Will Nintendo Switch Fans Witness A Massive Animal Crossing Surprise In 2023?

Published 12/27/2022, 11:00 AM EST

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Nintendo Switch was released in 2017. It released many new first-party games to it, just like it does for every single new console it launches.  Super Mario Odyssey, Luigi’s Mansion, and The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild are only a few of a range of games that launched exclusively for Nintendo Switch.

Nintendo also turned a new page for its gaming consoles by introducing a console that was easy to develop and powerful enough to run some really graphically intense games. This led to Skyrim, Wolfenstein, and Doom and Doom Eternal making it to Switch.

And in 2020 along with Doom Eternal came Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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Animal Crossing for Nintendo Switch brought a record number of new players to the series

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released in 2020 for Nintendo Switch. Before this latest installment, this series had a very limited fanbase. People who played Animal Crossing played Animal crossing because they had been playing Animal Crossing ever since the series started.

And there was always a shortage of new players coming to it. To them, there were games like Stardew Valley available, with a lot more in-depth gameplay mechanics. So Nintendo decided that the userbase that Nintendo Switch has created can be convinced to give the new Animal Crossing a go.

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They looked around, took notes from survival games, modern farming sims, and finally Animal Crossing: New Horizons was born. The game launched to an astonishingly positive response, thanks to it being very different from its predecessors and enticing, and also thanks to the ongoing Covid-19 quarantine.

And so the game was undoubtedly successful. Nintendo was so supportive of the game that they still this day release little updates for it.

The success of this game has led Nintendo to include Animal Crossing among its prime franchises now. And we are so sure, that the moment we see a New Nintendo console, we would see a new Animal Crossing, within a year of this game’s launch.

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What would be next for Switch fans?

Nintendo Switch users have been asking for an upgrade. They have been asking for it for a couple of years now. The switch was awesome till the games dipped to 540P, but nowadays handheld versions dip even lower. This is why fans now ask for an upgrade.

Now there are several rumors talking about a new console. Some say it would be Switch 2, others say it would be something new altogether.

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Whatever it might be, fans can expect two things, Backwards compatibility, and a New Animal Crossing game.

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Rohit Sejwal

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Originating from Delhi, Rohit Sejwal is an Esports writer at EssentiallySports who has done MSc in filmmaking. Academics aside, he is an Avid Gamer and has been writing about them every now and then. While RPG games are his forte, Soulsborne games are the ones that he cherishes the most.
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Arijit Saha