Hanzo_The_Ninja t1_jaeq48u wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:14 PM

The completely arbitrary "one island per Switch console" policy for Animal Crossing: New Horizons certainly left a bitter taste in my mouth.

willrsauls OP t1_jaeqcrn wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:15 PM

To be fair towards New Horizons, this has been true of every Animal Crossing game. Gamecube and City Folk only allowed one town per console. It just wasn’t as bad because there were things to do outside customizing your town in those games

Hanzo_The_Ninja t1_jaet47t wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:34 PM

Animal Crossing on the N64, DS, and 3DS were limited to one save/island due to technical limitations, but you can have multiple saves/islands on a single memory card for Animal Crossing on the GameCube if you use a memory card with more than 512K. There are no technical limitations on the Switch though, the "one island per Switch console" policy is totally arbitrary.

willrsauls OP t1_jaeu52m wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:41 PM

Yeah, but I also think the one island per Switch being an issue is merely a symptom of the much bigger problems with New Horizons being such a flat and lifeless game with nothing to do outside of customization, so only having one island that allows only one person to really customize it pretty much cuts other players on that console off from 90% of the experience

Hanzo_The_Ninja t1_jaezr42 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:21 PM

Oh, absolutely. Animal Crossing: New Horizons sort of spits in the face of the Switch's reputation as a "family" or "party" console.