The Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update went live a little bit early

There was a pleasant surprise for fans of Nintendo’s biggest hit of 2020, as Animal Crossing: New Horizons update 3.0.0 went live a day early!

Update 3.0.0 for Animal Crossing: New Horizons brings a bunch of new features to the five year old game, alongside today’s Switch 2 Edition release and paid upgrade to bring more support for the new generation of Nintendo’s console. This update is all about the universal new features, with the paid DLC giving 4K support, Joy-Con 2 mouse mode and larger multiplayer lobbies to the game for Switch 2 players.

The free update has a major addition with a new resort hotel run by Kappn’s family, and your role is to help decorate the rooms to draw visitors to the island. Once a room is decorated you will get hotel tickets that can be used to exchanged for items in the hotel shop – it’s basically Happy Home Paradise DLC, but a free Hotel-based version.

Some amiibos will also be compatible and those characters can be invited as guests to the hotel, but there’s also a big old list of quality of life improvements that includes an increased storage capacity from 5000 items to 9000 items, and the ability to store flowers. Resetti will be available to clear up items that you do not want on display, and they can be put in storage to reuse at a later date. The action does not stop when your character goes to sleep. When they hit the hay they can be transported to Luna’s dream world which takes players to Slumber Island. Slumber Island can be decorated in whatever you want, terraform the environment, add bridges, change the time and weather, and add residents. Players can have up to three islands and choose from small, medium, and large sized islands. Players can be invited to each other’s islands and work together on making changes. There will be additional crossover items including consoles, and those who have a Switch Online membership will be able to play games on those consoles. There is also a collaboration with LEGO which will bring LEGO items into the game.

But wait, there’s now more! Nintendo hand-wave all of that previously announced stuff away and then include things like letting you craft using your home storage materials, purchasing up to 50 customization kits at once, additional Nook Miles tasks and more.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 3.0 patch notes:

General updates (Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch)

• The previously announced new content and features have been added.
• It’s now possible to craft up to 10 items at once if you have enough materials.
• Items stored in your home storage can now be used as DIY materials.
• The DIY Recipes app now includes a page where you can check hotel DIY requests and items requested by Tom Nook as you progress through the game.
• Items obtained by linking with Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp can now always be ordered from Nook Shopping.
• Super Mario Bros. items can now be ordered from Nook Shopping without linking to a Nintendo Account.
• While outdoors on an island, holding down the L Button allows you to move while facing the same direction.
• When changing the island tune at Resident Services, Isabelle will now suggest recommended melodies, including the original island tune.
• When changing the island flag at Resident Services, you can now revert it to the original design from when the island was created.
• You can now purchase up to 50 Customization Kits at once from Nook’s Cranny.
• Several items, including Snowflakes, can now be sold at the drop-off box at Nook’s Cranny.
• You will receive a Pearl every time you give a scallop to Pascal.
• You can now ask Leif to remove weeds when there are 30 or more weeds on your island, either on Harv’s Island or during his visits
• The fee for asking Leif to remove weeds has been reduced.
• New tips have been added to the Island Life 101 app.
• Additional Nook Miles tasks have been added alongside the new features.
• The order of some collaboration items has been updated in the catalogs used for photo studios and hotel decorating.
• Other adjustments and corrections were made to improve the gameplay experience.

Nintendo Switch 2 Specific Updates

• Fixed an issue where the startup sound for Nook Shopping on the smartphone would not play correctly.

NookLink (Nintendo Switch App) Updates

• Added new articles to the Island Newspaper.
• The Catalog now supports new items added in Ver. 3.0.0.

Source: Nintendo