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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Receives New Details About Neighbours, Nook Phone And More

Following the big reveal of Animal Crossing: New Horizons during Nintendo’s E3 Presentations, some new details about its characters and gameplay have surfaced through gaming news outlet IGN.

Down at E3, IGN sat down with Animal Crossing: New Horizon developers Aya Kyogoku and Hisashi Nogami to find out more about the upcoming Switch entry to the Animal Crossing series. Kyogoku and Nogami shared a great deal of info about the game, including details about Islanders, Tom Nook’s resident services, Pocket Camp connectivity and more.

Check out the highlights below:

Neighbours & Islanders

You’ll start with two or so neighbors

Before they choose a spot for their home, these two neighbors will check with you to see if it’s okay

If you don’t like where they’ve chosen, you can pick a spot for them

The islanders that move onto the island with you at the start can’t be forced off, but they might leave on their own

There will be a system that gives an opportunity to invite animals to the island

There aren’t any new personality types.

There are new ways to improve your friendship with Islanders, like gifting them crafted items

Islanders can teach you new DIY recipes

The animals who join you are also in debt to Tom Nook

All animals will pay their debt back to Tom Nook at their own pace

Tom Nook’s Resident Services & Nook Phone

Timmy and Tommy, and Tom Nook will already be on the island as well

Tom Nook has a place called Resident Services, and this is what all of his Bells go into

The purpose of these services are to “make sure that all the residents on the island are happy and are living a good life”

A New Currency called “Nook Miles” can be earned

Earned by completing achievements through activities such as fishing and crafting

Can be exchanged for special items and recipes

The Nook Phone will get new apps

Player Character & Gameplay

Some new elements in gameplay include building up the island, and building something from scratch

You can live in a tent forever if you’d like

There will be new hair and facial features to choose from

You can’t set up a tent on a friend’s island.

Only one island per system

Voice chat will probably be done through the Nintendo Switch Online app.

Pocket Camp Connectivity

There won’t be direct connectivity to Pocket Camp, but there will be collaborative items between the two