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Nintendo Switch Lite Compatible
Nintendo Switch Compatible
Highlights
- Build your community from scratch on a deserted island brimming with possibility
- Create your personal getaway and customize your character, home, decorations, and even the landscape itself
- Collect materials to construct everything from furniture to tools! Then, use what you create to give your island a personal touch
- Watch as the time of day and seasons match real life—even your hemisphere! Each day holds potential for surprises and discoveries
- Get to know the island residents, garden, fish, decorate, hunt for fossils, and more!
- Show off your paradise – play on the same system with a total of 4 people**, or play together online* or over local wireless** for fun with up to 8 players
Specifications
Model Compatibility: Nintendo Switch Lite, Nintendo Switch
ESRB Age Rating: E - Everyone
ESRB Content Descriptors: No descriptors
Electronics Condition: New
Video Game Genre: Simulation
Software Format: Physical
Multiplayer: Online and Local Multiplayer
Street Date: March 20, 2020
Item Number (DPCI): 207-30-0213
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
Description
Escape to a deserted island and create your own paradise as you explore, create, and customize in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game. Your island getaway has a wealth of natural resources that can be used to craft everything from tools to creature comforts. You can hunt down insects at the crack of dawn, decorate your paradise throughout the day, or enjoy sunset on the beach while fishing in the ocean. The time of day and season match real life, so each day on your island is a chance to check in and find new surprises all year round.
Show off your island utopia to family and friends—or pack your bags and visit theirs. Whether playing online* or with others beside you**, island living is even better when you can share it. Even without hopping on a flight, you’ll meet a cast of charming animal residents bursting with personality. Friendly faces like Tom Nook and Isabelle will lend their services and happily help you grow your budding community. Escape to your island getaway—however, whenever, and wherever you want.
Polygon - "...crafting systems in
this game are lovely."
The Verge - "the video game equivalent of a relaxing getaway…"
IGN - "... full of surprises."
GameSpot - "the ability to alter your island to fit your grand plans is exciting. "
© 2020 Nintendo. Animal Crossing and Nintendo Switch are trademarks of Nintendo.
*Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online features. Not available in all countries. Internet access required for online features. Terms apply.
nintendo.com/switch-online
**Additional games, systems and/or accessories may be required for multiplayer mode. Games, systems and some accessories sold separately.
Nintendo Switch Lite Compatible
Compatible with Nintendo Switch Lite
Nintendo Switch Compatible
Compatible with Nintendo Switch
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons will totally and utterly take over your life if you let it, just as previous entries in the sedate life-sim series have done.
If you're after more details about the game, feel free to check out our extensive guides to everything you need to know or read our review to see if it might be for you.
All set? Here are all the best places to buy Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the special edition Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch console, and the Happy Home Paradise DLC...
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Where To Buy Animal Crossing: New Horizons On Nintendo Switch
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch Bundles - North America
For North American readers looking for that absolutely lovely Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch console bundle, there's one important thing to note: there is no 'bundle', as such. The console doesn't come with a download code for Animal Crossing: New Horizons in this region, so you'll want to buy the game separately if you can't resist this themed console. And who could blame you. Just look at it!
Animal Crossing: New Horizons On Nintendo Switch - North America
If you're all sorted when it comes to Switch hardware, you're probably after just the game. Here are the best places to pick up Animal Crossing: New Horizons which we've found from the big retailers.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons On Nintendo Switch - UK / Europe
Here are the best places to pick up Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the UK.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch Bundles - UK / Europe
If you're in the market for a Switch console along with the game, the gorgeous Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch is available, and this European bundle includes a download code for the game.
Alternatively, if you're after a Switch Lite or want something a little less 'colourful' should your Switch fall from your briefcase during a business presentation, there are other Animal Crossing Switch bundles with physical copies of the game to suit all tastes.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Accessories
Of course, your new island life wouldn't be complete without a huge number of associated accessories and Animal Crossing themed goodies to pair with your shiny new purchase. From Animal Crossing screen protectors to colourful covers, pouches to packs, they're all rather tempting.
Here are our picks for the classiest accessories to either match your new console or spruce up your existing one with a little Animal Crossing joie de vivre.
Where to buy Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC
The Happy Home Paradise DLC is available to buy from your respective region's Nintendo eShop. Alternatively, you can purchase a download code for the expansion via Amazon via the link below.
Remember that the Happy Home Paradise DLC is also included with an annual subscription to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack.
Let us know below which of these delightful offerings proved too difficult to resist.
This article is part of our Animal Crossing: New Horizons walkthrough, which includes a Complete Fish List, Complete Bug List and Complete Sea Creatures List. If you're looking for specific fish or bug, we can tell you how to catch the elusive Coelacanth, Mahi-Mahi, Giant Trevally, Stringfish, Golden Trout and all the Sharks and Beetles, along with a full list of Critters leaving at the end of the month. We've also compiled a Complete Villager List and a Complete List of K.K. Slider Songs, as well as the Best Custom Design Codes and Islands we've found so far, and the best islands to visit using Dream Address Codes.
We can also help with How to Spot Redd's Fake Paintings and Statues, How to Make Bells Fast, How to Breed Flowers, How to Get more DIY Recipes, How to Upgrade Nook's Cranny, where and when to find special characters like Gulliver, Sable, Label, Wisp, Celeste, Pirate Gulliver and Jack, plus tips on using the Star Wand, Tool Ring, Rock Trick, Cutting Down and Moving Trees, using amiibo on Harv's Island, How to Back Up Your Island Data, How to Time Travel, How to Get a 5-Star Island Rating and a whole lot more.