Animal Crossing: New Horizons Street Date Broken, Inside Cover And Cartridge Design Revealed

I need the unboxing video of USA and Japan version (if possible) to see if my theory about different region = different Save data was false. Because i have never knew something like that.

I’ve been going all digital everything since the day the Switch released that I almost forgot what an unboxing even looks like.

I hope he gets legal action taken against him for this. It’s not cool to break street dates.

@Anti-Matter : They are all likely to be the same version (as implied by the supported languages disclosed in the eShop as well as the simultaneous launch)

If a Chinese/South-East Asian version comes along later, then that would likely be considered a separate unit of software (with its own save data), but it may not support English.

@gloom,

How the hell would that ever work?, the idea retailers could get the game out to every customer on the same day.

@DreamerDC,

Or you should not worry that somebody gets the game a few days early, as I fail to see how it would impact on your own enjoyment of the game.

Can’t believe it says animal crossing on the cartridge 😱

I like peas and carrots

I still miss instruction booklets to be honest, they were useless but cool 😂

I find it funny that people dislike retailers breaking street dates, when we would all happily play the game early if we could. Release dates only serve for companies forecasts, it's not for consumers at all. If the game is ready, printed and in stores, just sell the damn thing.

@Kimyonaakuma They weren't useless. They provided vital item and enemy details before the hand-holding "hey listen" that modern games today have. They also provided backstories before FMVs became integral to the start of games. They were very useful. But definitely cool.

I preordered the physical copy before deciding to go digital. I was intending on cancelling the physical copy or returning it after keeping the preorder bonus... but seeing how beautiful that box is... I dont know if I can...

@gloom nothing would happen to the consumer. Retailers on the other hand, do get slapped with big fines for breaking street dates.

@gloom Never said I was, did I? Do you do this often in your life, jump at the throats of others that disagree with your opinion? Try and insult to feel better about yourself? Perhaps getting a little bit of help with that will remove the gloom you feel inside, let you appreciate the finer details of yourself.

EDIT: To add to your retort, many games come out in different countries at different times, usually due to localisation. These are not exempt from your "theater production" analogy. Reviewers and guide writers play the games before everyone else, too. Again, not exempt. The game is ready to play, many have played it long before the official release date. The date is solely there for a company to forecast its earnings for that quarter, the consumer has merely adopted a mechanism like yours to accept it.

@gloom aside from maybe spoilers showing up online, why does it matter that someone got it early? I live in a major metro city where most people who care about this stuff have the game by Tuesday or Wednesday🤷🏻‍♂️Still paid for it, Who cares?

@Crimson_Ridley Just messing with ya haha
I like the release date because it’s something to look forward to. It’s a date to set with my friends so we’ll all buy the game together and then have a Switch party. It’s an official celebration to a game release.. it’s not a corporate brainwashing issue to be “compliant” with a release date? Lol

@ZelthkingYoutube I feel for you bud - I've only just been contacted about pyament & delivery address issues for the Splatoon 2 T-Shirts I ordered in July last year. Their website doesn't take into consideration I don't have a house number & it's a mandatory field. Doesn't help that their pages to update addresses and orders can only be found via Google as there are no links within the My Nintendo website.

I'll never understand these people.

If I get a game early, I'm shutting up and appreciating my good fortune, not blabbing about it online.

@gloom how tho? It’s lame that people post stuff online, but a)you don’t have to look or watch b)why do you care if someone plays it early?

@DreamerDC,

People still love physical games, plus you can sell em if you like the game, but do see your point.

@Kimyonaakuma They were better than endless in game tutorials.

This seems to happen a lot with Nintnedo games as Nintnedo likes to release some of it's games on Friday but most of the rest of the industry releases it's games on Tuesday so I've always figured store employees get tons of stock in by Monday, pout it all out Monday night after close, people buy it on Tuesday.

I've tried to buy at least 3 Nintneod games at Target on Tuesday b/c they seem to always put them out. Target's check-out system never let them be sold but they were ALWAYS on the shelves on Tuesday.

I'm going to Target after breakfast to hunt & gather whatever scraps and morsels I can find, I'll bet ya it's out on the shelf. I have it preordered from Best Buy, $5 off plus another $10 w/ the game, that I'm planning on using on Labo Vr, so I won't be trying to buy it again, and I'm pretty sure from experience it won't work anyway.

And really, people complaining about "street date" being broken b/c spoilers or whatever. How do you think all those reviews came out a couple of day sago? Do you think nobody has played the game yet? It's 3 days, come on man.

I am curious to see the inside box and cartridge art. Since it is a game I will play frequently in short bursts, it is a digital download for me (I used my last voucher and the game is pre-downloaded and ready to go).

@Ralizah Gotta get that 15 minutes of "I'm special!" time!

@gloom The retailer would be at fault, not the guy who bought the game. The retailer has the agreement that they broke

@Crimson_Ridley I think people, or at least myself, dislike it because it's never all stores, it'll just be a handful. And people dump all kinds of spoilers online, forcing people to risk being spoiled or having to stay off the internet until they have a chance to play the game for themselves.

Lucky.. I wish my gamestop would just break the street date too, I have been having panic attacks since yesterday that the store I pre-ordered at will be shut down by Friday and I won't be able to play until they re-open. I would just cancel and get it digital, but I value my limited storage space too much and would much rather have it physical.

I don't care about spoiler, or store breaking street date. Amazon, target, walmart and BB all have warehouse/ distribution center in most state. So when they ship pre-order, I don't understand why it will be ship from across state far away and not the closest. I get that some "in" stock items are in a different warehouse, but pre-order (Order that some people placed before they receive the stock ) is annoying. My 1 copy from Target is set to deliver on the 24th, lol! So I am now hoping BB will be on track to be deliver on release date. As for Amazon, I have experience too many time, my pre-order never arrive on release date + they took away the Prime game discount, so I avoid ordering PO from them.
I am not keen on digital, so I don't mind waiting, just don't get the point of them shipping from far state to mine.

In Holland we have a gamestore that closes their shops tomorrow. Everyone that has a pre-order gets the game today. Just picked it up with a nice keychain (Tom Nook).

My copy is coming my around midday tomorrow (Australia central time).

Friend in Netherlands is about to go pick up their copy.