Catching up on Updates

It's really been a while, hasn't it? Animal Crossing: New Horizons had its Anniversary last month and any day now, we'll likely have a new update in store, so it feels like the perfect time to review over what has released since last Summer between just how much has been added and shortly after the Summer update is when a lot of people ended up dropping off with the game, so if you haven't played for a while or just want to wrap your head around everything that has happened in New Horizons since Summer before whatever comes next, this post is for you!

The Fall Update

This update released September 30th and brought back Halloween along with adding various new features such as being able to grow Pumpkins and additional content with 10 new DIYs, new Pumpkin-themed furniture, 2 new Reactions, new skin and eye colors, and new Halloween-themed costumes along with us continuing to get new Seasonal Items.

On a more minor scale, the update also added some Quality of Life adjustments for Dream Suite and the Nook Link app.

The Winter Update

Finishing out the year, we got an update on November 18th that added back in Turkey Day (previously the Harvest Festival) and Toy Day as Events along with even more items and some of my personal favorites with various new "Toy" items such as this Puppy.

In addition to adorable new items and clothing, we also got even more reactions, giving us the ability to do some of the things we've seen our Villagers do such as sitting down (as pictured above) and brand new hairstyles as well. I'm hoping both of these types of things could be a continued trend. We also got a new Pocket Camp collaboration item along with new seasonal items continuing to be added plus a bit of new content for those in the Southern Hemisphere who would be dealing with the Summer items right now such as a new Summer Solstice item and a new Summer Shell DIY. There was also a great update adding 800 more storage slots (So going from 1,600 to 2,400) if you have fully paid off your house for 500,000 Bells. Honestly, I can already use more storage.

The January Update

January 28th brought us the return of Festivale in addition to even more Nook Shopping Seasonal Items. While most of the new content was Festivale themed, the Mermaid Fence was finally released (apparently there had been a bug that prevented it from being rewarded), and some of the seasonal item highlights were for Setsubun ("Bean Day") including the popular beans from New Leaf, despite some unfortunate adjustments, Lunar New Year, and Valentine's Day chocolates and roses.

There was also the return of the Resetti Model so even if he may not be fully in-game, it's something.

Of course, in some ways, this update almost felt like the calm before the storm after everything that happened in March.

The Late February/March Updates

While we were first told about the Mario items releasing in March back in Fall, the trailer during the Nintendo Direct for all the items that would be releasing in it was still a surprise.

Even those who weren't particularly looking forward to the Mario items still found some excitement over the brand new Pipe item that let you teleport between areas of your Island.

In addition, we also received new Seasonal items for Hina-matsuri (Girls Day), Pi Day, and Shamrock Day (including a new DIY).

But while the 1.8 update with all the Mario items alone felt a bit overwhelming with over 30 items between furniture and clothing, 1.9 was just around the corner with a huge Twitter thread from Isabelle letting us know just what to expect.

The biggest surprise was confirmation of the Sanrio Cards being re-released overseas and FINALLY getting a release here in North America. It also meant the Sanrio Villagers would finally be able to be imported ingame as well, bringing all their items from New Leaf with them and a few new things as well.

In addition to all the Sanrio news (with over 60 new items between them), we also got a ne "Custom Design Pro Editor +" that could be purchased from the Nook Miles Shop that added 50 more slots to both Normal and Pro Custom Designs AND the ability to create custom umbrellas, handheld flags, photo stands, and uchiwa (hand fans)! You could also get the Custom Designs Portal to be able to access the Portal you would normally need to go into Able Sisters for. Have an idea and want to search, but it's after 9PM? Now you can just do it from your phone!

More Seasonal items were also added from April Fools Day to Prom themed. Meanwhile, Bunny Day would be returning and received some adjustments such as a shorter length time (only a week) and the newest Bunny Day items were just sold through Nooks Cranny. And honestly, they're pretty cute.

Nook Link received an update as well adding the ability to earn Nook Points each day that could be redeemed for new items through the app.

Nintendo also released a special Island Tour site where you could put together your own Island Tour or Posters using videos recorded and/or pictures taken from your Switch.

With just the Prom items left in the Seasonal Shop now (April Fools Day, Nature Day, and Earth Day have all passed) and May Day's return coming, along with the fact that the next update should be 2.0, it's hard not to wonder what could be next and when we may find out, but hopefully this at least catches you up on what you may have missed!