Got Animal Crossing for Christmas? You probably missed the best party moments in the game

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons offers hours of fun year-round, but as veteran players know, things get even more exciting when in-game events take over your precious island.

As you might expect, the holiday season is a particularly happy time – this weekend, many social media users shared videos from their island. New Years countdowns as we enter 2021 and Christmas events like Toy Day have made the long wait for Santa on Christmas Eve a little more bearable. The players even had the opportunity to sample seasonal dishes to celebrate.

But unfortunately, not everyone will have been able to enjoy these events. In fact, for these events to take place in the game, players need to reach a certain point of progression in building their island and opening Town Hall. Depending on how you choose to play, this can take a while, and anyone who has not yet met the requirements will not be able to see any of these special events in any form.

Usually that doesn’t seem like a big deal – unlocking more content by completing in-game tasks is rewarding, right? – but what about all the new players who will have received a copy of the game over the holiday season, perhaps assuming they could participate in the celebrations that Nintendo has been The advertisement?

For Nintendo Life reader Dennis, this exact situation disappointed the whole family:

“Me, my wife and two kids love Animal Crossing and all have a copy of New Leaf on our 3DS systems. We especially enjoy the Christmas and New Years events. We only owned one Nintendo Switch, so we didn’t have the game there, until Christmas – when I surprised my wife and kids with it. one Switch Lite each, including Animal Crossing.

We were really looking forward to playing Christmas and New Years events in New Horizons … We played for hours every day, but on Christmas and New Years NOTHING happened on our islands. No freebies, no countdown, not even a mention.

It turns out that for any event related to an event, you need to improve your downtown. My wife played the most everyday and managed to do that on Jan 2nd, my kids and I are still there. So for anyone who had a Switch and Animal Crossing for Christmas, it was IMPOSSIBLE to participate in the Christmas and New Years events. What a disappointment. There was nothing for new players, not even a mention or whatever. “

A quick chat at Nintendo Life headquarters reveals that a young family member also fell victim to the problem while on vacation as they had not yet completed the necessary tasks. Progressing and unlocking content has been part of the game for as long as we can remember, so it’s hard to complain about the practice used here but having new players locked out of special and time-specific events. could be considered an oversight. from Nintendo, especially around the holidays?

Did you run into a similar issue with New Horizons this vacation? Have you already played the game enough to see the celebrations? Please feel free to share your experiences in the comments below.