Poll: One Year After The DLC, Are You Still Playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons?

I always like to say with Animal Crossing there’s stages to how I play it. ACNL had stages of playing it every day consistently, burning out, and then coming back to play it consistently again. Burnout periods on ACNL were usually only a few months.

I stopped playing ACNH in like, Fall of 2020 and I’m still on the burnout period for that game. I just don’t feel motivated to play it at all ever.

The game has unfortunately grown too stale for me even with the DLC. Said DLC brought me back for like a month or so, then I got bored and moved on.

It's fine though, I got plenty of time out of the game! It was a nice ride while it lasted.

Honestly played it so much it makes me sick even thinking about it. I’m good on animal crossing for like 10 years

This seemed like such a missed upportunity for Nintendo. The game was a surprise smash hit, they should’ve capitalized on it by making paid expansions forever, The Sims style

Played it every day since it came out. Then again, I've basically played AC every day since City Folk. It's just a part of my daily life now. With NH, I have endless possibilities to keep customizing my island, which I really like.

I think the restrictions that make AC what it is, ultimately hold it back from being a better game. I get the formula is sacred for a lot of people, but at its core, it’s still that game from 20 years ago. I liked new horizons a lot, but I can’t do this again. They need to open it up more speed up so many of the processes

@Yosher This was the case for me as well, I dipped in and out of the dlc for a bit, and while I enjoyed elements of it, by that point I was fairly bored of the main game and eventually just stopped going back. I think most of my friend group got the dlc, but only 1/8 still plays it semi-regularly

I think I'm over the game at this point. The DLC got me back into it for a little bit, but it wasn't enough to keep me engaged for long.

The DLC expansion didn't even add anything meaningful. The best thing about it is the fact that you can easily gain access to furniture that's already coded into the game.

That's freaking it.

The actual "gameplay" is otherwise no different to Happy Home Designer for the 3DS, and it really should have just been a standalone game that unlocks the additional customisation features for New Horizons save data (if they wanted to paywall those features that badly).

It's an enormous rip-off considering how little you're actually getting for your money.

The gameplay loop is too shallow to support indefinite play like the older games, which did a better job with their social simulation gameplay. In older games, you wanted to stay immersed in your digital community, go to birthday parties, talk to villagers, take care of daily responsibilities, etc. But a lot of that is dumbed down in New Horizons in favor of allowing the player to customize the island to their liking, and once explicit progression goals are no longer present, there's no sense of community to be had.

Another thing that bothered me was the lack of activities involving multiple people. If the game fails to keep you invested on a single-player level, they could at least have included multiplayer features for friends and family to enjoy. Even something small like the island challenges in New Leaf provided for this.

I didn't hate the game, and got 150 or so hours out of it overall, which still makes it obviously good value for how much it costs. But at the same time, it's frustrating how much better it could have been, but isn't.

New Horizons is still the game I've put the most time into on Switch. I was playing it daily months after people started complaining about burn-out, and only stopped at the point where I was going days without finding any new clothes/furniture. I've specifically avoided touching it since the final DLC/Update so I can really get back into it for a while when I'm in the right mood.

Haven't played it for ages. They never shoud've had that huge gap of no updates then all these major additions dropped at once. They should've had regular updates and continue to do so until today, similar to Fortnite and games like that. I really feel like they handled this game badly and it was only because of Covid it was as huge as it was.

@Ralizah
Actually, I like more in ACNH since I can keep my villagers forever when I get hiatus and they will not moving out by themselves even I did time travel so many times.

Btw, I have purchased the DLC since last year, still play ACNH despite I played the game infrequently as my island is already perfect so I can focus on playing my backlogs.
Just some maintenances to keep in touch with my villagers.
I have accumulated more than 860 hours gameplay for ACNH.

I started a brand new game last week - it was nice to start from the beginning again. I never bought Happy Home Paradise - do you think it is worth it?

I abandoned my villagers a long time ago. I do feel bad about it, but Mr Angry Brows kept judging me every time I dropped in.
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I stopped playing during the launch week. The game just didn't grab me at all.

I played the DLC regularly for awhile but the problem was I had already pretty much filled up my island's available space. I made most of it work, but it meant having to go in and alter some stuff I actually liked before. Also, the "story" progression of the DLC didn't hook me; I was only interested in clearing the next "chapter" to unlock whatever items or features it offered. Eventually I just got into other games and haven't been back.

Oh, and I'll admit that the "neighbors visiting your home" mechanic when I know my house will be full of cockroaches is a deterrent from going back. Those visits were cool at first, but quickly got intrusive and interrupted projects I was trying to complete.

I'd absolutely be down for a new Animal Crossing next year, assuming Nintendo plans to do another one this console generation (to my knowledge it would be the first time, so I'm not holding my breath). And having it be compatible with (able to bring items back and forth between) ACNH and the new game would be absolutely epic. But whenever they do, I hope they make the available space scalable to accommodate whatever DLC plans or even simply user ambitions there may be.

The DLC was fantastic, but it gave me a couple of months after release of play before I moved on.

I would definitely pick it back up if they released another DLC pack, BUT they've been pretty clear that's not happening.

I got my island looking the way I wanted.
I designed a bunch of houses in the DLC.
And then... I felt like that was it. People I played online with stopped playing too.

So... that's it, I guess ☹

I've collected all the fish and bug models now, which is what I really wanted, but I'm still playing it most days. I want to turn my house into a pirate ship, at least the ground floor, so I still need more Pirate Wallpaper from Gullivarrr.

I played this game for almost 1000 hours. Could be my alltime playtime record. Sometimes I return for a few minutes or play a few days. Maybe I will listen to a song of K.K. today. This game is just so pleasant and relaxing and I am very happy it exists.

I still play Animal Crossing: New Horizons on occasion, however, these days it's my oldest son who plays it more on his Switch Lite.

@Crockin,

Same here, the game looks so good and has so much charm, it's just a perfect Animal Crossing game in my opinion, sometimes I will get a new item and be inspired to change a part of my Island.

But just love running around chilling out, and I also have a lot of friends with the game, so we regularly visit each others islands,

@Ralizah,

it's a shame because you clearly are a fan of the series, I loved New Leaf, but never invested much more than 400 hours or so into it, must be on 1600 hours plus on New Horizons and loved it and was still playing it even before the DLC hit.

With the new DLC not sure there can be too many complaints, and my villagers still say new things to me, after of course you speak to them a couple of times in the same conversation, just to get passed the initial stock greeting.

I finally found myself back in the workforce earlier this year after 2 years and 2,000 hours put into my ACNH life. The final update and DLC added some juice to the game just as my interest in the repeating holidays was beginning to wane, but it rather quickly began to become a grind again. I had multiple large scale ideas for my island and home, but between work and newer games just never could find the motivation or time to put into it. I gradually went from daily to weekly to even more sporadically, I think the last time I checked in was in July.

Back in “Hot Vax Summer” ‘21, I was so sure that life was about to return to normal, that when my only remaining original day one villager, Hazel, wanted to move, I let her and used it as an excuse to stage a big wedding between my player character and my favorite villager, Gladys. I used the photo studio to mock up a service on the beach (recreated on my islands shores) as well as the reception held at the bayside bar/club I built (called “Nook @ Nite”). It was the last all-day project I put together in the game and resulted in some great pictures and videos. In my mind that was the true finale of my ACNH experience, a time that will always mean a lot to me, but has now passed.

I actually booted it up the other day because I needed something soothing since I am quite stressed at the moment. Just chilling on my island with no stakes is very calming.That's something ACNH always excelled at for me and I am sure it will continue to do so going forward. New content would of course be appreciated but I think the game is fine as is already.

I play everyday, but it really needs an injection of something new in the DLC department and like before the holidays!! Wishful thinking I know. Also, it has to be for free?! Or at the very least free on NOL.

Still playing every day. There is always something to do.

Ok to be fair, my Switch broke and can’t read SD cards, so I have to have half of my games deleted at a time, and the DLC for this game was included in that. Otherwise I would be playing it more often, because I thought it was really fun.

I played it a lot in the first 2 months I guess but it started becoming more of a chore than a game to me.. also I felt like there wasn’t enough interactivity with my neighbors. Always felt like they’re doing their own thing but don’t really care about me. Whatever that means.

Still playing strong ever since I reset my island! Really loving my villagers the second go around now that I understand how to invite ones I like better.

It's just such a perfect mood-boosting game. Evergreen is an understatement. The unique feature to follow real life day/night time also adds to its Second Life feel.

I had a great island going (by my standards) then without backing up any of my saves, i decided to try and put a custom shell on my switch lite. I lost my island (a lot of grinding) and pokemon sword save (of 70 hours) and my switch lite. Replaced it with an oled and just dont have the patience to work an island back up. Oh well maybe I'll pick the game back up eventually

My problem is that I just don’t think there’s as much to do as there was in NEW LEAF. I haven’t compared features on paper or anything and they may very well be neck and neck in features now but … I don’t know it just didn’t grab me like it did New Leaf. I LOVED new leaf and I’d still play that one over new horizons. Maybe it’s just nostalgia or portability or boot up time (it’s substantially longer in New Horizons!)

EDIT: I wish they also switched up the music a bit from
day to day. Even if Monday had this music, Tuesday had this music…
The music is great but pouring that many hours in, it stays a tad over its welcome every day.

Crap now I want to play it.

I've been playing it since day 1, have taken some small breaks now & then. I am getting burnout though since I watch a lot of youtubers who play this game and I judge myself on not being as creative as some of them. But it's a great game to play just to chill out and destress. Once the new Pokemon games come out I will probably put this game on the backburner. I love that they add the DLC and all those new items to the game though.

I plan on revisiting ACNH after some point to complete my museum, since insects, art, and some deep-sea creatures are all that I've got left. However, due to getting burned out from playing daily catching a lot of animals that only come out at specific times...I put down ACNH for over 8 months. I hope to return to the game as my vision for my island is sharper and I'm going to redecorate the lower half completely, raising funds to move everything to create a pleasing layout.

@Ralizah I completely agree. On day one of New Horizons I was like "Is that it?" when I first spoke to my locals, fully expecting I could keep smashing A and the weird and colourful quips would continue ad infinitum. I persevered with the game and assumed the dialogue would vary and increase with time or updates but, alas, that wasn't to be! It's really strange cuz the mobile game has loooooads of dialogue so I'm not sure what happened here. The genius of the dialogue in previous games is that you can skip through it quickly and those who want to read it can. 3DS or GC are still my favourite AC experiences.

I still love to boot it up and do my "chores", but it's always a matter of 10 minutes.

could just be me getting older but i dont have that drive to constantly decorate or collect items like i did back in NL. even then the NH updates just made it a COMPLETE game rather than adding more to a finished product

i love AC but i still have my issues with NH. missing content and holidays, NPCs have less to do, bad update rollout, weaker atmosphere with everything disconnected to lil islands, ect. it felt more like a reboot of the series than adding on with a sequel

I gave up on building up my island a while back. I’m disappointed there’s still so much content missing from older games, like proper shops and facilities to build, or NPCs to meet. I do still love the clothing design feature and that’s the only reason I play now - making football kit designs is a fun creative outlet for me. (Search GameTropolis on YT if anyone wants to see them!)

Bet my place looks like a depression era home by now.

My gosh I haven't played this in forever.
I don't think I even got 10 hours into the DLC I bought outright, before subbing to the expansion pass later on.
I loved the game, clocked 800 hours which is my highest on Switch, but there are just too many great games, new and old in my backlog to justify playing it anymore.
Maybe one day.

I stopped playing about 6 months ago when I finally completed the museum. Haven't loaded it up since, mostly because the amount of weeds all over the island now will stress me out.

I feel like i did everything i wanted to in my 900+ hours playing it. A new DLC with multiplayer minigames would tempt me back though.

I love the DLC. I don’t play it that often, but it is nice to extend the game and play on impulse.

I always give animal crossing another try, but it never manages to keep my interest after the 'campaign'. I need something more to work for than just... making an island just for myself. Multiplayer could maybe motivate me but since nobody I know played it I just stopped caring very quickly. You can only catch bugs for so long, right, when all the villagers could be card board boxes with voice lines and there's no goal left to work towards.

Feel like happy home designer might be for me in that sense, since it does have a goal to work towards and the decoration part actually has a purpose.

@KevynOnVideo Wow! I like how you created your own “ending” to the game as a way to check yourself out. Very imaginative!

What I do is add a backstory to each of the characters I’ve added and let go. I post their stories on the bulletin board and since I have the New Leaf town, I usually narratively tie that location and those residents too!

Is it possible to go BACK in time and see old bulletin posts? I regret not saving the ones from the pandemic.

@MH4 same here. That pandemic made the burnout period arrive so much quicker than other games in the series. But it was a good time. If nintendo would allow randoms to visit your town, i would more than likely have stuck with playing more often.

It's been more than a year since I've booted up Capitalism: But Cute, and it's ripe for an uninstall.

Still playing with my original island almost every day. It's like asking if I'm tired of using watercolors or crayons — there is always something new I want to create! It's so much fun decorating for the seasons, or getting new ideas for interesting made-up storylines or environments. Plus I still need 4 gyroids. Lol. I just wish they'd make it so you could switch mayors - every so often in order to do something, I still have to log in as my household member mayor who pretty much quit after 2 days. EDIT: Good heavens, I just looked at how many hours I've played — over 1700 so far!

I'd stopped playing before the DLC came out, returned to the game for like a week when it did, then dropped it again.

Stuck with it for like a year after launch but other than slogging through getting the remainder of the art I feel like I've done everything there is to do.

I log in occasionally, every month or so, when my wife needs me to build a bridge or whatever. I still plan on getting all the bugs at some point, and I actually like the DLC quite a lot, but it's not a daily thing at all anymore. My wife still plays it fairly regularly though.

Honestly its rarely I play animal crossing since there's not much to do so trying that other game dreamvally game.

@Ralizah yes! Nintendo just didn’t want to invest money to continue developing it but it has so much potential. A little painful to see Disney’s take on it.

I was playing just last night but it's because I recently started a new island. Playing the game now from the start feels like a more complete animal crossing experience. Now that most of the missing content was put back it gives me more to do daily. It was really janky having to wait months and months for features to be put back and made it a stop and go experience. You picked it up when something was returned and then stopped & waited until the next update. Your island would go for periods of time of abandonment which would make you feel bad when you played again. Imo animal crossing is meant to be something you play a bit everyday but it didn't feel like that launch. I've got about 600 hours in so I did enjoy it.

As with most people, of course I'm still playing it. My wife plays nearly every day too. With all the garbage out there like CoD (only sexual predators and supporters of sexual predators play anything from Activision/Microsoft nowadays) it's great to have an actual game that is more than jock dudebro garbage.

Btw, nothing you PAY for, especially in a PAID SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, is FREE. That's impossible and anyone would be wise to never be so ignorant to call it free.

Do not tag/reply/comment me, that would be harassment

@catabyte Dang, that makes my 600 hours feel like rookie numbers. I still have my og island but I don't touch it unless I need to grab some of nmt for my new island on my oled. The freedom for creative decorating definitely makes it so you can revamp your island in an endless variety of themes. I picked it back up recently because I was craving the unique relaxed game play that other games couldn't quite satisfy. Farming Sims weren't relaxed enough and for some reason hokko life wasn't the perfect fit for my mood and then I remembered animal crossing. That's what I was wanting to play. Also kudos for almost being done collecting gyroids...I'm impressed! I'm not even close..

@LavaTwilight I'm grateful animal crossing was released at that time and it is interesting looking at how big of deal it became with most of the public. It really had its community population bloom and I think it really helped a lot of people connect and cope with the terrible time everyone was having. I think looking back it's kinda amazing at how everyone was playing and helping each other out. People we're helping each other get recipes, fruit, furniture, etc. I think the only comparable thing would be how Pokémon go took over everyone for a good while. It's rare for games to have that kind effect.

I think Nintendo abandoning games has left me not interested. Even before the dlc things like not giving a 2 year anniversary cake was pretty weak. It couldn't have been that difficult to do.

I'm still playing it, but I still want one last quality of life improvement.

When you're in your home, I want to be able to use materials from within my storage to craft items or make food. I'd hope that's not too much out of the question, but, who knows, yeah?

I still try to get on my island every day

I stopped playing ACNH last year after HHP released haven't touched it once this year and we are at leat 3 years away from the next AC game

i am playing a little bit everyday
until, my museum art section is complete and i am 100% happy with how my island looks

Typical Nintendo leaving money on the table by abandoning title support too early.

It would be nice to bring the businesses from your vacation island over to your main island. I spent a lot of time on the design and no friends can visit and check it out. Also, it would be nice to have more interaction with your stuff. I can't ride the ferris wheel? Come on!

i've started playing new leaf again after new horizons burnout!! would love new friends to play with

I've really not played this game yet, but I plan to get it sometime. Maybe after Pokemon Scarlet I'll get it then, or next year.

Nope, sorry. Got completely fed up and burnt out with all the chores that needed to be done every day, even after I completed my town and even though most of said chores were made up by my own perfectionism. Haven't visited for almost two years and now I just can't do it unless I wind back the clock and play catch up for a few weeks.

Still miss Flora, though ...She was just the best neighbour you could ask for. I also made a little park with a boom box, aquarium and carpet outside where I always had some tango playing and the villagers used to stop by every day and sing along. That was absolutely adorable. I might return someday, but I have to admit I've long since moved on to other things. I did leave a goodbye note on the billboard, though, and I wrote Flora quite a heartfelt letter before I left.

Stopped by today just to see that I have not played since last Christmas. Glad everyone's still all right in there, though.

I still play once or twice a week. I still love my island and I've put over 2,500 hrs in the game so > don't wanna neglect my poor neighbors.

Why haven't I played?

Simple. I don't feel like it. Also I got invested in a couple gachas and I'd rather play those.

Being an ACNH content creator, I have been holding out hope that the game will get a new dlc or at least continued updates with new furniture or holidays similar to the ongoing additions to pocket camp. Our community is so incredibly creative & loyal, I feel like it wouldn’t take much to keep the wind in the ACNH sails.

@Magrane Thank you! Putting it together ended up being more extensive and ultimately cathartic than I anticipated. I was inspired to look over the album again today and it's remarkable how emotional I still get thinking about this fictional place and community.
I like your bulletin board idea too. Amazing how despite their comparatively limited 8 types and repetitive dialogue how unique each villager feels and how instictive it is to fill in their personalities and personal histories.

Spookily, I just played it today for the first time in 10 months, because I wanted to design more houses in the DLC!

I would play way more, but i can't. I need way more custom design slots. 100 is not enough. I can't do any cool stuf fin my house and my island is only half done and i'm already out of custom slots. Ofc i won't play more if i can't continue my projects.

Also, doesn't help how hard my place lags because i have more than 5 items on the screen at a time.

I definitely don’t play as much as I used too. I enjoyed the game and put in over 500 hours into it but I honestly think it could have been better.

I haven't played it in a while, but not because I don't want to. I just realized I was spending too much time playing considering my backlog right now, so I stopped, but I definitely want to pick it up again some time. Still lots of stuff I want to do on my island.

I think the last thing Nintendo needs right now is more paid DLC.

This AC just wasn’t it for me. Idk just seemed like a chore to play. I did not like the crafting aspect as I found it much too tedious. Breaking tools was also very annoying. Town designing was one of the big features to this game but it felt way to slow. Having to wait (or skip the date in the system settings depending on your play style) to move 1 building is way too restrictive. The crafting and town design overall was very restrictive. I understand the appeal of building your own town but honestly I prefer the town hub in New Leaf. Also tons of missing furniture and clothing items. There were definitely positives like the museum, island hopping was fun, expanded emotes, wands, updated visuals looked great, and expanded multiplayer but overall I still prefer New Leaf on the 3DS.

I always play these games and I like them but I don't think this is my kind of game. Without any chance of winning and getting the credits nor just a quick match or maybe a game over, I don't have enough of motivation to keep playing. But I feel like if there weren't so many games out there, I'd probably still be playing.

It's been about a year since I played it. I loved City Folk and New Leaf, but New Horizons was a huge disappointment. It threw out everything I think made Animal Crossing special in order to turn it into a grindy city builder. I guess it's ok for what it is, but it isn't what I want in an Animal Crossing game.

I'm probably in the minority here but the DLC was too pricey for me and I have no interest in paying even more for the online subscription when I really only use it to play one or two games online (I can still play every N64 game I want to on my actual N64). I'd love to give it a try and get back in the swing of things but I need a sale on that DLC...

I moved on from it a long time ago, good game but one that sadly added as much as it removed. Hopefully they build upon it for the next entry and perhaps add a real story mode to it amongst other things.

Oh and remove all the nonsense around cloud saves, sharing towns and even local multiplayer

Nintendo's ass-backward save backup system for specifically ACNH resulted in me losing my progress for the entire first year of playing after my Switch had an unfortunate accident. It was the only game I lost my save from.

I'll never get that back and my island will always feel worse than it was before, so I don't plan on ever playing again. If I want to play AC, I now find myself going to the other games that I either have yet to play or that I still havr my progress in. It helps that earlier entries have much better NPCs and require way less grinding too. I was all for the mindless grinding when I was stuck at home for months, but I have multiple jobs, hobbies, etc. now to upkeep and I'll never have the time in my life to do that over again.

If they wanted people to play long-term, they should have made cloud saves actually ***** work. Content updates, imo, actually just add problems in this case and serve to alienate those already gone further.

I still play it, but I don't really find it to be as enjoyable as New Leaf. The update improved the game, and the customization aspect is nice, but I just want my life sim stuff back..

@Ralizah I agree, there needs to be more life-sim elements. The customization stuff is perfect, but for players who don't do well with decorating, the rest of the experience just isn't there like it was with previous games. One can only hope that in the next game they'll reuse assets so that they can focus on the gameplay elements that were lacking in New Horizons.

I haven't played the game for probably well over a year before the latest DLC was released. I doubt another update will persuade me go back.

I honestly never really liked New Leaf on the 3DS, it felt more a chore than a game to me. Where New Horizons actually gives you the tools to completely design your own Island and create furniture. Also compared to most games with terraforming, Animal Crossing does it the best. Sure there can be improvements, but I hope the next game builds more on New Horizons than on earlier titles.

I am currently playing but that’s only because I started anew 3,5 month ago, when I went from working to being a student again! And because I wasn’t actively playing when the 2021 DLC came out, it’s all new content for me now 🤩 (I unlocked the café only two weeks ago and recently discovered the climbable vines!)

Edit: oh but I’m not playing the home designer thingy tho, it’s just 2.0! There’s enough in there to keep me busy ^^ I might buy the DLC later on but at the time of restarting my island, it felt slightly too expensive with my now heavily reduced budget as a student. Again, there’s enough content in the 2.0 update to keep me busy!

AC:NH was the perfect game for me. Beginning of lockdown, and beginning of my separation from my evil ex wife, I played it non stop for 5 months and it served as a massive coping mechanism for me. It got me through the worst of times and i’ll always be grateful.
Unfortunately whenever I feel tempted to revisit it, I associate the game with my terrible separation.

While New Horizon's customization is great, the villagers are even more robotic than ever before. The villagers are the charm of the series that keep people playing. The setting also doesn't help; the tropical island vacation doesn't feel as "real" or human as a small town in the woods where you talk to animal friends. I'm hoping the next animal crossing game keeps a fair amount of the customization from new leaf but puts the focus back on the villagers.

Never have, probably never will. Just can’t get into “life sims” I’d rather…well…live.

For me, I actually enjoyed New Leaf and even Pocket Camp more than New Horizons. I'm just not very good at decorating, and I felt like there was way too much emphasis on decorating your island. In New leaf, you have the whole shopping district to work on. That kept me motivated to play all the time. I'm happy for the people for whom island customization is their main joy. Because of the fact thet they're the majority, I wouldn't have the game be different. Just for me, I need a little more motivation. By the time Happy Home Paradise came around, I was super excited. But the ship had sailed for me. I've put far more hours into Stardew Valley than New Horizons. But I'm so happy for the people for whom this is the perfect Animal Crossing.

do what need to every day. sadly still need things to complete collections- lousy coconut tree beetles, missing fruit that seemingly will never find, etc. dlc haven't touched in awhile(left off at upstairs unlocked).

The base game still feels like a worse New Leaf, and with no more updates planned...

Base game was ok. Dlc was pretty nice. Glad it was included in the expansion pass. If they ever do more dlc for it which I doubt then I will only play it if the dlc is included in the expansion pass

I play ACNH. I would love to see an expansion of the fossils section, or at least, Blathers being able to buy fossils for his own collection once in a while.

I would also like to see Brewster expand his choices with cocoa or tea, as both are available in this world. Not sure I would like to see him sell pigeon milk, though.

I hadn't played out nearly as much as many, partly because my daughter pinched my game card and proceeded to play hundreds of hours herself, bit I got back into it recently, started dreaming up grand ideas for my island, only to have them frustrated towards the end by the limit on bridges and inclines. That really took the wind out of my sails, but I'll go back to it at some point. It's still so nice for chilling.

I haven't touched it in well over a year, and now I'm worried I'm gonna fire it up to find a ghost town overrun with roaches...

It's so strange. I actually feel nostalgic thinking back about starting with Animal Crossing NH back in lockdown. That game was one of the few things that kept me sane.

I find it irritating you're unable to start a 2nd island without having to delete the one I have now. I have so many bells I'm a billionaire (oh how I wish this was real money) I love my island after all the hours I've put into it. But I don't want to loose everything I've worked for just so I can start a new island.

I played it quite a bit, but I just have no drive to actually go back to the game. It feels like I pretty much did everything I wanted to do and while there’s still plenty of things to do, there’s nothing bringing me back. It also feel like it was so long ago that I played that game, making me feel almost nostalgic thinking about it

I plan to get back, but seriously, so many good games have come out recently, it's hard to keep up with the already increasing backlog, new games, and AC. But I'll definitely get back to check on my island friends.

Where's the "My Switch Got Completely Destroyed in an Accident, Along With My Game Copy and I Haven't Gotten Around to Buying a New One" option?

I would actually love to play, but because i have to share the island with my kids I cant. I pick up their garbage and clothes and have them ruin my plans 247 in real life, when I play a game to escape reality i dont want to be picking up their garbage and clothes just so i can make my yard pretty. Unless their DLC is you can have separate islands and story lines I wont be picking it back up anytime soon. My kids ruined the game for me.

I absolutely love the animal crossing franchise but I’ve not played new horizons since the dlc it feels like it’s got boring doing the same things everyday we need new villagers like bats we need the nooks shop to upgrade as sad as it is I am hooked on Hokko life if Nintendo bring out another dlc and new villagers etc I’ll defo come back and play it

I've been playing Animal Crossing New Horizons every day for the past 2 years and will continue to do so. I LOVE checking up on my villagers and doing some little stuff here and there. One reason I'm on it every day is that I gotta check turnip prices. You'd never know when a good price for turnips is out there. About the DLC, I can't remember the last time I've been on Happy Home Paradise. I think it's been months. Yea, I think I've grown tired of the DLC. May return to it, but maybe not, IDK. But yeah, I'm still gonna be on it every day, no matter what. I'm a dedicated player lol.

There are so many little things Nintendo could do to update the game. Expand the other holidays beyond just items to buy and display. Use them to teach us about international holidays. Put out a couple of new recipes for the existing sets. Create opportunities specifically for team or group play like contests or challenges. I could see a summer and/or Winter Olympics. Remaster the older games and link them all into a multiverse so that you could visit City Life or other communities and create an MMO universe. Expand existing interactions by allowing villagers to invite players for coffee or so players can ask villagers to visit. Give the museum a restaurant and maybe hook it up to the one on the Paradise Planning island. SO many ideas to refresh the game for relatively little investment. I love this game and can’t leave my villagers. Nintendo, help me out!!