

Here are the release day highlights from the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct.Īnimal Crossing Direct Highlights Animal Crossing: New Horizons Demo List of Pre-Release Content Animal Crossing Direct Summary List of ACNH Merch and Collabs Pre-Release Content Animal Crossing Release DateĪnimal Crossing: New Horizons released on the Nintendo Switch on March 20, 2020. It follows that New Horizons' sequel may have to wait until Nintendo’s next console comes out, and with the recent release of the Switch OLED version, this may take awhile.Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been collaborating with different brands over the years to get us some sweet sweet merch. Animal Crossing on the N64 was released twice in the same year so that it could be played on the GameCube, Wild World came along with the launch of the Wii, and New Leaf was a considerably smaller game to make because it was on the smaller console of the 3DS. The second factor is that the earlier titles had more reason to release quickly because they coincided with console launches. Considering that the Happy Home Paradise DLC adds so much to the New Horizons, Nintendo may repeat itself and make fans wait longer for another main series installment.


The first is that the two most recent games in the Animal Crossing series - New Leaf and New Horizons - had an eight year gap between them, during which time Nintendo released spin-off titles. However, the wait for New Horizons’ sequel could extend up to eight years. As a result, determining the release date for the next main series game has become a lot trickier than it has been in the past. However, between 2012’s Animal Crossing: New Leaf and 2020’s New Horizons, this consistency was lost due to the launches of numerous spin-off titles such as Animal Crossing: Home Designer and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Since then, Nintendo has released four more main series installments on a mostly consistent basis. The Animal Crossing series extends back 20 years when the first game, humbly called Animal Crossing, was released in Japan on the N64 in 2001.

Because of this, Animal Crossing players are consequently likely beginning to look at when Nintendo could release the next installment in the series. New Horizons is still a fresh and popular game, but its second birthday is approaching sooner rather than later. With Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ first and last paid DLC Happy Home Paradise finally launched, questions as to when the next game in the series may release have already arisen.
