Yeah, this is kind of Animal Crossing Bells the way I have been looking at it lately. Much like, yes it introduced some really great new thoughts in the manner of outdoor decorating (which really much feels like the natural next step for the show ) and the landscaping tools. The crafting system is a fairly nifty way to provide players kind of mini-goals. Not ideal but it is a fantastic idea.

But the pile of missing features and content is really frustrating. I know nobody wants to compare this to Pokemon (because Sword/Shield have a good deal of other issues beyond missing Pokemon and will cut features more often) but Animal Crossing is a string that has had nearly all of it's items/collectibles and features carried forward in some capacity. Even little things like getting a reward for conserving X quantity of money in the bank are straight up dropped.

New Horizons is a really conflicting game for me. On one hand it really does move the series forward in certain smart ways (deocrating and landscaping, NookMiles is a better implementation of this MEOW Coupons from Welcome Amiibo) but in the exact same time when you return to the really small details it seems as though it's less fully featured than New Leaf. I like the game a good deal, and going back to enjoying my New Leaf city on the 3DS tiny screen isn't just comfortable so I'm hardly about to drop New Horizons, but I can't shake the feeling it could be a whole lot better, and that I expect the game team hears that kind of feedback and strives to react to it.

My expectation at this point is that they're secretly working on a significant content ditch which will come out across the anniversary of this game and they've only been spoon feeding us small upgrades to maintain us invested. I really like the new features they have added and I love the aesthetics of this game, but it has those previous features that kept me spent in the series. NL got that fairly big amiibo update, something similar could do wonders for buy Animal Crossing Items NH.