Animal Crossing's 3.0 Update Just Killed Existing Hotel Businesses
GameSpot • • technology
Key Points:
- The Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update introduced an official hotel on every island's pier, rendering many player-made hotels obsolete and leading some players to dismantle their custom creations.
- Player-made hotels were popular despite lacking functional infrastructure, relying on creative terraforming and visual illusions to simulate multi-room resorts and cityscapes.
- The new official hotel has a fixed location and design, limiting player customization of the structure itself, but players have adapted by creatively decorating the surrounding pier area to personalize their hotels.
- This update highlights the ongoing balance between Nintendo’s imposed game boundaries and the community’s inventive efforts to customize and personalize their islands.
- Although player-made hotels are declining, the creativity and spirit behind them persist,
