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Animal Crossing is getting a big update and paid DLC on November 5th

2021-10-15T10:57:01-04:00

Brewster is back. | Image: Nintendo

Nintendo just wrapped up a huge Direct presentation focused on new content coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including the game's major 2.0 update and a significant paid DLC expansion. Both will be available on November 5th.

Let's start first with the free update, which brings back a lot of familiar faces for longtime Animal Crossing fans. You'll be able to visit Brewster in his coffee shop, The Roost, Kapp'n will be able to whisk you away to mysterious islands (while serenading you along the way), Katrina the fortune-teller will appear on Harv's Island, and the odd, noise-making Gyroids have returned.

There are also some great new …

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ next update will let you design a custom umbrella

2021-03-16T12:26:34-04:00

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' already robust design tools are getting some improvements with a free update hitting March 18th. One new addition is a big upgrade to the NookPhone's design app that will let you customize umbrellas, small flags, uchiwa fans, and photo stands.

The app already let you make designs for shirts, dresses, and hats, so with the upgrade, you'll be able to tailor an even more custom look (and make a fun photo stand while you're at it). The upgraded app will also add 50 design slots to both the normal and Pro custom design modes, allowing you to create and save even more designs than before.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ first year: a timeline

2021-03-15T08:00:00-04:00

It might be hard to believe, but Animal Crossing: New Horizons celebrates its first anniversary this week. Ahead of the game's launch last March, producer Hisashi Nogami told The Verge that he hoped players would be able to "use this as an escape." And in a year filled with challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, New Horizons' colorful island and charming animal friends proved to be exactly that, offering a much-needed respite from the difficulties of the real world.

The game wasn't only fun on day one, though. Nintendo has continually added new content and events to the game, and the community gave birth to a number of fun, hilario …

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This music video was shot entirely in Animal Crossing, and it’s great

2020-09-03T16:23:19-04:00

If you can host a popular talk show in Animal Crossing, why not stage an official music video there? Particularly when, as you'll see in Sylvan Esso's official "Ferris Wheel" music video, the results are excellent. It's a delightful shot of summery goodness, even if it's a little on the nose here and there.

Don't have time for the full vid? Here's a Twitter sample:

ðŸ’«ðŸŽ¡ðŸ˜‚ SE + AC ðŸ˜‚ðŸŽ¡ðŸ’«https://t.co/kX07F1lCGZ pic.twitter.com/kGANdbeaSw
- Sylvan Esso (@SylvanEsso) September 3, 2020

Artists are having a tough time connecting to their fans during the pandemic, and filming inside the breakout hit Nintendo game seems as good a way a …

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Animal Crossing is home to 2020’s hottest late-night talk show

2020-05-14T11:13:12-04:00

Gary Whitta is seated behind a thick wooden desk, hair perfectly coiffed, wearing a suit and a smile that curls upward like a macaroni noodle. He's halfway through introducing his next guest, Greg Miller, when a beachball-sized head bobs into view. Whitta starts to yell. "Greg! I - goddamn you. Get back up the stairs. What is he doing?" Bandleader and video editor Adam Nickerson giggles behind his drumset.

Miller has blown his cue and arrived onstage too early. While the beleaguered host declares, "This is not what I wanted," Miller plants himself in the center of the set and strikes a thoughtful pose. He's typing. After several seconds, a …

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Detroit Lions reveal schedule through Animal Crossing: New Horizons

2020-05-08T13:59:38-04:00

All 32 NFL teams unveiled their schedules for the 2020 season yesterday. However, the Detroit Lions got a little more creative in how they did it, announcing their entire schedule through Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

The team posted a seven-minute video on Twitter last night that kicks off with a daily announcement from Tom Nook. Throughout the video, the Lions unveiled which opponents they will face throughout the 2020 season in a variety of hilarious ways, like burying a stuffed bear in a hole to signify they will play the Chicago Bears in their season opener, hitting a Green Bay Packers fan with bug nets, and having Blathers freak out …

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Animal Crossing boosts Nintendo sales despite COVID-19

2020-05-07T03:33:35-04:00

Nintendo Switch sales were up 34 percent year-on-year last quarter as the company moved 3.29 million units, despite acknowledging that production has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a big sales driver, with 11.77 million units sold as of the end of March 31st.

That's enough to make it the seventh-best-selling Switch title yet even with only ten days worth of sales data accounted for. Nintendo adds that New Horizons actually sold 13.41 million copies in its first six weeks, though, which likely takes it past Pokémon Let's Go! into sixth place.

Japanese sales figures had already revealed that New Ho …

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Streetwear enthusiasts are flocking to Animal Crossing

2020-04-28T13:23:24-04:00

Last week, German techwear firm Acronym released a new version of its iconic J1A-GT jacket, one based on Hideo Kojima's PS4 game Death Stranding. Like most Acronym gear, the jacket was both rare and expensive: it sold out almost immediately, despite a price tag of just under $2,000. But in another seemingly unconnected corner of the internet, fans managed to get their hands on it for free. At the subreddit ACNHstreetwear, a space dedicated to streetwear enthusiasts playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons, one user re-created the jacket in-game with astonishing fidelity, before uploading a creator code so anyone could add it to their game. "Tha …

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Nintendo Switch sales in March more than doubled from last year, reports NPD

2020-04-21T14:03:59-04:00

The Nintendo Switch sold more than double the number of consoles in March 2020 in the US than in March 2019, according to data from The NPD Group, showing that the Switch continues to be a hit more than three years after its 2017 launch (via VentureBeat). PlayStation 4 and Xbox One sales in the US were up as well, growing 25 percent year over year, reports NPD.

The increased sales of all of the consoles show that people are turning to video games for entertainment while they're stuck at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But March also featured the launch Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which was likely a significant contributor t …

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ next update adds garden shop, art seller, and more seasonal events

2020-04-21T09:28:13-04:00

This week, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a big update that adds a number of welcome features, including two new businesses and a slate of upcoming seasonal events. The most notable additions are the return of two familiar characters from past games: Leif and Redd. After the update goes live, both characters will regularly show up on players' island, hocking their wares.

For Leif, that means a traveling garden shop where he sells things like flower seeds and shrubs. Redd, meanwhile, will continue his tradition of selling art that may or may not be authentic. Here's how Nintendo explains it:

After downloading the free update, Joll …

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