Gary Whitta, who is best known for his work as a writer on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and who was formerly the editor-in-chief of PC Gamer, recently debuted the first episode of Animal Talking, a late-night-style talk show that is hosted virtually in New Horizons. The episode featured Naomi Kyle, an actor who has previously worked as a host for IGN. Animal Talking would go on to become an enormous hit, with episodes featuring guests such as Felicia Day, T-Pain, Elijah Wood, the boss of Xbox, Phil Spencer, and even Selena Gomez.

The National Football League's Detroit Lions released their schedule for the 2020 season in a hilarious video that referenced New Horizons throughout the video to announce each week of the season. For instance, the main character in one of the vignettes buried a stuffed bear, while the one for bye week depicted the player turning off the lights and flopping into bed. Both of these vignettes featured the player. You really ought to give it your full attention.

Dreaming was introduced in the second summer update, and it gives players the ability to visit the islands of other players even when those players are not physically present. In addition, this update introduced weekly fireworks shows that took place in the month of August as well as an island backup service for subscribers to Nintendo Switch Online.

This update also added an official method for removing the game's HUD while using the camera app. This enables users to create photos that are more aesthetically pleasing and even content that can go viral. Players had previously relied on a glitch to hide the HUD, but Nintendo fixed that with the very first summer update, which resulted in outcry from fans of the game.

In order for players to demonstrate their support for the Biden-Harris campaign, the campaign released four unique designs that players could download into their game and use to do so.

Sylvan Esso, a Canadian musician, recently shared a music video for her song "Ferris Wheel," which was filmed in its entirety in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It is excellent in every way!

To assist players in getting ready for Halloween, the fall update to New Horizons added the capability to cultivate pumpkins, as well as Do-It-Yourself Halloween projects and new personalization options.

A little more than a month after the introduction of virtual lawn signs, the Joe Biden campaign created an entire island, called Biden HQ, that was themed after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and it was possible to visit this island in your dreams. One section of the island functioned as a polling location, complete with voting booths, while another section of the island was transformed into a virtual field office, with separate offices for both Biden and Harris.

During the Halloween event that took place on October 31st, the game featured Jack, a visitor to the island whose head was made out of a pumpkin. You could give him candy and share it with the other people who live on the island to help celebrate the holiday that is filled with sweets.

The Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve events, new character reactions and hairstyles, an upgrade to home storage, and a way to transfer your save data to another Nintendo Switch were all included in the winter update that was released for New Horizons on November 19th.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons can be used as a marketing tool by brands and businesses, and Nintendo has published "usage guidelines" that specify how this can be done. One of these guidelines asks organizations to "please also refrain from bringing politics into the Game."Additionally, Nintendo requested that individuals "do not leverage the Game as a marketing platform that directs people to activities or campaigns that are outside of the game."

The holiday of Thanksgiving saw the arrival of Franklin, a turkey who works in the kitchen. If you were to bring him the appropriate ingredients to assist him in the preparation of certain dishes, he would give you items with a Thanksgiving theme in exchange.

Jingle the black-nosed reindeer made an appearance on Toy Day, which is the equivalent of Christmas in New Horizons, and he distributed unique items with a Toy Day theme if you interacted with him and assisted him in delivering gifts. You were also able to purchase toys from Nook's Cranny and clothing with a winter holiday theme from the Able sisters between the 1st and the 25th of December.

Pavé, the bird that dances, has arrived at the plaza on the island where the Festivale event is taking place. You had the opportunity to barter with Pavé for Festivale furniture by bringing in colorful feathers that were floating through the air.(He'd also dance for you if you asked him to.)

Starting on March 1st, thanks to an update that was released on the 25th of February, you were able to buy items with a Mario theme. These items included outfits, furniture, a dangerous Thwomp, and even functional warp pipes, which players are already employing in creative ways. In addition, the update for February included new content for Pi Day (March 14), Shamrock Day (March 17), and additional holidays.

Sanrio, the company that is responsible for creating everything Hello Kitty-related, and Nintendo have collaborated on an amiibo card pack that will allow you to add Sanrio-themed items and villagers to your island. On March 26, the pack will be made available for purchase exclusively at Target.