Well that was strange.

So it's mostly for amiibo collectors? I didn't love New Leaf when it came out, and this doesn't sound like the update that will make me try it again. Nice gesture for the many fans out there, though.

I'd argue better than "nice gesture". For anyone who collected Animal Crossing Amiibo figures or cards, this is a big deal. New mini-games,  new characters, the ability to have more control over your town... It's all good news, and the first time many Animal Crossing Amiibo collections will have any functionality beyond looking pretty.

Obviously this won't make the game appealing if you didn't enjoy it already - but I'd argue that such people aren't the target audience anyway.  It certainly does make the card collecting more appealing (for me at least).

My only complaint is timing: obviously rolling this out at the same time as the Amiibo cards would've been a better business idea...  :)


Edit: Oh, and I guess this is more incentive to get a New 3DS when I replace my 3DS XL. Amiibo functions will be easier that way, and it hardly seems worth buying an extra portal to scan a few cards.

I enjoyed everything about this Nintendo Direct.  If Nintendo made a live action Animal Crossing in this style, it would make an excellent weekly dose of happiness.

I guess the sad future of Animal Crossing is piles of amiibo junk...

But is any of the new content actually necessary?  I mean, the Amiibo additions are nice extras, and they give you some more control over who you see... but even without any of the cards/figures the game that I paid for initially has only been enhanced with a couple of new additions.


As someone who bought and collected cards with no expectation that they would be useful, I'm still pretty excited. My favorite villagers from past games can finally come visit - or maybe live in - my New Leaf town!

I think it's a big improvement personally, enough so that I started a nascent collection just to get my favorite villagers. The game was almost becoming a chore because part of the reason I was playing it so frequently was just to try to hopefully prevent favorite neighbors from moving out. Now I can have a lot more fun playing when I want to, because if someone moves, it's not permadeath of the worst kind.

The extra storage space and tap-and-drag functionality are huge improvements too.