Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch

A wonderful Animal Crossing mainline addition. The multiplayer is perfect for working together on projects and to switch leaders is as easy as shaking the remote. The amount of customization available is amazing, you can really make the island all your own. The introduction of the nook miles tickets really helps with adding things to do everyday. Nook miles allow for a sense of progression without having to wait till the next day in game. One of my favorite games of the year so far.

Would buy again

I agree with other reviewers that local multiplayer is disappointing and poorly thought out. All users on our switch console must share one island and only the first user gets to complete tasks. So our youngest daughter gets to try to accomplish everything and everyone else has to wait for her slow speed. And, I have to avoid taking or doing anything that she might want to do so she isn’t disappointed or sad that she doesn’t get it. It basically leaves me the options of fishing, catching bugs and shaking trees. Pretty boring pretty fast. Based on other reviews on other sites it gets worse as the game progresses. Very very poorly thought out. Wandering around in coop mode is boring and irritating. There is little to no play value as the coop players don’t get to keep anything they pick up. It goes to lost and found. Why should I have to buy a second console to have my own island???? Ive waited years for another major console animal crossing and the result just doesn’t work for families.

This is my first animal crossing game and I feel like we got it for the perfect time! (#Quarantine2020) I would say it is a slow-paced game and somehow it tends to take up a lot of time. The only gripe that I have with this game is that the 2 player mode is not very efficient and not very fun to play. The second player who is not the main player is very limited on the actions that they can do and it’s just very inefficient so my husband and I just tend to play separately. We do enjoy the game though.

Loves this game for my son and I. It’s perfect challenges and I truly love the game!!! Can be used as a learning tool as well for children wanting to learn more about different species.

Got it for my wife for her birthday. She loves this one ! You can just relax, chill and listen to the music while doing relaxing quests or you can put music on while you play because you wont miss anything. Good for just relaxing game play.

My daughter has a Nintendo switch she loves this game and she plays it all the time.

I love how kiddos can learn life skills while playing. My girl loves it. :-)

Do not ask how many hours Ive spent on this game. Just know that it came out at the start of lockdown 2020, and I had to order a replacement in 2022. Its a nice, calm, happy game to help keep you from losing it.

Over the years I have tried several iterations of Animal Crossing and never understood the hype. I always buy the big releases from Nintendo, and was thinking about passing this one by because I haven’t gotten in to this series before... but I am glad I gave it a shot! This game is super chill. You have a character on an island and do things like: - Search for materials such as wood, stone, clay, iron, tree branches, etc. - Find recipes to craft things. These might be given to you by other people on the island, found in a bottle on the shore of a beach, etc. - Craft things like tools, furniture, campfires, etc. - Visit a store that has different merchandise each day. - Go fishing. - Capture insects - Dig up fossils The typical gameplay loop for a given day is something like: go around and gather materials (there is a set amount you can get each day), search the beach for bottles that might have crafting recipes, visit the store to see if there is any interesting stuff for sale, craft/sell any items to the store that they are buying for extra $$ on a given day, dig up and donate fossils to a museum on your island. You collect money in the game by either just finding it or selling stuff, and can use it to upgrade your home from a tent, to a house, to a bigger house, etc (with more room to put stuff). The game seems to be intended to play in small chunks on a daily basis, which I actually really like. It has a lot of charm, is very relaxing to play, and has a really enjoyable gameplay loop that is fun but low stress. On the surface it seems like there’s not a lot to the game, which is part of why I have not gotten in to this series in the past, but playing this one I feel like I finally get it. It’s whatever you make of it. For me it is just a really relaxing way to spend 15-30 mins a day.