{"id":108914,"date":"2020-02-09T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/animal_crossing_new_horizons_might_contain_in-game_purchases"},"modified":"2020-02-09T03:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T03:30:00","slug":"animal-crossing-new-horizons-might-contain-in-game-purchases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/09\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-might-contain-in-game-purchases\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Crossing: New Horizons Might Contain In-Game Purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0705b11fa598b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0705b11fa598b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Animal Crossing New Horizons\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0705b11fa598b\/animal-crossing-new-horizons.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0705b11fa598b\/animal-crossing-new-horizons.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Animal Crossing New Horizons\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>If the news about there being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/animal_crossing_new_horizons_cloud_save_support_coming_sometime_in_the_future\">no cloud save support<\/a>, or option to transfer your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/you_wont_be_able_to_transfer_animal_crossing_new_horizons_save_data_to_another_switch\">save data<\/a> across to another system in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/animal_crossing_new_horizons\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a><\/strong> wasn&#8217;t already enough, Nintendo of America&#8217;s official game page is now saying there&#8217;ll be &#8220;in-game purchases&#8221; within the latest entry.<\/p>\n<p>In-game purchases could cover a lot of different things in this upcoming release. Assuming this information is correct, it wouldn&#8217;t be the first time the series has included paid content. The 2017 mobile title <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/animal_crossing_pocket_camp\">Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp<\/a><\/strong> introduced microtransactions and eventually added a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/11\/a_new_paid_membership_service_is_being_added_to_animal_crossing_pocket_camp\">paid subscription service<\/a> to celebrate its second-year anniversary.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"AC Rating\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2c1b45b8e7a1d\/ac-rating.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2c1b45b8e7a1d\/ac-rating.original.jpg\" alt=\"AC Rating\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>If it&#8217;s not something along these lines, it could perhaps be tied to paid DLC or a reference to the online service. Nintendo&#8217;s rolled out extra content for a lot of major Switch releases, so it wouldn&#8217;t be too surprising to see a game like this receive additional paid content. The 2012 title <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/animal_crossing_new_leaf\">Animal Crossing: New Leaf<\/a><\/strong> also got the &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2016\/11\/feature_catch_up_with_the_animal_crossing_direct_and_new_leafs_fresh_features\">Welcome amiibo<\/a>&#8216; update in 2016, but it was free.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, if you visit another game page on the Nintendo of America website like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fire_emblem_three_houses\">Fire Emblem: Three Houses<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong>, you can see &#8216;in-game purchases&#8217; is mentioned underneath the rating section, and both of these games include DLC. <em>What do you make of this latest finding? Post a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the news about there being no cloud save support, or option to transfer your save data across to another system in Animal Crossing: New Horizons wasn&#8217;t already enough, Nintendo of America&#8217;s official game page is now saying there&#8217;ll be &#8220;in-game purchases&#8221; within the latest entry. 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