Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct 02.20.2020

<p>Today Nintendo released their new Animal Crossing New Horizons direct&period; Made in the style as a commercial for Nook Inc&&num;8217&semi;s new travel package&comma; the direct showed off what we can expect from the upcoming Animal Crossing game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Starting off the direct shows that the game offers several islands to make your home&period; In addition you can choose whether you wish to live in a Northern or Southern hemisphere&period; Which hemisphere you choose seems to as expected affect the weather in each season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Each season will have its own set of activities ready for the players to do&period; Such as gathering bugs in summer&comma; or making snowmen in winter&period; Or shaking Christmas trees to get decorations&period; Which seems a bit shady but we&&num;8217&semi;ll let it slide&period;<img class&equals;"alignnone size-large wp-image-154295" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;20121445&sol;animal-crossing-2020-2-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"animal crossing crafting" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">An Exciting New Paradise<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>After picking which island you want to visit&comma; you can set up your own tent anywhere you please&period; It might also be a good idea to visit the Resident Services tent to craft your own stuff&period; Gathering raw materials from the surroundings seems to be the way to get ingredients for the DYI crafting&period; Using the DYI workbench you can also customize the color and design of the item you&&num;8217&semi;ve crafted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It also seems multiplayer will be a bit of a focus with New Horizons&period; The airport allows players to join your island via local play or online&period; This seems to add a fun co-op feature to the game where you can explore the island together and help each other gather materials&period; Up to 8 people can be at one island&comma; each with their own tent or house&comma; so it definitely seems like New Horizons might be a great family game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to visiting other islands&comma; you can also send messages&period; Styled as customizable post cards&comma; you can even attach gifts to these messages&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a nice way of communicating with other players without needing them to join your server&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another highlighted feature is the ability to take up a loan to build your house&period; This means you can pay down your house instead of paying everything up front&period; Once you have a house you can put things in storage to clear up space&period; And decorating is very easy as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-large wp-image-154296" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;20124209&sol;nook-link-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"animal crossing phone app" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Nook Link And Planned Features<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>While playing the game with other players&comma; you can use the real world Nook Link phone app to send messages&comma; or use voice chat&period; This free app also allows you to import custom designs made using <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;animal-crossing-new-leaf-update-now-live&sol;">Animal Crossing New Leaf<&sol;a>&comma; by scanning QR codes from that game using your phone&&num;8217&semi;s camera&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a really nifty feature that helps make the experience more fun due to the Switch&&num;8217&semi;s lack of a microphone port&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Nook Link app is planned to launch in March 2020 shortly after the game&&num;8217&semi;s launch&comma; though no exact date has been given&period; In either case&comma; this was definitely a big highlight of the direct&comma; and shows how Nintendo are embracing phone technology to enhance their games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It seems the game will have more features coming later&comma; such as additional houses for more residents and an expanded Resident Services building&period; There will also be special events happening in the game&comma; so it definitely feels like New Horizons will be Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s foray into the &&num;8220&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;anthem-the-future-of-biowares-lost-potential&sol;">games as a live service<&sol;a>&&num;8221&semi; market&period; Or at least it seems to take some inspiration from live service games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-large wp-image-154297" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;20125736&sol;animal-crossing-switch-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"animal crossing switch" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Deserted Island Getaway Package<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>A special <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;whatsnew&sol;detail&sol;2020&sol;nintendo-switch-inspired-by-animal-crossing-new-horizons-coming-to-stores-on-march-13&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">New Horizons themed Switch console<&sol;a> is also stated to be released on March 13th&period; It has a very pleasant color scheme&comma; with muted pastel colors&period; So if you don&&num;8217&semi;t own a Switch yet&comma; and want to grab one for New Horizons&comma; this might be the one to get&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So we are definitely pretty hyped for New Horizons and the fun it has to offer&period; If you want more info we strongly recommend checking out the direct for yourself&period; Animal Crossing&colon; New Horizons launches on Nintendo Switch on March 20th 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;KcsiD3nNzA4<&sol;p>&NewLine;