A companion to your island (or town) life in Animal Crossing. We post about events, villager birthdays and the latest news for the series.
Companion account to @splatoon (because it just makes sense).
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Run by @experiencer
News / Pretendo Network: You can now StreetPass your 3DS friends from anywhere in the world!
News / Pretendo Network: You can now StreetPass your 3DS friends from anywhere in the world! ----------
Have you had trouble finding anyone to #StreetPass for Happy Home Showcase in New Leaf?
If you have, the team at @pretendo have just made it easier! With the latest version of Nimbus (which allows you to connect to the network), you're now able to StreetPass people online from anywhere in the world!
However, it's not that simple. Due to the buggy implementation of StreetPass for some games, you'll only be able to StreetPass people you've friended on your console (well that's 0 for me). It makes use of a feature called StreetPass Relay which was used at Nintendo Zones which allowed you to upload your data and download others.
I think I'll just stick to real StreetPasses for now though (I got 3 in the last year). Anyone reading from the South West or West Midlands?
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNL #ACNH #AC #Pretendo #PretendoNetwork #3DS #Nintendo3DS #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 21
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 21 ----------
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week!
Monday
- T-Bone's birthday
Tuesday
- June's birthday
Wednesday
- Colton's birthday
- Mabel's birthday
Thursday
- Peggy's birthday
Friday
- Deli's birthday
Saturday
- Derwin's birthday
- Gulliver's birthday
Sunday
- Mother's Day [France]
- Flea Market [Let's Go To The City]
- Yay Day
- Bruce's birthday
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 20
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 20 ----------
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week!
Monday
- Biskit's birthday
Tuesday
- Canberra's birthday
Wednesday
- Leonardo's birthday
Thursday
- Ike's birthday
Friday
- Gayle's birthday
Saturday
- Fishing Tourney [Let's Go To The City and New Leaf]
- Pekoe's birthday
Sunday
- Fishing Tourney [Wild World]
- Olaf's birthday
- Sasha's birthday
Just want to end this post with a thank you to everyone supporting this account. This post is currently being scheduled a few weeks in advance (today's the 25th of April), but right now, I may possibly be preparing for GCSE exams since they start this week for me on Thursday. Seriously, thank you.
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
Not sure what this means for Animal Crossing yet, new games seem to release roughly 2 years into a consoles cycle (Wild World about 1-1.5yrs, LGTTC 2yrs, New Leaf 1.5-2.25yrs, New Horizons 3yrs), so at the latest, I would expect the next Animal Crossing game to potentially release for 2027.
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 19
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 19 ----------
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week!
Monday
- Tank's birthday
Tuesday
- Ozzie's birthday
Wednesday
- Parent's Day [South Korea]
- Curlos's birthday
Thursday
- Bunnie's birthday
Friday
- Flick's birthday
- Patty's birthday
Saturday
- La-Di-Day [Wild World]
- Cherry's birthday
Sunday
- Mother's Day [United States, Germany, Italy and Japan]
- Ellie's birthday
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 18
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 18 ----------
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week!
Monday
- Coach's birthday
Tuesday
- Angus's birthday
Wednesday
- Start of Mushroom Season [New Horizons / Southern Hemisphere]
- Spring Cleaning [Animal Crossing]
- Clyde's birthday
- Don Resetti's birthday
Thursday
- Mint's birthday
- Roswell's birthday
Friday
- Sylvia's birthday
Saturday
- Flea Market [Wild World]
- Deirdre's birthday
Sunday
- Mother's Day [Spain]
- Paolo's birthday
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
@MichiganJoeFrog @animal_crossing get it from Universal Updater, it's that simple!
News / StreetPass: Modders have gotten StreetPass to go online!
News / StreetPass: Modders have gotten StreetPass to go online! ----------
If you're a #Nintendo3DS owner, you might be pleased to hear that modders have made an online version of #StreetPass called NetPass, which allows you to StreetPass users on your 3DS.
It's great if you're struggling to find people, although I have thankfully had some StreetPasses with 3 people in the last year, 2 of which gave me Animal Crossing New Leaf data!
Jon from the YouTube channel Good Vibes Gaming made a great video on it: https://youtu.be/Z50tuxYvAO0
If you want to learn more about the project, there's a GBAtemp page at: https://gbatemp.net/threads/a-new-way-to-experience-streetpass.653810/
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNL #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
I honestly need to get back on track with scheduling posts, I'm letting you all down by not scheduling 😥
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 17
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 17 ----------
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week! Apologies for the slightly late post again 😥
Monday
- Nature Day (definitely need to check that out)
- Phoebe's birthday
Tuesday
- Miranda's birthday
- Booker's birthday
Wednesday
- Walt's birthday
Thursday
- Bertha's birthday
Friday
- Weeding Day [New Leaf / North America]
- Kevin's birthday
Saturday
- Katt's birthday
Sunday
- Fishing Tourney [Wild World]
- Ava's birthday
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 16
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 16 ----------
Sorry that I missed posting last week, I think I was a bit unorganized 😥. Pretty empty week unfortunately so just listen to a bunch of villager birthdays 😂.
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week!
Monday
- Grams's birthday
Tuesday
- Vesta's birthday
Wednesday
- Charlise's birthday
- Porter's birthday
Thursday
- Piper's birthday
Friday
- Pietro's birthday (oh no)
Saturday
- Stu's birthday
Sunday
- Agnes's birthday
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Nintendo Network Shutdown: Online services for the Wii U and 3DS has shut down
News / Nintendo Network Shutdown: Online services for the Wii U and 3DS has shut down ----------
The time is up for online services for the #WiiU and #3DS consoles.
It is now April 9th at 1am BST, which means online services for both consoles are no longer available. This means you will be no longer able to splat anymore squids, challenge anyone to a Mario Kart race or even try to show off your bowling skills on official Nintendo servers on the #NintendoWiiU or #Nintendo3DS consoles.
To continue playing online services on both consoles, you will need to mod your consoles. Guides to do that are available on https://wiiu.hacks.guide and https://3ds.hacks.guide. After that, install @pretendo and follow the brilliant guides for installation for Wii U or 3DS. They cover everything you need to know about modding your console and getting Pretendo set up (I've helped add some commits to the Pretendo guide to make it easier to get started).
If you want to know what the shutdown means for either the Splatoon or Animal Crossing franchises, please visit our page at https://experiencersinternational.github.io/labs/fedi/splatoon/onlineclosure.
It's unfortunate that many popular games did not last a decade of online support, but it was good whilst it lasted.
If you have any memories of online from either consoles, I would love to hear it in a reply down below!
> > > Cross-posted between @crossing and @splatoon. > >
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
@animal_crossing oh shoot I didn't change the year or week sorry lol
News / Events: April Fools Day is happening on Monday
News / Events: April Fools Day is happening on Monday ----------
Ready to get pranked?
Whether you're running into Blanka on the final days of Tortimer Island online or you're visiting Tortimer at the plaza, April Fools Day is happening on Monday!
Might go and experience it myself for the first time as well as exploring the last days on the island.
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 14
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 14 ----------
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week!
> > > Thank you for helping us reach 100 followers by the way! > > > > A quick reminder that online services for #ACNL and #ACHHD will cease to function at 12am BST on the 9th of April which is about a week away now. > >
Monday
- April Fools Day
- Cephalobots birthday
Tuesday
- Tammi's birthday
- Cashmere's birthday
Wednesday
- Eunice's birthday
Thursday
- Buck's birthday
Friday
- Cherry Blossom Festival [GameCube / Day 1]
- Beau's birthday
Saturday
- Cherry Blossom Festival [GameCube / Day 2]
- Flea Market [Wild World]
- Hopper's birthday
- Resetti's birthday
Sunday
- Cherry Blossom Festival [GameCube / Day 3]
- Rasher's birthday
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Nintendo Network Shutdown: Contribute SpotPass data now!
News / Nintendo Network Shutdown: Contribute SpotPass data now! ----------
If you're familiar with the #WiiU and #3DS, you may know that SpotPass is one of the key components of the online services (particularly back when both consoles were still actively supported).
SpotPass will cease to exist once Nintendo Network shuts down and revival services such as @pretendo will need SpotPass data for some online services to function properly. Right now, data for SpotPass can be insufficient in places and in order to make sure it still works properly, they need your dumps.
If you have a unmodded/modded Wii U console or a modded 2DS/3DS console, please visit https://spotpassarchive.github.io/ to learn how to dump your data now. It's quick and easy to do and it won't take long. I did it personally myself last night
> > > Cross-posted between @crossing and @splatoon. > >
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Sales: Animal Crossing New Horizons is discounted to £33.29 in Europe!
News / Sales: Animal Crossing New Horizons is discounted to £33.29 in Europe! ----------
Just to let you all know, Nintendo has another sale going on in Europe. If you'd like to pick up New Horizons for the first time, it'll be discounted to £33.29 until April 7th!
I could be wrong but it looks like one of the first times that the Happy Home Paradise DLC is being discounted too, being reduced to £15.74.
Visit the Nintendo website to check out the sale now: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Animal-Crossing-New-Horizons-1438623.html#Overview
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 13
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 13 ----------
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week!
Monday
- Billy's birthday
- Celia's birthday
Tuesday
- Louie's birthday
- Fauna's birthday
Wednesday
- Lolly's birthday
Thursday
- Baabara's birthday
Friday
- Biff's birthday
Saturday
- Felicity's birthday
- Daisy Mae's birthday
Sunday
- Klaus's birthday
- Bunny Day
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Events: Yay Day and the Flea Market is on Sunday
News / Events: Yay Day and the Flea Market is on Sunday ----------
If you're in a Wild World town, be prepared to give your villagers a compliment on Sunday as it's Yay Day!
Or, if you're playing in a Let's Go To The City town, get ready to snag a great deal since the Flea Market is on Sunday!
\#AnimalCrossing #ACCF #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
@animal_crossing oh no... this doesn't sound good when it comes from RTGame
@animal_crossing much faster than my pre-order for Splatoon 3, my pre-order for that came at 5pm on launch day.
Funnily enough that was also launched in interesting circumstances as well given that the night before I was watching a stream of ThatSrb2Dude playing it early and well the chat was filled with only one thing...
News / Anniversaries: Animal Crossing New Horizons is officially 4 years old today
News / Anniversaries: Animal Crossing New Horizons is officially 4 years old today ----------
Just a quick one, Animal Crossing New Horizons has now turned 4 years old today, releasing 4 years ago on Friday March 20th 2020 (it was certainly a fun time, I'm lucky my pre-order came in at like 9am on launch day).
Do you have any memories of picking up ACNH 4 years ago? Let me know in the replies below.
Thanks @yassie\_j for instilling sanity into me.
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Events: Spring Sports Fair is taking place in GameCube towns on Wednesday
News / Events: Spring Sports Fair is taking place in GameCube towns on Wednesday ----------
To celebrate the Spring Equinox, the Spring Sports Fair will be taking place in GameCube towns on Wednesday.
This is a fun filled day that will allow you to participate in various activities! A timetable for each activity is listed below!
- 9-11am: Gymnastics
- 11am-1pm: Foot Race
- 1-3pm: Ball Toss
- 3-5pm: Tug-o-War
\#AnimalCrossing #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Nintendo Network: A quick heads up to remind you that there is less than 21 days left now
News / Nintendo Network: A quick heads up to remind you that there is less than 21 days left now ----------
Just wanted to post a quick heads up to everyone that Nintendo Network will be gone in less than 3 weeks now. As a reminder, online services for the #WiiU and #3DS are shutting down on April 9th at 12am BST.
Don't forget that we still have a few events left in our Matrix space if you want to play some games with others before it is too late!
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNL #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Events: Father's Day is on Tuesday in ES/IT New Leaf towns
News / Events: Father's Day is on Tuesday in ES/IT New Leaf towns ----------
If any of you are in Spanish or Italian towns in New Leaf or Let's Go To The City, expect to get a letter from Dad (with a red carnation attached) on Tuesday to celebrate Father's Day!
Or, for New Horizons players, be sure to hit up the Nook Shopping application to get exclusive items.
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNL #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 12
News / Weekly Event Outlook: Events in the Animal Crossing World taking place on 2024 Week 12 ----------
Here's what's happening in the Animal Crossing world this week!
Monday
- Dom's birthday
Tuesday
- Merengue's birthday
- Pelly's birthday
- Father's Day [Let's Go To The City and New Leaf | ES/IT]
Wednesday
- Hornsby's birthday
- Spring Sports Fair [Animal Crossing]
Thursday
- Elise's birthday
- Faith's birthday
- Spring Sports Fair [Animal Crossing]
Friday
- Paula's birthday
Saturday
- Axel's birthday
Sunday
- Skye's birthday
- Yay Day [Wild World]
- Flea Market [Let's Go To The City]
\#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal\_crossing
Completely unintentionally missed Shamrock Day from the list, sorry!
@tired_potato I think I've definitely just made that Lemmy community more active 😂
I can't personally say that I would be interested in Animal Crossing Lego though unfortunately.
Seems to be released next Wednesday by the information on the website (13th of March).
Are any of you picking it up? Let me know if you are!
@scribblemacher @animal_crossing I honestly should open it up again, I've never finished my debts
Haven't played for about a year at this point to be honest, my most frequently played now tends to be New Leaf.
Pretty sure I won today in #ACNL, did pretty well this fishing tourney!
My best was an 18.95in horse mackerel today.
Decided to take an image posing with Chip! I would love to see your best catches if you want to share them btw 😄