Animal Crossing: New Horizonshas a massive update on November 5th that hopes to breathe life back into the title that hasn’t seen a major update in quite some time. This new update sees the addition of Cooking, Farming, Brewster, and so much more. Part of the excitement aroundAnimal Crossingwas the idea that a player could collect various amounts of fish and bugs and then catalog them. It was a calming activity that encouraged players to catch every type of critter. Unfortunately, though, something that isn’t coming in theAnimal Crossing New: Horizons large updateis the addition of new critters forAnimal Crossingfans to collect.
As it stands, there are currently three critter types inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. Fish and Bugs have been in the game since its debut back in 2001 for the GameCube. During a Summer update,Animal Crossing: New Horizonsalso addeddiving that saw the addition of Sea Creaturesas a third critter type players could collect. Since no critter update was announced, anAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsfan took it upon themselves to come up with an idea that introduces birds as a fourth critter type as well as the different gameplay mechanics that would be used.
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A Reddit user by the name of WayBye created an incredibly detailed four paged graphic that shows how Birds can be introduced inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. Firstly, these birds cannot be collected. The way players catalog the birds is by taking pictures using their cameras. WayBye also detailed a lot of the different places a player can find these birds such as Seagulls on a beach that can actually steal villager’s food if they’re carrying any, as well as ducks that are floating in a pond where they can be fed by villagers.
The graphics also highlight the bird-watching visitor called Parker thatbehaves similar to Flickand C.J. There is even a humorous interaction that can occur if he appears on a player’s island since he is a spider. Blathers obviously has a dislike for insects, so he pretends as though the museum is closed when Parker visits the island.
WayBye’s graphics detailed many more fun and clever ideas for the addition of birds inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. The entire idea overall is fantastic and the user of the camera to take pictures of birds is quite unique and makes its purpose more relevant. Although the newAnimal Crossingupdate expands upon the camera’s capabilities, it’s not something that everyone uses as much.
Unfortunately, new critters aren’t coming in the new update. It has also been confirmed that the newAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsupdate will be the lastmajor update for the game. Additionally, the paid DLC will be the first and only one forAnimal Crossing. It’s a shame considering how much more could be added. If birds are ever included, it looks like it will have to be in a futureAnimal Crossinggame.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis out now exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
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