Animal Crossing New Horizons (Player list in OP)

https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons/critic-reviews

The reviews seem positive so far. I expected as much from one of the sites, always the outlier. And The Daily Star, I'd never give it traffic.

IGN are hit and miss with their reviews. I always look at who reviewed the game. Pokemon Sword and Shield was a farce, handed to the biggest and most biased Pokemon fangirl around(though Gamespot did the same). Sam Claiborn reviewed this, so I'm happy about that. I'll read it in detail later. In his summary, you could say he almost took an innocuous dig at Pokemon.

nintendoo wrote: »

It's a different kind of game. You can dip in and out. No pressure. Multiple players on the same switch will have to share the same island. Sounds like a virtual world lockdown I think Nintendo being really greedy here and not letting each player have their own island ... Or maybe I'm wrong about this ?? Anyway we are a single switch single AC cartridge family!

The 3DS one was the same, and it lead to an awful lot of fun - from burying helpful tools around the town and posting a shovel to the youngest to that time my wife was woken by me screaming "Who cut down all my %$%&ing peach trees???" - but we don't talk about the 4th child we definitely never had who doesn't live in a lean-to behind the shed now.

Anytime I see this game's name all I think about is

Satturnfalls wrote: »

Can i buy that now, and get the code for friday? Never brought a game this way before

You will get the code the day before release

Downlinz wrote: »

That's a great price, I presume it works without having to change region or anything? Never bought Switch keys from 3rd parties before

I bought it from them and they're legit. It's currently downloaded on my Switch and waiting for Friday to unlock. You also get 300 gold points on your Nintendo account when you redeem the code.

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

You will get the code the day before release

They're giving codes already. I got mine, and it's already preloaded.

Has anyone pre-ordered AC:NH in Gamestop for 19.99 by trading in a select Switch title?

I was browsing through their list of games to trade in and it says Crash Bandicoot on their list - obviously whoever wrote this list is a bit of a nincompoop when it comes to gaming - and I'm unsure whether they're referring to N-sane Trilogy or Nitro-fueled. I have both, but only a physical copy of the latter. I imagine it is the racing game seeing as it was released more recently than the trilogy but you never know. I don't mind parting with it too much as I could never get used to the controls, unlike the original game, which I loved! Plus I can get it again when it goes on sale if I really want it.

Here's the list: http:www.gamestop.ie/switch-trade-list

Looks like Smyths are releasing a day early. Just got mail to say my pre order was ready to collect

Smyths PreOrders dispatched yesterday so anxiously awaiting the Postman. Might have to hide it from the kids for a few weeks though so I can break it out when their stir-crazyness reaches it's peak, which is a pain - Cycling through enough games to push it off the front page every time I turn the switch off!

BTW if the social distancing is getting to you and you can't wait for AC:NH to arrive and deliver vicarious disease-free neighbours, there's a strange solace to getting the family around a PC and watching The Sims do all the things outside that you can't.

dragona wrote: »

??? Which store?

I actually got a note with it, asking to keep quiet about it! Oops, wish they said that in the email earlier!!

Few hours in, it’s getting fairly addictive already

got our e-mail from Smyth's in Cork today too to say Pre-order ready for collection, went to collect it there now and i am currently playing it, it came with the free notebook and stickers also. The woman in front of me was collecting her animal crossing Console.

in my opinion i reckon they are trying to stagger pre-order numbers to avoid a run on them tomorrow.


(pre ordered very early Feb)

From the News and Releases thread:

Just a quick update to confirm our stores will be open for you to collect your order. You will receive an email and a text message when your order is ready for collection. Please only come to our store to collect your order when you have received notification that it is ready.

To ensure the health and safety of all our customers and staff we will be implementing social distancing in our stores. Social distancing is where we keep two metres apart to help stop the spread of the virus. Therefore, we will be restricting the number of collections at any one time. If there is a queue when collecting your order, please keep a distance of two metres between you and other people.

Don't go until you get your text/email. It could be a wasted journey.

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

46.69 on cdkeys.com

[url] https://www.cdkeys.com/nintendo/switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch?mw_aref=mh78[/url]

Gone up slightly but cheaper in £ (£41.99 right now) so evens out give or take. All pre loaded now.

Any idea when the preloads unlock?

super_furry wrote: »

Any idea when the preloads unlock?

Midnight! Or thereabouts...usually at least 5 minutes late