- Publisher: Nintendo
- Release Date: Mar 20, 2020
- Also On: Nintendo Switch 2
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 6617 Ratings
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Positive: 3,370 out of 6617
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Mixed: 571 out of 6617
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Negative: 2,676 out of 6617
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Mar 24, 2020Good, I enjoyed it. I haven't played the multiplayer so I can't comment on that.
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Mar 24, 2020One island per console is ridiculous. Selling my cartridge. Nintendo, you guys are so backwards.
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Mar 24, 2020It's an awesome addition to the series! Those who are complaining about the multiplayer obviously aren't familiar with the early series. It's got great features and the Nook miles are a clever way to make mini objectives so it's not just build the biggest house and fill the museum. Lot's to do!
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Mar 24, 2020Multiplayer is a joke!!!!!!! When your family members can’t play the game on their own profile.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020This is one of the most charming,Enjoyable,And relaxing games i’ve ever played In my life.100% worth trying
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Mar 24, 2020Bought this to play with my girlfriend for local couch co-op, but all the second player can do is fish and pick stuff up. It's not really co-op. You have a glorified helper. Super boring. If you bought this for co-op like I did, reconsider.
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Mar 24, 2020The best game in the series, the amount of care and effort put into it is outstanding. Definitely the only thing keeping me sane in this lockdown.
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Mar 24, 2020One island per Switch? Horrible horrible decision. By the time my kids are finished playing and its my turn, all the fruit is picked, trees chopped down and rocks cracked. I could go on and on. Zero points.
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Mar 24, 2020Animal Crossing New Horizons is the pinnacle of the series and the perfect answer to this chaos we face. Us old timers already expected multiplayer would be fine across consoles,this i has always been the case and the single console multiplayer is really just a bonus. Just know that this game is a zen inducing beautiful other life you will easily get lost in.
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Mar 24, 2020The game is essentially for a single user per switch. All others do not get anywhere close to the full experience.
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Mar 20, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020Well i have 2 switch and me and my wife are playing on both accounts, pepople is hating too much, scoring 0 for something that can be better but not checking all the cool features the game has. Grow up.
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Mar 24, 2020Great game, far exceeded my expectations. A little disappointed with a few of the mechanics until I realized I was just using them wrong. Beautiful, calm, stress free. Favorite game of 2020 by far
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Mar 24, 2020Terrible experience if you have more than one player on your console the game is unplayable.
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Mar 24, 2020The limitation of one island per Switch ?only the first player on the switch can complete assignments from Tom Nook and other characters.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020Game is fun to play. The one island per switch console thing is a joke in this day and age. Average game and overall good time waster. Too bad the overall features are stuck in the past. Online enabled with events and multiple islands per family could have made this a classic. As it is - a graphical update of a GameCube game
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020If you have multiple people in your household you need more than one switch to play as it's 1 world per system....
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Mar 24, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 24, 2020This is my first Animal Crossing game, but I absolutely love it! Finally get the hype! It's exac6the sort of stress-free distraction we all need right now.
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Mar 24, 2020I am thoroughly disappointed at many different things about this game. Everything from only having one island per switch to the overarching theme of nintendo lately, which is to over monetize every single IP that they have.
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Mar 24, 2020I'm sure if I was the 1st person on the island my review would be better, but as the second one all of my ability to progress is gated by my girlfriend. Unless you're the first profile to log in, the game is pretty busted and quite boring.
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Mar 24, 2020Same criticism of the game as others here...the single island per switch limitation means I'll never get to play the full experience of the game as the secondary AC player in the house. This single decision (also not helped by the lack of real save game backup) is enough to ruin an otherwise excellent game. If people can't play it, can it really be any good? No.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020All AC games have had the one island per console gimmick. I don't like, but it was to be expected. The game is great, really fun and cute.
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Mar 24, 2020Nintendo thinks people like to share an village and t-pose in an empty space with nothing to do other than chat, Since one player get to do all the chores
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020I love the game. But my only issue with it is the necessity to have Nintendo Switch Online to play with friends at all, except for locally which is difficult in this time.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020An amazing addition to the animal crossing games. Beautiful graphics, cute characters, fishing and hunting bugs are very enjoyable. People complaining about the multiplayer and giving reviews of 0 are being arrogant and ignoring all other good aspects of the game
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Mar 24, 2020If you read any of the other mixed or negative reviews on this site, you'll see many people primarily complaining about being locked to one island per switch and having content restricted if they're not their not the first person to play. I've made a petition hoping to remedy some of these issues, link is http://chng.it/kDmvHyPx
Every signature helps, so please sign and share!
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Mar 24, 2020Can't have my own island. Can't even progress the game or help villagers setup their house because I'm player 2. Literally walking around waiting for player 1 to do something. Glad I paid $80AUD for one and a half slices of pizza, when they advertised the whole pie. Nintendo hates it's fans, but they don't let their hate for you known until you've already bought their game. Disgusting.
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Mar 24, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020One island per console means everyone in the household should buy a Switch right now and you might as well buy more controllers just for the heck of it cause you know they gonna go bad. If you wanna play a good quality game Nintendo is the way to go, but God'dang have fun running around with your kid being able to do nothing they can - no split screen or shared content at all.
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Mar 24, 2020Boring and a unique Islande to create. Quase nada por fazer na ilha. Enfim... Arrependido
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Mar 24, 2020Charming & fun! If you’ve played an Animal Crossing game before you’ll know what to expect, if you haven’t, expect a relaxing journey building your own island paradise day by day in real time.
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Mar 24, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 24, 2020Would be good, but only allows one island per console. Even if I could tolerate that, having multiple people on the island is also broken. No other accounts on the console can progress until the first account to play the game does. Fix this Nintendo.
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Mar 24, 2020Lol 1 island per switch and my wife played first. So I'm **** out of luck huh?
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Mar 24, 2020Always been a huge Animal Crossing fan, since the original. I love all the tiny details Nintendo included. It’s just so cute! It’s definitely making lockdown a lot more bearable.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020The best Animal Crossing edition yet! Amazing graphics and improved gameplay, I absolutely love it and it's the perfect thing to keep occupied with throughout this period of social distancing due to covid-19
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020It’s basically new leaf but better in any way possible and local multiplayer is fun!! if only i can give an 11/10 i totally recommend this fire of a game
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020Literally and unabashedly the greatest game I have ever played in my life. I have always been a fan of Animal Crossing, and this is by and far the greatest in the series. Over a dozen of my friends and I play together, and every single day we're so excited to see what will happen, what will change, what will unlock, etc. Cannot praise this game enough.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020Need another switch to play with my girlfriend?!? Didnt think multiplayer through at all Nintendo just want you to buy more Switch consoles
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Mar 24, 2020As has been mentioned many times here already, I do not agree that Nintendo should mandate the "one user per system" restriction they have made by allowing the creation of only one island. This game doesn't deserve positive reviews until this is remedied.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020This game is amazing, people who rate it low are idiots, they should know what it's about and how it works, Nintendo were telling you how the one island per console works months ago! This game is great and the best animal crossing yet!
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020One island per console is a cheap and pointless cash grab showing Nintendo cares more about profit than fans...
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Mar 24, 2020Increíble juego, siento de horas para jugar, y esta las posibilidades no tienen límites
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Mar 24, 2020I love this game and i am very excited to have it. It makes you play it like you should, keeps you having to come back with a little bit every day. I personally do not mind only having one island, that is how the game was when the original came out. I love that i can organise my island and the crafting is interesting. Its the same as the old but made in a new refreshing way.
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Mar 24, 2020Not enough innovation.
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Mar 24, 2020I love this game, It’s my first Animal Crossing. I love all the stuff to do, in this crazy world today, it’s a nice relaxing game to get away from reality. My household has 3 switches though, so the single island to a switch thing don’t bother me.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020Extremely relaxing game with very fun npc’s to interact with 10/10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mar 24, 2020Amazing game, best in the series so far! Multiplayer is best enjoyed when everyone has their own Switch and own copy of the game. I look forward to playing this one for years to come like I did with the first one on GameCube.
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Mar 24, 2020This delightful game is helping me cope with lockdown. Having not played since City Folk, it's just what I needed in a new AC console game.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020I hate cry babies reviews bombing, but by the way it's a good game in my humble opinion.
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Mar 24, 2020After the initial novelty wears off you'll get exactly as many hours enjoyment as you would sitting in front of a doll house. If that's alot of hours then this game is for you. Personally, I can't believe I wasted money on it.
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Mar 24, 2020Annoying, repetitive, a tedious hassle, way too simple on tutorials while also not giving gameplay tips/important guidal info. Could have been really good if made by someone else. Could have had a good co-op for those that aren't rich. Dragged out. Not recommended for kids, or adults unless you enjoy a simple yet complicated game.
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Mar 24, 2020This game is absolutely a joy! Sure, the first few days are boring, because you're trying to figure it out, but the more you figure it out, you more fun you have meeting new friends, customizing your town, and building new things!
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Mar 24, 2020I am absolutely in love with Animal Crossing: New Horizons! This game could not have come at a better time. What a fun, chill, play at your own pace game. The graphics are wonderful, the jokes are funny. I can't say enough good things about it. Thank you Nintendo for giving us this when we needed it most.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020If you have 2 people playing on the same switch all progress is locked behind the first person who loads up the game on the switch. you cannot have multiple islands and the second player cannot progress without the first one doing all of the progression stuff first. pointless and horrifically badly designed, how an oversight this large could possibly be made is beyond comprehension.
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Mar 24, 2020So the game is cute and fun, but I made the mistake of letting my 9 year old start the game and create an island. She’s been playing now since launch and I’ve decided to start a new island of my own. SORRY but apparently you can’t do that unless you own another switch! One island per game! Totally stupid and unnecessary of Nintendo to do this!
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Mar 24, 2020The one island per Switch was a weird choice, but the fact that the Resident Rep is the 1st person to play, and as of yet, no way to change that is the biggest mistake Nintendo has made with AC:NH.
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Mar 24, 2020What's not to love. Would three islands appease you? Me, I'm okay with my one , lah.
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Mar 24, 2020The game is good. Those butthurt people need to calm down with their reviews. I mean nintendo already announced the save thing before they released the game. No one forced you to buy it...
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Mar 24, 2020Awesome graphics and gameplay. The villagers are really cute! A gem! I really enjoy the series!
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Mar 24, 2020This Is defintely the evolution that we the fans and the saga deserve and a ver y good entrance forma news to the world of Animal crossing.
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Mar 24, 2020God, what is this? You can only have one island per Switch. I don't understand this choice, Nintendo. It's a deal breaker for me. Fix this immediately.
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Mar 24, 2020only one island per console is so stupid. update the game and fix the issue, it doesnt work well for anyone with multiple people playing on one switch. at this point it's just a waste of money that I should not have spent at all. if this is the new set up for games I will never buy another switch game.
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Mar 24, 2020
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Mar 24, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 24, 2020Really love this game so far, think it's a very modern take on a game that could of aged badly, really easy to pick up and play and I look forward to what or who will show up the next day. looking forward to the future content and a living cycle of DLC.
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Mar 24, 2020
Awards & Rankings
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Dec 19, 2020Animal Crossing New Horizons is basically perfect. Full of wholesome content that helped us cope with the COVID-19 pandemics, the game keeps the heart of its predecessors while innovating enough to make it unique. It may not have won Game of the Year but it'll be the game we all remember from 2020, for sure.
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Jun 22, 2020Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a stunning new instalment in the Animal Crossing franchise, hindered only by its lack of immediate content, quality of life issues and missing returning characters and features While future updates will give the game long-term playability, for those already sipping vacation juice on their five-star islands, island life feels pretty mundane right now.
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CD-ActionMay 12, 2020It’s full of detail, pretty small things, and surprisingly well working simulations and systems – everything polished in such a way that the player really does care about everything that’s going on. [06/2020, p.40]