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News Animal Crossing's May Day Event Is Here, And You Can Get A Limited-Time Mother's Day Mug
Don't miss out!
It's a brand new month in the real world, which means that it's also a brand new month in our favourite, alternative Animal Crossing: New Horizons universe. This month brings with it a couple of new in-game goodies, so make sure you don't miss out. First off is the May Day event! Starting from today (1st May) until 7th May, you'll...
Japanese Charts Animal Crossing Overtakes Smash Ultimate To Become Switch's Best-Selling Game
In just over one month
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 20th - 26th April, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has smashed yet another record - and this one's a biggie. The game sold an estimated 283,913 copies in Japan last week, taking its lifetime sales total in the region to a mighty 3.89 million. This means that in...
News Boo! Animal Crossing: New Horizons Has "Haunted" Paintings And Art
Where's Luigi when you need him?
With the introduction of art in Animal Crossing: New Horizons version 1.2.0, we've seen the return of Redd and his questionable selection of items to purchase. We've already catalogued all of the fake and real paintings and statues available in the game, and in that guide, we noticed that some pieces appeared to have...
News Have You Seen The Size Of This Animal Crossing: New Horizons Strategy Guide?
That's even bigger than our loan!
A brand new strategy guide for Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released in Japan yesterday, and would you take a look at the size of the thing?! This new guide, which has more than 1,000 pages, allows you to look up every character, piece of furniture, and even furniture variants. It comes with a handy index...
News Animal Crossing's Tom Nook Made The Front Page Of The Financial Times Today
Next step? World domination
Fans of Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be more than familiar with raccoon overlord Tom Nook by now - the series' mortgage lender and island-starting entrepreneur who probably spends his weekends swimming in piles of cash - but now he's really made it, being recognised by real-life, economics-focused media. The...
Random You Can Now Hire A Company To Weed Your Island In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
WeedCo to the rescue!
Since Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched last month, we've seen plenty of wonderful designs, islands and funny moments created by fans of the game. Despite all of that, we still never expected to see something quite like this. As spotted by Eurogamer, a Reddit user going by the name of
Watch Nintendo Life Visits Your Animal Crossing: New Horizons Islands - Live!
Will Alex pay you a visit?
One of the amazing things about Animal Crossing: New Horizons is that you can pop over to another player's island and have a mooch around – and that's exactly what our very own Alex Olney is doing today! From 3:30PM UK time, Alex will be randomly selecting a bunch of islands and dropping by to say hello. He's not house...
Random Nintendo's European Twitter Accounts Are Having Too Much Fun With Animal Crossing
A marketing masterclass
After hours and hours of meticulous solo play in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be super exciting to finally invite a friend or two to visit your beautiful island. There are new sights to see, new fruits and items to trade and more, so it perhaps comes as no surprise that even Nintendo's official channels are getting...
Random Track Your Animal Crossing: New Horizons Progress With This Fun Bingo Card
Which tasks have you completed?
Not many things feel quite as satisfying as checking something off your Animal Crossing to-do list, especially when your chosen activity grants you some handy Nook Miles or improves the look of your island. But just how many things have we accomplished in the month-or-so that the game's been out? Well, Nintendo has...
Random The Switch Gets A Name Change In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
From Switch to Light Switch
Here's a funny story – some Animal Crossing: New Horizons players, including our very own American-based video producer Zion Grassl, have noticed a certain item in the game has recently undergone a name change. You see, prior to the 1.2.0 update, there was a light switch (see above) simply labelled 'Switch' – as you...
News Nintendo Goes Big With Latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons TV Ad Campaign
And it seems to be paying off
With more people stuck inside these days, gaming companies have been seeing large boosts in TV ad impressions just lately. In the US, Nintendo has been top dog in terms of ad impressions for a while now, as these latest statistics continue to prove. New data from VentureBeat and iSpot.tv, covering 16th March to 15th...
Community We Want To Visit Your Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island
Throw open those gates in a next live stream
If you're particularly proud of your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island then you might want the opportunity to show it off – and we're about to give you that chance. Tomorrow (Tuesday 28th April) we'll be running a livestream on our YouTube channel where the one and only Alex Olney will be visiting...
News One Month Later, Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Review-Bombing Is Only Getting Worse
"Sorry but this is an instant 0/10"
Update (Mon 27th Apr, 2020 10:30 BST): Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been available for just over a month now and negative user reviews (as well as a good number of unjustified negative scores) are continuing to fly in. Last month, we reported that Nintendo's latest major release was being review-bombed by...
UK Charts Animal Crossing: New Horizons Topples FIFA To Reclaim Number One
A solid week for Nintendo
UK chart data is now in for the week ending 25th April, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has managed to charm its way back to number one. The game managed to climb back ahead of last week's number one FIFA 20 to sit at the top of the chart, with Ring Fit Adventure saw similar success jumping up from tenth place...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: DIY Recipes - How To Get More DIY Recipes And DIY Workbenches
Craft all the things!
Although not entirely new to Animal Crossing (let us not forget dear old Cyrus), crafting has certainly become an unprecedentedly huge part of the game in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Specifically, crafting DIY recipes is an entirely new concept for the series — one which we all agree has been an extremely addictive...
News A Cool Animal Crossing: New Leaf Feature Might Be Coming To New Horizons
Could it be making the Switch?
There's the chance for a lot of things to make a return in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The art gallery update for the museum was caught out ahead of its release, so what else could be on the way? The dataminer Ninji has a theory that one particular feature from
Random Accurate Portrayal Of Famous Statues Send Animal Crossing Fans Wild
"i need the animal crossing **** statue"
The latest update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons has reduced the interest on all savings accounts, nerfed bug spawn rates, and now the Redd's statues appear to be causing a stir on social media. Famous statues like Michaelangelo's 'D
News Animal Crossing Appears To Have Nerfed Tarantula And Scorpion Spawn Rates
Data mine of recent update reveals all
Earlier this week, Nintendo rolled out Version 1.2.0 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It added Leif, Redd, new seasonal events, and the 'Bank of Nook' even lowered the interest rate for all savings accounts. These wer
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Shell Prices - How Much Do Shells Sell For?
Shell yeah
Many players may have noticed that shells seem to be worth a significant amount of Bells in Animal Crossing: New Horizons - specifically certain types of shell. In fact, we've found this to be one of the quickest and easiest ways to make a little extra cash in the game. But which shells are worth picking up, and which are just a waste of...
Direct from Driftwood
The American actor Elijah Wood, best known for his role as the hobbit Frodo in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, appears to be playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch like the rest of us. According to Polygon, Wood recently visited the island of Twitter user directedbyrian, after the Animal Crossing player...
Japanese Charts Animal Crossing: New Horizons Overtakes Pokémon Sword And Shield's Lifetime Sales
And it only took a single month
Sometimes you just have the perfect image waiting to be used in your database. Today's one of those days. Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 13th - 19th April, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons once again dominated weekly sales. The game shifted an estimated 286,586 copies in Japan last week,...
Not everyone's a fan
As you'll know if you've been merrily browsing our home page today, Animal Crossing: New Horizons' latest seasonal event, Nature Day, has started today. It offers players the chance to unlock new challenges, meet a friendly sloth, and buy bushes to plant around their islands. It all sounds - and indeed, plays - like any other...
Reminder Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Nature Day Event Starts Today
Have you got the update ready to go?
For anyone not stuck in a routine of playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons in every single second of spare time they have available, here's a quick reminder that the game's Nature Day event is kicking off today. The event introduces special Nook Miles challenges, Leif the Sloth, the ability to buy bushes and...
The April update is here
Nintendo's been very busy this week releasing multiple updates for many of its major games. One of them is for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the good news is it's now live. This free update adds Leif's Garden Shop,
That's a lot of Bells
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has reportedly made video game history in the month of March, shifting an estimated five million copies digitally. According to a market report from Nielsen's Su
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Players Are Using Nook Miles To Buy Villagers On The Internet
Sometimes even real money changes hands
Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans are probably pretty used to hearing about the game's Stalk Market by now - where dedicated players will hunt down others' islands with high turnip-buying prices to make a killer profit each week - but some are taking online trading deals to whole new levels. There are a fair...
Poll Is It Cool To Time Travel In Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
"What about all that talk about screwing up future events?"
Given that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been available for a while now, it's time to address the elephant in the room: time travel. Just as Marty McFly discovered all those years ago, zipping forwards and backwards in time has serious consequences, such as neglected islanders and...
Gallery Animal Crossing Fans Are Reimagining Classic Albums As K.K. Slider Releases
The internet can be good after all
Once again, the Animal Crossing fan community has gone above and beyond with its creativty, this time starting a new trend of redesigning classic album covers as if they had been released by K.K. Slider. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, players can collect a wide range of K.K. Slider songs which can be registered...
News Can't Get An Animal Crossing Switch? Try These (Not) Animal Crossing Dock and Joy-Con Skins
The Nooks look... different?
Accessory maker dbrand has released a collection of hardware skins called '(Not) Animal Crossing', an alternative to Nintendo's very own official Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch console that looks, well... Different. As you'll be aware if you've been trying to get your hands on one, the real Animal Crossing Switch...
UK Charts Normal Service Resumes As FIFA Keeps Animal Crossing: New Horizons Off Top Spot
Luigi and Ring Fit return to top ten
UK chart data is now in for the week ending 18th April, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has climbed back up into second position. The game managed to jump ahead of both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and last week's number one, Final Fantasy VII Remake, but couldn't keep up with FIFA 20 which finds...
We're going to the chapel
Wedding Season comes to Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the entire month of June. Yes, the Bells will be ringing as happy couples (or the happy couple, to be precise) celebrate their love in the most romantic event on the Animal Crossing calendar. Originally arriving as part of the 23rd April update (which included the...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Had The Third-Biggest US Launch Of Any Nintendo Game In History
It's already outsold all past Animal Crossing games
Animal Crossing: New Horizons' huge success has been clear to see for some time now, but new data from The NPD Group shows just how tremendous it really is. NPD gaming industry analyst Mat Piscatella has shared a number of statistics relating to the game's launch in the US, revealing that it was...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update Brings Museum Art Gallery, Weddings Season And Much More
It's official!
Nintendo has lifted the lid on "a series" of free updates headed to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including the return of the much-loved art gallery in Blathers' museum - as we had already kind of expected. Plenty of special seasonal events are headed our way, bringing new characters, flora and the aforementioned art to your island...
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Hosts Amazing Game Of Deal Or No Deal
Complete with studio, Banker and everything!
The creativity being shown by Animal Crossing: New Horizons players is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down, as proven by this amazing recreation of popular gameshow Deal or No Deal inside the game itself. Content creator Miki Ljuljdurovic, known as xwater on Twitch and YouTube, invited...
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is "Dumb" And "For Children" Says Business Insider Column
"Frustrating, tedious, and immensely boring"
Animal Crossing: New Horizons may be the talk of the town right now, but like any video game, it's not going to suit everyone's tastes, as is evidenced by a recent opinion piece over at Business Insider. The feature, entitled "It's time to admit 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' is a dumb, boring game for...
News Lack Of Switch Stock In Japan Is Driving Up The Value Of Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Second best is better than nothing?
The arrival of Animal Crossing: New Horizons has triggered a surge in demand for the Switch in Japan, but, thanks to the recent coronavirus outbreak, demand has increased to the point where consoles are incredibly hard to come by. With everyone talking about the new entry, interested players in Japan are having...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Coelacanth - Where, When And How To Catch The Rare Coelacanth
More to the point, how do you say it?
There are several rare fish to find in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the Coelacanth is one of the most sought-after. It's a huge fish and a satisfying catch, although it only spawns under certain conditions. If you're wondering how, when and where to catch a Coelacanth, just follow the steps below and you'll...
Video Nintendo Offers Up Animal Crossing: New Horizons Multiplayer Ideas
Nothing to do? Try these
Joining up with your friends in Animal Crossing: New Horizons can be a lot of fun, especially as you explore their islands, gather up resources that are new to you, and see how differently you've tackled the design aspect of the game. Things can dry up pretty quickly, though, with a lack of real multiplayer options slowly...
The artist formerly known as Labelle
Label is the stylish middle child in the lovable Animal Crossing family of hedgehog tailors known as the Able Sisters. First introduced in City Folk at GracieGrace, she has since made appearances in New Leaf selling accessories at the shop, and now in Animal Crossing: New Horizons with some exciting new fashion...
Random The Official Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guide Puts To Rest One Bit Of Romantic Speculation
Business not pleasure?
If you're deep into Animal Crossing: New Horizons like the rest of the Nintendo-loving world, then you might have pondered what kind of relationship the characters Flick and C.J. enjoy. The pair appear on the island for fishing and bug-catching activities, but some of the dialogue spouted by the pair hints that they are more...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Time Travel - What Happens When You Time Travel?
Don't do the time crimes if you can't do the... time
Although Reggie says he would "Never!!" time travel in Animal Crossing, jumping forwards or backwards within the game's "real time" clock system is definitely a possibility - and fairly easy to accomplish, if we're being honest. However, there are many consequences to consider - both from...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Get A 5-Star Island Rating And Grow Lily Of The Valley
Written in the stars - and Isabelle's evaluation notes
In every iteration of Animal Crossing, there has always been some form of rating system in place to judge how well players organize and take care of their towns. These evaluations have become increasingly more complicated with each entry — and New Horizons is no different. Whether you're...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Able Sisters - How To Unlock The Clothing Shop
Access more fashions made lovingly by claw
Let's be honest: one of the best parts of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is definitely the improved clothing, accessories and outfit-changing interface (except for that fitting room... can we please buy more than one of each type of item at a time? Is that too much to ask, Mabel??) We'd be lying if we said...
Uh... she's kind of busy right now
When you first begin visiting the tailor's shop on your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you'll notice Sable - forever found sewing at the back left of the shop - will be a bit hesitant to talk to you from the outset. Often, when you attempt to speak to her, the younger Able sister - Mabel - will intervene...
News Massive Animal Crossing: New Horizons Datamine Reveals Exciting Potential Features
A sign of things to come?
Dataminer Ninji has discovered a whole host of new content hiding in the deepest, darkest recesses of Animal Crossing: New Horizons' code, some of which could potentially point to upcoming features. A list of the exciting new features appears below (thanks, Nintendo Everything), but be warned – while not all of th
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons Even Looks Amazing On A Toilet Roll
An entire island made out of clay
We've seen plenty of fantastic Animal Crossing: New Horizons creations from fans and players around the world - like a full recreation of Zelda's Hyrule and the most delicious-look
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Upgrade Nook's Cranny
More nooks & crannies for your shopping pleasure!
In each Animal Crossing game, there's something for everyone to love, and that's never been more true than with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Some enjoy fishing, others spend their days breeding flowers or hunting fossils. However, we have a feeling that — like
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Diagonal Rivers And Cliffs - How To Build Bridges At An Angle
Ground force
If you've unlocked the ability to change the terrain and waterways on your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you may be wondering how to cut diagonal riverbanks and shave sharp sides off cliffs. There's no specific 'diagonal cut tool', but it's easy when you know how and it will enable you to build bridges at an angle, too...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Catch An Ant
A turnip for the books
If you're looking to catch an ant or two in Animal Crossing: New Horizons to add to the list of bugs in your Critterpedia you're not going to find them as easily as other bugs on your not-so-deserted island. In fact, much like catching a fly, you'll need to attract the creepy crawlies with some bait. In this case, rotten...
Tom Nook will be happy
For months now, the Nintendo Switch and a number of select titles have been selling out. It should be no surprise then to hear the company's share price has achieved a "52 week high" according to Niko Partners senior analyst, Daniel Ahmad. As noted, strong demand for the Switch and the lifestyle simulation Animal Crossing:...