Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) - 20/03/2020

Showed the update to my girlfriend and she was very excited. She stopped playing at around 350 hours I think and this truly was our lockdown game. Releasing an update of this size as winter approaches is a smart idea.

Showed her the paid DLC and she immediately decided she wanted it.

My Switch access has been revoked.

SillySprout wrote:Showed the update to my girlfriend and she was very excited. She stopped playing at around 350 hours I think and this truly was our lockdown game. Releasing an update of this size as winter approaches is a smart idea.

Showed her the paid DLC and she immediately decided she wanted it.

My Switch access has been revoked.

Hee! Yeah, I view AC as my lockdown game, too; I played it a lot from launch through to the end of 2020 (around 220 hours) but haven't touched it again until recently. It felt a bit odd that Nintendo launched a popular game but hadn't really got plans in place for additional content. This new update and DLC look great, though, will hopefully reawaken many lapsed players.

SillySprout wrote:Showed the update to my girlfriend and she was very excited. She stopped playing at around 350 hours I think and this truly was our lockdown game. Releasing an update of this size as winter approaches is a smart idea.

Showed her the paid DLC and she immediately decided she wanted it.

My Switch access has been revoked.

Same here my girlfriend is hyped for the update , she hasn't touched the switch since she fell Animal Crossing. My daughter has started dabbling in our family island again which has lead to me getting back into it. The update looks marvellous and I'm gonna get the paid dlc aswell.

im so glad the dlc will have the hospitals and restaurants it was quite funny watching the villagers in those places in HHD. from doctors who dont know what theyre doing to wait staff talking about the ways people have been trying to scam them.

Yubel wrote:

OrangeMKN wrote:Forgot the direct was today, thanks for the reminder!

And sorry fisher, I was busy when you asked. I don't think we've met in game so I can't just send the blue laptop.

Is there anyone who has met fisher in game I could send it to to be sent on?

I'm one of the few who have encountered them and I'll happily pass it on - especially as I'd like to catalogue that colour of laptop myself as well!

did you catalog blue laptop.

Figured id make 2 quick videos for Animal crossing one talking about the 2.0 Update and one about the new Paid for DLC and my opinions on what's coming.


2.0 Update



DLC Paradise

jawa_ wrote:

SillySprout wrote:Showed the update to my girlfriend and she was very excited. She stopped playing at around 350 hours I think and this truly was our lockdown game. Releasing an update of this size as winter approaches is a smart idea.

Showed her the paid DLC and she immediately decided she wanted it.

My Switch access has been revoked.

Hee! Yeah, I view AC as my lockdown game, too; I played it a lot from launch through to the end of 2020 (around 220 hours) but haven't touched it again until recently. It felt a bit odd that Nintendo launched a popular game but hadn't really got plans in place for additional content. This new update and DLC look great, though, will hopefully reawaken many lapsed players.

Add me to the lockdown game camp. This was my first animal crossing game, and it came along at just the right time, just what I needed as a happy and chilled distraction. I'll probably buy the DLC and go back to the game, as I've not played it in a long time (not played diving patch yet, so I've got a lot to catch up on).

kerr9000 wrote:Figured id make 2 quick videos for Animal crossing one talking about the 2.0 Update and one about the new Paid for DLC and my opinions on what's coming...

Some good summaries there, kerr - nice work!

Victor Mildew wrote:Add me to the lockdown game camp. This was my first animal crossing game, and it came along at just the right time, just what I needed as a happy and chilled distraction. I'll probably buy the DLC and go back to the game, as I've not played it in a long time (not played diving patch yet, so I've got a lot to catch up on).

It sure was the right game at the right time; Animal Crossing kinda benefitted from the global situation! I feel it's a great title - particularly the new ground-sculpting and designing ability. It has taken a long time for the game to approach the level of content we saw for 3DS's New Leaf but, with the upcoming update and the new "Happy Home" expansion, it's a very good step forward.

Add me to the lockdown game camp too. It was great to play through the difficult times.

I've completed everything apart from the arts and I sold the game a few weeks. I have no urge to go back at all.

BOR wrote:I've completed everything apart from the arts and I sold the game a few weeks.

Do you mean everything in the museum by this?

I'm glad we're gettimg more KK songs as collecting them should take me through to that final stamp goal.

If anyone is tempted to restart for the new update rather than go back to an old island, any chance of stealing any gold nuggets you have before you do?

The thought of restarting my island gives me serious anxiety

Same, but a lot of lapsed players seem to be considering it!

OrangeRKN what colours is your desktop computer and tvs and can i please catalog them tomorrow 5:00pm tomorrow.

Iv started gutting my island out , removing the thousands of flowers that seem .to have grown , getting rid of random junk all in preparation for the 5th of November

Radish wrote:Iv started gutting my island out , removing the thousands of flowers that seem .to have grown , getting rid of random junk all in preparation for the 5th of November

I’m planning on getting rid of a fair bit of my fruit farm (might get a few more harvests out of it first though) before the update comes out on the 5th, so I can have a lot of space for crops.

Herdanos wrote:The thought of restarting my island gives me serious anxiety

OrangeMKN wrote:Same, but a lot of lapsed players seem to be considering it!

While I’m not going to restart my island, I would have considered it a little if they’d let us carry a lot of our stuff over, stuff like DIY recipes, crafting materials, house storage (so you’d start with the max storage expansion along with items in there).

Sadly the museum would be one of the things that wouldn’t be carried over and considering how long it’s taken to even get 2/3 of the art I’d be hesitant to restart my island for that alone! Also I’d hate losing about half of my villagers

im gonna need to find a spot for all this food we're growing. it was easy to find a wee corner for the pumpkins but its no gonna work just expanding it.



well it could but i dont really want an tomato patch in front of the museum

Also in the lockdown crew. Put about 150 hours into it back in the day before I got bored with my long term project. I think that with a big expansion like this I'd be happy to dip back in and change up my island quite a bit. I'm thinking of turning what is currently the Tal Tal Heights area into a mini Japanese village using Brewster as a conbini stand in.

Fisher wrote:OrangeRKN what colours is your desktop computer and tvs and can i please catalog them tomorrow 5:00pm tomorrow.

Sorry Fisher I won't be around at 5

I'm unsure about restarting. My initial thought is that no way could I go back to "having nothing" and starting out fresh, but... maybe I could. My favourite bit is setting up the island and gradually building it up.

Hmmn. Will have a think about this.

Wait wait wait we have to start again???