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Jun 29, 2020
A recent Animal Crossing: New Horizons summer update trailer has confirmed some features that fans have asked for from the start. Additionally, it also contained some unexpected things to anticipate in the July 3rd update. However, there is also strong evidence from dataminers and characters’ dialogue to suggest even more exciting additions.
Nintendo have already confirmed that New Horizons will receive updates for many more years, meaning that things players would like to see in the game still have a chance to be introduced. So without further ado, here are some rumored and confirmed features heading to Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Confirmed Features:
Starting off with the confirmed features to arrive in the July 3rd update is sea swimming and its related activities/items. Here is what you will be able to do upon completing the aforementioned update:
- Obtain a basic wetsuit from Nook’s Crany for 3,000 bells (from the tools section of the shop) to take a dip in the ocean
- Acquire a more slim-fitting style wetsuit from the Nook Stop terminal for 800 Nook Miles
(Whilst not yet confirmed, multiple variations of wetsuits were available in New Leaf, so it seems plausible that more styles may become available in New Horizons too) - Receive a free snorkel upon updating your game on July 3rd. Whether they are purely cosmetic, or have a function is not yet known. It is believed that you will receive the snorkel in your mailbox as a reward after the update
- Choose from several different colored snorkels at the Nook Stop terminal for 500 Nook Miles each, according to the official Japanese Nintendo website. Red, yellow, and blue snorkels have been spotted in official screenshots so far.
- Jump (or somersault) into the ocean, swim around, dive for sea creatures, and maybe even receive some wise words “maaaaan”
- Donate sea creatures such as sea stars, sea anenomes, spotted garden eels, plus more to the museum
- Any donations will be exhibited in the aquarium section of the museum alongside the fish
- Pascal the ‘philosophical’ otter will make a return and might be encountered whilst you are diving for deep sea creatures
- Pascal may request to trade some of any creatures you find in retunr for DIY recipes for furniture items
- The pretty mermaid-themed furniture introduced in Animal Crossing: New Leaf returns in the form of the DIY recipes obtained by Pascal. Whilst the names of individual pieces of furniture have not yet been announced, you can view a list of the types of mermaid furniture here.
- Gulliver has seemingly turned into a pirate… (Nobody even knows what’s happening here, it is Gulliver after all…). Sailor, astronaut, pirate, make up your mind birdbrain! And get a Sat Nav! Please!
- ‘Wave’ 🌊 (sorry) one of the free summer update will be available on July 3rd. The second part of the free update will be downloadable at the beginning of August 2020.
Rumored Features:
- Ninji, a dataminer who has taken to Twitter to share his Animal Crossing: New Horizons theories, believes the following features will eventually appear in an update. I am inclined to believe him, as he was spot on with the Museum art gallery, the ‘return‘ of ‘Jolly’ Redd, and now the ability to go swimming.
- According to a ‘leek’ 💁♀️ of Ninji’s, players could be able to plant vegetables in a future update. If he’s correct, we may soon be growing tomatoes, wheat, sugar cane, potatoes (Henry is disgusted and appalled FYI 😂), carrots, pumpkins, and potentially more. 🥔🥕🍅
- Ninji added that the vegetables you grow can be sold, but more importantly, could play a part in an exciting new gameplay feature. Fans may soon be able to prepare dishes to help with stamina or sweeten up islanders with gifts. Sound like Stardew Valley anyone? 😜🌾🍽️
- This brings us onto the possibility of seafood. The summer update has obviously now confirmed deep sea creatures. However, a short while back a datamine uncovered a ‘Seafood’ Critterpedia file containing 33 items not currently in the game. Therefore, if a cooking feature was implemented, it seems reasonable that seafood could be part of it.
(Deep sea creatures confirmed so far) - Correct in regards to the art gallery museum upgrade and return of the shady NPC Redd, dataminer Ninja believes that the museum still has more to give. If correct, we could be seeing a museum gift shop, and two standalone museum-related buildings. These are thought to be a cafe (which will hopefully mean the return of Brewster), and a building featuring a Gyroid section! Naturally, this would mean the return of the
Jedislightly creepy gyroids.
- And on the topic of buildings, let’s talk shop(s) 🛍️. Within the game’s code, Ninja discovered files suggesting shops/buildings such as a gallery, a real estate agent, a gardening store, and the aforementioned museum shop. Could the addition of a real estate agent mean the return of Kyle? Or maybe his niece Lottie? If so, this guy will be displeased: 😂
- The firework art that features at the end of the wave 1 update suggests that the summer Fireworks Show could be coming back with a ‘bang’ 🎆. I’ll let myself out. 🚪🚶♀️
- Apr 28, 2020
There’s a chance that a lot of seriously cool features could be headed to New Horizons in the future. In a recent interview with CNET, Animal Crossing: New Horizons director, Aya Kyogoku, announced that the game would recieve updates for years to come. Whilst we don’t know the exact features we may have to look forward to, dataminers have some theories. One of these features, suggested by dataminer Ninja, is the return of the Dream Suite in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
What Is The Dream Suite?
The Dream Suite was a feature first introduced to the Animal Crossing franchise in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Run by a Tapir named Luna, the Dream Suite allowed you to visit and wander around other players’ towns. You could either let Luna choose a random town for you to visit, or input a specific town’s Dream Address. Although you couldn’t access the shops in other towns, or bring back items, you could do pretty much anything else. If the mayor of a Dream Town had created their own custom designs and allowed others to access them, then you would be able to encounter walrus NPC Wendell during a dream in order to obtain them.
The Dream Suite was a nice addition to New Leaf in that it allowed players to share their towns with others, without the fear of vandalism. This is because any ‘town’ you visit is just an uploaded representation of that particular town. Hence the ‘Dream’ theme.
Could It Return In New Horizons & And What Evidence Is There To Suggest This? (Possible spoiler alert)
Dataminer Ninji thinks that the Dream Suite could well make a return to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and explains why below. However, like she herself emphasises, the feature hasn’t been confirmed, and her findings shouldn’t be taken as conclusive proof.
Whether the Dream Suite will return, what it would look like, and how it would work are still unconfirmed. On the other hand, Ninji was spot on in predicting the return of Leif and Redd, and the Museum’s art gallery expansion. So fingers crossed!
But please people, if it happens, NO
ANIMEAIKA. Hypno K.K. still gives me nightmares. ??
Hyp-NOPE K.K. ** - Apr 24, 2020
The recent Animal Crossing: New Horizons update contains some exciting features. One of which, is the ability to expand your museum and have an art gallery section! Another feature is the return of special NPC Redd, who is an untrustworthy Kitsune, or fox. Redd is essential in order to add an art gallery wing to your museum. Here’s how to unlock the museum’s art gallery and Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler In Animal Crossing: New Horizons. And some tips on how to spot fake artwork too…
About Redd
Redd has been around since the very conception of the franchise, appearing in Animal Forest (Dōbutsu no Mori) back in 2001. Since then, he has appeared in every single mainline and non-mainline game in the franchise. Redd is notorious for selling counterfeit and overpriced items, deceiving players, and having a passive-aggressive attitude. Therefore, his return in New Horizons may be controversial. But love him or hate him, he’s back, essential for the museum expansion, and is just as sketchy as ever.
How To Unlock The Museum Expansion
- You’ll firstly need to make sure you’ve downloaded the 23rd April update, and are now on version 1.2.0.
- After the update, head to the museum and speak with Blathers. He should inform you that he’s contemplating adding an art gallery to the museum. However, you’ll need to bring him a piece of art in order to initiate this expansion.
- If he doesn’t mention anything about an expansion, an issue I was puzzled by, you likely have not yet donated enough specimens to the museum. (Theories suggest that 30 fossils, fish, or bugs need to have been donated, but this is unconfirmed).
- Try making a few more donations and speak to Blathers again. This resolved the issue for me.
- As mentioned, the next step to unlocking the art gallery is locating a piece of art to donate. If you’re wondering where you’re meant to find some art, be patient.
Redd’s Part In Unlocking The Museum’s Art Gallery
- The following day, Isabelle
does a heccin concernwill worriedly announce that a suspicious character has been spotted roaming the island. This will be Redd. She will warn you of his dodgy dealings, but reassures residents he hasn’t been known to harm others.
- Next, you will need to find the fiendish fox. Once you have, you will be able to purchase a random piece of artwork from him.
- He will initially try and sell it to you for an extorionate price, but both of your dialogue options will make him lower the price.
- As smooth-talking as ever, he explains that he’ll lower the price as you’re basically family. (I hope not…)
- It has been assumed that the first piece of artwork you buy from him will always be genuine (mine was). Once you have obtained a piece of art, take it to Blathers at the museum.
- This will then allow you to expand the museum and have an added art gallery section.
- The museum will be closed the next day for renovations. The day after that, it will be completed and ready to explore. Like with the completion of most projects in the game, you will be able to host a ceremony, celebrating the museum’s expansion. All of your islanders will be in attendance. Although the attentiveness of certain characters is another question…
After asking Blathers to say a FEW words, Tom Nook falls asleep! Apologize to the waffling, nocturnal, entomophobiac owl immediately you absolute meanie! ? - The art gallery section of the expanded museum can be seen below.
About ‘Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler’
- After the renovations to expand the museum are complete, Redd will again visit your island.
- Redd will possibly have hinted to you in his previous visit that he’s recently obtained a trawler. (you can almost see the dodgy dealing cogs whirring in his brain).
- Sure enough, if you locate him a second time on your island (after the museum has been expanded), he will divulge his intentions.
- He will invite you to his trawler, which is located on the secret beach to the north of your island. Here, you will be able to buy furniture and fake and genuine artwork.
- Whilst the Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler is most definitely sketchy, you should go ahead and visit after the invitation anyway.
- Upon entering, he will explain that you can buy as much of the furniture he has on offer as you like. However, you will only be able to buy one piece of artwork from him each time he visits.
- He will visit randomly like other merchants such as Kicks and Leif, but will always be docked at the secret beach.
- The music that plays in his trawler and the flag logo on his ship are reminiscent from my Wild World gameplay. His trawler is also very dimly lit. So the sketchy vibe is as pertinent as ever, and will be uneasily nostalgic for many players.
How To Spot Fake Art
- Just like in previous games, Redd will sell fake art as well as genuine pieces.
- Blathers will not accept fake art, and forged pieces won’t sell for much at Nook’s Cranny either. Therefore be sure that you are buying genuine art when visiting his ‘Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler’.
- A handy feature when browsing the art Redd has on offer is the ability to zoom in on the piece. This works much like the camera app on your NookPhone.
(This one is a fake. There are a couple of people missing from the middle left part of the painting) - If you’re like me, and have no clue on how to spot fakes, then you’re in luck. A Reddit guide has already been compiled to help people distinguish between fake art and genuine art.
Anger at uncovering a fake - This Reddit guide will show you the subtle differences between fake and genuine artwork. And with the nifty zoom option, you can be sure to always buy solely legit pieces of art from your so-called ‘cuz’.
- Some pieces of art, such as the Perfect Painting and Warm Painting will always be legitimate. The aforementioned ‘Redd’-it guide also handily informs you of the names of the artwork that will never be forgeries.
I’ll let myself out.
- Apr 23, 2020
Leif is a sloth special NPC with a passion for gardening. First introduced to the franchise in New Leaf, the latest update sees the return of the happy chappy. With Nature Day Nook Miles+ rewards introduced and the return of the smiley sloth, New Horizons has suddenly become more exciting. Here’s everything currently known about Nature Day & Leif in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Who Is Leif?
First appearing as the owner of the Garden Center in New Leaf, Leif’s name is therefore a pun. In New Leaf, Leif would sell flowers, saplings, fertilizer and gardening tools. Additionally, Leif offered a weed-pulling service, and also hosted Weeding Day. By participating in Weeding Day, players could receive furniture items from the flower set.
Leif made a reappearance in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp where he hosted the ‘Leif’s Spring Flowers Event’. The creatures of the event are ladybugs, and the flowers are called ‘ Sleeping Beauties’ and ‘White Clovers’.
What Is His Role In New Horizons?
After updating your game, Leif will appear from time to time in the Plaza. Like Kicks, he is a travelling merchant and has his own stall (‘Leif’s Garden Shop’). Whilst visiting, he will sell flower seeds that you may have been struggling to obtain. Even more excitingly, he will offer a selection of shrubs for players to buy. Additionally, when visiting, he will buy weeds from you for double the amount Timmy and Tommy do.
What To Do If He Doesn’t Show Up?
If you’re not seeing Leif, it’s likely that you have not yet downloaded the 23/4 update. You can check whether your game is up to date by selecting the game’s icon on your home menu, and pressing the + button. You will then be informed whether a software update is available, and will be given the option to select this (providing you have an internet connection).
About Nature Day In New Horizons
Nature Day begins as soon as you complete the update on the 23/4 in New Horizons. To celebrate this, Tom Nook will inform you of a special promotion for Nook Miles+ members for a limited time. The promotion will last from 23rd April – 4th May. For participating in limited-time Nature Day activities, such as planting shrub starts, you will receive Nook Miles. You’ll receive five times the amount of Nook Miles for completing a Nature Day Nook Miles+ task as opposed to an ordinary one. Therefore instead of receiving 200 Nook Miles, you will receive 1,000 Nook Miles for completing the nature-based tasks.
