Animal Crossing receives villagers and Sanrio-inspired items next month

Sanrio-inspired villagers and items are coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the game’s March update. After the update, you can invite new villagers and order Hello Kitty-themed items, My Melody , Cinnamoroll and other Sanrio characters by scanning Animal Crossing Sanrio Amiibo cards.

Much like in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, there are a total of six Sanrio-inspired villagers, one for each of the cards in the Sanrio Amiibo pack. The full list of Villagers and Sanrio character they are themed with is as follows:

• Hello Kitty – Rilla (gorilla)
• Pompompurin – Marty (small)
• Kiki & Lala – Star (sheep)
• Cinnamoroll – Chai (elephant)
• My melody – Chelsea (stag)
• Kerokerokeroppi – Toby (rabbit)

You will also be able to order various furniture and clothing based on Sanrio characters, such as a Cinnamoroll sofa and a Hello Kitty rug. These items and villagers will all be introduced to the game in Update 1.9.0, which is slated for release on March 18.

The Sanrio Amiibo cards themselves were first released in Japan and Europe in 2016 to coincide with the big Welcome Amiibo update from Animal Crossing: New Leaf, but they will be available for the first time in the States. United from March 26. sold exclusively at Target stores, and each pack contains all six Sanrio Amiibo cards.

In the meantime, Nintendo recently rolled out New Horizons’ Mario update, which introduced a line of Super Mario furniture and clothing to the game, such as chain pipes. Mario items will all be available to order from Nook Shopping starting March 1. The update also added a handful of new seasonal items, which will go on sale at various points throughout March.