@twinspin6 personally, i see animal crossing as this little life sim that's just meant to be some easy fun
you decorate your house, you interact with the wacky characters, you catch bugs and fish
its build around all those little "relaxing" game mechanics and its tied to the time of day
so you have to actually wait for stuff
like for example
when you wanna build a nice fountain for your town, you have to fund it, you collect the money for it over a few days and then one day after reaching the goal
its there