Now thatAnimal Crossingfans have had to wait seven years for a proper sequel, anticipation for the rapidly-approaching release ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsis through the proverbial roof. With only nineteen days to go beforeone of March 2020’s biggest gamesfinally arrives, fans are eager to learn whatever new details they can get their hands on.
After all this time, fans will have a fairly fresh spin on the series formula to look forward to as they make a virtual life for themselves on a deserted island, with plenty of new features including acharacter creatorand the ability for players to terraform their island. But in addition to all of that, it turns out thatNew Horizonswill also be bringing back at least one feature from the earliest days ofAnimal Crossing.
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This weekend has seen attendees at PAX East go hands-on with the game for the first time. While most of the impressions from the event have focused on key features that were revealed during therecentAnimal CrossingNintendo Directand elsewhere, it has been confirmed that the game will allow players to play from a top-down perspective.
This was how the camera worked in the firstAnimal Crossinggame, andNew Horizonswill let players switch between that and the more angled default perspective with ease. At the 6:10 mark in the video below (courtesy of GameXplain), a Nintendo rep can be heard explaining how pressing the right analog stick will move the camera to make the gameplay more reminiscent of the2002 Nintendo GameCube original.
It might not be the mostgame-changing featureAnimal Crossing: New Horizonshas to offer, but it should prove useful for longtime fans who want to take a nostalgic break from the “rolling world” point-of-view that recentACgames have employed. At any rate, it’s nice that Nintendo is giving them the option.
New and returning features (not to mention the long wait for this game) have helped to get people hyped forAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. It’s also helped generate buzz that the game just so happens to be launching on the same day asDoom Eternal. The sheer tonal contrast between the pleasant social sim and the gory shooter has not gone unnoticed by gamers, who have embraced the disparity withsurprisingly wholesome memes starring Isabelle and Doomguy, the two games’ most prominent characters.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis out on March 20 for the Switch.
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