The heart ofAnimal Crossing : New Horizonslies in the relationships player make with their villager - not collecting . As a plot pore around set up a lovesome and welcoming biotic community , the conversations between villager and player are integral to theAnimal Crossingexperience . They are what let friendships to blossom and memories to form . But the Nintendo serial publication ' most late accounting entry has strayed aside from its veritable rule , calling into motion how the next game may influence up .

Indeed , Animal Crossing : New Horizonshas placed a heavy emphasis on customization and assembling . There are grand of items - ranging from article of furniture to sports equipment - that can not only be used to customize one ’s island and home but can also be customized themselves . As a consequence , Animal Crossing : New Horizonsand its potential sequelsare focus more around expanding customization options and item solicitation than preceding entries in the serial . conception has become so central to the plot thatAnimal Crossing : New Horizonsdeveloped aesthetic essence in its community that lover would use to base their islands and homes around .

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Despite this shift toward collecting and design , Animal Crossing : New Horizonsis still more about villager interactions than it is about the K of items it incorporate . After all , its DLCHappy Home Paradiseand last major update adaptation 2.0 receive more hype not because of the additional article of furniture total but because of the new villager and fundamental interaction opportunity it provided . Certainly , the frog chair was great to see again , but what was even better was that Brewster ’s Roost Café came back to let player to enjoy coffee with their favored villager and theHappy Home Paradise jobenabled players to build up singular menage for their friends . To see howAnimal Crossingcan continue thrive on villager interactions like it did inHappy Home Paradise , the series needs to look back to its early game .

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Animal Crossing : New Horizons’sequel should prove to take back the singularity of earlier villager interaction so that befriending the theatrical role on one ’s island feels more valuable . Doing so would keep the series from straying away from its core : the relationships one form with one ’s villagers . And while collecting and designing have been nice , it is clock time for the series to return to what it does best .

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