In a couple of months Animal Crossing: New Horizons will celebrate its first anniversary. Yes, millions of people have been fixing up their deserted islands for nearly a year now, and Nintendo has been adding events and minor features through updates since launch.
If you only got into the game recently, you might not be aware of which events and characters weren't there at the very beginning. Disreputable art dealer Redd, for example, was added in an update, as was the Museum's art gallery where Blathers displays all of the objet d'art you kindly donate.
There are still some favourite characters, venues and facilities missing from New Horizons, though, and fans have been clamouring for their return since the Switch game launched. In addition to a raft of tweaks we'd love to see, Brewster's Cafe is near the top of the list, but some series devotees have also been missing the little gyrating dudes known as Gyroids.
For anyone who started the series with New Horizons, Gyroids are decorative furniture objects with arms and faces of that you dig up and display wherever you fancy. They move when activated and the many different varieties (sorted into families) all make different sounds. They're based on Japanese haniwa, ritualistic funerary figures that may house the soul of the deceased (thanks, Nookipedia). So far there's only one of them to be found in New Horizons — the helpful Lloid (see the pics above and below) who accepts donations when you start a new infrastructure project on your island.
Rumours of their return have come from passing mentions in the official strategy guide, as well as potential references in the game's code. But are you really busting to see Gyroids return to Animal Crossing? Or did you find collecting them a bit tedious? Are they super cute or a little unnerving? Let us know in the little poll below!
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Feel free to share your favourite Gyroid family below, or tell us why they freak you out and you're happy to see the back of Lloid and the rest of the 'roids.
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Well yeah, they were fun little additions and sounded goofy.
When ur first vote
Reality can be whatever i want
Well of course, I really don’t know why anyone would want less content.
I'm neutral. I'm fine either way. 🤷♀️ I do love the lullaboids though.
Along with all the other content from New Leaf that is missing
I've posted this before, but... given the 47% who voted imperfectly here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ShZHI3dH2A
(Full disclosure: I've not played New Horizons, but the world, any world, is a dimmer place without Gyroids.)
After playing New Leaf, I resolved to collect every Gyroid once the next game came out. Turned out that I picked the wrong game to start that mindset with, as New Horizons didn't have them at launch. Hopefully they do something with Gyroids soon, since that'll at least give me some reason to play every day, as I currently fell out of the game itself. The reason was mainly due to the lack of content in the game itself.
They are seems to be creepy if you find them cute that's fine but I'm curious what they were intended to seem like...
Yes please! I would like to dig out something besides fossils. They probably havent added them cause they would make islands laggy. idk
I feel like this game is lacking basic content that previous games had yet somehow is selling like crazy and honestly not having Gyroids in a AC game should be a crime
I do, but I want them to have a section in the museum. My main issue with them in New Leaf was storing or displaying them. They need a dedicated area of some sort.
Yeah bring em back. Although I want that DJ night club back more than anything.
I don't urgently need them added, but it's something else to do.
...but I'd like another storage upgrade first.
God yes, their absence (apart from Lloid) is one of the reasons the game feels slightly less "quirky" and more normal than the previous games for me... Other reasons include the hourly music style (too slick/cool even though some of them are absolute bangers) lack of kapp'n sea shanties, lack of Mr Resetti rants and too nice villagers. Make Animal Crossing weird again!! (Okay, it's still pretty weird but not as much as it was)
AND with Gyroids I could have other things I could use to represent people/life in my island apart from Raccoon figurines!
"Rumours of their return have come from passing mentions in the official strategy guide, as well as potential references in the game's code"
Also they had Gyroid clothes designs in the newest trailer and Luna actually has one of the things by her bed!! Okay, it's a Gyroid air infuser but still. I want one!
Pretty disappointing they haven’t been in the game yet. I’ve loved this game, but they cooled off on the substantial updates way too early.
Gyroids need the return as well as the coffee shop on the island!!! Come on Nintendo!!!!
Yes. Gyroids and some minigames on consoles . Switch and arcade cabinets
@nessisonett Apparently that's what Nintendo think people want
Never played an animal crossing before so what do these do?
Do they add anything to the island or is it just another pointless collectable like the bugs and fish?
I love Gyroids. Even if they aren't very important, what REALLY is in animal crossing. They're such an iconic little feature so I'd love to see them pop up once more
Another weirdly Japanese aspect of Animal Crossing that needs to return to New Horizons.
@Mr-Fuggles777 They "sing" and "dance" and if you put on music they'll do so in time to it! The various different gyroids each have unique voices and designs. You can combine them to make tunes. You dig them up in the ground like fossils. I think they could be found during rain.
Bing Bing Doing Dank! Bing Bing Doing Dank! Bing Bing Doing Dank! Bing Bing Doing Dank!
@Clyde_Radcliffe cheers, sounds cool but it won't be that big an addition for me unfortunately. I can't remember the last time I played AC with the sound on.
I always hated these things and would always sigh when I dug one up instead of something cool like a fossil.
I always assumed they were some kind of inside joke with the devs or something.
I want them, but I want them to have a different mechanical niche. Maybe have a dedicated spot for them in the museum or Harvey's island? Make them pitchable so we can make music in a minigame of sorts? I don't want them to just be space-taking fossils like in the past games
Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out almost a year ago. The time to add content to it would have been before it released.
Eh, I could do without them. They just take up precious inventory space, and depending how long I go without playing the game and doing upkeep on my town in New Leaf, they could fill up my entire inventory.
Never really liked them - time to replace them with something else.
When I get roids I usually rub a cream on them.
Well yeah.....back when I actually cared about this game.
Of all the MANY things this game is missing, gyroids are the last thing I’d hoped for them to add in. Seriously. The developers need to play New Leaf for a week. Then they can see how thin New Horizons is with content. And a complete overhaul of the holidays in Horizons is paramount. The holiday disaster made me quit playing.
I’d love to see the gyroids come back. I loved setting them up around my house and having them harmonize lol
Yes, I'm a nostalgic old man now and I just want Gyroids/NES games lol.
There are still so many things missing from previous Animal Crossing...
Where are the missing buildings? Where is the cafe? Where is Blanca? Where are Chip, Resetti, Dr Shrunk, Gracie, Katrina, Tortimer, ... ?
And when does Label, Kicks, Leif, settle on the Island?
When does the Nook's store will get it's next update?
You can keep the freaky voodoo dolls
I voted NO.
Not a fan of Haniwa statues on Animal Crossing.
I prefer Cafe, Happy Home Academy return on ACNH.
Where is Digby ?
Isabelle have sibling and they are still separated on ACNH ?
Yes. Please.
Something. ANYTHING!
I'd like the cafe to return first.
Animal Crossing don't feel Animal Crossing without the Gyriods,i was very disapointing when i discovered theres no Gyriods to collect in the game, i hope and expect Nintendo add the Gyriods back in a update, and Brewster and Kapp'n too.
I was never a fan of the Gyroids. They cluttered up my house/inventory and collecting an entire set of any of them was needlessly time consuming. (this coming from someone who's played thousands of hours of AC, CF, and NH)
If we're adding new content, where's Copper and Booker. Where's Pelly and Phyllis? I know Resetti "retired" but isn't a remote island getaway the perfect place for a someone who's had a long career and deserves a little rest? We get Label, Kicks, and Leif, but no Wendell? Gyroids should be far down the list of things to add.
@Diogmites WHAT?, Gyriods is a staple of the franchise, is like removing Goombas or Koopas in a Mario game or the Master Sword.
I'll be honest: I hated Gyroids in the original AC because every one I dug up was in the way of completing all of the fossils for my Museum. But nearly a year in with AC:NH, my Museum's fossil collection has been complete for months and the incentive to bother digging up anything (aside from exchanging it for Bells) is mostly nonexistent. So I'm open to Gyroids being added now, if only to have a reason to dig again. Collecting each group and finding places for them (preferably a new wing of the Museum, but I don't think that's likely) would be something new to do, at least.
I figure Nintendo will add Gyroids at some point in an update. But one has to wonder how far their "support" for AC:NH will continue despite their recent remarks, because most of the "updates" for the back half of 2020 were already in the game to begin with.
@emayekayee Don't forget about Kapp'n. I miss his little sea shanties as he ferried you to the islands in New Leaf. He needs a proper return, especially given this game's basic theme.
I don't care if they return or not. In New Leaf, I always sold Gyroids because they were worth a lot of bells.
I do not miss those things taking up space in the ground while I’m trying to collect fossils to sell
@Godzil I agree with your comments. While i am closing in on 400 hours, and it is in my top two games of all time, there is more that could be added.
And, with so many millions copies sold, any sort of DLC would be great for Nintendo and for fans.
I never cared for gyroids. But I guess if they can keep them out of the way (I never liked digging them up) why not let the people who want them have them.
Yes, i hope they added them in a future update. i always go back from the Original Animal Crossing and Animal Crossing: New Leaf, to see the gyroid that i have in my houses.
Gyroids may not be my thing, BUT they are one of those quirky things about Animal Crossing that is just straight-up iconic to it. They really should have been there day one, and they most certainly should come back.
I want better Clothes editing abilities. Or a bigger Clothing store. More Customization options.
An RBG option for Eyes and Clothes would be nice.
The ability to buy multiple NMTs in one go.
Or those Bell Tickets.
But Nintendo won't do it. Leave it to the Fans. -.-
And then Nintendo will screw it all up and then not do anything again.
@Clyde_Radcliffe I’d been feeling the same thing (about the toned down funky/wonky/quirkiness to the world), but never really pinned down exactly what was lacking. This is a really good summary.
Nintendo, well done creating the biggest title in the series - you’ve clearly done what’s necessary to attract the normies. Now bring the quirk!
I want Animal Crossing to return to Animal Crossing.
Where is the I don't play new horizons I play older AC games option xd
@dugan I have more than 1300h in the game xD
But yeah, it feel like lots of things are still missing
@Godzil 1300!! That is wild! But i totally understand: every time I feel like I am done, i start playing a little more, i get an idea for a new terraform, etc. I hope they drop some major DLC on the one year anniversary. Anyway, have fun playing!
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