Animal Crossing: New Horizons is one of the most popular titles in the Animal Crossing series. A few months back, Nintendo itself reported New Horizons has sold over 37.62 million copies worldwide. Indeed, it’s a monumental achievement for a game that only has been released for two years.

Furthermore, developers were able to catch a lot of players’ attention with the launch of the 2.0 update. The 2.0 update introduced several new features, characters, and mechanics in ACNH. Many veterans login back into their old accounts to encounter Brewster and the Roost. Unfortunately, Nintendo itself announced it will no longer release major updates for New Horizons after the 2.0 update.

However, developers have been constantly updating the game with regular minor updates. The minor updates comprise seasonal changes, events, items, and much more. Continue reading to find out more about the upcoming changes in the May update.

Upcoming major May changes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Critters

Nintendo has focused a lot on splendid graphics while designing ACNH. Furthermore, players can relate New Horizons with their regular life; thus, developers migrate in-game bugs, fish, and sea creatures on a monthly basis. Here are the upcoming critters in the May update.

Bugs

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• Northern Hemisphere

1. Great Purple Emperor
2. Queen Alexandra’S Birdwing
3. Banded Dragonfly
4. Pondskater
5. Diving Beetle
6. Violin Beetle
7. Rosalia Batesi Beetle
8. Scorpion

• Southern Hemisphere

1. Damselfly
2. Mole Cricket
3. Tarantula

Fish

• Northern Hemisphere

1. Frog
2. Catfish
3. Nibble Fish
4. Angelfish
5. Betta
6. Rainbowfish
7. Giant Trevally
8. Mahi-Mahi

• Southern Hemisphere

1. Bitterling
2. Blowfish
3. Tuna
4. Blue Marlin
5. Football Fish

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Sea-Creatures

• Northern Hemisphere

1. Sea Urchin
2. Slate Pencil Urchin
3. Gigas Giant Clam
4. Vampire Squid
5. Spotted Garden Eel

• Southern Hemisphere

1. Sea Cucumber
2. Sea Pig
3. Dungeness Crab
4. Snow Crab
5. Red King Crab

Upcoming May events to look forward to in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

• May event

The first May event that players will encounter in ACNH will be May Day and will run from May 1 to May 7. May Day tasks players to solve challenging mazes for interesting prizes. To access the maze, players must obtain the May Day Ticket from Tom Nook and take the May Day Tour via Dodo Airlines.

• Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day does not appear as a standard event in New Horizons; however, it appears as a Nook Shopping seasonal event. The event runs throughout the month of May and players can buy an exciting item during the event. This includes the Thank-You Mom Mug from Nook Shopping for 600 Bells.

• International Museum Day

The museum is one of the most iconic buildings in the Animal Crossing series. It is a facility that displays every Bug, Fish, Painting, Art, and Fossil you donate to Blathers. Thus, Nintendo introduced the International Museum Day event, which lasts from May 18 to May 31.

During the event, players have to go between each exhibit and collect the stamps for their stamp cards, led by the museum curator, Blathers.

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