Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Fall Update Is 'Around The Corner', Says Nintendo

Holiday event updates arent too exciting for me, I prefer additions to the game

@jimtendog that was well said. It's the reason why I haven't played a lot also. I haven't played the past games but I know what you mean.

I'm still holding out hope for a farming update like one of the data mines hinted at. Would totally revitalize this game for me.

I’m still playing regularly. I want to do some Halloween displays as soon as I can get my hands on the items.

Still playing daily after 350 hours!

That's exciting to hear. I'm still playing regularly. Some days more fruitful than others. But the Halloween season will really make decorating fun

My first additional resident moved in today! Welcome Chester! Get your things unpacked and then we'll ****ing party!

the Fall update for Animal Crossing New Horizons might be coming earlier then i expected, i trough Nintendo gonna release the Fall update for the game in octobre 27th, since 5 days is enough for Nintendo to make the best Halloween event of the franchise, and please Nintendo add Bulk Crafting or a shopping options in Able Sisters and Nook Cranny and don't forget Brewster too.

(Spongebob voice) I'm ready.

Really looking forward to this. I love October through December in Animal Crossing, with the seasonal changes and different events. Plus the decorating.

Where is Brewsters, Club LOL and Gyroids??

@jimtendog I have a feeling they're holding out on major updates until next year like all the version 3.0, 4.0 updates they did with Splatoon 2. The pier obviously does something other than having pier fish, so hopefully some sort of tours, offline or online.

@Clyde_Radcliffe
As we can learn reactions from villagers and K.K. comes every week, Club LOL is not needed. Gyroid references is datamined so it will come.

@Clyde_Radcliffe Brewsters might be part of the museum, there's been some hints of it heading that way. As for Club LOL and Gyroids, no idea

@Broosh i think the Cooking/Farming mechanics with the depth of the Crafting mechanics/DIY system is gonna come in novembre, debuting in the Harvest Festival event

I'm assuming Brewster is coming during the colder season, either November or December. Maybe January to have something for after the holidays. Gyroids should be a lock in some form. Kapp'n will likely come back to make use of the pier and take you to another island like Tortimer Island. Maybe that's where Tortimer makes his reappearance.

@Clyde_Radcliffe the recent dataming of the latest update for the game, seen to indicate that Gyriods families is gonna be added very soon in the game, Ninji even found a mention of a Gyriod item_kind 35, hinting that 35 new Gyriods families is gonna be added in the Fall update for the game or in the update that add the Harvest Festival.

@jimtendog What are you looking for to be added besides new shops? I'm just curious, new to the series and I just want to know if it would be worth the wait for me or not

@Shamrock end of septembre/early octobre for the upcoming Fall update for the game?

@jimtendog I still think there will be more things added to the game but I think the slow drip is hurting the game.

I have been looking forward to the tree leaves turning colors in the fall but that brown grass almost makes it look like a desert, not liking it at all.

Kind of hard to believe Nintendo let those demon hentai mushrooms in the game. That one behind the woman's head will probably be posted all over Twitter. 😂

Got it in August so I am kinda new but still enjoying it. I am into flower breeding lately.

@HADAA 2.0 was a massive update for Splatoon 2 and it came in November. In addition to the normal stuff like stages, weapons, gear you also got a new mode (Clam Blitz). In general the biggest updates come within the first year of a game's lifespan when it comes to Nintendo post-launch support so I'd imagine there'd be some big stuff within the next few months and then more big stuff around March followed by smaller stuff afterwards.

Bring on the update! September just feels like a "transition" month.

@HADAA But Club LOL was a nightclub too where villagers would go to dance and KK Slider would DJ. Quite different to KK with his guitar!

@Giancarlothomaz Nice! I can't wait! Gyroids will give the island some life. I'm tired of putting Raccoon Figurines everywhere to represent people. 😂

@Yorumi ok thanks. I think New Horizons will be very long term, with continuous updates like now. I'm just glad the updates are free so far.

Honestly, August was a bit of a letdown after the great summer updates, and nothing new appeared in September that isn't already in the core game, so hopefully this next update will add a bunch of the rumored content we had read about, such as upgrades to existing buildings (Nookington's) or new shops (Brewster). Right now it kind of feels like the game is slowing down in terms of support and new content, so it would be reassuring to see Nintendo make this next update a big one.

@Giancarlothomaz That would be great! And the perfect way to relax as I get my booty kicked in Demon's Souls that month lol

@jimtendog i hope Nintendo add the rumored Cooking/Farming mechanics with the depth of the Crafting mechanics/DIY system and Vegetables/Dishes in the upcoming Fall update, or in novembre when possibily the update that add the Harvest Festival come, and add QOL improvements such as Bulk Crafting or a shopping options in Able Sisters and Nook Cranny.

@AtlanteanMan i think after the disapointing august update, the octobre/novembre and decembre update for the game, is gonna be the major updates for the game, with the Fall update(octobre) adding the third and final expansion to the Museum adding the Roost vastly expanded acting like a real cafeteria/restaurant, the Gyriods, the novembre update or second Fall update adding the rumored Cooking/Farming mechanics with the depth of the Crafting mechanics/DIY system and decembre(Winter update) adding the third and final expansion to Nook Cranny.

Hopefully a new Nook upgrade is included in this update.... we need that and some more shops man.

@echoplex You can keep shaking trees for stuff, if you only shake each tree once, it admittedly takes a long time, but you can just keep shaking a tree, pinecones or acorns will keep coming out.

Cool I have not played it for awhile now
Need a good reason to go back

@sinalefa Nice, I'm flower breeding too, I'm just missing the blue roses, purple pansies, purple windflowers and gold roses. Just waiting for them to blossom someday hehe

Definitely still playing it. Can't wait to see what the next update will entail

@jimtendog Eh, New Leaf had plenty of things to unlock, but most of them were just terribly tedious (especially Museum 2nd floor, which requires you to talk to Blathers on 14 different days and donated 20 items between each of the four exhibits, and finally paying 198,000 bells...my goodness...).

That said, New Leaf's an amazing game back then and I do like unlocking things in many games, but if I have to give up a great deal of the unlocking for a more cohesive experience at the end of the day, I'll gladly do so and that's one of the many reasons New Horizons is my favorite game in the series for streamlining many of the elements in the series.

Wildworld for the DS still the best game in the series.

@JeanPaul

Cool. I am missing some flowers entirely so I will be getting there someday. Those breeding guides are very useful.

I stopped playing in August. I just was growing bored...

I've dropped off after 750 hours. As all I seemed to be doing was building up money. I've over 310 million bells in the bank nowadays! Making me a veritable pimp, out here on flea bag island 😂😂

House is fully done. Got all the tunes I wanted. Can't be arsed to modify anymore of my island, as the framerate plummets like a rock, whenever I enter my Chinatown restaurant district or fish market areas.

So my question is, where do I go from here with it?

Took a bit of a breather from the game but am looking forward to the update.

Cool but I haven't played Animal Crossing in months, I think I got really burned out on the game finally and focused more on other games. I am sure I will go back to it as I really enjoy it, definitely the kind of game I gotta be in the mood for but I don't see myself playing it daily like I used to.

Being in the Southern hemisphere we already had the autum update and I must say, prepare yourselves for the best Lamps on the game.

Great news! I am almost done with the mermaid set. Hopefully the fall update gives some more neat stuff to do and make.

I am considering redoing part of my house in the game.

Cool, another update, what content are they going to take from New Leaf and reimplement this time?

PLEASE BE GYROIDS! PLEASE BE GYROIDS! PLEEEEAAAAASE BE GYROIDS!

Cool, hoping for the return of Brewster(and gyroids). I also really hope the datamined gardening feature comes.

Hoping for Brewster and the rumoured farming/cooking mechanic.

@echoplex

When shaking a tree always have your net equipped and stand right in front. No more stings! You often need to shake a tree 10 or 12 times to get an acorn or pine cone.

I am still playing everyday. Yes, there is "the grind" of everyday activities and interactions. However the creative possibilities are great. It seems like every couple weeks I am terraforming, designing, crafting a new area. While i am playing other games, i still find myself on my island for more than an hour every day. This game has exceeded my expectations.

Love October and Halloween, this will be awesome.

@dugan,

Same here, I would have normally become bored by now, but 675 hours in.

I wish it were a little more like City Folk or New Leaf where Redd and Leif had permanent shops. Can't forget the guy who gave the emotions or even the recycle shop. The recycle shop I almost liked more thank Nooks Cranny.

@jimtendog Yeah, my island could definitely use Katrina and Club LOL, though personally I think every other New Leaf shop in New Horizons could go the "consolidation" route like Dream Suite did (Leif can move back to Nook's Cranny, Labelle and Kicks can collaborate with the Able Sisters in some form, and Brewster can go back to the Museum). If Harriet of Shampoodle is returning, I'm hoping she can offer more hairstyles and hair colors without setting up shop.

As much as I'd like the Town Ordinances back, the only ordinance I ever used was "Keep My Town Beautiful", which has been present (give or take) in New Horizons now that flowers no longer "die" and such. As far as everything else goes (Early Bird, Night Owl, and Bell Boom), I feel that some of those are accommodated by New Horizons already. You have the Drop-Off Box to sell your stuff anytime, so (aside from being unable to buy stuff earlier or later) no need for the time ordinances. There's already plenty of ways to make bells throughout the series, so the wealthy ordinance is pretty much redundant.

Going back to the "unlocks" thing, I won't lie when I say that it's rewarding to unlock more stuff in New Leaf, but New Horizons' unlocks didn't put much weight on me as I was playing and even then, I still felt like I was working towards something in NH. NL, despite having plenty of unlocks, felt like a "one and done" deal for me as by the time I unlocked everything in the game, I was kind of "done" with it and the only time I ever booted up NL was for the Puzzle League mini game (Welcome amiibo) whereas aside from that, I was basically walking around my town and look at everything before saving my game and turning it off.

...I stopped playing this a long time ago...
sighs
knew this would happen...I just can't stay interested in these games.

I have prepared vacant spot for Fall update.
Cannot wait for new buildings and farming stuffs.

Last month, I stopped playing for a few weeks...but lately I got sucked back in and it's been daily for most of this month. I'm up to almost 600 hours of playtime. My island / town looks awesome.

Gave up on this game after realizing it's just like 100 lines of text being repeated . Got bored after diving was added. Haven't bothered to play since. There's no gyroids so I don't have a reason to play. They were my favorite part of ac and now they're gone.

@Joeynator3000 same here. The game was a TON of fun in the beginning but now I haven't touched it in weeks.
Its not bad game at all, I just have no reason to launch it.

@rjejr ooooohhhh noooooooo
Oof

“Demon hentai mushrooms”
I’m dying

@jimtendog meanwhile I'm over here with over a 1000 hours making my island perfect. O.o

I've finally slowed down tho and NEED this update Nintendo!

@rjejr
The mushrooms will appear during November (North) or May (South).
They are located near the trees.

Seeing how Nintendo announces things nowadays, they'll announce the update for like, the next day
Like that approach.

People complaining about lack of content confuse me. New Horizons seems to have at least as much content as past Animal Crossing games. It's just parceled out differently.

@Anti-Matter I think that's strange about the mushroom timing of November. Where I live in New York we have mushrooms all summer long. Guess it does give them something new for fall.

I still think that big 1 is kinda creepy and the 1 behind the woman's head is just asking for trouble. 🤣

@ChromaticDracula Once you see it you can't unsee it. 😁

Akira changed my life forever. Which lead me to Legend of the Overfiend which changed my soul in ways which can't go back.

@jimtendog I agree!

There’s really not much to do when you have completed your house and got a 5 star island. After that it just feels kind of dead and I end up starting my whole island again for something to do.

I wish there was more stores or maybe some mini games you could play in multi player or with the Animals. Just something that would feel more... game-ish? I know that's that 'traditional' AC but that would have kept me playing. I honestly can't complain, though. I've put more hours into this game then I have on any another game I've gotten on switch.