{"id":487595,"date":"2026-03-21T12:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/487595\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T12:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:21:10","slug":"nintendo-remains-tight-lipped-about-animal-crossing-new-horizons-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/487595\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Remains Tight-Lipped About Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Animal<\/a> Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n

Although Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a> got a major update and Switch 2 Edition<\/a> at the start of 2026, questions are once again being asked about its future.<\/p>\n

Variety<\/a> recently spoke to Nintendo of America’s vice president Reiko Ninomiya about the plans for New Horizons (and the series in general going forward), and while she appreciates the question, perhaps unsurprisingly, the team doesn’t have “anything to announce” right after the latest update.<\/p>\n

“Looking ahead to the future of \u201cAnimal Crossing: New Horizons,\u201d on a granular level, Ninomiya is \u201csuper excited because insects are gonna start coming out as the weather warms up,\u201d and she\u2019s a big fan of the Bug-Off event. But other than that, she\u2019s remaining tight-lipped about larger updates to come and the potential for new \u201cAnimal Crossing\u201d games, saying: \u201cI totally appreciate that question, but we don\u2019t have anything to announce.”<\/p>\n

Even though this update somewhat refreshes the experience, you could argue the 2020 Switch entry is starting to show its age, especially after the recent release of the Switch 2’s new relaxing life-sim (and mega hit<\/a>) Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In saying this, Nintendo says the update has delivered a positive outcome for New Horizons – with an increase in the number of people revisiting the title<\/a> who had been “away for a while”. This type of content drop for older titles is also part of Nintendo’s plans to keep current Switch users engaged, according to Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa.<\/p>\n

So, for now, it seems you’ll have to make do with Animal Crossing: New Horizon’s 3.0 update. Once again it comes loaded with the Resort Hotel, the return of Resetti, Slumber Island and even some licensed collaborations. Of course, if we hear any developments going forward, or get an update about a new game, we’ll let you know.<\/p>\n

Would you like more updates for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, or are you ready for a new entry? Have you tried out the 3.0 update yet? Are you still playing it a few months later. Vote in our poll and let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

Have you tried out the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0.0 Update yet? (159 votes)
\nYes74%No26%<\/p>\n

Do you think it’s time for a new Animal Crossing game? (182 votes)
\nYes77%No23%<\/p>\n

[source variety.com<\/a>, via gonintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo Although Animal Crossing: New Horizons got a major update and Switch 2 Edition at the start…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20507,59,136,137,376,86,56,54,55,1232],"class_list":["post-487595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-animal-crossing","tag-gb","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}