Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Last News

Nintendo Switch was released eight years ago today and fans are celebrating the console’s anniversary across social media.The handheld console was released March 3, 2017 and featured a launch lineup of games that included The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild. Other blockbuster titles like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario Odyssey helped the console shift more than 150million units.And while plenty of fans are looking forward to the Switch 2, which was confirmed earlier this year ahead of a 2025 release, a number have taken to social media to pay tribute to the original Switch.“Over 8 years, Switch has amassed the greatest game library of any Nintendo system ever (in my opinion). Switch’s time as Nintendo’s primary system is coming to an end but backwards compatibility means the games will continue to be enjoyed,” wrote one fan on X.

The Northerner, saw experts pull together a shortlist of popular cosy video games “compiled through a variety of reputable articles and reviews”. A “percentrank formula” was then used to calculate each title’s “cosy score”, with the results used to create a top twenty best games for reducing stress list.Topping the list is farming life simulation game Stardew Valley with a cosy score of 9.4, while Animal Crossing: New Horizons came in second with a score of 9.2.Mario Party Superstars, Disney Dreamlight Valley and New Pokémon Snap also featured on the list of best video games for reducing stress.

Lego and Nintendo have revealed Lego Animal Crossing, featuring mini figures of fan-favourite villagers as well as characters like Isabelle and Tom Nook.The teaser for the collaboration showed Rosie, Bunnie, Marshall, Kapp’n, Fauna, Julian, Isabelle and Tom Nook waving at a floating present with a balloon attached. When the clouds parted, the logos for Lego and Animal Crossing appeared in the sky.Behind the villagers were Lego trees with plastic fruit like apples, oranges and cherries on their branches, and Lego flowers studded into the grass.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons the most inclusive video game to play, with PUBG the second and Roblox the third.Grand Theft Auto: Online was bottom of the ranking, just below Call Of Duty: Warzone and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare.The data, gathered by Frontier, asked women to score a range of 40 games based on their friendliness, their inclusivity and their positive depiction of women.It comes alongside the data that nearly half (47%) of the gamers surveyed started playing video games as a regular hobby in the past 2 years while 52% said that gaming is currently a “very” or “extremely” important part of their social life.

As part of Global Pride, LGBTQ Pride is coming to one of today’s most popular games, Animal Crossing, in the form of a rainbow island, reported Forbes.