Animal Crossing with Family

A while back, I played Animal Crossing on my newly-purchased Nintendo Switch. At the time, I only had two games for my Switch, and I tried to play them both. Warframe was nearly impossible for me to play, and I basically mashed E for melee through every mission. But Animal Crossing was fine, and I played it a little bit, not really having played a Nintendo exclusive game before.

At first, I did enjoy Animal Crossing.

How could I not enjoy playing Animal Crossing? It’s an insanely sweet game with lots to do as you build your very own island paradise. You just have to do things really slowly and take your time. Something I tend not to do in most other video games if I can help it. The whole game is about building a paradise, not just for you but for your villagers too. There are tons and tons of items, both with different themes and different colours. The game is remarkably simple as well, and if you do get stuck, you can speak to NPCs and find out what to do next.

Animal Crossing is a lovely game, even if it is covered in nepotism and monopolies.

It felt very boring to play on my own.

However, the original reason why I bought a Switch and Animal Crossing was because my immediate family had done the same and they were really enjoying it. On more than one occasion, they’d be gathering around, sharing pictures of their islands and trying to invite villagers they actually wanted on their island. So, at the end of the year, I decided I’d give Animal Crossing a try and spent probably too much money on a whole new console.

As I started playing through Animal Crossing and getting my way through ‘the story’ though, I soon ended up being the only person playing it. Because the others had all mostly finished with their islands. Eventually, I got sick and tired of the constant daily demands of my island and decided to call it quits. I stopped caring about readying my island for some stupid singer to play at. Plus, I had put flowers everywhere and swiftly realized how much of a pain they were.

In the end, I ended up with a village I didn’t like, with villagers I barely cared about. And rather than spending time to repair the messes I’d had, I decided to stop playing.

Now I hardly use my Switch.

I mean, I don’t really have a reason TO use my Nintendo Switch. There aren’t really many games I fancy, and a lot of Nintendo games are a lot more expensive than I expected. Of course, I could probably just sell the Switch, if I don’t want it. But that’s another, completely separate problem that I don’t want to think about.

Still, there is one last thing I am waiting for: Crossplay for Warframe. Or, at the very least, the ability to play on my account, regardless of what console I have. While I do love Warframe a ton, I’m not going to start leveling up a new account to play Warframe on the Switch. Not when I have an end-game account, ready to go.

That could be years away though. In the mean time, my Switch will remain in its plastic case, to keep it safe.