Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduces town terraforming Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduces town terraforming Plus a new phone app and free updates planned. News by Martin Robinson Editor-in-chief Updated on 20 Feb 2020 8 comments Today's Nintendo Direct has revealed that terraforming is coming to Animal Crossing for the first time, with players able to carry out construction work such as paving paths and modifying cliffs and rivers. It's one of several new features coming to the Nintendo Switch title, due on 20th March. Soon after launch, a new feature in the Nintendo Switch Online app will appear allowing New Horizons functionality. Called NookLink, it's where you can engage in voice chat or import designs from the 3DS' New Leaf and Happy Home Designer by scanning in QR codes. Customisation is also much deeper this time out, with cues being taken from Happy Home Designer as player's own designs can be applied to furniture. That'll be part of several free updates coming to New Horizon, with the first coming on launch day that will enable Bunny Day in April - one of a number of planned in-game events coming to the new Animal Crossing. Watch on YouTube Nintendo also offered clarity - of sorts - on New Horizon's save data situation. Families can share an island on one console, with each user being able to register one resident and have their own house - all of which ties into local co-op, where four players can play together on one Switch console with one player being designated the leader while the other three follow. Cloud Saves are not enabled for Animal Crossing New Horizons, though Nintendo did say a service for lost saves will be provided. What exactly that service is, when it will be available and how it will work remains a mystery. Your island paradise is what you make it…literally! Build bridges and paths, then start shaping the land itself: rivers, cliffs and slopes! #ACNH pic.twitter.com/Kuqpyma0qJ- Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) February 20, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings The Direct also showed the return of several familiar faces from the series' past, such as Wisp the ghost and Gulliver the stranded sailor, and confirmed Amiibo support for New Horizons - simply scan an Amiibo and the relevant animal will arrive on your island, though Nintendo also suggested that not all Animal Crossing Amiibo will be supported at launch as they roll more in after 20th March. We also recently played the first hour of Animal Crossing: New Horizons - click there to see what we thought of the streamlined, more structured take on Nintendo's life-sim. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store