Tag: Animal Crossing - Page 14
Better hop to it!
Whilst island life may never get old for some players, a number of Animal Crossing: New Horizons festive events exist to help keep gameplay fresh, and Bunny Day — which starts every year on April 1st — is just one of them. April marks several changes to your island, including cherry blossom colouring some of your trees and...
It’s all coming up (hybrid) roses
No Animal Crossing: New Horizons island would be complete without a dash of floral colour. Thankfully, there are flowers aplenty to choose from right from the start of the game and, if you’re clever about it, lots of rare hybrid varieties as well. But how do you go about growing flowers and breeding hybrids?...
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Makes In-Game Shop That Takes Real Money
A true entrepreneur
Earning Bells is the name of the game for some Animal Crossing: New Horizons players, but this entrepreneurial genius has really taken things up a notch. According to industry analyst Daniel Ahmad, a Chinese player has designed and set up their very own in-game store that accepts real money from others who vi
Reminder Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Bunny Day Event Starts Today
Don't miss out!
Today may well be a day full of elaborate - and really frustrating - April Fools' Day pranks, but it's also the day that brings us our very first seasonal event in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As shown
News Four New Animal Crossing Spirits Join Smash Bros. Ultimate Later This Week
Get them while you can
It's become a tradition for Nintendo to release new spirits in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate whenever the latest game arrives, and this time around it's no different. To celebrate the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Switch, there'll be a total of four new themed spirits up for grabs later this week. As you can...
Random Bored At Home? Why Not Try Making This Delicious Looking Animal Crossing Cake?
Straight from the Nook Cook Book
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is turning out to be a truly scrumptious game to play both at home and on the go, but this is taking things to a whole other level. Instagram user keempossible, a self-taught baking enthusiast and instructor, has gone to the trouble of making this adorable Animal Crossing-inspired cake...
Random Escape From Wasps In Animal Crossing: New Horizons With A Well-Timed Party Popper
Try this at home
Shaking trees is a way of life in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It presents you with all sorts of great stuff like money, tree branches, fruit, and - we'd argue - even happiness itself, but it also provides you with the bane of any poor villager's existence. Wasps. As series veterans will know, the traditional way to avoid being...
News UK Charts: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sales Fall By 81% In Disappointing Week For Nintendo
The game loses top spot
UK chart data is now in for the week ending 28th March, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has fallen from its triumphant first-place debut into third. Nintendo's life sim saw its week-on-week sales plummet by 81% at retail, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and FIFA 20 both saw boosts to last week's figures to
News Evicted Villagers Have Been Glitching Out Plots Of Land In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
A warning for all residents
Nintendo has already rolled out two updates for Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch. Despite this, there still seems to be some serious glitches that could potentially ruin your experience. According to a post on the Animal Crossing website, Bell Tree Forums, there's a glitch that can bug plots of land...
Random Watch Isabelle And The Doom Slayer Rip And Tear In This Incredible Fan-Made Animation
I- Isabelle?!
As you may well know by now, the Animal Crossing and DOOM fan communities have had a particularly nice bonding session over the past few weeks thanks to New Horizons and DOOM Eternal sharing the same release date. It's brought some truly fantastic fan creations, including
Random Wreak Havoc With This Cheeky Animal Crossing: New Horizons Prank
Friendships will be lost
If you're looking to lose all of your closest friends and ruin everyone's day, you've certainly come to the right place. For the most part, the Animal Crossing fan community seems to be a lovely, charming place full of welcoming players who enjoy everything about Nintendo's chilled out series. That doesn't mean that there...
News Get A Closer Look At Animal Crossing's Bunny Day Event, Earth Day Event Also Teased
It looks as lovely as you'd expect
Today's Nintendo Direct Mini showed off plenty of new games coming to Switch, but it also gave us more information on content coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. New footage in the presentation has given us a closer look at all of the fun we can expect to enjoy throughout the Bunny Day celebrations, which...
Random Is The World Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons All A Lie?
An existential crisis reveals all
The world of Animal Crossing is a magical place where real-life humans can escape the hectic, depressing reality of the real world and enjoy a peaceful getaway full of cute critters and pretty music. Heck, somehow even doing the weeding feels like fun. But is it all too good to be true? In a similar vein to The...
Download it now
Less than a week after the first update rolled out for Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Switch, Nintendo has bumped the game up to Version 1.1.1. According to the official patch notes, this incredibly minor update resolves an issue impacting the balance: Fixes a major issue impacting game balance. What's this major issue...
Video Digital Foundry Delivers Its Verdict On Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Reduced frame rate is a "worthy sacrifice"
Ever wondered what's under the hood of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch? Probably not, given the type of game it is, but that hasn't stopped Digital Foundry from taking a look. To cut to the chase, the game renders at 1920 x 1080 in docked and 1280 x 720 while in portable. Anti-aliasing is...
Random Can Animal Crossing Players Stop Imprisoning Poor Tommy, Please?
How very dare you?
We all know that paying off Tom Nook's hefty loans can prove to be a challenging task, but some people are going too far in their attempts to dodge payments. And it needs to stop. As spotted by GamesRadar+, there seems to be a worrying new trend popping up amongst Animal Crossing: New Horizons players at the moment. Several fans...
Japanese Charts Switch Sales Soar As Animal Crossing: New Horizons Dominates
Records broken left, right and centre
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 16th - 22nd March, reconfirming Animal Crossing: New Horizons' huge debut success. As had been reported earlier today, the game has managed to sell a phenomenal 1,880,626 physical copies in its first three days on sale in Japan. It's the strongest launch for any...
News Did You Know You Can Customise Your Joy-Con's Colours In Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Mix it up
As long as your copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is updated to Version 1.1.0 (or higher, if you're reading this in the future), you should have been presented with your very own in-game Nintendo Switch through the mail. It's rather adorable, and the design you receive actually changes depending on your real-life system. If you picked...
New Horizons is a hit
The success Nintendo has seen thanks to the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is truly off the charts, with new data now revealing that more Switch consoles were sold in Japan last week than at the console's launch. The game, which has just had the most successful launch of any Switch title ever in the region, has...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sold A Whopping 1.88 Million Copies In Three Days In Japan
Switch's best ever launch
Update (Wed 25th Mar, 2020 09:45 GMT): The reports were true, as new Famitsu data (thanks, VGC) confirms that Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold a phenomenal 1.88 million copies in just three days in Japan alone. As mentioned in our original article below, this means New Horizons has had the best l
News Nintendo Shuts Down Kickstarter Campaign Over Animal Crossing Copyright Infringement
Here we go again
Nintendo is well known for being understandably protective over its products and trademarks, so it comes as little surprise that the gaming giant has taken legal action on a Kickstarter campaign found guilty of copyright infringement. The ‘New Adventures Passport Travel Holder’ launched with a funding target of £1,000, giving...
News PETA Takes A Dig At Animal Crossing: New Horizons With 'Vegan Guide' To The Game
And they really don't like Blathers
When you start your island life in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you're immediately tasked with gathering resources by picking fruit from trees, fishing, bug catching, and more. These activities help your island to grow thanks to Tom Nook's Nook Miles scheme, but should players be a little more concerned about...
Random Fiancé Recreates Wedding Cancelled By Coronavirus In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
It doesn't get any more romantic
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is without doubt one of the most wholesome games to grace the Nintendo Switch this year - even if it hasn't been for everyone - but this story tops pretty much everything we've seen so far. With the ongoing coronavirus outbreak causing havoc among events around the world, including...
News Animal Crossing Devs Reveal How Long New Horizons Has Been In Development
It started shortly after New Leaf
Although Animal Crossing: New Horizons was only confirmed for the Nintendo Switch in September 2018, unsurprisingly the game had been in development for many years before it was announced to the public. In fact, the deserted island concept dates all the way back to 2012 – not long after Animal Crossing: New Leaf...
News Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Experiences A Massive Increase In Downloads And Revenue
That cross-promo event is working wonders
Believe it or not, but downloads for Nintendo's mobile offering Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp have risen by 150% since the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It's gone from receiving 520,000 installs last month to a whopping 1.3 million as of March 21st. On the revenue front, it's experienced its best...
News Updates For Animal Crossing: New Horizons May Be Postponed
"we have to be flexible"
Coronavirus has already delayed certain video game releases and updates, and as much as Nintendo is pushing onwards with its own projects, there's a real chance some of its future releases and planned content may be postponed. Speaking to The Washington Post recently (thanks for the heads up, GoNintendo),
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons Lets You Poop, And It's Actually Really Useful
Bravo developers, bravo
Let us just quickly kickstart this article by saying that we can't believe we're writing this, either. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has introduced a number of great new features, with plenty of new tricks appearing over the last couple of days that weren't around in past games. Now, another new feature has arrived that...
Random Bandai Namco Twitter Account Complains About Animal Crossing, Tweet Quickly Deleted
Someone isn't happy
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has received endless praise from critics and has been smashing sales records since it launched last Friday, but not everyone's happy. Just a few hours ago, the official Bandai Namco US Twitter account shared a new tweet, directly tagging Nintendo of America. It complained about New Horizons only
News UK Charts: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Absolutely Smashes It Out Of The Park
What an opening week!
UK chart data is now in for the week ending 21st March, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has had an absolutely tremendous first week on sale. The game has debuted straight in at number one, comfortably ahead of this week's other major release, DOOM Eternal. It's been a strong week for the UK physical market all...
Poll Box Art Brawl #35 - Animal Crossing
Population: indoors
Welcome to Box Art Brawl, the weekly perusal of regional retro box art variants that ends with a vote on the best of the bunch. Last week Perfect Dark for the Nintendo 64 battled itself in round #34 and, quite frankly, we thought Japan's moody red and black cover would absolutely destroy the competition, as lovely as they are...
Random Animal Crossing Players Are Filling Up Their Islands With Bugs And Fish
Blathers, we need you now!
If you've played an Animal Crossing game before, you'll know the opening phases of the game can be a little slow at times. You often have to go the extra mile to get ahead early on and in the latest release Animal Crossing: New Horizons it's no different. If you take a quick look over on social media, you can see a lot of...
News My Nintendo Celebrates Animal Crossing: New Horizons With Two Themed Wallpapers
Embrace island life
My Nintendo in both North America and Europe is currently offering two new themed wallpapers to celebrate the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch. One is multicolor pattern featuring many familiar faces and the other is a lovely island design. Both will set you back 50 Platinum Points and can be used...
News Animal Crossing Producer Hopes Fans Will Use New Horizons To "Escape" Reality Right Now
And "enjoy themselves during this difficult time"
It's hard to avoid news about a certain global pandemic right now, and while the Animal Crossing: New Horizons development team isn't exactly thrilled about this, the producer Hisashi Nogami suggests players make the most of it. Speaking to The Verge, Nogami took a moment to talk about all the...
Random Brie Larson Says She's More Than Happy To Be In An Animal Crossing Movie
She's an original fan after all
We've already heard how the Captain Marvel star and Oscar winner Brie Larson would like to play Samus Aran in a Metroid movie, and now in an interview with People.com, she's been as
News Here Are The Full Patch Notes For Animal Crossing: New Horizons Version 1.1.0
Welcome to island paradise
Nintendo's been drip-feeding us details about Version 1.1.0 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons all week now. While we already know most things about the new update, the official patch notes over on the support page reveal a few extra details. Ver. 1.1 (Released March 20, 2020) Online connectivity features It's now...
Video Magician's Quest - The Animal Crossing Clone You've Probably Never Heard Of
Harry Potter meets Animal Crossing?
If you’ve played an Animal Crossing game, we bet you’d probably agree that there’s nothing else out there truly like it. From the way you can interact with the animal villagers to the way the game syncs up to the internal clock in your system to make the wild world that much more immersive, it’s truly a...
"It's becoming very tiring and frustrating for a lot of us"
This weekend, countless UK Switch owners will flock to their local GAME store to pick up a copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, despite the fact that the rest of the country – not to mention much of the world – is currently in the grip of a coronavirus outbreak which is forcing people...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Producer Shares Special Artwork To Celebrate Today's Launch
Watch it be created before your eyes
It might have slipped under your radar, what with Nintendo, the media, and its fans not really talking about it very much, but Animal Crossing: New Horizons has launched today on Switch. Ha, yeah right. Of course you know it's out today, but that hasn't stopped Nintendo sharing a celebratory piece of art just...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Already Selling Out In Japanese Stores
Crazy scenes
With all of the crazy stuff going on in the world right now, it's perhaps unsurprising to hear that even video game stores are seeing unusually high levels of demand. Early reports coming in from Japan suggest that a number of retail stores have experienced particularly lengthy queues during midnight launches for Animal Crossing: New...
Random Animal Crossing Characters Rocking Out To DOOM Music Is The Video We All Need Right Now
Introducing 'DOOMANIMAL'
The Animal Crossing and DOOM fanbases have been collaborating with all sorts of wonderful stuff over the past few weeks, but this latest creation might just be the cherry on top. Andrei Mishanin, a Russian artist
News NookLink Is Now Up And Running On The Nintendo Switch Online App
Link up with New Horizons today
The new Animal Crossing: New Horizons mobile service 'NookLink' is now live on the Nintendo Switch Online app. In case you've forgotten, it allows you to scan in custom design QR Code patterns from the previous games Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. In addition to t
News Good Smile's Isabelle Nendoroid Gets A Fourth Run, Pre-Orders Are Now Live
Don't miss out!
To celebrate the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch, Good Smile Company has re-released its Isabelle Nendoroid for the fourth time in a row. Pre-orders are now live, so if you've missed out on previous occasions, we suggest you claim one for yourself while you still can. This lovely Animal...
News Nintendo Is Already Fighting Off Hackers In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Cheaters could be banned
Animal Crossing: New Horizons isn't even properly out yet and hackers are already carving their way through the game like a hot knife through butter. It seems Nintendo was well prepared for such invasions, however, with today's Version 1.1.0 patch already working towards getting rid of the issue. In just a handful of days,...
News Amazon Is Delaying Shipments Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Sad, but understandable
Retail giant Amazon is delaying the shipment of Animal Crossing: New Horizons pre-orders, leaving buyers without the game at launch. It's a challenging time for everyone at the moment, including retailers who are struggling to keep up with sudden spikes in demand, and we're hearing more and more reports of delivery delays...
News You Can't Access Seasonal Events In Animal Crossing: New Horizons By Time Travelling
Which means no spoilers
Today sees the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons' very first update, despite the fact that the game isn't technically supposed to be out yet. It adds some pretty neat stuff, but the update's official
News The First Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update Gifts Players A Nintendo Switch
And it's now live!
Earlier this week, Nintendo revealed it would be rolling out its first major update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons before the game was even released. This update – which is now available to download – will give you access to online multiplayer features and much more. There are also a few surprises in Version 1.1.0. To...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Director "Thrilled" By The Isabelle X Doom Slayer Artwork
"I’m in awe of how much creativity our fans have"
Ever since it was confirmed DOOM Eternal and Animal Crossing: New Horizons would be released on the same day, fans of both games have been creating and sharing artwork featuring Doom Slayer and Isabelle together. While we've already heard DOOM Eternal creative director Hugo Martin talk about how...
Poll Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Shipping Early, Are You One Of The Lucky Ones?
Do you have your copy already?
Animal Crossing: New Horizons isn't technically supposed to be released until Friday, but it seems that some physical copies are finding their way into the hands of eager fans slightly ahead of schedule. Over the past few hours, reports have been appearing online suggesting that select stores are already allowing...
News With Just Two Days To Go, Animal Crossing: New Horizons Gets Another New Trailer
It's nearly time
Today is Wednesday, 18th March, and you know what that means, right? There are only two more days until Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Yes, the wait is finally almost over, and the game has been treated to yet another trailer to keep fans going in this final stretch. We see Fang and Drake having a chat with the player character, a...
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...
