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Nintendo Rolls Out Animal Crossing Update With 25th Anniversary Gift

Emily Chen 0 comments 5 min read
Nintendo Rolls Out Animal Crossing Update With 25th Anniversary Gift

Nintendo has released version 3.0.2 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, delivering both a celebratory reward and a crop of bug fixes for players on Switch.

The headline feature is a commemorative leaf ornament marking a quarter-century of the Animal Crossing franchise. Players who update to 3.0.2 will find the item waiting in their in-game mailbox.

Beyond the anniversary gift, the patch addresses several persistent issues that have plagued the game. One of the more unusual fixes tackles a problem where dung beetles could remain visible on screen after the snowball they were sitting on vanished. Another corrects a longstanding rock-hitting mechanic where items would pop loose before the shovel actually connected with its target. That same issue was supposed to be fixed in the previous update, version 3.0.1, but the conditions that triggered it still existed, so Nintendo took another swing at it.

Crafting received attention as well. The update fixes a bug where attempting to craft multiple items using recipes that require six different material types could occasionally succeed even when the player didn't have enough supplies.

The patch also corrects an issue with villager guests appearing in unusual spots inside player homes, and fixes a problem where hotel guest rooms could become unexitable depending on furniture placement or villager behavior. Custom designs that players created are no longer blocked from appearing at Able Sisters or being uploaded to the Custom Design Portal after visiting Slumber Island.

Graphical improvements include lighting fixes for glowing island spots, which now properly display when viewed from the plane during island returns.

For players who purchased the Happy Home Paradise DLC, the update tackles an issue where visiting animals would stop appearing on the beach once some had vacation homes, even if others still needed them.

Author Emily Chen: "A solid housekeeping update that shows Nintendo still cares about keeping New Horizons running smoothly, even as the franchise hits the quarter-century mark."

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