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  • 0 / January 14th, 2026 / Jason Ganos

    Surprise! Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update is available now


  • 0 / January 6th, 2026 / Peter Glagowski

    Tetris 99 kicks off 2026 with a new Animal Crossing: New Horizons Maximus Cup


  • 0 / October 30th, 2025 / Peter Glagowski

    Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Switch 2 update will receive a physical edition


  • 0 / October 30th, 2025 / Jason Ganos

    Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch 2 Edition announced with 4K graphics, new features, and new amiibo support


  • 0 / April 7th, 2025 / Daniel Dell-Cornejo

    System transfers to Switch 2 won’t erase original Switch save data, except for Animal Crossing


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July 28th, 2020 0

Tokyo Fire Department uses Animal Crossing to promote summer safety

Author: Marcus Ramirez
Categories: News, Switch

During these strange times we live in, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become a host for events such as virtual dates, graduations, talk shows, and so much more. At the time of this writing, even toilet paper brand Cottonelle is running a branded decorating challenge within the game! It’s time…

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July 20th, 2020 0

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Isabelle, Tom Nook, Nooklings plushes up for pre-order

Author: Lauren Ganos
Categories: News, Merchandise, Switch

There’s been a lot — and I mean a lot — of Animal Crossing: New Horizons merchandise introduced to the world ever since the game launched for Nintendo Switch a few months ago. Most of it is limited to Japan through lotteries and exclusively through certain retailers, making it difficult…

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July 15th, 2020 0

New Animal Crossing lottery brings more super cute products to Japan

Author: Jennifer Burch
Categories: Merchandise, News, Switch

Yet again, Animal Crossing fans in Japan have more merchandise to collect. Inspired by the series’ latest release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, this particular collection gives Timmy & Tommy Nook one of their cutest “plushie” versions yet. The catch to this set is that it’s only available via a lottery…

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July 13th, 2020 0

Check out the new official Animal Crossing Instagram account

Author: Jennifer Burch
Categories: News, Switch

With Isabelle returning to the official Animal Crossing Twitter accounts, it means that it’s time for the series to branch out to other social media platforms. There has to be another site and/or app where we can show off our islands and residents, but which one is the perfect destination?…

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July 10th, 2020 0

See more of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons collection coming to Nintendo Tokyo

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: News, Merchandise

Previously we heard that Nintendo Tokyo was going to be selling Animal Crossing: New Horizons goods both at its store and online, including a replica of Tom Nook’s own Nook Inc. Aloha Shirt. Now that the collection is available, we’ve got a look at even more of the featured items…

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July 7th, 2020 0

UK My Nintendo store re-releases limited edition Splatoon and Animal Crossing iPhone cases

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Categories: News, Merchandise

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July 7th, 2020 0

Reminder: Bamboo item to celebrate Tanabata available in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Author: Bryan Finch
Categories: News, Switch

The parade of summer updates in Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues with the inclusion of a new Bamboo Grass item to celebrate the Japanese holiday of Tanabata. A tweet from the official Animal Crossing account details the item, which resembles a bamboo plant with small paper notes and decorations on…

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July 1st, 2020 0

Japanese Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales cross 5 million unit mark

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: News, Switch

Nintendo’s bottom line can celebrate another milestone, as Animal Crossing: New Horizons has crossed the 5 million mark in terms of Japanese domestic sales, marking the first Switch game to do so in Japan in a three month period. The record is coming close to smashing Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s…

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July 1st, 2020 0

Animal Crossing: New Horizons joins the Pinny Arcade family

Author: Jennifer Burch
Categories: News, Merchandise, Switch

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June 30th, 2020 0

CHISO recreates and designs digital versions of kimonos for Animal Crossing: New Horizons 

Author: Jennifer Burch
Categories: Switch, News

Established in 1555, CHISO is one of Japan’s oldest companies producing traditional textiles and using a dyeing method known as yūzen. And as you’ll soon see, keeping traditional methods and techniques doesn’t mean that the digital landscape has to be scrapped. In fact, CHISO is the latest company to join…

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June 30th, 2020 0

Isabelle, Animal Crossing’s star and social media pro, is returning to Twitter in July

Author: Jennifer Burch
Categories: News, Switch

Yes, yes — Tom Nook has had a busy 2020 so far. Back in late February, he took over all official Animal Crossing Twitter accounts in order to promote Nook Inc.’s Island Getaway package available via Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Once the game was released, it turned into sharing features…

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June 25th, 2020 0

Further details for Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ July 2020 update

Author: Jennifer Burch
Categories: News, Switch

A welcome and surprising announcement, Nintendo shared what’s coming next in Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Version 1.3.0 update. A blog post on Nintendo.co.jp is taking it one step further by adding a few more details about the upcoming swimming and diving feature, announcing an item for Tanabata, spilling the seaweed…

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