Animal Crossing
Aug 9, 2020
Animal Crossing New Horizons might have taken some time to release but it has been a major success so far.
Animal Crossing New Horizons is the follow up game to New Leaf which was release back in 2012. Fans had to wait nearly 8 years for the sequel to the popular village simulator to release. But fans from all over the world can agree that it was worth the wait.
Animal Crossing New Horizons is Unstoppable
Nintendo released Animal Crossing New Horizons back in March, 2020 and since then celebrated a huge commercial success. The game has sold more than 7 million copies in Japan alone, making it the 2nd best selling game of all time within months of its release. New Horizons surpassed games like Pokemon Sword and Shield as well as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash bros.
New Horizons Outsells New Leaf Within 4 Months
Worldwide sales are even more impressive with Animal Crossing New Horizons selling more than 22 million copies. To put these numbers in perspective Animal Crossing New Leaf, considered a huge success, sold 14 million copies since its launch back in 2012. New Horizons outpaced these numbers by 8 million while only being available for a bit over 4 months.
More Updates, Sewing, Farming coming to New Horizons
Given the longevity of Animal Crossing games it will be interesting to see how far Nintendo manages to take New Horizons. The big N already confirmed that more updates will come to the game for at least 3 more years. Sewing and Farming DIY’s are already found in the code and are expected to hit the game in the near future!
- Aug 4, 2020
Animal Crossing New Horizons offers a nearly unlimited amount of customization options, now players are building castles only Disney could dream of.
Players from around the world are building majestic castles that capture the spirit and imagination of creations only seen from Disney and co. Animal Crossing managed to create a talented community filled with artists and creative players that have shared thousand of beautiful designs.
These stunning custom path designs or even these inspirational island designs have taken my breath away every time I see come across them.
Now with the latest trend of building dreamy castle like homes I am once again wondering if I am even playing the same game as these creative players!
Love Your Island!
Take a look at some of the stunning castles below but make sure not to question your own island designs but take it as an inspiration to create your very own beautiful island – every island in some way represents the makers personality. Love what you have.
Animal Crossing New Horizons Castles
Become a Princess in Pretty Princess Party
If you can’t get enough of castles and kingdoms you will be delighted to hear that Pretty Princess Party is finally coming to the west! Become a princess, decorate your castles and play dozens of different mini games, check out this adorable game right here.
- Aug 3, 2020
Animal Crossing New Horizons just surpassed New Leafs sales in Japan, with so many new players joining the fun every day, the Animal Crossing New Horizons Starter Guide is a welcome and much appreciated bonus.
My Nintendo rewards are Nintenod’s way of rewarding players for purchasing games from the Nintendo eShop and/or completing certain activities in games or on the website.
Claim your Animal Crossing New Horizons Starter Guide
Today My Nintendo rewards participants were greeted with a New Horizons starter guide featuring some interesting bits and pieces even advanced players may or may not have known just yet.
For only 75 Platinum points the Animal Crossing New Horizons Starter Guide is a must grab for every fan, you can get it right here.
Animal Crossing New Horizons Next Update may feature Sewing and Cooking DIY’s
Nintendo already featured the next major New Horizons update which looks be Halloween themed. In addition to the upcoming update there has been some more information about the anything but confirmed cooking, vegetable farming and sewing addition!
- Aug 1, 2020
Animal Crossing New Horizons Summer Update Wave 2 was just released a little while ago and brought a bunch of new items and things to explore, at the same time Nintendo teased the next major content update.
Nintendo didn’t take a break and announced the next content update at the same time the second ( and last ) part to the summer update released. In the trailer for the most recent update, the big N announced that the next update would become available this fall.
Interestingly enough the teaser included a pumpkin that looks a lot like our beloved friend Jack! Depending whether or not you have played any other Animal Crossing game in the past, such as New Leaf or the mobile version – Pocket Camp, Jack is the recuring Halloween character in the Animal Crossing series.
Halloween has always been a pretty big holiday in the world of Animal Crossing with major events taken place, villagers exchanging candy and Jack swinging by for even more fun.
With a Nintendo Direct teased for the week of August 24th, we might get a first peak at the upcoming update!
Halloween in Animal Crossing New Horizons
For the first time in an Animal Crossing game, New Horizons delivers seasonal events via an update to avoid players time traveling and experiencing events out of season. This also goes for this years Halloween event.
There is currently no information on what this years spooky event will entail, what we do know is that our islanders will contribute by decorating their homes and store fronts! Much like the town plaza transformed into an easter wonderland last spring.
During a Nintendo Direct gameplay reveal we got our first look at some of the Halloween decorations taken place in New Horizons. Take a look at the Nooks Cranny during the fall time! These pumpkins and tiny spiderwebs are the cutest.
New Features coming to Animal Crossing New Horizons
There have been plenty of rumors of Sewing and Cooking DIY’s coming to Animal Crossing New Horizons. Get all the details on this right here. Hopefully we will see one of the few “anything but” confirmed features in the fall update!
- Aug 1, 2020
Yesterday we had to say goodbye to a couple of fish and bugs until they return next year. Today we can welcome back a bunch of new critters!
You have probably been pouring lots of hours into New Horizons and chances are you are also trying to complete your critterpedia. Unless you choose to time travel it is essential you keep track of all the fish and insects leaving and coming each and every month of the year.
Yesterday we luckily only lost 5 critters in total, this month however, brings plenty of new fish that you can start catching now. Take a look at the list below for all the fish and insects now roaming your island for a limited time!
Animal Crossing New Horizons Bugs and Fish Arriving In August ( Northern Hemisphere )
Critter type Critter Location Shadow Size Time Fish Soft-shelled Turtle River Large 4 p.m. – 9 a.m. Fish Moray Eel Sea Narrow All day Fish Ray Sea X Large 4 a.m. – 9 p.m. Bug Migratory Locust On ground N/A 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Bug Rice Grasshopper On ground N/A 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Bug Walker Cicada On trees N/A 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sea Creature Flatworm Ocean N/A 4 p.m. – 9 a.m. Animal Crossing New Horizons Bugs Arriving in August ( Southern Hemisphere )
Critter type Critter Location Time Bug Tiger Beetle On ground All day Animal Crossing New Horizons Pool Designs
Take a look at this refreshing and super splashy New Horizons Pool Designs!
- Jul 31, 2020
Every day is special in Animal Crossing New Horizons and if you want to keep your critterpedia up to date you might want to take a look at all the fish and bugs leaving this month!
If you have been clocking hours on New Horizons, chances are you are also trying to complete your critterpedia. Unless you choose to time travel it is essential you keep track of all the fish and insects leaving and coming each and every month of the year. There are plenty of new ones arriving in August!
There are not too many bugs leaving in July, unlike last month were plenty of bugs and fish left for the summer. Take a look at the list below for all the fish and insects now roaming your island for a limited time!
Animal Crossing New Horizons Bugs and Fish leaving after July ( Northern Hemisphere )
Critter type Critter Location Shadow Size Time Bug Honeybee Flying N/A 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Fish Tadpole Pond Smallest All day Sea Creature Seaweed Ocean N/A All day Animal Crossing New Horizons Fish leaving after July ( Southern Hemisphere )
Critter type Critter Location Time Sea Creature Abalone Ocean 4 p.m. – 9 a.m. Sea Creature Lobster Ocean All day Animal Crossing New Horizons Sewing, Cooking, Vegetable Farming and more
There are many new features coming to Animal Crossing in the next few months, head over here to learn more about upcoming features such as cooking and sewing DIYs.
- Jul 30, 2020
The second wave of the Animal Crossing New Horizons Update is here and with it comes some more evidence pointing at vegetable farming, sewing, cooking and even new Gyroids!
Not so long ago I talked about the possibility of advanced gardening and new vegetable crops coming to Animal Crossing New Horizons. With the latest update now live on the Nintendo eShop, infamous data miner Ninji has once again dug deep into the update files and of course, once again found some interesting bits and pieces.
Gyroids are making a return
This has long been rumored and Ninji can confirm that Nintendo is currently planning and working on bringing the adorable collection back into the game with more changes included hidden deep in the latest update.
This has frequently been discussed with Gyroids already in the game files but not yet enabled for collection. I can’t wait to start up my Gyroid collection again!
Tomatoes, Potatoes and more!
But this is not all, Ninji pointed out that he found game files with the following names: VgtTomato’, ‘VgtWheat’, ‘VgtSugarCane’, ‘VgtPotato’, ‘VgtCarrot’, ‘VgtSquash’.
These are file names for what appears to be tomatoes, wheat, sugar canes, potato, carrots and squash. This ties in with the fact that food dishes are not currently part of the game. Players have noticed the mysterious absence of anything edible. This could be in preparation of the upcoming “rumored” cooking feature that will let players plant vegetables and use a kitchen to prepare meals.
Sewing and hidden DIYs
Ninji also noticed some hidden references to sewing and cooking DIYs. While the cooking DIY’s will tie in with vegetable farming, it us currently unclearer how sewing could work in the game. According to the datamine, Ninji said that sewing will also introduce new dedicated DIY recipes. We will have to wait a little longer to see what Nintendo is planning to do with this feature!
It is very common in gaming development to include unreleased features in an update. These new additions are not available to the player yet, as they are still incomplete. However, as there are many developers working simultaneously on different features but on the same game, parts of codes are committed prior to being completed, thus making it into the games code but not the actual gameplay just yet.
Please do keep in mind that these are not confirmed features at this point, while it is extremely likely we will see these things in upcoming updates, nothing is confirmed until Nintendo shares official details with us.
Hopefully we will be able to experience these features including cooking, more farming and even sewing in the very near feature!
Animal Crossing New Horizons Second Wave Update
If you haven’t checked it out yet, take a look at everything new with the latest updated, including customizable fireworks, dreaming and Online Saves!
- Jul 29, 2020
Hands down, one of the initial most disappointing things upon beginning playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the complete lack of Save Data Backup.
The Big N have been reluctant to add the feature for nearly a whole year now. Their recent ACNH summer update pt 2 trailer seems to demonstrate a change of heart. the trailer, which can be viewed below, mentions one of the features to be implemented in the imminent update, will be an Island Backup & Restoration feature.
It’s important to remember that not all good things come at once. And good things can take time. Therefore there will always be some who are disappointed in one of the latest updates/features. Ironically, many were pleading for even something like this to safeguard their ACNH save data.
When it was unsure if any save data backup would be a feature in ACNH Now that the Island Backup & Restoration feature has arrived some people are still wrinkling their nose at the somewhat primitive, and admittedly not foolproof new feature, even though using it may well save their bacon.
For those who were looking forward to the official Save Data Cloud Functionality used in many other Nintendo Switch Online games needn’t fear! As this will also be introduced to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, just a little later on. Both save data backup options offer players gifts, but the Save Data Cloud Funcitonality in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is believed to give/bring better gifts.
Custom Fireworks and Dreaming come to Animal Crossing New Horizons
If you haven’t already checked it out, the next update coming to New Horizons will re-introduce Dream Suit and custom firework patterns with weekly events! Take a look at the update right here.
