Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Escape to Your Personal Island Paradise

Escape to a deserted island and create your own paradise as you explore, create, and customize in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game. Your island getaway has a wealth of natural resources that can be used to craft everything from tools to creature comforts. You can hunt down insects at the crack of dawn, decorate your paradise throughout the day, or enjoy sunset on the beach while fishing in the ocean. The time of day and season match real life, so each day on your island is a chance to check in and find new surprises all year round.

Show off your island utopia to family and friends—or pack your bags and visit theirs. Whether playing online* or with others beside you**, island living is even better when you can share it. Even without hopping on a flight, you’ll meet a cast of charming animal residents bursting with personality. Friendly faces like Tom Nook and Isabelle will lend their services and happily help you grow your budding community. Escape to your island getaway—however, whenever, and wherever you want.

• Build your community from scratch on a deserted island brimming with possibility
• Create your personal getaway and customize your character, home, decorations, and even the landscape itself
• Collect materials to construct everything from furniture to tools! Then, use what you create to give your island a personal touch
• Watch as the time of day and seasons match real life—even your hemisphere! Each day holds potential for surprises and discoveries
• Get to know the island residents, garden, fish, decorate, hunt for fossils, and more!
• Show off your paradise – play on the same system with a total of 4 people**, or play together online* or over local wireless** for fun with up to 8 players

Animal Crossing: New Horizons will release on the Nintendo Switch on 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z.

Who’s playing?

So far I’m really loving the game. It would have been hard to mess up Animal Crossing, but I think the Nook Miles really add a lot to it. AC has always had a super relaxed pace, but Nook Miles make it feel like you’re achieving something even when you are just fishing for hours on end. The tool durability thing can be a little frustrating, but I have a feeling it will be less of a problem as I get better DIY recipes.

This is probably the game that tempting me to buy a Switch.

Obviously it’s a money situation more than anything else, but I’m really loving the game. I’m sure you would too.

Once I get my paws on a Switch, this is one of my top priority purchases. I got New Leaf for free back when Club Nintendo shut down, and I fell in love with the series. I’m really looking forward to the crafting and all the new island customization options!

Also: If you play Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and you’ve got New Horizons, if both are connected to your Nintendo Account, you can redeem a Special Order Ticket in the My Nintendo menu of Pocket Camp. The ticket will give you some Leaf Tickets to use in Pocket Camp, plus a code to redeem on the Switch eShop to make some Pocket Camp-themed items available through Nook Shopping in New Horizons!

Thanks for the heads up! I haven’t played Pocket Camp since it came out basically, but maybe I’ll redownload it to get some in-game stuff.

I’m hoping to transfer over some screenshots I’ve taken on my Switch to share. The process is kinda a pain though.