Animal Crossing: New HorizonsThe latest update allows players to upload their islands to the Internet, which other fans can visit in a dream state. But according to recent player reports, Nintendo is being aggressive in removing islands that use any kind of cheating or piracy, something that annoys players who use powers heavily for decorative purposes.
A popular trick is to modify the trees so that, instead of bearing fruit, they show elements such as star fragments, although other types of tree tricks are possible. Fans have been known to display everything from fossils to heart crystals in their hacked trees. Some players even sell trees to others New Horizons DevoteesBut hacks also allow you to do almost anything in the game, such as spawning villagers to live on your island.
When players use the recently released Dream Suite, the latest version of their island is uploaded to the internet, and that includes any star tree or other hacks. Along with this, Nintendo offers users the ability to report islands, and one option includes flagging any cheating or piracy. And, apparently, fans are using it. A medium-sized YouTuber, for example, made a full video on how to report pirated islands, although it seems likely that others are also taking over.
As a result, New Horizons Players share emails they received from Nintendo informing them that the company is removing their content because it violates their user agreement, or alleging that their islands were reported by star trees. Some are even tearing down their previously laden islands with star shard trees, even if they haven’t been reported, just as a precaution. Reached its comment, Nintendo did not respond in time for the press.
A player named KB tells Polygon that she uploaded her island to help some people catalog items for future purchases. She received a notice from Nintendo within 24 hours, she says, and suspects it was about trees of star shards.
“For heaven’s sake, how do different trees affect someone else’s game in a non-competitive game?” she wrote in a Twitter message. “It is so disappointing and frustrating not to be able to share my island that I spent so much time working on.”
Gamers talking about this online seem to agree with their assessment: while it’s true that things like star shard trees are definitely hacks, fans don’t see the damage in something that exists only for decorative purposes and can’t infringing on anyone else’s game, especially within an Animal Crossing dream, where nothing is permanent. As a result, most of the responses to Nintendo’s recent tweet about Animal Crossing Dream Islands are people arguing about the islands that have been reported about Star Shard Trees or other similar hacks.
“There is 0 competition, so there are no cheats,” said a Twitter user, in response to people reporting on the islands. “Leave these people alone and let us enjoy the game.”
Part of the problem is that when a YouTuber uploads a video telling their audience to report on the islands, the recipient, who may not even be a particularly popular island destination, is bombarded by those subscribers, which can give everyone process an air of intimidation. and harassment.
“I swear this new reporting feature will make Karens of Animal Crossing go nuts,” said another Twitter user.
Another problem, fans say, is that there is no system to appeal Nintendo’s decision at this time: the takedown notices on the island include the phrase “This is Nintendo’s final decision.”
Despite the reporting phenomenon, many are hauling their islands anyway, but with a plea to prospective visitors to give up reporting their islands.
