How many mainline Zelda vents do we have? Nintendo is very cautious about releasing 1st party vents for Animal Crossing Bells some reason, even the Mario vents had a limited time purchase window, for no reason at all. When a console is brand-new, ports are a necessary crutch, except it's not new anymore, it's been more than 3 years.

My point was that the 3 Mario vents had great gameplay, but they didn't outshine the most recent iteration, Mario Odyssey, and all games still seem great in their own way.

In the case of Animal Crossing, New Leaf makes New Horizons seem like a worse game because attributes were stripped and gradually distrbuted in updates over years.

If New Horizons is the only AC game you have played (That is true for Buy Nook Miles Ticket many, according to the subreddit flourish since COVID), and if you unexpectedly got to experience New Leaf on Switch, you would be shocked to find the match has more developed features than the current iteration.