Author Topic: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Read 6010 times)

J-Mc- · « **on:** March 23, 2020, 05:34:34 pm »

Anyone else playing this?

Always loved the AC games and this one just makes the others feel so insignificant in comparison!

I’ve seen the duplicating glitch but i’m choosing to not do it, also not time travelling, want to take my time and enjoy the experience.

Such a fantastic game to relax to, especially if you suffer with anxiety, depression and/or loneliness. This game was a massive help for me with those 3 in the Gamecube days 👍

Ed-Zeppelin · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2020, 08:57:07 pm »

It looks perfect gaming with everything going on in the real world at the moment.

I’d probably have caved and got it with a Switch if you could actually get them anywhere! Will be keeping an eye out for them becoming available again.

Snail · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2020, 09:54:33 pm »

Got it on Saturday, it’s keeping me sane if I’m honest. Finally got the 30 iron nuggets to build the shop, and pay off my house (suspect I’ll be getting a new loan soon though...)

J-Mc- · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2020, 12:57:07 am »

Quote from: Ｓｎａｉｌ on March 23, 2020, 09:54:33 pm

Got it on Saturday, it’s keeping me sane if I’m honest. Finally got the 30 iron nuggets to build the shop, and pay off my house (suspect I’ll be getting a new loan soon though...)

I can’t get the nuggets, stupidly ate a fruit and destroyed all the rocks I have access to, so have to wait for them to respawn in a day or two 😫

OsirisMVZ · « **Reply #4 on:** March 24, 2020, 02:27:31 pm »

I've had a lovely time playing the shit out of this. We all decided to work Remotely from home yesterday at lunch time so got in there just ahead of BJ's announcement last night. Just gives me more time on this!

Here's some photos:

Spoiler

Covid19 got me making friends with just about anything

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SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2020, 05:54:38 pm »

We have adopted this as a whole family, it's lovely all living on the same island.

Hyped to see my pear tree grow after only having oranges.

Got a fitness obsessed chimpanzee as my neighbour, he is very funny.

Can't wait to take my first trip to mystery island, have expanded my inventory so I can bring more stuff back.

J-Mc- · « **Reply #6 on:** March 25, 2020, 08:02:22 pm »

Quote from: SamAteTheRedAcid on March 25, 2020, 05:54:38 pm

We have adopted this as a whole family, it's lovely all living on the same island.

Hyped to see my pear tree grow after only having oranges.

Got a fitness obsessed chimpanzee as my neighbour, he is very funny.

Can't wait to take my first trip to mystery island, have expanded my inventory so I can bring more stuff back.

I’ve done about 5 trips to mystery islands and got very lucky.

There are some rare islands that you might only get 1/10 trips, i’ve had 3 of them in a row! 😂
An island filled with Bamboo, one filled with Pears, one filled with Apples so now got 3 different fruits already, only just set up the base for Nook’s Cranny!

Lee1-6Liv · « **Reply #7 on:** March 25, 2020, 09:54:56 pm »

Where is the cheapest place to get this now? Was £44 on ebay last week but since the shops have shut they're selling for £60+

OsirisMVZ · « **Reply #8 on:** March 25, 2020, 10:34:46 pm »

There is an island full of tarantulas that you have a higher ratio of getting in the nighttime. A Tarantula sells for 8k so 29 of them is a loooot of money! 232k. I have been rekt by every tarantula I've met so far though lol.

OsirisMVZ · « **Reply #9 on:** March 25, 2020, 10:36:07 pm »

Quote from: Liverlee on March 25, 2020, 09:54:56 pm

Where is the cheapest place to get this now? Was £44 on ebay last week but since the shops have shut they're selling for £60+

https://www.cdkeys.com/nintendo/switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch

I bought mine from here and it works fine. Some other game code websites like G2A are really dodgy for Nintendo stuff but this has been good so far!

Lee1-6Liv · « **Reply #10 on:** March 26, 2020, 02:29:44 am »

Quote from: OsirisMVZ on March 25, 2020, 10:36:07 pm

https://www.cdkeys.com/nintendo/switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch

I bought mine from here and it works fine. Some other game code websites like G2A are really dodgy for Nintendo stuff but this has been good so far!

Cheers matey.

J-Mc- · « **Reply #11 on:** March 26, 2020, 04:26:51 am »

Quote from: Liverlee on March 26, 2020, 02:29:44 am

Cheers matey.

Also try www.thegamecollection.net, although, they are working on extremely reduced staff so could be a while before they can post.

Snail · « **Reply #12 on:** March 28, 2020, 02:16:54 pm »

Quote from: OsirisMVZ on March 25, 2020, 10:36:07 pm

https://www.cdkeys.com/nintendo/switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch

I bought mine from here and it works fine. Some other game code websites like G2A are really dodgy for Nintendo stuff but this has been good so far!

Yep this is where I got mine

Snail · « **Reply #13 on:** March 28, 2020, 02:17:38 pm »

Quote from: OsirisMVZ on March 25, 2020, 10:34:46 pm

There is an island full of tarantulas that you have a higher ratio of getting in the nighttime. A Tarantula sells for 8k so 29 of them is a loooot of money! 232k. I have been rekt by every tarantula I've met so far though lol.

I’ve managed to successfully catch a tarantula once in the week I’ve been playing this. Wee fuckers.

OsirisMVZ · « **Reply #14 on:** March 28, 2020, 04:22:00 pm »

Quote from: Ｓｎａｉｌ on March 28, 2020, 02:17:38 pm

I’ve managed to successfully catch a tarantula once in the week I’ve been playing this. Wee fuckers.

I had to wait a week but finally got one on Thursday night!

Even contained, his smug aura mocks me

JerseyKloppite · « **Reply #15 on:** March 28, 2020, 08:28:10 pm »

Quote from: OsirisMVZ on March 28, 2020, 04:22:00 pm

I had to wait a week but finally got one on Thursday night!

Even contained, his smug aura mocks me

Wearing a COVID mask even in AC

OsirisMVZ · « **Reply #16 on:** March 28, 2020, 11:21:03 pm »

Quote from: JerseyKloppite on March 28, 2020, 08:28:10 pm

Wearing a COVID mask even in AC

One of the items in the Nook store today was a Tissue Box, so I bought a bunch and sent them to friends! We have to keep clean on our islands and not let this shit spread.

ToneLa · « **Reply #17 on:** March 29, 2020, 04:23:42 pm »

Quote from: OsirisMVZ on March 25, 2020, 10:36:07 pm

https://www.cdkeys.com/nintendo/switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch

I bought mine from here and it works fine. Some other game code websites like G2A are really dodgy for Nintendo stuff but this has been good so far!

Ta for this - have ordered a Switch Lite from Currys, might take a few weeks to actually come but losing myself in Animal Crossing will be boss. I played it on the DS and fell in love; the Switch Lite will be boss, I'll play it in the garden with a few tins of ale

CDKeys is very reputable, for anyone wondering - have used it for literally years. Also good for cheap NowTV Sports passes.

Mr Mingebag Squid · « **Reply #18 on:** March 30, 2020, 03:57:46 pm »

So.... what is Animal Crossing?

J-Mc- · « **Reply #19 on:** March 30, 2020, 06:27:33 pm »

Quote from: Mr Mingebag Squid on March 30, 2020, 03:57:46 pm

So.... what is Animal Crossing?

An escape from the harsh reality of life.

ToneLa · « **Reply #20 on:** March 30, 2020, 08:38:13 pm »

Quote from: Mr Mingebag Squid on March 30, 2020, 03:57:46 pm

So.... what is Animal Crossing?

a mortgage simulator!

Mr Mingebag Squid · « **Reply #21 on:** March 31, 2020, 11:18:30 am »

Quote from: J-Mc- on March 30, 2020, 06:27:33 pm

An escape from the harsh reality of life.

What do you do in it?

ToneLa · « **Reply #22 on:** March 31, 2020, 11:47:30 am »

Quote from: Mr Mingebag Squid on March 31, 2020, 11:18:30 am

What do you do in it?

Pay a mortgage!

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #23 on:** March 31, 2020, 12:06:47 pm »

Quote from: ToneLa on March 30, 2020, 08:38:13 pm

a mortgage simulator!

so true. FUCK YOU, TOM NOOK!

Snail · « **Reply #24 on:** March 31, 2020, 12:32:15 pm »

Quote from: Mr Mingebag Squid on March 31, 2020, 11:18:30 am

What do you do in it?

~~Live in indebted servitude to a capitalist tyrant.~~

Collect fruit, fish, bugs, chop wood, pay off your house at your own pace so you can expand your house to get more rooms for the furniture you make and get given. It literally is real time, so a minute in game is a minute in real life, and the weather and wildlife changes with the seasons. You can pick it up and play for an hour or two, put it down and do other things and then go back to it, or you can be like me and spend hours of quarantine catching critters and fossils to stock the (amazing) museum. Anything you can’t donate you can sell and put the proceeds towards paying off your house and buying cool stuff. It’s absolutely boss.

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #25 on:** March 31, 2020, 12:39:49 pm »

Yeah have to say the museum is fucking brilliant. Let my three year old spend an hour wandering round it yesterday, had no idea it was so big as I usually just offload to Blathers and then get off.

Snail · « **Reply #26 on:** March 31, 2020, 12:50:22 pm »

Quote from: SamAteTheRedAcid on March 31, 2020, 12:39:49 pm

Yeah have to say the museum is fucking brilliant. Let my three year old spend an hour wandering round it yesterday, had no idea it was so big as I usually just offload to Blathers and then get off.

Spent five minutes just staring at my shoal of anchovies yesterday.

Zlen · « **Reply #27 on:** March 31, 2020, 01:11:06 pm »

So when you pay off your house it’s over?

Snail · « **Reply #28 on:** March 31, 2020, 01:17:24 pm »

Quote from: Zlen on March 31, 2020, 01:11:06 pm

So when you pay off your house it’s over?

Nah not at all, the house is only part of it. It’s difficult to describe without making it sound awful (which it definitely isn’t) but there’s not really a “plot”, you start on a deserted island so there are objectives in terms of building it up and getting other characters to come and live there but other than that it’s more about making the place look the way you want it to. There’s great customisation options for your house/clothes/general bits and bobs and you get DIY recipes along the way so you can make your own stuff. And the gardening! It’s just a really pleasant way to pass the time.

Oh and as I mentioned before, there’s the museum which is probably my favourite part - you have to hunt for all the fish, bugs and fossils to make it complete and it’s done really well and is genuinely educational.

Zlen · « **Reply #29 on:** March 31, 2020, 01:44:36 pm »

Is the game kid friendly?
I’ve been considering getting a Switch for a while, but would like something my 9 year old daughter could also enjoy.

JerseyKloppite · « **Reply #30 on:** March 31, 2020, 01:49:13 pm »

Quote from: Zlen on March 31, 2020, 01:44:36 pm

Is the game kid friendly?
I’ve been considering getting a Switch for a while, but would like something my 9 year old daughter could also enjoy.

My four year old loves it

she doesn’t really know what she’s doing but she likes running around the island and “helping me” to catch bugs, fish etc for 30 mins. Then I play on it again when she’s asleep

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #31 on:** March 31, 2020, 02:05:38 pm »

Quote from: Zlen on March 31, 2020, 01:44:36 pm

Is the game kid friendly?
I’ve been considering getting a Switch for a while, but would like something my 9 year old daughter could also enjoy.

Yeah, my 7 year old saved up and bought it, your 9 year old should absolutely love it!

Ed-Zeppelin · « **Reply #32 on:** March 31, 2020, 02:08:01 pm »

Caved and got a Lite with this and a case etc. It arrived today!

Is everyone’s island the same at the start or are they all slightly different?

Have a week off next week so am looking forward to playing on this and my PS4 a bit more!

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #33 on:** March 31, 2020, 02:09:39 pm »

Quote from: Ed-Zeppelin on March 31, 2020, 02:08:01 pm

Caved and got a Lite with this and a case etc. It arrived today!

Is everyone’s island the same at the start or are they all slightly different?

Have a week off next week so am looking forward to playing on this and my PS4 a bit more!

Think the island layouts are randomised. You get one native fruit from a pool of six or seven. You will have the same features though, beaches, trees, rivers, airport, the plaza/Tom Nook's tent etc.

Snail · « **Reply #34 on:** March 31, 2020, 02:47:02 pm »

Has anyone had any luck getting non-native fruit from the mystery islands? My island had oranges and that’s all I’ve been getting anywhere, apart from cherries once and a bamboo island last night. Must have gone a dozen times now

JerseyKloppite · « **Reply #35 on:** March 31, 2020, 04:19:29 pm »

Quote from: Ｓｎａｉｌ on March 31, 2020, 02:47:02 pm

Has anyone had any luck getting non-native fruit from the mystery islands? My island had oranges and that’s all I’ve been getting anywhere, apart from cherries once and a bamboo island last night. Must have gone a dozen times now

Do coconuts count...?

Snail · « **Reply #36 on:** March 31, 2020, 04:23:37 pm »

Quote from: JerseyKloppite on March 31, 2020, 04:19:29 pm

Do coconuts count...?

They’re on every island pretty much

JerseyKloppite · « **Reply #37 on:** March 31, 2020, 04:26:41 pm »

Quote from: Ｓｎａｉｌ on March 31, 2020, 04:23:37 pm

They’re on every island pretty much

Yep

My sounds identical. Got cherries on my island but got sent oranges as a random gift. Only ever found bamboo, cherries and coconuts on mystery islands.

OsirisMVZ · « **Reply #38 on:** March 31, 2020, 04:30:48 pm »

Quote from: Ｓｎａｉｌ on March 31, 2020, 02:47:02 pm

Has anyone had any luck getting non-native fruit from the mystery islands? My island had oranges and that’s all I’ve been getting anywhere, apart from cherries once and a bamboo island last night. Must have gone a dozen times now

I started with apples, got peaches in the mail, but one friend has Peaches and another has Cherries so we have traded. Today a friend received Oranges and Pears from someone else they know so I was given 1 of each (leftovers!) and have planted some trees now. It's a case of asking your Switch Friends if they also have the game and then what their native island fruit is. Pretty sure I found a deserted island with peaches only once and that was after I had access to them on my own island.

Also seems the items in the Nook store are different for everyone and also Hot Items to sell, so sometimes I buy them nice things as gifts and other times I'll invite them over to my island and we craft a lot of Hot Items to sell for a good price. I've got about 8-10 Friends online at any moment all playing this game in this quarantine, its quite funny

J-Mc- · « **Reply #39 on:** March 31, 2020, 04:56:18 pm »

Quote from: Ｓｎａｉｌ on March 31, 2020, 02:47:02 pm

Has anyone had any luck getting non-native fruit from the mystery islands? My island had oranges and that’s all I’ve been getting anywhere, apart from cherries once and a bamboo island last night. Must have gone a dozen times now

Started with Pears, got two fruit islands so got Apples and Peaches from them, then got Oranges and Cherries off a friend so I have all the fruits now.