I think they were too reluctant to delay the game another time, but the game really needed some additional time to be developed. The time together with quarantine was super convenient and made to get a enormous player base, but a lot of people stopped playing the match after just a few months. I am hoping we see some considerably bigger upgrades going forward.

Yeah the"free upgrades after launch" sounded exciting at first since I'd assumed it'd be a way for them to explore fresh land for the show or bring back events and ideas that were more or less shelved (such as the bizarre"holidays" and events in Wild World or Morning Aerobics in GC).

Then I realized how much stuff was just straight up left out compared to every single previous entry and I suppose in hindsight I probably should have known this was a"we will finish adding outdated features to the game after" sort of thing. It's not a bad game, but boy does it pale compared to New Leaf occasionally. Also a few of the holidays are less intriguing than their New Leaf counterparts. Fireworks festivals substituted all the cute Showa Era Nintendo toy furniture with bows, pinwheels, etc of Nook Miles Ticket For Sale varying colors.