Wen 丨 Amon
"I don't regret it/I regret it."
Look at the person who came in with the title point, don't rush to answer the question. Think about where your Switch is now in, and then recall, the last time you opened the forest to play for more than 3 hours, when?
"Collection! It's been almost two years since the animal MoriKai was released, and we've watched as there were no more live visitors to the once bustling island, and routinely picking up tree branches, digging up fossils, and buying and selling kohlrabi became a forced daily task.
In addition to the accidental corpse during the 2.0 update, it is only DIY in the social forums that can be remembered.
The same goes for me. Half a year did not play, when I clicked into the game again, the island residents said "It seems that I haven't seen you for a long time~" made me feel more guilty and guilty, knowing that I had no face to face the small animals, and I did not dare to click on the game again.
So after two years of seeing the moving forest strip that once brushed the screen in various forums at home and abroad, I finally recalled the touch and warmth it brought to me when I first saw it.
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And when I tried to find the islanders who visited each other two years ago, I suddenly found that most of them had not bought a new game on the Switch for a long time, and even some of them had sold their machines and cassettes at a low price and never touched the console again.
Not only that, if you flip through the game community when you are idle and bored on weekdays, you will find that the reputation of the game is completely different from the praise at the time of release. Especially in the period before the 2.0 update, too many people expressed regret that they followed the trend and bought this game that was completely unsuitable for them.
From the "Switch installation must-have" to the existence that the second-hand market can't be sold all over the place, what did Dongsen do wrong? Or is this really just a sequelae of the "mass freak" of the year?
On March 20, 2020, "Assemble! Animal Friends was officially released to the world, and three days later it sold 1.88 million copies in Japan, setting a record for the first week of sales on the Nintendo Switch platform.
13.41 million copies were sold in the six weeks of sale, compared to the previous games in the same series
At this time, China was in the worst period of the virus, and the people of the whole country were waiting for this strange disease, silently performing the duty of "not going out unless necessary".
At this time, people are in a boring home life, if there is anything that can not go out to kill time, but also have the same thing as socializing with friends in a different place, then "Collection! Animal Forest Friends Association is the most suitable choice.
Under the rendering of webcasts and social media, having a Switch that can play with the forest has become the most fashionable thing. What's more, the simple operation and low threshold for novices quickly attracted a large number of new players who had never touched a game console.
In the year from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, the Switch sold 28.83 million units, an increase of 37% over the same period last year, most of which was brought about by the "dynamic forest boom".
But contrary to what we expected, the slow-paced life of Dongsen itself is actually not out of the circle, but it is a relatively difficult online social play in China, which is what people like most.
"Can I play without moving the forest?"
Going to a friend's island for group photos, exchanging resources, stealing fossils, and socializing have become the most attractive ways to play at home. Even the collection of museum catalogues and the construction of islands have become "competitions" aimed at showing off and sharing.
So, when those who were looking forward to the social gameplay of the forest rushed home with excitement, they suddenly froze, how did this machine network?
What the? Does the Internet actually need Nintendo Online membership? Well, the machines are bought without charging white and not charging.
Why can't I get into someone else's island when I'm full? what? Still need an accelerator? Okay, what if you want to use it to play other online games in the future?
When these people, who have no idea how troublesome the host connection is, finally have a hard time getting everything done, and enter the door-to-door link. They were immediately crushed by the "gap between rich and poor" that can be seen everywhere in the game.
Others are marble floor 200 square meters garden villa, you are crossing the river all rely on pole jumping weeds overgrown small bungalows, obviously in reality are just moving bricks together, how can this make people stand it?
"My Island vs Other People's Island"
As a result, many people now recall their experience of moving forests two years ago and will choose to use "liver" to describe it.
Maybe even Nintendo will feel strange how its own healing game, which focuses on "casual", has been turned into a high-intensity exchange stock trading simulator by Chinese players.
These players who are not clear about which QWER first counted in the weekdays, when they encountered kohlrabi trading, they all turned into "Chinese Buffett", not only organized a group to study the fluctuating form of vegetable prices, but even special food price estimation websites were made.
Moreover, in fact, a large number of realistic settings such as the durability of in-game tools, the back containment accumulation, and the time and place restrictions of animal infestation are not suitable for this kind of gameplay that wants to quickly complete island construction and map collection.
In order to meet the needs of these players, various player trading websites immediately appeared a large number of in-game materials sold in bulk posts, which is undoubtedly shortening the player's playable life in the game.
Even small animal islanders can trade
The gameplay of no krypton gold is not nothing, but watching the gap between themselves and their friends getting bigger and bigger, how many people can enjoy the dual loan pressure in the game and reality?
Krypton gold, liver supplies, and finally became the most luxurious and enviable island among friends. At this moment, you must be generous to give hundreds of thousands of Rington dollars to newcomer players, but after that?
Under such a game that does not match the game itself, many players quickly lose interest in the opponent's motion. As soon as the excitement of following the trend passed, everyone began to calm down and think, is Dongsen really as good as its sales performance?
The recent netizen evaluation is completely different from two years ago
Outside of the controversy, these switch players who bought Switch in order to play Dongsen began looking for a second game on the console that suited them. Know that before that, there's a good chance they've never touched the handle.
But the truth is that it is difficult for them to find a second blockbuster game suitable for light players here again, and the remaining big hits are either too complicated to operate, or too free and aimless, or they are easy to induce "3D vertigo" for newcomers.
Most importantly, the cost of this trial and error is extremely high for them. When you've spent hundreds of oceans in two consecutive times to buy a game that you can't enjoy at all, it's hard to trust other Switch games.
This iron machine that is heavy and stupid to take out of the door, and puts the place in the home and falls to the dust, is likely to end up becoming a set-top box that cannot watch domestic TELEVISION.
The only way out is to sell the obstructive console for money, so for a while, if you want to collect a 99 new switch in the second-hand market, you almost have to be bundled into the Collection! Animal Forest Friends Association".
They will probably regret that they rushed to buy a game that "only wanted to play for 2 months" and a "useless" console at a high price, and the price of changing hands would be nearly 1,000 yuan.
However, there are also people who do not regret the seemingly impulsive decision of that year, and it is The Movement that has pulled them into the wonderful world of console games. As a buyout game that has been on sale for two years, the subsequent major updates of Dongsen have excited veteran players.
"Collection! Animal Friends is actually only suitable for players who enjoy slow-paced leisure. Calm down and slowly experience the changes of the four seasons on the island, watching meteors and counting roses in the morning at night, it must be a rare and good game.
When you are tired of collecting pictures and speculating in stocks, the small animals on the island will not know which corner to drill out from, reminding you of the heart of this game, hoping that you can enjoy the island scenery without anxiety and trouble.
The easy-to-use low-barrier-to-entry feature also makes it particularly suitable for elderly and child players. So we can always see the tear-jerking story in the opening paragraph of the article, and Douban also has players who rely on the moving forest to find the communication with their parents for a long time.
Douban netizen @dark matter shared the experience of playing with his mother
Station B UP master @ mini fat star also gave the moving sen Amway to his mother. The child in the game will also worry about whether the iron ore is enough and the money is not enough to spend for the daughter as in reality. This unique experience should be rare except for the simple operation and high household penetration rate.
The increasingly common moving short stories and the increasingly low evaluation of the internet forum seem to be very separate, but in fact, it is nothing more than "Collection! "Animal Forest Friends" is not unbiased for everyone, it is such a simple truth.
As a pioneering game console between the console and the handheld, although the price is acceptable, considering the network to see the face, the average price is high, the support for Chinese there are fewer games to choose from, it is also not suitable for light players who do not play large games on weekdays.
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Let's go back to the question at the beginning of the article: Do those who bought switch in order to play with The Forest regret it? I think you should already have your own answer at this point.
Whatever the answer, being able to answer this question means that you and I have spent an unforgettable healing time in the island of Moving Forest, a kind of healing that even when I look back now, I feel warm.
Although we will not open the game again, we will not forget that when the epidemic blocked all the love of the people around you two years ago, it was these islanders in the game who would only stupidly wear the ugly hat you gave you and secretly prepare gifts for you.
As for the time and money spent on it? It's like if you don't play with them and you'll use them to change the world.
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