Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a 2020 social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch; it is the fifth main entry in the Animal Crossing series. In New Horizons, the player controls a character who moves to a deserted island after purchasing a getaway package from Tom Nook, accomplishes assigned tasks, and develops the island as they choose. They can gather and craft items, customize the island, and develop it into a community of anthropomorphic animals.
Is there an ending to Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Nintendo released Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch back in 2020 and its lifecycle has officially concluded, meaning the Nintendo Switch exclusive will no longer receive support. This makes the last major update for the Switch title the one that was released in November, resulting in a 2022 void of new New Horizons content.
Although Nintendo is ending DLC support for the game, support continues to roll out for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp which was released even longer ago in 2017. The game received support for a total of 595 days, while Pocket Camp is at 1,528 days of support. The final big update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons villagers was released on November 5, giving fans of the game more DIY recipes to create new furniture with.
Nintendo released the Happy Home Paradise expansion for Animal Crossing: New Horizons just last year, making it the sole expansion for the popular Animal Crossing title. The game has sold over 34 million copies to become one of the most successful Nintendo Switch titles behind only Mario Kart 8 Deluxe which has reached nearly 39 million copies sold. So far Happy Home Paradise has yet to sell one million units, making the home furnishing expansion far less downloaded than the full game.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released with the promise of content updates bringing much more to the game as the calendar unfolded. Nintendo added several things to Animal Crossing through the 2.0 update such as Brewster and Kapp’n or an earlier one that brought Leif to the island’s plaza. These new characters came with their own unique personalities, while players could drink coffee at the game Museum Cafe and purchase shrubs for their island as a result of them being added.
Is Animal Crossing: New Horizons a horror game?
Animal Crossing is a horror game now, thanks to its new first-person camera and some terrifying interior design by one very creative player.
The brief video from Evil Imp has strong P.T. vibes: a hallway that seems normal at first glance, eerie silence broken only by a staticky radio and the occasionally bone-chilling thump somewhere off in the distance, a dummy by the cupboard and a pile of bones on the desk. OK, maybe those last parts aren’t quite so P.T.-esque, but there’s nothing wrong with Animal Crossing: New Horizons having its own distinct brand of furniture-first, first-person horror.
Then there’s the cameo from Chrissy and Francine doing their best impression of the Grady Twins from The Shining. We’ll remember this the next time we think about inviting them over…
The video was filmed with the new first-person mode introduced in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 update. If you want to create your own horrifying adventure out of the stuff in your closet, you’ll need to pick up the Pro Camera App from your local Nook Miles machine.
What is the point of Animal Crossing?
Best-selling title Animal Crossing: New Horizons has made its mark as one of the most popular games in Nintendo history – but what’s the point of the open-ended game? From an outside perspective, it can be hard for some to even understand its appeal, which is often jokingly described as a debt simulator or game about manual labor. The gameplay of Animal Crossing never truly ends – players could hypothetically play the game for decades after release and still find their island and villagers continuing to thrive, and many players are currently still playing ACNH over two years after its release.
The Animal Crossing games have long allowed players to connect with both their real-life friends and anthropomorphic animals. Particularly during the pandemic, human contact was hard to come by – friends had to rely on digital communication for several months. During this time, video call platforms like Zoom became very popular, but some people longed for more interactive activities to do with their friends, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons fit the bill perfectly.
The true point of Animal Crossing is a bit of a paradox: there is no point laid out by the game itself, and because of that the point becomes whatever the player wants it to be. The difficulty of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is determined by players – technically players never need to progress in the game if they don’t want to, and they game will never penalize them for it. In fact, there are very few things Animal Crossing will ever penalize players for, the worst being the occasional scorpion sting or rotten turnip. Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ gameplay styles can vary drastically from player to player, which is why the series has become a fan-favorite for so many.
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