Summary
Disney Dreamlight Valleycould get a solid upgrade if it takes a hint from one piece of DLC from theAnimal Crossingseries. There are already a decent number of parallels that can be drawn between the two games, from their family-friendly nature to their style of gameplay. However,Animal Crossingstill hasDisney Dreamlight Valleybeat in a few areas, partially due to how long the series has had to refine itself. One particular addition to the series is one thatDisney Dreamlight Valleycould benefit greatly from. The best part is that it may not require many gameplay tweaks.
As two of thecoziest games on the Nintendo Switch, it wouldn’t be a surprise ifDisney Dreamlight ValleyandAnimal Crossinghad an overlap in fanbases. Both games ultimately amount to players experiencing the life of their character in a village full of friendly inhabitants. The main difference is that one features a cast of adorable animals, while the other stars a list of memorable characters from Disney’s history.Disney Dreamlight Valleyalso has more storylines to keep track of compared toAnimal Crossing. Overall, it’s not hard to see mechanics that would be able to work in both games.
Animal Crossing’s Happy Home Paradise Could Also Work in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Happy Home Paradise Let Players Build New Homes for Villagers
One ofAnimal Crossing’s more ambitious additions so far isAnimal Crossing: New Horizons' Happy Home ParadiseDLC. Happy Home Paradise allowed players to design vacation homes for the game’s many villagers. This gave players a lot of leeway when it came to building the homes, so they could create a completely customized abode for the villager in question, potentially with more character than their usual homes.
Disney Dreamlight Valley Could Let Players Become the Valley’s Interior Designer
Disney Dreamlight Valleycould benefit from a feature similar to Happy Home Paradise. Whiledecorating the Valley inDisney Dreamlight Valleycan put the player’s personal touch on things, doing the same with other characters' homes could prove equally enthralling.Dreamlight Valleyplayers could give Buzz Lightyear a space-themed house, or a wintery cottage for Elsa. Depending on how many kinds of decorations and furniture come out in the game, players could create all sorts of new homes in their Valley.
It would be a good way to exercise creativity, giving players far more than their own home to rebuild and redecorate.
More Dreamlight Valley Homes To Work With Means More Opportunities
When it comes toupgrading the player’s house inDisney Dreamlight Valley, there is a lot that the player can do. However, no matter how much furniture and decorations players collect, they can’t put it all on display. There might not be room for some, or it may not fit their house’s theme. Decorating other characters' houses could fix this, by giving players many more canvasses to decorate. That kind of feature could let players design an entire neighborhood with a variety of themes.
Disney Dreamlight Valleycan still grow with a little bit of inspiration fromAnimal Crossing, especially the Happy Home Paradise DLC. Everything good about the ability tochange the player’s house inDisney Dreamlight Valleycould be amplified by extending it to other characters' homes as well. Giving players more opportunities to decorate will give them a better chance to put their creativity to full use. While there are too many possibilities for one house inDisney Dreamlight Valley, taking a few hints from Happy Home Paradise could let players transform the whole Valley.
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Disney Dreamlight Valley is a hybrid between a life-sim and an adventure game rich with quests, exploration, and engaging activities featuring Disney and Pixar friends, both old and new.Once an idyllic land, Dreamlight Valley was a place where Disney and Pixar characters lived in harmony—until the Forgetting. Night Thorns grew across the land and severed the wonderful memories tied to this magical place. With nowhere else to go, the hopeless inhabitants of Dreamlight Valley retreated behind locked doors in the Dream Castle.Now it’s up to you to discover the stories of this world and bring the magic back to Dreamlight Valley.Free the Dream Castle from the insidious grip of the Forgetting, and unlock the unique Realms of well-loved Disney and Pixar characters, including great queens and kings such as Anna and Simba. Each Realm contains unique challenges with puzzles to solve in the quest to bring friendship back to the Valley.You’ll start your adventure in the Valley, but your journey will take you to infinity… and beyond! Explore what lurks in the Forest of Valor and brave the deepest caverns as you take on challenges from iconic Disney and Pixar heroes and villains. Who knows who—or what—you might discover.
