If you’ve downloaded the latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons update, you may have come across a message straight from Bank of Nook. Interestingly, the interest rate for all savings accounts have been lowered in the game. That means you won’t earn as many Bells in your account going forward.
You’ll at least receive a couple of items for your troubles. Players are being given a free rug and world map.
Obviously this change comes a little bit out of left field. It’s unclear why Nintendo decided to implement the change.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons latest update, which was announced earlier this week, is now live. Nintendo has started distribution of version 1.2.0 for all users.
Patch notes have not yet been published. However, we do know about the major points of the update. Some content will become accessible starting April 23, including Leif’s Garden Shop, Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler, and Nature Day. Other events will be rolled out in the weeks and months ahead.
Read about the update in-depth here. We’ll share the official patch notes as soon as we have them.
Armor Games Studios and Glass Revolver have shared a launch trailer for ITTA, their bullet-hell, boss-rush style adventure. Watch it below.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Isabelle, Timmy, Tommy aloha shirts to be included with April update
Nintendo has revealed another aspect of the April 2020 update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. With the patch, players will be able to get their hands on the aloha shirts worn by Isabelle, Timmy, and Tommy. These shirts can be redeemed with Nook Miles at the Nook Stop in Resident Services.
In other news, we have a few screenshots showing off Leif’s Garden Shop, Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler, and Nature Day as part of the April update. Find the full set below.
Learn more about the new update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons here.
Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! is about a month out from its release date. To give fans a taste as to what’s in store, a demo launched today on the Japanese Switch eShop. Some footage can be found below.
Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! is due out on May 28.
A new report from SuperData reveals that Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold five million digital copies worldwide in March. With that success, the Switch title broke the console record for monthly digital game sales. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII previously held that record.
SuperData further reports that Animal Crossing: New Horizons “also roughly matched the first-month digital sales of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Pokemon Sword and Shield put together.”
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been in high demand with more people staying in home due to the coronavirus. It also helps that the franchise has proven successful in the past.
Today, Gamious and Playdigious announced that Turmoil will be releasing on Switch next month. The oil management simulation game set in the Wild West will be available on May 28.
We have the following overview and trailer for Turmoil:
G-Mode Archives 02: Ai to Roudou no Hibi landed on the Japanese Switch eShop earlier today. For a look at some footage, check out the video below.
Bravely Second: End Layer originally came out five years today in Japan. To celebrate, some special art was shared on the series’ official Twitter account. We have it above.
As fans may remember, Bravely Second: End Layer wouldn’t come west until a year later. Europe got the RPG on February 26, 2016 followed by North America on April 15, 2016.
