Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the fifth major game in the Animal Crossing series. This slice-of-life simulation game tasks the player with developing an abandoned island into a small town for its resident villagers. The game was released at the start of worldwide lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which catapulted it into massive success. It's currently the best selling game of all time in Japan.
- Franchise:
- Animal Crossing
- Platform:
- Switch
- Released:
- March 20, 2020
- Developer:
- Nintendo EPD
- Publisher:
- Nintendo
- Genre:
- Simulation
- Multiplayer:
- Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer
- ESRB:
- E for Everyone: Comic Mischief
- Expansions:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Happy Home Paradise
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