History VideoGame / AnimalCrossingPocketCamp

%%*** If that weren’t enough, the developers also seemingly took this chance to cut off the few free sources of leaf tickets players had, replacing several former leaf ticket rewards for the Tourney’s accompanying event goals with much more easily obtained [[VendorTrash treats]] and [[TwentyBearAsses the ludicrous amount of fish]] needed complete the remaining goals that ''did'' still give leaf tickets. [[note]]45 of each of the three common, non-event fish, to be exact[[/note]]

** Nat the Chameleon, who was the mainline games host for the Bug Off during the months of June, July, August, and September, is completely absent from this game, leaving Chip free to host fishing tournaments all year 'round.
** Franklin the Turkey. His chance to host a Garden Event is usurped by Isabelle's Anniversary Garden Events every November. He did get to make a surprise return on October 30, 2021 to host the Harvest Festival Garden Event.

** Franklin the Turkey. His chance to host a Garden Event is usurped by Isabelle's Anniversary Garden Events every November.

* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Inverted. The Choco-Mint Gyrodite event used Carmen (a brown and mint green bunny villager) as the representative for the corresponding Happy Homeroom missions.

** Franklin the Rooster. His chance to host a Garden Event is usurped by Isabelle's Anniversary Garden Events every November.

** The Flower Festival event. The method of obtaining seeds is definitely changed-- cross-polinating is finally allowed-- but it's also the ''only'' way to get the rarer kinds of seeds, and trading in the flowers is the only way to get the items rather than catching rare creatures. The mission then becomes to both budget your seeds so you have enough flowers to trade for the items, then hope the flowers you don't save create the rare seed you need when you cross-polinate.

*** After the garden event comes the Gyrodite Scavenger Hunt, which lasts between six to twelve days. Gyrodites spawn at the various locations and you have to scoop up as many of them as you can and craft limited-time furniture using them. Rarely, the Gyrodites are replaced with other objects, such as clams, mushrooms, eggs, or candy.

** When talking to animals at the campsite, one or two of them may decide to give the player a gift. One of these is a stash of materials and event items (fish and Gyrodites should the player talk to them during the respective events), including the hard to obtain Essences, the other is a shockingly low number of Bells (either 500 or 2,500). With Bells being easy to obtain through playing the game normally, that second reward can feel worthless if you've played for long enough and stockpiled thousands if not millions of Bells, especially with many other elements in the game that result in bigger payouts of Bells present and accounted for.

* TemporaryOnlineContent: The Catalog feature is a completionist's nightmare due to including limited-time items, [[LuckBasedMission fortune cookie items]], [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs limited-time fortune cookie items]], and event-exclusive stuff, but those problems are ''somewhat'' mitigated by the newly-introduced reissue events ("somewhat" because those are still time-limited). Adding onto this, two of the unique OK Motors clothing items are only available through the [=MyNintendo=] Points system, which requires linking the game to a Nintendo account. Still not too bad, since the link is required for data backups/transfer... but if the account is accidentally unlinked after purchasing those items, then not only will you reset the progress, you will ''never'' be able to get these items again unless you link a ''different'' account, [[UnwinnableByMistake rendering the Catalog permanently uncompletable]]. It's also possible to sell limited items to Gulliver.

In contrast to the main series where you are a villager or mayor managing a village, in ''Pocket Camp'' you are in charge of a campsite. Similar to the main games. you can customize your character, decorate the campgrounds, fish, and interact with camp visitors. The game takes note from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingHappyHomeDesigner'' with such features as being able to choose your character's skin tone and placing furniture using touch controls (a feature that was also implemented into the ''Welcome amiibo'' update of ''New Leaf'').

* AutoSave: The game handles the player's progress this way and for a while, it was the only ''Animal Crossing'' game to do this until ''VideoGame/NewHorizons''.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: The clothing options are the same as they are in ''New Leaf'', so males can wear dresses and skirts and females can wear pants and shorts, among other things. However, unlike in ''New Leaf'', hairstyles are gender-specific (though it's easy enough to change genders whenever you want).

** When monthly Seasonal Events were implemented in November 2018, the Fishing Tournament became this. Originally lasting a whole week, it now lasts only approximately five days before Chip packs up the event, putting far more focus on the arguably more difficult Garden and (to a lesser extent) Gyrodite events which in comparison last ten and six-plus days respectively out of the entire monthly event. Only rarely will the Fishing Tourney last an entire week, and in this case it only happens during special events, such as for ''Splatoon'', [=Mar10=] Day, and Halloween.

* UndergroundMonkey: Fishing Tourneys normally feature real-life fish and the one-off fictional creature (such as during the ''Franchise/SuperMario'' crossover event). Some Fishing Tourneys, however, feature normal fish retrofitted with unnatural palette swaps such as the Gold Horse Mackerel (November 2018), the Platinum Black Bass (November 2019), the Honey Sea Horse (February 2020), and the White Butterfly Koi (June 2020). Other times, the Fishing Tourney is based around one type of fish (June 2019's Moon Jellyfish, October 2019's Bonefish, December 2019's Starfish, and April 2020's Eggler Fish) available in three different sizes and each size represented with a different colorization.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the main series games, the Walking Stick simply disappears if the player spooks it, as most stick bugs (including the one featured in the series proper) are incapable of flight. In ''Pocket Camp'', the Walking Stick flies away with a loud buzzing sound when startled, despite not showing any wings or other change to its appearance.

* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Inverted. The Choco-Mint event used Carmen (a brown and mint green bunny villager) as the representative for the corresponding Happy Homeroom missions.

** The fishing and bug catching mechanics are much easier than in the mainline ''Animal Crossing games'' one way or another. When fishing, fish will never tap the lure more than twice before biting, and they are much more quick and smart at targeting the player's lure. Insects, meanwhile, no longer require aiming the net as the player's character will aim automatically- the only command requiring the player's input is when to swing.

** At the end of every gardening event, the NPC host will either ask for or blatantly demand the special flowers and any Rare Creatures you still have on hand. They repay you in a small payout of bells.
** Catch enough fish during the Fishing Tourney without cashing them in to Chip (or Jack) and they will eventually force-take your current haul of Turney fish to cash in. The first successful catch you make is always cashed in immediately to obtain the Wood Trophy.

* NoCartoonFish: Fish are depicted realistically and eaten by both the player and the camp visitors.

** Nat the Chameleon, whom in the mainline games hosts the Bug Off during the months of June, July, August, and September, is completely absent from this game, leaving Chip free to host fishing tournaments all year 'round.

* AutoSave: Unlike the main games, this game handles the player's progress this way.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The app is free, but you can buy Leaf Tickets with real money. Leaf Tickets are used to speed up crafting furniture and amenities as well as obtaining items like Throw Nets and Honey (which makes catching fish and bugs easier), or items used in crafting. You can also obtain Leaf Tickets and certain items by accomplishing various tasks so it is possible to get by without paying a single real-world dime.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome

** At the end of every gardening event, the NPC host will either ask for or blatantly demand the special flowers and any Rare Creatures you still have on hand. They repay you in bells.

** When late September 2019 rolled around and everyone was wrapping up collecting Truffles, he wasted no time in hijacking the app and filling it with Halloween imagery. The initial load screen has his face and several spooky objects plastered on it, the Friends list is now decorated with a dark interference, and the Events tab shows and is introduced by Jack instead of Isabelle. The push notifications are also re-written as if they were stated by Jack himself, complete with pumpkin emoji.

** After a Garden event, the host takes all the flowers and Creatures associated with said event and sends you a "gift" in your Mailbox. Said gift is a very small sum of Bells, regardless of how far you made it through the event.

** In 2018, after wrapping up the Gardening event of October, he hijacks Chip's fishing tournament a few days later to host his own, complete with candy fish. He would return to hijack 2019's October fishing tournament with spooky Halloween-themed fish.
** When late September 2019 rolled around and everyone was wrapping up collecting Truffles, he wasted no time in hijacking the app and filling it with Halloween imagery. The initial load screen now has his face and several spooky objects plastered on it, the Friends list is now decorated with a dark interference, and the Events tab shows and is introduced by Jack instead of Isabelle. The push notifications are also re-written as if they were stated by Jack himself, complete with pumpkin emoji.

* IdleAnimation: All the animal characters, and your avatar, continuously bobble their heads back and forth while bouncing on their toes. While this adds life to the scene, if you have a bunch of animal characters seated in a line, you'll notice they all do this in sync, which verges on {{Uncanny Valley}} territory.

* UndesirablePrize: When talking to animals at the campsite, one or two of them may decide to give the player a gift. One of these is a stash of materials and event items (fish and Gyrodites should the player talk to them during the respective events), including the hard to obtain Essences, the other is a shockingly low number of Bells (either 500 or 2,500). With Bells being easy to obtain through playing the game normally, that second reward can feel worthless if you've played for long enough and stockpiled thousands if not millions of Bells, especially with many other elements in the game that result in bigger payouts of Bells present and accounted for.

** Nat the chameleon, whom in the mainline games hosts the Bug Off during the months of June, July, August, and September, is completely absent from this game, leaving Chip free to host fishing tournaments all year 'round.

** Franklin the Rooster. His chance to host a Garden Event is usurped by Isabelle's [[MilestoneCelebration Anniversary Garden Events]] every November.