Animal Crossing: New Horizons has received a new update, and Nintendo is now offering version 3.0.2.
There’s actually a tiny bit of content here. Starting today, players who update to the latest version can obtain the leaf statue. You can find it by accessing the in-home mailbox.
Nintendo is providing the item to celebrate 25 years of Animal Crossing. The game originally released as Dobutsu no Mori as a Japan-only title for the N64 back in 2001. A year later, the title came to the GameCube and that’s what many fans associate with the start of the series.
The full patch notes for today’s update are as follows:
The following updates have been made when playing the game on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch:
General updates
- A commemorative item for the 25th anniversary of the Animal Crossing series has been added. Please check the in-game mailbox to receive it.
- Fixed an issue in hotel guest rooms where furniture placement or guest behavior could prevent exiting the room.
- Fixed an issue where crafting multiple items at once using a DIY recipe requiring six types of materials could sometimes be completed even without sufficient materials.
- Fixed an issue where a dung beetle appearing on a snowball could remain on-screen after the snowball disappeared.
- Fixed an issue where items could pop out of a rock before the shovel made contact when hitting it.
- This issue was addressed in Ver. 3.0.1, but could still occur under certain conditions, so it has been fixed again.
- Fixed an issue where bringing custom designs created by the player to a Slumber Island could prevent them from being displayed at Able Sisters or uploaded to the Custom Design Portal.
- Fixed an issue where glowing spots on the island would not appear lit when viewing the island from the plane while returning from another island.
- Fixed an issue where villagers who had promised to visit the player’s home could sometimes appear in unnatural locations inside the house.
- Other adjustments and corrections were made to improve the game play experience.
Changes to DLC
The following issues related to the paid DLC “Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise” have been fixed.
- Fixed an issue where animals requesting vacation homes would stop appearing on the beach even when some animals still do not have vacation homes.
Speaking of the Animal Crossing anniversary, Nintendo has also shared some special art to mark the occasion. We’ve included that below.
Animal Crossing New Horizons is currently available on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch with the 3.0.2 update. Music for the original game was also just added to Nintendo Music today.
As we look towards the future of Animal Crossing, we recently discussed how we’d like to see a return to the original game’s weirdness. You can read more about that here.
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