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Lonely_Dolphin on 06 February 2020
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Wyrdness said:
Lonely_Dolphin said:

"Don't fix a bad system because it's always been bad!" However, for handhelds it at least made more sense since they're more personal than shared by the whole family like a console, and at least on the Gamecube you need only buy another memory card. On Switch you'd need to buy another whole system if you want your own Island (you'll probably want your own copy as well), and this method also seems to be preventing cloud saves and user transfers as they're not system based like New Horizon's save is.

The better way is this, each user profile gets it's own Island and can create up to 8 Villagers. This satisfies both those who want to share and those who don't, and it keeps the save user based for compatibility with cloud and transfers. Crazy idea I know, but if even Pokemon did away with the arbitrary 1 save file per cartridge limit, Animal Crossing has absolutely no excuse. We can only hope they were too dumb to see this simple n superior method, rather than purposely forgoing it in order to strong arm people into buying their own Switches.

Except AC and Pokemon are different games with different goals Pokemon didn't drop single files either it's one per user, for all you know could have their own section of the one island that doesn't interfere with yours so going on this outrage trip right now is daft. 

Yes, Pokemon and AC are not the same game... and? They still use saves files, with both only allowing 1 save file for the longest. Pokemon did drop single files even if it's only because of the Switch's inherent user system. You can have 8 users per Switch, therefore you can 8 save files on a single game compared to the 1 in all prior Pokemon generations which required you to buy more copies of the game for more saves.

I know what shared island means and how that's different from your completely made up and nonsensical idea of a segregated island. We've already seen what the maps look like and they're very much not divided into 8 sections, you can place your house anywhere, and simultaneous multiplayer is a thing. This all means every player can affect every part of the island, obviously as it'd defeat the purpose otherwise. Even if this was true, it's still a terrible design choice that's inferior to the better way I already mentioned.

lol how am I going on an outrage trip? Not all criticism towards Nintendo is unjustified hatred you know.