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.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons villagers hint at possible return of Brewster and The Roost
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It’s been speculated that Animal Crossing: New Horizons could be getting an art wing at the museum after some interesting dialogue was spotted from one of the game’s villagers. Now something similar is happening with Brewster and The Roost.
The coffee shop has appeared in previous entries in the series, and was once a part of the museum. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, it was in its own dedicated location. However, in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, The Roost along with Brewster are no where to be seen.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons NPC dialogue has players wondering if an art wing is coming to the museum
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Just like previous Animal Crossing games, New Horizons has its own museum. Players can collect bugs, fish, and fossils and have them displayed. Once one of these items is donated to Blathers, they’ll show up in the museum.
Could that museum be expanded in the future? Some dialogue from Fang, one of the game’s NPCs, has players speculating about the possibility.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – “Island Life is Calling!” commercial
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Nintendo has readied a new post-release commercial for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Find the “Island Life is Calling!” commercial below.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – official patch notes for version 1.1.4
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Nintendo issued yet another update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons last night, bringing the game to version 1.1.4. Aside from adjusting the appearance rate of some Bunny Day eggs, an issue was also fixed involving Flick.
Below are the official patch notes:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons update available (version 1.1.4), brings adjusted egg appearance rates
Posted on 5 years ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has just dropped a new update, version 1.1.4. This update brings a few bug fixes (available in the source below) but more importantly, it tweaks the egg appearance rates in the Easter event currently happening in-game.
The patch specifically mentions making it easier to find eggs on the day of Easter, April 12. This may not be what most players want to hear, but the patch notes also say that egg appearance rates have been tweaked leading up to Easter day (through April 11). Hopefully these tweaks are more of what players want to see.
The patch also briefly notes that the version may be 1.1.4 or 1.1.4a depending on region.
[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #74 – Interview with Joe Zieja; Mario remaster rumors!
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Hello my remastered listeners—you’re all lookin’ great! This week on Nintendo Everything Podcast, we have a special guest: Mr. Joe Zieja, decordated voice actor and superhuman talent. Join us for a candid talk with Joe and learn how he became who he is today. Joe tells us his story of life in the voice acting industry, his experience in the Air Force and military, embracing the Fire Emblem community and so much more.
Further, Oni Dino and Galen cover the Super Mario remaster rumors that were quite the storm this past week, Galen’s got a stronger grasp on Animal Crossing: New Horizons—the good and the bad, and the gang finishes things off in the listener mail segment with an in-depth discussion of the state of Final Fantasy over the decades.
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Nintendo Minute – “Touring Our Animal Crossing: New Horizons Islands!”
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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta show off their islands in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Check out the full episode below.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons update out now (version 1.1.3) – balloon glitch fixed
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons was updated to version 1.1.2 yesterday. With the patch, Nintendo addressed a variety of bugs. You can find the full details here in case you missed it.
Nintendo has quickly followed up with another update. Version 1.1.3 is live, which addresses a glitch in which balloons wouldn’t fly under certain conditions. No other fixes or changes are included.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is currently available on Switch.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – official patch notes for new update (version 1.1.2)
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Several hours ago, Nintendo issued a new 1.1.2 update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Nintendo has finally issued the full patch notes.
Today’s update addresses a few notable issues. For the full patch notes, continue on below.
