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Tuesday12th Apr 2022
Random See Inside The Real-Life Animal Crossing: New Horizons Aquarium Stamp Rally
Japan-only!
Back in 2021, Japanese aquarium Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise held an Animal Crossing: New Horizons tie-in event, which allowed visitors to take part in a real-life stamp rally just like in the game. Obviously, there was zero hope that most of us could visit without already being in Japan, but luckily for us, one insider recorded...
Monday11th Apr 2022
UK Charts LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Knocks Kirby Off The Top Spot
LEGO Harry Potter also enjoys a fresh boost
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is off to a fantastic start in the UK, sitting atop the top ten boxed charts and knocking Kirby and the Forgotten Land down into second place. It's no surprise either; excitement for the revamped LEGO game covering all nine mainline Star Wars films was sky-high, and we...
Video How Your Animal Crossing Island Tune Reflects Your Villagers' Personalities
Jingle all the way
One of the most fun and enduring features of the Animal Crossing series is the ability to create your own little town (or island) tune. In just 16 notes, you can create your own motif that you can hear all across your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. You might want to go full Nintendo and have the Pokémon Center music or...
Monday4th Apr 2022
UK Charts Kirby And The Forgotten Land Holds Strong At Number One
Animal Crossing: New Horizons creeps back into the top ten
We have the latest UK charts and it's another strong week for Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which holds strong at the top spot with only a 43% drop in boxed sales. Meanwhile, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands slips down to 4th place, bringing Elden Ring and Pokémon Legends: Arceus into 2nd and 3rd...
Tuesday15th Mar 2022
UK Charts Pokémon Legends: Arceus Slips Further As Gran Turismo 7 Keeps Pole Position
Mario Party Superstars brings the party back though
The latest UK charts are now in, and it's a big win for Sony and the PlayStation 5. Last week's big winner, and new release, Gran Turismo 7, has maintained its 1st place position. Take 2's WWE 2K22 — the newcomer of the week — bulldogs into 2nd, elbowing Elden Ring down into 3rd. Incidentally,...
Video Why Is Animal Crossing So Much Fun?
Answering the ultimate question
Animal Crossing is one of those series that has become something of an obsession with many gamers. Since it made its debut on the N64 back in 2001, the franchise has spanned multiple Nintendo systems and sucked away countless hours from millions of players all over the globe – but when you have to explain to a...
Wednesday9th Mar 2022
News Nintendo Physical Game Sales Made Up 47% Of All UK Retail Game Sales In 2021
And the most popular titles won't surprise you
While digital game sales are rising year upon year, Nintendo is still the champion of physical media. And that is reflected in 2021's sales charts, as the Big N made up 47% of physical games media sales last year. Games like FIFA 22 and Grand Theft Auto V saw a big slice of the digital pie in 2021, but...
Tuesday8th Mar 2022
Random Conan O'Brien Mistakes An Animal Crossing Room For The Real Deal
"Har har, Conan's an idiot"
Conan O'Brien, bless him, is a good sport when it comes to gaming. The television host has been known to dabble in the industry in the past, even hanging out with the likes of Shigeru Miyamoto and Hideo Kojima. But that doesn't necessarily mean he's always clued up on certain games, as a recent episode of the 'Conan...
Monday7th Mar 2022
UK Charts Gran Turismo 7 Keeps Elden Ring And Switch At Bay
Triangle Strategy comes in at 7th
The latest UK chart results are now available and Polyphony's hugely anticipated Gran Turismo 7 races into 1st place, with critical darling Elden Ring slipping down into 2nd place. The Switch retains some strong representation, however, with the newly released Triangle Strategy debuting at number 7, and Game...
Thursday3rd Mar 2022
Random This ASMRtist Made An Entire Set For Her Animal Crossing Figurine Unboxing
*crinkle crinkle whisper tap tap*
ALB In Whisperland is one of the biggest ASMR YouTubers out there, and quite a few of her videos involve video games or other nerd topics in some way. She's done ASMR Pokémon Booster Pack openings, an ASMR Animal Crossing: New Horizons Let's Play, and an unboxing of the Animal Crossing Colourpop makeup line... and...
Friday25th Feb 2022
Random What's The Music On The Chalkboard In Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
It's like, "bee-boop ba bee, de-doop ba beeee"
The new-ish first-person camera has revealed all kinds of secrets in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including some of the neat little Easter Eggs that were hidden in plain sight. For example, did you ever figure out what music is written on the chalkboard in the game? You'll never guess. Oh, what's...
Thursday17th Feb 2022
Random This Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island Exists To Raise Diabetes Awareness
That's so sweet
Over 1 in 10 Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a 2019 report from the CDC — which includes Type 1, caused by your own body attacking itself; Type 2, which can be prevented or delayed with lifestyle changes; and gestational diabetes, which develops in pregnant women and usually goes away after the baby is...
Wednesday16th Feb 2022
Download it today
Nintendo has released its first Animal Crossing: New Horizons update for 2022. Once again, it's filled with fixes for both the main game and the DLC component, Happy Home Paradise. You can get the full rundown below, courtesy of Nintendo's official support page notes: Ver. 2.0.5 (Released February 15, 2022) Fixed Issues Fixed...
Wednesday9th Feb 2022
Random These Unofficial Animal Crossing Cake Toppers Might Be Worth Tying The Knot For
Selling like warm baked goods
Wedding cakes, like people, come in all shapes and sizes — some elaborate and ostentatious, others subtle and understated. But no matter how many tiers you've got or what colour the confection is when you cut into it, there has yet to be a cake baked that couldn't be improved with the addition of some Animal Crossing...
Thursday3rd Feb 2022
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Japan's Best-Selling Video Game, Ever
Super Mario Bros. on the Famicom is dethroned!
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is officially the best-selling video game in Japan. Sales for the game now total 10 million in Japan alone. The previous record-holder, Super Mario Bros., managed to shift 6.81 million on the Famicom (known as the NES in the west). While the combined sales of the Red,...
Tuesday1st Feb 2022
News Animal Crossing amiibo Cards Series 1 - 4, Plus Series 5 Album, Now In Stock At My Nintendo UK
But you better be quick!
In what is an incredibly rare occurrence, the official My Nintendo UK Store has restocked its Animal Crossing amiibo card supplies. Cards for series one through four are available at the time of writing, and the store has also added the Series 5 Collector's Album for good measure. These will undoubtedly sell out super fast,...
Monday24th Jan 2022
Random This Animal Crossing Movie Trailer Shows What Happens If You Anger Brewster
The coffee is NOT too hot
Brewster, Animal Crossing: New Horizons' resident coffee pigeon, is a man bird of very specific tastes. And if you insult those tastes... by refusing to drink your coffee at the correct temperature, or turning down his generous offer of pigeon milk... well, you might just get what's coming to you. In Evil Imp's impeccably...
Monday17th Jan 2022
Random This Animal Crossing: New Horizons Recreation Of Encanto Is Enchanting
We don't talk about Tom Nook
We love it when people show off their creativity in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, especially when it involves the ingenious use of underappreciated things like the polish effects and emotes. This latest ACNH creation comes courtesy of Th3Meow, who has recreated a few iconic scenes from Disney's newest animated movie,...
Random Animal Crossing Grandma Audie Turns 90 And Gets Tons Of ACNH Gifts
Also, a new island tour!
There's so much to say about Audie, the woman known affectionately as "Animal Crossing Grandma". We've covered her a lot before — when she'd played over 3,500 hours of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the time she received a limited-edition Animal Crossing Switch, when she found out that
Tuesday11th Jan 2022
Random This Detailed Animal Crossing Take On Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Is Breathtaking
Malice aforethought
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has no shortage of creators making strange, detailed, and wonderful things in the game, and now that the new update has added polish effects, even greater things are possible. NaydinfarCrossing — whose name you may recognise from her other Zelda recreations — is one of the eminent Zelda creators...
News Social Media Platform Twitter Reveals 2021's "Most Tweeted About Games"
Animal Crossing made the top 10
2021 was apparently another "record year" for gaming talk on the social media giant Twitter - and as part of this, the platform has now rounded up the video game highlights of the year into a single post. All up, there were 2.4 billion tweets about gaming, a 14% YoY increase - with Q4 being the biggest quarter for...
Thursday23rd Dec 2021
Random Someone Recreated The Mario Kart 8 Animal Crossing Circuit On Their New Horizons Island
You can visit, too
The DLC tracks and characters that released for the original Mario Kart 8 on Wii U (and came included as part of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe) were pretty special, giving kart racers the chance to burn around circuits based on other series outside the Mario games for the first time. F-Zero's Mute City and Zelda's Hyrule Castle were both...
Wednesday22nd Dec 2021
Welcome to episode 74,651 of 'Japan Gets All The Best Stuff'
The idea that Japan gets all the best stuff is a long-established and indisputable fact. In the West we tend to either get cheap tat on the level of a McDonald's toy or super premium figures and statues costing thousands — but Japan seems to get a ton of quality everyday video game merch...
Friday17th Dec 2021
News Earn 2x Gold Points If You Buy Any Of These Nintendo Games On Switch eShop (North America)
Five games offering double coinage
Nintendo of America has launched a holiday deal for select first-party digital game purchases on Switch. Buying any one of the five games on offer will net you double the usual number of My Nintendo Gold Points you'd usually earn — essentially you'll get double the amount of eShop 'credit' on your Nintendo...
News Animal Crossing Players Are Finding Fragments On Their Beaches Following Update 2.0.4
Thar be Gyroids, me 'arties
The latest update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons went live recently and addressed various issues large and small, perhaps most notably fixing a glitch that left your animal residents wantering around in the nuddy. Certain players have notice
Thursday16th Dec 2021
Random Bizarre Animal Crossing: New Horizons Glitch Is Making Villagers Lose Their Clothes
Update: Somebody finally thought of the children
Update: As highlighted by our buddies over at VGC, it appears that the latest Animal Crossing patch has, among other things, addressed this glitch and once again covered the modesty of your furry, feathery, or leathery animal residents. Here, Nintendo even made en explicit note of it in the pa
Update your own copy today
Nintendo has released quite a lot of updates for Animal Crossing: New Horizons since the launch of the Happy Home Paradise DLC, and the latest one bumps the game up to Version 2.0.4. This patch also fixes issues within the game and addresses some problems related to the DLC portion of the experience. Here's are the full...
Tuesday7th Dec 2021
Video Our Thoughts On Animal Crossing: New Horizons, One Month Into The 2.0 Update
An hour of Animal Crossing chat!
It's been a month since Animal Crossing: New Horizons got that stonking big update, plus the double stonking Happy Home Paradise DLC that none of us could have predicted. When the game first came out, albeit in much weirder pandemic-beginning-times than the update, most of us were guz
Friday3rd Dec 2021
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons Players Are Building Iconic Zelda Locations In The Game
Animal Breath: Crossing The Wild
How can we summon news about Breath of the Wild 2? The last thing we heard was a 2022 release window, which is probably going to be more like "end of 2022" than any time soon. Still, rumours are swirling. Would it help to start recreating it in another game, perhaps? That's what a few Animal Crossing: New Horizons...
Random There's Something Vaguely Familiar About This Animal Crossing: New Horizons Home Design...
Some kind of story
We've been having a lot of fun with Happy Home Paradise's vacation home designs, and the new depth that the DLC has added to Animal Crossing: New Horizons — but, we have to admit, most of us haven't really been getting too gimmicky or adventurous with it. Maybe that's a mistake, since we've been seeing a lot of really neat...
