It has been three and a half months since the Nintendo Direct featuring Animal Crossing New Horizons!

Tomorrow marks the occasion of only three months until the release of Animal Crossing New Horizons. With Isabelle recently officially taking over the news on Twitter, we can see that the news of ACNH should start flowing at any moment, but when?

If we look into the past just a bit, we can essentially predict the next direct. Animal Crossing New Horizons release was officially announced at the end of 2018’s E3 Conferenc with the infamous delay announced at this years Nintendo E3.

Nintendos Media Recipe

Let’s take a step back and look how Nintendo handled the Pokemon Sword and Shield media coverage. Three months was pretty much the sweet mark when Nintendo decided to flip the Switch and start rolling out Pokemon related news on the daily. There was no way to escape any social media platforms without reading something about Pokemon Sword and Shield – pretty much my dream for Animal Crossing!

Animal Crossing – Magical Three Month Mark Approaching

As mentioned earlier in this article the magical three month mark for Animal Crossing New Horizons will be crossed tomorrow on December 20th, 2020. In anticipation of this – we have seen the big N preparing eagerly to release some new information on the upcoming game.

First Nintendo started an entirely new Twitter account for Animal Crossing Pocket Camp, essentially paving the way for New Horizons. Isabelle announced that she would be handling the official Animal Crossing Twitter and only focus on ACNH news going forward.

With the official Twitter account being silent since then, I expect to see some Animal Crossing New Horizons related tweets and news to appear sooner rather than later.

A few days after Isabelle went quiet on Twitter the first Nintendo Newsletter was sent out reminding fans that Animal Crossing New Horizons still exists and some news are coming our way very soon!

Nintendo Direct In January?

Nintendo has traditionally been very quiet around Christmas and New Years eve. The big N usually releases its major games in Fall and advertises new games and products through December. traditionally the quiet time is followed by a Big Bang with a Nintendo Direct in January!

This has been the case for the past few years and is Nintendos way to show everyone who received a Switch from Santa to be excited for what’s to come next! Perhaps 2020 will follow the same format!

Is Animal Crossing New Leaf January Direct Any Indication?

Animal Crossing New Leaf received its own dedicated Nintendo Direct on January, 24th 2013 and Nintendo didn’t shy back to reveal as much as they could about the game back then.

Animal Crossing New Leaf also received another Direct for the Welcome Amiibo Update just a month before its release – I would not be surprised if we will get plenty of Animal Crossing Directs and Mini Directs ahead of the release as well!

The Conclusion

While these are all speculation and should be taken with a grain of salt, I personally believe strongly in an Animal Crossing New Horizons Direct in January. Nintendo does not want to take the focus away from the recently released Pokemon Sword and Shield as well as the Holiday Business for the Switch Lite and other products and therefore most likely holds back on new announcements until after the Holiday rush is over.

However fans will start to wonder what is next for Nintendo Switch! We don’t really know what Nintendo games are currently in the works that haven’t already released. Pikmin 4 is one of the games we know about its existence… but that’s about it.

There is not much time left to get everyone excited and informed about New Horizons so Nintendo will have to get started early in January to get as much hype build up as they can until Animal Crossing New Horizons releases on Nintendo Switch next year!

When do you think Nintendo will lift the curtain on Animal Crossing New Horizons? Let me know in the comments below, I’d love to hear what you think!

I can’t wait to know more about the next game in the Animal Crossing series – I am still wondering how deserted the island will be?

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