Looks like people just can't become plenty of that Tom Nook. A new report shows that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the most successful entry in the Animal Crossing series. A large feat considering there has been an iteration of the game for well-nigh every Nintendo console.

This report comes from Daniel Ahmad over on Twitter. The analyst has shared some interesting Nintendo data including the fact that New Horizons has "outsold every single previous Beast Crossing game combined". With a whopping 37.62 one thousand thousand copies sold, the game has proven a pop option amongst Switch users. The nearest game from the serial to achieve New Horizon's success is Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the 3DS with nearly thirteen one thousand thousand copies sold.

Of form, New Horizons came at a time when video games became a lifeline for many. Launching in March 2020, the portable paradise game emerged right at the kickoff of the Covid-19 pandemic. Equally people were forced to quarantine and isolate themselves from the outside world, New Horizons became a fashion to connect with friends and family. Spending hours decorating and redecorating islands or inviting friends over to lounge on the beach, the game slowly became the best fashion to hang out amongst a pandemic. Heck, there was fifty-fifty a talk show conducted completely through the game.

The game would continue to account for almost 10% of all Switch games sold from March 2020 to March 2021. Plus, it became the second highest-selling switch game in less than a year and the fastest physical game to accomplish 6 meg units sold in Japan.

However, fifty-fifty with the world opening support and possibly returning to something resembling normal (maybe, hopefully), New Horizons is notwithstanding going strong. The game recently propelled itself back into the charts with a massive update and the release of its beginning-ever paid DLC. Adding thousands of new items and hours of content, the update reminded players why they spent and then much time on their island in the first place. However, Nintendo announced that it would be the last big update given to the game.

Though information technology may not receive any new updates, there is then much to practice within the game that it will surely proceed to be a staple in everyone'south Switch library.

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