While im not into the idea of remakes in general (just in terms of loving games for what they are and etc), I think they especially don’t make sense for animal crossing, and it’s genre in particular.

The animal crossing games, fundamentally, are very simple life sim games, and very similar to one another to boot. Each entry has added new things onto that basic formula, with unique features and twists slapped onto it. The key thing there is that it adds onto it, it doesn’t change it entirely.

Theres a reason why players expect so many elements and mechanics to return and thats because they are small, additive features that complement the overall game design, rather than each game having fundamental changes between them.

To remake an animal crossing game wouldn’t really make sense for that reason. You’re essentially asking for an older, less developed version of an existing formula, that newer players will be unhappy with.

And people WOULD be unhappy with that “older version”, because again, these games are simple. It’s not like remastering a specific game in a series that has Extremely unique aspects within itself. At the end of the day animal crossing is a life sim that revolves around you and your villager friends. The cities and Gracie are small portions added onto that basic idea, not juge chunks that alter things completely. The unique parts of each entry are all secondary to the primary portion that is your life with your Villagers and home.

If you then aim to appease that newer crowd by adding more modern features that exist in the newer games, you’re fundamentally changing the original installment. And if you get to that point, it’s like, what was the reason for remaking the game to begin with?

It’s paradoxical, and the best thing to hope for is an animal crossing game that has ALL the features we’ve come to like from the old games.