Animal Crossing on mobile seemed like a sure bet when Nintendo announced it. The title would serve as the third game in the company’s mobile pillar. The series has a massive casual fan base that can be quite obsessive about it and I thought, even as a free-to-play title, it would be easy for Nintendo to tap into that fertile vein the way it did with Fire Emblem Heroes. And yet, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp never really took off. I enjoyed my first month with it, but as time went on and it wasn’t making the money it probably should have, things started to change.
Last year, fortune cookie loot boxes were introduced at an exorbitant price, putting them in line with the other, incredibly costly in-app purchases you can buy with Leaf Tickets. A few months ago, the game added a skip function that allows players to bypass most of the dialogue and animations that come along with completing tasks and activities. It’s a godsend for those who don’t have a lot of time to play during the day but still want to complete their goals -- as well as those of us tired of being asked if we’re working out like a fiend -- but it’s also a feature that eliminates part of the charm of the franchise.
Pocket Camp's dialogue has never been its strong suit, but there was still a certain charm about it. If that update stabbed at the heart of the Animal Crossing experience, the newest update just popped off two into the back of its head.
from destructoid http://bit.ly/2t0aS5Q
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