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Interestingly enough, the official guidebook revealed the return of the Museum, which has been a staple in previous Animal Crossing games. To those unfamiliar with the franchise, the Museum will house rare artifacts, fossils, and other collectible items that players will find in the game’s world. It is still unknown which Animal Crossing character will be managing the museum in New Horizons. However, it is likely that it will be the adorable owl named Blathers, who has been confirmed to return in the upcoming game.
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Meanwhile, Nintendo recently hosted a Direct presentation a few days ago that was focused on Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Apart from showing extensive gameplay, the Direct presentation revealed several new details about the upcoming game such as new objects, deeper interactivity with villagers, and support for physical amiibo figures and their physical cards.
Apart from new gameplay features, the Direct presentation also confirmed that Animal Crossing: New Horizons will have at least 383 villagers in it. It is worth remembering that its predecessor, Animal Crossing: New Leaf featured 333 villagers that were eventually bumped up to 399 with the Welcome amiibo update. Nonetheless, it is likely that more villagers will be included in New Horizons, given that the game has been confirmed to receive free post-launch updates in the future.
During the Direct presentation, Nintendo also confirmed the issue that the New Horizons will not include a cloud save feature to prevent manipulation of the in-game clock. However, Nintendo reuploaded the Direct presentation shortly after with a slight change to the cloud saving issue. The new footage indicated that “more details on save data recovery functionality will be shared on a future date.” Of course, this caused further confusion among Animal Crossing fans, and the reupload of the Nintendo Direct appears to be a reaction to the initial response about the issue of cloud saving.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons releases March 20, 2020, exclusively on Nintendo Switch.
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