Overview
- Number of Players
- 4 (12 Player Online)
- Genre
- Physical Release
- Standard Game Card
- Release Date
Nintendo Switch 2
15th Jan 2026 — $64.99
15th Jan 2026 — £54.99
- Also Available On
- Series
- Feature Support
- Upgrade Path
- Via Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)
- $4.99 —
£4.19 — €4.99
- Official Site
- nintendo.com
Reviews
You could just save your bells
It’s tough to consider that Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out almost six years ago, and even tougher to get over just how good it looks on Nintendo’s first hybrid system. Switch 2 hasn’t been left behind, though - now it’s got its own version of the game, but if I’m being honest, it's not really bringing...
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Guides
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guide - Walkthrough, Tips And Hints
Bugs! Fish! Tools! Bells! Blathers!
Animal Crossing: New Horizons slowly but surely took over many of our lives when it launched in 2020, but if you're at a loss for what to do next in the game, then you should check out the tips and hints we've outlined below - including guides for the big free update which arrived alongside a Nintendo Swit
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Art - How To Spot Redd's Fake Painting & Statues
Pick out the real deals from the fakes, cousin
Pre-launch, there was much speculation that wily art dealer Crazy Redd would be selling his wares in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and following update v1.2.0, Crazy Redd returned along with the ability to expand your
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Best Custom Design Codes - Zelda, Mario, Pokémon & More
Deck yourself out in the best designs the web has to offer
The ability to make and share your own custom designs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (or import designs from Animal Crossing: New Leaf via the NookLink app) has given the Animal Crossing community another chance to showcase its creativity. The results have been impressive, most impressive.
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Islands - Get Inspired By The Best Islands We've Seen So Far
Putting our meagre island efforts to shame
Since Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched back in March 2020, a large community of gamers have been sharing incredible custom designs created for the game, and they've only gotten more impressive since the launch of the Happy Home Paradise DLC. However, perhaps even more impressive are the amazing lan
Guide Every Animal Crossing Amiibo Card For New Horizons & New Leaf
Welcome, amiibo!
Looking for info on the six extra Sanrio amiibo cards? They're so special we've given them their own Animal Crossing Sanrio amiibo card guide. All others can be found below, including the newest additions in the Series 5 set — enjoy!
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Golden Trout - Where, When & How To Catch The Rare Golden Trout
Trout of luck
There are several rare fish to find in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the Golden Trout is certainly one of them. It's only available for six months of the year (that's two three-month spells) and then only in one very specific location on your island. If you're wondering how, when and where to catch the Golden Trout, just follow the...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Flowers - How To Grow & Breed, Hybrids & Gold Roses Explained
It’s all coming up (hybrid) roses
No Animal Crossing: New Horizons island would be complete without a dash of floral colour. Thankfully, there are flowers aplenty to choose from right from the start of the game and, if you’re clever about it, lots of rare hybrid varieties as well. But how do you go about growing flowers and breeding hybrids?...
You can now "search by name"!
Soon after Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched back in March 2020, we saw some really incredible islands appear online and looked on enviously at idyllic rural escapes, urban metropolises using intricate custom designs, themed villages and much more besides. They certainly put our cluttered
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Get A 5-Star Island Rating & Grow Lily Of The Valley
Written in the stars - and Isabelle's evaluation notes
In every iteration of Animal Crossing, there has always been some form of rating system in place to judge how well players organise and take care of their towns. These evaluations have become increasingly more complicated with each entry — and New Horizons is no different. Whether you're...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Sharks - Where, When & How To Catch Every Shark
Shark season is in session
Sharks only appear for a few months out of the year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which makes them fairly rare and highly sought after! If you're wondering how, when, and where to catch the Great White Shark, Hammerhead Shark, Saw Shark, and or Whale Shark, just follow the steps below and you'll have them hooked faster...
All the fishy facts you need to complete your Critterpedia
If you're looking for information about fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you've come to the right place. We've compiled a complete Animal Crossing: New Horizons fish list featuring a gallery of every fish and underwater creature in the game. We've also included some basic fishing tips...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Get An Axe And Stone Axe
An axe to grind
You're not going to get far in Animal Crossing: New Horizons without an axe, and the good news is that it's one of the first tools you'll be getting your hands on. To unlock the axe recipe — basically the document required to craft an axe — you'll need to speak to Tom Nook in the Resident Services tent. Give him fish or
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition News
News New Animal Crossing Songs Have Been Added To Nintendo Music Today
Direct from the 3.0 Update
Animal Crossing: New Horizons got a major update at the beginning of this year bumping the game up to Version 3.0. This included the Resort Hotel, run by the Kapp'n family, and also Luna's new Slumber Island, which you can decorate with all your items. Now, in an update to the Nintendo Music app this week, Nintendo has...
Japanese Charts Pokémon Pokopia Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down
Building a giant
It's time for the weekly physical Japanese charts, published by Famitsu. And for the third week in a row, Pokémon Pokopia sits proudly at the top. It isn't exactly close, either — the fantastic block-based cosy adventure sold another 114,515 boxed copies during the week of 16th March to 22nd March 2026. Second place went to the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (21st March)
Pokémoar?
It's Saturday, lovely people, and we're back after another packed week in the world of video games! Well, it wasn't too packed, Nintendo-wise, but it still felt busy as Pokopia continues to dominate the Switch-2-dom, and Nintendo itself just casually dropped a firmware update with a new Handheld Boost Mode feature that immediately had us...
News Nintendo Remains Tight-Lipped About Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Future
Can we borrow your crystal ball, Katrina?
Although Animal Crossing: New Horizons got a major update and Switch 2 Edition at the start of 2026, questions are once again being asked about its future. Variety recently spoke to Nintendo of America's vice president Reiko Ninomiya about th
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (7th March)
Creating utopia in Pokopia
Well, another week is almost done and dusted, and what a quiet one it's been; just a totally normal, uneventful week in this sane world of ours. Sigh... Anyway, positive vibes! This week, we boshed out not one, but two Pokémon reviews for Pokopia and FireRed / LeafGreen – the 30th anniversary celebrations are certainly...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0.1 Patch Notes - Switch 2 And Switch Bug Fixes & Adjustments
Here are the full details
Following the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Switch 2 Edition last month, Nintendo has now released its second update for the title this year. It addresses multiple issues and makes some adjustments on both the Switch and Switch 2. There are also some updates specific to the Switch 2 version of the game. This...
Japanese Charts Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined Blows The Competition Out Of The Water
Use your reimagination
Famitsu has published the latest weekly physical game sales in Japan, and if you know anything about video games, then you probably know that Japan loves some Dragon Quest, and that's the big story this week. Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined has swept the top three spots across Switch 1, Switch 2, and PS5. The game sold 177,563...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (7th February)
Directly to you
Just when we thought our wishlists couldn't get any longer, Nintendo had to go and drop another Direct. Let's see who's working through their backlog to make way for the oncoming deluge of releases in another edition of What Are You Playing. The Direct was the big news for this week, bringing with it a Hollow Knight - Nintendo...
UK Charts Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Knocks Animal Crossing Down A Peg
Nook, don't touch
If you needed bonus proof that there's still an appetite for big ol' ports on Nintendo Switch 2, this week's UK charts show exactly that. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade has burst onto the scene at number two this week as the only non-Nintendo title to make the top five. While it couldn't trouble Mario Kart World at the top...
Random Here's To Robert Burns And His Long-Standing Relationship With...Animal Crossing?
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley (especially if you don't own ACNH)
"Aloha!" as we say here in Scotland, and welcome to an impromptu Nintendo Life Burns Night celebration, with me, an Irish fella. Now, for those unaware, and to get things off in a high-brow sort of way through the illusion of learning, Robert Burns was a...
About The Game
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition game and a free update to the base game launch January 15, 2026. Only on the Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch systems. Pre-orders are coming soon!
With enhanced resolution, mouse controls using the Joy-Con 2 controller, expanded online play*, and more features exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2, players can get even more out of the island life in Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition!
Plus, a free update is coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons for players on both Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch to enjoy. The free update includes a new resort hotel, additional amiibo** functionality, collaboration items, updates to online play, and more.
We can't wait for you to see everything new on the island January 15, 2026!
Comments 1
Seriously?! No DLC on the cart for this either?!
I would happily double-dip on this (and triple-dip on BotW) if Nintendo bothered to do the right thing here...
Considering that the S2 upgrade is only AU$8, I'm more inclined to take that route in this case, but I'd have happily paid up for a proper, complete physical release with absolutely everything on the cart. 😢
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