Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons
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Developer(s)		Nintendo
Publisher(s)		Nintendo
Release date(s)		Template:Worldwide March 20, 2020
Genre(s)		Life simulation
Input methods		Joy-Con

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (あつまれ どうぶつの森, Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori^?, Animal Forest: Gathered) is an upcoming installment in the Animal Crossing series, being released for the Nintendo Switch in March 20, 2020. It will be the first installment in the main Animal Crossing series since 2012's Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and the first for a home console since 2008's Animal Crossing: City Folk.

In a departure from previous titles in the series, the player will live on a tropical island rather than in a town (referred to as a "Nook Inc. Deserted Island Getaway Package"). Crafting from Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has also been shown to return.

Development and unveiling

This game was unveiled during the Nintendo Direct on September 13, 2018 and was originally intended to be released in 2019.

In E3 2019 on June 11, 2019, the gameplay (from trailer and Treehouse interview) and title were shown. It was revealed that the game has been delayed to 2020, stating that "to ensure the game is the best it can be, we must ask that you wait a little longer than we thought.". Later, President of Nintendo of America Doug Bowser said the following: "The crunch point is an interesting one, for us, one of our key tenets is that we bring smiles to people's faces, and we talk about that all the time. It's our vision. Or our mission, I should say. For us, that applies to our own employees. We need to make sure that our employees have good work-life balance. One of those examples is, we will not bring a game to market before it's ready. We just talked about one example (means this game delay). It's really important that we have that balance in our world. It's actually something we're proud of."

This title is expected to support more languages than any previous entry in the series overall, such as the Chinese language.

Gameplay

Tom Nook has a new business venture selling the Nook Inc. Deserted Island Getaway Package, which is sold to the player. The game begins on a nearly deserted island that the player can explore, collect resources, and craft various items (including tools and furniture). Resources can be collected through various methods, such as chopping at trees with an axe for wood, or hitting rocks with a shovel for clay and stone. Crafting is done through Tom Nook's workbench. With these mechanics the player is able to build and develop the island over time. Players are also able to dig up clams in the sand, which can then be used as fishing bait, or as crafting materials.

New to the series is the ability to place furniture outside, as well as the ability to vault over rivers. Roads are able to be paved (instead of having to place patterns on the ground or purposeful grass deterioration).

Multiplayer

An island can support up to eight players. Four players can play at the same time on a single system, and up to eight can play together through online multiplayer or local wireless. Online play requires a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

Villagers

This is the first game where villagers no longer wear their tops sleeveless. Sheep are now wearing actual top clothing instead of scarfs. Also, villagers can move their eyes. They also can seat on grass.

Confirmed villagers as of June 11, 2019:

• Eunice
• Freya
• Fuchsia
• Goldie
• Hamlet
• Olivia

Special Characters

Tom Nook and his nephews Timmy and Tommy are set to appear in this game.

Isabelle is set to appear here in this game also. Her appearance is depend on how much debt the players have paid back.

Gallery

Teaser Images

• Animal Crossing 2019 reveal banner.jpeg

  North American Twitter Reveal

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  9/13/18 Direct Reveal Logo

E3 Screenshots

• NHPressPlayerBeach.png

  A player at the beach with ploppable furniture items.

• NHPressPlayersByOcean.png

  Multiple players by the ocean.

• NHPressPlayerVaultingOverRiver.png

  A player using the new vaulting mechanic to get over a river.

• NHPressPlayerAtWorkbench.png

  A player about to use Tom Nook's workbench to craft items.

• NHPressPlayerChoppingTree.png

  A player chopping at a tree, which now outputs wood without cutting it down.

• NHPressPlayerOceanSunset.png

  A player by the ocean at sunset.

• NHPressPlayerPavingPath.png

  A player paving a path.

• NHPressPlayerWithShovel.png

  A player striking a tree with a shovel.

• NHPressPlayerMakingSnowPerson.png

  A player rolling snow to create a Snow Person.

• NHPressPlayerTalkingToFuchsia.png

  A player speaking to Fuchsia.

Trailers

Teaser from Nintendo Direct on September 13, 2018

E3 Nintendo Direct Trailer 2019

E3 Nintendo Treehouse gameplay featuring Aya Kyogoku and Hisashi Nogami

External links

• Nintendo E3 2019 Info