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In North America, it was the best-selling game of March 2020, becoming the second best-selling game of 2020 and surpassing the lifetime sales of all previous ''Animal Crossing'' games. ''New Horizons'' generated the third highest known launch month sales of any Nintendo-published game (since [[The NPD Group]] began tracking video game sales from 1995), after ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (2018) and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' (2008).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grubb |first1=Jeff |title=March 2020 NPD: Animal Crossing powers March to blockbuster game sales |url=https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/21/march-2020-npd-animal-crossing-powers-march-to-blockbuster-game-sales/ |accessdate=21 April 2020 |work=[[VentureBeat]] |date=21 April 2020}}</ref>
In North America, it was the best-selling game of March 2020, becoming the second best-selling game of 2020 and surpassing the lifetime sales of all previous ''Animal Crossing'' games. ''New Horizons'' generated the third highest known launch month sales of any Nintendo-published game (since [[The NPD Group]] began tracking video game sales from 1995), after ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (2018) and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' (2008).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grubb |first1=Jeff |title=March 2020 NPD: Animal Crossing powers March to blockbuster game sales |url=https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/21/march-2020-npd-animal-crossing-powers-march-to-blockbuster-game-sales/ |accessdate=21 April 2020 |work=[[VentureBeat]] |date=21 April 2020}}</ref>


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In the United Kingdom, the game's physical launch sales were 3.6 times larger than those of ''New Leaf'', making it the biggest single Switch game launch in the region.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dring |first1=Christopher |title=Animal Crossing: New Horizons smashes sales records in the UK |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-22-animal-crossing-new-horizons-smashes-sales-records-in-the-uk |date=March 22, 2020 |work=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> It also sold triple the units of the number-two title, new entry ''[[Doom Eternal]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Tom |title=Wow, Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales are through the roof |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-03-23-wow-animal-crossing-new-horizons-sales-are-through-the-roof |access-date=March 25, 2020 |work=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |date=March 23, 2020}}</ref> In Germany, ''New Horizons'' sold more than 200,000 copies after a few days of release, for which it has been certified with a Platinum Sales Award by German trade association GAME.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.game.de/reif-fuer-die-insel-der-game-sales-award-im-maerz/ |title=Reif für die Insel: Der game Sales Award im März |language=de |publisher=game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche |date=April 15, 2020 |accessdate=April 18, 2020}}</ref>
In the United Kingdom, the game's physical launch sales were 3.6
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times larger than those of ''New Leaf'', making it the biggest single Switch game launch in the region.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dring |first1=Christopher |title=Animal Crossing: New Horizons smashes sales records in the UK |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-22-animal-crossing-new-horizons-smashes-sales-records-in-the-uk |date=March 22, 2020 |work=[[GamesIndustry.biz]] |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> It also sold triple the units of the number-two title, new entry ''[[Doom Eternal]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Tom |title=Wow, Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales are through the roof |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-03-23-wow-animal-crossing-new-horizons-sales-are-through-the-roof |access-date=March 25, 2020 |work=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |date=March 23, 2020}}</ref> In Germany, ''New Horizons'' sold more than 200,000 copies after a few days of release, for which it has been certified with a Platinum Sales Award by German trade association GAME.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.game.de/reif-fuer-die-insel-der-game-sales-award-im-maerz/ |title=Reif für die Insel: Der game Sales Award im März |language=de |publisher=game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche |date=April 15, 2020 |accessdate=April 18, 2020}}</ref>


[[Nielsen Holdings|Nielsen]] division SuperData estimates that ''New Horizons'' sold 5 million digital copies worldwide in March, setting a new digital sales record by selling more digital units in a single calendar month than any other [[console game]] in history. It surpassed the previous record set by ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 4]]'' (2018).<ref>{{cite news |title=Worldwide digital games market |url=https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/worldwide-digital-games-market/ |accessdate=22 April 2020 |work=SuperData |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422233926/https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/worldwide-digital-games-market/|archive-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>
[[Nielsen Holdings|Nielsen]] division SuperData estimates that ''New Horizons'' sold 5 million digital copies worldwide in March, setting a new digital sales record by selling more digital units in a single calendar month than any other [[console game]] in history. It surpassed the previous record set by ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 4]]'' (2018).<ref>{{cite news |title=Worldwide digital games market |url=https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/worldwide-digital-games-market/ |accessdate=22 April 2020 |work=SuperData |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422233926/https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/worldwide-digital-games-market/|archive-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Icon artwork, featuring the game's setting and cast of characters
Developer(s)Nintendo EPD
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Aya Kyogoku
Producer(s)Hisashi Nogami
Programmer(s)
  • Yoshitaka Takeshita
  • Hiromichi Miyake
Artist(s)Koji Takahashi
Writer(s)Makoto Wada
Composer(s)
  • Yasuaki Iwata
  • Yumi Takahashi
  • Shinobu Nagata
  • Sayako Doi
  • Masato Ohashi
SeriesAnimal Crossing
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
ReleaseMarch 20, 2020
Genre(s)Social simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Animal Crossing: New Horizons[a] is a 2020 life simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the fifth main series title in the Animal Crossing series. New Horizons was released in all regions on March 20, 2020.

New Horizons sees the player assuming the role of a customizable character who moves to a deserted island after purchasing a package from Tom Nook, a tanuki character who has appeared in every entry in the Animal Crossing series. Taking place in real-time, the player can explore the island in a nonlinear fashion, gathering and crafting items, catching insects and fish, and developing the island into a community of anthropomorphic animals.

New Horizons was a commercial and critical success, selling 5 million digital copies in its first month and breaking the console game record for most digital units sold in a single month. It has received acclaim from critics, with many praising its gameplay and customization options. The game's success has been partially attributed to it being released during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, with players seeking a sense of escapism amidst worldwide shelter-in-place orders.[1]

Gameplay

As in previous installments in the Animal Crossing series, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a nonlinear life simulation game played in real-time. The player assumes the role of a customizable character who moves to a deserted island after purchasing a deserted island package from Tom Nook, a tanuki character who is a staple of the series.[2] The game proceeds in an open-ended fashion as the player explores the island, and develops it into a community of anthropomorphic animals.[3] Players can collect different items to use as decorations within the game. Similar to the 2017 spin-off title Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, the game introduces a crafting system that allows the player to convert materials into tools and furniture, which can be used to decorate the game's interior and exterior spaces.[4][5]

The game allows the player to customize the appearance of their character at will, and does not lock specific hairstyles or facial features to specific genders.[6] Players are additionally able to select their character's skin color, a feature introduced in the 2015 spin-off title Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer.[4] Nook Miles, a new in-game currency earned by completing various tasks, can be used to purchase premium items.[7] Players are able to invite animals to live on their island, and have the option to choose or influence where the animal constructs their home.[8] The game's weather also adjusts to the seasons of the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, depending on the player's real-world location, a first for the Animal Crossing series (however, this can be manually set in the beginning of the game if for any reason a player wants to play in a different hemisphere or the autoset hemisphere is incorrect).[7] Another first is the addition of windy weather, which is expressed in the movement of the leaves on the trees.[9]

Isabelle appears in the game,[3] though Mr. Resetti no longer lectures the player about saving (due to the autosave function and the removal of the ability to reset); instead, it is heavily implied that he is the operator for the Rescue Service.[10] The game only supports one island per Switch system.[11] Animal Crossing: New Horizons supports both local and online co-op gameplay, with up to four players locally and eight players online able to occupy an island at any given time.[4] The game does not connect directly with Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, though there are collaboration items between the two games.[8] The game does support amiibo cards and figures from the Animal Crossing series, but does not support Nintendo Switch Online cloud saves, though the ability for Nintendo Switch Online users to recover game data if their Switch is lost, broken, or stolen will be added "sometime in the future".[12]

Nintendo has confirmed that Animal Crossing: New Horizons will receive frequent post-release updates. Most of these will be based around real-life events. On the week of the game's release, Nintendo pushed an update in preparation for its "Bunny Day" event in April which is loosely based on Easter. In March 2020, Nintendo announced in a Nintendo Direct Mini that a second event will occur at the end of April: Earth Day. The event will see the return of Animal Crossing: New Leaf special character Leif.[13]

Development

Development of a new main series Animal Crossing title for Nintendo Switch was confirmed in a Nintendo Direct on 13 September 2018, with an unspecified 2019 release date.[14] Nintendo released the game's title and first trailer at its E3 2019 Nintendo Direct on 11 June 2019.[15] The company also announced that the game would be delayed until March 20, 2020, with Yoshiaki Koizumi stating, "to ensure the game is the best it can be, we must ask that you wait a little longer than we thought."[15] Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser cited a desire to avoid crunch and maintain a healthy work–life balance for Nintendo employees as the primary reason for the delay.[16] Nintendo's stock market value posted a 3.5% loss in reaction to the delay, amounting to a total loss in value of more than US$1 billion.[17][18] Director Aya Kyogoku and producer Hisashi Nogami stated that they selected a deserted island as the game's setting to differentiate from previous Animal Crossing titles, which are set in established villages, and to allow greater freedom for the player to customize the game's world.[5]

Release

Animal Crossing: New Horizons released on March 20, 2020. Video game retailer EB Games attracted criticism for allowing fans who pre-ordered the game along with Doom Eternal to line up at its flagship Canadian location on Yonge Street, Toronto amid a coronavirus pandemic in the country, when all levels of government urged the public to close non-essential businesses and maintain social distancing.[19]

Reception

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has received "universal acclaim" according to review aggregator Metacritic,[32] becoming the highest-rated game in the series on the website. However, the game has been subject to review bombing due to its handling of Switch profiles and multiplayer.[33][34]

Jack Rear of The Telegraph praised the game, writing that its elements "[add] up to the perfect DIY recipe for the most chilled out, relaxing, and engaging life simulator ever."[35] Sarah Fields of Game Rant wrote that, "[i]n addition to making full use of the Switch's graphical capabilities, New Horizons fixes a myriad of annoyances and problems that New Leaf had", and called New Horizons "a laid-back game that ultimately lets the player choose what they're going to do at any given moment".[36]

Sales

New Horizons sold over 1.88 million physical copies at launch in Japan, breaking the record held by Pokémon Sword and Shield for biggest Switch game debut in the region.[37] The game sold 720,791 physical copies in its second week in Japan,[38] selling more than Animal Crossing: New Leaf did in its first week. As of 12 April 2020, the game has sold 3,324,660 physical copies in Japan.[39]

In North America, it was the best-selling game of March 2020, becoming the second best-selling game of 2020 and surpassing the lifetime sales of all previous Animal Crossing games. New Horizons generated the third highest known launch month sales of any Nintendo-published game (since The NPD Group began tracking video game sales from 1995), after Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) and Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008).[40]

In the United Kingdom, the game's physical launch sales were 3.6 times larger than those of New Leaf, making it the biggest single Switch game launch in the region.[41] It also sold triple the units of the number-two title, new entry Doom Eternal.[42] In Germany, New Horizons sold more than 200,000 copies after a few days of release, for which it has been certified with a Platinum Sales Award by German trade association GAME.[43]

Nielsen division SuperData estimates that New Horizons sold 5 million digital copies worldwide in March, setting a new digital sales record by selling more digital units in a single calendar month than any other console game in history. It surpassed the previous record set by Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018).[44]

Impact

As the game was released during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, many attributed the game's success to people seeking escapism.[45] NBC News reported that "[New Horizons] is the coronavirus distraction we needed" as the game was released amidst the shelter-in-place orders around the world.[46] Imad Khan of The New York Times called the game a "phenomenon", and stated that "with the world in the grip of a pandemic, the wildly popular game is a conveniently timed piece of whimsy, particularly for millennials."[47] The success of the game during that time ended up causing a shortage of Nintendo Switch consoles worldwide as stores began to sell out. Sales for the Switch increased by 150 percent in the month of March, thanks to the sudden popularity of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, though the system would later decrease in sales because of the shortage.[citation needed]

The Monterey Bay Aquarium, during the COVID-19 pandemic, has regularly held live streams of animal feedings. Some of the zookeepers, who have been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons, have also given a tour of the in-game museum on livestream. On stream they discussed the realistic dimensions of the layout in the museum.[48]

China and Hong Kong

The game was used by democracy activists in Hong Kong, including Joshua Wong, as a platform to protest, including flags containing protest slogans such as “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time” and funeral photographs of Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping as part of the virtual protests. In reaction, the game has been removed from online stores in China such as Taobao where it had been available on the grey market.[49][50][51]

A tie-in manga series, Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori: Nonbiri Shima Dayori (あつまれ どうぶつの森〜のんびり島だより〜, lit. "Gather Animal's Forest: Carefree Island News"), began serialization in the manga magazine Ciao on December 28, 2019. The series is written and illustrated by Minori Katō, and follows a villager named Hana who moves to an unpopulated island.[52] Nook Tails, a tie-in comic strip series by Cho Hanayo featuring the characters Tom Nook, Timmy, and Tommy, began serialization on the game's official Japanese website on October 15, 2019.[53][54] An English-language translation of the series has been posted on the game's English Twitter account beginning on March 4, 2020.[55]

Notes

  1. ^ Known in Japan as Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori (Japanese: あつまれ どうぶつの森, lit. Animal Forest: Gather)

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