Animal Crossing: New Horizons- Everything We Know About the Obon Festival

Published 08/19/2021, 7:01 AM EDT

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The 1.11.0 update has introduced a lot of content for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Players can enjoy new seasonal events and get their hands on brand new food items from the fireworks festival. This has encouraged veterans to login back to New Horizons and play regularly.

The upcoming seasonal event is Obon Festival and will offer some new items. Although players are desperately waiting for a big update, enjoying these minor events and collecting new items will always come in handy. Here’s everything you need to know about the Obon Festival arriving at ACNH.

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Obon Festival, a new seasonal event arriving in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

The Obon festival is a Japanese festival, and it celebrates the return of ancestor’s spirits to the living world. According to the Japanese tradition, people attach chopsticks to their eggplants and cucumbers as a set of legs. It’s used to act as an anchor for the spirits to return to the physical world.

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Thus, Nintendo is trying to rejuvenate Japanese players by getting their hands on new Obon festival theme items. Most importantly, players from all around the world can also know the Japanese culture.

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From August 10 to August 16, special goods will appear in the Nook Shopping Special Goods section. Players can purchase them for 500 bells each and there will be two items. Only one of these items will appear per day, so they will have to return on two different days to collect them both.

Players can get their hands on two items, namely a Cucumber horse and Eggplant cow. It’s good to see how Nintendo is focusing on veterans and is trying to light up their moods by introducing new seasonal events. These events are motivating players to login back to New Horizons and play daily.

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In case you are getting bored with ACNH, it would be best to redo your entire island. By trying new themes and searching for your dream island is the main aim of New Horizons. Are you excited about the Obon festival in ACNH? Let us know in the comments down below.

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