Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition brings the relaxing island life experience to Switch 2 with clear improvements. The game keeps its calm, daily gameplay while adding 4K visuals in docked mode, more stable performance, and multiplayer for up to 12 players. Mouse support and social features like GameChat and CameraPlay offer more control options without changing how the game plays. With quality-of-life updates and deeper customization, this is the most complete version of New Horizons, perfect for players looking for a cozy and creative escape.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition takes what the 3.0 offers and adds on features to that take advantage of the new hardware.

I'm thrilled that Switch 2 owners get a chance to enjoy the OG Switch's best games, but whether or not the Switch 2 update breathes life into Animal Crossing: New Horizons remains to be seen. The 12-player online play is nice in theory, but it's far from enjoyable thanks to Nintendo's archaic approach to online play. The Megaphone and mouse-capability are nice-to-have changes, taking some of the pain out from relying on Joy-Cons for minute adjustments. The biggest benefits of the Switch 2 upgrade are its pro-consumer pricing and its utilization of the console's processing power.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch 2 isn't a revolution, but thanks also to the 3.0 update, it proves to be the most solid and accessible version of the game, ideal for veterans and newcomers.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition isn't going to break any new ground or change the world, but if you're looking to get a spiffy upgrade for your new machine, it's potentially worth diving into. If you're tired of the desert island theme, though, there's absolutely nothing here that will remedy that.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is perfectly fine. It makes things a bit prettier, has a few more options to take advantage of the console's new features, but all in all, it's not an especially exciting upgrade.If it were free, I don't think anyone could reasonably complain, but even at the relatively low price, it's only just scraping by to be worthwhile. It's far from an essential purchase, but if you've got credit on your account and you're a fan of the game, you could do worse.