branching out with their popular franchises but Festival looks downright lazy. If we start lapping this up now, get ready for Metroid Spot The Difference or F-Zero Top Trumps in 2016. I hope that I'm proved wrong but it feels like Nintendo is just putting out any little thing and expecting a nice big gush of gratitude because "it's something".

That New 3DS XL is the one thing I reaaallly wanted. I'm starting to lose hope for it to come to NA. I don't wanna buy the nfc reader D:

@tbaren I'm interested in hearing what you would consider a spin off being.

These are not replacing the main series, they are spin offs, and that's that. New leaf was released in 2013, only two years ago, and people are expecting them to have a new main, fully fledged game already? Pretty ridiculous if you ask me.

There were roughly 4 years between each new animal crossing game, so I expect we will have another main game in a couple of years.

Largely similar to European bundles and purchasing options? There are no mentions of the HHD bundles involving New 3DS XL or New 3DS, nor the HHD faceplates, or the card album. This isn't really like European options or bundles at all.

@Arianabtd Ditto-- They have announced all these amazing bundles for every other territory but yet NA is left without :<

Happy Home Designer is going to hurt my poor wallet, but I am very excited for it! New Leaf is easily one of the best 3DS games, and my most played at over 200 hours. Now....amiibo Festival.....hehe....yeah, that really isn't for me. But I'll be too busy designing homes (probably in Fallout 4 by this Holliday season ) to care!

That N3DS XL bundle is actually tempting me to cave... but oh look it isn't confirmed for NA. LOL

I s2g, it's like NoA really DOES hate money.

@dkxcalibur Ok, I respect that. But Bowser Party is still cool. I didn't care for Amiibo Festival untill I saw the money mechanics.

First, people who love to complain when things don't go their way, get over it. If you don't want it, don't buy it. Yeah, I wanted AC:U too, but instead of being a dirtbag about it, I see what this is all about. We barely even know about Amiibo Festival, so how can you say it sucks when you've only seen a clip or the E3 direct gameplay? Even if you don't like it in the end, at least see what it truely is, rather than rating a game that hasn't even been given a proper realease date.

Anyway, I'm REALLY excited for ACHHD! Those cards are gonna become my new collecting curse...
Goodbye Pokemon+Yugioh, hello AC cards

Must...catch em...all! :'-(

@jedikitty Only the game in physical form will come with 1 amiibo card, so if you buy the NFC combo pack, you will get the physical game, 1 special card and the NFC reader/writer.
The special card is random, you'll get 1 random card from 17 special cards available in the first series. The European and North American sets are identical to the Japanese sets, the only difference is that in NA the amiibo card booster packs come with 6 cards for 5.99$ instead of 3 cards for 2.99. I already had a New 3DS so I just bought the Japanese physical game, and I got Tom Nook as my special card.

Both games look like cheap ftp mobile crap. Enjoy wasting your money & telling yourselves this is good!

Happy Home designer is a day one purchase for because after 500 hours in New Leaf and seeing as it has been over a year since I last played it I am looking for my next AC fix, and judging by what I have seen this should fit the bill perfectly! As for Amiibo Festival, I am still undecided on that one.

Wait, I have a question.

What if you buy a bundle NFC reader with 1 card. How many character in game can you design a house for? Just one or they keep coming.

Will you have just 1 customers unless you buy more amiibo?

I am actually excited for Happy Home Designer. However I don't like the whole card idea. Really 6 cards for idk $6? Seriously Nintendo? Also for the amiibo party if they show more and looks worth it maybe. Other than that I'll honestly buy the amiibo so I can finally have an animal crossing memorabilia

I'm actually so keen for the amiibo, though I'm really gonna have to see what the game is like first. It's really not grabbing me at this point... I'm hoping it's a real surprise and it's INCREDIBLE.

I'm going to get the party bundle and Nook and KK figures. If the game's horrible I'll return it, but as my kids, wife and I seem to be the only ones in the world who really enjoy MP 10, I feel there's a good chance we'll like this too.
Still tempted to drop the game bundle pre-order and get two more separate Amiibos instead and download the game for free.

@Ichiban everything that isn't what people think they want looks terrible to them. And often when they play them they get surprised and love the game. Nintendo has a long rich history of this.

@Captain_Gonru you can always download Amiibo Festival for free once you have your Amiibo and if you don't like it you can delete it straight away.

Not really fussed about either game, but I am tempted to get a K.K. Slider and Isabelle amiibo...

I like the amiibo cards idea. I don't like how amiibo takes up so much space. But it kind of sucks that you have to buy six random cards at once, that way you'll probably end up with either none of the ones you want or a huge collection that contains several of the same cards and only a few of the ones you like.