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Welcome to episode 74,651 of 'Japan Gets All The Best Stuff'
The idea that Japan gets all the best stuff is a long-established and indisputable fact. In the West we tend to either get cheap tat on the level of a McDonald's toy or super premium figures and statues costing thousands — but Japan seems to get a ton of quality everyday video game merch...
News Animal Crossing Players Are Finding Fragments On Their Beaches Following Update 2.0.4
Thar be Gyroids, me 'arties
The latest update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons went live recently and addressed various issues large and small, perhaps most notably fixing a glitch that left your animal residents wantering around in the nuddy. Certain players have notice
Random Bizarre Animal Crossing: New Horizons Glitch Is Making Villagers Lose Their Clothes
Update: Somebody finally thought of the children
Update: As highlighted by our buddies over at VGC, it appears that the latest Animal Crossing patch has, among other things, addressed this glitch and once again covered the modesty of your furry, feathery, or leathery animal residents. Here, Nintendo even made en explicit note of it in the pa
Update your own copy today
Nintendo has released quite a lot of updates for Animal Crossing: New Horizons since the launch of the Happy Home Paradise DLC, and the latest one bumps the game up to Version 2.0.4. This patch also fixes issues within the game and addresses some problems related to the DLC portion of the experience. Here's are the full...
Video Our Thoughts On Animal Crossing: New Horizons, One Month Into The 2.0 Update
An hour of Animal Crossing chat!
It's been a month since Animal Crossing: New Horizons got that stonking big update, plus the double stonking Happy Home Paradise DLC that none of us could have predicted. When the game first came out, albeit in much weirder pandemic-beginning-times than the update, most of us were guz
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons Players Are Building Iconic Zelda Locations In The Game
Animal Breath: Crossing The Wild
How can we summon news about Breath of the Wild 2? The last thing we heard was a 2022 release window, which is probably going to be more like "end of 2022" than any time soon. Still, rumours are swirling. Would it help to start recreating it in another game, perhaps? That's what a few Animal Crossing: New Horizons...
Random There's Something Vaguely Familiar About This Animal Crossing: New Horizons Home Design...
Some kind of story
We've been having a lot of fun with Happy Home Paradise's vacation home designs, and the new depth that the DLC has added to Animal Crossing: New Horizons — but, we have to admit, most of us haven't really been getting too gimmicky or adventurous with it. Maybe that's a mistake, since we've been seeing a lot of really neat...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC - How To Remodel Villagers' Homes
Get that ugly furniture OUT OF HERE
You may have heard that it's now possible to remodel your Animal Crossing: New Horizons villagers' ugly, gift-filled homes on your island. It's true! Buuuut... you'll have to jump through a few hoops first. Luckily for you, we've figured out those hoops! So, without further ado, here's how to unlock the ability...
Guide Animal Crossing Stretching - Group Stretching Rewards In New Horizons
Calisthenics, not yoga
It's relatively common in Japanese work culture to have group daily exercise, though occasionally those sessions are arguably a tad intense. It's a good idea for all of us to stretch and keep fit, however, and now Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a rather charming way to participate in game. In this group stretching guide,...
PSA Did You Know You Can Lift Weights In Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Get swole
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons update, which came out on the 5th of November, added a ton of new stuff to the game. We've already covered a lot of it, from gyroids to cooking, but one of the cool new features is the ability to engage in some of the activities your villagers do, like dusting, reading, and carrying drinks. Most of these...
Random There's A Really Neat Dino Detail In The Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise DLC
Dem bones, dem bones, dem tall bones
The new handheld camera has been revealing a lot of tiny little details about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, like the new museum posters, and how awesome the aquarium exhibits look in first-person. But here's something extremely cool that really shows how much attention to detail the developers put in:
Random Animal Crossing Fan Shares LEGO Character Designs That You Can Build At Home
Parts and cost all detailed
The hunger for Animal Crossing-themed LEGO remains as high as ever, and even though the company did sadly reject an Animal Crossing set proposal last month, fans are still hard at work coming up with great designs. Take these, for example, shared online by a Rebrickable user named iprice. With around 40 designs under...
News Adorable Animal Crossing Dodo Airlines Reusable Bag Appears On My Nintendo Europe
Update: It's been restocked!
Update (Fri 26th Nov, 2021 14:45 BST): If you missed out last time, you might just be able to snag one of the lovely Animal Crossing Dodo Airlines bags that appeared on My Nintendo in Europe last year. Nintendo has announced another restock... Original Article (Wed 5th Aug, 2020 12:15 BST): We often find ourselves...
News Forget Black Friday, Animal Crossing: New Horizons' 'Nook Friday' Sale Has Begun
Don't miss out
If all the real-world Black Friday sales have left you staring at your bank balance in dismay, never fear! Another important sale is taking place today that doesn't use any of your real money. We're talking, of course, about the Nook Friday sale currently taking place inside Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As we
Reminder It's Turkey Day In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Don't miss out!
If you've been getting back into island life since Animal Crossing: New Horizons' huge Version 2.0 update, or even if you've been playing religiously since launch, you'll want to make sure you load up the game today and join in the fun. Why? Because it's Turkey Day! Yes, coinciding with America's Thanksgiving holiday each year,...
Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, chickens, turkeys, rabbits - you name it!
Thanksgiving is just one of the many annual events celebrated in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, branded in-game as 'Turkey Day'. Yummy! In this guide we'll take you through everything you need to know about the Turkey Day event and Franklin the turkey. Animal Crossing:...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0.3 Update Fixes Duplication Glitch And More - Full Patch Notes
More DLC fixes arrive
Ever since Animal Crossing: New Horizons' major 2.0 update landed earlier this month, patches have been coming in thick and fast to fix a variety of small issues affecting gameplay. Today, the latest update has arrived, taking the game to Version 2.0.3. Yes, following on from Version 2.0.1 and 2.0.2, this latest patch...
Guide Animal Crossing New Horizons: Full Patch Notes And Version History
A list of every Animal Crossing: New Horizons update ever
It's fair to say that Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch has changed quite a bit since it released for Nintendo's console in March 2020. The life sim has seen numerous updates in the many months since launch, with new seasonal events, new characters, new items and more added over time...
News Nintendo's Updated Its Very Own Animal Crossing Island, And You're Invited To Visit
Here's the code you need...
A sneak peek at Ninten Island, Nintendo's very own Animal Crossing island. Did you know that Nintendo has its own official island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Did you also know that you can have a bit of a nosy and see what they've done with the place? Well, now you do. Yes, following on from the huge 2.0 update,...
Gyroids? Brewster? The return of Tortimer?
It's been about two weeks since the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons' massive 2.0 update, as well as the Happy Home Paradise DLC, so hopefully most of you have had a good crack at it so far! With two weeks of Brewster,
It's more complicated than you think!
In the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC, your pay, your uniform, and even your abilities are all tied to your "Grade" — the title Lottie gives you after you've done a certain number of houses. However, later Grades also rely on a secret number — your Rank. Thanks to an in-depth...
Guide Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise Facilities - How To Unlock All Facilities Explained
How to unlock the school, café, restaurant, hospital, and apparel shop!
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC has a lot of new stuff to discover, but most of it gets parcelled out over several days of playing the game. If you're wondering how you can get all the fancy facilities that other people have, we're here to help!...
Guide Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise Unlocks - When Do Features Unlock In The New Horizons DLC?
Partition walls, pillars, parties and promotions!
Having fun with the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC? Or are you seeing other people's designs and thinking, "when do I get to do that?" In this Happy Home Paradise unlock guide we'll detail how and when you unlock everything in Happy Home Paradise! How to unlock everything...
Download it now!
Last Friday, Nintendo release Version 2.0.1 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and now this week it's released Version 2.0.2. This update includes fixes related to both the main game and the new DLC released, Happy Home Paradise. Here are the full patch notes, courtesy of Nintendo's official support page: Ver. 2.0.2 (Released...
Guide Animal Crossing Cooking Recipes - How To Cook In New Horizons, Full Cooking Recipes List
Updated with new recipes!
Cooking has been a long requested feature in Animal Crossing and it's now a feature of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch. In this guide we'll take you through the basics of cooking and give you a full list of all cooking recipes in New Horizons. We're digging into all of the delicious recipes and ingredients added in...
LLA SWONK LATSYRC EHT!
Animal Crossing: New Horizons finally brought back fan-favourite fortune-teller, Katrina, in the massive 2.0 update — but her fortunes work slightly differently than they did in New Leaf. If you're wondering what on earth it means to have good luck with belongings, or how her new friendship readings affect your pals back on...
Guide Animal Crossing Seasons - When Do The Seasons Change In New Horizons?
Winter is coming
You might be annoyed when shops start to put up all their Christmas gear in mid-September (or even earlier — we saw baubles in August this year), but in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, we can't wait for the snow to start. But when will it happen? Check out all the dates below. Spring Northern Hemisphere: February 25th — May...
Guide Animal Crossing Harv's Island Shops - Every Plaza Character To Unlock In New Horizons
Updated with Katrina's fortunes and Redd's raffle items!
The expansion of Harv's Island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is one of the most substantial additions that came with the 2.0 update. We've had fun using amiibo for photoshoots on Harv's island, not to mention the month-long wedding
Make it count(er)
Decorating houses in Animal Crossing: New Horizons has, since its release, been largely about how to use furniture in inventive ways. You can use the climbing wall item backwards to look like a regular wall, or the Shell and Tree's Bounty arches to add the appearance of curves in your doorways. But all of that has been made...
Guide Animal Crossing Soundscapes - How To Unlock All 24 Soundscapes In Happy Home Paradise DLC
'Ear all about it
We've had the ability to play K.K. Slider's music in our houses since the beginning, but Animal Crossing: New Horizons now offers the chance to turn your rooms into a "soundscape". If you've got a nautical-themed room, add the pleasant sounds of seagulls, or if you have a little café, add the bustle of people doing café things!...
Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall, all you have to do is call
Your gorgeous Animal Crossing: New Horizons vacation home designs are beautiful to look at, but don't you think they're just missing that certain je ne sais quoi? The new Happy Home Paradise DLC adds the option to change the weather, season, and time of day that your vacation homes are in,...
Random There's A New Wasp Escape Trick In Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0
Waspn't
Wasps! They're a necessary evil in Animal Crossing games, because anyone who's been playing for a while knows that there's furniture in the trees, so they must shake them. However, there are also wasps, and they don't take kindly to being shook. Not too long ago, it was discovered that
Random There's A Lot Of Creepy New Stuff In The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update
Spooky scary skeletons, etc.
Spoilers for some of the new Animal Crossing items! Animal Crossing: New Horizons just got a massive update with over 9,000 new items. Now, 9,000 new items is a lot of furniture for the internet to slowly uncover, and yet, we've already noticed a theme:
Gallery You Can Put Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Gyroids In The Bath... Or The Microwave
Don't worry, they don't mind
Gyroids are somewhere in-between pets, instruments, and weird little guys that live in your house. But one of their secret features is that they come with a little shelf, so you can put them on the wall... and some people have discovered that they can clip through furniture to create the effect of being in, or on, the...
Soapbox Even If GTA Trilogy Were Perfect, I'd Rather Be Shooting Balloons And Burying Gyroids
Scale vs. scope
The wider gaming internet is currently in a funk of bitter disappointment due to the launch state of GTA The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, an anniversary package which, unfortunately, isn't so definitive. For Nintendo gamers who have waited years to be able to play a fully-3D Grand Theft Auto of any sort, it's infinitely sad to...
Watch Animal Crossing: New Horizons & Chill
Nintendo Life gets into ASMR (again)
Ahhh, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. What a lovely, relaxing game that's sometimes about spending hours searching for one specific villager on Mystery Islands instead of doing something sensible like cooking lunch. In the spirit of things, following the new 2.0 update, we've put together this wonderfully...
Seasons come and go
When the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct told us all about the new content coming in update 2.0, a lot of us wondered how to prepare our islands for all the new stuff. After all, for many of us, we hadn't visited the game in a long time. Wouldn't it just be easier to start fresh? Well, yes and no. It's easier because you're...
Update: You can now "search by name"!
Since Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched back in March 2020, we've seen 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 clu
Guide 50 Things In The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update You Might Have Missed
Update: 20 more things added!
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons update is chock-a-block with fantastic things to find, and not all of them are immediately obvious. In fact, some weren't even in the Animal Crossing Direct! Here are the 50 things that brought us joy while we explored our new 2.0 paradise — most of them from the free update, so...
Review Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise DLC (Switch) - A Slice Of Designer Heaven
The 3DS spin-off concept finds its true home
Back when Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer was released on 3DS it was considered by some to be a slightly strange beast. It was enjoyable and charming enough, but its main issue was that it was a tough sell as a standalone retail game. Once you took the plunge it was a lovely time, but the...
Guide Animal Crossing Lighting - How To Change Lighting In Happy Home Paradise DLC
Brightness, dimness, and colourness!
Everyone has opinions on the Big Light. You know what the Big Light is, even if you don't — it's the main overhead light in a room, and people either love it (it's bright!) or hate it (it's loud!). For those who can't stand the Big Light, there is a solution: mood lighting. This is achievable in real life with...
Guide Animal Crossing Kapp'n's Boat Tours - New Horizons Island Tours Explained
Update: New island types!
Of all the special characters in Animal Crossing, Kapp'n is one of the most beloved. Yet, with all the hubbub around Brewster, we hardly saw anyone clamouring for the return of the sea captain chanteur! Well, we're happy to have you back, Kapp'n — not least because you can take us to new places. Animal Crossing: New...
Download it now!
A week after Nintendo rolled out its final major update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons - including the Happy Home Paradise DLC, it's now released version 2.0.1. This particular update focuses on fixes. There are a lot of fixes for the main game as well as the new DLC. Here are the full patch notes, courtesy of Nintendo's...
But where's Doomguy?
Animist, also known as Yuto, is an animator who makes incredible stop motion shorts. We've covered their Kirby stop-motion before, but their newest creation — somewhat appropriately — is Isabelle from Animal Crossing: New Horizons making coffee. Even though Brewster can probably handle it just fine, Izzy. The stop-motion...
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Custom Polish Effects Are A Game-Changer
Polishing? Fun? No, seriously!
Polishing furniture sounds like something our parents would make us do as a punishment, but it's one of the new features in Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Happy Home Paradise expansion, and it's actually, maybe, secretly one of the best things in the update. Because, get this, you can use custom designs to make your...
Shine bright like a diamond
You would be forgiven for thinking that polishing, one of the new features introduced in Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Happy Home Paradise expansion (which is quite a mouthful), looked a bit... duff. After all, why would you want to make our furniture sparkle? We thought the same thing too, when we first unlocked the...
Feature Our Verdict On Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Update 2.0, The "Last Major Free Content"
Was it worth the wait?
After playing the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 update for the last week, our resident representative extraordinaire Kate Gray delivers the Nintendo Life verdict on what Nintendo has stated is the final "major" free update for many a Switch owner's Game of the Year 2020... Stop me if you've heard this one before. I...
PSA Animal Crossing's Happy Home Paradise DLC Fixes New Horizons' Most-Hated Feature
That's more like it!
If you've opted to pick up Animal Crossing: New Horizons' new DLC, or if you've got it through Nintendo's Switch Online Expansion Pack, you'll already have seen some of the lovely new content Happy Home Paradise has to offer. There are new characters to meet, new items to get, and plenty more besides, but there's one new
Talking Point The Transformative Impact Of Animal Crossing: New Horizons Version 2.0
Team NL has a virtual chat in The Roost
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has had its major version 2.0 update, which includes a bunch of freebies and also the paid DLC option of Happy Home Paradise. A number of Team NL have been enjoying its charms, and a topic that kept coming up was the new content's ability to bring back lapsed players. It's also...
Learn to stretch, flex, listen, and act natural!
Oh, hello there! Welcome to my wonderful study. My name is Professor Reactions, and I have a PhD in Reactions. Talk about nominative determinism, am I right? Anyway, I know why you're all here: To learn about the 11 new reactions in Animal Crossing: New Horizons' update 2.0, where to find them, and...
