One of the biggest video games of 2020 was undoubtedlyAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsfrom Nintendo. The game was a massive sales success for the company, and has proven to be one of the top Switch system sellers. Some expected Nintendo to back off on theAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsupdates in 2021, but the company confirmed that wouldn’t be the case. In fact, it has since revealed yet another free update coming toAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, and it will be available in just a couple of days.
TheAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsJanuary update arrives on January 28, and it will primarily be preparing the game for the Festivale event happening in February. On February 15,Animal Crossing: New Horizonsplayers and their villagers will be celebrating Festivale with new NPC, Pave the Peacock. Pave previously appeared inAnimal Crossing: New Leafon the 3DS, but this is the first time the character has appeared inNew Horizons.
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Like previousAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsholiday events, players have a specific goal when participating in Festivale. On February 15, colored feathers will be falling from the sky, and players will need to catch them with their net and deliver them to Pave. The event will conclude at night time, where the player will seemingly have a chance to pull off a pose for a unique photo opportunity.
More details about what theAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsJanuary update entails have yet to be revealed. It’s possible that the update will do more than just prepare the game for Festivale; it may include some quality of life changes and bug fixes as well.PreviousAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsupdateshave taken the opportunity to improve the game while also adding new content, and there’s no reason to believe that the January 28 update will be any different.
Meanwhile, fans can still expect plenty moreAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsupdates in 2021. The trailer for the Festivale update concludes by confirming that the game’s next free update will be dropping at some point in March, and it will apparently beSuper Mario-themed. March marks the 1 year anniversary ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, so it seems this update will be pulling double duty of celebrating bothNew Horizons' anniversary as well as theSuper Mario35th anniversary.
It’s likely that Nintendo will continue supportingAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsfor the long haul, with more updates later in 2021 as well. For now, though,Animal Crossingfanscan look forward to Festivale on February 15 and the next update on January 28.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
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