Animal Crossing’s Isao Moro Has Left Nintendo

i still don't think this will effect a Animal Crossing Switch Game.
but good luck to him on whatever he does though. i respect whatever he's doing next, and made Animal Crossing better than it was.

Animal Crossing and Madden are the two gaps in the Switch library that bother me the most.

Good luck in your endeavors.

As they used to say: one does not simply leave Nintendo. Sounds like something was up, to me...

@JHDK Animal Crossing I get but Madden? When was the last time Madden was released on a Nintendo Console, 2013? Seeing Madden on the Switch isn't happening. Least not anytime soon.

I hope he is leaving to follow other pursuits and not because of health problems or something like that. I also hope he wasn't forced out for some sketchy reason.

Animal Crossing is at the top of my list of wanted games on Switch. In fact it is my number 1 of game that hasn't received an official confirmation.

Hopefully this won't have a negative effect on the potential for a future Animal Crossing game on Switch.

Wish him the best on his future endeavors.

@JHDK - And when AC is finally released it will be Madden and F-Zero, or Madden and Paper Mario.

In the game industry. Nintendo has a slew of first parties people clamor for, so they will never win.

I'm about to leave Nintendo, too if they don't release a new AC.

I wonder if he wanted to try something new. Maybe have his own gaming studio.

Even tho I dont care for any of his games; I wish him the best of luck!

@Paraka i tried to play AC new leaf (first one i bought after generations of praise i heard online), but i just can't get into it. I'd rather grind in an RPG. I got to the point where i had to buy a bridge for some insane amount & after several days of catching bugs & selling them, turning in fossils, etc each week, i wasn't even half way. At that point, i gave up. I log on ever so often just to see if i was being unreasonable, & sell a few things after doing the same few activities, & confirm I made the right decision. I can't progress in what is the closest u get to a story until i pay for that bridge, so no point in going back for the same old things & not being able to progress, imho.

Maybe there's a way to make tons of money I don't know about, but i tried everything i could think of. Activities like fishing, catching bugs, selling fruit & flowers, decorating home & buying clothes if those stores have something u like on that day, are they what everyone goes back for? I like jrpgs, so grinding isn't usually an issue for me, but if that's all there is, it's just not for me, I guess.

Edit: Oh man, i miss paper mario, tho. I hated super paper mario on wii & missed splash since i didn't own a wii u, so I'd be happy with a port of splash, myself. I've played the 3ds game to tide me over, which i liked, but I didn't like the break from traditional jrpg where we had to gather the stickers for moves. I think splash uses the same system, but I hope they change that for the Switch iteration, though i doubt they will.

Well, I hope an Animal Crossing game is in development for Switch, because it's the perfect fit for it. Hopefully all's ok. With Mr. Moro and AC.

@JHDK I could care less for Madden (there's enough of the same game already) but Animal Crossing Switch needs to happen, it's one of Nintendo's greatest ips that only comes onto a single Nintendo system once, with the Wii U being nothing but a board game, we need something to make up for it.. something bigger and fresh then New leaf.

I hope this doesn’t mean that AC Switch is deconfirmed/going to be bad

After purchasing Mario Tennis Aces and being outraged with the content I got for 60 bucks I too left nintendo and got a Xbox1 XD C’mon nintendo deliver something decent this years don’t rest on Square Enix shoulders :3

@NinChocolate I wouldn't jump to any conclusions just yet. Assuming he isn't leaving for health reasons, or just to retire, he could be leaving to go small time with his own studio or at least a smaller one where he has more control. It's a current trend for big names, from large companies, striking out to do their own thing. It allows them more creative control than they'd get from large companies.

@Hobbesyall says left Nintendo and bought an XB1, but still here commenting about Nintendo. Makes perfect sense...Ok then.

I wouldn't be surprised if production has ended on AC for the Switch and Nintendo is just waiting for the right time to release it (I ain't getting any younger Ninty) so perhaps he's left his mark on the new game after all and feels it's time to move on. I don't know much about his influence, haven't even heard of him before now, so it's hard to say if I'll miss him or not.

@MarioBrax if you like the Original Animal Crossing (which he was not involve in, he only debugged the extended version of Animal Crossing e+ and than worked on CF, WW, and NL according to Nintendo Life). than a possible switch version will probably be Good.

@frogopus sounds about right. I'm sure most probably liked it for very similar reasons. I like the world, & it's very charming. Heck, i was oogling it for months before biting, as i couldn't resist anymore. Unfortunately, i haven't gotten to an island yet. I read lots mention it, but i suppose it's just after where I'm at. I paid off my house, but this bridge was like 20 times as much as my house. It was ridiculously expensive. I thought maybe timed events or something would come along to help earn. I never looked at a guide because that turns me off of any game, & i thought to myself that surely most people that love that game didn't have to look at a guide, so surely I'm just missing something, or as you mentioned, it would make sense if others lived in same village & could contribute. I figured the cost was high to force multiplayer of some sort, but that's just speculation on my part. I still was grinding away for a while & got the amount owed way down, but would still be weeks away of playing a couple hours a day at my rate, & I'd be doing that at the expense of playing other games in my eternal backlog, so i just gave up. Ill probably go back soon now that ive thought of it, but I don't expect it to be any different. I love the 3d, the visibly spherical world, & the charm, so i want to like it. I just think the time has passed since I have 3 times the backlog now that i did when i bought that game. Thanks for the reply & suggestions.

@twztid13 - Your post is the point I am getting at. The vast array of games and franchises Nintendo has fans for with a large sum is far more numerous than most third parties. So those yelling about no AC will be yelling about no F-Zero or Mario Golf down the line.

Nintendo has a vast array of good to top sellers that releasing anything on the Switch means they can never lose. However, they also won't release everything they have, so they never win.

"it's kinda sad but one of our residents is moving tomorrow"

That's still seventeen years at Nintendo, working under four different presidents!

I'm sure it's a very different company to be employed by now from what it was in 2001, with dear old Yamauchi at the wheel.

@Aozz101x given it's been the longest gap between games EVER, it sure will affect the next one!

@SpaceboyScreams no chance, there's no chance they already have it finished, because look at the major gaps between big games RIGHT NOW! If they had finished games they were sitting on, there would NOT be major gaps between big games.

Eh, that's how you know Nintendo has pushed the 3DS too far now, they waited so long that they've just lost one of the main contributors to the series, because instead of using the mobile app to push a Switch version, they used it to push more New Leaf copies. Sure, that helps the 3DS, but it's also on a $20 game on an $80 system, instead of selling $60 games on $300 systems. By the time the Switch one does come out the hype from the mobile app will be gone...

@pika677 you're right we won't know when they will announced an Animal Crossing Switch. could be years from now. but, Nintendo isn't gonna ignore on what succeeded since decades, it wouldn't be a smart move, Nintendo knows Animal Crossing will skyrocket sales, if it's not a spinoff.