Restarting vs Flattening Your Animal Crossing Island -- What is the Best Option for You?
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- Опубликовано: 9 май 2021
- I decided to lay out some pros and cons for restarting vs flattening, since I get asked about the two options quite a bit :) I hope you find this video helpful!
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Hello!! Thanks for watching :) have you ever flattened or restarted?
Hi! Just starting the video but I flattened my island almost as soon as I unlocked terraforming. I had no idea what I’d started. 😂
I just started in Dec 2020. I think about restarting everyday but I don't want to give up my fave villiagers..
I'm on my 20th time restarting my island :'))))
I restarted. I didn’t like anything about my first island. I love re-playing the start of the game too. It’s exciting!
flattened and doing much more terraforming now!
I truly wish that Nintendo would add a feature where, instead of having to Terra form each and every thing individually, you could enter a "Terra form" mode, that is basically just the decorate mode for your house but it's instead your entire island.
Yes!!! I for some reason always forget that you can’t do this, and trying to place things on tables outside is SO frustrating!
Omg yeesssss i wish they could add it
Terraforming is sooooo slow.
@@Klassikhuhn fr
Like in happy home designer?
I remember that in New Leaf you could "sell" your town and when you start over you have a HUGE amount of money and all your catalog... I wish we could sell the insland somehow so we can start over with our starting over...
I miss being able to sell my town. It was such a nice feature and I was so sad to see it wasn't continued in new horizons...
Haha the Problem is that now Tom Nook is the owner
wow this is the first time i've heard of selling your town - that would be amazing! in the past have you been able to keep your DIYs and catalog?
@@laurendesimone9482 You could choose to keep your catalog, or sell it for a lot more bonus bells. DIYs didn't exist in New Leaf. Crafting wasn't a thing until New Horizons.
I take so much pride in finishing my museum. Idk if I’d ever be able to restart
Yes, that would be a hard pill to swallow!
I’ve restarted 10 times
This single handedly stopped any thought of me restarting my island 😀 I’ve worked so hard to catch some of those fish, I can’t just waste all that effort
I’ve never finished a single museum in any Animal Crossing game ever! 🤣
same! i finished the bugs, fish, and sea creatures. i’m only halfway through the paintings/statues tho. i don’t have the heart to start all over and lose all that progress.
it’s especially harder now since they added diy’s to collect. i don’t wanna have to go through all that again.
My issue is diys and cataloguing, it took so long to get what I want. I would need a second switch so i can keep my storage... tbh thats the dream. An island to keep and an island to restart whenever I want
Yes!!! Im exactly the same way!
Yes, the only way I'd ever restart is if it was on a second switch
yeah i feel like for average player that doesn't have a backup island to store stuff no way to keep bells, NMTs or have a bunch of amiibos for your fav villagers it's just not worth it to lose all of that
it took me literally a year to get the hanging terrarium diy
Update: I reset anyways lol
Me: * has no intentions of restarting my island whatsoever *
Also me: this would an interesting video to watch!
Also me! Love your comment!😁
same
Literally, I wanted pro's and cons to restarting, because I love everything about my current island... 😭
I can't bring myself to restart, my island is my baby :(
Me with Lórien :’)
(And what was that other comment Ben?)
oh its u crossing im subbed btw?
I was nervous about restarting but I’m glad I did because. (I got k.k on my island within a week of no time travel)
@@CeruleanMoonLetters how? Any tips?
@@glowinluna5742 after I restarted I did all of Tom nooks tasks until the kk task and to get three stars I just put all my furniture outside and lots of fences cause I could just clean it up and it wouldn’t matter if my ratings went down because I got terraforming with kk once I reached 3 stars
I just got every single DIY there's no waaay I'm restarting. Why can't Nintendo just let us have more than one island per switch :(
It would be nice if the cartridge saved your files instead of the switch, it would be so much easier to just get a new cartridge.
@Ember good point, on my SP there are tons of games that has saved game slots, harvest moon was one that I used 2 slots to help me get to the bottom of the mine, except it was always for my same farm, just different save point. Could be done, Nintendo just doesn't want to make it happen 😕
I've spent way too long collecting all of the diys to ever restart my island.
Same ! And catalog , and reactions , bells, nmt tickets just everything. I could never delete my first island ... but I did get a second switch 😁🥴🙈
@@Ayla20 that's the dream!
I’m exactly the same. I can’t cope with the idea of restarting... I don’t want to lose my villagers, everything I spent so long collecting but at the same time it would be so nice to have a new island layout, name and the colour of the airport too! I think it should be an option that you can at least change these things once in the game like a lot of them do already knowing we could regret our decisions and not want to lose progress!
omg sameeee!!! and cataloging
i wasnt thinking and restarted it with raymond and marshal
i ended up flattening my original island and hated it since i had no inspiration whatsoever. restarting was the way to go for me, layout is so much better than before
This is what i was thinking. I’m restarting now hopefully the game gets better for me i was just unhappy with the overall style
I'm in the same boat. I think I may just restart.
I feel like restarting is the way to go, but then I really don't have the time to move all my items and bells to another island and get them back once my island has been restarted. I also don't like that I lose all my museum progress since i worked so hard on it.
no matter how many videos I watch on this I'm still so torn... restarting feels so BRAVE.
actually, this was so helpful Lex. seriously. THANK YOU
@@LilBranchesCrossing I’ve restarted like 8 times sksks
@@carmelevans6219 I ended up getting a second switch but I think that might give me the bravery to reset my OG island, especially since I consider it done now. 💕
no bc i literally had no second thought about restarting LOL sadly i kinda regret it
Resetting for me was good because my other island were so bad and blank that they probably looked like I flattened them already
I've restarted my island once... and the process for me to move my items to a friend's island was easy but tedious. The process of trying to get my items back from that friend was also tedious, cataloging was painful until another friend said they have a treasure island I can visit, and collecting the diys was also very, very painful... I wouldn't do it again until I had a guaranteed way to keep my favorite items, get a fast method to catalog and find the diys faster... RUclipsr have it easier, because of their fans. And while the community is nice and helpful with each other, it's nothing like having 50k people offering items and bells.
I just wish Nintendo will implement a way that we can change out island names/flatten our island without having to delete the save and re-collect everything.
I got a second Switch (I know this is not an option for many people), so I am able to keep my primary island/catalog and extra DIYs and stuff and then I just take money and items to myself on my other island, lol!
If not for that, though, I would probably not ever restart again bc trading on Nookazon and getting DIYs is such a pain in the ass these days.
@@Aethereality Right? I mean they finally did the icloud(?) save thing to back up our data, why can't we pay x amount of bells to rename our island?
@@butterflymuse2707 I hear you, I've actually contemplated using my siblings' switch but that would mean having to buy another ACNH so that I can transfer items to that switch... just too much work. And I would rather not take their switch away for such a selfish reason.
@@butterflymuse2707 I’d only get another switch if Nintendo releases a HUGE update. I’ve been thinking about it a lot!
I really want them to add in the "sell town" feature from new leaf so i can keep my catalogue. I really want to restart because a) burnout, and b) want to play the tutorial again. but losing all my items would be rough
Can Nintendo just let us have multiple saves per switch 😣 it would be so much easier and fun but they would never
This is very true
SERIOUSLY LIKE WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THAT???
Restarting > flattening.
I flattened once and it felt so weird to be like, “here’s my Autumncore themed apple orchard island... called Neverland because it used to be Disney themed...”
"You lose your current version of your island forever."
This is listed as a con, but my current island is so UGLY this is honestly a pro
HAHAHAHAHHA STOP
Same lol.
I agree
I am "team flatten" bc I could never afford to loose my catalogue and diys. I'm also a huge completionist, I cant even imagine loosing all the fish, bugs, reactions and nook mile stamps 😆 I also think flattening is pretty funny, it gives you a power energy I just love
Maybe its because I have played the series for years even before anch, that I always tell my friends that play this game to not restart. I have restarted my town so many times on new leaf and it never felt the same as the first time starting the game in a new town. The magical moment of the first town and the memories of it are gone on the new one and I ended up missing the old one and regretting for restarting
I have played New Horizon since launch and even tho I have some problems with the layout. I like to have these problems as part of the island, its like the islands feauture. and challenge myself to do the things I want with the limits I have.
Then again my play style is very different to new animal crossing players. I think typically old ac players play the game very casually as like living a second life, compared to new players who see it as a game where you get time travel so you can decorate the island fast and then go on to the next one.
There isin't a right or wrong way to play the game its really just comes down to fact that what kind of a animal crossing player are you and what you think is important and what make you enjoy the game. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. :D
This is a valid point, and I agree. It’s easier for me to restart the islands I build for my videos because I have Lórien on a separate switch, and Lórien is the most special island to me :’) I don’t think I could restart that one.
I didn't know I could "keep" my island with the dream adress. That is now the tipping point for me to start over! Thanks for that info! I was thinking about restarting for a few days because for me it isn't fun anymore and I dreaded to flatten everything. So I can start over with the update in mind 😊😊
Here’s another pro that i would add to flattening: you can sell everything and get more bells meaning you can choose a new theme for you island :)
I flattened my island about 5 times and I just felt myself doing the same designs over and over I was reluctant because I put over 2,000 hours into the game, I just restarted my game and it’s better because now I can have fresh ideas
i didn’t know you could visit your old dream address when you restart!!!! that convince me to restart and not to flatten my island
having an acnh youtube channel really affects this decision for me. I restarted recently bc it was important to me to keep my old DA up and have a new island name, but I definitely think I would have flattened instead if I were just playing the game privately. great video, lex!
Can you have more than one DA? Like if I restart multiple times, can I keep all the other past editions of the islands I’ve worked on?
@@paolamaribelmoralesramirez9589 yes, Lex mentions it in the video that old DA's stick around
@@Breeze80 Oh my bad! Thanks
i thought i would regret restarting bc i spent so much time on my island but as soon as i deleted it that feeling immediately went away. it is so refreshing to start from scratch. there is comfort knowing that if i get tired of what im doing there is joy in starting fresh. beginning game is so much fun.
Thank you! The dream address is such a wonderful idea. I didn’t thought about it and it really helps me restarting. I always have such guilt leaving or erasing an island
cant wait to watch this because I’m deciding on these two options rn
yeah same c: idk what to doooo my island is so so ugly & I just reached 4 starsq but its so uglyyy
This video was part of what convinced me to flatten and eventually restart my island Narnia. I flattened to re theme it into a Narnia/Normcore island. And now after Festivale I'm going to restart and my new island is going to be a 100 Acre Wood/Kidcore theme island. It was nice to revisit this video.
The only thing keeping me from restarting are the DIYs tbh. I may be proud of my completed museum, but leaving the museum as only a tend also looks quite cool, i wouldnt even mind!
Just anecdotally I wanted to share my experience having done both. So on my first plauthrough of ACNH I flattened my island because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it, and I thought a blank canvas would give me inspiration. The process was so tedious and boring that when I got done, I was totally burned out and really bummed tbh. I didn't have any idea for what I wanted to do, and now my island was totally empty and boring, and it made me quit the game. I didnt have any inspiration, instead i just had a bunch of choice paralysis. I then restarted a few months later, and i realized I actually really enjoy the early game up to the point where you get the end credits with KK. I ended up not progressing much past that point on that build, and fell off again, but I had much more fun. Eventually i restarted again, and I planned to get more into island design, but I was determined not to terraform at all since I had such a bad experience with it the first time. This build didn't really go anywhere, and I abandoned it until my girlfriend decided she wanted to try animal crossing. We reset together, and she loved it. Eventually she bought her own switch lite, we transferred the island to her new switch, and I restarted for the fourth time.
I would definitely recommend restarting over flattening to newer players who are kind of frustrated with how their island looks or aren't having fun anymore. I think the early game is the most fun as far as gameplay loops go, and its easy in the beginning to not worry so much about how your island looks and just enjoy things like fishing, swimming, and bug catching. However, if you like your island, your still having fun with the game, but you are considering flattening, I do have a different piece of advice. Don't flatten your entire island, ever. Only use terraforming if you have a specific project in mind, and try to do it in the smallest chunks possible. Draw boundaries if you have to, and only allow yourself to do a certain amount of terraforming in one day. This will avoid burn out, and working on your project will become more of a natural daily activity like shaking trees or hitting rocks than one massive project you have to complete in one go. I also highly recommend using your island's natural terrain to inspire your designs. I would advocate against completely removing any ponds or rivers, and just modify them to fit your space a little better. The same goes for cliffs. If you want to do a raised neighborhood, or a sunken areas, think about where that can be that would take the least amount of work. Work with your natural terrain instead of against it. In the past my residential neighborhood areas have been very symmetrical and organized, but they felt totally boring and uninspired. This time around I placed my houses more organically based on the space I had without doing massive amounts of terraforming, and it looks so much better. It takes up a bit more space than a compact and organized neighborhood build, but it's been more fun to decorate and build pathing for. Decorating is also a lot more fun for me than just terraforming, so being able to focus on that is huge pro of this approach imo.
*BRO, AWESOME COMMENT! TOTALLY HELPFUL & RELATABLE! +5COOLPOINTS*
I flattened my island and got rid of all the water as soon as I unlocked terraforming because I also thought it would give me inspiration. It ended up being the reason I’m considering restarting:(
Update: you encouraged me to start fresh so I did! I’m so happy:)
I restarted my island yesterday, it was the best decision I’ve made
I got 5 stars in 2 months and got so bored. Chose a new theme that I think will be a challenge so that it takes longer!
I also restarted my island but it pinched my heart doing it since I started the game on Christmas (25th 2020) but I only did it because I wanted to pick a new name for my island (the old name was Autumn)
Same for me as well
Well I always flatten since I'm way to attached to my island.
This actually makes me want to restart my island, so I can visit my past builds 🥺 It would suck losing the catalog but my museum isn't even 50% done it wouldn't matter
this is where i'm at lol
Awe man! I didn't know I needed this video, haha. I didn't know that you can save your old island as a dream address...wowsers.
ty so much for this! it really helped me realize that i’m going to half flatten for the summer (redecorate all areas but keep buildings)
I just flattened my island last month and I'm almost finished with my new one and I like it alot, and yes it's exhausting and expensive
So happy you did this video! Ive been debating restarting because I’m in the wrong hemisphere! But knowing about the dream address thing is so comforting! X
Omg I was literally thinking of seeing a pros and cons to restarting. You totally read my mind!
A solution to a few things on the restarting front, they just require a very kind friend to aid you!
1) you can store your items, NMTs, bells etc for your new island on a friends island
2) you can house your fav villagers from your old island on a friends island by you both using the leaving bubble technique - the friend must have an empty plot and you must have your fav villager leaving so they can invite them to theres, that way they dont get voided and you can reinvite them on your new island!
3) You can stockpile spare diys for your new island on a friends island.
I just flatten parts atm but will probably restart on a new switch whenever the new model comes out (if it does). I already plan on getting the new switch whenever it happens and will probably use that one for doing restart islands
I’ve been thinking about doing both - you’ve given me a lot to consider, but I’m leaning more toward restarting after watching your video. I don’t TT so the time it’d take to flatten is a heavy consideration.
Initially, the idea of moving all the buildings was a major cause of my AC burn out. I haven’t played in probably 10 months and just feel like restarting now.
Thanks so much for the great video! Ive already subscribed!
I’m a huge pro for flattening. It’s cathartic.
That is so very fair HAHA
I just finished my island Honeydew and got a dream address and then restarted. I like a fresh canvas and I watch tons of treasure island streamers so within just 3 days or so I have all the diys on my new restarted island. I already have my bank maxed out. I am gathering the resources and furniture I want and I am about to unlock terraforming. Ever since I discovered treasure islands restarting isn’t as daunting. Like you said I like to keep my finished island but also explore more themes so restarting is my preference.
Where do you find treasure islands? Any recommended streamers? ☺️
@@SketchingWithSarah you can find them on twitter usually. Keep your eye out for dodo drops or giveaways :3
@@sammiejeanne3846 Thank you!! People always talk about them and I’m here like farming balloons 😭
@@SketchingWithSarah they are all over twitch. I mainly watch FireflySkies, DoomNymph, aitchijk, sakuraaagaming, le0pardsqu1rrel
@@SketchingWithSarah hope this helps 💕
I've only restarted once, and it really was the best decision imo. I actually had help from a trusted friend. She let me keep a bunch of diys, expensive catalog items, mom items, bells, on her island. So when I reset, I wasn't completely starting off on a truly deserted island 👀
I didn’t know that when u make a dream address u can still visit ur island! This is amazing! I only started in March so I’m so happy to hear this be I have learned so much but def want to finish my first try!
I've restarted my island once, cause I found I just wasn't happy with the layout of things I couldn't change (like the plaza) and while it was tough to say goodbye to my villagers on there, I'm really happy with my new island and how it've slowly been getting better and better
One con I found with restarting though, is how you also lose all your friends in the game. That was a bit of a chore to get everyone back on the list through Dodo codes and visits
"So yeah when you restart your island you effectively throw your villagers into the void, but you DIDN'T ask them to leave your island!"
The level of avoidance for potential conflict here is hilarious and I love it.
if you restart your island, can you still get some of the same villagers from your old island onto your new? if they are in the void?
@@emilycolleen5634 you can! I have had Coco and Bertha on both my islands
@@bunnyydoesthings yeah but without amiibo cards or nookazon? Way too much in game or irl money
@@BloodMoonCosplays yeah you can get them without the cards or nookazon still, I don't play with the online membership so I can't use any of those and I don't play with the cards cuz that's too much money, you've just gotta grind a little bit
@@bunnyydoesthings a little bit or a lot?
The algorithm is definitely listening to my thoughts. I was just having this debate with myself yesterday! Thank you for posting this!!
I’m flattening right now and the time to demolish is giving me time to plan my island! I’m also using the 3D planning tool and it’s so helpful
I'm that one guy who never flattens the island. I don't know why but even if my island's layout just looks so weird and a bit ugly, I still love it. I terraform a little bit, but make sure to keep what I think made the layout unique. Like, there's a whole river dividing the town hall, airport, etc, from everything else. Instead of getting rid of it, I just made it bigger and added lotsa waterfalls and flowers to make it look prettier. Not to mention how funny it is to add to the lore to my island that the terraformed area is the civilized part of the island, while the other side that's blocked off is uncharted territory of who knows what.
this video solidified that i want to restart my island. while im so happy with all the progress i have made i know ill get there again. im so unhappy with my island name, my airport in proximity to the residential center, and i just want something fresh with the peninsula and water ways. i haven't wanted to play in so long due to burnout but im excited to feel that excitement again.
This came in my sub box at JUST the right time! I've been wondering this myself recently. Thankyou!!
im way too deep into my game to reset lol
When is the DA for Antillia coming? :3 I'm so freaking exciting
I’m new at animal crossing! Just unlocked terraforming snd have no idea where to start and how people get their islands to look like this!!! Thanks for your videos
I think what it really comes down to is why you want a fresh start. If you've finished a build and you're ready to move on to a new creative project, resetting seems to be the way to go. If you're just not happy with the way that things are turning out and you want to try something different, I really think flattening is worth it. That's what I did and I have no regrets, although I do still have some pictures of the areas of my old island that I was happy with, and I even kept a couple little areas the same. To be honest I didn't really understand the benefits of resetting until watching this video, but if the main thing you enjoy in New Horizons is making whole town builds then it definitely makes sense that you'd want to do that in a way that preserves your old builds where you can visit them, and doesn't require you to have extra copies of the game. n_n;
I'm in a pretty huge dilemma right now, trying to make this decision. So, the thing is, I hate my island layout, I've kind of destroyed it with flattening (like it's completely barren), and most of all, I really just want to my name. But the idea of losing all of the progress I've made is haunting me. I've nearly completed my museum, spent literal hours on end, farming for bells and trying to get dreamies, I just don't want to lose everything. Honestly, I probably wouldn't even be stressing over it this much if I could just change my name. But the fact that you have to create an entirely new save, and give up literally everything you've spent the last year and a half building up, just... aaaaghghghghhh
I feel like I'm drowning....
Don’t forget that huge pro to restarting when you get to pick your airport colour again, thus determining what colour way of lampposts/lighthouse/etc. you get! And picking a new fruit too!
I also find that if there are items or flowers that you’ve grown attached to, there is always someone in the acnh community who is more than willing to help by allowing you to drop things to their island to pick up again once you’ve restarted! ❤️
Another great video!... I’m deffo pro-restart!
Yeah the ACNH community is one of the most kind and laid back communities online. It's crazy how nice most people are.
Thanks a lot for making a video with this question finally answered.
😍🌻
Wow Antillia looks amazing. in fact it's too amazing that my island looks so plain compared to it. Wasn't thinking about restarting before but I am now. Great Video by the way, Thank you!
so this has actually reassured me in my decision to flatten my island a lot! i never figured out how to design my island and ended up abandoning the game for a while because of it. now that the final update is coming this friday, i've started playing again & had been considering restarting, but i'm too attached to my villagers. i might restart someday, but until then, flattening and perfecting it is!
Oh my gosh look how beautiful your Island is looking, I remember your first day, and now it looks so beautiful 😭
i just woke up from my nap and you posted :0 magic
I have 2 switches now. My first island is my baby and will never change. The second switch is my creative outlet. I spent tons of time collecting and cataloging on my first and don't feel bad at all about using treasure islands for my second. This video actually helped me decide whether to flatten or restart. I love that I can visit past islands through dream addresses. So after I finish I will restart and move on to my next big idea.
I am so excited visit when you release your DA. You've become one of my fave YTbers. I want a half a city look amd half a country overgrown look.. And I just don't know how to make it cohesive..
If you plan with a friend, you can pull your favorite items from your island and stash them on a friend's island (with maybe some bells and NMTs) to make it easier to restart your island. Though I didn't know about the Dream Address thing so that just solidified my decision and after putting 2k hours into my island I think it's time to update my DA address and start over!
Im so late omg but i find it SO nice how you can still visit old islands and its much more reassuring
This video helped me a lot, I have only had this game about 6 months and I made the mistake of picking an island layout that I was never truly happy with... I am very attached to the villagers I have, I ended up getting a few dreamies like shino etc. I completed the fossils and am attached to parts of the island...but something about it is still very lacking.... I can't get the flow of it right...ig
But you helped me decide that I truly do want to restart and honestly my main dreamie is Sasha so I'm hoping I can just find him through restarting. So finding new villagers is actually a big pro for me. And I want to meet more new villagers anyway.
Thank you for making this, even though this vid is a year old. It helped me now.
(I'm very nostalgic too, so Dream address is the way for me )
Omg restart gang yesss!! I love the feeling when I restart - its like letting go of this heavy baggage and feeling so creatively free to do whatever I want on my new island! Plus you can go visit the old island whenever you miss it
i love my catalog and diy too much.. i have 2 islands and it angers me when i’m on one island and it doesn’t know the diy! so i have to travel from one to the other to craft it or i have to buy it on nookazon. i can’t deal 😭😂 i also have over 200k nook miles.. and i’d feel too guilty if i didn’t turn all those into tickets before restarting 👀
Hi! Love the channel 😊 Just flattened my island 😅
I wish you could create another save to start from the beginning again without deleting your old save. I'd like to restart but there's no way I'm going to catalogue all the items and breed all those flowers again. For now I'll just flatten my island
oh yes the FLOWERS 😞 no way
I had no idea you could have multiple DA's... thanks for this! I wish I had done this with my first island >.
I think it's valid to mention that if you play with friends, you can bring some of your stuff from your island to their island to hold for you before you restart. I've done that so I dont lose absolutely everything. It helps with bells and NMT especially to keep them, as well as tools. And if there's a villager you really love and your friend is willing, you can have them keep that villager for you until you're ready for them. So restarting isnt as bad that way and I always prefer it to flattening because I'm lazy and I want my old islands saved. Thanks for the great video Lex!
I flattened my island in the past and it was a mess. It was so much work. Honestly I think you just convinced me to restart. Might take this opportunity before the new update.
This may sound weird but I ended up with 2 switch lites, so I gave one to my husband. He rarely ever plays it so I bought a 2nd game cartridge. I then spent almost 3 days moving all of my "I wanted to keep" items to his island, and back to my new island. And enjoyed restarting my island again. I enjoyed the process of getting my islanders, having KK slider show up again and accumulating recipes. It was easier the 2nd time around and I still had all of the fruit and a few repeated recipes to start with also I had a lot of the kk songs and I can purchase things from his island like the different colors of beach chairs and phone boxes. So if you have a trusted friend you can move your bells, tickets, holiday items, and colorways to that island and retrieve them after you restart your island. Its expensive to purchase a whole new system and cartridge but it can ne done with the help of a friend and they will also be able to catalog colorways they don't have.
Honestly for the 4th con of restarting I got my friends and moved things that i had on my old island to their island and then once I restarted they visited and dropped everything back so it was pretty easy to keep my tools, items, and money.
it’s a great vid that goes right to importants points! Honestly, they’re rare so gratz !! 😊
As for the island, I went with the flow. Each time before putting a building or anything else, I imagined what it will look like and what I would do around it after. It’s my first Animal Crossing game, so I didn’t know anything about the gameplay. I feel lucky that I did what I did because the game went smoothly and I don’t need to restart at all. The important thing that the creators should think about is to be able to have multiple saving slots like other games like these. Like this, you would be able to restart the game without losing your old island if you want to play with it again. 😊 Awesome game and completely addictive too 🤣 No regrets at all!! 😁
Thanks Lex, now I know I can visit my island in dream address , I think I may restart my game and take all my knowledge to a new island 🥰 happy days 🥰
This video is super informative to new (or players who just don’t know). I admittedly do both. Once I am done with this currently island I am going to save the DA and restart! But I have completely flattened the island I’m currently working on because I hated what I originally did. Both are helpful but also have some sucky qualities. I hope new players find this helpful:)
when in doubt, restart >:) (coming from someone who’s had 9 islands)
I’d could never restart, I’ve been playing since March 20th, and I’m just so attached to my island and villagers ;w;
I think people should def challenge themselves to work around their islands quirks. I was so close to restarting because my res services was so close to my airport. Like you can literally see it from the dock lmao found a way to work around it and now I am SO glad I just figured it out. Really just played around with terraforming a looot. Didn't pressure myself for a finish date 😌
I also do love the dream address idea when your island is essentially completed and you want to do something new.
I think I’m going to flatten my island soon (just to keep items and villagers) and make a jungle/city theme!
Definitely think I'm going to restart! I have an all cub English village island, can't wait till its finished 🙌
The progress in the museum, stamps, DIYs, and catalog are definitely reasons I couldn't bring myself to restart but honestly? I just couldn't bear to let Sherb go. Best boy.
I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH AND TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO THE FACT/IDEA THAT YOU INTRODUCED ME TO BEING ABLE TO KEEP YOUR OLD ISLAND AS A DREAM ADDRESS !!!!!!!’ The majority of the reason(s) I don’t want to restart is that I don’t want to leave my babies, and also I don’t want to lose my things. BUT, I might be able to make my current island to where I have every of my favorite items and clothing on display in a very pleasant way so that the reason I wanted to collect those things in the first place is still preserved. Does that make sense ? I had a hard time paying attention to my wording as I typed that out because I didn’t want to forget what I wanted to say. So, I think I’m going to take some time, and just DECORATE my island the way it is, in my dream way for the island I have, minimal additional terra-forming, and have that saved as a Dream Address. Yeah. I think I’m gonna do that. Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you. By the way - the reasons I WANT to restart - get a chance to only use amiibos to have only my dreamies, and I’m kind of bored of my island layout and feel l could do SO MUCH MORE if I could restart. Also, I looooove fishing in the game, but I hate how I literally have 1 or 2 NEW fish that I haven’t found before, so it would be fun to have it be new for my character again.
I flattened my island back in December and finished it recently and I’m happy I didn’t restart. But I wasn’t making a completely different island. I was just trying to fix the theme I already had. For someone who wants a completely different island/theme that might not be the best plan. But I also hate the idea of having to restart my catalog. I like having different colors of items to work with and I’d hate to lose that!
I restarted bc I have an ambitious project in mind that required a new name and more importantly, the airport and resident services to move, but restarting probably was worse for my burnout than the three times I flattened. Now that I've finally got terraforming again, that flame is starting to come back, but it legit took me almost a month to get terraforming bc I just didn't want to work on the tedious process of building back up. Flattening was so much easier for me bc I would put on a show I wanted to binge and could watch it easily while I did the boring work and made it go by so fast. I'm really glad I restarted now since I can get to work on a passion project though.
Thank you. You’ve convinced me to restart on the dream address alone 💜💜💜😭 but the issue is I don’t want to leave this flattened mess behind to visit so like. Now I have to make it decent enough to visit to begin with
I have two switch's to use so im just going to work with two island's. Im flatting my island right now and I want to screaaam! 😱 but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Great video btw 😘
Thank you for the pros and cons lists. Makes sense if you want to save a dream address.
I’ve restarted my island 15 times and finished all the islands mostly they were cottage core but a lot of other themes!
Ive played since release and still havent finished my cottagecore island.
I highly doubt this happened. Islands take time to make. Most people have around 300+ hours just for one island. With the amount of burnout people get for 1 island I can’t even imagine 15. Only possible explanations are:
- The islands didn’t have much time put into them
- You have the power to make 15 islands with minimal or no burnout which I highly doubt
- You lied.
Not saying it isn’t possible, but there’s an extremely high chance this a lie.
Even harder to believe because the updates are just repeats of last year with a minimal amount of new stuff now.
I don’t really care if this is a joke, cause it’s not a very good one if it is.
@@ExaminationNation extremely EXTREMELY late to this but why are u so serious about this man ? u dont know how many hours this person has either lmao..
This inspired me to start all over honestly been thinking about it for a while lol
I kind of like the grind of refilling my catalogue and playing around on nookazon but man it’s still always such a hard decision to make. I’ve also never completed an island so 😜
i’ve been considering restarting for months now and i think i’ve finally decided that i am going to finish my museum on my current island and transfer all of my stuff to my boyfriends island. i’m gonna be devastated to lose my villagers and diys though 😭
I've restarted once and regret a few things I lost and I was never able to refind my favorite villager from my first island. I am planning on restarting again because 1 I like the early quests and having things to do every day, 2 I still need to find my lost villager and I'm tired of ignoring the villagers I have but don't want in order to make them leave, 3 I want to go with a rough guideline of what I want when I choose my layout. I do have a friend I can have hold any recipes/items I feel I need, not sure what they will be except a few outfits and a pair of pipes. Thanks for the video.
Yeah, I'm so glad I saved the DA of my original island when I restarted. Nice to be able to go back and visit the place after putting a thousand hours or more into it.
The main thing that prevents me from restarting is the museum progress, like I’m so dedicated to it since the beginning and seeing it close to completion is so satisfying, seeing your effort displayed.
Hello Lex, Love your videos!
Hello, thank you for watching :)
It would be awesome if we were able to bring all our items/money over to the DLC location, then restart. We could just unlock the DLC again, then grab all our old stuff. Or maybe have a feature like Harv's island where we can tell Wilbur to send all the stuff back home.
But since that's not likely going to be an option, just bringing it all to a friend's island is the only way to do that. Unfortunately it would take forever to make the multiple trips.
I currently have never restarted, but I've just flattened my island the other day to account for farming. Everything else is basically the same, just moved around to make room or reimagine a given area now that it's in the new location. Though I'll still leave some houses on the beach in case I decide to swap in some new villagers and it calls for layout changes. I won't fully know until I get the update.