Tag: Animal Crossing
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Villager List - Personalities And Gift Guide
"The jocks, the cranks, snoots, normies, lazies, smugs - they all adore Animal Crossing"
One of the most beloved elements of the Animal Crossing series is the vast treasure trove of unique villagers and personalities waiting to be uncovered. However, with nearly four hundred different animals available as potential neighbors in Animal Crossing: New...
Random Animal Crossing Player Designs Amazing Multiplayer Obstacle Course
Try this with your friends
We've mentioned it several times in the past, but one of the few minor complaints we have about Animal Crossing: New Horizons is how visiting your friends' islands can quickly become rather stale. It's cool getting to see how your friends have designed their island, and running around catching fish and bugs together can...
Japanese Charts Animal Crossing Denies Xenoblade Chronicles A Debut Week At Number One
With another 100,000+ copies sold
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 25th - 31st May, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is still standing strong at number one. The game sold an estimated 102,749 copies last week - an almost identical figure to the week before - leaving this week's new Switch title Xenoblade Chronicles:...
Random Brighten Your Day With This Glorious Animal Crossing Tom Nook Cake
Yummy!
Things are tough at the moment, so why not take a short break by checking out this delicious looking cake inspired by Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Reddit user Happy-Breakfast has shared this Tom Nook creation with other Animal Crossing fans online, and we must say it looks rather wonderful. You can see an edited timelapse of the whole...
Random Not All Animal Crossing Players Are Having Happy Wedding Seasons
"I'm fine. This is fine."
This week saw the grand launch of Wedding Season in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, where players can meet up with lovebird alpacas, Reese and Cyrus, to organise the wedding photographs of their fluffy dreams. It's yet another adorable feature that's been added as a post-release update, and while most players are likely...
Video See Pokémon Red And Blue's Opening Reimagined In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Pokémon Drift and Pate
This isn't the first time we've seen fans blend the worlds of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Pokémon, and it sure won't be the last, but you can never have enough PokéCrossing, right? YouTube channel The Nooksters has shared a new video which reimagines the opening moments of Pokémon Red and Blue, including the...
Nice idea, wrong island
It's the start of a new month, and that means new features have been unlocked in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. While we've heard about wedding season and the new seasonal items, there's apparently another feature that might have been overlooked
Gallery Here, Have Some Adorable Pokémon As Animal Crossing Characters
Can we adopt them please?
Characters from Animal Crossing are adorable. Characters from Pokémon are adorable. So what happens when you mush them all together? You guessed it: adorable. Instagram artist @okeypokes has been sharing a number of designs featuring various Pokémon critters dressed up as if they were a character in Animal Crossing: New...
News New Seasonal Items Have Appeared In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Buy them while you can
We wouldn't blame Animal Crossing: New Horizons players for being entirely distracted by today's shiny new Wedding Season event, but in case you hadn't noticed, we also have some brand new seasonal items to check out. Just like the Mother's Day mug that was available thro
Reminder Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Wedding Season Starts Today
Love is in the air
Just in case it had slipped your mind, or in case you've been away from your island from a while, here's your friendly reminder that Animal Crossing: New Horizons's latest event is kicking off today. Following on from the Mus
Guide Where To Buy Nintendo Switch Lite Coral - Purchase The Pink Switch Lite
Pretty in pink, cute in coral
If you've been waiting to pull the trigger on Nintendo's handheld-only version of the all-conquering Switch, perhaps the latest addition to the colourful Switch Lite roster might be the one for you. The Nintendo Switch Lite Coral is a cute one and no mistake, and it launched in North America on 3rd April, and in Europe...
Feature 10 Years Later, We Return To Our Abandoned Animal Crossing: Wild World Village
Never go back?
Was it Jack Reacher or someone else who said "Never go back"? We forget, but when it comes to video games, nostalgia trips can be a disappointment. Some gems hold up beautifully, while others are irreparably tarnished by Mother Time and Father Progress and can't measure up to your treasured memories. Old games, fondly remembered, may...
News Think You Can Complete This Animal Crossing: New Horizons Crossword?
Published by Nintendo itself!
Think you know everything there is to know about Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Fancy testing that knowledge in a specially designed crossword? Then keep on reading! Nintendo has published this little brainteaser itself, sharing it to fans on social media as a nice little challenge. There's nothing on there that should...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: June Fish And Bugs - Catch These Critters Before July 1st
All the insects and fish disappearing from New Horizons at the end of this month
Every month in Animal Crossing: New Horizons a selection of the 80 fish and 80 bugs to catch and collect in the game cycle in and out. The catchable creatures that make up your Critterpedia migrate based on t
Random Animal Crossing Player Expertly Recreates Parks And Recreation Scene
'Roscoe Pulls Out His Tooth'
Whether you're still loving every single second of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, or even if you're starting to feel those early symptoms of Animal Crossing fatigue, one thing about the game remains just as exciting as ever: player creativity. We've been blown away by fan-made creations ever since the game launched -...
Japanese Charts Animal Crossing Still Dominates As Switch Takes Nine Of Top Ten
Another mighty week
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 18th - 24th May, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is still leading the way for Nintendo. The game shifted another estimated 102,553 copies last week, bumping its grand total of physical sales in Japan to 4.5 million. The second best-selling physical Switch game in the...
Moving out
There's so much to discover in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but there are some things in the game you'll probably never work out or be able to make sense of unless you have a little extra information. This is where datamining comes into play. Just days after the reliable Animal Crossing dataminer Ninji revealed how certain villagers...
Talking Point Has Animal Crossing Finally Made The Nintendo Switch Online App Worthwhile?
Just don’t lend your phone to Gulliver
A little way into my time with Animal Crossing: New Horizons I was confronted with an ancient relic. No, I’m not talking about a T-Rex skull or a deep-sea dwelling coelacanth – I’m talking about the Nintendo Switch Online smartphone app. Like many Switch owners, I downloaded it when I first got my...
Random Come On Nintendo, There's Clearly Demand For Animal Crossing Build-A-Bear
Make it happen
Would you like to see Animal Crossing: New Horizons characters transformed into Build-A-Bear plush? Well, you're not alone. A fan of Nintendo's long-running social simulation series recently tweeted how much they would like to see a collaboration between the two and surprisingly the official Build-A-Bear Twitter account responded...
Video 7 Strange Myths Surrounding Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The blueprints for Froggy Chair are among the few
Whenever anything starts to get popular, a few myths and rumors tend to make their way around the block. Most will remember the infamous "Mew under the truck" myth that led many to believe the legendary Pokémon, Mew could be caught by pushing a truck in the original Pokémon games. However, these...
UK Charts Animal Crossing Holds Strong While Mario Kart 8 Zips Past Call Of Duty
Luigi's also hanging in there
UK chart data is now in for the week ending 23rd May, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons is sitting in the top spot once again. The top 5 from last week have shuffled around, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe moving up the pack into 2nd place behind Animal Crossing. Call of Duty is dug in tight at number 3 and Grand Theft Auto V...
News Animal Crossing: Celebrities - Famous People Playing New Horizons
Might be quicker to list who's NOT playing it
Since launching in March, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has taken over the world. Aided in no small part by the movement restrictions enforced worldwide to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, players all over the planet have found themselves with plenty of time on their hands to enjoy the latest...
News Want More Authentic Art? Just Evict Your Smug Villagers In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
They only send fakes in the mail
Real paintings and sculptures aren't exactly easy to get hold of in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Redd doesn't always show up, and when he does, there's no guarantee any of his goods are even genuine pieces of art. As a result, it's taking quite a while for players to complete the art gallery section within the...
News Could Gyroids Be Returning To Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Lloid needs some friends
Gyroids are an essential part of the Animal Crossing experience but are noticeably absent from the latest entry on the Nintendo Switch. Well, kind of. Apart from Lloid - who helps you construct public works - the ones you used to dig up in past games and display in your home are nowhere to be found. It seems, though, they...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Version 1.2.1 Patches Duplication Glitches
Balance is restored
Yesterday, Nintendo rolled out Version 1.2.1 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. According to the Japanese support page, it fixed a few bugs. Since then, the English patch notes have been uploaded:
Talking Point Are You Suffering From Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fatigue?
Is it your daily ritual, or the chore you keep putting off?
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is something of a phenomenon, in case you hadn't noticed. Not only has it sold by the bucketload, but it has also attracted celebrity fans like Danny Trejo and Elijah Wood
Japanese Charts Animal Crossing Leads The Charge As Nintendo Secures 80 Percent Of The Top 10
Hardware sales drop slightly from last week
To the shock of pretty much nobody, Animal Crossing: New Horizons remains at the top of the Japanese sales charts, as supplied by Famitsu. The Nintendo Switch exclusive has now sold almost 4.5 million copies in its homeland alone. Ring Fit Adventure remains in second place, and is closing in on a million...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 1.2.1 Patch Notes - Fixes Some Bugs
And might have put a stop to duplication glitches
Update: Nintendo's English support page has released its own patch notes. Take a look below: It's also been confirmed the latest update patches out the recently discovered duplication glitches.
News Adorable Animal Crossing Plushies Arrive In Stock At Merchoid
K.K. Plushies
Merchoid, the online retailer that specialises in all things nerdy and geeky, has gone and caught Animal Crossing: New Horizons fever along with the rest of the world. The retailer is now stocking a range of official (and officially adorable) Animal Crossing plushes from San-ei Boeki, the same company that makes official Pokémon...
News PETA Isn't Happy With Animal Crossing's Blathers, Or His Fish-Trapping Museum
"EMPTY THE TANKS"
Animal rights group PETA is no stranger to jumping on bandwagons to promote its cause, and it has already targeted Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the past. Now, the organisation is rising up against Blathers, the humble (and easily spooked) custodian of the game's sprawling museum.
News Datamine Reveals Just How Sly Redd Actually Is In The New Animal Crossing
Fancy a fake?
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons dataminer Ninji is at it again - this time with new information about the recent update that added the sly fox Redd to the game. While many players originally thought there was a limit to the number of fake items on Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler, it seems this is not the case. In a series of twe
Random Someone Made An amiibo For The Animal Crossing Villager Raymond
That's one way to keep him on your island
We all have our favourite Animal Crossing: New Horizons villager, and for the Twitter user 5_pandasan, it's the increasingly popular and smug cat, Raymond.
Random Hollywood's "Most Killed Man" Is About To Show Off His Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island
Showing off a softer side
Danny Trejo's had quite a life. Having been in and out of prison during his youth, he turned things around in the '80s and – at the ripe age of 76 – can count the likes of Con Air, Heat, Sons of Anarchy, Desperado, Breaking Bad, Spy Kids, From Dusk Till Dawn, Predators and the upcoming Minions: The Rise of Gru amongst...
Guide Celebrate Animal Crossing: New Horizons With This Adorable Merch
Cushions, consoles, cuteness
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has taken the world be storm since its launch on 20th March, with players around the world getting back to nature on Tom Nook's island and making themselves busy collecting fruit, conversing with the cute locals and generally pottering around. If ever there was a game for Switch we knew we'd...
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Recreates An Iconic Video, For The Internet
Rickroll like it's 2008
Some things never get old. Other things get so very old that they somehow circle around and become new again, and we'd argue that Twitter user Withnailmarwood--perhaps better known as man behind GAME Telford's fantastic social media output--has made this classic meme fresh once more by recreating the video to "Never Gonna...
Random Check Out SEGA's Out Run Recreated In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Camino a mi amor
And welcome back to your daily dose of Animal Crossing: New Horizons goodness, brought to you by the insanely talented community that has built up around the game since launch back in March which continues to deliver incredible custom content on a daily basis. Yep, the latest addition to the catalogue of custom design crossovers is...
Random Reggie Will Do Some Sort Of Animal Crossing Island Reveal When He's Ready
He requires the right mix of villagers first
Reggie Fils-Aimé might have left Nintendo last March, but that hasn't stopped the company's former American president from playing all of the latest releases. If you follow him or Twitter or have seen any of our existing posts here on the site, you'll know the game he's been spending the most time with...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Hackers Are Making Star Fragment Trees
And Heart and Cupcake trees, too!
Unless you're glued to Animal Crossing: New Horizons pretty much 24/7, collecting a decent number of Star Fragments can really take a while. One of the less common crafting materials, Star Fragments can usually only be obtained by wishing on a shooting star, and are used to craft special items such as the Star Wand.
Random Someone's Transformed Their Animal Crossing Island Into Danny DeVito, As You Do
The likeness is uncanny
We've seen some cracking Animal Crossing: New Horizons design attempts over the past few weeks, but this is, well... This is an island made up of Danny DeVito's face. If you're even vaguely familiar with the man himself, you won't need us to tell you that the likeness is absolutely spot on. The design uses the game's...
News Square Enix Shares Tomb Raider Outfits For Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Custom Lara Croft designs, anyone?
If you're a keen Animal Crossing: New Horizons player who just so happens to love all things Tomb Raider, these custom Lara Croft designs are a must-have. Square Enix has shared three designs in total, inspired by Lara’s 'Classic', Angel of Darkness and Tomb Raider (2013) appearances. You can easily get your...
UK Charts Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fends Off GTA V For Another Week At Number One
Still selling strong
UK chart data is now in for the week ending 16th May, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has managed to keep hold of its number one spot for another week. It's a familiar top four this week, with Animal Crossing once again being hunted down by Grand Theft Auto V - which is still selling well on PS4 and Xbox One - and...
Reminder Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Museum Day Stamp Rally Event Starts Today
Any excuse to visit Blathers
Just in case you'd forgotten, here's your friendly reminder that the latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons event kicks off today. With the May Day Tour and Nature Day events now all wrapped up, it's tim
You belong in a museum
The International Museum Day event arrives in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the middle of May. This event originally came to the game as part of an update which included old favourite characters Leif the Sloth
News Animal Crossing Director Wants To Make New Horizons "The Best Game Possible"
And understands everyone will always have a favourite entry
We all have a favourite entry in any long-running video game series, and when it comes to Nintendo's life simulation Animal Crossing it's likely no different. It seems the Animal Crossing: New Horizons director Aya Kyogoku completely understands this and makes sure to respect the "memories...
Random Someone Recreated GoldenEye 007's Intro With Animal Crossing Avatars
The name's Horizons, New Horizons
One game we haven't seen recreated or at least referenced in Animal Crossing: New Horizons yet is Rare's legendary Nintendo 64 first-person shooter, GoldenEye 007. Admittedly, it's probably a tough one to replicate in a lifestyle simulator, but Twitter user @SkyhawkJD found an inventive way to pay tribute to the...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Datamine Reveals Spawn Rates Of Special Characters
Who are you waiting for?
If you've ever wondered when a particular character will appear on your island, wonder no more! Dataminer Ninji - best known in recent times for sifting through the code of Animal Crossing: New Horizons - has recently shared the spawn rates of special NPC in the game.
Reminder Tetris 99's Limited-Time Animal Crossing: New Horizons Event Is Now Live
Unlock a new in-game theme
Update (Sat 16th May, 2020 05:05 BST): This event is now live. Keep in mind you only have until Monday to unlock the special Animal Crossing: New Horizons theme, so get it while you can! Original Story (Tue 12th May, 2020 02:30 BST): Just weeks after Tetris 99 teamed up with
Video See Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Main Theme Performed By The Original Musicians
See the faces behind the magic
Let's just get this out there: the main theme song in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is delightful. Ever since the game was released - and in the weeks just before launch, actually - we've been finding ourselves humming the tune wherever we go, annoying our friends and family but having an absolute whale of a time. Now,...
Japanese Charts Animal Crossing: New Horizons Surpasses 4 Million Boxed Sales In Japan Alone
It's a monster!
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for both 27th April - 3rd May and 4th - 10th May after a delay in chart publication last week. As such, we have a bumper episode of data for you this time around. Strap in! It probably comes as no surprise that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is still comfortably at number one, now finding...
Random Yep, You Can Now Dress Your Cat Like Animal Crossing's Tom Nook
Someone rescue that poor cat immediately
This is 2020. Of course you can buy unofficial Tom Nook cosplay for your cat. As we all know by now, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has well and truly taken the world by storm. If something manages to sell more than 13 million copies and generates the kind of buzz that New Horizons has, it'll catch the...
