Johanna

One of the joys of this game is the real time pacing. A big reason why having family dynamics in the game wouldn't work is because you can't age up characters quickly in AC vs The Sims or Stardew Valley, which are games with quickly moving clocks. Also, that would mean your villagers would have to age too (bc it would be weird to have your characters age but not the characters around you), and I'm sorry but I don't wanna see Raymond with a gray beard or wrinkles.

Some of us like having an escape that still feels like things can progress, but nothing really changes other than the changes you personally make. It's a nice contrast to real life where anything can change at any time. Family dynamics would muddle up that pacing too much. I don't think it would fit into the game very well.

Instead of thinking about ideas to bring into the game, I think they should bring back ideas from their previous games. Make it a best of the best game. Let our villagers step back into their personalities more, play more games with them, hold more events, things like that!