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News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 1.9.0 Patch Notes - First Anniversary, Bunny Day And More
Commemorate the occasion with some cake
If you boot up your copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there should be an update waiting for you which bumps the game up to Version 1.9.0. Else you can activate the update manually by going into the game's settings on the Switch Home Menu. When you've updated to this latest version of the game, you'll...
News Animal Crossing Horror Short 'Don't Peek' Is Being Adapted Into A Full-Length Feature Film
We'll never see New Horizons the same way again
Look, just put the Switch down and run away. And then burn the house down. We hope you're ready to see Animal Crossing in a whole new light, because a fearsome short which centres around the game is being transformed into a full-length feature horror film. Don't Peek, a short film by Julian Terry,...
Guide Animal Crossing Sanrio Amiibo Cards - Hello Kitty Items, Furniture And Villager Guide
Hello, Sanrio!
Arriving originally as part of update 1.9.0, support for the hot-ticket Sanrio amiibo cards in Animal Crossing: New Horizons felt like Toy Day all over again for fans of Hello Kitty and the
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Players Can Soon Order An In-Game Switch Lite Console
Exclusively for Switch Online members
Animal Crossing: New Horizons players will soon be given the chance to order their very own Nintendo Switch Lite console (as an in-game item, of course). Yes, arriving "after" this week's first-anniversary update, the Switch Lite will appear as an in-game item available to purchase from Nook Shopping. Just like...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Had The Best First-Year Sales Of Any Nintendo Game Ever In Europe
Blimey...
Nintendo has announced that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become the company's fastest-selling game ever launched in Europe. Since its release on 20th March 2020, Nintendo has shifted more than seven million copies of the title across the continent. The impressive stat (which combines physical and digital sales data) means that more...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Players, Get Ready: Bunny. Day. Is. Back.
Veterans of the last Bunny Day, remember what we fought for
The one thing we've all been dreading since last year is finally here. No, it's not the scary vaccination needles - it's Bunny Day. That one day in Animal Crossing: New Horizons where everything turns into eggs, whether you want it to or not. That fish you caught? Egg. That balloon present?...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons 'Island Tour Creator' Will Let You Create Your Own Tour Videos
But only for a limited time...
Nintendo has announced a brand new feature that will soon launch for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and this one sounds perfect for any social media lovers. The Island Tour Creator is a "limited-time web service" that is currently planned to be available until the end of this year. It will launch on 23rd March, and...
News Nintendo Details Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Big First Anniversary Update
The game turns one later this week!
In just a few days' time, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is turning one year old. We could never have imagined the success the title would go on to have way back then, yet here we are talking about arguably the most important game of 2020. What a ride it's been so far! There's more to come, though. With that first...
Community Send Us Your Screenshots To Celebrate One Year Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons
#ACNHYear1
It's coming up on one year since Nintendo dropped Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch. Yes, it's nearly 365 days since so many of us took that first flight to Tom Nook's deserted island and made a new life for ourselves. Depending on the day, that year either feels like it's flown by or has dragged interminably thanks to certain...
Random This Animal Crossing Screenshot "Probably" Has Nothing To Do With The Rumoured 4K Switch
Just to let you know...
Nintendo's official Animal Crossing Twitter account recently sent out a tweet about the next in-game event for New Horizons. While the majority of responses were about Shamrock Day, a number of followers have noticed the screenshot attached to this tweet is a much higher resolution than the other ones posted by the same...
News Build-A-Bear Is Launching An Animal Crossing: New Horizons Collection
Update: Confirmed for US and UK
Update: The official Build-A-Bear account has now made this announcement public, confirming that the range will hit the US and UK! Original Article: With the likes of Pokémon and Sonic already receiving the Build-A-Bear treatment, it only seems natural that a franchise as c
Soapbox Why Do People Love Games Like Stardew Valley And Animal Crossing?
Playing games shouldn't feel like work, right?
One of my favourite things to do after a long day of nine-to-five work is crack open a beer, get cosy on the sofa, and play two to five hours of a game where I have a nine-to-five job. It seems ludicrous to spend my free time doing exactly what I do in my non-free time, and yet, here I am - one of...
Video Animal Crossing: New Horizons Trailer Shows Us What's New In March
Spring is here! And Mario items are everywhere
Nintendo has released its latest trailer for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, giving us a quick overview of all the changes you'll be able to spot on your island this month. Naturally, March sees the return of Spring on your island (for those playing in the Northern Hemisphere, at least), so it's time to...
News Hori Unveils Five New Animal Crossing Themed Nintendo Switch Accessories
Arriving next month
Since the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons last March, the IP has been raking in the big bucks. Sales are through the roof and third-party accessory manufacturers are even cashing in on the latest game's success. Continuing this trend is Hori - with a brand new officially licensed line of Animal Crossing: New...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nominated For Five Categories At The 2021 BAFTA Games Awards
Hades also takes an impressive eight nominations
In just a few weeks, it'll be time for the 2021 BAFTA Games Awards, which take place on March 25th. After Luigi's Mansion 3 took Best Animation in 2020, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Nintendo's heavy hitter this year, coming away with five nominations. New Horizons is up for the "Best Game" award,...
Download it today
Following on from the Animal Crossing: New Horizons' version 1.8.0 update last week, Nintendo has now finally made the full patch notes available. Most notably, this update adds the Super Mario 35th anniversary collaboration items. In addition to this are "limited-time" seasonal items available from Nook Shopping. Last but not...
News Animal Crossing X Mario Warp Pipe Doesn't Let You Access The Fourth Level After All
Update: It was too good to be true
Update: Streamer neeks - AKA teakittyy - has kindly keen in touch to break some bad news: the pipe doesn't take you to the "fourth level", but the third. Boo. Original Story [Mon 1st Mar, 2021 21:30 GMT]: Either you're here because you're wondering what the "fourth level" is, or you're here because you realise...
News Stay Calm, Everyone: Froggy Furniture Is Back In Sanrio's Collab With Animal Crossing
New Sanrio-themed items to decorate your lily pad
We knew that Sanrio goodies would be coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons in March, alongside the Sanrio amiibo cards, and eagle-eyed readers may have even been able to identify the furniture pictured on each card. But now we can see how that furniture looks in-game - and there is finally some...
Book One comes out this September
Ever wonder what all your Animal Crossing: New Horizons villagers do without you? Our guess would be that they wander around the town, having banal conversations with each other and literally counting down the amount of time we're gone for so that they can berate us when we return. However, according to the...
News Animal Crossing Will Get A Bunch Of Mario Items And Clothing In Next Update
Set your calendars for the 25th February
Happy birthday, Mario! We got you, er, a bunch of people dressing up as you. Also, we're going to delete some of your games. Yeah, Mario's 35th birthday reminds us a bit of that 13th birthday party where it rained and the clown stole the cake, to be honest - but Animal Crossing: New Horizons' latest new...
Reminder Don't Miss Festivale, Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Latest All-Day Event
Ooh la la, Festivale!
If you're still loving life on your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island, here's a quick, friendly reminder that today is Festivale! Festivale is an all-day event celebrated around this time each year in the Animal Crossing universe in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The event's inspired by cultural celebrations...
A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
Weeks before the dawn of spring, the month of February brings not only Valentine's Day to get your heart pumping, but also carnival season with its confetti, dancing and general jovialness. We could all do with a drop of frivolity, right? The arrival of carnival seasons means it's time for Pavé, the divine...
Random Tommy And Timmy Get Turned Into Slippers In This Animal Crossing Loungewear Collection
Once again, it's Japan-only. Come on!
We want to wear fluffy Nook pyjamas. We want to have a big Tommy/Timmy pillow to squeeze when times are hard. But, alas, we will not get the chance, for loungewear brand Gelato Pique is only releasing their new Animal Crossing: New Horizons collab in Japan. The collection was first released last year, with...
Random Fill Out A Survey About Your Animal Crossing Habits For A Chance To Win A Switch Game
And to help science, obviously
Anyone who's been to university will probably remember their final projects as a time of huge stress and lots of book-reading, in a frantic attempt to prove whatever thesis you pitched several months beforehand. Turns out, we could have been studying Animal Crossing, like final-year Psychology student Sam Davern, who...
News Nintendo Shares Printable Animal Crossing Birthday Calendar For 2021 (North America)
Grab a free PDF
If you're looking for a way to keep track of all your favourite Animal Crossing characters' birthdays – or you're just wanting a free calendar and don't mind looking at a load of animal faces each morning – you'll want to jump on this new listing on the My Nintendo website. Available for just 80 Platinum Points (which can easily...
UK Charts Animal Crossing Stays Top With Mario Kart And Ring Fit Adventure Close Behind
Another solid week for Nintendo
UK physical chart data is now in for the week ending 6th February, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has managed to stay on top. Enjoying a return to form following a single-week drop down the pecking order last month, New Horizons managed to fend off Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for this week's honours. The two...
News Nintendo's Real-Life Animal Crossing Dodo Airlines Collection Is A Thing Of Beauty
And the official Nook Inc jacket is available, too!
T-shirts and jumpers featuring our favourite gaming characters are always cool, but nothing quite compares to official clothing based on actual, in-game designs. Nintendo currently has a collection of items for sale on its official US website based on clothing found inside Animal Crossing: New...
Deals Celebrate Valentine's Day With Lovely Discounts On Animal Crossing Merchandise (UK)
25% off merch and other great deals
T'is the time of the season for loving (as The Zombies would say). Yes, Valentine's Day is looming and now's the time to pick up something sweet for that special person in your life, even if that special someone is you. Hey, we all need a little pick-me-up this time of year, right? Especially after the last twelve...
Video Animal Crossing: New Horizons Trailer Shows Us What's New In February
Festivale, Valentine's and more!
Nintendo has released its latest trailer for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, reminding us about all the fun stuff we'll be getting up to throughout the next month. The new clip starts off with a quick look at some of the adorable critters you'll want to be keeping an eye out for over the next few weeks. Our...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Super Mario Update Arrives This March
Mario's 35th anniversary celebrations continue
Nintendo has issued a reminder via social media that the next big update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Switch will be arriving next month. Yay! While no specific release date has been shared just yet, we do know this update will be Super Mario themed. This lines up with Mario's...
Random Pokémon And Animal Crossing Both Featured On Jeopardy
Who is Dankey Kang?
Jeopardy is back with some video game questions, and once again, none of the contestants knew the answers. What's the opposite to "maybe you need to go outside more"? For those of you who are British, and don't really know what Jeopardy is: imagine Countdown, but instead of being about accidentally spelling naughty words with...
News It's Groundhog Day, Which Means It's The Last Day To Get Resetti In Animal Crossing
Get your Resettis before it's too late!
Do you feel like the days keep resetting? Like you're living in an endless, repetitive loop? Yeah, us too. Only this time, it's not because it's Groundhog Day - the day where a weather-predicting squirrel tells us about the future, which was skyrocketed to fame after the Harold Ramis film of the same name -...
Anne Helen Petersen interviews children from 5 to 15 about their gaming habits
Journalist Anne Helen Petersen is tired of the "alarmist rhetoric" around video games. She's not the only one. In her newsletter, Culture Study, Petersen has already spoken to psychologist Rachel Kowert about the fearmongering, satanic-panic-adjacent stigma around gaming,...
A fake worthy of Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler
The last time we wrote about Castaway Paradise, the free-to-play Facebook and iOS game that combines elements of Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, we said that the game might come to Wii U. That's right, folks! It's been a while since Castaway Paradise's 2014 release, and though it never came out
News Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp's New "Pecan's House Cookie" Event Goes Live
Just how did she fit entire rooms inside a fortune cookie...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons might be dominating sales on the Switch recently – reaching over 31 million units since launch – but mobile entry Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is still gettin
UK Charts Animal Crossing: New Horizons Returns To Number One In A Solid Week For Nintendo
Switch games make up half of top ten
UK physical chart data is now in for the week ending 30th January, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has returned to its favoured top spot after a single week away. The game lost out to Hitman 3 last week, which went straight to number one upon launch, but normal service has now resumed with Nintendo...
News Valentine's Day Gifts Will Soon Be Available In Animal Crossing
I've been locked inside your heart-shaped bouquet
If you've got your eye on an eligible villager in your Animal Crossing: New Horizons town, then now's the time to make your move. Sure, Animal Crossing has never actually allowed you to date the citizens before, but they added Wedding Season last year, didn't they? We can only hope that one day,...
News The Animal Crossing Makeup Collection Is Almost Entirely Sold Out In Just Under An Hour
New Horeyeshadowzons
Hey, there's a new Animal Crossing makeup line! Oh, never mind. It's already gone. Much like a meteor shower, the Colourpop x Animal Crossing collection had thousands of eyes watching it, and somehow, many of us missed it happening anyway. After going live at 10am PT (6pm GMT), the collection - which includes palettes based on...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 1.7.0 Patch Notes - Festivale, New Seasonal Items And More
Download it today!
Nintendo's next free update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now officially live. As previously detailed, it includes the Festivale event, new reactions, new clothing and seasonal items. The full patch notes (courtesy of Nintendo's support page) which detail both general changes and bug fixes: Ver. 1.7.0 (Released January...
News Resetti Finally Makes An Appearance In New Horizons, But Only As An In-Game Item
Before you turn the power off, SAVE! You gotta SAVE!
Life has been far too quiet without our favouritest angry mole yelling at us about resetting our copy of Animal Crossing. Mr Resetti no longer lives in our town, in his underground lair or otherwise, except for the likely possibility that he's the chap running the rescue service (a theory recently...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Adding Japanese Setsubun Seasonal Items
Fancy some bean tossing?
Yesterday, Nintendo announced a new update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be arriving this week on 28th January. In addition to Festivale, new reactions and new clothing, there'll also be a bunch of seasonal events. First up, is the Japanese tradition of Setsubun. To celebrate this occasion, there'll be a...
Random This Animal Crossing Recreation Of Spirited Away Looks Just Like The Movie
Tom Nook would love Yubaba
You don't need us to tell you that the Animal Crossing: New Horizons community is crazy talented. Actually, we did already tell you that in our "Best Islands" feature, but you get what we mean: it only takes a quick trip to Reddit, or the
News DICE Awards Finalists Include Hades, Ori, Spiritfarer, Animal Crossing, And Mario Kart Live
Hades gets 8 noms, ACNH bags just three
The 24th annual DICE Awards is due to take place on April 8th, 2021, and ahead of the (virtual) event, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced the finalists for their 23 categories, including "Game of the Year", "Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game", and "Adventure Game of the...
News Animal Crossing's Sanrio amiibo Cards Are Making A Comeback This March
Will launch across US and Europe
Alongside today's news of a brand new update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo has revealed that it will be re-releasing the highly sought after Sanrio Collaboration cards. Starting on 26th March, the Animal Crossing Sanrio Collaboration Pack will be available to buy exclusively at Target in the US; packs...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Next Free Update Arrives This Week
The Festivale Event arrives in style
Nintendo has announced that the next free update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons will arrive later this week, bringing all sorts of feathers and festivities along for the ride. The new update includes a Festivale event, new seasonal additions, new Reactions, and new items to purchase. It all kicks off on...
News PowerA Is Releasing Two New Animal Crossing Controllers For Switch
They're officially licensed!
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch is extremely beautiful, but if you own it, you might be a little peeved that there's no matching Pro Controller. Peeve no more, friends: PowerA has unveiled a couple of new wired Switch Pro Controllers designed around Isabelle and Tom Nook. Now you can get your sweaty hands all...
UK Charts Animal Crossing Stays On Top In A Week Dominated By Nintendo
Switch exclusives make up six of the top ten
UK physical chart data is now in for the week ending 16th January, revealing that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is still sitting pretty at the very top of the pile. The game is now enjoying its third consecutive week at number one in the UK as Switch owners across the country jump in for the very first...
Random This Wasp Run In Animal Crossing Will Make You So Nervous
Alexa, play Flight of the Bumblebee
Imagine the scene: Blathers is just hanging out at the Museum, thinking about how much he loves bones, and suddenly he hears an intense buzzing, growing ever louder. Blathers doesn't like bugs at the best of times, so he hopes it's just his imagination, or maybe some faulty wiring. Seconds later, the villager -...
News Colourpop Announces Animal Crossing Makeup Line
You'll be the Bell of the ball
Ever wanted to replicate Bunnie's little blushy cheeks? Or figure out how Gladys gets such a perfect winged eyeliner? Maybe you just want to go all out and style your smoky eye after Tom Nook's tanooki eyemask look? Look no further, because Colourpop's new makeup is all about Animal Crossing: New Horizons. With...
300 days of Summer (and Spring, and Autumn, and Winter)
The mark of a true Animal Crossing: New Horizons fan is no longer the rare DIYs you have, or how full your museum is - it's being in possession of the stamp for "300 Days Played". That means only those who have done no time travelling, no skipping a day, and have made sure to pop into their...
