Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

Build your own island paradise in Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

Explore, create, and customize your island with added features exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2 system. Enjoy enhanced graphics*, Joy-Con™ 2 mouse controls, expanded online** features, and more.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Switch 2 edition.

Decorate using mouse controls

Use mouse controls with the right Joy-Con 2 controller to move furniture and decorate indoors, create Custom Designs, and even compose handwritten bulletin-board messages.

Call animal residents with the megaphone

Locate residents by calling their names using the in-game megaphone item and the built-in Nintendo Switch 2 microphone.

Enjoy a fuller online play experience

Join 12-player online sessions, chat with friends, and watch other players’ reactions in-game while exploring together.

Players' live reaction appear in bubble over the heads of their in-game avatars.

See their smiles

Connect a compatible USB camera (sold separately) to experience your friends’ reactions in real time with CameraPlay support via GameChat***.

Join 12-player online sessions

Show off your paradise and play together online for fun with up to 12 players (if they all have the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition).

12 different players enjoy playing together on the beach in an online session.

You must have an active Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) to play online.

Not yet a member? Learn more about theNintendo Switch Onlineservice.

Dive into a free software update that can be enjoyed by Animal Crossing: New Horizons players on both Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. This update adds a resort hotel, plus other new features and activities!

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*TV and monitor must be compatible with 4K resolution.
**Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online features. Membership auto-renews after initial term at the then-current price unless canceled. Not available in all countries. Internet access required for online features. Terms apply. nintendo.com/purchase-terms/
***Internet, Nintendo Switch Online membership, and Nintendo Account required for online features, including GameChat. Compatible USB camera required for video features. Not available in all countries. Terms and GameChat requirements apply. support.nintendo.com. Games, systems, memberships, and some accessories sold separately. Until March 31, 2026, GameChat can be used without a Nintendo Switch Online membership. Afterwards, a Nintendo Switch Online membership will be required to use GameChat.