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Random Sorry, The Froggy Chair Doesn’t Seem To Be In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Dataminers rip the game apart, to no avail
Dataminers have been getting their hands dirty with Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and they’ve got some bad news – the legendary Froggy Chair isn’t in the game. The chair has been part of the series since the very beginning but has more recently become something of a phenomenon when it comes to...
Random Fancy This Animal Crossing Water Bottle? That Will Be $10,932.64, Please
Update: “There was an error in the bell to dollar conversion on Amazon”
Update: Looks like it was all a big mistake! Everyone get back to work. Original Story [Tue 17th Mar, 2020 11:30 GMT]: Animal Crossing fever has finally reached fever pitch this week. We've reviewed New Horizons and given it a
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Gets Metascore Of 91, Here's How That Ranks On Switch
Compared with Switch's other stars
Yesterday, the gaming media was finally allowed to gush about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, sharing reviews of the new release ahead of this week's launch. We awarded the game full marks, and looking at reviews across the board shows that we weren't alone in giving out high praise. Now, as the review dust settles...
News 87-Year-Old Animal Crossing Superfan Has Her Own Character In New Horizons
Pleased to meet you, Audie
Remember Audrey, the Animal Crossing-loving grandmother who clocked up almost 4,000 hours of playtime on Animal Crossing: New Leaf? Well, it would appear that she has been immortalised in Animal Crossing: New Horizons by getting a character named after her. Audrey rose to fame last year when her grandson,
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Street Date Broken, Inside Cover And Cartridge Design Revealed
Spoiler alert
It's not out until Friday, but it appears that physical copies of Animal Crossing: New Horizons are already worming their way out of certain retailers and into the hands of buyers. YouTube user CrocO'clock has shared an unboxing video online, giving us an early look at the inside cover and the cartridge. If you're not wanting to see...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Version 1.1.0 Update Arrives Before The Game's Even Out
New content ready for launch
Animal Crossing: New Horizons isn't even out yet, but its first major update is already locked in and ready to go. The game will be updated to Version 1.1.0 at 2am CET this Thursday, 19th March. If you're planning on buying the game on launch day (Friday 20th) or after, you'll be able to update your game as normal when...
News A Custom Tom Nook Emoji Has Been Added To Twitter For A Limited Time
#AnimalCrossing
To help promote the upcoming Nintendo Switch release Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Tom Nook is teaming up with the social media platform Twitter. For a limited time, if you use the hashtags 'AnimalCrossing' or 'AnimalCrossingNewHorizons' the face of Nook will appear in your tweet. While it's not the first time something has been...
News EB Games In Australia Cancels Its Animal Crossing: New Horizons Midnight Launch
"Due to the government restrictions"
It should probably come as no surprise at this point, but if you live in Australia and were planning on attending the midnight launch event for Animal Crossing: New Horizons at the main EB Games store in Melbourne, unfortunately, the event has now been cancelled. This decision is unsurprisingly linked to the...
Round Up The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Reviews Are In, And We're In For A Treat
Nook will be pleased
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will finally be in our hands at the end of this week, and the reviews are now in. Hopefully, you'll already have seen our very own review where we described the game as "a masterpiece that has been well worth waiting for", but what about everywhere else? How has the game been received by critics...
Review Animal Crossing: New Horizons - An Accessible And Addictive Masterpiece
The shores of Bell
Back when – what feels like forever ago – we found out that a new Animal Crossing game would be coming to Switch, we were told basically diddly squat about the whole thing, but excitement ensued nonetheless. As time went by and we learnt more and more about it, the hype reached ever higher rungs on the big ladder of...
News Nintendo Reiterates Plans For Animal Crossing: New Horizons Save Data Workarounds
Solutions planned for 2020
If there's been one minor blip on the Animal Crossing: New Horizons hype train, it's the confusion surrounding the game's options for transferring and restoring save data. Back in February, it was revealed that save data recovery is a one-time-only deal - and only for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers in special...
Video The Animal Crossing Switch Is One Of The Most Beautiful Things Humankind Has Ever Created
And here's the proof
Animal Crossing: New Horizons isn't out quite yet, but in North America, you can buy a special themed console which – let's face it – is one of the most gorgeous things we've ever laid eyes on. The console launched yesterday, and we spared no expense in snapping one up and getting a video and gallery live on the site for...
Video Get Hyped For Animal Crossing: New Horizons With This Original Song
We all wanna go to New Horizons
With Animal Crossing: New Horizons rapidly approaching, we've been finding ourselves increasingly impressed with the wonderful creativity shown by the community. As suc
Random Husband Buys 36 amiibo To Jokingly Spite Isabelle-Hating Wife At Christmas
"It's horrific"
For any fans of the series who have been patiently waiting for Animal Crossing: New Horizons to appear, Christmas probably feels like an eternity ago. Regardless, this story should still give you a little chuckle to brighten your day. Ian Cheng decided to surprise his wife Vera at Christmas with 36 Isabelle amiibo. The problem here...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Pocket Camp Crossover Event Is Now Live
Get a Tom Nook shirt
With Animal Crossing: New Horizons now only eight days away from launch, a special crossover event has begun in the series' mobile offering, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Designed to give Pocket Camp players a taste of the island life they can expect to enjoy in New Horizons, the event features several little nods to the new...
Feature Animal Crossing: A Brief History
Looking back on Nintendo's most evergreen of series
Like most games made by Nintendo, the story of Animal Crossing – Nintendo’s charming social life-sim series – begins in Japan, with a man named Katsuya Eguchi. After he nabbed a job at Nintendo in 1986 he was forced to move away from his hometown of Chiba and relocate to Kyoto, the city where...
News Fan-Made Website Lets You Create And Share Animal Crossing Town Tunes
Practice for the real thing
If your hype for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is running as wild as ever, you may want to spend a little bit of time with this excellent fan-made Town Tune tool. Yes, as the title of this article suggests, you can now go ahead and create your very own Animal Crossing Town Tune online thanks to the folks at NookNet...
News This Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch Dock Has Just Melted Our Little Hearts
And no, it's not a cake
The official Animal Crossing-inspired Switch dock on the way from Nintendo is truly lovely, but this fan-made effort is also a wonderfully adorable alternative. Reddit user Minituo has shared the image above online, showing off their creation for the world to see (and presumably for them to fall in love with immediately)...
News The First Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review Is In, And It Might Surprise You
Japanese magazine Famitsu gives its verdict
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is days away now, and the wait is proving to be unbearable for some fans. Will this latest instalment in the long-running series live up to the incredible hype? Can it possibly top the superb New Leaf on the 3DS? Will it be the Switch's must-have title for 2020? We can't...
Random It's OK, We Didn't Know There Was An Animal Crossing Movie Either
You learn something new every day
Animal Crossing fever has gripped the world of Nintendo thanks to the impending arrival of New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch. But did you know that an animated Animal Crossing movie is a thing that exists? We're ashamed to admit we didn't know either until today; we'd better hand in our 'Diehard Nintendo Fan'...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Treated To New 'Personal Island' Commercials
The launch is near
With no Nintendo Direct to speak of and a relative lack of major releases in the coming months (that we know about, at least), Nintendo's marketing has been largely centred around Animal Crossing: New Horizons lately. That trend is continuing, too, with a new series of 'Personal Island' commercials beginning to surface. The...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Everything We Know So Far
NookPhone? Yay! No cloud saves? Booo…
Following its reveal in 2018, we’ve all been clamouring for more information about Animal Crossing: New Horizons. If you’re after details on the game - scheduled to arrive very soon on 20th March 2020 - you’ve come to the right place; we’ve compiled everything we know so far about Animal Crossing: New...
Random Meet The World's First Legitimate "Bellionaire" In Animal Crossing
Playing the Stalk Market
Although most people stopped playing the original Animal Crossing on the GameCube a long time ago, there's still a dedicated community out there speedrunning the game. One of these individuals, known as 'BrianMp16' on YouTube and Twitch, recently achieved a rather significant milestone in the game. He
Video Check Out These Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Switch Accessories
Spend some bells
If you need more Animal Crossing goodness in your life, why not check out the above video by our American-based video producer Zion Grassl. He's tested out five Animal Crossing: New Horizons themed accessories for your viewing pleasure. There's a Hori protector and vault case, two Power A Enhanced Wireless Controllers, Controller...
Video Alex Answers Your Questions About Animal Crossing: New Horizons
21, to be precise
There are only a few more weeks until the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Switch now. To tide you over until then, our lovely senior video producer Alex Olney has taken time to answer 21 of your questions, now that he has gone hands-on with it. Unfortunately, he's still under embargo, so he can't answer every...
Guide How To Spot Fake Paintings And Statues In Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Putting an end to Redd's 'crazy' ways
Looking for information on Crazy Redd in Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch? You'll be wanting to read our guide on how to spot fake paintings and statues in New Horizons, then! If you're after information on fakes and forgeries in New Leaf on 3DS, very good! As you were... We've all been there before...
Video Three New Animal Crossing: New Horizons Commercials To Brighten Your Day
Good things come in threes
With exactly two weeks to go until the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, fans of the series really are starting to be spoiled with exciting new marketing material. The latest content to be thrown our way is a set of three commercials from Japan, all of which show off a variety of things you can see and do in the...
Random You Can Run Around With A Paper Bag On Your Head In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The ultimate fashion statement
We've heard how Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a lot of different character customisation options and won't lock options behind gender, and now to follow on from this, it's been discovered you can run around in the game with a paper bag on your head. This
Hands On Dipping Into Island Life In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Book with the Nook
Animal Crossing games don’t come around all that often – at least not mainline games – so it’s hardly an understatement to say that hype surrounding Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been a touch feverish recently. Well, we were lucky enough to get our hands on i
Guide Check Out The Best Fan-Made Animal Crossing Merch On Etsy
Crazy Redd approved
What's that? There's a new Animal Crossing game coming to Switch in March, you say? Jeepers creepers, how did I miss that news, macmoo?! Yes, as we're sure practically anybody who's ever played a Nintendo console knows by now, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is coming to Switch soon. In the run up to release we've seen a host of...
News 10-Character Island Names For Animal Crossing: New Horizons Now Confirmed
The best of upgrades
Animal Crossing: New Horizons might well have received upgrades in the more traditional game departments - like shiny HD loveliness and new character customisation options - but one more welcome upgrade has been confirmed today. Yes, your island name can be up to ten characters in length. Get in. Eagle-eyed viewers of
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch Stock Might Not Be As Limited As We Thought
Nintendo's Hong Kong webpage says more systems will be made
You'd be forgiven for thinking the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Switch is a limited one-time offer, but it turns out this might not actually be the case. A Nintendo Switch subreddit user by the name of hlin1993 recently spotted an interesting footnote on the bottom of the Hong...
News Another Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch Case Pops Up For Pre-Order (UK)
Holds 4 games and 2 SD cards too
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is well and truly on the... Well, horizon, and we're starting to see more and more merch and accessories appear for the big release. The latest to pop up on the scene is this Nintendo Switch carry case inspired the game. It can hold either an original Switch console or the Switch Lite...
Random Brie Larson Seems As Excited For Animal Crossing: New Horizons As We Are
Welcome to the club!
Captain Marvel and Kong: Skull Island star Brie Larson has proven time and time again that she's a fan of Nintendo's work - she once suggested that she'd like to make a Metroid movie and was even spotted fangirling over Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser - and that trend is now continuing with the upcoming release
News Play Animal Crossing: New Horizons In Style With This Adorable Island Switch Dock
With designs for all four seasons
If the official Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch system isn't quite your thing, perhaps this fan-made New Horizons-inspired Switch dock will do the trick? This 3D-printed rendition of your new island getaway serves as a complete docking station for your Nintendo Switch console. Made from ABS plastic, the dock...
Gallery Another Huge Batch Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons Screenshots Appears
Not long left to go!
Just last week, we shared a gallery of lots of lovely Animal Crossing: New Horizons screenshots taken from the official North American website. Today brings yet another avalanche of screens, this time from the Japanese site. Once again, we have the folks over at
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: All Villagers and Special Character Confirmed So Far
Update: Over 50 Villagers Added!
A major part of what makes the Animal Crossing series so memorable is its wonderful and wacky characters. Anyone who's played any of the previous entries can most likely list a few of their favourite villagers off the top of their heads. So with the latest entry in the series, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, landing...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Won't Lock Any Customisation Options Behind Gender
Shorts, skirts, long hair, short hair
Making your character look like you is a big deal to a lot of gamers in games that offer character customisation, and so when certain styles or features don't quite look how you would want them to, it can be a touch annoying. What's even worse is when there is a hairstyle or eye shape that matches your real...
Video Heartwarming Animal Crossing: New Horizons Trailer Shows How The Game Brings Friends Together
Go island-hopping with pals
Nintendo has just released a new promotional trailer for Animal Crossing: New Horizons in Japan, which is aimed at showing how the game can bring together busy friends. In the clip, a quartet of schoolfriends is shown working, training and studying, all of which is making it hard for them to find time for one another in...
News Fresh Gameplay Details For Animal Crossing: New Horizon Emerge From PAX East 2020
Fish! Mats! Clothes! Camera angles!
PAX East 2020 is now in full swing, and the event has given us a generous helping of fresh Animal Crossing: New Horizons information thanks to the fact that a playable demo is available on the show floor. Our friends over at US Gamer have pulled together some info on the PAX East build
Video Animal Crossing: New Horizons Comes To Life At PAX East 2020
A sample of island life
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons booth at PAX East this year is apparently so cute that some people are crying about it. If you can't make it to the show to see just how adorable it is, there's no need to worry, as Nintendo has now uploaded a one minute video of its bright and coloutful show floor. As you can see in the...
News Animal Crossing On Mobile Begins "Preparing For Future Events" With A New Update
What's on the horizon?
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for Android and iOS devices has been receiving a little extra attention in recent times. It's mostly to do with the upcoming release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Switch next month. Even though the two games aren't directly linked, there'll still be promotional offers in both, where...
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons Booth At PAX East Reduces Discord Community Manager To Tears
"it's like the cutest thing I've ever seen"
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is so cute and adorable that it's capable of reducing some fans to tears (of joy). This is exactly what happened when Mallory Loar – the community manager of the Discord app – first saw Nintendo's Animal Crossing booth at this year's PAX East. The event runs from 27th...
News Customise Your Villager More Than Ever Before In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Mirror, mirror...
After many months of not hearing a single thing about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo is now bombarding us with new information about this highly anticipated release on a daily basis. In today's update, we get a closer look at the character customisation menu. As shown in the second video, you'll be able to change your...
Gallery Feast Your Eyes On Lots Of New Animal Crossing: New Horizons Screenshots
28 new pictures of joy
After months of silence, the recent Animal Crossing Direct seems to have started a small avalanche of marketing and info drops for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. We've had new screenshots revealed via Walmart of all places,
Video Nintendo Releases Two New Commercials For Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Island paradise
Nintendo's marketing for Animal Crossing: New Horizons seems to finally be underway. With this in mind, Nintendo Japan has shared two new commercial spots for the upcoming release, due out on 20th March. You can view both trailers below. The first shows a soon-to-be villager travelling to their new island via Dodo Airlines and the...
News Go Hands-On With Animal Crossing: New Horizons For The First Time At PAX East
A "full-scale immersive experience" awaits
Nintendo has revealed that it will be bringing Animal Crossing: New Horizons to PAX East this weekend, with a "full-scale immersive experience" set to provide all sorts of fun for fans of the series. Attendees will get to check out life-sized recreations inspired by the game’s island life, have multiple...
News Create Your Own Animal Crossing: New Horizons Boarding Pass With This Fan-Made Tool
Anything to declare?
If you can't wait for your new island life in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you might want to check out this cool little tool which allows you to create your very own boarding pass - as if you really were booking a trip on 20th March. Created by Reddit users T0Rtur3 and Ce
News Six New Animal Crossing: New Horizons Screenshots Spotted In Walmart Ad
Fishing tourney, log bridge, wheelie bin!
If you're anything like us, you'll be itching to see every last little detail about Animal Crossing: New Horizons from the island itself, your home, and all the lovely pieces of furniture you'll be carefully placing inside your humble abode. Thankfully, following on from last week's Animal Crossing Direct,...
Video 20 Details You May Have Missed In The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct
Loads to talk about
This week, after waiting for months on end, we've been overloaded with new information and details about the upcoming and highly anticipated Switch release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As you might have already guessed, we're incredibly excited and so is our American-based video producer Zion Grassl. To fill time between now...
