Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold five million copies digitally in March 2020, most for any console game ever in a single month
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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.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons upcoming updates revealed – Leif’s Garden Shop, Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler, more
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Nintendo has revealed a series of free updates set to arrive in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
The fun begins on April 23 with Leif’s Garden Shop, Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler, and Nature Day. Coming up next is May Day Tour on May 1, followed by International Museum Day starting May 18, and Wedding Season beginning June 1.
Here’s the full rundown of the various events, along with a trailer:
US: Animal Crossing: New Horizons sees third-highest launch month of any Nintendo game, best-selling game in franchise history
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More news has emerged from the March 2020 NPD report, and it’s brought along even more impressive information about Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
The Switch game has achieved the third-highest launch month of any Nintendo published game in tracked history. That goes for both physical dollar and unit sales. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Smash Bros. Brawl are the only two games that sold more during their launch months.
Also revealed is that launch month dollar sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have exceeded the lifetime sales of all other Animal Crossing franchise games. The Switch entry is already the best-selling game in franchise history.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons datamine may hint at upcoming features
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons datamining has already led to the finding of what appears to be the steps for upgrading Nook’s Cranny. Ninji, who made that original discovery, today shared another batch of interesting information pertaining to the Switch title.
Ninji has been poking through the files and code for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which may hint at some upcoming features. We’ve rounded up the various tidbits below. Of course, if you’re not interested in potentially being spoiled in any way, keep that in mind before proceeding.
[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #76 – Expansive and reductive Final Fantasy VII Remake
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Hello my avalanche cuties! This week on Nintendo Everything Podcast, we’re talking remakes: Resident Evil 3 and Final Fantasy VII, with plenty of critique on the good, the bad and the horny Jessie. We cover some quick-fire news with a new Switch hardware model being referenced in some firmware code, Gamescom cancellation, game announcements and Jason Schreier leaving Kotaku. And in the listener mail segment, we admit our embarrassing rage moments while gaming. Come hang out and have a chill game time.
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Animal Crossing devs feel that Tom Nook is misunderstood
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If there’s one thing Tom Nook is known for in the Animal Crossing series, it’s the debts he collects. Players need to pay off loans to expand their house, which is a mechanic that carries over into the series’ latest entry. But although some may look at Tom Nook as a character primarily interested in money, the developers behind Animal Crossing feels he’s just misunderstood.
New Horizons producer Hisashi Nogami mentioned to The Verge that “Tom Nook is a very caring, really great guy.” Since he’s an adult, “he’s very careful with money.”
Nintendo Minute – “Making Up Multiplayer Games in Animal Crossing: New Horizons”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta make up a few multiplayer games to play on with each other in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Check out the full episode below.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons datamine apparently outlines requirements for Nook’s Cranny upgrade
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As fans of the series know, Animal Crossing doesn’t stay static. There’s generally a reason to come back and visit the game daily since something new is bound to happen. With Animal Crossing: New Horizons, one feature players are waiting to see is the expansion of Nook’s Cranny. New insight from dataminer Ninji apparently offers up key requirements on how the store can be upgraded.
According to Ninji, the following needs to happen:
[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #75 – Switch Animal Crossing banned in China, Cooking Mama drama
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Hello my crypto currency miners! This week on Nintendo Everything Podcast, we’ve got quite the wild news. There’s reports of physical imports of Animal Crossing: New Horizons being banned in mainland China, and a weird and wacky story of Cooking Mama: Cookstar. We’ve got game critique aplenty with Resident Evil 3, Hob: Definitive Edition, and more. Our listener mail is chock-full of JRPG goodness as we discuss Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and learning to appreciate media that you don’t love. Come have a chill game time with us!
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China bans imports of Animal Crossing: New Horizons likely due to pattern editor being used by protestors
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News outlet Bloomberg has reported that the import of copies of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have now been banned in China. With the Coronavirus lockdown in full swing, the game has been a welcome way to socialize with other people amid the harsh rules on staying home and social distancing. While there isn’t an official guideline on why the sale of the game has been banned, it is likely due to the political statements circulating by players online.
Retailer Alibaba’s e-commerce platform Taobao have received instructions to stop the import of the game entirely, impacting not just the software, but all physical merchandise related to the franchise as well. In a statement on Twitter, avid democracy campaigner, Joshua Wong, said he was playing the game and that the movement had shifted online. Here’s another direct statement from Wong:
“Animal Crossing is a place without political censorship so it is a good place to continue our fight.”
While an official release of the game has not gone live in China, imported copies do have an option for Chinese text. If the game is to ever be localized, it’s incredibly likely that creative features like the pattern editor will be removed from the Chinese version. Political slogans aside, Chinese players seem to have really fallen for Animal Crossing’s easygoing social aspects, with Switch hardware sales seeming to be spurred on by the title.
