Nintendo Treats Switch Online Users to Exclusive Animal Crossing: New Horizons Villager Icons For July 2022

Published 07/05/2022, 10:30 AM EDT

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is arguably the most successful title in the Animal Crossing series. Indeed, it has created an enormous impact on Nintendo Switch by claiming the second-highest selling title on the console. Furthermore, the 2.0 update introduced several new features and mechanics, which drew many players’ attention to ACNH.

Unfortunately, developers announced they will no longer support New Horizons with major updates. Thus, many users decided to purchase the expansion pack to continue playing their favorite title with brand-new mechanics. A few months back, Nintendo introduced another feature for Online membership members, which was loved by the community.

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Continue reading to find out about the recent changes and what players should look forward to in July.

Nintendo introduces July 2022 Animal Crossing: New Horizons villagers’ icons

A few months back, Nintendo launched a brand new limited to Online membership players. Nintendo Switch Online is an online subscription service for the Nintendo Switch video game console. Moreover, the newly added feature lets online members redeem the ACNH villagers’ icons through their platinum points.

Furthermore, the villagers’ icons change monthly and are based on their birthday month and get expired after 35 days. Interestingly, Nintendo has recently launched new July villagers icons for Online membership users. It has also mentioned that it will be available from July 5th to August 2nd. To know how to redeem villagers’ icons, click here.

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The First July Seasonal event arrives in ACNH

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Apart from decorating their island into their dream place, New Horizons users also look forward to upcoming events. Fortunately, the month of July will introduce a bunch of seasonal events with exciting limited-time item rewards for them to get their hands on. Interestingly, Tanabata, the first July event, has already arrived in ACNH.

Tanabata has always been an official event in every Animal Crossing title; unfortunately, Nintendo didn’t introduce it as a major event in New Horizons. However, developers still offer players to purchase Bamboo Grass from the Nook Stop to celebrate the event on their own. Bamboo grass is an event-exclusive item and has a price range of 3,080 bells.

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Which July seasonal even are you most looking forward to? Let us know in the comments down below.

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