>>33130561AC's main mechanic is interacting with NPCs. Or is this just because you can't do stuff like fish and chop down trees and collect fruit in Mystery Dungeon? Or how the NPCs you get are randomly generated?
Alrighty then, if I'm an idiot, enlighten me. If it's not collecting stuff or talking to NPCs, what's this essential element of AC that Mystery Dungeon's towns can't do. Because you have yet to specify.