21.3.2020

I pre-ordered this a while ago for my Nintendo Switch Lite.I have spent 2 days playing it so far and im not getting to bed until 4am, its so addictive. Good job we all are self isolating because of Coronavirus because i think i would lose my job.Its a nifty little game, there is so much to do, there is lots of going back and forth, gathering materials, making tools, accumulating miles and bells, fishing, and visiting mystery islands.I think ive played a good 20 hours so far over the 2 days, and ive only just managed to pay nook his 5000 miles and took a loan out for my house. There is a lot of work to do.This will take me months and months to get through, i am okay with that though because it keeps me busy,distracted from the isolation, and i really enjoy it.Fantastic value.Update:Im not sure if any you have played this before but wanted to share some tips and tricks that i had to figure out the hard way.You start off with a native fruit, mine was oranges. You have to pay 2000 miles for a nook ticket to visit mystery islands to try and forage iron nuggets and other fruits. Once you have those fruits do not sell them. Use your flimsy shovel to dig holes and then plant the fruit in the holes and it will grow a fuit tree. You have to look for Oranges, Cherries, Pears, Apples, Peaches, and Coconuts. On that last one, Coconut trees can only be planted on the beach.When foraging for iron nuggets, dig 2 holes behind you so that you dont fall backwards, and hit your stones with a shovel and it will spit out iron nuggets. You will need 30 to give to Nook to build the shop.Also fish twice a day, once in the daytime and once at night because you will get different types of fish.Upgrade with your miles to get bigger storage, it will cost you 8000 miles but its worth it.You will need a vaulting pole to jump over rivers. You will get it from Blathers when you give him 15 specimens to open the museum. Unlike other tools it wont ever break.Be prepared to replace your tools a lot because they do not last. When you get your house start stockpiling wood. Your house comes with a nifty feature. Free storage. You press right on the direction pad and you can put things into storage for safe keeping. Shake your trees every day to get tree branches. Each tree will spit out 8 branches, but never more than that. Same with your fruit. Stockpile. You can use it to trade for other fruits when you visit other islands or when you get online friend codes. And you can use it to plant fruit trees. I have planted hundreds all over my island. Nook also gives you money for fruit so its a good money making scheme.When you get your shovel, once a day you will notice a glowing spot on the ground, use your shovel and dig a hole. It will give you a money bag. 1st one is 1000 bells. Leave the hole open and click x to select the bag but use the joystick to increase the value of the bag to 10,000 bells and then bury the bag in the hole. This gives you a money tree. Each tree then gives you 3 bags of 10,000 bells. You can then use your shovel to dig the money tree up and replant it somewhere easier to find. Ive put all mine next to my house, i have 4 so far.You will need them becuase infastructure later in the game is expensive. Your 1st bridge costs you over 100, 000 bells and more so you need a lot of money.Thats as far as ive got so far. Hope this has been helpful.

19.4.2020

Animal crossing is Mindless and Pointless.Yup I said it. Animal Crossing is both mindless, and pointless.It is a groundhog day of a game. The same things, over and over. Wake up, shake trees, catch wasps, hit rocks, hit trees, speak to villagers, catch tarantulas, avoid that final house expansion debt, decorate your island.It takes no skill, minimal creativity and literally no thought.It’s perfect.I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there is a global pandemic going on at the moment. People being locked down, confined to their homes, unable to see friends or family. Events postponed or cancelled, trips and visits prohibited.But in the world of animal crossing you have a whole island, with people on it,where you can go where you want, do what you want and see who you want and visit those friends you haven’t seen in real life for more than a month.Whilst sitting in the same place you always sit to play; you can completely change your surroundings. No need to spend real money, no virtual B&Q queues and no risk of falling off the stepladder and having to go to Casualty.You can go and visit your friends and marvel at their creativity, how they have decorated their home, the different areas of their island and which villagers they have. You can get on a dodo airlines flight and jet set to new unexplored island to harvest materials or to find a rare island for big fish, butterflies or those 8-legged pay checks the tarantulas.There are events, which can be social and give you a sense of purpose for the day, or you can just sit on your mismatched furniture that fell out of a tree and wait for shooting stars.The fact it takes little thought is what is going to get some of us through this difficult time.Real life has worries in it, people losing their jobs, people not getting paid, people worried about finances, businesses closing, families struggling, key workers bearing the brunt of mental burden on the front line, constant news of worries about the NHS, medical burden, DNR orders, PPE, new emergency hospitals. People dying. Vulnerable people worried, suffering, alone and scared.But in my little island I catch an emperor butterfly which gives me enough money to buy a whole new outfit for my little pixel body that doesn’t change no matter how much ice cream I’ve eaten. I don’t have to work from home on that island. I don’t have to wonder whether to wear a mask next time I go to buy milk. My biggest worry is whether I'll get the turnip stock market right this week.Isabelle cheerfully announces that there’s no news today! A stark contrast to the daily death toll on the real news.Tom Nook checks whether a villager is OK with you uprooting their entire life to move them across the island, they pop in and strangely enough they never mind! In real life if you want to speak to anyone? You’d better hope you’re 6 ft way from them.In short, if you want somewhere to live the easy life, where corona virus doesn’t exist, go find your own new island. Give it a good name, design your own clothing, paintings and decorations and live in a better world with friends all from the comfort of your ice cream stained pyjamas.

17.7.2020

This is the best game ever, and thank god for it. I’m currently on furlough from work due to the Coronavirus, this game has been my life saver and when I have felt anxious or worried it has kept me sane.I have always loved Animal Crossing and played the previous games, but by far this is the best one I find it relaxing, very addictive and saved many an argument over the remote control for the TV. Its fun for adults and I can imagine for older children it could be educational, such as having to work for money (or in this case Bells and Nook Miles), paying a mortgage off, also finding out about different Critters. When you donate a new fish/bug or fossil Blathers the wise old Owl from the museum will tell you a little about the item you are donating.Also you can design things, decorate your own house and keep friends with your neighbours, this is just a selection of the activities included.There is so much involved and so much to do once you have helped build the basics of the island like where you want to live, the Museum, Town Hall, Shops and assisted new residents to move to your island you pretty much free to do what you want. You have the usual change of seasons, catching bugs, various fish (which change over the year) and finding fossils but a recent update now sees us deep sea diving for various sea creatures. You still have the usual tournaments and annual events such as Halloween and Easter.What makes this Animal Crossing different is that when you arrive at your chosen island it is deserted and you are limited to where you can go on the island, you have no ladder to climb the cliffs and a vaulting pole to vault across the rivers, so choose wisely, the aesthetics of island does not really matter as you are able to terraform the land later. As you have no equipment or furniture and no means to buy them as the game progresses you go from flimsy tools to more robust equipment, you also get recipes to build a whole range of furniture and accessoriesYou also have a choice between the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, and you get the seasons to match.Also we see introduced are Nook Miles which can be earned by performing various tasks, Nook Miles can buy you certain items to decorate your island, terraforming equipment and best of all air miles so you can fly off to other deserted islands, if you are lucky to get a rare island it will bring in some big Bells (money). You also have the opportunity to pick fruit that is not native to your island and stock up on the essentials to build furniture & equipment.The only downside of this game is that you cannot have multiple Animal Crossing discs on one console, it is one island per console, to have more than one island you would need a Switch console per game, which to me seems wrong. You can have multiple players for the same island, but if everyone wants to play the game at the same time it could cause friction, lucky for me that is not an issue. Can I recommend it, if your looking for a lovely stress free game that has so much packed into it then go for it, it is worth every penny.

31.3.2020

I bought my copy of Animal Crossing New Horizons (ACNH) directly from Nintendo, via pre-order from my Nintendo Switch. I'd been hyped about this for over a year so when it eventually became available for pre-order, I didn't think about getting a "verified purchase" stamp on my Amazon Review.Anyway, onto the review of the game! initially, it started off as any other Animal Crossing game does; you arrive in your town/island, you do a few jobs for Tom Nook and then he gives you debts to pay to make your house better. The one difference I really noticed was that you could choose the plots for the houses; fantastic for landscaping your island and so much easier (and far less frustrating!)than plot-resetting like in previous games in the series!As with all previous games in the series (from Gamecube to present), your town develops over time; you gain access to certain facilities and certain shops open, you get visited by NPCs (new and old). The one real breath of fresh air for this series is the island development aspect - it's your job to build the island up to be a roaring success! I also really enjoy the small daily challenges with Nook Miles+, although these can get a bit repetitive over time. I've now been playing since the game was released and a few times a day now I have been told to "chop wood ten times" "talk to neighbours three times" "change your outfit"... although, the more you do unlock in the game, the more these challenges diversify.My one real complaint about what can only be described as the most wholesome game Nintendo has to offer, is that the villagers aren't vivacious enough. It's a complaint a lot of people had about New Leaf for the 3DS and I imagine a complaint that quite a few people will have about the new edition to the series. If you've been playing since Animal Crossing: Population Growing came out on the Gamecube, you may remember that some of the villagers were rude, grouchy, short-tempered... Aside from some being a bit - to put it politely - full of themselves (Julian!) I have to admit that most of the villagers feel very bland and almost like carbon copies of each other - except for their voices. Despite all of the villagers being put into personality categories, I can only really see one type - vanilla. For Animal Crossing's first outing on the Switch, and given how long we had to wait for this game, I was expecting more than washed out villagers.Despite that essay above, I am thoroughly enjoying New Horizons. My partner and I have been in isolation for two weeks now because of COVID-19, and it has been a welcome distraction; I have been living vicariously through my character. It's a great escape for these dark times.

3.10.2020

So, as an animal crossing fan, when this new game came out, I simply HAD to get it! I purchased it here on Amazon as it was the best price, & was inclusive of speedy free prime delivery, so I could not go wrong. In actual fact, I also purchased a second game as a birthday gift, & had it delivered straight to them, which was great, & they were, & still are, thrilled with this!For those of you who've not played animal crossing before, & for those of you who have, this game is deffo worth buying as it has HOURS & each day of game play! It is timed to real-time, & the real date, & not only does this game change weather, change seasons in accordance to our actual seasons,

19.5.2020

The other half was looking forward to this game coming out so much and I honestly had no idea what it was or why he kept mentioning it. Seeing as we were under lockdown and I am one of those lucky enough to be able to work from home with an employer that is keeping me on I decided to splurge and buy it.BIG MISTAKE!The premise is decidedly straightforward. You move to an island and build up it's infrastructure to get others to move in. The in game currency is Bells and you earn these by catching bugs and fish and selling them at the local store. No microtransactions to worry about. You Just need to work to earn money and then spend it on home improvements,

7.2.2021

I haven't been obsessed with a video game since Mario on the NES in 1986. I'm now 40 years old and unashamedly hooked.This game is beautiful, achievable, calming and joyous. It's impossible to get it wrong, just many, many ways to get it right. My daughter and I love running around our island, shaking trees, catching fish and chatting to our bizarre range of neighbours. It's the perfect antidote to lockdown.My top tip is to get yourself a wetsuit as quick as you can and get diving. It's by far the quickest way to earn bells. I tend to empty my pockets on the shore so I've got plenty of space, and do a full circumnavigation of the island before selling it all in the shop.

22.3.2020

Had previously never played Animal Crossing before, but felt compelled to do so after Nintendo swamped us with videos and information. Now I'm starting to wonder what I've been missing out on!This isn't so much a game as it is a life sim', which is to say that the world is quite literally your oyster. You're pretty much in control of your island life, which encompasses a great many activities. Wildlife can be gently caught and is yours to display (in a tank, of course!), to sell or to donate to a museum.You can 'craft' items using materials that have been gathered, and continually upgrade them if you wish to make the environment more to your taste. Eventually,

25.7.2020

It's Animal Crossing. What more do you really need to know? If you've played and enjoyed the series before, this is probs the most comprehensive version yet, so it's also the best way for newcomers to enter the series. If you don't like the series, this won't change your mind.One thing about New Horizons that even longtime fans could be caught off guard by is the lack of so many features from previous games. This content is getting patched in through updates sure, so this review is inevitably going to be irrelevant, but playing it now, even 4 months after launch, it does not feel like an 100% finished game. Even though the updates are free,

17.1.2021

By coincidence, I ordered this in time for it to arrive on the first day of the new lockdown. It's been almost two weeks now and I've played it for at least two hours a day.I play a lot of The Sims so I'm used to a slow pace of game play, and the grind to make money and unlock new items. Admittedly I can spend ages on here collecting wood and making furniture to sell, swimming and hunting for sea creatures to sell, hunting for shells to sell... you get the idea. I seem to unlock something new or meet a new character every couple of days, as well upgrading buildings and so on. I love waking up each day to see what's happened on my island overnight.I find the gameplay so peaceful as well.

10.4.2020

I bought this as a gift for my partner - I don't own a switch, nor have I played any of the previous Animal Crossings instalments. Therefore, my review will be much of the same. I'm not a completely new convert, nor am I a weathered veteran of the franchise. But I must say, for a very hyped up and much anticipated game, it does look to deliver. It's an almost open-world delve into creating your town, complete with trading, catching animals, establishing museums, interactions and much more. Doubling down on the epic scope of the game's predecessor, this has no doubt days, if not weeks (possibly months) of gametime, and things to do. There does seem to be a story, but there's much more you can do besides that.

9.6.2020

I'm nearly 40 and I've been playing this game regularly during the lockdown. Other reviewers have mentioned that you can only have one island per device, but this isn't a problem for me. I have been playing with my wife and my 5 year old (who has learned how to play video games using this (operating the control stick etc.). The first person picks the name of the island and chooses the layout. After that, everyone is playing on the same island. I really love the dynamic it creates and wouldn't change it to separate islands. My Daughter and I have many conversations about items we have found and new areas we are creating together. It's a great game to create something together with family members.

11.5.2020

Sims like game with anthropomorphic animals set on your own desert island with 3 raccoons and 2 NPC. You move in and soon find yourself indebted to Tom nook from Nook inc. Use crafting and build some tools. Collect sea shells and DIY recipes, plant trees, gather branches and realise its been 2 hours. A game of collecting and creating with a simple gameplay loop. Game mirrors real time and seasons so there's always something to do, day or night.This game is a grind, a slow burn. You are encouraged to check in daily as any buildings will be erected over night. Some days there will be nothing you can do but wait, so you spend an hour ordering your house and stealing presents. A light game,

22.3.2020

If you are an Animal Crossing fan, do not hesitate to buy this.Never played Animal Crossing before?Do you enjoy sim style games? Controlling a person and their life...?Well this is similar. Except there are certain goals to achieve to unlock progression within the game. It's a bit of a survivalist game. You need to collect items, to keep people happy, to craft new items, and sell to make money! It's more addictive then you think!The game is just beautiful. The attention to detail is superb. I get so lost within the game, listening to the wind through the trees and watching them sway. The ripples in the water.I just spend hours fishing, the fish look incredible!Some people are saying the game is a bit slow to take off.

15.11.2020

This is definitely a game that no one should enjoy when i first heard about it i though how boring I don’t want it at all but i kept hearing the hype about it again and again so i though lets go for it and see what the fuss is all about and WELL!!!!! I’m so glad i did I absolutely love this game and i can spend hour after hour on this without getting bored at all its so addictive and enjoyable you just do simple things which seem so much fun i don’t know how they managed to make a game like this so good but WOW its cute and quirky you’ve always got something to do in the game and you are always looking forward to the next day to see your little island and what’s happening there that day the

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