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i don’t understand why people feel the need to charge bells/NMT in order for people to come visit their island when celeste is there/a villager is crafting/there’s cool stuff at the shops??

don’t get me wrong, i COMPLETELY get where people are coming from when it comes to turnip selling. it’s only fair to leave some kind of tip when you’re walking away with a million bells and taking up a fair amount of someone’s time when they have other people queued up to sell turnips.

but charging 25k bells just for me to come buy some roses or to quickly talk to celeste? for a simple item or diy recipe? that seems a little… i don’t know, not in the spirit of the game? to me, animal crossing is all about sharing when you’re able and helping out people if they’re looking for something to add to their own island. like, some people may not have the bells to gain entry to your island! what if that player is young and they want to visit people’s islands to shop around and have some fun, but to their dismay they don’t have enough NMT to get in? 

yeah, sure, letting a bunch of people in to talk to celeste or shop or craft takes up a lot of time too, but you’re not walking away with a HUGE profit of millions and millions of bells. it’s just a recipe, or a shopping trip. visiting other people’s islands is supposed to be FUN. it’s fine to ask for tips if other players are ABLE to give them, but making them required for entry just seems kinda whack to me.

it just makes me really sad that a good portion of the fun, spirit, and accessibility of animal crossing can be taken away by people who ask for entry fees for EVERYTHING.