Today's Nintendo Direct Mini showed off plenty of new games coming to Switch, but it also gave us more information on content coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
New footage in the presentation has given us a closer look at all of the fun we can expect to enjoy throughout the Bunny Day celebrations, which will be live in-game from 1st to 12th April (as long as you've installed the Version 1.1.0 update). As we already knew, Zipper will arrive on the island to kick things off, but there's plenty more going on.
You'll be able to dig for eggs, fish for eggs, and even craft with eggs, creating a whole bunch of limited-time items. This event will only happen once per year, so if you're liking the look of these Easter-themed goodies, you'll want to get involved.
The Direct also teased yet another update planned for the game. A new event celebrating Earth Day will be arriving in April; no specific date was given, but Earth Day takes place on 22nd April annually in the real world.
Looking forward to all of this new content? Let us know if you'll be diving in with a comment below.
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I'm glad you get a week to do this stuff. It would stink trying to cram all of this into one day.
I wonder if this is something that you can't redo by time traveling, I know they are trying to stop that kind of stuff.
If this was already in the update has it not been data mined already. Or have I just not been lurking round the right YouTube channels?
A great way to celebrate Easter.
@Fandabidozi there will be a small update that enables the event.
You can time travel there already.
@RPGamer I think that only fixed the glitches that allowed for endless item duplication
It looks great! I am SO glad that it’s not possible to spoil it for others by skipping ahead half of the fun is in the waiting for the event date.
@RPGamer I think he can buy it at either Nook's Cranny or Nook's tent if he doesn't have it yet.
Looking forward to this.
Just say "Easter" you cowards.
@invictus4000 I believe that Nintendo of America has a policy against directly referencing or utilizing real world religions in their first party games, so it may be an attempt to avoid breaking such a policy (as Easter Sunday is a Christian holiday)
@RPGamer you asked what it did and I told you. no need to be snide I don't work for nintendo.
So furniture is no longer given out by special characters, but instead you have to craft them. That's more challenging, but also rewards you more
I would have laughed if the bunny was named Daisy.
Does anyone know if you still fet this if you time travel?I realize its only accessible once the internet connection confirms the date but I was wondering i my switch says its april 10 for example,would bunny day still begin on april 1st in real time until april 12 in real time irrespective of my switch time?or do they have to be in sync?
Thanks in advance!
@invictus4000 It's never been called Easter in animal crossing before, so why should they call it that now? It's a fictional game with no mentions of religion. The developers chose to give all the events different names from their real-life counterparts.
I'm glad it is spread out over 12 days. I hope Zipper is just there for the 12 days and every time you find an egg you get another DIY recipe and not "find enough eggs per day to get 1 recipe per day" kind of thing.
One really neat thing that was revealed was that Leif would return. This gives hope for the return of notoriously missing NPCs.
Absolute joy of a game. Better than I expected and I was a huge fan of the original.
@RPGamer oh sorry i must have misinterpreted. No worries! No harm done
Bunny Day, Toy Day... Ugh! I wish they'd just use the real names of the holidays everyone knows these refer to. I think it would be interesting if they included holidays from all over the world, it could even be a bit educational.
I can collect eggs in all sort of ways but I don't see Zipper anywhere? Does he come to the island on a later date or am I glitched?
@Rhun Keep looking, he might be hidden. I found him hiding out among the trees near the town square.
@Donald_M Ok thanks. I been all over my island already but I'll look again. Maybe he was behind a building.
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