History YMMV / AnimalCrossingPocketCamp

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Seeing as how there are only a fraction of villagers available compared to the main games, these reactions were inevitable. Particularly, there has been some minor outcry over the absences of long-time [[{{EnsembleDarkhorse}} Ensemble Darkhorses]] such as [[{{CuteKitten}} Bob]], [[{{NightmareFace}} Coco]], and ''any'' of the octopus characters, among others. While updates occasionally introduce more animals to befriend, the continued absence of the rest of them are felt, especially since game mechanics as they are now would make it difficult to unlock and befriend hundreds of animals (considering all newely-introduced villagers now must be unlocked through a combination of Gulliver and Blathers' respective services).

** During Gyrodite events, Shovelstrike Quarry will most commonly offer Gyrodites as a reward, and, on most days, will make Gyrodites the only reward available for that day for each 12-hour period. However, with no warning, the game can replace the Gyrodites with a different random crafting material in the afternoon, and if you're unable to gather up enough invites in the morning to enter before the rewards shift (and don't use Leaf Tickets to enter freely), the invites are effectively wasted and you have to wait till the next day to attempt to gather more.

** During Gyrodite events, Shovelstrike Quarry will most commonly offer Gyrodites as a reward, and, on most days, will make Gyrodites the only reward available for that day for each 12-hour period. However, it can replace the Gyrodites with a random crafting material in the afternoon, and if you're unable to gather up enough invites in the morning to enter before the rewards shift (and don't use Leaf Tickets to enter freely), the invites are effectively wasted and you have to wait till the next day to attempt to gather more.

** During Gyrodite events, Shovelstrike Quarry will most commonly offer Gyrodites as a reward, and, on most days, will make Gyrodites the only reward available for that day for each 12-hour period. However, it can replace the Gyrodites with another random crafting material in the afternoon, and if you're unable to gather up enough invites to enter before the rewards shift (and don't use Leaf Tickets to enter freely), you're denied a hefty stock of 30+ Gyrodites for that day.

** The change from collecting special crafting materials from villagers to instead finding them in the overworld during monthly Gyrodite events.

** In 2018, ''Pocket Camp'' introduced the Eevee set. This won’t be the only time [[Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon Pokémon crosses over with Animal Crossing]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** After the negative reception of Rover's Garden Safari regarding the bad RNG, the developers decided to raise the spawn/catch rates (depending on the creature type) for Lottie's Gothic Rose Festival, a later event of a similar type. For comparison, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ACPocketCamp/comments/7tkvb2/found_this_on_twitter/dtdmxhh/ this is the data from the former]], while [[https://imgur.com/ADrieR3 this is for the latter]]. Not to mention, they've made all seasonal flowers for the Rose Festival grow in three hours, so players that don't have time to play every cycle won't need to worry about wilting, and reduced the number of catches required for rewards, reducing the difficulty (and frustration) compared to the first flower event. All garden events since then have kept the fairly high encounter rate for creatures, with some having them boosted further as noted by an "Appearance rates boosted" tag.
** For those who complained that Lottie's event made the garden event [[ItsEasySoItSucks too easy]], the developers re-raised the catches required to get the rewards. For those who get overwhelmed by the raised number of creatures required to get items, the flower trade offers more items to claim by simply exchanging the seasonal flowers, allowing quick OneHundredPercentCompletion of the event catalog-wise.
** Fishing Tourney #5 caught some flak for making the final original gift randomized among duplicates, causing players to force themselves to spend Leaf Tickets to either rent the Golden Rod or use tourney nets to get it. For Tourney #6, the duplicates are still present-- but they're only given out after all original items have been claimed, allowing players to either finish with all the items or continue if they wanted more.
** After complaints about stamp cards (and the copious amounts of Leaf Tickets needed to fill them out) being the only way to get reissued items, a Spring 2019 update introduced Reissue Orbs, which can be used as material to craft them. The only downside is the large Bell and Essence sums to make them, but this is mitigated by the frequent Bells and Buncha Bells maps given out by villagers.
** The rework to Gulliver's ship on September 2019 was met with much criticism, as it turned what was originally a sink for excess furniture and clothing into another grind that required specific items. Just two months later, the system was modified that any item can be used in a shipment, bringing back its original purpose.

** The concept of Nook being a money-grubber was taken UpToEleven when it was revealed that this game would feature microtransactions, and that Nook was the one in charge of them in-game. Jokes about Nook being greedy enough to come out of the game and take players' real money sprung up near-instantaneously. It only got worse with how there's an in-game picture of Tom Nook [[PooledFunds bathing in money]].

* FridgeHorror: There was an event where the player could catch the [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} squid and octopus forms of Inklings and Octolings]] and show them to Chip, who would then talk about them much the same way he would other fish. You heard me right: Chip wants to [[ImAHumanitarian eat the sentient, civilized]] [[WouldHurtAChild Inklings and Octolings]].

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Despite not being any different from other ''Animal Crossing'' games aesthetic-wise, some players still complain about having too much "cutesy" content (emphasis on "cute"-based or "hip"-based content, especially events) in this game. The "hip" theme, represented by the color orange and a mushroom, gets this the most due to its overly whimsical, sugary (yet trippy) J-Pop-esque theme.

** In 2018, ''Pocket Camp'' introduced the Eevee set. This isn't the only time [[Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon Pokémon crosses over with Animal Crossing again]].

** Some Happy Homeroom Academy rooms require items bought at the Market Place, which is completely random on what is stocked and available for purchase from the appeal vendors and Tommy and Timmy Nook. Other event HHA rooms, disregarding the rooms themed around a specific premium cookie, require items won from generic Fortune Cookies to pass with perfect scores, which are also completely random.

** Players can only request help for entering Shovelstrike Quarry one player at a time, which received a lot of flak for being frustrating and unnecessarily time-consuming. Fortunately, the developers announced an update where players would be able to request help from multiple players at once.

** For the duration of all three major events in a month, the Happy Homeroom Academy will open up an event room with three difficulty tiers that must be completed from easiest to hardest. In the Garden and Fishing Tourney rooms, they all can be completed fully by acquiring every event item/furniture at least once. Moreso, the items needed for all the HHA rooms of an event can be earned for free with very minimal, if any, Leaf Tickets, provided the player has friends to assist during the Garden Event and fishes often during the Fishing Tourney. This is not the case for Gyrodite event rooms, in which the third and final room, ontop of needing everything available with the respective Gyrodite will require purchasing one, or sometimes even more than one of, the premium Leaf Ticket items to get the highest score. The premium items are not cheap either, running at least above 100 Leaf Tickets. You can still pass this room with a three-star rating, however, if you happen to own an item that triggers "Good Eye!".

** When engaging in normal conversations with the animals, they will remind the player to check Isabelle's Beginner's Guide routinely, even if the player does not need it. Similarly, they will share other beginner's advice such as "make sure you craft lots of furniture", "go to OK Motors to expand your camper", or "remember to check the Market Box for items".

** For the duration of all three major events in a month, the Happy Homeroom Academy will open up an event room with three difficulty tiers that must be completed from easiest to hardest. In the Garden and Fishing Tourney rooms, they all can be completed fully by acquiring every event item/furniture at least once. Moreso, the items needed for all the HHA rooms of an event can be earned for free with very minimal, if any, Leaf Tickets, provided the player has friends to assist during the Garden Event and fishes often during the Fishing Tourney. This is not the case for Gyrodite event rooms, in which the third and final room, ontop of needing everything available with the respective Gyrodite will require purchasing one of the premium Leaf Ticket items to get the highest score- said item runs at least above 100 Leaf Tickets. You can still pass this room with a three-star rating, however, if you happen to own an item that triggers "Good Eye!".

** During garden events, the game will occasionally flash a "recommendation" on how to use Flower Food or Lloid's Guaranteed Catch before going on to shill "Leaf Ticket packs with Flower Food are on sale!" and "Use Leaf Tickets to guarantee a catch!" respectively. Similarly, fishing tournaments can flash a hint on the Large Tourney throw nets (which also costs Leaf Tickets to use) if you fail to reach a size goal with the haul of fish you give to the host.

** Every event, the Happy Homeroom will open up an event room with three difficulty tiers that must be completed from easiest to hardest. In the Garden and Fishing Tourney rooms, they all can be completed fully by acquiring every event item/furniture at least once. This is not the case for Gyrodite event rooms, in which the third and final room, ontop of needing everything available with the respective Gyrodite will require purchasing one of the premium Leaf Ticket items to get the highest score- said item runs at least above 100 Leaf Tickets. You can still pass this room with a three-star rating, however, if you happen to own an item that triggers "Good Eye!".

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2FSwTy2lw No one's around to help.]][[note]]The video displays the error message a player sees when they attempt to get help accessing the quarry, alongside a Blender animation of Bob by Geibuchan that'd been popular within the community for ages and with a {{vaporwave}} remix of the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'' main theme in the background. Curiously, this meme is also shared with tow other games; ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMeWnLUH4A8 a version based on that game]] was also made, and later became an AscendedMeme in the latter's "Seal the Deal" DLC, while ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/paladins_gamepedia/images/9/95/Moji_Emote_There_is_No_Reason_to_be_Upset.webm released an emote]] that references the meme for Moji.[[/note]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2FSwTy2lw No one's around to help.]][[note]]The video displays the error message a player sees when they attempt to get help accessing the quarry, alongside a Blender animation of Bob by Geibuchan that'd been popular within the community for ages and with a {{vaporwave}} remix of the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'' main theme in the background. Curiously, this meme is also shared with tow other games; ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMeWnLUH4A8 a version based on that game]] was also made, and later became an AscendedMeme in the latter's "Seal the Deal" DLC, while ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' has an emote also based on the meme for Moji.[[/note]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2FSwTy2lw No one's around to help.]][[note]]The video displays the error message a player sees when they attempt to get help accessing the quarry, alongside a Blender animation of Bob by Geibuchan that'd been popular within the community for ages and with a {{vaporwave}} remix of the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'' main theme in the background. Curiously, this meme is also shared with tow other games; ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMeWnLUH4A8 a version based on that game]] was also made, and later became an AscendedMeme in the latter's "Seal the Deal" DLC, while ''VideoGame/Paladins'' has an emote also based on the meme for Moji.[[/note]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2FSwTy2lw No one's around to help.]][[note]]The video displays the error message a player sees when they attempt to get help accessing the quarry, alongside a Blender animation of Bob by Geibuchan that'd been popular within the community for ages and with a {{vaporwave}} remix of the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'' main theme in the background. Curiously, this meme is also shared with ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMeWnLUH4A8 a version based on that game]] was also made, and later became an AscendedMeme in the latter's "Seal the Deal" DLC.[[/note]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2FSwTy2lw No one's around to help.]][[note]]The video displays the error message a player sees when they attempt to get help accessing the quarry, alongside a Blender animation of Bob that'd been popular within the community for ages and with a {{vaporwave}} remix of the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'' main theme in the background. Curiously, this meme is also shared with ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMeWnLUH4A8 a version based on that game]] was also made, and later became an AscendedMeme in the latter's "Seal the Deal" DLC.[[/note]]