Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp - All of Triumph's Hate and Himu's Love

[Tasty]

Website | ac-pocketcamp.com
Cost | Free-to-Play (Contains In-App Purchases)
Platforms | iOS 9.0+ and Android 4.2+

Bore Username     | In-Game Name | Friend Code
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Tasty Meat        | Andrew       | 36138786706
PositiveTouch     | P.T.         | 75708043393
213372bu          | Vincent      | 53426934990
CatsCatsCats      | Spencer      | 24758882600
Valkyrie          | Sophie       | 98132332616
Cindi Mayweather  | Rosary       | 77688150504
seagrams hotsauce | Raffikins    | 35839900024
The Sceneman      | Sceneman     | 03763617137
CrazyDiamond      | plucas       | 64064659386

[Para-Medic]

Not exactly the Animal Crossing I was hoping for.

Full Switch exclusive AC when?

[Akala]

tom nook has gone too far

[Human Snorenado]

[Tasty]

[Joe Molotov]

You want that apple TV in your house? Better start cracking open some loot boxes, bitch!

[Tasty]

You want that apple TV in your house? Better start cracking open some loot boxes, bitch!

Apple TV

Chromecast

[Tasty]

TBH Wild World was pretty fucking ahead of the game with its touch-only interface. Was my preferred way to play too and was kinda sad New Leaf did away with it (made sense because of the 3DS's asymmetrical screens, but still.)

[Tasty]

Himu vindicated!

[CrazyDiamond]

Literally what is the point of having Kicks in it if the song from his store isn't playing

Also between this and Home Designer I wonder what they're saving for the inevitable Animal Crossing on the Switch

[Tasty]

Literally what is the point of having Kicks in it if the song from his store isn't playing

Not turning off mobile games' background music so you can listen to your own music on the subway while you play 

[studyguy]

This shit is going to print money.
Nintendo with no shame literally putting Tom Nook out there like...

You know what the fuck this is
 

[CrazyDiamond]

Literally what is the point of having Kicks in it if the song from his store isn't playing

Not turning off mobile games' background music so you can listen to your own music on the subway while you play 

Animal Crossing music though

[Tasty]

You don't have to tell me (I wrote the original extension.)

[Corporal]

Neat. Finally a Nintendo app that I can use on my ancient Android 4.3 mobile phone. Most others (like the parental and online/Splatoon apps) want 4.4 or later.

It's gonna be just like miitomo though. Starts off with a huge hype and melting servers, then everyone will run away as soon as the novelty wears off.

Still, for a while it's gonna be fun.

[Drongo]

The games already out in Australia on Android.

[Himu]

(Image removed from quote.)

Himu vindicated!

Omfg !!!!!

[Himu]

This looks too cute! I'm looking forward to it! Thank you Nintendo!

[Drongo]

So the game is pretty okay so far. Very tutorial heavy at the start, but has mellowed out since. Very mobile like, you tap on a fish to go fishing and just wait for a prompt, tap on an insect and wait for a prompt etc. Each area seems to have one specific thing to do, so the beach has fish and you have a rod but you can't catch insects whereas another area has insects but you can't fish. At least you can move yourself around by either tap or dragging. Oh, and unless I just missed them the skin tone options aren't available yet. Just sex, eyes, hair style and hair colour.

A quick pic from in game.

[Tasty]

What's the movement system like? Wild World?

[Drongo]

I never played Wild World but it seems pretty standard for mobile games. You can either tap on the screen or drag your finger to move the character. You just tap on a point of interest like a tree, shell, fish etc. to interact with it.

[Himu]

Is there a car ride with the kappa? How does character creation work?

[Drongo]

Character creation works by having you choose what sex you want to be, then you go to a character creation screen with three tabs. There is hair style, eye style and colours. The colours tab lets you choose your hair colour, eye colour and skin tone. The colour tab is a little annoying since you have to scroll down to see the other options, which is why I thought they hadn't integrated skin tone yet. Except for their sex you're able to modify your characters looks at any point through the settings menu.

No sign of Kappa so far. The game starts with K.K. Slider asking you a question about what you like to do; chill out, go exploring etc. After that you just end up at the camp site and talk to Isabelle who helps you choose an initial theme and teaches you the basics. Seems after that you're more or less left on your own and except for tutorials about new mechanics.

[Valkyrie]

Always wanted to try this, it looks so cute. Too bad we have to wait a month, could really use something likes this right now.

Edit: Oh shit, I'm a senior member now. Only took me a year.

[Valkyrie]

How'd you get early access? Hook a sister up

[Valkyrie]

Thanks, but I'm Apple filth. ;-;

Someone will probably appreciate it though!

[pilonv1]

I am able to download it form the Play Store like a normie

[sinxtanx]

Animal Crossing, on a phone  I need a better phone with a battery

[CrazyDiamond]

Oh shit, nice

Though the gf is gonna be absolutely pissed when she finds out I can play and she can't, I'll probably end up waiting so we can start together

You don't have to tell me (I wrote the original extension.)

Also very nice

[Tasty]

Was gonna sideload this but it wants me to update my Nintendo account to Australia or something, no deal. Worried about not being able to transfer my data when the US version comes out.

Will just wait a few weeks.

[studyguy]

[Tasty]

Kotaku: I'm Playing The Animal Crossing Phone Game, And It's Pretty Good

[Positive Touch]

when does this get a ww release? I don't want to say i live in Australia, even to lie

[daycru]

HD Animal Crossing is so pretty, even made that bad Wii U board game tolerable.

[Tasty]

when does this get a ww release? I don't want to say i live in Australia, even to lie

"November."

[Positive Touch]

man what the fuck come on nintendo

[seagrams hotsauce]

Fuck yeah I can't wait to sink another 400 hours into barely doing anything

[CrazyDiamond]

I downloaded it with the exact same feeling but this game is destroying my battery charge

[CatsCatsCats]

Love love love animal crossing want want want

[The Sceneman]

Cant wait to pay Tom Nook real money for the first time 

[Freaky Fred]

This game is pretty good even though I feel like I'm not doing anything but picking up fruit, catching bugs and fish, and building furniture I'll never use.

Are all the Animal Crossing games like this?

[demi]

Yup! Every single one.

[Tasty]

Yup! Every single one.

Yes, buuuut there's more of a sense of ownership and interconnectivity. The camp and trailer are a poor imitation of owning your own house, and the segmented zones are counter to the open-air feel of AC. (You can fish and catch bugs anywhere in your town in your typical AC game.)

[ThePhantomBlot]

The Nintendo Direct for this caught me off guard. I was interested in seeing how Nintendo would handle Animal Crossing on Mobile, but I wasn’t expecting to get excited for it! Out of everything, the relationship meter is a feature I’m very happy to see implemented here.

[Human Snorenado]

man what the fuck come on nintendo

Please Understand.

[thisismyusername]

Fuck yeah I can't wait to sink another 400 hours into barely doing anything

This is honestly my problem with Animal Crossing (and by proxy most Nintendo titles): There's no sense of "accomplishment" or progress or "goal" or whatever. I'm not sure how to word it. Animal Crossing is relaxing, but it kinda gets old after a few days. Paying off your debt isn't really that appealing to me since real-life already has that.

[CrazyDiamond]

New Leaf was the first one I played seriously and I didn't bother that much with museum and such, I was more focused in making my town looking really good.

Lots of paths and shit, different fruits, flowers, trees, etc. Then I got some issue with my SD and lost 130 hours of progress

It's been two years and I'm still mad

 

[seagrams hotsauce]

New Leaf was the first one I played seriously and I didn't bother that much with museum and such, I was more focused in making my town looking really good.

Lots of paths and shit, different fruits, flowers, trees, etc. Then I got some issue with my SD and lost 130 hours of progress

It's been two years and I'm still mad

 

I loaded up NL after not playing it in ages, not realizing there was a major update since I last played, and I almost screamed when I started the game and found myself back on the train cuz I assumed the same thing had happened to me. Terrible feeling

[CrazyDiamond]

It's a shame cause I really like the game and wanted to keep taking care of my town but I don't have the energy to go through all of that again

I'll just wait for the Switch game

[Himu]

Fuck yeah I can't wait to sink another 400 hours into barely doing anything

This is honestly my problem with Animal Crossing (and by proxy most Nintendo titles): There's no sense of "accomplishment" or progress or "goal" or whatever. I'm not sure how to word it. Animal Crossing is relaxing, but it kinda gets old after a few days. Paying off your debt isn't really that appealing to me since real-life already has that.

Did you play New Leaf.  It had lots of long term goals and lots to accomplish. Paying off the bill is only a small part of it.

[HardcoreRetro]

Did you play New Leaf.  It had lots of long term goals and lots to accomplish. Paying off the bill is only a small part of it.

Get shit for the museum?

What's the big part?

[seagrams hotsauce]

Tbh the 'goal-less' nature of AC is a big part of the charm to me. There are things you can unlock by collecting x number of things, but the shit it unlocks is less of the focus than the actual act of collection itself. It actively discourages a lot of typical game impulses of binging it and ploughing through the available content by sectioning off advancement via the in game clock. You can time travel, sure, but that kind of defeats the whole purpose, to the point where the game literally scolds you for doing so.

 I'm sure this is overreaching a bit, but I've seen people talk about how well the game demonstrates concepts like Ma and Wabi Sabi, and while I'm not well versed in Japanese philosophy or aesthetics, from what I do know I'm inclined to agree with those sentiments. It's a lot less "let me hunt down x to unlock y" and more "oh, I've been doing this for a while, and now there's observable progress."

[Human Snorenado]

Honestly, if the "goal-less" dicking around nature of AC (or the Sims, or whatever) is to your liking, then that's cool. Your tastes are your own and inherently subjective, you don't have to defend them to anyone else.

...that doesn't mean I won't fucking make fun of them, tho, so just be ready for that.

[Tasty]

My thread title coming true

[Human Snorenado]

My thread title coming true

Human beings are predictable!

 

[Tasty]

You just couldn't resist huh

[Himu]

Did you play New Leaf.  It had lots of long term goals and lots to accomplish. Paying off the bill is only a small part of it.

Get shit for the museum?

What's the big part?

I don't see how it's hard?

Have you not played New Leaf? if you haven't, it'll honestly just come off as trolling because you seem uninformed.

In New Leaf you are the mayor. This means you set laws and goals for your town.

You have unlocks. For example. You get more and more unlocks the better your town gets.

You can:

- Go for maximum appreciation from your citizens. Popularity unlocks new things.
- Go for upgrades. Like the train station upgrade, which is unlocked at 100 visits from guests I believe. Animal Crossing has a clear line of progression. The more you spend, the more you unlock. The more you unlock the more fun it gets and the more options you have. One goal can just be to unlock everything.
- Customizing your own shit. I made my own clothes for example and designed everything from scratch. I would buy lots of stuff at the shoe and clothing stores to complete my ensemble. I basically made it into my own Barbie.

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=40131.msg1712030#msg1712030

I made these clothes from scratch.






Basically, if you want to, Animal Crossing can become just customizing shit. Whether it's your town with your own quirky laws, or the layout of the thing, or your own clothes. It's a really creative, personal experience and lots of fun.

- hanging out with friends. Animal Crossing NL had online play and we would all regularly play at night time for fun visits to the island. Also:


The best way to get lots of cash is by going to the island so with friends it's even better. But more than that, it can make things competitive. I want this before my friend does! I want that before they get it! It can be really fun to compete with each other in terms of progress.

I can think of lots of things and others have to help me on this because I can't possibly do the game justice. I spent 300-400 hours on it. So make what you want of it.

I just don't get why I have to explain the appeal here. It's like saying,"WHAT IS THE LONG TERM GOAL OF THIS GAME?" when you play Civilization or Sim City. It's a total question to me.

I just think saying AC is "goalless" is a complete misrepresentation.

[Let's Cyber]

Releasing an Animal Crossing game F2P on mobile is a smart business decision but I want nothing to do with it. 

[thisismyusername]

I just don't get why I have to explain the appeal here. It's like saying,"WHAT IS THE LONG TERM GOAL OF THIS GAME?" when you play Civilization or Sim City. It's a total question to me.

I just think saying AC is "goalless" is a complete misrepresentation.

Civ has long term goals/win conditions.

SimCity has scenarios as win conditions, the sandbox may be "Animal Crossing"-ish, but that's a bit of a stretch.

[Himu]

It applies. Animal Crossing is simply a game where winning depends on yourself. No different than Civ and certain victories.