In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, starting a new game can be an extremely stressful decision for players who have invested a significant amount of time and effort into their current save games. A single save file is supported by New Horizons, just as it was in previous Animal Crossing games. Consequently, there are a variety of advantages and disadvantages to consider before deleting previous progress and starting from the very beginning.
Several specific objectives are handled in real time, which dictates the course of the game's gameplay. In Animal Crossing, players can improve their home by taking out loans from Tom Nook, expand their town through quests, and beautify their town with villagers and decorations in order to earn a five-star rating for their island. Following the completion of the goals, content becomes a repetitive cycle of daily gathering tasks and participation in the event that is currently in progress.
Several advantages are provided by the new island saves in New Horizons. While home upgrades remain the same with a restart of New Horizons, rooms can be configured in a different way, with the kitchen taking the place of a bathroom where it may have previously been, or the downstairs upgrade being used as a bedroom rather than a music studio, for example. Players can collect a completely new list of Villagers to brighten their community when they start over on a new island, rather than having to wait for a previous villager to leave.
In ACNH Bells, players can explore new worlds and explore new possibilities. In the crafting world, restarts can be a hassle.
When you start a new game, all of your items, DIY recipes, and Bells will be reset. However, while players can store some of their personal favorites on a friend's island in order to bring them over later, the majority of their previous progress will be lost. In order to gain access to and find DIY recipes such as Celeste's space and zodiac decorations, Golden Tools, and seasonal event decorations among many others, players can spend months gaining access to and finding them. Player backstocks of rare crafting materials such as golden ore will also be depleted as a result of this change. The ability to recover everything lost will be provided, but those who had access to a wide variety of options prior to the reset may find their creative freedom to be frustratingly limited.
Starting over can also be a setback during seasonal events, so players who want to ensure that they have access to specific tools or home upgrades for decorating will want to time their restarts early enough to ensure that they have everything they need for upcoming Animal Crossing content. Even though starting a new save in Animal Crossing Items can seem like a daunting task, for those who are eager to embark on new adventures, it may be the ideal way to re-energize their gaming sessions.