enojy posted:

That's kinda big for a Switch game, crazy huge for Animal Crossing

Tempura Wizard posted:

Animal Crossing for Gamecube was so low-profile, you could launch multiple sessions of it by just taking it out the disc and plopping it into another GC. It ruled. I don't think my friends and I ever came across a situation where it didn't already have everything it needed loaded into the memory, even playing for hours.

Cipher Pol 9 posted:

What Nintendo games have that kind of predatory DLC model? If they haven't done it yet, why would they start with their friendliest series?

Mobile games have no purpose but to suck time and money so I'm only talking about console releases.

Policenaut posted:

Cipher Pol 9 posted:

I said what games have predatory DLC pricing/options, nothing in your list is that.

This is what I mean. An Amiibo is a figure that also sometimes unlocks some bonus stuff but nobody is getting nickel and dimed off of or impulse buying Amiibo for their in-game uses. People that collect them do so for the figures themselves and rarely even take them out of the box to use them.

Smash's DLC includes a stupid amount of content for a fair price. Terry alone is worth the entire price of the Fighter's Pass. BotW and FE also offer season passes and offer a good amount of content for the price. There's no spending 5 bucks to get a chance at a sweet sword in BotW or buying individual unit packs for FE or any of that. None of that bad practice leaves the mobile world so why is anyone worried about it coming to mainline games?

Also some of the Mobile games are developed by outside teams, aren't they? I know Pocket Camp and FE Heroes have some garbage rates but Dragalia Lost is very fair and that's probably as much CyGames as it is Nintendo. Either way, again, mobile doesn't matter until there is evidence they have affected the console games in any way.

Of course it'd be nice if there's no DLC at all, I'm happy with free content drops, but if there is DLC I have faith it will be fair and worth the money for what it adds to the game.

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

Smash is 100% worth the money and I think there's some crazy hoops you have to leap through to say 5 brand new fighting game characters, stages, and 100+ new songs aren't worth 25 dollars.

Like Three Houses I have no comment on as I haven't bought it and BotW's burned a lot of people but lol at the smash comment being up there.

Cipher Pol 9 posted:

We're just going to have to agree to disagree then because what we consider to be a good value is just too different. Not wanting first party games to have DLC is a nice thought but wildly and unreasonably optimistic given how modern gamers have come to expect an almost "games as a service" level of post-release content from almost every major new game and studios are all too happy to oblige in most cases.

I also would like to know what you're referring to with regards to free updates being as substantial as paid DLC. Odyssey did the Luigi Balloon Hunt thing which was fine but not nearly as impressive as any of the season pass stuff mentioned before. It's not like they've added new worlds or moons for free. Only the Mario Maker update seems anywhere close and even that just makes sense since that's one player base they do not want to fracture since that game lives and dies by the ability to make and play any level.

People are impulse buying Amiibo to get access to... what? Mario Kart 8 Mii costumes? Amiibo are a minor attempt at the toys to life thing with minor game interaction but I know of absolutely nothing substantial that they add to any game except maybe Hard Mode in Samus Returns which is admittedly bad but one exception does not change the rest.

EDIT: Maybe Kirby's updates could be considered paid DLC level but that to me seems less like generous content additions and more like fixing a game that was released too early.

TheOneAndOnlyT posted:

She's in one of the Nintendo Directs that talked about New Horizons.

jackhunter64 posted:

UK residents, have a look at Shopto, you can get a digital code for £39. It's cheaper than the eshop and they're an official digital outlet the same way Amazon are, so no worries about codes or accounts getting revoked.

https://www.shopto.net/en/ndo10004427-animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch-p191565/

vanisher posted:

Hmm it looks like they removed the "in game purchases" tag from the ESRB rating on the site:

Gripweed posted:

Is this canon? I always imagined it as made out of burlap or a similar cheap, tough material

Hempuli posted:

Ah, bummer. Thanks! The social stuff in SV isn't super in-depth, either - every character has a bunch of characterizing cutscenes you bump into as you know them better, wander in specific places at specific times, have favourite spots etc. You can also gift items to them and every character has their own preferences. Once you see all of the content it feels a bit shallow, but early on the process of getting to know everyone and see little glimpses of their personality/behaviour via the cutscenes is a lot of fun.

Tbh, Animal Crossing villagers finding their favourite spot on the island you terraform would be cool. A character prefers a forest and would eventually start hanging in your cool forest park, etc

LODGE NORTH posted:

How many cards are there? I could relatively easily make the cards and then just put them in a box that we pass around.

Captain Hygiene posted:

Somebody please help me figure out how to make Cats Only a reality as my town.

prepuce repurposed posted:

animal crossing

Eiba posted:

I'm going to be resetting my town until I get pears.

Nemo2342 posted:

Hey Infinitum, want to hit me with a 6er while you're still IK? I know you want to abuse your mod powers, and you deserve to after handing out all these gang tags.

compounded daily posted:

Stardew Valley (and pretty much any Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons) always stressed me out because of that dang clock. I know they're supposed to be pretty easy going games, but the days always feel like they run out too fast, I can't get enough done! Maybe because of all the years I spent playing AC before even touching one of those games.

Anyways I'm just gonna chill to my favorite OG track until the game drops. I haven't read the spoilers, and I don't plan to, so I'm just going to blindly hope they let you choose from the previous games' soundtracks at some point. Or maybe it will be DLC?

Khanstant posted:

LMAO what kind of sentence is this, it's the best tasting fruit on Earth! :p

How are y'all getting screenshots to your computer? Does the switch let you email em or something?

enojy posted:

It's awesome. It's the upgrade to New Leaf we've all been waiting for for like 8 years now. The only immediate downside I can come up with so far is it's just a touch less convenient due to the lack of a second screen (gotta stand still for a second to see the map pop up, inventory management is a little more tedious with no touch screen, etc.) Just nitpicking, though. Other than that it's amazing.

History Comes Inside! posted:

The square one below the dpad buttons on the left joycon is screenshot.

Hobo Clown posted:

When do days click over? Not local midnight?

enojy posted:

You're able to buy one eventually at MSRP (aka 35,000 bells!)

Pakistani Brad Pitt posted:

If I open my gates to “all my friends” do they get any notification or would I have to message them outside Animal Crossing.

This is for ppl not yet in the AC best friends app, but who are on my Switch friends list and have AC