I can’t believe it. I just can’t.
So… if you’re considering getting this game, I want to draw your attention to something. Just this morning, when this review is being written, I received a notice from the Pocket Camp team. Nintendo is taking Pocket Camp off the internet. The game will no longer have any in game purchases, events, or subscriptions. The full details have not been published yet, so I will edit this review once they do. The game will be a one-time purchase for the download. I would suggest that if you are considering it, go ahead and download now, and get it free, and get some extra event items, or forever hold your peace, because after November 28th the game will no longer be worth it because if it’s a one time purchase (which means Nintendo clearly doesn’t care about it anymore) it will simply not be worth it, which just a shame because this was such a fun and relaxing game. I might keep the game a little longer, but probably not. It just will never be the same. Sorry for the long review, but I thought you should know everything. Also: technically the og game will be deleted, but if you have a Nintendo account you can save your data to the flat-purchase app. I personally don’t think it’s worth it. It’s just really disheartening to have ANOTHER game get taken down on me. If anyone out there ever played and used Moriah’s Spark, you know what I mean.
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I can’t believe it. I just can’t.
So… if you’re considering getting this game, I want to draw your attention to something I haven’t seen any reviews talking about yet. Just this morning, when this review is being written, I received a notice from the Pocket Camp team. Nintendo is taking Pocket Camp off the internet. The game will no longer have any in game purchases, events, or subscriptions. The full details have not been published yet, so I will edit this review once they do. The game will be a one-time purchase for the download. I would suggest that if you are considering it, go ahead and download now, and get it free, and get some extra event items, or forever hold your peace, because after November 28th the game will no longer be worth it because if it’s a one time purchase (which means Nintendo clearly doesn’t care about it anymore) it will simply not be worth it, which just a shame because this was such a fun and relaxing game. I might keep the game a little longer, but probably not. It just will never be the same. Sorry for the long review, but I thought you should know everything. Also: technically the og game will be deleted, but if you have a Nintendo account you can save your data to the flat-purchase app. I personally don’t think it’s worth it. It’s just really disheartening to have ANOTHER game get taken down on me. If anyone out there ever played and used Moriah’s Spark, you know what I mean.
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Actual game is fun, Widget needs work
Widget is a great feature that you guys should be taking advantage of! I really dislike that the widget for AC:Pocket Camp is not full screen. It looks awkward and ruins the aesthetic of a home page. If the widget didn’t have the weird white/black outer edges this would be a 5/5 review overall. There’s a lot more you could do too. You guys aren’t taking full advantage of these things. During events, for example, the garden ones - you could have a square widget that shows the timer of when your plants have rare creatures/can be harvested, can be watered, or when a friend shares some for you. Another widget could be like the current animals visiting on the islands right now and countdown till the next bunch come. You get the gist. It wouldn’t be hard to come up with similar ones for fishing tourneys and scavenger hunts. These suggestions would be so helpful especially for the forgetful people - doesn’t matter young or older. Everyone gets distracted in their everyday lives so this would be a great reminder. Not a lot of people check their notifications bar for apps that aren’t social media and even if they do look at all their notifications - the notifications we have already don’t give you some of these suggestions that I really do think would be great ideas to take advantage of. Anyways, great game but lots of ideas still out there for improvement as I see this game is still getting frequent updates and new things.
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