Tag: Animal Crossing
News Nintendo Announces Three More Switch Bundles (Europe)
Including 12-months of Switch Online
Update: The bundles are now available to buy: <related ids="172201"> Original Article: Following the announcement of new Mario-themed bundles in the US and certain other locations, Nintendo has now lifted the lid on three more bundles for the European market. This includes two Switch Lite Animal...
Guide Where To Buy LEGO Animal Crossing - Every Set Available To Order
Bells at the ready
If the ginormous and ever-growing LEGO Super Mario collection wasn't enough for you, Nintendo's only gone and done it again with a shiny new LEGO Animal Crossing range – get in! First launching in March 2024, the Animal Crossing range consists of several sets based on some of the series' most beloved characters, including...
News Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp To End Online Service In November
But an offline replacement is on the way
Nintendo has announced that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will reach end of service on 28th November 2024 at 3pm BST / 7am PT / 10am ET. The announcement was posted on Nintendo's website and communicated via social media, in which the firm stated it "would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who...
News Three New LEGO Animal Crossing Sets Featuring Leif, Celeste, And Mabel Are Coming Next Year
A New Year's treat
Announced at Gamescom alongside the new range of Mario Kart sets, the Danish firm has confirmed a trio of additions to the LEGO Animal Crossing range that will also launch in January 2025, bringing some fan-favourite characters to life in minifig form. The three sets are Stargazing with Celeste, Leif’s Caravan & Garden...
Review LEGO Animal Crossing - Fly With Dodo Airlines - A Great Little Set With One Glaring Omission
Plane sailing
The LEGO Animal Crossing range has several significant buildings and island landmarks from Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including Nook's Cranny and the Town Hall/Plaza. However, the Dodo Airlines airport terminal, which was first introduced in the Switch series entry, is a set we've been particularl
Review LEGO Animal Crossing - K.K.'s Concert At The Plaza - A Pleasing But Pricey Set
K.K. Rider
The second round of LEGO Animal Crossing sets brings two key locales from your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island to life in Danish brick form. Alongside the Dodo Airlines terminal, K.K. Slider makes his Lego debut in the K.K.'s Concert at the Plaza set. This is the priciest of the two sets, including three minifigures (including a new...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons 'Tom Nook' First 4 Figures Statue Revealed, Pre-Orders Now Live
K.K. Slider is also on the way
Update [Fri 12th Jul, 2024 01:30 BST]: Following last week's announcement, pre-orders for First 4 Figures' Tom Nook Animal Crossing: New Horizons statue are now officially live. There's an early bird offer of $107.99 USD (instead of the regular price of $125.99 USD) for the exclusive edition of this statue, which...
News The Animal Crossing Aquarium Experience Is Heading On Tour (US)
Kicking off this week
If you cast your mind back to last year, you might remember Nintendo and the Seattle Aquarium teaming up for an Animal Crossing: New Horizons event. Well, that very event is hitting the road as Nintendo has announced that the 'Animal Crossing Aquarium Tour' will be heading to seven different North American cities in the coming...
Guide Nintendo LEGO: All Super Mario, Animal Crossing And The Legend Of Zelda Sets
Complete lists and where to buy them!
Nintendo has been treating fans to all sorts of wonderfully imaginative LEGO sets over the past few years, and with the introduction of the very first The Legend of Zelda set headed our way in 2024, there's never been a better time to start collecting. If you're looking for a full rundown of all the Nintendo...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons 'Isabelle' First 4 Figures Statue Now Available To Pre-Order
Two other Animal Crossing figures teased
Update [Sun 5th May, 2024 08:00 BST]: First 4 Figures has now shared another teaser of the other two Animal Crossing: New Horizons figures (Tom Nook and K.K. Slider) on social media. Early bird pre-orders are now available for the Isabelle figure until June. Original article [Fri 3rd May, 2024 02:30...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons 'Isabelle' First 4 Figures Statue Revealed, Here's A Sneak Peek
Pre-orders open next month
Update #3 [Sun 28th Apr, 2024 06:30 BST]: More images of the First 4 Figures Animal Crossing: New Horizons Isabelle figure have now been released. Pre-orders are scheduled to open on 2nd May 2024. Here's a first look at the Exclusive Edition which will come with a magnetic backdrop attached to the base: Update #2 [Thu...
News More Animal Crossing LEGO Sets Are Heading Our Way This August
Okay, K.K.
Hot off the back of the first collection, LEGO has today announced that it will be expanding its range of Animal Crossing sets with at least two new builds heading our way on 1st August. Revealed in a rather adorable video of a K.K. Slider minifigure blasting his tunes (the vid very kindly points out the minifig "does not actually sing...
News Nintendo Live Is Coming To Sydney, Australia This Year
Prepare for Nintendo Switch gameplay and much more
In some surprising news, it's been announced Nintendo Live will be coming to Sydney, Australia later this year. In an official post on social media, Nintendo's Australia and New Zealand accounts confirmed the in-person event for "friends, families, and fans of all ages" would run from 31st August -...
News My Nintendo Store Adds Animal Crossing: New Horizons Item (North America)
Available while supplies last
Although Nintendo has officially wrapped the development of Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Switch, it hasn't completely forgotten about this particular entry. On the My Nintendo Store this week, it's added a New Horizons-themed 'Leaf Bandana'. This item will set you back 500 Platinum Points (shipping fees apply)...
Review LEGO Animal Crossing - Maple's Pumpkin Garden - Is It Worth Tracking Down?
Patchy availability
The launch of the LEGO Animal Crossing line at the start of March 2024 brought five sets based on Nintendo's slow-life-sim franchise to shop shelves, but there was also a secret sixth bonus set available if you knew where to look. Maple's Pumpkin Garden is a small bonus polybag set that was sold exclusively online from Lego...
Random This Animal Crossing: New Horizons 'Myst' Island Has Us Jonesing For A(nother) Switch Port
We Myst you
It's been a minute since we highlighted a particularly impressive island from Animal Crossing. New Horizons, but we thought this one was worth it. We've seen many sublime efforts since the game launched back in March 2020, but the crossover appeal of mixing in another of video gaming's great isles really tickled our nostalgia bone. This...
Guide LEGO Animal Crossing: Which Is The Best Set?
Worth a Nook?
Lego's range of Animal Crossing-themed playsets sees the Danish toy company join forces with Nintendo once more, with a series of Lego sets designed to be connected and reconfigured in a way that recalls the creative terraforming of your deserted island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch. In this guide, we'll take a brief...
Guide LEGO Animal Crossing: Minifigure List
Go minifigure
Updated with the minifigures from the upcoming January 2025 sets. The Lego's Animal Crossing sets each contains at least one character from Nintendo's relaxing life-sim series in minifigure form, and we have to say they're amongst the most adorable we've ever seen in all our years of clicking together Danish plastic. Featuring a host...
Review LEGO Animal Crossing - Kapp’n’s Island Boat Tour - Are Ya Ready, Kids?
Aye aye, Kapp'n
The five Animal Crossing-themed Lego sets which launched on 1st March 2024 bring a selection of Animal Crossing: New Horizons characters to life in minifigure form. They range in price from $15 to $75: Julian's Birthday Party is the most affordable, while
Review LEGO Animal Crossing - Julian’s Birthday Party - The Cheapest Set, But A Mixed Bag
Party of one
The LEGO Animal Crossing sets bring Animal Crossing: New Horizons to life in plastic brick form, featuring minifigures of some of the series' most beloved characters at home and around their island. The first wave of sets launched in March 2024, with Julian's Birthday Party among them. This is the cheapest set in the range (at launch),...
Review LEGO Animal Crossing - Nook’s Cranny & Rosie’s House - Good, But Tom Deserved Something Great
The Rose and Cranny
The LEGO Animal Crossing range brings a variety of Animal Crossing: New Horizons characters to blocky life across five sets (initially, at least) that enable you to connect them and create your own Animal Crossing island in Lego form. Keen Lego fans will spy a similarity to the defunct Fabuland theme, now with a Nintendo...
Review LEGO Animal Crossing - Isabelle’s House Visit - A Very Welcome Visitor
House call
The LEGO Animal Crossing sets released in March 2024 feature a range of different minifigures and island elements bringing back memories of 2020's Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the form of everyone's favourite plastic bricks. As we run through each of the sets to see which one is best, here we're looking at Isabelle's House Visit —...
Review LEGO Animal Crossing - Bunnie's Outdoor Activities - A Bit Bitty
New Horizons on the block
Nintendo's latest collaboration with Lego has resulted in a handful of Animal Crossing sets, a crossover that fans have been begging for ever since the firms' first collaboration, the LEGO Super Mario sets, were announced back in March 2020 — coincidentally Animal Crossing: New Horizons' launch month. In the years since,...
News Switch Online's Missions & Rewards Adds New Icons You Can Only "Get By Playing"
Super Mario World icons now available
Nintendo has just made new themed icons available to Switch Online members. These include a set of icons based on the Super Nintendo hit Super Mario World as well as the popular Switch release Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Redeeming these icons is a little different this time. Not only do you need a Switch...
Reminder LEGO Animal Crossing Sets Are Out Today, Will You Be Picking One Up?
Celeste ‘til last
It feels like it has been a long time coming, but the LEGO Animal Crossing sets are now available. Like, right now! There are five different sets for you to choose between, each of varying sizes (and prices). The one that is going to set you back the most Bells is the Nook's Cranny & Rosie's House set, which is available for...
Feature A Look Inside Seattle's Real-Life Animal Crossing Aquarium
Seattle creatures
Eager to compare Critterpedias, Caitlin Johnson recently headed down to Seattle Aquarium to check out its new Nintendo collaboration... If you ever wanted to have Animal Crossing’s long-time museum curator Blathers teach you about marine life in reality, now is your chance. Nintendo and the Seattle Aquarium announced last month...
News Here's A First Look At The Animal Crossing LEGO Box Art
This new LEGO line launches in 2024
Earlier this year in October, Nintendo announced five Animal Crossing LEGO sets would be launching in March 2024. While there's already been plenty of official pictures of these sets shared, we've now got a "first look" at the cute and charming packaging. These designs have been revealed by UK retailer Smyth Toys...
News The New Sims Game Is Using Animal Crossing's Multiplayer As A Source Of Inspiration
"It is such a good example"
Animal Crossing: New Horizons took the social simulation to new heights when it launched exclusively on the Switch in 2020, and it's apparently become a source of inspiration for the team at Maxis, who is currently working on the next entry in The Sims series (codenamed "Project Rene"). Speaking on a
Random Upcoming 'Like A Dragon' Title Is Basically Animal Crossing Now
Catch bugs and whack bad guys
Xbox recently held a Partner Preview event to showcase some upcoming third-party games, including the likes of Alan Wake II, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, and Ark: Survival Ascended. One of
Poll Which LEGO Animal Crossing Sets Will You Be Splashing Your Bells On?
A modest sum, hm?
After the initial tease last week, it thankfully hasn't taken Lego and Nintendo too long to lift the lid on its latest collaborative line-up, revealing five sets based on the Animal Crossing franchise launching in March 2024. With prices ranging from $14.99 all the way up to $74.99, the first batch in what we assume will be an...
News LEGO Animal Crossing Launches March 2024, Five Sets Announced
Brick by brick
After last week's reveal, LEGO and Nintendo have unveiled all five sets coming in the Animal Cross X LEGO collaboration, which we now know launches in March 2024. At least that saves the bank balance during the holidays! All five sets are available to wishlist now on LEGO's website, and we've even got a cute little trailer showcasing...
Talking Point What Are Your Hopes For Animal Crossing LEGO?
LEGO to the City
Following rumours that LEGO was set to team up with Nintendo and unleash Animal Crossing-themed sets on unsuspecting wallets the world over, a short teaser yesterday revealed... well, very little really. But the leaks were true, and Animal Crossing Lego exists! Yes, official Tom Nook and Isabelle minifigs will be available to...
News Nintendo's New Animal Crossing: New Horizons-Themed Switch Lites Are Out Now
Update: Available now in US, Europe soon
Update: Both the Isabelle’s Aloha Edition and Timmy & Tommy’s Aloha Edition Nintendo Switch Lite consoles are now available to buy in the US. They're available from Target and Walmart respectively: <products id="25109,25110"> The two new Switch Lite consoles are due to launch in Europe on 20th...
News Surprise! LEGO Animal Crossing Sets Are Actually Happening
Take our Bells
Update: The LEGO Animal Crossing range is now available! <products group-id="26295"> Nintendo dropped a heck of a surprise today — LEGO Animal Crossing is a thing! The next LEGO X Nintendo collaboration was rumoured back in August this year, and now Nintendo has officially confirmed its existence. While no sets or dates...
Random Nintendo And Seattle Aquarium Join Forces For An Animal Crossing Event
Fish? Yes yes!
Nintendo has joined forces with a rather unexpected entity to bring the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons to life... Seattle Aquarium. Yes, if you live in or are around the Seattle area from October 7th, 2023 until December 31st, 2023, then you can come face-to-face with the likes of sea otters, harbor seals, octopus, and of...
Random Animal Crossing Fan Completes His Mission Of Visiting All New Horizons Artwork IRL
Redd Dead Redemption
There's nothing like a bit of wholesome content to start the week, huh? Well, that's exactly what @mayplaystv has brought us today as he has revealed his completed mission to visit every piece of Animal Crossing: New Horizons artwork in real life. We have been following this task for a while and last reported on it when the...
Rumour Animal Crossing LEGO? It May Be Coming Next Year, According To Leaks
Is Redd behind this?
As Nintendo continues to branch out into the world of LEGO, rumours surrounding which franchise will be the next to get the brick treatment grow in intensity. For a while now it has seemed that Zelda would be the next series on the cards following rumours of a Deku Tree set survey from earlier this year, but the word on the LEGO...
News These Zelda, Animal Crossing Replica Props Look Perfect For Cosplayers And Collectors
Plus Fire Emblem, Minecraft and more!
We don't know about you, but to us, there's something about owning the props or clothes seen in games and movies that feels cool, almost as if you're a part of that world. Imagine having Link's Master Sword hanging on your wall, for example, or placing Animal Crossing's Star Wand on your bedside table, ready to...
Random Anti-Smoking Campaign Is Part Animal Crossing, Part Creature Horror
As if you needed further convincing to not smoke
Animal Crossing isn't particularly known for being scary. In fact, the scariest thing about New Horizons is the fact that official support for the game ceased after a little less than two years. Yet that hasn't stopped content studio Sawhorse from utilising the general aesthetic of the franchise for...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Manga Up For Grabs At Free Comic Book Day 2023
Featuring Kirby, too
Nintendo fans will want to keep an eye out for the free manga up for grabs on Comic Book Day this year. This year participating comic book stores will be offering a two-in-one 'Animal Crossing & Kirby Manga Mania' by VIZ Media. It's mostly Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Deserted Island Diary, as you can see, but it's also...
Video Looking Back On Animal Crossing: New Horizons Three Years Later
Time flies, hm?
In decades to come, folks around the world will be telling their children and their grandchildren exactly what happened during those first few months of 2020. It was a time of great stress and uncertainty as the Covid-19 pandemic rapidly upended the lives of millions of people, with governments announcing nationwide lockdowns,...
News Animal Crossing Is The Latest Game To Get The Boss Fight Books Treatment
Written by co-director of The Video Game History Foundation
Last week, the fantastic Boss Fight Books began revealing Season 6 of its documentary-style books along with the first book, which looks at PaRappa the Rapper. And today, the publisher has announced that the second book will be very much in our wheelhouse by focusing on Animal Crossing...
Random Isabelle Escapes The Matrix In This Pixar-Quality Animal Crossing Animation
"You're not real..."
Animation artist Densle has been working on creating an amazing and intricate story set in the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In this story, a gas-masked player terrorises villagers and NPCs like Tom Nook and Isabelle, until finally, they decide to fight back. The latest episodes — a two-parter called Reset -- handle...
Random Luxury Animal Crossing Chocolate Sets Exist, And They're Super Cute
'A modest sum of 50,000 bells, hm?"
Have you ever wondered what the villagers of Animal Crossing taste like? Nah, can't say that we have, either. But, thanks to a collaboration between Nintendo and luxury chocolate brand Godiva, residents in Japan can now purhase boxes of chocolates featuring the adorable mugs of Tom Nook, Isabelle, Timmy and Tommy,...
Random Fans Create 'Nuzlocke-Style' Mode For Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Can't keep a good fan down
It has officially been one year, two months, and nine days (and counting) since Nintendo has made any significant content updates to its second-most successful game in history — Animal Crossing: New Horizons. So, on January 4th, YouTuber NintenTalk released a challenge to their viewers to "Make Animal Crossing: New...
Soapbox Crossing The Line: How I Helped Corrupt The Animal Crossing Economy
New Horizons for NMT fungibility
It's midnight by the pier. I check I’m alone, feel nervously into my pocket and count the money with my fingers. It's all there: 40 massive sacks of coins. Big pocket. I flip up the lid of the wheelie bin and dump the lot. 4 million bells erased from the universe and no one need ever know. How did it come to this?...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 2.0.6 Patch Notes - Several Issues Have Been Resolved
Download it now!
Surprise, Nintendo has just released a brand new update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Believe it or not, but this is the first one we've received since February. The last one was filled with a bunch of fixes. So, what does this latest one include? Unfortunately, not all that much according to the patch notes. Apparently,...
Random This Guy Is On A Mission To See All The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Artwork In Real Life
He's halfway through the list!
That's the question that filmmaker and content creator Mayuren Naidoo is trying to figure out. He's set himself up on a mission to witness every single piece of artwork in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the flesh, including both paintings and statues. He's about halfway through the list right now, having visited...
Random Fan Reimagines Chainsaw Man's Anime Opening In Animal Crossing
A crossover we never expected to see
There's a lot about the popular anime Chainsaw Man which doesn't immediately bring Animal Crossing: New Horizons to mind. The devils, the brutal action and death scenes, the literal chainsaw protruding from the protagonists head. Not quite the laid back island life of K.K. Slider and co. now is it? We think it's...
Poll So, Animal Crossing: New Leaf Or New Horizons - Which Do You Like Best?
Don't Leaf me this way
Today marks exactly ten years since Animal Crossing: New Leaf was first released on 3DS. Outside Japan, we had to wait until June the following year to become mayor in our autostereoscopic 3D hamlets, although its Switch counterpart, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, would be the first game in the main series to get a...
