There's something rotten about Animal Crossing's egg event

Let's be clear, for the first week and a bit of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo played an absolute blinder. The introduction is a masterful ramp up to the traditional Animal Crossing experience, functionality and character building day over day until you reach a point you realise you've been playing a prologue all this time. The game proper is now ready to unfold. The whole experience is now wide open. You have toiled and crafted and you are ready for... eggs?

Eggs. The eggs are everywhere. And they stink.

Now, I think there's an element of bad timing here - albeit one Nintendo is still in charge of. When April rolled around, most people who had got the game on day one were now just settling into their island life proper. March's end was a gentle rush to gain stringfish and sturgeon before the season changed, but players had found their daily Animal Crossing rhythms.

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