I love the island. I’m kinda struggling now because I’m finally attempting a newish theme which is cottage/forest core so it’s kinda stressful so I’ll hopefully finish by 2000 hours.
I stopped playing for three while months because I felt I was still far from where I intended to get with my theme. And then I picked it up again last week and I made more progress in this time than I’ve ever made lmao
Hahaha just watching island tours and redoing my island and the Raymond incident caught my attention The Raymond incident was in fact real, and my friend lost many NMT over it 🤣 He than found Raymond not to long after
It's so refreshing to know that I'm not the only one who still loves ACNH. With all the upset in the community due to a lack of updates, it's been kinda hard to sift through that and find the positives. I'm happy just decorating and talking to my villagers over and over until the end of time, honestly
I feel the same! I do get dissapointed with the updates sometimes, but that depends on my expectations and all these data mining videos tbh lol so I’ve got myself to blame. If the game Would stop having updates, I would still play. Even though a lot could be added, we actually have a lot to work with already. The game is fun as long as you feel inspired and creative ☺️
Yeah, I found new dialogue where Tutu said something like “I’m great at volleyball! We should play!” And I said sure, but then she said something like “yeah, it’ll be fun” and then the conversation ended. Still cool dialogue though
One thing about the game that does make it less fun for me is the amount of repeated items in Nook's Cranny. With so many furniture items they really don't give you a lot to purchase. I'll see the same shower set or planter for months without any new items.
i swear with some items i only get like two of the available customizations?? and also it’s annoying how some of the items on your island (like in the atm or the seasonal summer stuff) are just the same :( like i wish they could at least change maybe every year?
@@aphrog649 you do only get one or two colours of an item. Every island has a set colour for a series. You have to trade for the colours you want essentially 🙃
@@aphrog649 you do. the colors you get depend on the color of your airport. Like the other person said, you have to trade with people to get the other options
Imagine 500 Bells for a soda that takes 5 sips like the bubble tea. So immersive and you can walk around with it and take pics. Or swim in the swimming pool or lay in a jacuzzi Chips to eat, more interactions
I've got this for my little school area I did... I used the cruiser bikes at side of it... and for shops and museum a trolley with parcles on it....!!! To make it looks used...!!!
I found Raymond on my second NMT and sold him for a whooping 750 NMT. People where flooding my DMs with absurd amounts and i just sold him for the highest bidder. Insane times. I don't even like him that much lol.
Same lol but i have so much stuff i worked hard to get andthe thought of losing them makes me sad lol plus i dont have another switch to start over on so that doesnt help either 🤣
I would but I don’t want to leave my villagers, I don’t want to pay someone on Nookazon to hold everything because I have so much, also I share the island with my mom. When she stops playing I’m definitely going to reset
@@lunarshinx if you have another friend who plays the game, deposit some of your stuff on their island and restart, that’s what i did with my new island!
this island reminds me of last year when everyone and their mother was playing acnh and even the simple islands that looked like this fascinated and amazed me & i’m here for those nostalgic vibes (ik a year isn’t too long but a covid year is an eternity)
The thing that makes me not love the game so much is how difficult it is to get new stuff. It’s been so long since I had a new item on The store or a new DIY recipe ( and I don’t even have that many, I just keep getting the same ones, and I’m playing since launch). This game is HEAVILY social-dependent and that sucks.
It's not even the fact that you may not have friends that play this game, what screws it up for me is that you have to pay for the switch online service to do so much stuff in this game.
I love your island. I started playing last September and played nearly every day until just before Christmas, then played sporadically until I pretty much quit in May or June. All of the islands I looked at online made me feel inferior. When I started playing again at the end of August, I decided to just do what I want and not worry about all the “cores”. It is more enjoyable now, and I found a friend to play with who loves my island even though I think it is still a work in progress.
I bought the game at launch and still haven't "finished" my island. I did minimal terraforming, still haven't got all the hybrid flowers or filled my museum with nearly 450 hours spent into the game according to my switch. Most of the islands I've seen online are just overwhelming to me. I went in with a japanese theme in mind and while I can still achieve that, I look online and weel terrible
That's the problem with the game, animal crossing should be a life simulator, it shouldn't be focused on decoration, making the island beautiful is no fun at all, it's just useless, that's why all previous animal crossing are better than this one
I am different. I love looking at other people's creative islands and I love all of the "cores" or themes. It is all just so inspiring and fun for me. I enjoy going for a specific theme for my island. That is what is fun about animal crossing to me. I just feel more organized if I stick with one theme for the whole island.
I was today years old when I learned that starter villagers don't have their real houses! I love your island, mine is so randomly decorated and needs a lot of work so I appreciate the inspiration for sure
as someone who doesn't have nintendo online membership anymore, I abandoned my island because I thought I couldn't do anything good without customized paths but your video inspired me to build my island again just with the normal things I have in game! thank you very much for showing that simple pretty things can make an island beautiful
if you really want customise paths you can make your own to your own liking, i had no idea how to do it but a few videos and i was good, the membership thing is stupid and you could do so much without it, don’t let it bring away the fun of the game
My wife has reset her island 5 times since she got her Switch in April. She loves the starting stuff and enjoys the anticipation of what villagers she will get. I have never restarted and have slowed down considerably since I got my 5 star rating. I really enjoy how excited she gets to start a new island but I won’t give her gold anymore, lol.
honestly, i love the cottagecore and all those ‘aesthetic’ stuff and ngl my islands is very cottage core, but its a big hassle trying to Stay with the community and The new popular stuff, im now going to just make my island. whatever i want, :)
I love this. I also wish I had the patience to put down transparent tiles to prevent my flowers from invading... but like it gives me something to do. And I'm definitely not keen on resetting because I love all that I've gathered and built so far, even if I am a little burnt out. I'm really glad this is a method that works for others who are burnt out on ACNH though.
Okay, I loved this! I’ve been playing ACNH since February and my island is still pretty bland. I see so many islands on UA-cam and Instagram that are just unreal and honestly they make me so discouraged about my own island. This video encouraged me to keep playing and be more satisfied with an island that’s a little more basic and simple.
I’ve had the game for about 5-6 months now and my island still looks like trash, but I’m kind of loving it and the slow process. I start to get overwhelmed when I see others all finished and polished, but then I realize they’re probably bored now and don’t get to enjoy the ~struggles~ lol.
I too love the kitschy tile flooring! I recently restarted my island after burning out and my daughter, who watches your twitch streams, suggested naming it Juicebox, she said it was one of the ones you had in the running before choosing Tiny town I guess. We are loving life on Juicebox atm. Definitely not stressing about achieving a certain aesthetic anymore.
‘normcore’ is my favourite because there’s little to no pressure to keep your island up to an, arguably, unrealistic standard in terms of aesthetics that most acnh content creators put out. I find it more enjoyable to watch gameplay of people who don’t care about making their island look really aesthetic or anything (i really like watching stampy and sqaishey). It also gives a lot of freedom seasonally: decorate how and where you want. You aren’t constricted by themes and it’s completely personal. It encompasses the ‘purpose’ of the game; to take it slowly, interact with your island, have fun filling the museum and contributing to the island’s capitalism, slowly decorating how you want. I love it :) Your island looks really spacious, cohesive and easy to walk around :D
So when I started back when the game launched, I must have missed the memo for picking a good island, and clicked on a random one and it just, well the resident services location is just in a place that doesn’t give me a lot of creative flexibility. But I didn’t really realize how that would affect me playing until way later when I started to find the community online and see other islands and how they were setting stuff up. It got super daunting and overwhelming and I kept feeling like I couldn’t keep up with what everyone else was doing, so by that point it felt too late to reset. I didn’t want to start all over and lose all that work when I already felt behind. But, I made it a goal to prove that you didn’t have to go crazy with designs and terraforming to get a nice five star island. I was able to get five stars within the second month, still have never time traveled, and haven’t terraformed anything but a pond. My map looks just like it did the day I got the game. I still feel burned out, and there isn’t much to look at on my island still, but it was cool to see that I got it five stars without crazy construction and didn’t really change the island to work for me. So the word normcore is nice to hear when I think of islands like mine.
i also have a similar story! i used to go insane over how my island look. i was looking at so many different islands, my aesthetic kept changing and i couldn't keep up with it. it was overwhelming, so i eventually gave up on animal Crossing. until last week, i decided to get my hands on it again, unable to change my paths because i was too broke for a subscription, so i an starting with the paths i already have, best decision ever imo!! I'm very motivated now
I know this video is from a year ago but if for some reason you see this, you can go complain to isabelle about you starter villager's home and she will reset it to their normal home!
Literally same! I started off with the idea of it being more cute/cottagecore style which I absolutely love but I’ve been watching some videos of the more dark witchy islands and that looks so amazing as well. I’ve been trying to mix the two and have been frustrated but this is why I love this whole video and Liss’s channel in general it kind of reminded me that it’s okay to follow your own aesthetic and do whatever you want which is what it’s all about!❤️
I am hooked on speed-building my island, locking it in as a saved dream, then destroying that island and starting a new one with a new theme and repeating the process. I'm about to start island 3 and I like being able to go back to the other islands in a dream if I miss them. :)
This island looks so cool and casual! It feels obtainable and not overwhelming like some other islands I've seen. You just got a sub from me. Thanks for being relatable!
I was burnt out on Animal Crossing but recently I realized I can make a crap ton of mountains lol and that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 200 hours and which is why I haven’t been on UA-cam.
I heard that if you don't talk to someone wanting to move out, it will move to someone else the next day, so if that's the case,let it get to Billy and let him move out, sorry if I'm wrong about that though
your island makes me feel SO cozy and nostalgic!! I haven’t played the game in over a month but this really makes me wanna work on my island again🥺 it’s so cute and just??? aaaaahh i love it!! i haven’t been able to catch any of your streams lately so being able to catch up on youtube makes me so happy! hopefully i’ll catch one soon though💖
im not sure if anyone dropped the info yet but in a lot of cartoony/kiddy anime aliens are often depicted like octopus/jellyfish shaped hence octavians space theme! i think you nailed it
I love your normcore island!! i’ve always believed that the true purpose of animal crossing was not to create an aesthetically perfect island to show off online but to build something that you grow to love and call home
as soon as i saw the dream code, i ran to my bed and i did all the tour with you, it's such a sweet island, easy to walk around, and i loved watching all of you speed builds !! that was amazing 🥰
While there are some extremely impressive island builds, I still love coming home to my weedy, normie one, because I like the simplicity and flow of an under-planned place. I LOVED your dig-site and little yards for each villager. And “your bedroom” (that sunflower rug!!) was super lovely. Thanks for the share
Girl! I was sad too when I reset my game but giiiiiirllll!!! It reawakened my inner islander and I love it more than ever! It's like starting your next art on a blank canvas.
Would I like more frequent updates? Definitely. But do I still play for at least about half an hour to an hour a day? Absolutely! It’s relaxing and fun, plus it’s nice to check ables/nooks, who’s there for the day, the beach DIY, catch bugs/fish, etc! I think it’s the best way to unwind after a day of work and just lets me truly relax :)) It’s refreshing to see people who are still excited about the game.
I flattened my island instead of reseting it, and added 3 tiers to it without any overly terraformed areas, it makes it a lot easier to walk around, and I try to not go with any theme
I'm trying to set up an archaeological type island (since that's what Im studying). Your excavation site is so much better than mine. Thanks for the inspo
The reason I do not play this game as much as I would like, is because I am so intimidated by all of the insane designs and builds that are out there and I feel like my island can never live up to that. Watching your video made me feel inspired and that there are simple ways to decorate my island without me feeling like I need to overwork myself and cause myself designing stress haha, thank you for your video, its making me want to play this game more than I ever did before
Wow this is exactly how I feel too! I love all the aesthetic build videos I’ve seen but I always think to myself, “I can never do that” so then I get frustrated but then I remember it’s supposed to be about your own creativity, how you want it, and to have fun with it!
I was feeling so sad and anxious today. Thinking about how good it felt to play for the first time and how much it helped me. I haven’t played in such a long time for the same reason as many. Your video just popped out of nowhere, giving the motivation I needed to restart the game! Thank you so much! ✨✨✨
In case no one has said it yet, the reason you will never get 5 stars is because you have a bunch of stuff on the ground. DIY recipes, clothing not on a display stand, all of that counts against your rating. You can only have a max of 5 ite s on the ground for your island to have 5 stars
I started a few months ago and I was trying to be extra to design this dream island that just wasn’t in my creative abilities. I feel better about my near future plans to flatten my island and kind of start over. Now there’s a name to my style! Thank you for this!
I love how your normcore island turned out! It brings back such good memories. I also restarted my very first island, and while it was sad to see it go, I do think it's helped renew my love for the game. I love designing, but hated that that's what everything became out! It's important to enjoy the simplicity of it too :)
lately i have been wanting to reset my island. i did once before and flattened it another time…but my museum is so full! i keep saying if i had another console i would do it…ahhh
I absolutely love your island. It honestly looks super good and has such a great balance of everything. Honestly seems perfect.👌 Love your videos too, honestly always look forward to the future upload❤💫
I restarted as well. I just picked up Hornsby last night on a mystery island! Don’t laugh, but his sweet eyes reminded me of my pug! Bea was the first villager I found on an island…the second was Cookie.
I was so excited to try this game when I saw my sister playing it so i bought my own switch and now im kinda regretting it because I have no idea what to do with my island, i've had the game since last christmas and restarted like 3 times and didn't even get a quarter of island done on any of them >_< I keep restarting because I kept thinking its the layout I don't like but it's just me not knowing how to decorate/terraform
I’m really new to the animal crossing world and I was super super intimidated by everything on Pinterest, all the “cores” and I felt very overwhelmed that mine wouldn’t be “good enough” and watching these videos really helped me be able to fall in love with the simple nature of the game. Thanks ❤️ Ps, I downloaded twitch just for youuuuu 😙
I started playing the day it launched but got burnt out by the end of the summer. I started seeing other people putting in more hours and making these beautiful, elaborate islands and it was personally disheartening for me. I also got worn out by getting repeats of the same DIYs and items over and over, and goddamnit, never finding cherries no matter how many NM tickets I used, seriously hundreds. I learned at that point that in order to get the full experience of the game you really had to have friends or network with people online to trade and stuff, which I didn't want to do since I prefer playing games alone or with people I know well. I put so many hours into the game and got some of my favorite villagers but ended up deleting my save out of frustration. Kinda sad about it but I don't think I'll ever play it like I did before, just not my cup of tea. Still love seeing other peoples' islands though!
I can't bring myself to restart my first island 😫 but I'm also tired of the chaos I made. Wish I had kept it in its original state. Now its half unfinished and my flowers grew out of control 🙃🙄 I love everything I have on it. AAARGGGHH!
I’ve been watching so many island walkthrough videos and want to restart my island sooo bad, but I have the same problem I love everything I’ve gotten so far but my island is chaotic. Flowers growing everywhere, so I feel you there😂 I hope you get your island to how you want it!
I also have raymond on my island he was my first campsite but now audie just moved in through my move in que and I feel cursed. People would kill to be in my shoes😶.
I just reset my island and like a basic person I’m doing a cosy,fairylight,hot chocolate etc themed island. A lot of my islands have been super over creative with loads of themes and completed villagers. I want this island to be a safe space for me especially with the stress I know is coming my way I want this island to be somewhere I can escape to and just walk around on it☺️
Good job, how do you and other's do it? I started attempting to teraform but yeah it's sad compared to everyone's island. Looks beginner and basic, ugh... maybe some day I will figure it out. Thanx for the video
Okay but what about when you love your island so much that you never want to change it anymore and then you just end up never playing because there’s nothing left to update or change because that’s me right now on my main switch and it’s kinda sad :< And I love my map and layout so if I were to start over (do a different theme I guess) I’d have to literally undo everything manually so I can keep the foundation I created.. help! If y’all have ideas or advice please comment!!!
I don’t feel burn out because I don’t care if my island is shitty to other people’s opinions. I make cute neighborhoods and little orchards in them and my museum is just up on a cliff above my campsite. I just wish we could relocate resident services
Can someone help me out? I‘m searching for the signs at 3:21. giacrossing is private so I can‘t see her account (I don‘t have twitter). I want the design really bad, these are so pretty 😩
i really want to restart my island because i don't get any cool new diy recepies and everything looks bad, i have no money and my island sucks while everyone elses looks amazing.
I just restarted my island as well, it's honestly been so fun!! I thought I'd mourn the loss of my original island more, but I just wasn't attached to it ultimately. Love your town and I'm happy to have found your channel!!!
i love norm core because it's genuinely the o my theme that lets you still play the game (catch bugs and fish, shake trees for fruit etc.) while also being decorated and unique most themes force you to have specific "default" spots that aren't at all edited or decorated because the rest of your island is basically a pain to move trough and doesn't let you catch bugs or fish without moving and picking up items constantly
Thanks for sharing! I kinda wish the screen with your face was a little smaller because it made it hard to see a lot of things. Like this plan tour though. Nice to see someone just enjoying the game and not trying to flex.
YOU ALREADY KNOW 😜 ITS UGG 👢 AND PSL TIME ☕ FALL ISLAND BABY 🍂🍁 what builds should I put on fall island? ⬇⬇⬇
Crop circle with the weeds?
Definitely a cafe and a waterfall area
a vinyl record store!!
Make a giant field of crops with pumpkins, those watermelon beach balls, the Nature's Bounty lamps and the new eggplant and cucumber items!
Pumpkin carving station
I wish we could have separate islands on one switch so that I could have an island to start over on without losing everything I’ve worked on already
I think this all the time! I don’t want to get rid of my first ever island but also have no idea what to do with it anymore lol
The DLC kinda? Yaknow
This was the problem I had so I just put the effort in to tear mine down to start over on the building part but keep my progress
what I did one time is I logged into my Nintendo account on my sisters switch and downloaded animal crossing through it and just transferred my island
@Taylor .Williams Even with a new Nintendo Account? Oh no ._. Sorry wasnt aware of that
I love the island. I’m kinda struggling now because I’m finally attempting a newish theme which is cottage/forest core so it’s kinda stressful so I’ll hopefully finish by 2000 hours.
I have Octavian and sprinkle too!!! I LOVE their special houses sm 🖤🥺
I stopped playing for three while months because I felt I was still far from where I intended to get with my theme. And then I picked it up again last week and I made more progress in this time than I’ve ever made lmao
Hahaha just watching island tours and redoing my island and the Raymond incident caught my attention
The Raymond incident was in fact real, and my friend lost many NMT over it 🤣
He than found Raymond not to long after
WEIRD THING I WANNA COMMENT ON BUTTTT you’re skin is so fucking pretty🥺
I’m coming over in a dream from the island of Tranquisla
Yesss this made me so happy
omg i reset my island and named it after my black cat and it cured my burnout too!
OK I'M SCARED BECAUSE PHOEBE WAS ONE OF MY STARTERS TOO
How do you record your gameplay!? This was so nice, I've been wanting to show off my island on my channel too 😭💕
I also hate decorated beaches lol my beaches will remain boring and barren so I have room to fish!!!
It's so refreshing to know that I'm not the only one who still loves ACNH. With all the upset in the community due to a lack of updates, it's been kinda hard to sift through that and find the positives. I'm happy just decorating and talking to my villagers over and over until the end of time, honestly
I feel the same! I do get dissapointed with the updates sometimes, but that depends on my expectations and all these data mining videos tbh lol so I’ve got myself to blame. If the game Would stop having updates, I would still play. Even though a lot could be added, we actually have a lot to work with already. The game is fun as long as you feel inspired and creative ☺️
True! I still love and play the game even tho most of my friends dont. But i just do my own thing even tho updates might be appreciated lol!
Saaaaame
Yeah, I found new dialogue where Tutu said something like “I’m great at volleyball! We should play!” And I said sure, but then she said something like “yeah, it’ll be fun” and then the conversation ended. Still cool dialogue though
@@12dakis and if im not creative well screw me I guess
One thing about the game that does make it less fun for me is the amount of repeated items in Nook's Cranny. With so many furniture items they really don't give you a lot to purchase. I'll see the same shower set or planter for months without any new items.
i swear with some items i only get like two of the available customizations?? and also it’s annoying how some of the items on your island (like in the atm or the seasonal summer stuff) are just the same :( like i wish they could at least change maybe every year?
@@aphrog649 you do only get one or two colours of an item. Every island has a set colour for a series. You have to trade for the colours you want essentially 🙃
@@aphrog649 you do. the colors you get depend on the color of your airport. Like the other person said, you have to trade with people to get the other options
i relate so much to this~ in new leaf when i was a lot younger i remember i would always get excited to check out nook‘s cranny and the items :((
@@user-ns9uw8zh4f man, I miss the old days of ACNL. I wanna go back
I really wish they would let us interact with the objects more. Like read a book, go swimming in the pool. Get a drink from the Venting machine
Guurl that we still got no soda, donuts and sandwiches... I'm fucking angry... :c
Yes!! Exactly!
@@izabellearmin5778 that might change , u can now craft food!
@@izabellearmin5778 hmm
Imagine 500 Bells for a soda that takes 5 sips like the bubble tea.
So immersive and you can walk around with it and take pics.
Or swim in the swimming pool or lay in a jacuzzi
Chips to eat, more interactions
"normal-core" islands really have the true spirit of acnh when i first started playing i made employee parking with tricycles for Timmy and tommy too!
That's freaking adorable! I might yoink that idea tbh. With basket bikes for Mabel and Able 😭
yes years ago when i was playing acnl everybodys island would be like this. very basic, simple but cute.
I've got this for my little school area I did... I used the cruiser bikes at side of it... and for shops and museum a trolley with parcles on it....!!! To make it looks used...!!!
Timmy and Tommy's tricycle parking spot makes me happy
Now i really wanna do thatttt!! OMG! IM GOING TO MAKE A VILLAGER PARKING LOT!!!!
@@blitz0.8 ME TOO
That’s nice 💃✨
I found Raymond on my second NMT and sold him for a whooping 750 NMT. People where flooding my DMs with absurd amounts and i just sold him for the highest bidder. Insane times. I don't even like him that much lol.
THE RAYMOND VIEWING ONE 😭 literally almost no one treats him like areal villager anymore 💀 tbh hes like an insurance for me if i go broke in acnh
This makes me want to restart my island so bad 😭
Same lol but i have so much stuff i worked hard to get andthe thought of losing them makes me sad lol plus i dont have another switch to start over on so that doesnt help either 🤣
I would but I don’t want to leave my villagers, I don’t want to pay someone on Nookazon to hold everything because I have so much, also I share the island with my mom. When she stops playing I’m definitely going to reset
Do it homie I restarted and I’ve been actively playing again for like 3 months now :-)
Sarah! 🥰 Do what makes you happy!
@@lunarshinx if you have another friend who plays the game, deposit some of your stuff on their island and restart, that’s what i did with my new island!
this island reminds me of last year when everyone and their mother was playing acnh and even the simple islands that looked like this fascinated and amazed me & i’m here for those nostalgic vibes (ik a year isn’t too long but a covid year is an eternity)
The thing that makes me not love the game so much is how difficult it is to get new stuff. It’s been so long since I had a new item on The store or a new DIY recipe ( and I don’t even have that many, I just keep getting the same ones, and I’m playing since launch). This game is HEAVILY social-dependent and that sucks.
If there’s anything you need I pkay so maybe we can trade
I would love to trade some stuff too!! I just got rid of all my extra diys out of frustration but I have furniture 🥲
Right..... and I don't have any friends....😭 So I'm going to need Nintendo to think about lonely people. 🤣
It's not even the fact that you may not have friends that play this game, what screws it up for me is that you have to pay for the switch online service to do so much stuff in this game.
@@rachi1435 definitely that's true too!!!
I love your island. I started playing last September and played nearly every day until just before Christmas, then played sporadically until I pretty much quit in May or June. All of the islands I looked at online made me feel inferior. When I started playing again at the end of August, I decided to just do what I want and not worry about all the “cores”. It is more enjoyable now, and I found a friend to play with who loves my island even though I think it is still a work in progress.
Right, I stopped trying to be inspired by pictures online and just do what I think is cute! Way less stress and more fun 🤠
I bought the game at launch and still haven't "finished" my island. I did minimal terraforming, still haven't got all the hybrid flowers or filled my museum with nearly 450 hours spent into the game according to my switch. Most of the islands I've seen online are just overwhelming to me. I went in with a japanese theme in mind and while I can still achieve that, I look online and weel terrible
Never related more!
That's the problem with the game, animal crossing should be a life simulator, it shouldn't be focused on decoration, making the island beautiful is no fun at all, it's just useless, that's why all previous animal crossing are better than this one
I am different. I love looking at other people's creative islands and I love all of the "cores" or themes. It is all just so inspiring and fun for me. I enjoy going for a specific theme for my island. That is what is fun about animal crossing to me. I just feel more organized if I stick with one theme for the whole island.
I was today years old when I learned that starter villagers don't have their real houses! I love your island, mine is so randomly decorated and needs a lot of work so I appreciate the inspiration for sure
Same dude
Same!!
as someone who doesn't have nintendo online membership anymore, I abandoned my island because I thought I couldn't do anything good without customized paths but your video inspired me to build my island again just with the normal things I have in game! thank you very much for showing that simple pretty things can make an island beautiful
if you really want customise paths you can make your own to your own liking, i had no idea how to do it but a few videos and i was good, the membership thing is stupid and you could do so much without it, don’t let it bring away the fun of the game
My wife has reset her island 5 times since she got her Switch in April. She loves the starting stuff and enjoys the anticipation of what villagers she will get. I have never restarted and have slowed down considerably since I got my 5 star rating. I really enjoy how excited she gets to start a new island but I won’t give her gold anymore, lol.
I so love how your island came out 🥺 truly inspiring me to take a less complex and more fun approach in my future builds
honestly, i love the cottagecore and all those ‘aesthetic’ stuff and ngl my islands is very cottage core, but its a big hassle trying to Stay with the community and The new popular stuff, im now going to just make my island. whatever i want, :)
THIS!
@@stephanierodriguez3160 yes! i believe its fine to be ‘cottagecore’ or ‘Junglecore’ But i dont think we should judge those who arent doing it too
I love this. I also wish I had the patience to put down transparent tiles to prevent my flowers from invading... but like it gives me something to do. And I'm definitely not keen on resetting because I love all that I've gathered and built so far, even if I am a little burnt out. I'm really glad this is a method that works for others who are burnt out on ACNH though.
I just plant weeds to stop the plant spread. (I just feel the weeds give some well deserved texture to the ground)
@@PaigeLTS05 weeds would look completely messy on my island. They also change during the seasons and don't have the same vibe
Okay, I loved this! I’ve been playing ACNH since February and my island is still pretty bland. I see so many islands on UA-cam and Instagram that are just unreal and honestly they make me so discouraged about my own island. This video encouraged me to keep playing and be more satisfied with an island that’s a little more basic and simple.
I’ve had the game for about 5-6 months now and my island still looks like trash, but I’m kind of loving it and the slow process. I start to get overwhelmed when I see others all finished and polished, but then I realize they’re probably bored now and don’t get to enjoy the ~struggles~ lol.
I too love the kitschy tile flooring! I recently restarted my island after burning out and my daughter, who watches your twitch streams, suggested naming it Juicebox, she said it was one of the ones you had in the running before choosing Tiny town I guess. We are loving life on Juicebox atm. Definitely not stressing about achieving a certain aesthetic anymore.
‘normcore’ is my favourite because there’s little to no pressure to keep your island up to an, arguably, unrealistic standard in terms of aesthetics that most acnh content creators put out.
I find it more enjoyable to watch gameplay of people who don’t care about making their island look really aesthetic or anything (i really like watching stampy and sqaishey).
It also gives a lot of freedom seasonally: decorate how and where you want. You aren’t constricted by themes and it’s completely personal. It encompasses the ‘purpose’ of the game; to take it slowly, interact with your island, have fun filling the museum and contributing to the island’s capitalism, slowly decorating how you want. I love it :)
Your island looks really spacious, cohesive and easy to walk around :D
Love your vids... I´ve watched like all of them (not really) but I just bought the game and I´m CRAZY about it!
oml i can’t get over your normcore island the detail is so good 💖
This is the personality and vibe I wish every ACNH UA-camr had. Queen shit.
So when I started back when the game launched, I must have missed the memo for picking a good island, and clicked on a random one and it just, well the resident services location is just in a place that doesn’t give me a lot of creative flexibility. But I didn’t really realize how that would affect me playing until way later when I started to find the community online and see other islands and how they were setting stuff up. It got super daunting and overwhelming and I kept feeling like I couldn’t keep up with what everyone else was doing, so by that point it felt too late to reset. I didn’t want to start all over and lose all that work when I already felt behind. But, I made it a goal to prove that you didn’t have to go crazy with designs and terraforming to get a nice five star island. I was able to get five stars within the second month, still have never time traveled, and haven’t terraformed anything but a pond. My map looks just like it did the day I got the game. I still feel burned out, and there isn’t much to look at on my island still, but it was cool to see that I got it five stars without crazy construction and didn’t really change the island to work for me. So the word normcore is nice to hear when I think of islands like mine.
i also have a similar story! i used to go insane over how my island look. i was looking at so many different islands, my aesthetic kept changing and i couldn't keep up with it. it was overwhelming, so i eventually gave up on animal Crossing. until last week, i decided to get my hands on it again, unable to change my paths because i was too broke for a subscription, so i an starting with the paths i already have, best decision ever imo!! I'm very motivated now
I know this video is from a year ago but if for some reason you see this, you can go complain to isabelle about you starter villager's home and she will reset it to their normal home!
Defs makes me want to buy like 5 more switches. Just to make a new island 😭
Literally same! I started off with the idea of it being more cute/cottagecore style which I absolutely love but I’ve been watching some videos of the more dark witchy islands and that looks so amazing as well. I’ve been trying to mix the two and have been frustrated but this is why I love this whole video and Liss’s channel in general it kind of reminded me that it’s okay to follow your own aesthetic and do whatever you want which is what it’s all about!❤️
I am hooked on speed-building my island, locking it in as a saved dream, then destroying that island and starting a new one with a new theme and repeating the process. I'm about to start island 3 and I like being able to go back to the other islands in a dream if I miss them. :)
This island looks so cool and casual! It feels obtainable and not overwhelming like some other islands I've seen. You just got a sub from me. Thanks for being relatable!
Thought bubbles don’t always mean they want to move out, sometimes they have a question or about your nickname!
I didn't realize I had an aesthetic, but I guess my themes for both of my islands is norm core. I had been calling them Basic AF Core 😂
I was burnt out on Animal Crossing but recently I realized I can make a crap ton of mountains lol and that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 200 hours and which is why I haven’t been on UA-cam.
liss: pretends billy doesn’t want to move out
me: can’t get billy my starter to move out and cries about it everyday
I heard that if you don't talk to someone wanting to move out, it will move to someone else the next day, so if that's the case,let it get to Billy and let him move out, sorry if I'm wrong about that though
Your terrforming, pathing, is on point 👌 That map view, perfect. Love how the island turned out! Can't wait to see you do your next island! ♡
I love how this island came out!!!!!! And the merch is AMAZING I can’t wait to rock that tee
Giving Chadder a grave for the lols is my whole vibe
your island makes me feel SO cozy and nostalgic!! I haven’t played the game in over a month but this really makes me wanna work on my island again🥺 it’s so cute and just??? aaaaahh i love it!!
i haven’t been able to catch any of your streams lately so being able to catch up on youtube makes me so happy! hopefully i’ll catch one soon though💖
I started a week ago. And I’m glad there’s still content creators making content for AC! Your videos are really great!
You're right about restarting curing burnout. I finally restarted my game and I've been playing for hours every day as opposed to one a month lol
im not sure if anyone dropped the info yet but in a lot of cartoony/kiddy anime aliens are often depicted like octopus/jellyfish shaped hence octavians space theme! i think you nailed it
I love your normcore island!! i’ve always believed that the true purpose of animal crossing was not to create an aesthetically perfect island to show off online but to build something that you grow to love and call home
as soon as i saw the dream code, i ran to my bed and i did all the tour with you, it's such a sweet island, easy to walk around, and i loved watching all of you speed builds !! that was amazing 🥰
While there are some extremely impressive island builds, I still love coming home to my weedy, normie one, because I like the simplicity and flow of an under-planned place.
I LOVED your dig-site and little yards for each villager. And “your bedroom” (that sunflower rug!!) was super lovely.
Thanks for the share
Girl! I was sad too when I reset my game but giiiiiirllll!!! It reawakened my inner islander and I love it more than ever! It's like starting your next art on a blank canvas.
Liss: Final island tour!
Fans: I AM SPEED🏃♀️✨
Would I like more frequent updates? Definitely. But do I still play for at least about half an hour to an hour a day? Absolutely! It’s relaxing and fun, plus it’s nice to check ables/nooks, who’s there for the day, the beach DIY, catch bugs/fish, etc! I think it’s the best way to unwind after a day of work and just lets me truly relax :))
It’s refreshing to see people who are still excited about the game.
I flattened my island instead of reseting it, and added 3 tiers to it without any overly terraformed areas, it makes it a lot easier to walk around, and I try to not go with any theme
I feel like I go hard on terraforming features because I don’t have any other good ideas haha
I'm trying to set up an archaeological type island (since that's what Im studying). Your excavation site is so much better than mine. Thanks for the inspo
my villagers always give me gym outfits and costumes and BIDETS.
Your island is adorable. I love the little areas especially the Timmy and Tommy parking. *giggle*.
I LOVE THIS VIDEO BC WHY ARE YOU CALLING YOURSELF OUT ON SO MANY THINGS WHILE SHOWING AROUND THE ISLAND 💀💀💀
The reason I do not play this game as much as I would like, is because I am so intimidated by all of the insane designs and builds that are out there and I feel like my island can never live up to that. Watching your video made me feel inspired and that there are simple ways to decorate my island without me feeling like I need to overwork myself and cause myself designing stress haha, thank you for your video, its making me want to play this game more than I ever did before
Wow this is exactly how I feel too! I love all the aesthetic build videos I’ve seen but I always think to myself, “I can never do that” so then I get frustrated but then I remember it’s supposed to be about your own creativity, how you want it, and to have fun with it!
I was feeling so sad and anxious today. Thinking about how good it felt to play for the first time and how much it helped me. I haven’t played in such a long time for the same reason as many. Your video just popped out of nowhere, giving the motivation I needed to restart the game! Thank you so much! ✨✨✨
In case no one has said it yet, the reason you will never get 5 stars is because you have a bunch of stuff on the ground. DIY recipes, clothing not on a display stand, all of that counts against your rating. You can only have a max of 5 ite s on the ground for your island to have 5 stars
great island! loved it so much! I have a "norm core" island too and its feels just as special as anyother core
This isn’t a 5* island? Wow I highly underestimated what it would take to reach the highest ranking.
I started a few months ago and I was trying to be extra to design this dream island that just wasn’t in my creative abilities. I feel better about my near future plans to flatten my island and kind of start over. Now there’s a name to my style! Thank you for this!
My island is "disastercore"...unorganized flowers and random items all over the island. Poor Beau has been living on the beach for over a year.
I love how your normcore island turned out! It brings back such good memories. I also restarted my very first island, and while it was sad to see it go, I do think it's helped renew my love for the game. I love designing, but hated that that's what everything became out! It's important to enjoy the simplicity of it too :)
You know what real challenge is? Keeping your island. I bet just a few youtubers are capable of it. The real AC fans I think.
I couldn't imagine resetting my island. I didn't spend over a year collecting and cataloging to have all of my progress taken away.
lately i have been wanting to reset my island. i did once before and flattened it another time…but my museum is so full! i keep saying if i had another console i would do it…ahhh
I absolutely love your island. It honestly looks super good and has such a great balance of everything. Honestly seems perfect.👌 Love your videos too, honestly always look forward to the future upload❤💫
I restarted as well. I just picked up Hornsby last night on a mystery island! Don’t laugh, but his sweet eyes reminded me of my pug! Bea was the first villager I found on an island…the second was Cookie.
I was so excited to try this game when I saw my sister playing it so i bought my own switch and now im kinda regretting it because I have no idea what to do with my island, i've had the game since last christmas and restarted like 3 times and didn't even get a quarter of island done on any of them >_< I keep restarting because I kept thinking its the layout I don't like but it's just me not knowing how to decorate/terraform
2:29 WHY DOES SHE PRONOUNCE PECAN LIKE THAT IM SCREAMING 💀
I’m really new to the animal crossing world and I was super super intimidated by everything on Pinterest, all the “cores” and I felt very overwhelmed that mine wouldn’t be “good enough” and watching these videos really helped me be able to fall in love with the simple nature of the game. Thanks ❤️
Ps, I downloaded twitch just for youuuuu 😙
I started playing the day it launched but got burnt out by the end of the summer. I started seeing other people putting in more hours and making these beautiful, elaborate islands and it was personally disheartening for me. I also got worn out by getting repeats of the same DIYs and items over and over, and goddamnit, never finding cherries no matter how many NM tickets I used, seriously hundreds. I learned at that point that in order to get the full experience of the game you really had to have friends or network with people online to trade and stuff, which I didn't want to do since I prefer playing games alone or with people I know well. I put so many hours into the game and got some of my favorite villagers but ended up deleting my save out of frustration. Kinda sad about it but I don't think I'll ever play it like I did before, just not my cup of tea. Still love seeing other peoples' islands though!
I know this is about the island, but I would like to say that you are GORGEOUS! Your hair looks fabulous and to DIE for!
I love this island! Also don't worry about Chadder he's gone to the other side! (My Island) 🤣🏝
I can't bring myself to restart my first island 😫 but I'm also tired of the chaos I made. Wish I had kept it in its original state. Now its half unfinished and my flowers grew out of control 🙃🙄 I love everything I have on it. AAARGGGHH!
I’ve been watching so many island walkthrough videos and want to restart my island sooo bad, but I have the same problem I love everything I’ve gotten so far but my island is chaotic. Flowers growing everywhere, so I feel you there😂 I hope you get your island to how you want it!
I also have raymond on my island he was my first campsite but now audie just moved in through my move in que and I feel cursed. People would kill to be in my shoes😶.
I just got Marshal in my campsite, so I know how you feel lol
I actually had the opposite toilet problem and had trouble finding one lol
So it's interesting to hear that you couldn't stop receiving them
I just reset my island and like a basic person I’m doing a cosy,fairylight,hot chocolate etc themed island. A lot of my islands have been super over creative with loads of themes and completed villagers. I want this island to be a safe space for me especially with the stress I know is coming my way I want this island to be somewhere I can escape to and just walk around on it☺️
Good job, how do you and other's do it? I started attempting to teraform but yeah it's sad compared to everyone's island. Looks beginner and basic, ugh... maybe some day I will figure it out. Thanx for the video
Okay but what about when you love your island so much that you never want to change it anymore and then you just end up never playing because there’s nothing left to update or change because that’s me right now on my main switch and it’s kinda sad :<
And I love my map and layout so if I were to start over (do a different theme I guess) I’d have to literally undo everything manually so I can keep the foundation I created.. help!
If y’all have ideas or advice please comment!!!
I don’t feel burn out because I don’t care if my island is shitty to other people’s opinions. I make cute neighborhoods and little orchards in them and my museum is just up on a cliff above my campsite. I just wish we could relocate resident services
Can someone help me out? I‘m searching for the signs at 3:21. giacrossing is private so I can‘t see her account (I don‘t have twitter). I want the design really bad, these are so pretty 😩
i really want to restart my island because i don't get any cool new diy recepies and everything looks bad, i have no money and my island sucks while everyone elses looks amazing.
I was literally just thinking earlier, there have to be some island tours that have a more accessible feel - really glad I found this.
So I made a half mvshr00m village and half post apocalyptic island because I couldn’t decide on a theme.
Timmy and Tommy's staff parking :') 😍😍
I just restarted my island as well, it's honestly been so fun!! I thought I'd mourn the loss of my original island more, but I just wasn't attached to it ultimately. Love your town and I'm happy to have found your channel!!!
It took a grand 2 minutes for me to decide YOURE my new favorite UA-camr
also, yes, i too was gifted countless toilets and urinals during my first few weeks on the island. why is that a thing??
When me and my siblings shared an island, we did in fact have a toilet collection, it was in front of nook’s cranny
Omg i never understand how you can be so creative i still can't decide what i have to do with my island... So my island looks bad
I wish we could have multiple islands 😭 I don't want to throw the work I've done away but also feel like starting over. 😔
i love norm core because it's genuinely the o my theme that lets you still play the game (catch bugs and fish, shake trees for fruit etc.) while also being decorated and unique
most themes force you to have specific "default" spots that aren't at all edited or decorated because the rest of your island is basically a pain to move trough and doesn't let you catch bugs or fish without moving and picking up items constantly
Just a tip, you can gift them a furniture and they will put it inside their home
Thanks for sharing! I kinda wish the screen with your face was a little smaller because it made it hard to see a lot of things. Like this plan tour though. Nice to see someone just enjoying the game and not trying to flex.