Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch

Boy do I feel dumb. I thought you could just play this. I did not know you need an actual thing called a Nintendo Switch to play this!?

Basically you read the entire time. I have sat with my son for a solid hour and not gotten past reading more than 3 times. I don’t really play video games but if I did I would just buy a book instead. This is the most boring thing I’ve witnessed…..

For those that know what type of game Animal Crossing is, its a very good entry to the genre, but compared to most of its peers, it has some agonizing quality-of-life (QoL) issues, making a lot of very routine and oft repeated tasks tediously slow as you wait for needless conversations, confirmations and animations to play out over and over and over and over again. Even something as simple as going to the settings menu becomes a chore because of all this. For better or worse, the game is also very free form. Youre given a few basic objectives and quests, but after the first week or two, youll be down to just the final, very open ended task of attracting a concert to the island. Other than that, its just a fairly satisfying, but ultimately grindy, game play loop of tending to everything each day. The game is metered to the *real time* too, so a lot of times, you will have to literally wait until tomorrow to complete a task, and all you can do in the meanwhile is basically grind money or decorate. Still, you could do a lot worse. The game is incredibly kid friendly, and it is satisfying to go through the daily routine, and then to use the profit to further upgrade or decorate your town. The game has a ton of content, and some social/co-op features if youre looking for them.

Its been a long time since Ive encountered a game that Im willing to spend a long time on。

Good game, I liked the original alot this ones definitely better. Great game to kill time with or just kick back and relax with. Like the original though, lets a little boring/repetitive after the 100 hour mark but thats not bad at all for a game. Plus its one of those games that its good to take a break from and come back too in different seasons. Definitely reccomend.

If you know you know, one of the best selling games made for the switch. Solid fun for everyone including kids just getting into gaming on the Nintendo console & also girls!

This needed better reviews, so I’m here to save the day. Yes it’s only one island per console BUT your kids can all play at one time together while doing the same things. It makes the experience like a group effort, you’re creating your own village together as a team. It is a much more rewarding experience while you work together to build your island from the ground up. You don’t need to buy more than one to have both of your kids happy, just maybe have them together when naming so they can agree. It’s has amazing graphics and is good for all ages. I’ve been a fan of Animal Crossing games for years, and the wait was worth it. Please buy this game if you’re considering something to do during your time stuck at home.

I see that ACNH has a lot of negative reviews because of the fact that it’s only one island per console. This doesn’t affect me personally because my boyfriend has his own Switch anyway. But before he had his own we played together on the same console and it was just fine. I can see it being a hassle for small children fighting over the Switch. As for the game itself it’s extremely fun and addicting. You have full customization of basically everything: your island is yours to design with every kind of furniture and decoration you can think of, you can buy and design lots of clothes, talk to cute animals, go to other people’s islands through multiplayer or dream addresses, fish, catch bugs, plant, even trade online. there’s a LOT to do and it’s doubtful you will be bored. I never played another Animal Crossing game before this one (I have New Leaf but I never got into it) and this game is amazing. I don’t even play my other Switch games. You may not like it if you only like fast paced combat games but you will love it if you like creative, building, relaxing games like Sims.

Would buy again

A main line Animal Crossing title with a lot of quality of life features --What is Animal Crossing? For those who havent played Animal crossing; its a very relaxing game where you play the way you want and able to express yourself through gameplay as everyones 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 Its pretty much a life sim/sandbox with random animal creatures where everyone has unique experience --List of features 1. Theres 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 dont 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