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.
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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