Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition?

With such a small digital upgrade price, I can't see paying $65 when you can score a S1 copy 2nd hand for $30.

honestly, 9/10!!! the visual upgrade makes the island just look stunning, and the megaphone and mouse controls can really be useful. i know theres a lot of people out there complaining it was too little content, but i think its reasonable enough. They couldve EASILY made the update features exclusive to the switch 2 edition, and easily sold the upgrade pack for more. nintendo is not always greedy 🙂

I've done some thinking, and this is the only Switch 2 Edition from Nintendo that does not improve the frame rate from 30 FPS. To all the people I argued with, you do have good reason to be upset that this this didn't turn out the way you wanted, even if it personally does not bother me, and I'm sorry for being an ass about it.

That aside though, this Switch 2 Edition is such a Nothing Burger that it may as well have been included with the other content in the 3.0 update for free, especially when you consider that there are a few third-party Switch games that have a free upgrade path and do more. HDR looks nice, and when I'm standing still, I do notice the 4K difference, but by and large this is the same game as it always was. At least the game doesn't chug on more detailed islands, but that was true when playing the Switch 1 version on a Switch 2 anyway. The Switch 2 Edition doesn't really add anything significant, and I don't know how many people are getting a lot of mileage out of the megaphone or 12-player multiplayer, but I'm certainly not one of them.
This is a painfully average upgrade. 5/10.

As for the 3.0 update, this game in my eyes was a 5/10 back in 2020, because it took way too many elements away after New Leaf, and after 2.0 I would have given it a 7/10. While I don't think the hotel is a grand inclusion, bulk crafting, Dream Islands and sidestepping bump this up to a 9/10. I finally think that this game is almost as good as New Leaf. Only thing holding it back is the villagers lacking personality, which sadly hasn't changed since launch. If you actually got me to care about my neighbors on this island, this game could have been a 10/10

This feels like something Stardew Valley would have gave you for free.

Greedy Nintendo is getting tiresome.

@jwfurness true, you can hardly walk down the street without tripping over used $30 copies of Nintendo switch first party games.

Why is Nintendo Life and the community even trying to review what’s basically a five dollar DLC? Clicks I guess

6 for Not Bad. I’d like to have more, but for something that costs less than a drive-thru meal, it is what it is. I like that it’s no longer fuzzy.

However, my new island is still young. I don’t even have Kapp’n nor Resetti since the island needs a three star rating first. It remains to be seen how consistent the frames will be once my island is full-grown and heavily decorated. If the game doesn’t stutter so much if at all when I’m running around a lot of stuff, I could bump my score up to a 7.

Best €5 I've spent in a long time.

Not going to judge it as an upgrade or by the price point. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a 10 out of 10 video game and the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is the same game but slightly better. So of course it is also a 10 out of 10 video game.

The 3.0 update is awesome. The Switch 2 upgrade? Meh...

A higher score than I'd give the Switch 1 version since it's the ultimate version of the game.

According to this site's rating the Switch 2 version is worse so not sure it makes sense for them to even rate it if they're only reviewing the new features and ignoring the entire rest of the game 🤷🏻‍♂️ It's more of a "Should I upgrade?" editorial really, not a review of the entire package

@MTMike87 this exactly. What are we even doing here?

The game itself is a 10/10 for me. In terms of the content the S2 adds, I would say 7/10. I enjoy it; the game plays, loads, and looks great, and appropriately fits the asking upgrade price. The game overall is still a 10, but I'm not going to advise anyone that it will change their opinion of the game or a reason to buy a S2.