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
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
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
Posted on 5 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in Podcast | 0 comments
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
Posted on 5 years ago by Elias in News, Switch | 0 comments
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.
