Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a big Switch 2 upgrade in January

Nintendo is updating Animal Crossing: New Horizons with caller features for the Switch 2. The upgraded crippled volition get connected January 15th, 2026, offering 4K visuals connected TV, rodent controls, and an in-game megaphone that uses the Switch 2’s built-in microphone. It volition outgo $64.99 but volition besides beryllium disposable arsenic an upgrade battalion for $4.99 if you already person the crippled for the first-gen Switch.

When the enhanced rubric launches, you’ll beryllium capable to usage the rodent controls connected the close Joy-Con 2 controller to decorate indoors, make customized designs, and constitute bulletin committee messages, portion the megaphone volition let you to find villagers by calling their name. Additionally, Animal Crossing: New Horizons volition besides connection enactment for online gameplay with up to 12 different Switch 2 players, arsenic good arsenic the quality to usage a webcam.

There’s a escaped Animal Crossing: New Horizons upgrade coming to each Switch and Switch 2 players connected January 15th, too. That includes entree to a caller edifice edifice owned by Kapp’n’s family, arsenic good arsenic a diagnostic from the mole that we emotion to hate, Resetti, who volition connection a “reset service” to cleanable your island.

Some different additions see a location retention upgrade enactment that lets you support up to 9,000 items — including trees, shrubs, and flowers — and caller Nintendo-themed items that you tin cod in-game. Switch Online players tin besides plan and prevention up to 3 islands erstwhile playing with friends, and play prime Nintendo titles in-game erstwhile interacting with Nintendo console items.