![]() When I play an Animal Crossing title, I’m looking to slip away from reality and chill with some animal friends. The spirit that made me love Animal Crossing was there, in diluted form, in Pocket Camp when the game launched, and now it feels like they keep pushing to see what I’ll tolerate before I quit completely. Why I allow Nintendo to continue to walk all over me, weaponizing this IP that I love, is beyond me, but I’m now worried every time I hear about Nintendo bring a property to mobile devices. png of an anime girl in my idol rhythm games, I understand how the mobile economies work.īut the changes in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp mean I now have to grind, or pay directly, to have any fun in a setting that normally focuses on relaxing and taking things at your own pace. I’ve sat and played the same song for hours on end to get a. Leaf Tickets don’t come cheap, either Nintendo via Polygon This meant I had to open the game and make sure I was growing more flowers or catching more fish on a set routine, or else I wouldn’t be able to complete the event. You had to be a dedicated player, making sure to open the game and complete whatever task was necessary every three hours or so. If you only opened the game once a day, you were unable to get the rare furniture items. Over time, in-game events also started to demand more player attention. Even getting the maps required the use of resources, gating the characters that used to be free behind multiple layers of payment. Even new villagers stopped being released as free content new characters were soon locked behind “maps” that required me to use rare items to roll a dice, causing a character to take steps on a game board until they reached the goal. ![]() Almost a year after the game’s launch, new clothing was replaced by “event clothing,” which required Leaf Tickets. The game started asking for Leaf Tickets for things that used to be purchased with bells. This all costs premium currency! Nintendo via Polygon
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