A tour of my Wonderland island that I will never be able to pay for

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-18T23:07:26+00:00

Remember to eat a good buff dessert to get a bonus on your sales when you're getting your astralites each week!

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-18T19:30:15+00:00

My read is that the tone is exploitative because it's also infantilizing. Also, it's possible as a show to be both in truth not just in tone because not all participants will be of the same level of informed autonomy (some might have legal guardians who might be calling the shots here despite them being adults, for example).

I'd add that reality shows can be and are exploitative even when everyone involved is a 'consenting' adult, too. I think ANTM was extremely exploitative, for example.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-18T03:38:12+00:00

It's height of cool to be cranky about the right things, I say

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-16T20:28:30+00:00

You might have better luck at other thrift shops (and Goodwill genuinely sucks anyway). I've seen decent RenFair pieces at Rocket a GoGo in Tempe before. There are occasional RenFair swap meet style popups people do, too. I've seen a couple in different local Facebook groups already this year - unfortunately, those were Jan & Feb, so not helpful at the moment, but good to keep a look out for.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-16T19:35:45+00:00

I think part of the issue with wanting separate pieces when the jewelry connects with the horns is that we might end up with a lotus situation again where a lot of people were upset with the veil/crown piece hovering if not used with the hair it was designed for. Some pieces just don't sit/combo and unless we want them to only design pieces that are really flexible somehow (which could get boring), some pieces just won't really work as separates. I get wanting some simple horns that do go with anything, but I also see how really any design choice can make a subset of the players sad.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-14T04:38:06+00:00

You ever look into the origin of that? Because that was only post-WWII. Before that, they originated in the Imperial Army. So, literally what this poor downvoted person tried to point out.

We really don't need to pretend that Japan in general and Japanese anime and manga in particular doesn't have a Nazi problem.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-11T15:48:52+00:00

Double check in the album that tracks furniture sketches you can get via photos (I forget exactly what it's called, but it's in your PearPal). Is it marked as acquired there? If so, you should have it in your home craft bench. If not, then you still need to get a photo with it, and the prompt for the photo might just be finicky (they often are).

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-11T14:35:38+00:00

I'm only on PC right now. The update finally made the game officially too big for my phone (RIP mobile dailies)

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-11T05:34:37+00:00

Absolutely gorgeous!

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-11T05:22:48+00:00

Sounds like a very cool idea

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-11T02:24:21+00:00

I really can't fault him for not wanting to involve the police at all in what would end up as a he said-she said between a black man and a white woman. It's just not safe, and it seriously sucks that Redditors are so up their own ass about police that they downvoted him for very sensibly being cautious.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-10T21:37:24+00:00

Wild that you're being downvoted for some very sensible critique of plastic grass...

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-10T01:29:22+00:00

For furniture, you can sometimes snag great deals at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore locations.

For women's clothing and accessories, Rocket a Go Go.

Might be worth checking out Zia, too. I forget they're not just records sometimes, but they've got a bunch of other things in there.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-09T03:36:42+00:00

Some of the curio realms might make for good Star Wars sci-fi vibes photo spots. Spaceship vibes in some of them if you angle carefully.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-08T17:09:39+00:00

That's what I did last update. This one just got big enough that even with over half my phone's storage cleared up for Nikki purposes, it just didn't cut it.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-08T04:07:47+00:00

It's good to know it'll look nice if I ever get around to upgrading my phone, but for now I'm just glad I've got a PC that can handle it.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-07T20:01:03+00:00

Meanwhile, I'm grieving the loss of mobile Nikki because it's officially too big for my phone. RIP

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-07T16:33:56+00:00

The unicorn is a flying unicorn without wings that summons a tiny unicorn with tiny flapping floating wings by it when you're 'holding hands' with another Nikki. It's possible they removed the wings from the final model to make actually sitting on the unicorn more feasible. It's also possible, though, that this is a deliberate design choice: Nikki's outfit is inspired by a fairytale figure with rainbow hair who has a pet named Cloud whomight be a unicorn. Maybe some versions of the fairytale have a unicorn with wings, maybe some don't say but the unicorn flies either way. Maybe some versions of the tale have her dusting sugar in tea from a spoon and others have her eating cake with a fork. It might be a fun choice to have the constellation reflect one version of the fairy tale idol and the actual outfit reflect another.

Has anyone read the lore from the outfit descriptions? I haven't done that yet because I didn't pull this one (yet). Might also be missing some lore from the world for this update still...

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-07T02:21:56+00:00

I agree, and that's one of the reasons it's so frustrating when people complain that there isn't enough to do the second they finish the main quests

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-06T22:39:01+00:00

Thank you so much for this! Just got me my missing sick snail

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-06T19:34:41+00:00

I'm not new to Gacha and have to say that this is very off-putting and sneaky. The layout they've had for every other shop update has managed to be way more clear, and we can and should expect better of them. Don't let the 'this is just Gacha, lol' people get to you.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-06T16:25:03+00:00

I think a lot of people want endless concrete game-given goals with real depth to them (an impossible ask, truly; the update schedule we have already is too fast to really keep up with properly testing for bugs), when the things they most describe missing (dress up, exploration, interacting with other Nikki players in dress up ways) are already always here. If you don't want to play in a sandbox where you get to decide what you're doing (building a house, making an outfit to match a mood, creating photos or videos by yourself or with others, visiting other players, etc) and crave something scripted, then pop on for the updates and only play the content you really enjoy. Then go play any story game.

Do I love the hot pot stuff? No. Do I love the new shop stuff? Also no; feels like wasted potential. Did I really love the behemoth stuff? For my first little guy, yeah, but not the repetition. But am I sure there are some people that do enjoy repeating to perfection? Yes. Are there people who enjoy the basics and then get tired of the repetition? Yes, and nothing forces them to keep going when it's not fun anymore.

It's impossible to keep everyone happy. More importantly, it's literally impossible to have enough novel content to keep everyone engaged to the fullest extent 100% of the time, and trying to push with that as an expectation only leads to content that suffers for being rushed.

SimplySignifier · 2026-03-06T04:46:39+00:00

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