Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Top Critic Average

99%

Critics Recommend

IGN
9 / 10
Game Rant
4.5 / 5
Eurogamer
Essential
TheGamer
5 / 5
GamesRadar+
4.5 / 5
Game Informer
9 / 10
GameSpot
9 / 10
VG247
5 / 5
Creators: Nintendo
Release Date: Mar 20, 2020 - Nintendo Switch

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review Summary

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Updated Features

A number of welcome features make the game an absolute delight to play.

Brimming With Content

New Horizons is brimming with stuff to collect, plant, build and decorate.

Crafting Mechanics

Crafting mechanics add new depth and purpose in the Animal Crossing series.

Animal Crossing New Horizons provides the perfect escapist fantasy with new features and stunning visuals providing plenty of reasons to keep coming back again and again and again...


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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Trailers

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Direct 9.4.2019 - Nintendo Switch thumbnail

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Direct 9.4.2019 - Nintendo Switch

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch Trailer - Nintendo E3 2019

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Gameplay - Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2019 thumbnail

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Gameplay - Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2019


Animal Crossing: New Horizons Screenshots

Critic Reviews for Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is an expanded, polished, next-generation reboot of a classic Nintendo game that's full of surprises.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons revitalizes the series formula with a fully customizable island that players get to design from the tent up.

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An impressive suite of improvements combine with a more clearly defined structure for Animal Crossing's finest outing to date.

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Overall, playing New Horizons was well worth the wait. The game is relaxing, enjoyable, well thought out, and fantastic chilled out fun for all ages. Right now, we really need a distraction from the chaos around us, and this game has come at the perfect time. So relax, hop on that plane, and enjoy your new life on the beach, in the woods, or even by the river. The choice is yours.

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There continues to be nothing quite like Animal Crossing, and New Horizons proves that there's life in the old Nook yet.

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A new challenge system reinvigorates the familiar core, providing a wonderful incentive to explore all of Animal Crossing's myriad activities. This cheerful life sim is the next best thing to an actual vacation

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons gives you more creative freedom and more to do on any given day while preserving what makes the series special.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is everything I hoped it would be, and it’s yet another stellar release that showcases a confident Nintendo at its best. It is excellent, and is easily another must-own Switch title – at least, if you can understand and embrace Animal Crossing’s uniquely lazy pace.

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Industry Coverage

Confused Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Finds Easter Egg That References A Nostalgic Villager

Confused Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Finds Easter Egg That References A Nostalgic Villager

The Animal Crossing series has beloved characters.

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Animal Crossing Fans Are Ecstatic That One Major Feature Was Removed In New Horizons

Animal Crossing Fans Are Ecstatic That One Major Feature Was Removed In New Horizons

This feature was cut, thankfully.

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"I Would Give Up My Kidney" For These: Fan Creates Hyper-Realistic Room Designs In Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise

"I Would Give Up My Kidney" For These: Fan Creates Hyper-Realistic Room Designs In Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise

You'll wish you could live in these in real life.

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"I've Been Bamboozled": Animal Crossing: New Horizon's Player Finds Out Their Precious Art Is A Fake Thanks To Redd

"I've Been Bamboozled": Animal Crossing: New Horizon's Player Finds Out Their Precious Art Is A Fake Thanks To Redd

Seeing Redd After Fake Painting

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