Here’s everything announced in the Animal Crossing Direct!
Grab a coffee, listen to some jazz, and relax.
In the September 2021 Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced a separate presentation for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Brewster was confirmed for a November update, but Nintendo promised that more new content would make an appearance as well. We’ll be sure to update this space as more information gets announced.
Free update
The free update is scheduled to release on November 5, 2021. This will be the last major free update coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
The Roost
Multiple players can visit The Roost, a café run by Brewster in the museum’s basement. NPCs will come visit the café during their downtime, ever so often. Players can also call characters like NPCs using amiibo cards and figures and invite them to the café, where they may even bring a friend.
Kapp’ns Tours
Kapp’n is a kappa who loves touring islands. Players can go on tours with Kapp’n to exclusive islands that only he knows about!
Harv’s Island
Harv’s island is expanding to include new NPCs with their own services. Harriet, Katrina, and Redd will all be making an appearance on the island which you can help expand.
Morning Aerobics
Want to stay fit? It’s always good to do so with a buddy! Players can do morning exercises at the town plaza with everyone on your island.
Enact ordinances
If you wished your island were a bit different, you can now enact ordinances! Make shops open at different times and cultivate your island to your needs.
Cooking
Players can now cultivate more crops to make some hearty dishes. Wheat, tomatoes, carrots and potatoes will be available for you to make tasty food to display!
More storage and bridges!
Storage has been increased to 5,000, and players can build up to 10 bridges and inclines, up from the previous eight.
Express yourself
Eleven new reactions will be available to use in multiplayer and singleplayer! More hairstyles are coming too, so you can customize your character even more.
New fences
New fences are coming, like the block fencing and frozen fencing.
An improved camera
You can now take the camera and bring it down to eye level. You can even take pictures in this new perspective!
Gyroids!
Players can dig up gyroid fragments, plant them and water them to make new little musical friends. You can even customize the little guys!
New customization options
You can now use patterns to customize walls and flooring in your house. Navigating tight spaces is now much easier as well! Players can even permanently place ladders on ledges outside.
Music boxes
K.K. Slider’s music gets a whole new sound with music boxes, that can be placed in your home.
Island Life 101
The new NookPhone app, called Island Life 101, gives you tips on how to make the most of your island life.
New items
New items are coming to your NookStop app and to Nook’s stores, to make your island even more colorful!
Happy Home Paradise
Some paid DLC is coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Much like Happy Home Designer on the Nintendo 3DS, players will be able to customise and create houses for villagers on a brand-new archipelago of islands. These techniques can then be applied in your own home.
Completing more requests leads to more options, such as walls and pillars. New furniture is unlocked over time. If you decide to remodel a villager’s vacation home, they can even share it with a second villager! Even NPC characters can be invited via amiibo cards and figures.
Larger homes like schools, restaurants, and hotels can be built as well, just like in the Nintendo 3DS spinoff game. Your creatings can be uploaded to the Happy Home Network, where you can follow creators for inspiration.
If you bring souveniers to your villagers back on your own island, you may convince them to get their own home on the archipelago as well! You’ll even be able to remodel your villagers’ homes once you’ve remodeled a specific number of homes for others.
Happy Home Paradise comes to Nintendo eShop on November 5, 2021 for $24.99 USD.
Nintendo Switch Online
Nintendo Switch Online members who purchase the Expansion Pack can also get Happy Home Paradise for free.
amiibo cards
Series 5 of the Animal Crossing amiibo cards come to retail stores on November 5, 2021. They include NPCs and villagers who haven’t had amiibos yet, as well as brand new ones!
Island Living
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Just chillaxing in paradise
Embark on a new journey with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Move in on a deserted island, make friends with the locals, and decorate your entire town! Curate your experience and live the way YOU want.
