Animal Crossing Fans Are Ecstatic That One Major Feature Was Removed In New Horizons

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The franchise has many beloved features, but fans are thrilled that one particular aspect never made it into . The series is known for its cute playable characters and memorable animal villagers. The game is also beloved by many for being a relaxing and cozy island decorating experience. That said, there's one feature of the older games that fans agree was more stressful than cozy.

Fellow players agree wholeheartedly with user Scorbunny_Ear, who pointed out in a post that "" In and the grass had a realistic mechanic that saw it deteriorate as more players walked across it. This meant that walking the same path often enough would result in worn-down grass-free dirt paths.

Scorbunny_Ear shared a screenshot from one of the earlier games showing a completely barren island, devoid of grass and looking worse for wear. The cute bunny-hooded and ballooned character shown standing on the brown ground seems out of place with its cheeriness on the grass-free island. The Redditor also mentions in their post thatit was very difficult to get lost grass to regrow without using save editors or cheats.

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Longtime players agree that the feature was "" as sumemodude puts it. They go on to add thatthe feature was made even worse by the fact that villagers could also damage the grass when they walked over it, so players had no way to avoid the deterioration, even if they walked in carefully planned paths. Despite their best efforts, sumemodude couldn't manage to get the grass to fully grow back, even three years later.

Even though grass deterioration is a small feature that didn't seem to affect much in terms of gameplay, it bothered many fans. In a game that's all about decorating and designing your own space,it can be incredibly jarring to have so little control over such a fundamentally visual part of the area. Like many others in the comments,