Tricks with Two Islands

[Candy83]

I have two islands; really, two Nintendo Switches.

On my first island, the starting Jock is Teddy.

I recently moved the bear from my first island to my second island.

I have since moved him back.

When Teddy moved to the second island, his generic house turned into his real house. He brought that with him back to the first island.

I like Teddy. He is loyal. And he is one of the best Jocks.

I also changed the first island’s date, as I prepared to welcome back Teddy, to the beginning days of “New Horizons” (March 20, 2020).

What this did was change the order in which islanders are listed. They are listed in seniority order (by game date). Teddy was No. 1 before his move. With his return, he is back to No. 1.

In “New Leaf,” the slots were a numbers thing. In my first town Applewin, No. 1 was originally for starting Cranky kangaroo Walt. He moved. Then it became the slot for Lazy horse Clyde. Eventually, it became tops for Lazy bear cub Stitches. Plenty of villagers were established before Stitches. But he followed Clyde. And it is now No. 1 with Stitches.

I think this “New Horizons” trick is pretty cool. If you like one or both of your starters (a Jock and an Uchi), and you have two islands going, and you want the real house (rather than the generic), you can get what you want by orchestrating some moves.

 

[Livia]

That's so cool! I have two islands and I thought about moving Tank to my second island and then back to my main island so he could have his real house, but I won't time travel so I didn't know how to do it.

I think I could have moved him over to the second island when I was still placing plots down by waiting until he asked to move and then buying the plot when he was in boxes, but I have no idea how I would get him back. It would be almost impossible to coordinate the dates when I would have an empty plot on island 1 and Tank would be in boxes again. As you can see I thought a lot about it, but I decided it was too complicated and I guess I'm fine with Tank in his starter house. It kinda makes him special from the Tanks on other islands.

 

[Mikaiah]

Do you also have two separate copies of the game? I currently have two switches playing the same digital copy (one is mine, one is my sisters') but I can't figure out any methods to visit each others' islands. Would I need to pick up a second digital copy (probably on a different nintendo account) so we can visit each other?

 

[Candy83]

Do you also have two separate copies of the game? I currently have two switches playing the same digital copy (one is mine, one is my sisters') but I can't figure out any methods to visit each others' islands. Would I need to pick up a second digital copy (probably on a different nintendo account) so we can visit each other?

The first is digital. (It was the pandemic having hit.) The second is retail. (I bought the “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” Switch and a retail copy of the game.)

To visit each other’s island, do a local online visit. Set up a Dodo Code. (It is a four-digit code.) This is how, for example, I can transfer one island’s islander to the other island.