Animal Crossing
is probably the last BIG game we have yet to cover and, that's for good reason.
There's nothing inherently FLAWED with Animal Crossing.
& don't take that the wrong way.
By no means am I saying Animal Crossing games are PERFECT.
No game is.
Animal Crossing is just a game that is hitting the mark on the sort of games it wants to
be.
There's no game in its niche that is doing anything BETTER than it.
With that being said, it's been less of a pressing issue for us to make a video about
the changes it should make to be taken to the next level, because, well I think Animal
Crossing has been organically elevating just by the platform shifts it's experienced
in the past.
Switch, in particular, I think will be the perfect companion to how the series works
and what it is fans of that series look for in the game.
There are definitely games that different people prefer on a certain system form factor.
RPGs work great on handhelds, big budget action games work great on console.
Then you have games like Animal Crossing that has more bleed through than a lot of games
in the grand scope of things.
The passive nature of the gameplay, the time based events, & the fact that the game passive
aggressively prods you to check in with your friends and town every day all work well on
a handheld console.
The games are also about (buzz word warning) atmosphere & immeeeersiooon.
Which, work great on console.
Also, I mean, who DOESN'T want to see a full Animal Crossing world that looks like
the Mario Kart 8 course?
Being on Switch will satiate all kinds of fan's desires in this department because,
as we all know, Switch can offer an all handheld experience an all console experience OR, how
the cool kidz play: somewhere in between.
ALTHOUGH, I'd say handheld mode in particular is still the way to play for most people,
most of the time.
& the sales back me up on this.
Animal Crossing has very quickly become a marquee Nintendo franchise have TWO titles
that sold OVER 11 million units.
To put that into context, Zelda has only broken 10 million ONCE.
That's a franchise that has been released on every Nintendo platform to date.
Minus Virtual Boy but who is realistically counting that?
I'M NOT!
NINTENDO ISN'T!
ARE YOU???…
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All of that is to say, the bulk of those sales come from the handheld releases.
In fact, Nintendo Wii, a platform with over 100 million users, is the only home console
release to come close to reaching what I would call marquee Nintendo franchise territory.
That doesn't mean 10 million, by the way.
I'd say over 5 million sales is the mark the big Nintendo titles should strive for.
A somewhat understandable counterpoint to this I think is the fact that the Wii game
is technically the 4th Animal Crossing game to be released.
The 3rd to be released internationally.
The series was still growing at this point.
HOWEVER, that would be discounting the massive success that was had by the DS release, Animal
Crossing Wild World.
This game could benefit from a home console's extra horsepower for sure, but, at the end
of the day, Animal Crossing thrives on handhelds.
On the other hand, I'd say this game coming to Switch isn't just a good think for the
game, but, it's arguably an even BETTER thing for the Switch and the overall diversity
in its demographic.
According to a 2013 Iwata Asks interview about Animal Crossing New Leaf, women between the
ages of 18 and 24 are the largest demographic for Animal Crossing.
Which makes sense, according to the same study women mostly learn of new games to play through
social interactions.
Animal Crossing is very much so a game that's best played with a group asymmetrically.
Sharing tales of your town, trading items, and visiting each other's towns is a big
part of Animal Crossing.
Women being primarily into this game makes a ton of sense to me.
That's huge for Switch.
We talk about the Switch's potential to really take off a lot on this channel.
The natural inclination for most gamers is to assume the games that matter most are the
the Marios, the Pokemons, the Smash Bros…es?….
& yes, they're right, partially.
Those games matter if you want to be a successful gaming platform but if you want to be a successful
entertainment PLATFORM, you need to win over more demographics than just the people that
bought their Nintendo Switch to play Breath of the Wild.
Those people (like myself and likely many of you) are phase 1 for a successful console
life.
The next phase should be primarily about opening up to more verticals.
Of course it's important to satiate the phase 1 owners, but, the primary focus needs
to be expansion.
That's why we're getting Labo this month.
Winning over the kids market is huge.
But even more important than that for the games industry is the market that Animal Crossing
speaks to.
Winning over underserved markets is a great expansion tactic that I believe will be key
to the bulk of Nintendo Switch's success, especially later in its life when the price
gets in the impulse buy territory.
2 years into the 3DS's life, after its admittedly early price drop, it was in the price range
that is pretty easy to swallow EVEN WHN just spending it for that one game.
Beyond that the door is now open to upset them on more games along the same lines.
& just like my video on Bayonetta and Pokemon, Animal Crossing is another game that will
embolden developers to bring more games to the platform to appeal to that new demographic.
For example, I can see even more developers seeking to create games in the most popular
genres for the newly served young adult women duo.
Specifically more strategy, action adventure, and arcade games.
Not that there's necessarily a shortage of any of those on Switch relative to any
other platform, but, I'm sure you get the point.
The more demographics a platform represents the better chance we'll have of a diverse
library of games.
For this to happen Animal Crossing on Switch needs to take the series even further in terms
of gameplay to maximize its sales potential.
So, here's some ideas to naturally improve Animal Crossing.
As I said, the current games haven't really been around long enough to get stale like
many other franchises we've talked about here so the basic idea could remain completely
untouched.
That of course doesn't mean there's nothing to speculate about.
First of which being the plot.
What will the theme be?
I think I have an idea but feel free to leave your own in the comments as well.
ALSO, while you're down there be sure to subscribe and click the bell… please and thank you?
Anyway, my thinking is that the Switch Animal Crossing game will want to be thematically
in line with Animal Crossing Pocket Camp since Nintendo has been big on the idea that their
mobile games will connect with the Switch release in one way or another.
Maybe you can send your Switch character to your Pocket Camp to get some special items
on Switch or vice versa.
& while I'm on the character topic, Nintendo would be smart to allow us to use our Mii's
appearance as a foundation for our Animal Crossing character.
I know that in New Leaf you can get a Mii mask, so, maybe don't go FULL Mii if they
plan on keeping that around for some reason, but, at the very least hair and skin color
being influenced by a Mii's appearance would allow for different skin tones without tanning
and more suitable hair.
Stuff like that.
This game could also stand to learn a thing or 2 from the Mii sim games Nintendo has made
Tomodachi Life and Miitopia.
Those games allow you to give a personality to your character and as a result interactions
feel a lot more personable in my opinion.
It could allow for some funny situations if all characters had that level of depth
Beyond that, to return to the theme of the game, there's really a few ways they could
go about it.
They could just scale up from New Leaf & make us the President of a bigger world.
But, something tells me they'll take a complete detour and have us being something else….
Like a park ranger…..
Or a camp counselor.
I'd be down with being a president because things like town ordinances were cool and
all of that but I'd also be open to a completely different concept.
Another pretty important part of Animal Crossing that I think should get a small addition is
multiplayer.
Currently you can play with friends over Wi-Fi and local wireless.
How about for Switch, we have the option for a straight up split screen situation?
Of course, split screen isn't ideal but for a lot of people sharing a village with
a family member or roommate is part of the experience.
Being able to jump into that world on one system simultaneously I think could add a
lot to that way of playing the game.
Also, for online multiplayer, what if Nintendo brought back voice chat for the people that
care about that sort of thing?
Animal Crossing on Wii WAS the 1st game to support that feature with the Wii Speak mic
after all.
It'd be fitting to have on system voice chat on this game as well.
In addition to that I think it'd be cool if worlds were more interconnected in some
way.
Maybe have a Stock Market that's tied to the online market like GTA V?
Or to touch on the Mii sim point from a little bit ago, why not randomly source personality
types from people in a player's Switch friends list.
It's not uncommon to have friends on your list that you rarely if ever interact with
so having animals based on their character could potentially be a fun way to include
the\, without it feeling super obvious or intrusive.
You know what *censored* it.
Let me declare a war on Logan's town while online.
I can recruit an Army of all of the villagers I hate and don't care if they leave my village
forever or not.
Sound good?….
No?….
Ok fine….
A guy can try.
Obviously that last thing was a joke but I do think adding more things to do online,
even if they're passive things, would be smart to add to not only this game, but every
Switch game.
We do have Switch online on the horizon.
Which brings me to the last thing I want to talk about, speaking of "on the horizon"
and all of that when will this game come out?
Well, I can say I don't think we NEED it this year, but, having it later in the year
would line up the gap between Pocket Camp & the Switch release with the gap between
Mario Run and the Odyssey release.
That doesn't necessarily MEAN anything, just a thought.
Speaking of which,
Those are MY thoughts what do YOU think?
Are you expecting Animal Crossing Switch to perform well?
Do you think it'll change the landscape of the Switch?
What do you wanna see in the game?
Let me know in the comments!
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That's it for me.
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