Nintendo Shares Halloween-themed Fall Update For Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Since the game’s well-timed release this past March during the rising concerns of the novel coronavirus, Nintendo since has been fueling Animal Crossing: New Horizons with monthly updates that continue to breathe life into the evergrowing title. The latest being a scheduled title update for this August adding island back-up saves and the dream-structured island hopping feature.

But of course, Nintendo is certainly not finished with adding more content for island dwellers to continue morphing their islands into leading forward. Earlier this month alongside the announcement of Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Nintendo shared that Mario-themed items and other goodies will be hitting Animal Crossing: New Horizons later next year.

But for now, Nintendo today has shared a new video revealing some of the recreational activities that players can enjoy in the coming fall update for the game. You can watch the trailer in the video below:

Gather from the bulk of the trailer, the title update is posed more of as a Halloween update rather than a generalized fall client. In that, players can purchase candy and harvest pumpkins for DUY recipes leading up to October 31st. On ‘Halloween Night’, players can meet their villagers and greet them with candy. Jack the Czar of Halloween will also be making an appearance on all hallows eve.

For players themselves, there will of course be a selection of decorative Halloween costumes to dress themselves in and celebrate with friends on the night of. Additionally, players can also find new character cosmetics such as vibrant eye colors to go with you costume and even change the color of your skin for the special occasion. Nintendo also pokes at a late November update slated to be revealed in the coming weeks.

In a recent financial report shared by Nintendo earlier this summer, Nintendo disclosed that Animal Crossing: New Horizons since its arrival has tipped well over into 22 million units sold. You can read the full report by heading here.

What are you planning to do when the new update arrives to Animal Crossing: New Horizons?

Fall update ships on September 30, 2020; Animal Crossing: New Horizons is out now for Nintendo Switch.