Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct took place today and several new announcements were made by Nintendo.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct all the announcements made |
Earlier, Nintendo reported that Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct will take place in October. And today, that is on Oct 15, the Direct live stream was held. The Animal Crossing Direct stream uncovered a few new updates that are coming to the title including the arrival of some know characters.
A few free updates including new instruments for the game's plan, the expansion of Brewster's cafe, the new museum, and a few more elements coming to the Animal Crossing title were announced during the stream.
The stream began with Roost and Brewster which showed them both in an official capacity, and then the stream introduced the rest of the new substance that players were unaware of. These new components incorporate another mysterious island with Kapp'n, an update to Harv's island, along with the addition of new island ordinances and the arrival of Katrina.
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Nintendo stream also revealed that Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 update will be the game's last significant free substance update and players will soon be able to get their hands on Animal Crossing: New Horizons new DLC called Happy Home Paradise.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise DLC
During the Direct stream, Nintendo announced the first paid DLC for the well-known life recreation title. This new Animal Crossing: New Horizons DLC will be known as Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise, which will be available for $24.99.
The developers will keep on releasing a huge number of free substances along with the paid DLC on November 5. The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise pre-orders will begin from October 29 and the DLC will likewise be accessible as a feature of the Nintendo Switch Online Plus Expansion Pack participation.
Among the huge number of declarations, one more establishment character was reported to join the game's roster along with Brewster, the seafaring Kapp'n.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Kapp'n and unique island
Kapp'n was declared to be added to the Animal Crossing: New Horizons along with the new Kapp'n's Boat Tours feature. This new feature will permit players to visit strange new islands at the cost of 1000 Nook Miles.
The Boat Tours of Kapp'n is going to be free expansion, similar to Brewster's cafe and players will also get a large number of new furnishings and devices. Players will actually get to discover islands with new sorts of vegetation, various seasons, and more exceptional provisions to separate themselves from the previous Mystery Tours.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Return of Katrina
Katrina has been one of the fan-most loved villagers in different games that she has been part of. She was last seen in New Leaf and Pocket Camp and is the only panther villager available in the history of Animal Crossing.
Players will get to see Katrina along with her Fortune Shop, which had been a well-known site for players in the past games. Animal Crossing: New Horizons Katrina's Fortune (otherwise called Luck) will be returning, and players will be able to get their fortunes from Katrina at a lesser price.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - New island ordinances
The announcement for the new island ordinances came as an unexpected declaration, and it was revealed that players will now need to make their villagers do specific things to live on an island.
This new element will viably work as a Homeowners Association and will control the life on the island which also includes beauty ordinances (to guarantee all homes look great).
These new Animal Crossing New Horizons island ordinances include:
- Beautiful Island
- Early Bird
- Night Owl
- Bell Boom
Moreover, Isabelle will assist the players with upholding this new way of life and new ordinances will likewise help with modifying the sleep times of villagers.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - New Villagers
Below is the list of all confirmed new Animal Crossing: New Horizons villagers:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons Lottie
Lottie is affirmed as a piece of the DLC, so only those players who get their hands on the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise will be able to enjoy her presence in the game. All things considered, her return is an enormous declaration, and fans are more than excited to see her in the game.
She had assumed the part of the home designer in past games and will serve fundamentally the same role in the DLC. Players will be able to create an island that they dreamt of for the villagers with the help of Lottie and Happy Home Paradise DLC.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons Brewster
The arrival of Brewster was leaked earlier only, and now the Direct has put a confirmation to it. Brewster will offer coffee to players once more, after an abnormal nonappearance from the game and will repeat his job as the proprietor and owner of the Roost.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons Tortimer
Tortimer was a part of the New Leaf, however, he was not a part of the New Horizons game. Tortimer was the mayor for some games before he resigned in New Leaf and with the new update, he is set to get back to the game with a second wind under his sails.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sahara and Kicks
In the major parts of the Animal Crossing game, Sahara has been known as a traveling merchant, however, the character will now have a shop in her next appearance. Moreover, Kicks was declared in City Folk and he used to shine shoes of other villagers, however, it has been announced that he will run a shop too, similar to Sahara.
Players will be able to find Kicks and Sahara on Harv's Island after the update. And obviously, the previously mentioned Katrina and Kapp'n are also part of the new villager's list.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Series 5 Amiibo cards
During the Nintendo Direct, it was announced that the 5th Amiibo card series will just have a sum of 48 cards and dissimilar to the earlier series that has 100 cards.
Just 34 have been formally reported up until this point. The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Series 5 Amiibo cards that have been affirmed to show up on November 5 are:
- Ace
- Audie
- Azalea
- C.J.
- Cephalobot
- Chadwick
- Cyd
- Daisy Mae
- Dom
- Faith
- Flick
- Frett
- Harvey
- Ione
- Judy
- Marlo
- Megan
- Niko
- Orville
- Petri
- Quinn
- Raymond
- Reneigh
- Rio
- Roswell
- Sasha
- Sherb
- Shino
- Tiansheng
- Tom Nook
- Wardell
- Wilbur
- Wisp
- Zoe
The leftover 14 cards are yet to be reported and it is expected that Nintendo will reveal them in the coming days. These Amiibo cards will be available in the stores from November 5, when the free substance update for Animal Crossing goes live.
These were the complete details about the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct that has been revealed so far including New DLC, villagers, ordinances, series 5 Amiibo cards, and much more.
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