Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) News Articles
Friday15th Oct 2021
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Adding Cooking And Crops
Natural growth
Animal Crossing: New Horizons had its long awaited Direct today, which delivered a lot of details on possibly the biggest update yet for the game. A key new addition, and one that's sure to keep a lot of us busy, was cooking and a new range of growable crops. Spotted by dataminers back in 2020, it seems this has been planned for some...
News Kapp'n Makes A Return In Animal Crossing: New Horizons Next Month
Time for a boat tour!
In today's Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct, Nintendo revealed that fan-favourite Kapp'n is making a grand comeback. Finally! The character, who New Leaf players will know as the adorable singing turtle who gives the player a ride to Tortimer Island, will soon take you to a "mysterious island" in New Horizons. He arrives...
News Brewster And The Roost Update Detailed In Animal Crossing Direct
A fine blend
Today's Animal Crossing Direct has served up quite a few interesting updates, including the key addition that was confirmed back in September. The Roost and Brewster are opening up in the Museum in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, arriving on 5th November. The Roost looked suitably charming, but in the Direct it only showcased the option...
Watch Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct, October 2021 - Live!
New content revealed
Ready to learn what's next for Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Strap yourselves in. Today, fans are being treated to a special direct specifically for New Horizons which will offer up info on new content headed to the game in November. Nintendo says it'll be roughly 20 minutes long, which is a pretty decent chunk of time to...
Wednesday13th Oct 2021
News Want A Pumpkin Like Animal Crossing's Jack? Here's A Free Stencil To Use This Halloween
Download, print and get carving!
The spookiest season of them all is just around the corner and if you're wanting a Nintendo-themed Halloween this year, you'll want to get a load of this. Nintendo has shared a free, printable stencil for any pumpkin carving you find yourself doing over the next few weeks. Available to download on the Play Nintendo...
Thursday7th Oct 2021
PSA Please Don't Forget To Transfer Your Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island To Your Switch OLED
It's easy to forget, as we found out...
The Switch OLED launches tomorrow, and no doubt a great many of you are waiting expectantly for your console to arrive on your doorstep. The thrill of new gaming hardware is certainly one of life's little pleasures, but don't allow your excitement to overwhelm you, as it did us. As you'll know from our recent...
Wednesday6th Oct 2021
News The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct Will Air On 15th October
Here are the times you need!
Remember the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct that was teased during the other, proper Direct last month? Well, Nintendo's now spilt the beans on when we can tune in. The show will air on 15th October at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm BST / 4pm CEST. It'll be "roughly 20 minutes" long, and naturally contains info on...
Tuesday5th Oct 2021
Random Doomguy And Isabelle Are Together At Last In Smash Bros.
Doomguy is very happy about it; Isabelle has yet to comment
People have been making jokes about the wholesome pairing of Doomguy (from DOOM) and Isabelle (from Animal Crossing) since the meme started, and after ringing in the new year in January together, they're finally confirmed to be in the sa
Friday1st Oct 2021
News It's Officially Spooky Season In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Pumpkins galore!
October: it's the best month. It's Halloween, it's the start of Autumn proper, it's the month where we get a new Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct, and it's my birthday the start of Scorpio season, which is objectively the best star sign. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a great place to celebrate the season, because it has...
News Another Fan Claims To Have Reached Nintendo Switch's Maximum Hour Count
And we've been doing the maths...
As you can imagine, we play an awful lot of games here at Nintendo Life – you should see some of the team's total playtime on games like Splatoon 2 and Zelda: Breath of the Wild – but even we can't come close to the total time put in by this fan. If you head to your profile page from the Switch's main menu,...
Friday24th Sep 2021
News Animal Crossing Series 5 amiibo Cards Are "Coming Soon"
Room for more?
Nintendo has announced that a new set of Animal Crossing amiibo cards are headed our way, although a release date hasn't yet been set. The new cards will arrive as Series 5, joining the already existing Series 1 - 4 cards that have been popping in and out of stock over the past few months. Nintendo says that "details on this card...
News There's An Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update Coming Soon, And Brewster's Back
November can't come soon enough
Nintendo has announced in today's Nintendo Direct that new content is finally on the way for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including the return of caffeine purveyor and fan-favourite character Brewster. An Animal Crossing Direct was announced for October (exact date TBA) which will feature more details about the...
Thursday23rd Sep 2021
News The National Videogame Museum Is Doing A Live Island Tour Of Their Animal Crossing Exhibition
Blathers IRL
The Animal Crossing Diaries is an online exhibition covering the last year-and-a-bit of the pandemic through Animal Crossing: New Horizons, telling the stories of players, parents, and archivists that played the game. It's being hosted by the National Videogame Museum, a UK-based museum that covers... video games, obviously. In...
Wednesday15th Sep 2021
Random Plant Your Plants In These Animal Crossing Plant Pots
Make Leif proud!
Plants! They're like babies for millennials with no money, which is... most of us, to be honest! Why not give your plants the very best — by which we don't mean fertiliser or plenty of sun, but these gorgeous Animal Crossing planters? Made as a collaboration between Sailor Mercury (the artist who made Froggy Computer) and
Monday13th Sep 2021
Random Animal Crossing Fan Shares Designs For All 20 Premier League Shirts
Download them for yourself!
Earlier in the year, Animal Crossing: New Horizons player and YouTube user Gametropolis created and shared designs for all 24 teams taking part in the Euros, letting other players represent their country or favourite side with pride. Now, they're back with a new set of kits that are just as impressive as before. That's...
Friday10th Sep 2021
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Online Exhibition Opens With Player Diaries
The National Video Game Museum covers the last 18 months
Back in December, the UK's National Video Game Museum announced their latest project: documenting and archiving the first year of the global pandemic, through the lens of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Nine months later, the exhibit is ready, and it's gorgeous, with Animal Crossing-style...
Saturday4th Sep 2021
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Deserted Island Diary Releases Later This Month
Update: Here are the first details
Update [Sat 4th Sep, 2021 15:00 BST]: Ahead of the release of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Deserted Island Diary later this month, VIZ Media has released the official description, revealing what fans can expect from this manga (via Comicbook.com): "In the global phenomena video game Animal Crossing, gamers...
Friday3rd Sep 2021
News Animal Crossing Series 1-4 amiibo Cards Are Being Restocked In The US
Complete that collection
Still missing some of those elusive Animal Crossing amiibo cards? Well, today's your lucky day. Nintendo has announced that the original Animal Crossing Series 1-4 amiibo cards are being restocked across the US this month. Starting from "early September", packs will once again begin appearing in Target stores for $5.99...
Tuesday31st Aug 2021
News Get Pumped For An Animal Crossing X Puma Collaboration
Update: Pictures and release date emerge
Update 2: Puma has now confirmed that its upcoming Animal Crossing collection arrives on 18th September. Could there be more than the shoes and hoodie pictured below? We'll keep an eye out as that launch date gets closer. Update 1: A load of pictures of the shoes and a hoodie have popped up on...
Tuesday10th Aug 2021
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 1.11.1 Patch Notes - More Bug Fixes
Available now!
Following on from the Animal Crossing: New Horizons update at the end of last month, Nintendo has now released Version 1.11.1. There are no patch notes available in the west just yet, but Nintendo has shared some information via its Japanese website. As expected, it fixes a number of bugs that showed up in Version 1.11.0. Here's the...
Saturday31st Jul 2021
News Animal Crossing Datamine Suggests Popular Hangout Could Still Return
Is something brewing behind the scenes?
Rumours about a popular location returning in Animal Crossing: New Horizons have resurfaced this week. Datamining over on DodoCodes.com has highlighted code and event references that have renewed hopes of Brewster appearing in a future update. Since picked up and summarised by
Thursday29th Jul 2021
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 1.11.0 Patch Notes - Seasonal Events, Fixes And More
Return to island life
Nintendo has now released the latest free update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It includes new seasonal items and weekly fireworks shows. The patch notes have also been made available on Nintendo's official support page. Apart from the seasonal events, there's also a brief mention of minor adjustments and corrections that...
Tuesday27th Jul 2021
Fresh content coming later this year
Nintendo has confirmed that Animal Crossing: New Horizons' next free update is set to launch later this week, while also teasing brand new content for the future. In a post shared to social media today, Nintendo reveals that more free content for the game is "currently in development" for later this year. More...
Friday23rd Jul 2021
News Nintendo And Oxford University Want To Know How Animal Crossing Players Are Doing Mentally
Feel free to share your thoughts in our poll
A new survey released by Nintendo of America and The University of Oxford hopes to explore the correlation between Animal Crossing: New Horizons game time and players' mental wellbeing. Seemingly sent out to select Nintendo account holders, the survey begins by asking respondees about their recent New...
Thursday15th Jul 2021
News K.K. Slider Joins The Animal Crossing Build-A-Bear Collection
Update: Now live in the UK
Update: Great news, folks. K.K. Slider is now available to order in the UK. After a bit of a wait, our favourite musical pup can now be claimed from Build-A-Bear's UK site. Bundles are available for £32.50, and Tom Nook and Isabelle are still available, too! Original Article (Wed 9th Jun, 2021 21:40 BST): We'll admit,...
Thursday8th Jul 2021
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Monopoly Has Been Officially Revealed
Pre-order are now live
Update [Thu 8th Jul, 2021 00:30 BST]: Toymaker Hasbro has now officially confirmed the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Monopoly set. Pre-orders are available now for $24.99 and it arrives this August in the US. Here is what's included along with a description of the customised gameplay: 4 character tokens, 4 Skill cards, 35...
Tuesday6th Jul 2021
Random An Official Animal Crossing Stamp Rally Is Opening At A Japanese Aquarium
Fishing competitions and AC swag for the summer event
Next up in our ongoing series of 'Japan gets all the best stuff', a Japanese aquarium is hosting an official (and totally real-life) Animal Crossing: New Horizons summer event partially based on Blathers' in-game Museum Day Stamp Rally.
Monday28th Jun 2021
Random A Modder Built Link's House And Animal Crossing's Resident Services In Far Cry 5
Blathers has a gun now
It's incredible that Link's house in Breath of the Wild has captured the public imagination so, considering that it's A) not a very interesting house and B) Link spends about as much time in there as he does with Zelda. Yet, we've had people building the thing in LEGO and
Friday18th Jun 2021
News Don't Worry, Nintendo "Absolutely" Has Plans For Animal Crossing: New Horizons Going Forward
NoA president provides an update
Despite Animal Crossing: New Horizons' absence from Nintendo's E3 Direct this year, there's apparently no need to worry. Speaking to The Verge, Nintendo of America president, Doug Bowser, reassured fans the latest entry in the long-running life simulation series was still a big part of the company's future moving...
Friday11th Jun 2021
Gallery KK Slider Would Be Proud Of This Animal Crossing 7-CD Music Collection
Celebrate AC's 20th anniversary in style
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Animal Crossing franchise, Nintendo is releasing a lovely boxset which contains the soundtrack for Animal Crossing: New Horizons along with some other goodies. In this bundle you will get seven CDs. Four of these have all the
