Animal Crossing: New Horizons Receives a Big New Update, but It Is Not What Everyone Expected

One of the most successful gaming series of Nintendo, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is finally getting a new update. However, the new update might not live up to most veterans’ expectations. 

ACNH challenges players’ creativity by letting them design and decorate their islands on their own. Not to mention, Nintendo also offers users a plethora of activities and villagers to interact with at the same time. 

During the tough times of the global pandemic, Animal Crossing brought a ray of hope to millions of people worldwide. The wholesome nature of the game and cutesy aesthetics helped users keep their minds distracted during the depressing lockdowns and pandemic restrictions. 

The game has accumulated a huge fanbase that is devoted to the series. But unfortunately, ACNH is “dying” according to the same fanbase. Even though the game is still breaking records, Nintendo has slowly but steadily reduced the support for New Horizons. But a recent new update brought some hope for the fans. 

Animal Crossing New Horizons receives a brand new update

After nine whole months of the 2.0.5 update, which brought a lot to the game, fans were very excited about the new 2.0.6 patch. Alas, those fans were nothing but disappointed as Nintendo announced that the new Animal Crossing update will bring just some bug fixes and solutions for some security issues. 

Read more: What To Expect From the Upcoming November Update for Animal Crossing New Horizons?

But Animal Crossing: New Horizons wasn’t the only first-party Nintendo game that received an update out of nowhere. Twitter user OatmealDome pointed out that other significant Nintendo titles such as Splatoon 2, ARMS, and Super Mario Maker 2 have also received updates and fixes for “stability” issues. 

They speculated that these simultaneous updates are a result of “a major security bug in a common code component.” Also, there is a possibility that Nintendo is trying to improve its online service through these patches, as Shuntaro Furukawa hinted during a recent Q&A session.

Critters available during the month of November in ACNH

Interestingly, Nintendo also migrates in-game critters every month; therefore, it naturally becomes a hard task for users to keep a track of them. So here’s a list of critters available during the month of November 2022 to help with your collections: 

Northern Hemisphere:

Bugs

• Damselfly – 500 bells
• Mole cricket – 500 bells
• Tarantula – 8,000 bells

Fish

• Bitterling – 900 bells
• Blowfish -5,000 bells
• Tuna – 7,000 bells
• Blue Marlin – 10,000 bells
• Football Fish – 2,500 bells

Sea Creatures

• Sea Cucumber–500 bells
• Dungeoness Crab–1900 bells
• Sea Pig – 8000 bells
• Snow Crab – 6000 bells
• Red King Crab – 8000 bells

Southern Hemisphere:

Bugs

• Great Purple Emperor–3,000 bells
• Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing–4,000 bells
• Banded Dragonfly–4,500 bells
• Pondskater – 130 bells
• Diving Beetle – 800 bells
• Violin Beetle – 450 bells
• Rosalia Batesi Beetle–3,000 bells
• Scorpion–8,000 bells

Fish

• Frog – 120 bells
• Catfish–800 bells
• Nibble Fish–1,500 bells
• Angelfish – 3,000 bells
• Betta – 2,500 bells
• Rainbowfish–800 bells
• Giant Trevally–4,500 bells
• Mahi-mahi – 6,000 bells

Sea- Creatures

• Sea Urchin–1,700 bells
• Slate Pencil Urchin–2,000 bells
• Gigas Giant Clam–1,500 bells
• Vampire Squid – 10,000 bells
• Spotted Garden Eel – 1,100 bells

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