Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch

From the adult single player perspective, this is the most involved version of Animal Crossing to date. Customization is virtually limitless and it introduces the option of terraforming the land itself. The ways you can build up your island stretch beyond the imagination. New Horizons introduces crafting, seasonal items and recipes, download-based events that last longer than one day so they really feel like holidays, and advanced character customization right from the beginning. I'll break down the pros and cons at the end of my review. I think there is some confusion, especially for people new to the series, regarding how multiplayer works. Animal Crossing has always been a ONE town/island game, with the option for up to 3 more players to share that land, since the idea is that you'd be building your oasis together. Unfortunately the co-op in this version is lackluster, especially since the Switch is marketed as a more social console than others Nintendo has released in the past. The multiplayer in a single town is, plain and simple, not worth it. Like others have said, you can really only play follow the leader and collect things together. It kinda defeats the purpose of true multiplayer mode, which is much more comprehensive in the console-to-console visiting (as it has been in the past as well). The true fun in multiplayer for ACNH is in visiting other islands entirely, seeing how they have built and organized their land, and exchanging exclusive fruits and rare items with each other (not to mention hitting each other endlessly with nets). If you have multiple consoles in your house or have friends with their own Switch and copy of the game, you'll find LOTS of enjoyment in the multiplayer. PROS: - Character customization is great. Skin tone is finally a choice, alongside many hairstyles and colors which become unlockable over time. Many basics are included right from the beginning and can be changed whenever you'd like. - Able Sisters is a true boutique. Every day they have a large stock of clothing, including many color variants. You can also layer multiple facial accessories. - Designing is a joy. The designer feature seems to "read" what shapes and colors you use and will round out sharp edges. This means any user-designed paths, stones, and clothing will blend in seamlessly with the soft graphics of the game. You can choose from different styles of clothing while you design, such as sweaters, robes, bowler hats, and beanies. Additionally, there is now an option for transparent patterns. No more having 4 different stepping stone designs for every season so the grass around your rocks will blend in with the natural grass. There is also a "face paint" option, which is very useful for equipping your character with eyebrows, freckles, etc. - Nook Miles ticket islands are worthwhile to work for, and allow you access to more crafting resources that you may have exhausted out of your own island for the day. They also have a chance to spawn rare creatures, Bell rocks, foreign fruits, and hybrid flowers. - The graphics have received a huge update. Everything in the game, including returning items, has a new model and looks better than ever. Wind rustles trees, flowers, and even items that have hanging bits, such as the clothing racks. - Your storage system is automatically built into your home, and home design is streamlined into a drag and drop menu for easy decorating. - Being able to put any item outdoors and build pathways has transformed the possibilities in this game. You can make so many things: trading booths, actual gardens, shop stands, playgrounds, cafes, spas, raffles, relay races, you name it. I've seen an incredible amount of creativity in the first week of release. - You can choose where your new villagers will move, and move any building at any time, save for the plaza and Resident Services within it. There is a cost involved but it's well worth it if you hate where something is placed. - So far I have not yet reached the cap on constructing inclines and bridges. You can make a bunch. CONS: - Terraforming takes a bit to unlock and can be finicky to navigate. You may think you're standing on the correct tile to place a path or build a cliff, but you'll be pushed to another tile, have to erase, and try again. Understanding where you are in space is just a little more difficult because the layout of your island looks a lot less geometric than it did in the past, but overall that is still a positive. Just makes terraforming a bit harder. - In the 3DS New Leaf: Welcome Amiibo version, scanning an Amiibo card would allow you to replace any resident villager with the one on your card, and they would move in the next day. In this version, scanning a card will put the villager in your campsite, but you must invite them to move in THREE times before they will agree. It just seems like a bit of work, since any random villager you find on a Nook Miles Island will move in the very next day after you ask them. - This is my big one: Blathers' museum, while changed drastically to be incredibly beautiful, no longer displays facts for donated creatures. Reading a sign will just give you the name of the creature and donor. To learn about a creature, you need to have it in your inventory and give it to Blathers under the request to learn more. This feels like a huge hit to the museum which is already lacking features. It seemed like they removed the one main reason to visit. - No sign of my favorite NPCs, Katrina (fortune teller) and Brewster (cafe owner). Hopefully, though, there are plans to implement them at a later date, as the game receives regular updates. Overall, this is a staple in any casual gamer's collection, a great intro for anyone new to the series, and something pleasant to pick up whenever and wherever, regardless of whether you have countless hours or just a few minutes. Give it a try!

I bought this for me and my sisters and we love playing it so much! Such a fun game!

My sister loves this game.

Nice product

This is by far my most favorite game in the world, and has been since the original one came out back when I was in grade school! (Now I'm 31!) To everyone complaining about the one island thing, it states this on the back of the game case, and Animal Crossing has always been designed this way, one town per console, and the different players just share that town. Yes it kinda stinks if you have multiple kids wanting to design their own island, but silver lining, it's teaching teamwork! Just parcel out the island so each player has their own section to customize. As for the gameplay itself, everything has been so amazingly detailed, I am constantly finding new cute things everyday! There is a WAX WARMER! And a pink vacuum! Every possible improvement I could have wished for from the previous version (New Leaf) has been made. One of my favorites is the customizing option. You can change everything from the color of wooden furniture to the kind of magnets you want on your refrigerator. You could easily get lost spending huge blocks of time just customizing your house down to the smallest detail! Perfectionists rejoice! The custom clothing option has been greatly expanded and improved, and is another way for artsy and creative types to spend hours in the game! (Or search the web for other people's cool designs and import them into your game!) Not only clothing either.. your designs can be applied to wall decorations, flags, signs, anything with fabric, and even the ground itself! Combine ground-decorating with being able to place anything anywhere in the world (not just in your house) and you can turn your deserted island into a bustling little town with streets, sidewalks, parks, cafes, graveyards, zen gardens, playgrounds.. whatever you want! And THAT is the beauty of Animal Crossing New Horizons! Your options are literally limitless and everything can be customized to exactly what you want. Combine that with the sheer amount of items to collect (furniture, wallpaper, flooring, clothing, accessories, music albums, flowers, fossils, bugs, and fish), the goals, (easy daily goals and more lofty long-term goals but all are do-able and reward you with miles that you can exchange for special items or airline tickets to go and explore more islands! ), and the beautiful graphics, changing seasons, gentle and relaxing music, adorably entertaining animal villagers, and you have one absolutely perfect game that you will be playing for years! The extended wait for this game was totally worth it - excellent job, Nintendo! This is not just a game, it is a gift!

I remembered buying Animal Crossing New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS back when it was released in america via 2013, while Japan got the game in later 2012. New Leaf was absolutely INCREDIBLE! It is the perfect game for the Nintendo 3DS and it is an insanely addicting game that is VERY hard to put down. The first 3-6 months I played new leaf anywhere between 2-5 hours per day. Then eventually I played it for 1-3 hours per day because there is ALWAYS something new to buy and do. I clocked in 1,325 hours for New Leaf according to my Nintendo 3DS playing time logs. My nephew accidentally started a new save file over my 1,325 hours file save. I stopped playing then cause I didnt feel like doing it all over again. Then, new horizons was announced and the whole world rejoiced! New Horizons absolutely blew my expectations of the game cause I was slightly worried the game would feel more like the portable version aka Animal Crossing: Wild Word for the original Nintendo DS and of course Animal crossing New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS. Now, dont get me wrong, both portable games were stellar and absolutely FUN. However, animal crossing fans still miss the original Animal Crossing gamecube game cause that game was truly the best animal crossing game. I am glad and happy to say that Animal Crossint New Horizons for the Switch, definitely brings you back to the joy of playing the original game on the gamecube. New Horizons has so much new additions added that it really feels like a BIG console game rather than a not so big game on the handhelds. I've logged about 15 hours already into new horizons and I've already put more time into New Horizons than I did with New Leaf during the first 48 hours of owning this game. One example of New Horizons many features in the game is the terraforming addition. Yes, you read correctly! You can move mountains and dirt in order to design your island EXACTLY the way you want it to be. Being able to cross a river without going around it by finding a different detour path, you can add dirt/ground into the river, then simply walk over to the other side of the land. Just wait till you unlock that feature in the game cause I never knew animal crossing needed a feature like that and I'm extremely happy the devs added that into the game. Anyways, I dont want to spoil anything else, just BUY this game asap. I strongly recommend you buy the physical copy of the game cause then if anything happens to your save file on the switch, you could end up losing it and never get it back due to Nintendo cloud saving feature being totally backwards. Only allowing one save file and each save file is for that specific switch you own. However, if you buy the physical copy of new horizons, at least your save file will always be saved in that cartridge copy of animal crossing new horizons. Apologized for the long nonsense review of this game but seriously buy it!

The game is as advertised, while it is not a very affordable price. The game was a joy to play, but it was beyond expensive. Games by Nintendo are very expensive. Just know you are paying for the quality not just the name brand.

A main line Animal Crossing title with a lot of quality of life features --What is Animal Crossing? For those who haven't played Animal crossing; it's a very relaxing game where you play the way you want and able to express yourself through gameplay as everyone's interactions are not the same. Most of the time you do mundane tasks, have random events, collect items, do tasks to advance. There are unknown, surprise unlocks/expansions You play your own way (no pressure/stress to complete anything) There is so much you can do in one day especially when some expansion starts or you have a goal in mind The more time you invest the more you get. You set your own goal, can be ambitious or casual in your advancement It's pretty much a life sim/sandbox with random animal creatures where everyone has unique experience --List of features 1. There's 1 island per switch. 8 houses or accounts 2. 4 player simultaneous play. Follow a leader (range you can travel/screen space centered around the leader) With party play, items collected are put into a recycle box to obtain later 3. Able to backup save file one time. Nintendo going to give more details on this later 4. If you have a Animal Crossing amiibo- you can invite scanned amiibo to island 5. With a construction permit you are able to create own path, change terrain (cliffs, roads, rivers, bridges, slopes) 6. Nook miles. achievement system. pay off getaway package, rewards. Earn by completing tasks around the town With Nook miles you can purchase 'Nook miles tickets' where you can go to a mystery islands with new resident and tons of items to collect. Good way to farm items 7. Nook link. Switch Online Phone App. video/voice chat. transfer designs from Animal crossing new leaf via QR code 8. Resident service center: add shop and museum 9. Random merchants- sell items not found in area 10. There are fish tournaments. Bug offs. Seasonal events via free DLC 11. New ways to traverse with Volting poll and ladders 12. At the start you can choose island 1 of 4 island layout (able to edit later with construction permit). Able to choose between northern and southern hemisphere to start off at a different season 13. There are new resident animations. Resident don't just stand there doing nothing. Actual idle animation and they interact with their surroundings.They also have more clothing options 14. 2 main facilities: Resident services: buy items , get advice, crafting Airport: invite residents, travel other locations, send messages/items 13. Nook phone. In-game phone where you can access camera, map, call islanders, look up DIY recipes, collect Nook Miles, take photos, and other apps. island wide broadcast, resident services 14. Eating food such as apples, you gain energy, which gives you the ability to uproot whole Trees and place them somewhere else on island 15. You can make bait and use medicine cure bug bites 16. You choose how your characters looks. No quizzes to take. Change characters' hairstyles, facial features, skin tone, nose, mouth at any time by looking at a mirror. Clothing options includes sweatshirts around the waist, backpacks, and phone cases 17. Updated graphics. Not pixelated, a lot of detail 18 Music is very good. Cheerful elevator type music. Changes every hour 19. Extensive crafting system where you craft items, tools and furniture based on resources you collect. Can view DIY recipes via Nook Phone. Use the workbench to craft furniture from materials/resources gathered on the island. There is tool durability which you have to keep track of and re-craft 20. Able to place furniture items both indoors and outdoors Overall very fun and addicting game where you can express yourself through gameplay. A lot of quality of life improvement compared to past games in the franchise. BEST game in the franchise in my opinion (Wished it had NES games though). If any features I left out, please leave it in the comments

Infelizmente a Nintendo largou ele e tem pouco jogadores, mas ainda é muito divertido

今までの任天堂さんの商品(3DS等)だと、リージョンコードエラーとかで別の国のソフトはプレイできませんでした。しかしSwitchは違うようで、海外版でも通常通り、しかも日本語でプレイできます。

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A must-have for anyone with a Switch, no question about it. Endless content and great characters. Great for both casual players and grinders alike.

Longest game I've played. Very joyful.