There has been a lot of confusion whether or not you can somehow have more than one island per console in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Lets take a look at the known facts.

Animal Crossing New Horizons is almost upon us and fans are just excited to get their hands on the first new mainline Animal Crossing game in nearly eight years.

Animal Crossing New Horizons allows for only one island per console

There has been plenty of confusion around how many islands you can actually have on the same Nintendo Switch system. The answer is – One island per console.

It does not matter if you own multiple copies of the game nor does it matter if you own a digital and physical version. Nintendo only allows one island per console.

Animal Crossing New Horizons Save Game Recovery

In addition to Animal Crossing New Horizons only fearing one island per system there has been a few questions about backing up save games. Currently cloud saves for New Horizons are not available at launch.

However, Nintendo promised that there would be a post-launch update that allows to recover your save game in case you loose your Nintendo Switch or if it breaks.

It is clear that Nintendo strives to create an Animal Crossing experience where you can not simply exploit the game by having multiple islands or sharing save games across multiple consoles.

Animal Crossing Themed Mini Gardening Kit

Grow a tiny garden just in time for New Horizons with this Animal Crossing themed mini gardening kit – includes everything you need to start gardening! Get yours right here!