History Comes Inside! posted:

I will eat a ban if Animal Crossing New Horizons includes mobile-style microtransactions. Because it won't.

stev posted:

At launch, or will it count if they're patched in later?

History Comes Inside! posted:

None of that sped up any of the gameplay or skipped any time gated stuff and were all entirely optional "here's a neat thing you can have if you get this accessory but it's not going to make the 'game' any better or worse so who gives a poo poo" purchases.
You may as well be losing your mind that having amiibos means people could get a few extra random fish and arrows (and some exclusive armour items!) in BOTW every 24 hours. I don't remember anyone giving a single solitary poo poo about that, and this feels exactly the same. You can also have a couple of extra racing suits in Mario Kart, holy poo poo Nintendo you loving monsters!!!

It's like you're basically all more interested in being able to go I FUCKIN TOLD YOU SO LOOK AT THOSE NICKEL AND DIMING PRICKS on the incredibly minor chance Nintendo decide that this is the perfect time to burn all of their earned goodwill and at the same time take a popular franchise out back to put a bullet in its head than thinking about this rationally.

Khanstant posted:

What qualifies as "who gives a poo poo" tier optional purchases is totally arbitrary. We've already, in just discussing hypothetical vague systems, people who wouldn't blink at some kind of resource-purchasing because (at least right now before we experience anything) Animal Crossing isn't a game in which they feel pressured to save time. Whether anyone was upset at BotWs amiibo bonuses, the fact remains that you could spend money outside the game to get a bonus. I was going to toxx myself that if there's never anything you can purchase beyond or outside the initial game...but evidently Amiibos have already been confirmed. We don't know what they do, but supposedly they will be useable.

I don't think there's anything wrong with wondering what they'll include in this version of the game as outside purchases, they always have before. It might well just be the old Amiibo support. Knowing that, I think I would probably be happy if it just gave me bonus resources like BotW. Subnautica is the only game I've ever played with a crafting system where there wasn't a point where I was like "Alright, getting kind of bored of pick-up-sticks now." I really don't think that'd burn all the good will, and there's countless ways they could go about having bonus purchases without offending a ton of people. Then again, you get 50 internet posters in a room and you'll probably get 40 different thresholds for what is or isn't acceptable. Not to mention, just because you find something unacceptable doesn't actually mean you won't accept it. I have witnessed this body make foolish microtransactions even while I scream at myself not to.

Nintendo wants us hyped and talking about the game, but they've also kept a lot of info close to the vest since they know they've already sold the game to us based on it being Animal Crossing anyway. Gotta bunch of folks in a frenzy, and all sides are having to argue with a lot of faith or conjecture because we can't play, and they aren't saying any more than they know they need to.

I don't think they'll go Pocket Camp on us, but the crafting system existing itself does have some implications for the game experience even in the total absence of mtx. A lot of those systems seem to mesh well with AC naturally, and given that each day is a real day, you hopefully won't have any efficiency pressure like you do in many farming/crafting/sim type games.

It's also possible Nintendo themselves haven't really sorted out what approach to take yet, and it's probably just a Very Bad idea to bring it up pre-release. It's a lot easier to not start a drug, than it is to start a drug than it is to do it and then later quit or stay level once they announce a more concentrated version.


P.S. - Is the the stalk market confirmed back in the game yet? There always comes a time when my villager stops shaking trees and starts shaking down capital.

Hekk posted:

That's a lot of words about Animal Crossing DLC. I am just looking forward to collecting stuff and being able to trade fruits and visit my wife's island.

History Comes Inside! posted:

They've already said there won't be any direct connectivity between the mobile game and this.

vanisher posted:

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

History Comes Inside! posted:

I will eat a ban if Animal Crossing New Horizons includes mobile-style microtransactions. Because it won't.

vanisher posted:

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

Willo567 posted:

I'm still seeing it on the Nintendo.com page

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch/

vanisher posted:

Gripweed posted:

Somebody at Nintendo has read Use Of Weapons

TheOneAndOnlyT posted:

I am super excited to play this game and I don't know why. The only AC I've ever played was New Leaf and I only played it for about a month.

Stux posted:

now this is win

Gripweed posted:

Resetti should make children cry

Doctor Reynolds posted:

The Gamecube version is still my favourite. Paid off THREE houses, filled out the museum, got every kind of fruit, got every NES game, every KK Slider song, every gyroid. I've never felt so accomplished in a game since. Sorry I haven't visited in like... 15 years, Mooville.

Dr. VooDoo posted:

They’re all dead now, OP. You killed them with neglect