Jonathan Holmes: "There's a lot to like here, and I love the promise of having new stuff around the corner, but in my short time with New Horizons, I had the most fun with the old reliable pastimes like fishing, shopping, and catching bugs. Animal Crossing is at its best when it offers you small, cozy environments that keep you busy doing nothing. This new entry gives you a lot of new abilities that could diminish that experience (many of which I can't get into here due to a content embargo). Thankfully, they are all largely optional. Outside of a few required tutorial-ish bits on the outset, you can play New Horizons just like it's New Leaf, except this time with more bugs, fish, and furniture to collect, which is exactly what I plan to do when the game comes out on March 20."
NE: "We're looking at ACNH and ACNL to determine which is the better game and how future entries can learn from both of them."
After the hype wore off during the height of COVID I found New Horizons disappointing compared to. Ew Leaf
NH gave us a lot more cool features but then took things away which they slowly drip fed us with poor updates
Crazy how much it sold and how popular it was during COVID and it got such terrible support
We need more control in the next game, the fact we couldn’t move the airport or town hall was ridiculous and certain items were randomised, like I could get a black lamppost unless a friend gave me one of his because mine were green.
In the end I still prefer New Leaf, one of the most important factors being the breakable tools. It gets pretty annoying when you have to keep making bug nets, fishing rods etc in New Horizons.
It came out at the perfect time and was completely abandoned save for a couple of small updates. Those months after release could have taken the game to a whole other level but I guess Nintendo wasn’t impressed with the number of active players.
The Nintendo Switch has been an undeniable success for Nintendo, but which games make the best selling chart for the console?
Nintendo made out like bandits with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It's the same game that was on the WiiU except they added 2 item boxes like in double dash.
this is why i always say that Nintendo will always be fine. look at those numbers lol
and those are all first party games.
The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Official Complete Guide has been revealed, coming in at nearly 700 pages. Pre-orders are live.