Imo the slow drip does not operate in NH. I loved the game for Animal Crossing Bells the first few months but I have totally lost interest at this point. I might Begin playing a year or 2 when they've finally added a decent amount of content to the game
The slow trickle of new content actually does not work, and it only creates the manipulative"recolors are unique items" approach more glaringly obvious.
"Oh look! New vacation together with 100+ new items! . . .wait a minute... you will find 15 new things with 7 recolors each. And 11/15 of those things are ugly. And every island only gets 1 color variation, and that means you've got to exchange 1,000 NMTs with strangers on the internet if you want to collect all of them."
Obviously, that's compared to another method they like to utilize, where every product is from a rare random seasonal DIY drop, and requires limited seasonal substances to Cheap Nook Miles Ticket craft.