Now that the Switch 2 has been revealed, let’s talk Animal Crossing 6

[Saylor]

I'm not really expecting the next AC to be shown in the Direct, I think that'd be a very pleasant surprise. 2025 feels a bit too early but I could see the next game being released in 2026. The wait between New Leaf and New Horizons felt like forever but it was an outlier in the usual pace of the games coming out so I hope we won't see another 7-8+ year cycle. I guess I would rather wait that long than have another game that feels unfinished, though. I loved NH a lot but I think most of the stuff that came out in updates should've been in the game from the beginning.

I'm not sure what to expect for how it'll look! I don't think NH looks bad by any means but I'd love to see something that looks a lil different, like leaning back into the style of the og game or something that looks kinda like the MK8 track like others have mentioned. I can't really picture not having a fixed-camera in an AC game though I'm not sure I'd want that much to change. I love how in NH you can change from the default angle to the more top-down angle from the original game.

I mostly just hope for more of the charm the older games had. Now that we have the ability to terraform and decorate our islands it'd probably feel regressive to not be able to do that in the next game, and I do love the decorating aspect, but I hope we can shift the focus back a bit more toward villager interactions and stuff in the next game.

 

[skogkyst]

I don't think we'll see Animal Crossing in the April Direct, since it will probably be focused on games that are coming out this year for Switch 2. But I do think Nintendo will get the next Animal Crossing out sooner rather than later, probably sometime in 2026 (maybe 2027). If that is the case, I actually think we could see a teaser in the fall this year.

Hoping for something in a different direction than New Horizons but I think we'll see a similar artistic direction and expand on the themes of that game.