Animal Crossing: Have You Shaken Your Trees Lately?

TDawg

4 year anniversary? Wow. Time sure has gone by.

I grabbed this game on my Japanese 3DS as a bit of language practice on the side and it is like falling in love all over again.

HallowedFaith

I really should start up again.

Brainleech

I should get it on my Japanese one just to help teach my brother to read Japanese
I rarely get to visit my town so I leave it to my brother but I feel all he does with it is check the turnip prices

HallowedFaith

I decided to start a new town since I never really sunk enough into the last one. No real goals, just gonna start chipping away at collecting stuff, see what happens. XD



Pfft, like I don't know what to do with bacon.

Brainleech

What type of Japanese is Animal crossing in
Is it Hiragana? Rōmaji?

TDawg

3DS Animal Crossing has Kanji with Furigana (the little romaji written over the kanji so you know how to read it). I think older versions were entirely in katakana but I am not sure.

TDawg

So how about that Animal Crossing mobile? I was really nervous about it initially, but it looks like it is super fun. It helps that Animal Crossing is the kind of game that I won't mind waiting for daily timers etc., so I doubt I'll ever feel that Microtransaction Pull. Generally for these kinds of games, I still throw a couple bucks in to help support them.

Zetx

Here's the Direct for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr2wXiwgNd0

Jam Warrior

Looks pretty good. But will suffer from the same issue that means I've barely scratched the surface of Mario Run. Always on internet connection needed and my work has terrible mobile coverage.

Maz-

I gotta say, I was kinda surprised at how much of a full-fledged Animal Crossing game this seems to be. When Nintendo were initially talking about it, they said that it would link up to a "proper" AC game, but there wasn't any mention of that in the Direct. I guess it was initially planned to link up with New Leaf after the Welcome amiibo update, but Nintendo probably ditched that idea. With a Switch Animal Crossing game still likely a ways off, they probably retooled the mobile game into what we now know as Pocket Camp.

Vyolynce

Hnngh. Ok, Nintendo. I've ignored Miitomo, Mario Run, and FEH but I think this time you finally got me.

Lucascraft

Mobile Animal Crossing sounds like an addiction waiting to happen.

Warlock82

To be honest, it's maybe too much Animal Crossing from what I see. I'm worried it may be a little overwhelming for a mobile game. But we'll see I guess.

maximumzero

Sat down with the wife, a Animal Crossing uberfan, to watch the direct and midway through she lamented that she wasn't feeling the app and was afraid that maybe she was growing out of it.

By the end she tapped her arm with two fingers and proclaimed "Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in!"

Toxic Toys

I'm down with this, but it looks like it will be a wait heavy game. That pool in the video took 3 days in real time to build. I'm used to waiting, but damn that is a long time.

Axen

It is out in Aussielandia and Kotaku has a first impression article up.

Probably the best summary comes at the end of the article;

But as someone who yesterday was fully prepared for an Animal Crossing phone game to be a glorified Miitomo, I’ve been surprised by how much of an Animal Crossing game Pocket Camp has turned out to be.

HallowedFaith

Been playing this game for a few hours now and it's def a pretty full Animal Crossing game. It's also def a mobile game haha.

DarkMecha

As long as Pocket Camp doesn't feel exploitative I don't mind waiting for stuff. If they are constantly like "You could buy...buy something! BUY!" while I try to play then no.

Lucascraft

The time delay stuff reminds me of Clash of Clans. I got used to waiting for literal days, sometimes weeks for things to build.

Jam Warrior

This is pushing it on a step, but it's not like days long waits for stuff isn't already a staple of the series.

Frem

Hmm. You link your My Nintendo account to it, right? So you could theoretically swap over to the Aussie App Store, install it, and then switch to the US version when it comes out without losing progress?

Edit: Nope! Your My Nintendo account region is taken into effect, and if you swap it around you'll lose your save. They're onto our tricks!

https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/923168308081205249

Lucascraft

I need this game. Why isn't this out in the U.S. yet?!

Vyolynce

https://twitter.com/animalcrossing/status/932443429337948160

Weird release day, but having it out there for Thanksgiving feels like the right move.

Cheeseliker

so I'll lose my save if I switch back to NA? That's pretty lame. It's also not a great animal crossing game.

Edit: wait, I never linked a Nintendo account. If I wait and link a NA nintendo account, will that still work? Questions...

Maz-

The game launched a day early!

..but the servers are down.

Delduwath

I saw that this morning and was in turn elated and then dejected.

Jam Warrior

Working here.

Finally a use for all those Platinum MyNintendo points!

Maz-

I'm still getting the occasional error, but it's mostly working now.

Lucascraft

Those of you playing it early, are you on Android or iOS?

I'm on iOS and I checked the shop first thing this morning and didn't see it.

Edit: Nevermind, found it on iOS. I was just too early in my checking this morning.

Vyolynce

https://twitter.com/Vyolynce/status/932999699132502017

Toxic Toys

Downloaded just fine for me. Now I have to some how get out of work...

Doodmann

I didn't download it before I left the house. I am without wifi and I am dead now.

Jam Warrior

The lack of decent mobile signal in my workplace taunts me. Seems to come and go with the wind and will often taunt you with a fictitious 1 bar of data signal that disappears the moment you try to connect to it.

50 tickets (the premium currency) available on MyNintendo for free. Also lots of repeatable bell and resource purchases for Platinum points.

Delduwath

Aha! Seems to be working for me, as well.

Lucascraft

Here's my friend code:

8503 1786 671

Lucascraft

The mines area requires 5 friends to open it. Not sure exactly how it works, but let's get some friends lists going so that we can unlock the mines.

urahonky

My ID:

Samson
0792 6428 183

Maz-

Mine's 4190 7167 427

Mx. Quill

Mine is 0122-4552-072 (Beeb).

These trees need to grow fruit faster, it's a very slow work day.

quietjay

QuietJay 02449647266