Animal Crossing: New Horizons has its own page.
- In the original game, in order to change the tool you're using, you have to open up the inventory screen and manually unequip and re-equip your equipment. Later games allow you to quickly switch between tools by using the D-Pad.
- Also in Wild World and City Folk, watering all of your flowers can be difficult if you have a lot and can easily lose track of which you've already watered; the later games have flowers sparkle after they've been watered.
- Again in the original game, fruit isn't stackable. Since you can harvest a lot of fruit at once, this means that you'll be making a lot of trips to and from the shop. Later games allow you to have up to 9 pieces of fruit in one slot.
- During the Forced Tutorial in the original game where you are forced to work for Tom Nook, you are not allowed to buy anything from him until he lays you off. Normally Nook changes his stock every day, but if your shift as his employee runs past his closing time, he will still have the same stock the next day: this means you won't be locked out of being able to buy whichever piece of furniture was available that first day.
- Three of the four town ordinances in New Leaf are anti-frustration features, allowing the player to slightly modify the game in order to make it more convenient for them (note that you can only have one ordinance in effect at a time, to prevent the game from becoming completely broken):
- The "Keep Your Town Beautiful" ordinance makes your town "decay" more slowly when it's not being played (flowers don't wilt, weeds appear less often, no cockroaches, etc.), lessening the pressure to Play Every Day.
- The "Early Bird" ordinance has stores open and villagers wake up earlier (e.g., Re-Tail opens at 6 AM instead of 9 AM) for players who can only play or who prefer to play early in the morning.
- The "Night Owl" ordinance has stores close and villagers go to bed later (e.g., Re-Tail closes at 2 AM instead of 11 PM) for players who can only play or who prefer to play late at night.
- The "Bell Boom" ordinance is the only one which doesn't fall into this category; it increases buying and selling prices by 20%, allowing a player to make more Bells more quickly.
