{"id":537840,"date":"2025-10-30T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/537840\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:11:10","slug":"animal-crossing-new-horizons-is-getting-a-big-switch-2-upgrade-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/537840\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a big Switch 2 upgrade in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Nintendo is <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1701640&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nintendo.com%2Fus%2Fwhatsnew%2Fanimal-crossing-new-horizons-sails-ashore-with-a-nintendo-switch-2-edition-and-free-content-update-jan-15%2F%3Fsrsltid%3DAfmBOoq-iFpvKDJVCZZTI_SUflvj_JBTuWcJkTpolQzx2gkdSIktoky-\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\">updating Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a> with new features for the Switch 2. The upgraded game will arrive on January 15th, 2026, offering 4K visuals on TV, mouse controls, and an in-game megaphone that uses the Switch 2\u2019s built-in microphone. It will cost $64.99 but will also be available as an upgrade pack for $4.99 if you already have the game for the first-gen Switch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">When the enhanced title launches, you\u2019ll be able to use the mouse controls on the right Joy-Con 2 controller to decorate indoors, create custom designs, and write bulletin board messages, while the megaphone will allow you to locate villagers by calling their name. Additionally, Animal Crossing: New Horizons will also offer support for online gameplay with up to 12 other Switch 2 players, as well as the ability to use a webcam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">There\u2019s a free Animal Crossing: New Horizons upgrade coming to all Switch and Switch 2 players on January 15th, too. That includes access to a new resort hotel owned by Kapp\u2019n\u2019s family, as well as a feature from the mole that we love to hate, Resetti, who will offer a \u201creset service\u201d to clean your island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Some other additions include a home storage upgrade option that lets you keep up to 9,000 items \u2014 including trees, shrubs, and flowers \u2014 and new Nintendo-themed items that you can collect in-game. Switch Online players can also design and save up to three islands when playing with friends, and play select Nintendo titles in-game when interacting with Nintendo console items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo is updating Animal Crossing: New Horizons with new features for the Switch 2. The upgraded game will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[77,1583,12,128,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-537840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gaming","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-nintendo","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115463761787946782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}