in the June 2020 issue of Coro Coro Comics. The first volume was published in English as Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Deserted Island Diary on September 14, 2021, by Viz Media. Nook Tails, a tie-in comic strip series by Cho Hanayo featuring the characters Tom Nook, Timmy, and Tommy, began serialization on the game's Japanese website on October 15, 2019. An English-language translation of the series has been posted on the game's English Twitter account beginning on March 4, 2020. Multiple guide books have been released in Japan, some with well-over 1000 pages. These guides have been greatly popular in the country, with large queues (despite shelter-in-place orders), and prompting mass reselling online. On March 20, 2020, Nintendo released a Nintendo Switch Animal Crossing: New Horizons Edition system. In January 2021, ColourPop released a makeup collection inspired by the game's characters. In March 2021, Build-A-Bear Workshop announced an Animal Crossing: New Horizons collection of plush toys. Notes References External links 2020 video games 2020s fads and trends Animal Crossing video games British Academy Games Award for Game Beyond Entertainment winners British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer winners D.I.C.E. Award for Family Game of the Year winners Golden Joystick Award winners Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the video game industry Japan Game Awards' Game of the Year winners Life simulation games Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development games Nintendo Switch games Nintendo Switch-only games Social simulation video games Video game sequels Video games about raccoons Video games about dogs Video games developed in Japan Video games featuring protagonists of selectable gender Video games scored by Kazumi Totaka Video games set on fictional islands Video games that use Amiibo figurines Video games with downloadable content Works banned in China