Lack Of Animal Crossing Getting You Down? These New Horizons Booth Photos Should Help

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I just wish we will see more beautiful houses and commercial buildings.
First impression it looks like Animal Crossing Castaway / Survivor with natural things outside.

Oh man, I am really feeling the hype for this game! The wait has been long, but this sure does help.
I wonder what other cool stuff has been at Nintendo live.

I need this game! The delay for this game couldn't have been worse! my wife and I are expecting our second child on 3/18! I wonder if i would get killed if i asked her to wait at least a few weeks. . . .Yes. Yes I would be killed.

I can't wait for this game to come out! But, I also realize I need a plush of every character in Animal Crossing now

Very cool little area. I have been waiting so long for this game, and it will be one of the few games I will put down the full $60 at launch. I need this animal infused therapy in my life.

I read that as lack of animals, which would indeed get me down.

I wonder what they did to replace the museum. Would be cool if you could catch fish and have them in your personal coral reef swimming around! Like, repopulate your island with bugs, flowers and fish.

I’m starting to get the feeling there won’t be any traditional shops/services/public works in this game and that if you want something — anything—you’re going to have to craft it yourself from scratch after earning or discovering a recipe. Not sure if I like that.

@Likethepear Some theories I have heard are more akin to you help build those structures (museum, shops, etc.) and once that's done the characters inhabiting them will arrive to run the functions. While I would also prefer having them built from early on it does sound better than none at all.

@Likethepear they mentioned in the direct that you will still be able to buy things from nook and there will be some kind of progression system. I'm figuring that in some amount of time shops open up on the island or something

@DanTheSausage they showed fossils in the last direct. The museum should be there in some way based on that

Once we get this game and Xenoblade 1 on Switch I almost feel like the Switch will be perfect. With BotW, Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, MK8DX, Xenoblade 2 FE3H, Pokemon Sw/Sh and Animal Crossing all on the same machine, what more could I possibly ask for? (Don't worry, I'll still be asking!)

The Switch has a stellar library of games that is incomparable to anything else on the market at this point. At least for me, nothing else comes close at this point!

@Likethepear We know fossils are back, suggesting the museum exists. I'd wager you'll unlock the ability to travel to another island with actual buildings at some point from the looks of it.

@Likethepear that would be an ideal feature to certainly increase playtime and the games lifespan.

Maybe you get the basic shops over time, but you can then upgrade them as time goes on.

I'm a big fan of AC since the first one. But having one island only per console is a recipe for family conflicts. From a game as family-friendly as this one, it's going to be annoying to manage my kids, all wanting their own island.

For that reason alone, it kind of jeopardize my purchase of this game. I mean, really, Nintendo? One island per console? Maybe they want families to buy Switches for every member?