Today I Learned: New Horizons Edition

[mermaidshelf]

Horseshoe crabs flip on their back when you press A on them. It's extremely cute!!

 

[annex]

Today I learned that the snapping turtle moves a little when you display it.
I knew that he moved and hissed when you press A. My eye sights not so great, so I was surprised when I noticed small movement while I was walking on turtle beach. After 10 months of playing, I'm still amazed at the small details in this game.

 

[Niks]

Today I learned that the more unread bulletin posts you have, the more birds will sit on the board next to the RS (max 4)

 

[princess.looking.for.frog]

Today i learnt that you could customise the clothesline

 

[Mu~]

Didn't learn it today, but wanted to share:
For the cast master achievement, you don't have to catch all fish the same day, and if you mess up, close your game immediately without saving and your progress won't be lost.

 

[USN Peter]

Tonight, I have learned that Vampire Squid glows at night time.

 

[annex]

When you press A on the magic set. ( Not sure what they call it) the hat has confetti shoot out of it.

 

[IndiaHawker]

Not sure if this explicitly fits into this category. But yesterday Isabelle said something upon loading up, about washing hands to keep the cold germs away, etc. Wondering if this is new dialogue since the update, and also if it’s a friendly nudge to the pandemic

 

[Hsn97]

Not sure if this explicitly fits into this category. But yesterday Isabelle said something upon loading up, about washing hands to keep the cold germs away, etc. Wondering if this is new dialogue since the update, and also if it’s a friendly nudge to the pandemic

I noticed this as well and thought the same!

 

[TxAnt]

Last night I learned that you can have a couple of shooting stars even if it isn't meteor shower night.

 

[JKDOS]

Last night I learned that you can have a couple of shooting stars even if it isn't meteor shower night.

That would be a light shower

 

[Mick]

Not sure if this explicitly fits into this category. But yesterday Isabelle said something upon loading up, about washing hands to keep the cold germs away, etc. Wondering if this is new dialogue since the update, and also if it’s a friendly nudge to the pandemic

Looks like this is dialogue specifically for the last day of January, which is why most of us hadn't seen it before. Isabelle does that for every month! Unfortunately this is not new and as far as I know this has been in the game from the start. ^^

(Edit: Forgot the source! https://googleben.github.io/ACNHDialog/)

 

[Velo]

Today I learned that the Bamboo Doll opens up and a little doll freaking like shoots out of the top of the bamboo and skyrockets into oblivion?? Lmao I thought it was hilarious when I hit A while trying to place it properly.
I always wondered why an essentially large piece of standing bamboo was called a "doll" and whelp now I know!

 

[kiwikenobi]

@Velo It's a reference to the Japanese fairy tale Kaguya-Hime, in which a bamboo cutter finds a beautiful baby girl inside of a glowing stalk of bamboo.

 

[BunburyBrianna]

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Today I was pleasantly surprised that you could do this!

I was expecting that animation you get when you can't dig in a spot, but turns out you can put waterfalls at the very edge! It looks quite nice even if you can't see it

That reminds me of an infinity pool

 

[John Wick]

Wall items like the floral swag will block you when you try to walk by them if they aren't higher up than you.

They should fix this.
Wall items shouldn't obstruct you in the same way a floor item does..

 

[piske]

You can put stuff on top of the snack and drink machines, I am shooketh.

 

[John Wick]

You can put stuff on top of the snack and drink machines, I am shooketh.

I have ducks on my snack machine.

 

[Anj2k6]

That once a villager house is in place you can actually put down path tiles right in front of it/under their staircase. They just erase them for the plot.

 

[JKDOS]

Oddly enough, you can order items by redeeming Nook Miles with the gate open, but you cannot order anything in Nook Shopping