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Post by Gearoid on Nov 4, 2021 9:29:49 GMT
The 2.0 free update has arrived a day early with a ton of new content, characters and items. The perfect time to jump back in if you've been ignoring your island!  |
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Post by Mageme on Nov 4, 2021 13:04:57 GMT
Nice! Need to get back to my island and see what I can do now
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Post by askew on Nov 4, 2021 13:28:13 GMT
Will it help me delete my letters from the postbox? Apparently I've reached capacity and can you delete them in bulk? Like fuck you can!
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 4, 2021 22:13:29 GMT
There's so much new stuff. Its almost overwhelming. I've got a few new recipes. I've noticed lots if new furniture on the nook miles app. I haven't visited Harv yet, or gone for the boat ride with Cappn. Might just slowly explore it all over the next few weeks.
My Switch tells me I've clocked 530 hours playtime! Jeeeeez. I'm still loving it, though.
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Post by Mageme on Nov 5, 2021 9:15:43 GMT
Liking this new cooking stuff. I can finally get my island restaurant idea to work!
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Post by Dave_McCoy on Nov 7, 2021 10:46:10 GMT
Must boot this back up and get back to my island. I did have an idea for a restaurant set up so having recipes in now sounds perfect.
Now if only I can convince Louie to finally leave...
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 7, 2021 11:59:13 GMT
You don't need to build that oven to cook,by the way. You can use any existing oven items in the game to cook with.
Might have been obvious to some, but there you go!
Also, also pre-existing food items are now edible. I accidentally ate a seasonal food item last night.
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Post by jimnastics on Nov 7, 2021 12:32:53 GMT
My little girl is well on the way with her island, she's got the three new neigbours in their houses, the proper buildings for Residents Service, Nooks Cranny and the Museum, we've just chosen the plot site for Mabel's shop, and also has had her 1 room house enlarged (saving up now for the next expansion), and Isabelle arrived last week. Also had a bridge built. We haven't seen any of this new 2.0 stuff yet though.... I'm guessing there is a certain amount of "core" stuff we need to do still?
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Post by Dave_McCoy on Nov 7, 2021 14:19:36 GMT
You don't need to build that oven to cook,by the way Excellent. I already have the pizza oven in my unfinished restaurant set up. Good tip. |
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 7, 2021 15:01:05 GMT
Really putting a lot more time in AC since the update and the DLC has been keeping me busy too, it's nice to have a more structured part of the game. The requirements holidaymakers have for their homes can be pretty fun too, Harry's shithole being exactly what he wanted was great to do.
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Post by Danno on Nov 7, 2021 18:58:32 GMT
Really putting a lot more time in AC since the update and the DLC has been keeping me busy too, it's nice to have a more structured part of the game. The requirements holidaymakers have for their homes can be pretty fun too, Harry's shithole being exactly what he wanted was great to do.
That's some bold facial hair |
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 7, 2021 21:35:25 GMT
My little girl is well on the way with her island, she's got the three new neigbours in their houses, the proper buildings for Residents Service, Nooks Cranny and the Museum, we've just chosen the plot site for Mabel's shop, and also has had her 1 room house enlarged (saving up now for the next expansion), and Isabelle arrived last week. Also had a bridge built. We haven't seen any of this new 2.0 stuff yet though.... I'm guessing there is a certain amount of "core" stuff we need to do still? Once you have a 3-star island, those things should start to unlock. |
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Post by snackplissken on Nov 9, 2021 15:09:07 GMT
I might dip back in again. I hope Hippeux has finally left the island.
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Post by askew on Nov 9, 2021 16:00:04 GMT
Not without your say-so  |
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Post by Dave_McCoy on Nov 23, 2021 14:25:35 GMT
Got access to the Happy Home via Switch Online. I'm liking it! It's actually quite therapeutic just organising a home for someone so far. Not had any difficult requirements yet as early days but it's all very wholesome.
Louie still won't bugger off my island though. It's been 18 months!! I never speak to you.
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Post by Gearoid on Nov 23, 2021 20:30:33 GMT
Louie was my jock starter. I really liked him with his high pitched voice. Ugly house though.
If you want him to leave, you have three options:
1) don't let anyone else leave when they request, Louie will get his turn.
2) invite someone from the campsite. If they don't pick Louie to move out, close your game and restart until they do.
3) buy an amiibo card of a villager you like.
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 26, 2021 11:34:09 GMT
I restarted my island about 6 months ago, just because I wanted to experience the early game stuff again, and I've really taken my time with island development this time around. I'm not rushing to fix up my island, rather I'm just working on small chunks here and there, whenever the inspiration hits me. I've still got over half my island to develop and refine, so I am open to new ideas.
Do any folks want to share their dream addresses so I can see what other folk are doing? I'm not looking to outright steal anything. My design style is hardly complex, but its also little more than a combination of small details I've chained together.
I tend to give residents their own gardens, with simple themes and then figure out how I'm going to link them together with pathways. I avoid going crazy with furniture (as I value a stable frame rate!) and I like to try and keep the feeling of the older games somewhat. I'm just trying to avoid building something too similar to my original island.
I'll be happy to chuck up my dream address shortly. I need to update my dream and remind myself of the code again.
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Post by askew on Dec 10, 2021 13:35:07 GMT
Winter is coming 🥰🎄 those first flakes of snow are dropping.
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Post by Mageme on Dec 12, 2021 6:09:09 GMT
My island is covered with snow now. Looks lovely with the Christmas decorations out!
Also, what are people doing with their gyroids? I started to collect but have way too many now to put out on show nicely.
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Post by dangerousdave on Dec 12, 2021 8:44:47 GMT
Best thing to do is take your favourites and stick them next to a music player somewhere. They sink up to the music nicely.
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Post by Mageme on Dec 12, 2021 18:22:41 GMT
Ta muchly!
If anyone's interested my DA is DA-2714-4045-0256. Happy to receive any comments as I'm out of creative juice!
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Post by dangerousdave on Dec 17, 2021 9:02:38 GMT
Oooh. I'll have a look this evening. I do spend way more time visiting dream addresses than I probably should. My island is still only half developed.
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Post by dangerousdave on Dec 17, 2021 21:21:08 GMT
Ta muchly! If anyone's interested my DA is DA-2714-4045-0256. Happy to receive any comments as I'm out of creative juice! Damn, your town is epic! I love that little excavation site you've got. Very clever use of landscaping there. I've not seen anything like that. I also really liked the fish market area with the tables and stools. So cool. My island is so spaced out I have nothing even remotely like it. Its all pathways, gardens and rivers. No little markets, stools or specialist areas. I think I have a good 200 trees on my island so far. Haha |
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Post by erekose on Jan 10, 2022 20:46:49 GMT
Hadn’t played this in a year, having fallen off hard but now it’s pulled me back in again. It’s the projects you dream up that keep me coming back for more rather than the grind of fossils/fishing/bug catching, etc. Have yet to try the slightly pricy DLC but it’s just an inevitability that I will.
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 10, 2022 21:27:33 GMT
Its alright. The extra furniture, emotes and rewards make it worth playing, but the general decorating isn't quite as fun as decorating your own island. It has a charm, but I certainly felt less attached to it that even I expected.
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Post by erekose on Jan 10, 2022 21:31:12 GMT
I’m keeping an open mind but I probably would have preferred an expansion that focussed on making additions available on your main island.
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 10, 2022 23:11:35 GMT
Well, one reward in particular kinda does that. I won't spoil it though.
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Post by erekose on Jan 11, 2022 13:56:09 GMT
Sounds good! I wonder if we can expect more expansions down the line. I think AC is the second best selling game on the system…
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Post by jimnastics on Jan 11, 2022 14:13:33 GMT
Hadn’t played this in a year, having fallen off hard but now it’s pulled me back in again. It’s the projects you dream up that keep me coming back for more rather than the grind of fossils/fishing/bug catching, etc. Have yet to try the slightly pricy DLC but it’s just an inevitability that I will. What kind of projects do you mean? Like themed areas of the island? My little girl and I have put over 100hrs into our first island since early October, we've absolutely loved it, but she's starting to lose interest now we have achieved the 3* island main game, expanded our home, got lots of residents, Brewster and Kappn arrived. New fish / sea creatures / fossils are very rare now so that excitement has also gone. The snow and Christmas stuff got her back in for a bit, but she's drifted off again! I'm not sure the DLC will interest her as she never really cared much for decorating our home. I'm wondering if there's anything else we're missing that might get her interested again! |
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Post by erekose on Jan 11, 2022 17:32:51 GMT
Oh I just mean when you come up with your own ideas and goals of stuff to do, like building a park or a farm or whatever, creative landscaping and so on. I play with my daughter and when we have a joint project is when we have gotten really into it. We’ve put about 150+ plus hours into it and have yet to try the DLC. Personally I’ve found home decorating the bit that least interests me.
I can totally understand falling off. I took a year off and wasn’t sure if I’d get back into it again but now it’s got me hooked again and I mean 100 hours is quite a lot so not like you’ve been short changed, eh. Why not just take a break. Maybe you’ll feel like returning, maybe you won’t.
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