The Animal Crossing game series has an opportunity to give players a new type of habitat to maintain with its next installment. In the past, the series has allowed players to manage villages and even a deserted island, but it's time for something new. The possibilities are endless regarding what and where the player can develop.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons gave Animal Crossing players a chance to move to a deserted island and develop it for the business-savvy Tom Nook. Along with the deserted island in New Horizons, players have also helped develop towns and even a campsite. With no more updates expected for New Horizons, fans are now looking forward to what may come in the next installment of the series.

Related: Animal Crossing: New Horizons DLC That Should've Happened - But Didn't

With Animal Crossing's Tom Nook and his employees having an ever-growing desire to make some bells, there are many opportunities for him to branch out in the next installment of Animal Crossing. It is time to move on from the standard villagers and towns that Animal Crossing players are familiar with. As long as the adorable anthropomorphic villagers and a bunch of cute furniture are present, players will feel right at home at any place or time that Tom Nook puts them.

The Next Animal Crossing Setting Needs To Be Something Completely Different

 

Animal Crossing fans deserve something new and different for the next iteration of the series. A game that lets players choose a time period for their village to be set in would be a fun twist on the series. Animal Crossing could copy Pokémon: Legends Arceus, traveling to the past and having a medieval-themed setting, becoming king or queen instead of a mayor or resident representative. Players could also explore the future with a city-type development.

Having a new setting in the next Animal Crossing game would also give players something new to look forward to, especially if it is something that requires a bit more strategy. Players could need to manage a space station or an underwater colony, assigning villagers jobs and exploring new areas. Or to keep things a bit more casual, the next game could be set on a snowy mountaintop or in a dry desert. A new setting would also give players an opportunity to fill up the museum with different fossils, bugs, fish, and even other critters, making the Animal Crossing museum more meaningful and educational.

There are many ways that Nintendo can give Animal Crossing players something new besides islands and villages. This would help renew interest in the game and even bring in new players who may not have been interested in creating a small town village or a deserted island. Hopefully, the next installment of the Animal Crossing series will give fans something new to look forward to.

Next: Animal Crossing's Next Game Must Have A Better Brewster's Roost