animal crossing new horizons update

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+date = "2020-05-24"
+title = "31 Animal Crossing GCN Features that (never?) returned"
+tags = ['Animal Crossing']
+game_name = 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons'
+Description = 'It is a fresh breeze indeed as the Island unfolds, buildings appear, and I sweat my ass off trying to collect enough lumber and clay to satisfy even the most grumpy of Tom Nooks. Welcome to the latest installment of Animal Crossing!'
+game_platform = 'switch'
+game_genre = 'Life sim'
+game_release_year = '2020'
+game_developer = 'Nintendo'
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+While stumbling about on the internet, looking for hidden Animal Crossing New Horizons features, I found [Jeff's Animal Crossing (GCN) blog](https://www.jvgs.net/acblog/). The guy is taking things seriously: he also has [Jeff's New Leaf blog](https://www.jvgs.net/newleafblog/), [Jeff's ACWW blog](https://www.jvgs.net/acwwblog/), and [Jeff's ACCF blog](https://www.jvgs.net/accfblog/) - who played City Folk anyway? 
+
+Jeff is still playing the original Gamecube version of Animal Crossing - anno 2020. And it's great to read up on his adventures, especially as in 2018, he did a write-up on [31 Animal Crossing Features That Never Returned](https://www.jvgs.net/acblog/2018/05/25/31-features/#comment-7281). Let's take a look at them in the light of the Switch's New Horizons. 
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+{{< youtube ZlZeco94Cj4 >}}
+
+### Things that did return (somewhat):
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+- 4. **daily glowing spot** - returned! Always dig up 1.000 bells, and replant to grow a money tree. I can confirm that planting 10.000 bells nets you 30.000 once the tree has matured. 
+- 5. The lighthouse model: in New Leaf, you can build it as the major. In New Horizons, it's available if you redeem Nookinton points. However, it's not part of the story. 
+- 6. **Morning aerobics** - returned (sort of): I see villagers do all kinds of crazy stuff. However, I cannot join (yet?).
+- 11. **Item trading** - Now you can give villagers anything you want once you befriend them. It's not the same as in the GCN version, but most of the times they give something back, and it's a nice opportunity not only to get their picture but also to enlarge your furniture catalogue.
+- 12. **Cherry blossom festival** - Yes! It just passed in April. 
+- 24. **Catching Wisp's spirits**. He's grateful and gives an item in exchange, but I can't remember which one it was... I might have sold it. Whoops.
+
+[![golden statue](https://www.jvgs.net/acblog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ac-statue-31.jpg)](https://www.jvgs.net/acblog/2018/05/25/31-features/#comment-7281)
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+Too bad no statue will be built in New Horizons... 
+
+I can't help but wonder:
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+> Where is the villager interaction in New Horizons?
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+Looking at the above YouTube video, I'm jealous of:
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+- Sports games!
+- More festivities! Actual things 'happening'!
+- A ball you can kick around together with neighbours!
+- More ways to trade/buy/sell things among villagers
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+I can only hope they might come later... 
+
+Also, they took GYROIDS away from us... Is this that bad? I didn't really do anything with those strange things anyway, except selling them! 

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 Remember the [Animal Crossing: Wild World Adventure Blog post](/articles/animalcrossing-wildworld/)? Well, after a _very_ long wait, the newest installment of Animal Crossing, called New Horizons, finally arrived on the Nintendo Switch. For the first time since the original installment on the Gamecube, it has come back to home consoles! It only seemed appropriate to continue the **AC adventure blog**, from way back in 2006, to see what kind of trouble my character would get himself into while trying to build a community in the new Island. 
 
+### After twelve visits to mystery islands...
+
+<div style="text-align: right;">[ Date: 10/05/2020 | <a href="#top">top</a> ]</div>
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+What to do with all those special Nookinton points? Exchange them for tickets to mystery islands - who knows we might get lucky. One of the things I dislike about the new Animal Crossing is the lack of getting new fruit or anything related without having to buy a Nintendo Online account to connect to (forum) friends. My wife and I used to play the (3)DS version a lot, and we loved visiting each others' town. After a while, our fruit orchard was flourishing. 
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+![](/img/games/ac/nhbamboo.jpg)
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+Now, the mystery island tours look like shit. The islands are small, and the only reason to go there is if you have a vacant spot, to 'pick' the neighbor you want instead of letting fate decide. Oh, and bamboo - you know, the ultra-fast growing annoyance you now can plant safely onto the higher plateaus - you can only get it on one of the random islands. Actually, that's not true: after I finally managed to get there, the turnip seller sent me some bamboo shoots through mail! 
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+I do miss the vacation island of New Leaf. Cutting all trees, catching those rare bugs on stumps, ah, bell farming... Also, there seems to be no lemon, no persimmon and no durian fruit? Why? According to most sites, only apples, cherries, coconuts, oranges, pears and peaches are present up until now (version 1.2b). I highly suspect a lot of features were left out to release earlier (they were running behind schedule), only to be added later in the form of these free patch updates. Hopefully...
+
 ### Yes! There's still tuna in Poezista
 
 <div style="text-align: right;">[ Date: 15/04/2020 | <a href="#top">top</a> ]</div>

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