Summary
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis a paradise for anybody who enjoys a game where collecting items plays a large role in the gameplay. However, those who have only started playing the games withNew Horizonsmight not realize how many items that didn’t make it into the game but were featured in previous titles. If the fruits from past games were included,the islands inNew Horizonscould’ve been even more colorful and varied.
Animal Crossing: New Leaffeatures items that never ended up being added to its successor:New Horizons. While it’s not uncommon for items to be featured in one game from a series, but not another game from the same series, these items would be fitting to keep including inAnimal Crossinggames. As a result, it seems strange thatNew Horizonsdidn’t have the items at launch, and then never added them in later either.
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The Missing Fruit Trees From Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Perfect For Island Life
There are quite a few fruits that didn’t appear inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, but were inNew Leaf. These absent fruits includebanana, durian, lemon, lychee, mango, and persimmon. Even the perfect fruit fromNew Leafended up being absent fromNew Horizonstree orchardoptions. However, all the missing fruits would’ve been perfect forNew Horizonsand its island setup, so it seems unusual that so many options ended up being excluded.
In a thread byThe_Kyojuro_Rengokuon Reddit that points out the missing fruit trees fromNew Leaf, other players lament that these fruits weren’t included and mention that they would be great for their individual islands. Additionally, players also mention adesire to have berry bushes in future games, such as blueberry, raspberry, and blackberry. Considering that growing crops, collecting items, and decorating locations are a big part of the series, adding more fruit trees and berry bushes makes sense.
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Of course, these fruits are far from the only items that appeared in previous games, only to be absent inNew Horizons. Instead, it looks like a lot of past content got cut in favor of making the game easier or more approachable for players. There’s no official answer as to why these cuts were made, but it makes the game feel off to players who experienced older titles in the series, especially since a lot of the cut content could add aesthetic value to the islands.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Made A Lot Of Cuts
Items And Features That Weren’t Added
Since the release ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, there have been updates that add more content and fix bugs and issues. However, quite a bit ofcontent that was in previous games continues to be missing, and it doesn’t seem like there’s any intention to add those items, including the fruit trees. There are also features that are missing, and their absence makes the villagers feel cold, like the lack of spontaneous house visits and the removal of some villagers in the game, like Shampoodle or Dr. Shrunk.
Now,New Horizonsdoesn’t have villagers visiting the player’s house at random, and they never even ask to come over. There’s also no fortune-telling, which used to be done by Katrina, and that would decide if the player would have good luck and have the chance to find valuable items or if they had bad luck and would come across junk or trip while walking. Other locations that ended up cut include the police station and post office, which put multiple characters out of work, and the café is now part of the museum instead of its own building, where players could work part-time in the past.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizonsgave players a way to interact with each other and escape from reality when it was needed the most, and lockdowns kept people isolated. However, when compared to past games from the series, there’s still a chunk of content — including items, locations, features, and villagers — that was never added, and no reasons as to why were given. Since items like the missing fruit trees could add color to a player’s residence and be used for new crafting recipes, the most that players can ask for now is that these items will appear in the game that ends up followingAnimal Crossing: New Horizons.
