It wasn’t April Fool’s Day that Nintendo announced a big new update. Animal Crossing: New Horizons–But Remy, a programmer in his mid-twenties, still thought it was a joke. His girlfriend sent him an Instagram link, but he thought it was a fake announcement. He went directly to the source, Nintendo, and found out there that it was. Nintendo It was Released new update for 5 year old game.

Nintendo 3.0 Update and Switch 2 Upgrade new horizons will be released on January 15th and will be the first major update for the game since 2021. new horizons is not a dead game, but its large player base, which expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, has understandably declined. People who have given hundreds of hours to us. new horizons A one-and-a-half year journey between islands has begun. Many of us have not visited the island since then. We left a mess on the island and will forever be indebted to Tom Nook. After we said “Let’s go get it!”, the economy inevitably stalled, and thanks to our hard work, the villagers we left behind have been able to support themselves these past few years.

“[My girlfriend and I] played new horizons “I played it almost every day for a year after it was released, then maybe a little less often for the next six months. I think I stopped playing it completely by the summer of 2023,” Remy said.

Nintendo’s 3.0 update is the boost many players needed to get back into the game, with new content and quality of life improvements. But it raises big questions. To attack nuclear weapons or not? For some players, like Remy, new horizons The 3.0 update was the perfect excuse not only to get back into the game, but to start fresh. “When I saw and heard about the update, I was persuaded to reboot,” he said. “I did it just before New Year’s.”

mori kester YouTube creator who played new horizons It is said that it took more than 5,000 hours to build more than a dozen islands. Kotaku They’re not creating a new island, they said, but are using the new update “as an excuse to do things differently” – “a new year, a new feel” kind of thing. Koester has been working on his current island for two years at this point and has unlocked nearly all the DIY and catalog items. A big reason why they don’t do more to overhaul the island or start fresh is because the 3.0 update includes a feature that basically does that itself: Resetti. Resetti’s Reset Service is a quality of life feature aimed at cleaning large areas of the island. Remove flowers, decorations, and fences from specific areas. (Everything goes directly into your inventory, including flowers, shrubs, and trees.)

“My island is a mess because I refuse to do the man’s work for me, but I can’t wait to see that mess dissolve into a blank canvas and a new island theme begin,” Kester said.

Rather than restarting completely, Koester spent the time between the 3.0 announcement and the update’s release date working on a series of different goals. Mainly it was preparation for achieving the Nook Miles goal we had set for ourselves. The bulk crafting mechanic in the 3.0 update allows players to craft in bulk directly from their inventory, making it easier to complete some of the more difficult Nook Miles tasks. One of the notoriously difficult Nook Mile challenges to complete is to create 3,000 furniture items. Koester hopes to achieve this goal during the day the update is released. Since they collect coconuts, they can make about 1,000 pieces of Coconut Juice, which is a furniture item. new horizonsIt can be made in a day using only coconut.

“I know everyone has specific opinions and strategies regarding preparing for updates, such as cataloging items and gathering resources, but my personal opinion is to prepare to give you the most fun in the game,” Koester said. “If that means restarting your island on update day to get the full 3.0 experience on a new island, then do it. If that means clearing out your Eternal Island inventory from five years ago, then do it. If that means collecting tons of coconuts like a game-obsessed gremlin, then do it. The preparation is all in the mindset, not the specific gameplay.”

Meanwhile, Remy has spent the time between announcing the update and January 15th opening museums and conserving resources from early mornings on the new island.

“We wanted to make a fresh start, taking advantage of new items and features, especially some changes and DLC, with a clean canvas to experience without first scrapping everything,” he said. Kotaku. “My preparation is exactly like that: a restart. But I just save resources, don’t worry about decorating the island or anything yet, and just go through the early game with as little planning as possible.”

However, restarting players don’t have to go it alone. Many players on social media and forums are offering to help those looking to start over. “I’ve been traveling back and forth to Mystery Island to gather materials for the Restart Care Package.” Someone on Reddit wrote:. There’s no right or wrong way to experience a new update, but some players actually feel pressured to do things the “right” way. Many players spend a lot of time on their islands, rushing to perfect every detail and swallow all the new content.

But Kester wants to remind his players that even the most experienced players like them don’t always feel ready.

“Big changes to the game, with new mechanics, new buildings, new NPCs, and new items,” they said. “Veteran players and new players alike will be experiencing it for the first time at the same time, and that in itself is quite a magical feeling. If you’re worried, take it slow, knowing that everyone is experiencing the ‘new’ feeling. You don’t have to experience it all at once. So whether you’re starting a new island, have had one for years, or just stopped playing for a while, you’ll never be late to experience the joy. Fashionably on time.”