Animal Crossing: New Horizons are bewildered about why Nintendo didn't make the lawnmower an actual functional tool. Reddit user iwillbiteuu reached out to the community on the Animal Crossing subReddit, asking for advice on clearing a field of flowers. The user wanted to build in the space and was hoping that they wouldn't have to remove them one by one, since that would be a tedious process. Unfortunately, it seems that there's no other way to remove flowers and weeds quickly, though the comments are still full of encouragement and some ideas, like using the garbage can to discard unwanted foliage.
But Mountain-Level9672 left a comment that resonates with the Animal Crossing community, questioning Nintendo's choice to not make the lawnmower a functional item in the game. They write that when they first started playing, they immediately bought the lawnmower, hoping that they could use it to quickly get rid of flowers and weeds like its real-world counterpart, but "realized later it's not a usable tool like [the] shovel."
The game overlooking this very obvious way to use the lawnmower seems like an oversight on behalf of Nintendo. The Redditor continues in despair, asking, "IT'S RIGHT THERE...
