I finally did a face reveal! ➜ th-cam.com/video/yr7xixESpx4/w-d-xo.html IMPORTANT: For the ladder tip - this only applies to villagers not being on cliffs - if you use NMT for things other than purely villager hunting bring a ladder to get the most out of each ticket! However, if villager hunting, never bring a ladder~
I hope you're doing well Chas and are healthy. I miss hearing your voice! Life's been busy so I haven't been around on discord but currently planning to elope next month and having a later dinner celebration with family in January.😅 Also lil baby Amy is 6 months now! She's been keeping me busy because she now crawls all over the place 🤣
I love how your island didn’t change much. It makes me feel nostalgic, I miss when ACNH was new. It was the one saving grace of 2020. I kinda miss that feeling. I know it wasn’t a good time for all of us, so sorry if I offend anyone for saying this.
I was so depressed and had so much anxiety in 2020, acnh got me out of that and helped me escape from reality for a bit. So I totally understand how you feel
ACNH was a huge part of my self-care regimen during the pandemic, and I actually still play it a lot because it's just...so nice. Part of it is the undemanding, peaceful nature of the game, and part of it is the community of people playing. Just nice folks, all around. I continue to meet nice people through this game.
I think seeing another's island that looks absolutely amazing and finished, with great details and aesthetic, is it's just like art. We are only seeing the finished product, not the time and effort that went into it. The mistakes, the redesigns, the awkward spaces they had to figure out what to do with that looked planned to you. The many touch-ups to get it just the way they want it.
Can I just say this.... THANK YOU. Thank you for saying it. ACNH is NOT a competition game... I bought this game for the relaxed feel. I have severe depression, anxiety and PTSD, so the laid back play style, the fact that it's not full of hardcore gaming and fighting or me playing against other players with different skill levels, is a HUGE reason this appealed to me so much. I've spent WAYYYY too much time on TH-cam, Reddit, FB, Pinterest, and even Google, looking at other players islands and comparing their level to my own. I've stressed myself out because I couldn't get that exact beautiful design that so many other players have, the look and feel of the island being like a real life city, farm, etc, that I put the game down and almost didn't play again. This game has helped me in so many ways with my emotional and mental health. To some, this may seem silly or absurd, but you'd have no idea how much this really did help. Finally I said okay, what is it exactly that I love most about my island? It's the ease of getting around. It's the way that certain areas are set up. I like being able to see the things that fall from the trees, so the idea of setting up my orchard in simple rows would drive me nuts. I have ponds/lakes (whatever you want to call them), I have my rivers... I have my spawn points for my fish. I need that ability to get around my island with ease... I even set up a Mario pipe by Nook's Cranny and one by my farming area/orchard where I can easily transport goods to sell them. I like my simple, effective, easy to navigate, yet beautiful island. I like the idea of being able to have it reflect ME and give it that peaceful vibe. Thank you, again, for saying it. This isn't a competition. Whatever you want to put on your island, however you want it, ENJOYING your game.... That's how you're supposed to do it. You're the ONLY person I've ever heard say it. So... Thank you. From the bottom of my heart.
The last tip hit me hard. I restarted my island recently because I felt very exhausted trying to make my island like those super crazy ones on Pinterest. I'm working on my island as we speak and I was kind of dejected until you mentioned the last part, and it made me very happy. :) So, thank you!
I restarted my island recently too. Not because of competition but because I was bored with where I was. There are advantages and disadvantages to restarting an island!
@@christinamac4828 yup I flattened my island and ruined my natural landscape. 5 stars is hard for get cuz I no more place for bridges or stairs so restarting is tempting. After taking a two year hiatus the creativity is flowing back to me
My island is called Patmos, we just became a three star island, and I would so love to have somebody else’s island to visit and allow you to come visit mine. My fruit is pears, but I also have apples and cherries, I just asked that you don’t take all of my fruit. I am so new to this I’m not sure if the fruit will regrow after you pick it
i stopped playing last year because i felt like my island was rubbish compared to everyone else’s and i felt a bit disheartened by it i guess? i picked it back up in april this year and i am loving it again as i did exactly what you said, just designing it how i like it without comparing it all the time. now when i see a beautiful island i just think of it as a nice design idea maybe i could use some influence from rather than feeling bad about my own. it’s weird why we do that to ourselves.
I’m a 65 year old gramma and my grandson got me this game to get me out of depression over my dog passing away and I am so thankful. It’s a wonderful game to just design and pretend. But I dont have any friends because I don’t know anyone who plays. But…that’s ok other than me not getting the fruit I need. I’m ok playing alone I guess because it’s just enjoyable designing a theme. I’ve only been playing one month. I’m happy he gave the ladder tip that was great.
The last one could not be more true to me. I see a lot of gorgeous island designs on social media, but they're just so *cluttered and overwhelming*, that it's hard to walk around. I have visited lots of dream islands before and while they were gorgeous, they were also too cluttered to move around on. I couldn't find my way around and there wasn't much walking space. Now I am not saying that these islands are bad, since they truly took a lot of time and effort, but I prefer simple islands where I can easily follow the paths. If I have to squeeze my way through dozens of tiny gaps just to get to a villagers home, it's not that much fun for me and I leave the island again real quick. So yeah, simple islands it is. :3
Don’t forget the amount of lag that comes with it, like I have a zen mini island on my island, that doesn’t really have much furniture on it, but a lot of water falls, rivers, but a lot of items that sway in the wind(lanterns, flowers, bamboo, ect) so it lags pretty badly, but I really like how it turned out and it’s manageable(and not usually in my walking routes), so I keep it, but I couldn’t imagine that being my entire island 24/7
@@nucci6865 Yes indeed, I expirienced that before as well! It was so laggy, my character could barely move around and I left *really* quick. It was pretty annoying-
None of these are mistakes, in my opinion. Just different ways to play or do things. I appreciate the time you took to share, though, & I'm sure some people learned something new! I love ACNH so much, it's so adorable & chill!
I know most of these as an avid AC player but for someone just starting out or is a slight beginner, this is SUCH a useful video. You’re giving tips that not many people actually make points about and I love that 🥰🥰 also awesome to see you post man
Happy to see you posting! 😎 also I did NOT know about the zoom thing. And I love what you had to say about competing with other player’s islands. Everyone’s island is beautiful 🤬
Regarding the burying of bells - if you ever have a day when Isabelle talks about her horoscope when you start the day you can bury 99,000 bells and have 297,000 as a result. I have only had the good fortune of having it happen once but now every day I hope she will mention her horoscope again!
OMG. Yes. I use to compare my island to other too! I ended up focusing on paying my Loans off and building huge farms and flower gardens. My friends love my ideas. 💕 Thank you.
I just picked up the game again recently after quite a long break. I miss the days when my entire friend list wasn't offline or I would have a silly letter in my mailbox. I also sometimes compare my island to others and think "Man, I would love to have a well-themed island like that." but honestly, I love my *completely normal* island where nothing strange at all is going on... ever...
I definitely will be trying the time travel tip. I actually deliberately keep my ladder on me when I hunt, it keeps things from getting too boring. Plus some of the really cool islands won’t spawn if you don’t take your ladder, like fin island, since they have cliffs.
I just restarted my island, but my first one was so empty until I decorated for a holiday, and that was exactly how I liked it. I did terraform a giant spade cliff, though, was pretty proud of that.
All of these facts are really useful! My favorite tip is don't bring a ladder with you to a nook miles island if your villager hunting. I always used to bring it and it wastes so much time.
actually cliff islands are spawned even without the ladder... Not always flat ones. Well, it's just true you won't need to climb to villagers without the ladder, they will be spawned at 1st level
I didn’t know a bunch if these! I had to decide that my island is never going to be as aesthetic as a lot of these amazing gorgeous islands. Instead I focus in building a little world that I want to inhabit, and that makes me happy
The time travel advice, zoom feature and Nintendo app typing shortcut were really helpful. Every time I think I’ve seen the majority of what the game has to offer - I’m so, so wrong. I love it.
That last tip was so sweet and wholesome. My boyfriend got my a switch and AC for Xmas and I've loved it so much. I was really into sims 2 and sims 4 but between the glitches and the forever load time he wanted me to have a better game. I didn't think I could love it as much as I do. I actually -avoided- TH-cam tips and AC content because I wanted to learn it myself and I also knew I'd get really insecure at how amazing some islands are. I've visited some absolutely insane ones in dreams. But last night I wanted to fall asleep to AC content and everyone in this community is SO FREAKING NICE. It makes me so happy and I can't wait to work on my island and one say meet online friends to come and play and vice versa. That last tip made me feel very included, as I'm currently hoarding bells and my island is a slow roll of getting it to look anyway I like. Also as soon as you said bury no less than 10k bells, I stuck 1k in and moved one. 🙃😂 thanks for this video!
Welcome back! I hope you're doing okay. I can totally relate to that last tip as I always find myself comparing my island to others and then losing the motivation to complete my island. It's an endless cycle lmao. A fun tip relating to the fruits would be that if you eat some of the new food items from the 2.0 update, they'll give you 2 "powerups" instead of just 1.
it has been ages! hope you're doing well. i have redone my entire island this past week bc froggycrossing's 30 challenge inspired me to get back into the game and flatten it all. i miss playing it, i wish i had a second switch so i could just keep making new islands without losing my stuff :,) also, for the first tip you can change the time/date before you even save, so you can still spam through that save complete screen :)
With around 1,500 hours in, I’m actually shocked that I didn’t know 2 of these. (Time traveling without closing game, ladder spawning leveled Mystery Islands)
The last tip made me really happy. I tend to compare my island to other pro players with fully themed islands but deep down I love my simple non-themed island with my random villagers and furniture. To hear that really made my day, thanks ❤
i learned that i was time travelling the wrong way for the first year and a half. so much time wasted! welcome back, it's great to hear your voice again :')
i just got a switch & started playing animal crossing 2 weeks ago. your island is beautiful! everything looks so different compared to where i am now. i was just able to build the museum! thanks so much for all these tips. i’ll definitely be using them!
I’ve just ordered my first switch and it arrives on Thursday with ACNH (late to the game, I know but my beloved 2006 Nintendo DS lite has now died and I can no longer play AC). Thanks for the helpful tips ahead of my new addition to NH ☺️
I actually didn’t know about that money tree one. I usually put 99,000 bells and a couple times it ended up being 10,000 bells in each bag. I thought my game was glitched and was quite frustrated. Thanks for the tip
I I didn't know about the zoom feature 😅 and you saved me a lot of time with time traveling. I did most of that but I must have messed up tho that caused me to to keep closing the game to reset the date
Just wanted to make a comment on how I really appreciate your 9th tip. I used to compare myself to others islands and felt less creative. I love my island now bc not everyone’s islands are going to be the same and that’s what makes the experience unique. Thank you for that. I have also have a quick question: what is a fertal day? I want more bells lol
Thank you so much for the last point. This is something so important. I played ACNH and it helped me so much with depression and anxiety. But then I started not only search for inspiration but compared myself to other players. I totally lost my joy in strolling through my neighborhood and instead became a busy and stressed out ax wielding sad mess. After a few month of not playing I had to relearn to live in the AC moment and also got my inspiration back. It is YOUR island. It's about you to feel comfy there. ❤
This entire video and commentary got me subscribe. So informative. I actually listened to it originally. Thorough yet not overwhelming at all. Anyone who plays ac has to check this video out. I got a lot out of it. Start to finish solid. Great job and thanks for the pointers!
I’ve always felt so bad for playing animal crossing because I enjoy the game but I don’t enjoy decorating my island, I enjoy getting money, buying lots of clothes, decorating houses, filling my museum etc but I don’t enjoy decorating my island because it’s too much work and it stresses me out whenever I try to decorate it.
I am exactly the same, I enjoy the fashion side and simple act of gathering and selling stuff. Even decorating the house, I need to be in the right mood for it.
Welcome back Chase! I just saw you uploaded and ran around my house telling my flatmates that you’re back! I hope you feel rested and refreshed! So happy to see you 💞
I love that last tip. I always compare my islands to others and restart my islands because it's not what those other islands look like. Tysm for this tip it rlly helped! 💓
Wah 😭 i felt that last tip. I just got into animal crossing, barely my second week playing it, and everyone has such gorgeous things. Meanwhile, I'm here flabbergasted how I got scammed into paying off loans 🤣
I forgot my ladder a few times and there were cliffs on those islands. And I do compare myself to others. I tend to restart my island every time it comes to designing it because I never have any ideas! I see all these beautiful islands and wonder why I can’t do that.
welcome back Chase!! we've missed you a lot, I used to time travel the wrong way, so that first tip is definitely helpful to know. I also agree with the no comparing your islands to other people's.
I literally stopped using the in-game keyboard to type as soon as I discovered that I can do it easily from the Nintendo Switch Online app. This made communicating with Nookazon clients easier.
The money tree tip has a little addon I want to put: You have to bury the bells in the glowy spot, only that spot, or it won't grow and be a star in the ground.
Thank you for the Tip #9. I get so tired of people comparing their island to mine. Also, when they think it’s a competition to collect all fish, insects and sea creatures. My friends brag and I tell them I did it a year ago. LOL, I love love love this game. I’ve been playing since the day it came out in 2002. Yes, I’ve been playing longer than some of these rugrats have been alive. I’m 55 years old and play way too much video games. I’m retired so what else is there to do. Love your videos.
I did not know about the shortcut for time traveling. Two years I’ve been losing minutes waiting to load the game! 😅. Was not aware about the zoom feature either. Also, if you eat one food item you crafted, I believe it gives you 5 counts.
Thank you for the last tip! I literally restarted the game last night bc I needed *something* to control and immediately found myself hunkering down to play the game efficiently instead of in a fun way (even though that's why I wanted to start in the first place!)
Nice Video :) Just wanted to add to #3 "Typing slowly" that you can also just plug a generic USB Keyboard into your Switch if you are playing in docked mode and can type that way, beats using a phone imo.
Welcome back! Really resonated with the last tip! I've seen lots of island tours and toured islands myself and I've never been to a bad island. No matter how far they are in their island progress, if they have a lot of custom designs, or if they have a lot of builds and items set out, I always find something on their island that sticks out and wows me ☺️
@@ChaseCrossing it do be hard but honestly, I think we are each our own worst critic lol. Our islands are perfectly good; we just can't see it sometimes. 😂
This was the first video I've watched from you. It popped up in my recommended and at first I simply was just watching with my morning coffee, but then number nine happened. That was such a sweet section and so encouraging, it made me subscribe. Thank you so much for your kind words. I feel more people should be this way.
So happy to hear your voice again! Welcome back and I hope you are well :) You are so right about not playing alone. The AC community is such a wonderful one, with so many people playing all over the world. There is something for everyone!
I just got the game as a gift from my daughter (she's 21). It is super cute and fun. But I have been watching a lot of tips videos and I must say I love your calm voice and how you word things and talk about not being overwhelmed by others games and set ups and such. Since its my first play through, im playing through naturally and not time traveling and such, so I know I was setting my self up for slow work and progress but watching some videos would make me feel so overwhelmed and like I wasn't doing enough lol. So thank you for your tips and tricks and how you deliver them. Much appreciated.
OMG!!! Thank you so much for the time travel tip! My jaw dropped the second you said "at this point go to date and time". I was like "wait a minute!! WAIT A MINUTE! No freaking way!!". 😅 I honestly thought there was nothing new you could tell me because I've played since release. Boy was I wrong! Plus the zoom feature I knew nothing about and always wished I could zoom in to see certain details. Almost everything you mentioned I knew nothing about! Thank you for this video! You're amazing!! 🤗🥰
Personally, I love my island, even if it isnt super flashy or detailed or filled to the brim with decoration. At one point, I came across an island in a dream, and i had gotten myself stuck for god knows how long just trying to get back to the plaza because of the amount of decorations. I don't want that for people who come across my island. That's why I like to keep mine simple, but still charming. Also, I never look at pictures of people's islands. Not because I don't want to get jealous, or that i'm rude, but because i never really think about doing that. I never compare my islands to someone else's bc everybody has different tastes, and mine is not being overdecorated. For those who do have those kinds of islands, honestly, you're amazing. You spend all that time making a pretty island with tons of detail, and I respect you for it. Anyway this is getting way too long so byebye
Woooah I was JUST thinking about you, I've been watching a ton of island tour videos lately and always loved your positive and fun style of doing it. Nice to see you back, hope you're doing okay!
A new thing I learned from this game is definitely the fact that you can use the app to type in-game, like that's super neat! But to be fair, I never really type much in-game because as in mistake 7: I play alone. Not that I don't have anyone to play with, but more that the internet here isn't the best for online multiplayer games most times so I never felt an Online sub to be worth it for me. Really love the way your island looks btw, the colour scheme is so pleasant~
Hi, Chase! 👋🏻 This is my first time watching one of your videos and commenting. First of all, thank you so much for those helpful tips. There was probably one or two of them I wasn’t aware of even after playing for over two years but I just wanted to thank you especially for the last and final tip; I felt like it’s something I needed to hear because I’ve just recently restarted my island for the second time and feel like I’m constantly comparing it to other islands which, I know, is something I shouldn’t be doing. So big thank you for that little reminder, it is much appreciated ☺️
This was very helpful thank you for posting. My daughter bought me a switch and this game during covid. I am 64 never played games like this before but I am enjoying it. I like seeing all the creative people in this community too.
Oooooooooooh, dude! Come year's end, I'm going to look at my criterpedia, and then time travel to get anything I missed. THANK YOU for that time-saver tip. You're a boos. Also, you seem so sweet and kind, and your town is GORGEOUS, my gosh.
the last tip rlly helped me bc i wanted to make a huge beautiful one and i kept watching tutorials and i spent hours. and i decided to stop and make my island my own after watching this video tysm chase crossing
I totally agree with not playing the game alone. I did for a long time but then I met a friend online and we've been playing together now for a very long time. I don't know how I would be able to play the game now without my friend because it would be just too lonely
The Leave Your Ladder behind tip isn't always full proof. I left my ladder behind on a 'dig up whole trees and to replant them' trip and five of the six islands I visited had cliffs.
Time traveling causes lots of burnout on the game and makes it more boring and you gain less play time. I don’t time travel over the lengths of days, but if a shop I need is closed I DO time travel.
Oh emm gee LOL! This entire video just blew my mind. Some of it was so obvious but never thought about it.. Thank you SO much!! Especially the time travel tip.. and the friggin LADDER!! I just lost my previous island due to ignorance moving my island from one switch to another, and restarted for the first time since release... Soooo these tips will come SO in handy!! Thank you ^_^
I started competing after seeing Chase Crossing videos because I wanted to be so good that it would be realistic to be among them. But the part of my island that I actually enjoyed doing, is the most beautiful.
This was a really well done video... lots of good tips and also things just for us to bear in mind. I actively follow several AC TH-camrs and I am in awe of their islands as much as I'm jealous that mine doesn't look as nice as theirs. But even with the mental mindgames I play with myself, their work inspires me to make strides to improve. The whole "don't play alone" thing... the whole reason I spent the first year or so playing alone was that I didn't want to pay for a NSO subscription. After I did, I went to the Bell Tree Forums and someone there hooked me up with the fruit I was missing... and I spent the last few months going through dream addresses.
You're wrong about the ladder thing. Very first island I went to had cliffs. I'm tired of all the misinformation. Out of any game I've played, animal crossing has the most rumors and misinformation.
Hmmm It might be different when you just start the game and go to the first 1 or two islands through the "tutorial". But I assure you, I've gone to thousands of islands without my ladder live on streams and never gotten a single cliff island! It works.
you have no idea how happy i was to see a video from you in my subs inbox! i watched your island tours borderline religiously hah but since i never commented back then i thought i'd do that now and wanted to say that i hope you've been well ☺
I tried to play with people but everybody that was part of my lets play left the game ages ago. So all the people I spent time with to get footage vanished. So I mostly play alone now. It's funny because the guy that wanted me to get the game in the first place gave up in like a month. So here I am 2 years later with well over a TB of footage. I love this game to death but lost a lot of friends along the way.
@@ChaseCrossing It's why I kept that lets play going. But that is slow. The footage is still early 2020 but I have played the game every day for years and have tons of footage to edit. I still play the game a lot. I'm a small content creator just looking for people to game with. And sadly most of my AC friends are long gone by now. I have a passion for lets plays I just have few viewers.
Thank you so much for this video! I never knew almost any of these and I've spent so much time over these! Also, thank you for reminding us that AC is not a competative game!
Thanks for all the tips! I want to add that if you have an iPhone, the Keyboard app also has a microphone icon so you can just speak your messages and not need to type at all!
I finally did a face reveal! ➜ th-cam.com/video/yr7xixESpx4/w-d-xo.html
IMPORTANT: For the ladder tip - this only applies to villagers not being on cliffs - if you use NMT for things other than purely villager hunting bring a ladder to get the most out of each ticket! However, if villager hunting, never bring a ladder~
Welcome back! Hope life has been treating you well :)
Welcome back Chase🎉🎉🎉
oh my god YOURE BACK!!!!! We missed u so much!! welcome back Chase
I hope you're doing well Chas and are healthy. I miss hearing your voice! Life's been busy so I haven't been around on discord but currently planning to elope next month and having a later dinner celebration with family in January.😅 Also lil baby Amy is 6 months now! She's been keeping me busy because she now crawls all over the place 🤣
Warm welcome back! 🙏
I love how your island didn’t change much. It makes me feel nostalgic, I miss when ACNH was new. It was the one saving grace of 2020. I kinda miss that feeling. I know it wasn’t a good time for all of us, so sorry if I offend anyone for saying this.
not offensive dw! it was a life saver for many :))
I agree, was definitely a tough year to say the least. ACNL was one of the few rays of light lol
I was so depressed and had so much anxiety in 2020, acnh got me out of that and helped me escape from reality for a bit. So I totally understand how you feel
ACNH was a huge part of my self-care regimen during the pandemic, and I actually still play it a lot because it's just...so nice. Part of it is the undemanding, peaceful nature of the game, and part of it is the community of people playing. Just nice folks, all around. I continue to meet nice people through this game.
No I get it, it was comforting during those days
I think seeing another's island that looks absolutely amazing and finished, with great details and aesthetic, is it's just like art. We are only seeing the finished product, not the time and effort that went into it. The mistakes, the redesigns, the awkward spaces they had to figure out what to do with that looked planned to you. The many touch-ups to get it just the way they want it.
Can I just say this.... THANK YOU.
Thank you for saying it. ACNH is NOT a competition game... I bought this game for the relaxed feel. I have severe depression, anxiety and PTSD, so the laid back play style, the fact that it's not full of hardcore gaming and fighting or me playing against other players with different skill levels, is a HUGE reason this appealed to me so much.
I've spent WAYYYY too much time on TH-cam, Reddit, FB, Pinterest, and even Google, looking at other players islands and comparing their level to my own. I've stressed myself out because I couldn't get that exact beautiful design that so many other players have, the look and feel of the island being like a real life city, farm, etc, that I put the game down and almost didn't play again.
This game has helped me in so many ways with my emotional and mental health. To some, this may seem silly or absurd, but you'd have no idea how much this really did help.
Finally I said okay, what is it exactly that I love most about my island? It's the ease of getting around. It's the way that certain areas are set up. I like being able to see the things that fall from the trees, so the idea of setting up my orchard in simple rows would drive me nuts. I have ponds/lakes (whatever you want to call them), I have my rivers... I have my spawn points for my fish. I need that ability to get around my island with ease... I even set up a Mario pipe by Nook's Cranny and one by my farming area/orchard where I can easily transport goods to sell them.
I like my simple, effective, easy to navigate, yet beautiful island. I like the idea of being able to have it reflect ME and give it that peaceful vibe.
Thank you, again, for saying it. This isn't a competition. Whatever you want to put on your island, however you want it, ENJOYING your game.... That's how you're supposed to do it.
You're the ONLY person I've ever heard say it. So... Thank you. From the bottom of my heart.
Awww i kept my island totally “natural” and i share your love of this sweet game! *delight 🌸 *joy 🎶
The last tip hit me hard. I restarted my island recently because I felt very exhausted trying to make my island like those super crazy ones on Pinterest. I'm working on my island as we speak and I was kind of dejected until you mentioned the last part, and it made me very happy. :) So, thank you!
I restarted my island recently too. Not because of competition but because I was bored with where I was. There are advantages and disadvantages to restarting an island!
Pinterest islands aren’t for living, they’re for looking. There is a difference between a house, and a home.
@@christinamac4828 yup I flattened my island and ruined my natural landscape. 5 stars is hard for get cuz I no more place for bridges or stairs so restarting is tempting. After taking a two year hiatus the creativity is flowing back to me
My island is called Patmos, we just became a three star island, and I would so love to have somebody else’s island to visit and allow you to come visit mine. My fruit is pears, but I also have apples and cherries, I just asked that you don’t take all of my fruit. I am so new to this I’m not sure if the fruit will regrow after you pick it
@@whitemistcreativestudios hello!!! Welcome to the community :) don’t worry, the fruit WILL regrow back in a few days❤️❤️ my mom had the same worry!
i stopped playing last year because i felt like my island was rubbish compared to everyone else’s and i felt a bit disheartened by it i guess? i picked it back up in april this year and i am loving it again as i did exactly what you said, just designing it how i like it without comparing it all the time. now when i see a beautiful island i just think of it as a nice design idea maybe i could use some influence from rather than feeling bad about my own. it’s weird why we do that to ourselves.
I'm a mom who plays :) I didn't know about the zoom or the ladder! I also need to stop feeling inferior when I see other towns. Thank you. 🧡
I’m a 65 year old gramma and my grandson got me this game to get me out of depression over my dog passing away and I am so thankful.
It’s a wonderful game to just design and pretend.
But I dont have any friends because I don’t know anyone who plays.
But…that’s ok other than me not getting the fruit I need.
I’m ok playing alone I guess because it’s just enjoyable designing a theme.
I’ve only been playing one month.
I’m happy he gave the ladder tip that was great.
@@ethelmertz1477 i will be your friend
@@cup5550 Thanks cup that’s very kind of you. I will get back to you on that hopefully after I get the switch back from my grandson 😀
Thank you 🌹
@Ethel Mertz I’d like to play you as well!! if you’ve gotten it back just send your switch friend code and I’ll friend you :3
I would love to visit I to am a mom playing new player really less than. Month
The last one could not be more true to me. I see a lot of gorgeous island designs on social media, but they're just so *cluttered and overwhelming*, that it's hard to walk around. I have visited lots of dream islands before and while they were gorgeous, they were also too cluttered to move around on. I couldn't find my way around and there wasn't much walking space. Now I am not saying that these islands are bad, since they truly took a lot of time and effort, but I prefer simple islands where I can easily follow the paths. If I have to squeeze my way through dozens of tiny gaps just to get to a villagers home, it's not that much fun for me and I leave the island again real quick. So yeah, simple islands it is. :3
Don’t forget the amount of lag that comes with it, like I have a zen mini island on my island, that doesn’t really have much furniture on it, but a lot of water falls, rivers, but a lot of items that sway in the wind(lanterns, flowers, bamboo, ect) so it lags pretty badly, but I really like how it turned out and it’s manageable(and not usually in my walking routes), so I keep it, but I couldn’t imagine that being my entire island 24/7
@@nucci6865 Yes indeed, I expirienced that before as well! It was so laggy, my character could barely move around and I left *really* quick. It was pretty annoying-
I want to find a nice middle-ground because I too enjoy being able to actually walk around to do stuff
None of these are mistakes, in my opinion. Just different ways to play or do things. I appreciate the time you took to share, though, & I'm sure some people learned something new! I love ACNH so much, it's so adorable & chill!
I know most of these as an avid AC player but for someone just starting out or is a slight beginner, this is SUCH a useful video. You’re giving tips that not many people actually make points about and I love that 🥰🥰 also awesome to see you post man
Happy to see you posting! 😎 also I did NOT know about the zoom thing. And I love what you had to say about competing with other player’s islands. Everyone’s island is beautiful 🤬
thank you that's exactly what I'm saying!!! (I'm lisspilled btw)
HI LISS I CANT BELIEVE UR HEREEEEE
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@@supercrossinggames5543 Her...
so true since everyones island is each persons own vision
For the bells. On the days Isabel says she’s feeling lucky, plant the max bells. You’ll get triple. No gamble at all
She says it at the day's start or you have to talk to her at the town hall?
@@andrewcyber4 the day starts
Wait, seriously?! 😮
The only real mistake many people do is to compare themselves to others, whether that is ACNH or anything else in life.
Regarding the burying of bells - if you ever have a day when Isabelle talks about her horoscope when you start the day you can bury 99,000 bells and have 297,000 as a result. I have only had the good fortune of having it happen once but now every day I hope she will mention her horoscope again!
OMG. Yes. I use to compare my island to other too! I ended up focusing on paying my Loans off and building huge farms and flower gardens. My friends love my ideas. 💕 Thank you.
Exactly it's your game!! Just enjoy~~
I just picked up the game again recently after quite a long break. I miss the days when my entire friend list wasn't offline or I would have a silly letter in my mailbox. I also sometimes compare my island to others and think "Man, I would love to have a well-themed island like that." but honestly, I love my *completely normal* island where nothing strange at all is going on... ever...
I love the Ancient Japanese theme you have. I want to either do cottage core or maybe ancient japanese theme for my island
I definitely will be trying the time travel tip. I actually deliberately keep my ladder on me when I hunt, it keeps things from getting too boring. Plus some of the really cool islands won’t spawn if you don’t take your ladder, like fin island, since they have cliffs.
Ooooh good point! There's a lot more to those islands than just the villager on them!
Unfortunately we just tried and it def did not work
The don’t being a ladder tip didn’t work - to clarify
I just restarted my island, but my first one was so empty until I decorated for a holiday, and that was exactly how I liked it. I did terraform a giant spade cliff, though, was pretty proud of that.
All of these facts are really useful! My favorite tip is don't bring a ladder with you to a nook miles island if your villager hunting. I always used to bring it and it wastes so much time.
actually cliff islands are spawned even without the ladder... Not always flat ones. Well, it's just true you won't need to climb to villagers without the ladder, they will be spawned at 1st level
Yeah, I always got cliffs still.
This is correct! I was getting these cliff islands before even knowing the ladder recipe.
Yeah but the villager isn't on the top
I didn’t know a bunch if these!
I had to decide that my island is never going to be as aesthetic as a lot of these amazing gorgeous islands. Instead I focus in building a little world that I want to inhabit, and that makes me happy
The time travel advice, zoom feature and Nintendo app typing shortcut were really helpful. Every time I think I’ve seen the majority of what the game has to offer - I’m so, so wrong. I love it.
That last tip was so sweet and wholesome. My boyfriend got my a switch and AC for Xmas and I've loved it so much. I was really into sims 2 and sims 4 but between the glitches and the forever load time he wanted me to have a better game. I didn't think I could love it as much as I do. I actually -avoided- TH-cam tips and AC content because I wanted to learn it myself and I also knew I'd get really insecure at how amazing some islands are. I've visited some absolutely insane ones in dreams. But last night I wanted to fall asleep to AC content and everyone in this community is SO FREAKING NICE. It makes me so happy and I can't wait to work on my island and one say meet online friends to come and play and vice versa. That last tip made me feel very included, as I'm currently hoarding bells and my island is a slow roll of getting it to look anyway I like.
Also as soon as you said bury no less than 10k bells, I stuck 1k in and moved one. 🙃😂 thanks for this video!
Welcome back! I hope you're doing okay. I can totally relate to that last tip as I always find myself comparing my island to others and then losing the motivation to complete my island. It's an endless cycle lmao.
A fun tip relating to the fruits would be that if you eat some of the new food items from the 2.0 update, they'll give you 2 "powerups" instead of just 1.
Ooooh yeah I've yet to experiment with food!! So much to do~
it has been ages! hope you're doing well. i have redone my entire island this past week bc froggycrossing's 30 challenge inspired me to get back into the game and flatten it all. i miss playing it, i wish i had a second switch so i could just keep making new islands without losing my stuff :,)
also, for the first tip you can change the time/date before you even save, so you can still spam through that save complete screen :)
With around 1,500 hours in, I’m actually shocked that I didn’t know 2 of these. (Time traveling without closing game, ladder spawning leveled Mystery Islands)
The last tip made me really happy. I tend to compare my island to other pro players with fully themed islands but deep down I love my simple non-themed island with my random villagers and furniture. To hear that really made my day, thanks ❤
i learned that i was time travelling the wrong way for the first year and a half. so much time wasted! welcome back, it's great to hear your voice again :')
LOL It really saves so much time! Nice to be back man thank you!!
I love what you said about how it’s not a competition. This is my peace. Thank you Chase ❤
i just got a switch & started playing animal crossing 2 weeks ago. your island is beautiful! everything looks so different compared to where i am now. i was just able to build the museum! thanks so much for all these tips. i’ll definitely be using them!
I’ve just ordered my first switch and it arrives on Thursday with ACNH (late to the game, I know but my beloved 2006 Nintendo DS lite has now died and I can no longer play AC). Thanks for the helpful tips ahead of my new addition to NH ☺️
I actually didn’t know about that money tree one. I usually put 99,000 bells and a couple times it ended up being 10,000 bells in each bag. I thought my game was glitched and was quite frustrated. Thanks for the tip
How do you know if is a fertile day tho?
I I didn't know about the zoom feature 😅 and you saved me a lot of time with time traveling. I did most of that but I must have messed up tho that caused me to to keep closing the game to reset the date
Just wanted to make a comment on how I really appreciate your 9th tip. I used to compare myself to others islands and felt less creative. I love my island now bc not everyone’s islands are going to be the same and that’s what makes the experience unique. Thank you for that.
I have also have a quick question: what is a fertal day? I want more bells lol
Thank you so much for the last point. This is something so important. I played ACNH and it helped me so much with depression and anxiety. But then I started not only search for inspiration but compared myself to other players. I totally lost my joy in strolling through my neighborhood and instead became a busy and stressed out ax wielding sad mess. After a few month of not playing I had to relearn to live in the AC moment and also got my inspiration back. It is YOUR island. It's about you to feel comfy there. ❤
This entire video and commentary got me subscribe. So informative. I actually listened to it originally. Thorough yet not overwhelming at all. Anyone who plays ac has to check this video out. I got a lot out of it. Start to finish solid.
Great job and thanks for the pointers!
I’ve always felt so bad for playing animal crossing because I enjoy the game but I don’t enjoy decorating my island, I enjoy getting money, buying lots of clothes, decorating houses, filling my museum etc but I don’t enjoy decorating my island because it’s too much work and it stresses me out whenever I try to decorate it.
I am exactly the same, I enjoy the fashion side and simple act of gathering and selling stuff. Even decorating the house, I need to be in the right mood for it.
The King has returned 👑
Wym you never left King 👑
No way! I’m partially blind and had no idea about zoom!!! I didn’t know about any of these but that will be so helpful.
I do know about the community, I’m in a bunch of Facebook groups, maybe I’ll try Discord too though.
Welcome back Chase! I just saw you uploaded and ran around my house telling my flatmates that you’re back! I hope you feel rested and refreshed! So happy to see you 💞
That's so sweet omg tell them I said hi
I love that last tip. I always compare my islands to others and restart my islands because it's not what those other islands look like. Tysm for this tip it rlly helped! 💓
I really love the time traveling advice. I tried it right after watching this, so much quicker. Wish I knew that before I made it to three stars.
Wah 😭 i felt that last tip.
I just got into animal crossing, barely my second week playing it, and everyone has such gorgeous things. Meanwhile, I'm here flabbergasted how I got scammed into paying off loans 🤣
I forgot my ladder a few times and there were cliffs on those islands.
And I do compare myself to others. I tend to restart my island every time it comes to designing it because I never have any ideas! I see all these beautiful islands and wonder why I can’t do that.
OH MY GOSH CHASE !!!!! WELCOME BACK!!!!
I KNOWWW ITS SO EXCITING OMG
@@ChaseCrossing i was getting worried about you!!!! I was so happy to see your video today!! i hope you’re doing well 🖤🖤
welcome back Chase!! we've missed you a lot, I used to time travel the wrong way, so that first tip is definitely helpful to know. I also agree with the no comparing your islands to other people's.
I literally stopped using the in-game keyboard to type as soon as I discovered that I can do it easily from the Nintendo Switch Online app. This made communicating with Nookazon clients easier.
The money tree tip has a little addon I want to put:
You have to bury the bells in the glowy spot, only that spot, or it won't grow and be a star in the ground.
Thank you for the Tip #9. I get so tired of people comparing their island to mine. Also, when they think it’s a competition to collect all fish, insects and sea creatures. My friends brag and I tell them I did it a year ago. LOL, I love love love this game. I’ve been playing since the day it came out in 2002. Yes, I’ve been playing longer than some of these rugrats have been alive. I’m 55 years old and play way too much video games. I’m retired so what else is there to do. Love your videos.
I did not know about the shortcut for time traveling. Two years I’ve been losing minutes waiting to load the game! 😅. Was not aware about the zoom feature either.
Also, if you eat one food item you crafted, I believe it gives you 5 counts.
Thank you for the last tip! I literally restarted the game last night bc I needed *something* to control and immediately found myself hunkering down to play the game efficiently instead of in a fun way (even though that's why I wanted to start in the first place!)
also little trick; you can turn your character as you press a with a tool in hand
so terraining is slightly less slow for example
The part about visiting other islands and leaving my ladder was something I did not know. Thank you for that
The giggle while getting rid of the fruit
"getting rid" of it was very satisfying what can I say
@@ChaseCrossing got me flushed away with that one
Nice Video :)
Just wanted to add to #3 "Typing slowly" that you can also just plug a generic USB Keyboard into your Switch if you are playing in docked mode and can type that way, beats using a phone imo.
Welcome back! Really resonated with the last tip! I've seen lots of island tours and toured islands myself and I've never been to a bad island. No matter how far they are in their island progress, if they have a lot of custom designs, or if they have a lot of builds and items set out, I always find something on their island that sticks out and wows me ☺️
Honestly as a TH-camr that did tours it was so hard not to judge my own island every time I flew back to it after
@@ChaseCrossing it do be hard but honestly, I think we are each our own worst critic lol. Our islands are perfectly good; we just can't see it sometimes. 😂
This was the first video I've watched from you. It popped up in my recommended and at first I simply was just watching with my morning coffee, but then number nine happened. That was such a sweet section and so encouraging, it made me subscribe. Thank you so much for your kind words. I feel more people should be this way.
So happy to hear your voice again! Welcome back and I hope you are well :) You are so right about not playing alone. The AC community is such a wonderful one, with so many people playing all over the world. There is something for everyone!
I just got the game as a gift from my daughter (she's 21). It is super cute and fun. But I have been watching a lot of tips videos and I must say I love your calm voice and how you word things and talk about not being overwhelmed by others games and set ups and such. Since its my first play through, im playing through naturally and not time traveling and such, so I know I was setting my self up for slow work and progress but watching some videos would make me feel so overwhelmed and like I wasn't doing enough lol. So thank you for your tips and tricks and how you deliver them. Much appreciated.
Welcome to the community! I'm so glad I could help you, honestly it's such a magical game if you take it slow and don't rush!
OMG!!! Thank you so much for the time travel tip! My jaw dropped the second you said "at this point go to date and time". I was like "wait a minute!! WAIT A MINUTE! No freaking way!!". 😅 I honestly thought there was nothing new you could tell me because I've played since release. Boy was I wrong! Plus the zoom feature I knew nothing about and always wished I could zoom in to see certain details. Almost everything you mentioned I knew nothing about! Thank you for this video! You're amazing!! 🤗🥰
Ahhh I'm so glad they helped you!!
Personally, I love my island, even if it isnt super flashy or detailed or filled to the brim with decoration.
At one point, I came across an island in a dream, and i had gotten myself stuck for god knows how long just trying to get back to the plaza because of the amount of decorations. I don't want that for people who come across my island.
That's why I like to keep mine simple, but still charming. Also, I never look at pictures of people's islands. Not because I don't want to get jealous, or that i'm rude, but because i never really think about doing that. I never compare my islands to someone else's bc everybody has different tastes, and mine is not being overdecorated. For those who do have those kinds of islands, honestly, you're amazing. You spend all that time making a pretty island with tons of detail, and I respect you for it.
Anyway this is getting way too long so byebye
Woooah I was JUST thinking about you, I've been watching a ton of island tour videos lately and always loved your positive and fun style of doing it. Nice to see you back, hope you're doing okay!
A new thing I learned from this game is definitely the fact that you can use the app to type in-game, like that's super neat! But to be fair, I never really type much in-game because as in mistake 7: I play alone. Not that I don't have anyone to play with, but more that the internet here isn't the best for online multiplayer games most times so I never felt an Online sub to be worth it for me.
Really love the way your island looks btw, the colour scheme is so pleasant~
Hi, Chase! 👋🏻 This is my first time watching one of your videos and commenting. First of all, thank you so much for those helpful tips. There was probably one or two of them I wasn’t aware of even after playing for over two years but I just wanted to thank you especially for the last and final tip; I felt like it’s something I needed to hear because I’ve just recently restarted my island for the second time and feel like I’m constantly comparing it to other islands which, I know, is something I shouldn’t be doing. So big thank you for that little reminder, it is much appreciated ☺️
This was very helpful thank you for posting. My daughter bought me a switch and this game during covid. I am 64 never played games like this before but I am enjoying it. I like seeing all the creative people in this community too.
Welcome to the community! So glad to have you~
I’m 65 and just started last month.
No friends and no cherries lol
But I love the peacefulness of this game
This made me so happy!! Thanks for bringing us this video Chase!! I actually learned something new!! 😜
Thank you so much for that last one. I like straight lines as well and being able to have a lot of space to run around and get to places faster.
New subscriber here 🥰 the Time Traveling tip was super helpful! I TT so much and it's time consuming hahaha, literally every minute counts!
So happy to hear your voice again, hope you’ve been well and taking care of your ❤️
Best ACNH video I’ve seen in a while! Play it how you want and enjoy the process ♥️
Oooooooooooh, dude! Come year's end, I'm going to look at my criterpedia, and then time travel to get anything I missed. THANK YOU for that time-saver tip. You're a boos.
Also, you seem so sweet and kind, and your town is GORGEOUS, my gosh.
These tips were super helpful! Thank you! I’m slowly working on my island to one day submit to you for a tour. Look out for me one day!
the last tip rlly helped me bc i wanted to make a huge beautiful one and i kept watching tutorials and i spent hours. and i decided to stop and make my island my own after watching this video tysm chase crossing
Hi Chase! So happy to see you posting again! You were the first ACNH creator I started following and really missed your videos!
i always change the date and after that press - also bunny day eggs are a great thing to eat so you can actually use them for something
I absolutely love your island!!! Also thanks for the zoom trick! I wanted to know how to do that ☺️
I totally agree with not playing the game alone. I did for a long time but then I met a friend online and we've been playing together now for a very long time. I don't know how I would be able to play the game now without my friend because it would be just too lonely
Thank you so much! I love the zoom trick! That's going to make things fun!
I didn’t know about the zoom. I didn’t know about not taking your ladder either. Thank you!
The Leave Your Ladder behind tip isn't always full proof. I left my ladder behind on a 'dig up whole trees and to replant them' trip and five of the six islands I visited had cliffs.
You're so right!! I should have clarified and said it's mainly for villager hunting as fast as possible and not for other important things like this!
@@ChaseCrossing Don't worry about it. The vid is still awesome!
Wow, my 1st and all time favourite AC TH-camr. I needed this little bit of joy today 💕
Time traveling causes lots of burnout on the game and makes it more boring and you gain less play time. I don’t time travel over the lengths of days, but if a shop I need is closed I DO time travel.
That's a great way to play the game!!
Oh emm gee LOL! This entire video just blew my mind. Some of it was so obvious but never thought about it.. Thank you SO much!! Especially the time travel tip.. and the friggin LADDER!! I just lost my previous island due to ignorance moving my island from one switch to another, and restarted for the first time since release... Soooo these tips will come SO in handy!! Thank you ^_^
welcome back man!! awesome to see a video out! 💙
Thanks Blaine!! Good to be back
We need more animal crossing content!!! More island reviews/tours please you're my favorite TH-camr!
I started competing after seeing Chase Crossing videos because I wanted to be so good that it would be realistic to be among them.
But the part of my island that I actually enjoyed doing, is the most beautiful.
Welcome Back. 17-03 was my 22nd birthday and watching your video is the best gift for me to enjoy😆🎁🎂🎮🌈❤️
This was a really well done video... lots of good tips and also things just for us to bear in mind. I actively follow several AC TH-camrs and I am in awe of their islands as much as I'm jealous that mine doesn't look as nice as theirs. But even with the mental mindgames I play with myself, their work inspires me to make strides to improve.
The whole "don't play alone" thing... the whole reason I spent the first year or so playing alone was that I didn't want to pay for a NSO subscription. After I did, I went to the Bell Tree Forums and someone there hooked me up with the fruit I was missing... and I spent the last few months going through dream addresses.
It really is a shame that Nintendo Online is inaccessible to so many people!!
Thank you so much for the gaming tips! I honestly didn’t know a bunch of them. I appreciate it 🐥
Yay welcome back lovely!! I knew all these except the zoom. I always wondered how streamers do that lol
Me, who doesn’t own a Nintendo Switch: Ahh yes, I never knew about these shortcuts 😯
😂😂😂
Loved the zoom tip & the money tree trick blew my mind!!! Thank you!!
You're wrong about the ladder thing. Very first island I went to had cliffs. I'm tired of all the misinformation. Out of any game I've played, animal crossing has the most rumors and misinformation.
Hmmm It might be different when you just start the game and go to the first 1 or two islands through the "tutorial".
But I assure you, I've gone to thousands of islands without my ladder live on streams and never gotten a single cliff island! It works.
@@ChaseCrossing i have gotten many with cliffs without my ladder, but i had vines in my pocket so i could place that to climb.
you have no idea how happy i was to see a video from you in my subs inbox! i watched your island tours borderline religiously hah but since i never commented back then i thought i'd do that now and wanted to say that i hope you've been well ☺
I tried to play with people but everybody that was part of my lets play left the game ages ago. So all the people I spent time with to get footage vanished. So I mostly play alone now. It's funny because the guy that wanted me to get the game in the first place gave up in like a month. So here I am 2 years later with well over a TB of footage. I love this game to death but lost a lot of friends along the way.
ahh sorry to hear that! Sometimes you just have to focus on yourself yknow?
@@ChaseCrossing It's why I kept that lets play going. But that is slow. The footage is still early 2020 but I have played the game every day for years and have tons of footage to edit. I still play the game a lot. I'm a small content creator just looking for people to game with. And sadly most of my AC friends are long gone by now. I have a passion for lets plays I just have few viewers.
Thank you so much for this video! I never knew almost any of these and I've spent so much time over these! Also, thank you for reminding us that AC is not a competative game!
I actually learned something! Thank you for the tips!
Thanks for all the tips! I want to add that if you have an iPhone, the Keyboard app also has a microphone icon so you can just speak your messages and not need to type at all!
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