Post #2810488
2026-05-10 13:31 UTC
@Owlor@meow.social it's different in every animal crossing game. in the switch one you're not the mayor of the town, but you (eventually) get full freedom to shape the outdoor areas of the island however you want (much more than in previous entries)
however, if you have multiple users on the switch, they all become inhabitants on the same island, rather than getting to start their own separate "save files" like some other games. that's what some people were mad about
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@freja@freja.zone 2026-05-10 13:34
@Owlor@meow.social and i'll note that having the ability to play on multiple separate save files was never like an established feature of the series in previous entries either, and in fact, multiple different users on the same console inhabiting the same town *has* been an integral feature of the series from the very beginning
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@Owlor@meow.social 2026-05-10 13:34
@freja@freja.zone Ah, I see. What I was getting at is that limiting how much you're actually in charge of the place to a greater or lesser degree so that you feel more like an inhabitant (albeit with a lot of power) rather than the creator or supreme ruler seem to be a recurring theme in these games and from that perspective I can understand the 1 switch = 1 island philosophy