AsAnimal Crossing: New Horizonscontinues to grow in popularity and sales, the game’s reach has continued to expand all over the world. Many people from various countries have begun to playAnimal Crossing: New Horizons,and Nintendo has certainly noticed this interest. As a result, the company has promised something rather huge in return for the amount of love and support the game has garnered.

Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis the latest installment in theAnimal Crossingseries by Nintendo. Before its initial release,Animal Crossing: New Horizonswas one of the most highly anticipated titles for the Nintendo Switch and since its release, the game has been met with widespread critical success. So much so, thatAnimal Crossing: New Horizonshas becomethe fastest-selling Nintendo Switch gameof all time.

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It was recently revealed that within the first six weeks of its release,Animal Crossing: New Horizonsoutsold the previous two games in the series. With 13.5 million copies sold,New Horizonshas introduced so manynew playersto the world ofAnimal Crossing. In turn, Nintendo has decided to continue to work on the game.

Nintendo has promised that the game will continue to receive new updates all throughout 2020 and beyond. Players have already seen some of these updates, such as the Bunny Day event that occurred during the month of April. Not to mention the recent inclusion of theart museum, which allows players to collect works of art and put them on display.

It truly is amazing how much of an impact this game has had on not just the gaming community, but the world as well. During these tense and uncertain times, it’s important to have an outlet to come back to, have fun with, and express one’s self creatively. There have been so amazingfan creations and island makeoversto come out already.

However, it’s somewhat hard to tell what to expect from Nintendo in terms of these updates. Obviously most of them will be themed around what’s happening during the year, such as the recentBunny Day event. This could also open the door for paid DLC as well. Regardless, it seems that Nintendo has a lot in store forAnimal Crossingfans.

Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis available now for the Nintendo Switch.

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