One of the more controversial features to hit Animal Crossing could end up being put to good use in the next game. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is already a fairly unusual title in the series, being a mobile title that puts the player in charge of a campsite rather than a town. Despite that, it still has the same charm that players can see throughout the rest of the Animal Crossing series. Naturally, it has a few quirks of its own as well. One idea that didn’t go over so well the first time could get a dramatic reevaluation.
The recent news surrounding Animal Crossing has given fans plenty of reason to have renewed faith in the series. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete should assuage fears that players had of losing their Pocket Camp campsites once that game’s service shuts down, albeit with a price tag. In addition, further Animal Crossing LEGO sets planned for release in 2025 point towards that particular crossover being a rousing success. Animal Crossing has become one of Nintendo’s more successful franchises; it’s not as big of a name as Mario or The Legend of Zelda, but it has established itself as a consistent performer across several consoles.
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Animal Crossing’s Fortune Cookies Could Return in a Better Form
Fortune Cookies Were Animal Crossing’s Version of a Gacha System
One surprising feature of Animal Crossing: New Leaf that also appeared in Pocket Camp was the fortune cookie mechanic. Fortune cookies could be bought with Play Coins in New Leaf or Bells in Pocket Camp. The fortune cookies were the game’s equivalent of a gacha system, granting a random reward from a list. While they could give the player rare items, there were two major caveats. New Leaf‘s cookies could have a bad fortune, giving the player a random non-exclusive item instead. In addition, having to pay for the cookies makes the random nature of the received item a notable downside.
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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
has had several limited-edition fortune cookies that feature rewards from a specific set of items.
Animal Crossing Can Turn Fortune Cookies Into Valuable Rewards
Fortune cookies could be revamped into an excellent feature for the next Animal Crossing. Since fortune cookies have random contents, perhaps they could be given as rewards rather than bought. For example, players could have a list of tasks each day, and finishing them all could reward a fortune cookie. Likewise, they could be given out as prizes from various events, such as fishing contests or bug-catching contests. The random nature of the fortune cookies could be counteracted by making them more affordable and accessible. Turning them into rewards would be a much better way to utilize them than making players buy them.
Fortune Cookies Can Grant More Crossover Items in Animal Crossing
New Leaf‘s fortune cookies also laid the foundation to create more crossovers for Animal Crossing. Many of the items that players could get from New Leaf‘s fortune cookies were inspired by various Nintendo franchises, from Super Mario to F-Zero. Fortune cookies in the next Animal Crossing could expand on this, bringing items and pieces of clothing from more Nintendo franchises as potential fortune cookie rewards. With this approach, Nintendo’s other franchises could get plenty of love from Animal Crossing, and players would get a world of new decorating opportunities.
While fortune cookies were a controversial concept, they could be made into a major asset if they’re separated from their microtransaction roots. Now that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is wrapped up, the next game will need to be an impressive follow-up. A revitalized version of fortune cookies could actually be a strong addition to Animal Crossing‘s next installment. Between acting as a reward for players to strive for and unlocking more crossover content, they could definitely have a worthy purpose. Emphasizing the positive aspects of the fortune cookies could turn them into an excellent Animal Crossing mechanic.
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