Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) News Articles
Thursday10th Jun 2021
Random Someone Made Stardew Valley In Animal Crossing
Pierre meets Pietro
We know what you're thinking. "Please, Nintendo Life — I can't keep up with all these various permutations of Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and Pokémon. Surely we have explored all possible combinations by now?" The answers are: no, and stop asking. Anyway, this one is really cool! A Reddit user named u/acnh_kaylee is...
Tuesday8th Jun 2021
Random Animal Crossing Fan Recreates All 24 Euro 2020 Team Kits
And they've shared all the codes, too
If you're a football fan (or soccer, for our US chums), you'll no doubt be looking forward to the Euros. That's right, Europe's biggest international tournament kicks off later this week, but we have something even better to share with you. YouTube channel Gametropolis has been hard at work creating versions of...
Monday7th Jun 2021
News Uniqlo's Latest Animal Crossing Clothing Range Is Now Available Online
Update: Go, go, go!
Update: Uniqlo's latest Animal Crossing range appears to be live right now. Head here to browse through your options – there are tabs for women, men, kids, and baby. Original Article (Thu 22nd Apr, 2021 18:30 BST): Japanese retailer Uniqlo is back once again with another fresh line of Nintendo clothing, this time inspired by...
Friday4th Jun 2021
Random Live Out Your Anime Dreams On The Animal Crossing Fruits Basket Island
Good thing there's no "hug" emote
Step aside, Disneyworld — there's a new most magical place on Earth, and it's the Fruits Basket island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Themed entirely around the mega-successful anime and manga series in which the Sohma family lives under a terrible curse, the island is home to protagonist Tohru Honda, and Sohma...
Thursday3rd Jun 2021
News Brighten Your Day With Nintendo's Lovely Animal Crossing: New Horizons Advert
Pitch perfect
We're definitely fans of Nintendo's latest run of commercials in Japan, which are primarily promoting 'evergreen' titles on the system. We had the rather charming Ring Fit Adventure advert recently, and now there's a downright heartwarming commercial for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It's so effective because, essentially, this is...
Tuesday18th May 2021
Random Animal Crossing Player Transforms Island Into A Resident Evil Village Nightmare
And you can visit, too
Before last year, we would have said that combining Animal Crossing with anything even remotely horror-based would be a crime against nature and anything doing such a thing should be thrown into the sea. Then all the Animal Crossing: New Horizons x DOOM stuff happened (like this incredible fan-made animation, or this
Friday14th May 2021
News There's An Animal Crossing Glitch That Lets You Sit In The Hot Tub
The Nintendo Switch is now a "hot tub time!" machine
YOU CAN NOW SIT IN THE WATER IN ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS. This is not a drill, folks — though it is a glitch, and we can't promise that it won't break your game, so be careful if you want to try it out. New Horizons players have figured out a new glitch in the game that lets you clip...
Tuesday11th May 2021
News No, We're Probably Not Getting An "Island Expansion" In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
At least for now...
Nintendo has released countless updates for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but for some players, it's still not enough. With this in mind, there are rumours currently floating around the internet about a possible update in the future that could lead to a "huge" island expansion. A recent datamine of the game's 1.10.0 patch notes...
Monday10th May 2021
News Build-A-Bear's Launching New Animal Crossing Winter Outfits Tomorrow
Original bundles currently in stock
Here are the original summer outfits... Completely in love with your new Animal Crossing Build-A-Bear(s)? Still need to grab one? Well, you might want to get yourself on the Build-A-Bear website tomorrow for an exciting new launch. New winter clothing for both Isabelle and Tom Nook is arriving on the store's...
Who's your favourite?
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has taken Nintendo's laid-back life-sim franchise to incredible new heights, not only smashing sales records but also introducing more players to its welcoming world than ever before. With the game recently celebrating its first anniversary, Japanese publication
Tuesday4th May 2021
News A Record 57 LEGO Ideas Sets Are Being Reviewed, And Yes, That Includes Zelda LEGO
Child Link, Toon Link... Brick Link?
If you're a LEGO fan and a Nintendo fan, you probably have LEGO Ideas on your radar. It's an official project, run by LEGO themselves, which lets fans submit their ideas for new LEGO kits. If you get above a certain number of votes, then your build will go through to a review round, where a bunch of people at the...
News Nintendo Has Updated Its Official Island In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
And this is the code you'll need...
Think back to last year when the Dream Suite arrived in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and you might remember how Nintendo actually released the Dream Address code for its own official island in the game. Now, in an update on Twitter - it's announced the same island has had a facelift, with what appears to be...
Monday3rd May 2021
News Animal Crossing Build-A-Bear Orders Return Today In North America
Isabelle has some news for a change
Though the reaction to the eventual Isabelle and Tom Nook Build-A-Bears hasn't been universally positive, plenty of eager fans are still trying to get the cuddly collectibles in their collection. We've had a couple of stock runs in the UK already, and another goes live in the US (and hopefully more broadly North...
Friday30th Apr 2021
Random You Can Buy A Fake "Animal Crossing New Horizons" Game On The Microsoft Store For Just $2.99
Redd would be proud
We've seen a lot of games attempting to cash in on the success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons but this shamelessly takes it to the next level. If you've browsed the Microsoft Store at all in recent times, you might have stumbled across a page for...you guessed it, a PC and mobile game with the same name. Yes, the Microsoft...
Wednesday28th Apr 2021
Random Animal Crossing's New Update Implies The Existence Of Guillotines
No, seriously
Amongst many other new outfits, objects, and hats in the latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons update, a little surprise has been discovered by dataminers — and it comes with some pretty heavy implications. That item is the Phrygian Cap, a seasonal hat (in five different colour
Behold, the Animal Crossing Cinematic Universe
Whomst among us hasn't been seduced by the call of Bells into selling our "in boxes" villagers to rich strangers? In this Animal Crossing: New Horizons short animation, artist Densle imagines what might happen if the villagers themselves were aware of what you were doing, and how they might show their...
Tuesday27th Apr 2021
News Turns Out That Mysterious House Spotted In Animal Crossing: New Horizons Was Just An Error
Update: Nintendo apologises for the confusion
Update: And just like that, all our hopes are shattered. In an updated statement on its official Japanese website, Nintendo has addressed the mysterious new house spotted by Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans. Unfortunately, the statement (in Japanese) says that the house features an appearance that...
Monday26th Apr 2021
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Next Update Arrives Later This Week
Brings "new twists" to seasonal events
Nintendo has announced that the next update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is launching in just two days' time on Wednesday 28th April. Just like past updates, this new update is available at no extra cost and will support plenty of upcoming activities over the next few months. All of these have been...
News Missed The Animal Crossing Build-A-Bears? A Limited Supply Goes Back On Sale Tomorrow
Here are the times you need
At the start of the month, Build-A-Bear launched two new toys based on Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Both Isabelle and Tom Nook were available, but as you might expect, both toys sold out before most fans even had a chance to access the website. Fear not, though, as both toys will be back on sale tomorrow. If you missed...
Friday23rd Apr 2021
News Animal Crossing Crowned Family Game Of The Year At The 2021 D.I.C.E. Awards
Mario Kart Live wins best racing game category
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has already won a bunch of awards over the past year, and now to top it off, it's taken out the best family game at the 24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. The other games in this category included Astro's Playroom, Dreams, Fall Guys and Sack Boy. The only other first-party...
Thursday22nd Apr 2021
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons Players Are Getting Creative With The New Design Tools
Trompe-l'oeil
For Animal Crossing: New Horizons' first birthday, many people thought that Nintendo would release a 2.0 update, adding much-awaited features like Brewster's café, new characters, gyroids, and more. What actually happened was the anniversary update, which added some smaller quality of life features,
Friday16th Apr 2021
News Nintendo's Giving Away Pairs Of Animal Crossing Build-A-Bears (North America)
Five lucky winners will receive both toys
If you missed out on your chance to grab the newly-revealed Animal Crossing Build-A-Bear toys, here's another opportunity to get your hands on them. Nintendo of America has kicked off a sweepstakes competition in which five lucky winners will walk away with both the Isabelle and Tom Nook Build-A-Bears...
Wednesday14th Apr 2021
News Nintendo Unveils Beautiful Animal Crossing Soundtrack Collection
Update: Now available on Amazon US!
Update: It appears the Animal Crossing soundtrack collection is also launching in the US, as it's just popped up on Amazon. If you fancy pre-ordering it, you can grab it below. <products id="14908,14921,14922" style="grid"> Original Article: As you may already be aware, Animal Crossing / Dōbutsu no Mori...
Anniversary The Animal Crossing Series Is Now 20 Years Old
And we're still paying off our loans...
While Animal Crossing still feels like a relatively new Nintendo franchise, today actually marks its 20th anniversary. Yes, the series started out in Japan on 14th April 2001 as a Nintendo 64 title. While Dōbutsu no Mori (otherwise known as Animal Forest) was never released in its original form here in the...
Tuesday13th Apr 2021
News H&M Teams Up With Maisie Williams And Animal Crossing To Promote Sustainable Fashion
Game of Threads
Fast fashion is one of the largest contributors to ocean pollution, rainforest destruction, and landfill waste out there. It's a term used to describe fashion that is made cheaply - often at the expense of poorly-paid workers in poorer countries - and shipped across the globe to be sold for low prices in places like Primark, H&M,...
News Nintendo's President Discusses Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Impact On Future Game Development
What's next?
Unless you've been living under a wonderfully convenient Bell Rock for the past year or so, you're probably aware that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been something of a smash hit. The latest entry in Nintendo's cuddly life sim series has already sold more than 31 million units, challenging Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the honour of being...
Monday12th Apr 2021
UK Charts Animal Crossing Returns To Number One, Surpasses One Million Physical Copies Sold
Another milestone ticked
UK physical chart data is now in for the week ending 10th April, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has reclaimed that familiar top spot. All games in the top ten saw a drop in sales this week, but New Horizons managed to shuffle up a spot to overtake FIFA 21 this time around. As reported by GamesIndustry.biz,...
Friday9th Apr 2021
News New Animal Crossing Build-A-Bear Character Arriving This Summer
Who could it be?
Earlier this week, Build-A-Bear revealed the first two characters in its brand new Animal Crossing: New Horizons line. In case you missed the announcement, it's the two Town Hall workers, Tom Nook and Isabelle. Although they're now sold out, a number of fans weren't all that impressed with what was on offer - we even said the
Thursday8th Apr 2021
Random Someone Made The Among Us Skeld Map In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Amongimal CrUssing
Of all the maps in Among Us, including the newly-released Airship, the most beloved (or infamous) is Skeld. We've seen Skeld remade in Minecraft already, and tiny model builder Simon of ClayClaim has even created a version made of clay and cardboard.
Tuesday6th Apr 2021
Talking Point The Build-A-Bear Animal Crossing Collection Is A Bit Rubbish
Today's launch saw many fans disappointed
Build-A-Bear is a horrific child's play-shop where your young ones can watch their new best friend being turned from an empty, lifeless skin into a fluffed and stuffed bear-shaped thing. You can even buy tiny bear clothes. It's quite the pitch, and one that was so successful that the company can usually be...
