Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting pumpkin patches, Halloween costumes, and a trick-or-treat event as part of its fall update starting September 30.
The free update adds new DIY recipes, costumes, and character customization options to make your island extra spooky in time for the Halloween, Nintendo announced via a new trailer. Do you like pumpkins? I hope you like pumpkins, because every island you visit is about to be overrun with them. Iâve never had the money nor the will to deck my house out with festive fall decorations like my favorite weirdos on Instagram, but with Animal Crossingâs Halloween update it looks like Iâll finally be able to cross that one off my bucket list.
All of the spookiness leads up to a trick-or-treating event on October 31 starting at 5 p.m. in-game where you can check out neighborsâ costumes, share candy, and give lollipops to the pumpkin-headed âczar of Halloweenâ Jack in exchange for âspooky in-game rewards.â Nintendo also says that if you donât give your neighbors candy youâll get pranked. Iâd like to see them try.
The fall update will also make it easier to revisit dreams by adding them to a list, and sometime later in October the NookLink App will get a new feature to let you perform reactions from your villager using your smartphone.
Finally, Animal Crossing amiibo Cards Series 1-4 are apparently coming back to stores sometime in November at $6 a pack. Iâm sure they wonât sell out immediately.
Update – 9:58 a.m., 9/25/20: Nintendo also announced that once people download and install the fall update theyâll be gifted an in-game Ring Con from Ring Fit Adventure to deck out their home gyms with.
A Ring Con item from #RingFitAdventure will be sent as a gift for all users that download the #AnimalCrossing: New Horizons Fall update! pic.twitter.com/bIkzywiYD4
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 25, 2020
