Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I’m not sure who was more excited for this release: me or my 9 year old!\n\nThe gameplay here is pretty straight forward. You’re on an island, and it’s your job to build and populate it how you see fit. The level of detail and the amount of things that you can do is pretty staggering. And it’s all done with a level or adorable that is infectious, which given the times we find ourselves, is a much needed distraction.\n\nAll of the content is rated E for Everyone, and you won’t find anything offensive or objectionable in the game.\n\nThe controls are mostly very easy to use and quick to learn, even for kids.\n\nThe short version is that you combine resource gathering and management, with crafting new items, building homes, and customizing every detail of your community. From building waterfalls, to going fishing, and decorating the interior of your house. There’s a lot of detail in all of these things, and you’re free to create at will.\n\nOne of our favorite details is the day/night cycle which in sync’d the to Switch’s internal clock. So it’s morning in-game, when it’s morning in your timezone. It’s dark when it’s dark outside for you... you get the idea. It’s just a nice touch in-game.\n\nYou can also play online with friends, allowing others to enter your town and send them messages in-game. Likewise you can visit a friend’s island remotely, or in-person through local multiplayer.\n\nHighly recommended!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'You can\'t create a different island per user/account.\nOnce you have created an island on your console, all users have to share it.\nGood luck if you have two or more kids...\n\nNintendo got away with forcing us to buy one game per user for years and years with Pokemon and Animal Crossing, and now they want us to buy one CONSOLE per user. They had the "excuse" of lack of memory space with cartridges, but with the Switch, there is literally NO GOOD REASON to do that but CORPORATE GREED.\n\nThat kind of practice shouldn\'t be allowed.\nSeriously, shame on you Nintendo!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have 4 children that will be playing this game and the amount of arguing that has went on today is ridiculous. My 16 year old girl has to share a world with her 9 year old brother. Now all the kids want their own switch lites. Nintendo I will not buy all my kids switch lites and then 4 animal crossing games so they can have their worlds. I hope an update is coming to fix this madness. I had to make myself mayor then divide the map into 4 sections so each player would have their own area. Then I have to threaten my 6 and 9 year olds life if they touch anyone else’s stuff.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "A main line Animal Crossing title with a lot of quality of life features\n\n--What is Animal Crossing?\n\nFor those who haven't played Animal crossing; it's a very relaxing game where you play the way you want and able to express yourself through gameplay as everyone's interactions are not the same.\n\nMost of the time you do mundane tasks, have random events, collect items, do tasks to advance.\n\nThere are unknown, surprise unlocks/expansions\n\nYou play your own way (no pressure/stress to complete anything)\n\nThere is so much you can do in one day especially when some expansion starts or you have a goal in mind\n\nThe more time you invest the more you get. You set your own goal, can be ambitious or casual in your advancement\n\nIt's pretty much a life sim/sandbox with random animal creatures where everyone has unique experience\n\n--List of features\n\n1. There's 1 island per switch. 8 houses or accounts\n\n2. 4 player simultaneous play. Follow a leader (range you can travel/screen space centered around the leader)\n\nWith party play, items collected are put into a recycle box to obtain later\n\n3. Able to backup save file one time. Nintendo going to give more details on this later\n\n4. If you have a Animal Crossing amiibo- you can invite scanned amiibo to island\n\n5. With a construction permit you are able to create own path, change terrain (cliffs, roads, rivers, bridges, slopes)\n\n6. Nook miles. achievement system. pay off getaway package, rewards. Earn by completing tasks around the town\n\nWith Nook miles you can purchase 'Nook miles tickets' where you can go to a mystery islands with new resident and tons of items to collect. Good way to farm items\n\n7. Nook link. Switch Online Phone App. video/voice chat. transfer designs from Animal crossing new leaf via QR code\n\n8. Resident service center: add shop and museum\n\n9. Random merchants- sell items not found in area\n\n10. There are fish tournaments. Bug offs. Seasonal events via free DLC\n\n11. New ways to traverse with Volting poll and ladders\n\n12. At the start you can choose island 1 of 4 island layout (able to edit later with construction permit). Able to choose between northern and southern hemisphere to start off at a different season\n\n13. There are new resident animations. Resident don't just stand there doing nothing. Actual idle animation and they interact with their surroundings.They also have more clothing options\n\n14. 2 main facilities:\nResident services: buy items , get advice, crafting\nAirport: invite residents, travel other locations, send messages/items\n\n13. Nook phone. In-game phone where you can access camera, map, call islanders, look up DIY recipes, collect Nook Miles, take photos, and other apps. island wide broadcast, resident services\n\n14. Eating food such as apples, you gain energy, which gives you the ability to uproot whole Trees and place them somewhere else on island\n\n15. You can make bait and use medicine cure bug bites\n\n16. You choose how your characters looks. No quizzes to take. Change characters' hairstyles, facial features, skin tone, nose, mouth at any time by looking at a mirror.\n\nClothing options includes sweatshirts around the waist, backpacks, and phone cases\n\n17. Updated graphics. Not pixelated, a lot of detail\n\n18 Music is very good. Cheerful elevator type music. Changes every hour\n\n19. Extensive crafting system where you craft items, tools and furniture based on resources you collect. Can view DIY recipes via Nook Phone. Use the workbench to craft furniture from materials/resources gathered on the island. There is tool durability which you have to keep track of and re-craft\n\n20. Able to place furniture items both indoors and outdoors\n\nOverall very fun and addicting game where you can express yourself through gameplay. A lot of quality of life improvement compared to past games in the franchise. BEST game in the franchise in my opinion (Wished it had NES games though). If any features I left out, please leave it in the comments"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'You can only make 1 island per game/per switch. If you have multiple children, only one can be the leader at a time. Whoever named the island can never leave it, so it\'s essentially "theirs". There is no split screen and all other players must follow the leader and only the leader can enter buildings. Of course, my children aren\'t happy about this and they were so excited about this game. If you only have one switch and one copy of this game but more than 1 child, it\'s kind of lame. Definitely experiencing buyer\'s remorse.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Family can't share game. Second player has to use same island. Misses out on all the events first player already did. Terrible if multiple kids want to play. You can't expect someone to buy a switch for ea kid."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "While I enjoy animal crossing and will enjoy this game I am very disappointed in the multiplayer. As a lady that enjoys playing video games with my husband I honestly expected to be able to play full multiplayer in this game. This game does not allow full 2 player capabilities as the 2nd play is very neutered in what they can do. There is far too much controller shaking involved in trying to be able to do anything in order to give the other person a chance at playing with all items and access to the bag and shop. We both wanted to have a full two player co-op experience and you just don't get that with this game at all. It's the biggest let down game moment for us since Splatoon 2 was online co-op or multi-switch co-op only. While I'll still play my game and enjoy it I would absolutely love the game if it had a full multiplayer setup. I just feel such disappointment.\n\nThis game could've been perfect but it missed it's chance."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'LOCKED to 1 player per console! If someone else played first you can NEVER have your own island. Nintendo sucks. Disappointed kids here. I will not be purchasing Nintendo products anymore.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'YES!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My husband hasn’t spoken to me all day\n\nIt’s great'}]