Thats not how software development works. They needed to make the vast majority of the game from the Animal Crossing Bells bottom up. Developers weren't spending time removing attributes, they were spending time adding attributes.

The team that really does AC did Splatoon and Splatoon 2, and also updated New Leaf using the welcome amiibo upgrade which was substantial.

Yes, I pointed out the Splatoon item. And I think you are misunderstanding my remark. I didn't suggest they did nothing but develop NH for seven decades. That is obviously obviously dependent on the finished product. I had been somewhat making the opposite statement actually. That it's weird that the game feels half baked given they had 7 years between titles, even with a number of the team on other projects.

I really like NH but it's the first animal crossing game I have beaten regarding paying off my home - before we even got to autumn.

Now money is futile so the loop is broken.

I haven't loaded it up in ~4 months and whenever I think about it I don't really know what I'd accomplish in it.

Fossils are done (that's a first also ).

When cash is meaningless - what else is there to chase on the daily?

Boot up, see whether Redd is in, see if any rare bugs are outside / fish for this time.

If not - go speak to a creature that states 3 things complete over and over and over again (sadly).

Here's hoping for purposeful investments for Bells in a future update. I didn't even mistreat the Turnips like the others did.

I'ts unreal how hard a cheap Animal Crossing Items few things are.