{"id":135698,"date":"2026-01-16T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-196274"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:00:00","slug":"poll-what-review-score-would-you-give-animal-crossing-new-horizons-nintendo-switch-2-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/16\/poll-what-review-score-would-you-give-animal-crossing-new-horizons-nintendo-switch-2-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Animal Crossing: New Horizons &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 Edition?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9036198f3f22\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9036198f3f22\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"a9036198f3f22\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Animal Crossing: New Horizons\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9036198f3f22\/animal-crossing-new-horizons.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9036198f3f22\/animal-crossing-new-horizons.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Animal Crossing: New Horizons\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, the time is finally upon us. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a> is now available in its swanky new Nintendo Switch 2 Edition package!<\/p>\n<p>While the free ver. 3.0 update arrived a little earlier than expected for <em>all<\/em> users (Switch 1 <em>and<\/em> 2), yesterday marked the big release of Nintendo&#8217;s latest paid Switch 2 upgrade. This one includes a resolution bump, the new Megaphone item, Mouse Mode integration, and beefed-up online capabilities to make the most of GameChat.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s something of a slight package, considering there&#8217;s no free path between the two (it&#8217;ll only set you back \u00a34.19 \/ $4.99 to upgrade, but still), and that was our Alex&#8217;s biggest gripe in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch-2\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">6\/10 review<\/a>. &#8220;It makes things a bit prettier, has a few more options to take advantage of the console\u2019s new features,&#8221; he wrote, &#8220;but all in all, it\u2019s not an especially exciting upgrade&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:196240 @ 1768648409 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>But of course, this is Animal Crossing: New Horizons that we&#8217;re talking about, perhaps <em>the<\/em> defining game of the Switch generation, so we want to hear what you think too.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;ve spent the whole day getting to grips with the latest addition to the NS2E lineup, or you&#8217;re just diving in for the first time, you can tell us what you make of the upgrade in the following poll. And don&#8217;t worry if you want to change your mind later on, you can come back whenever and do exactly that!<\/p>\n<div class=\"poll\" data-id=\"user-rating-games\/nintendo-switch-2\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-nintendo-switch-2-edition\" data-question=\"What score would you give Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2)?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"What score would you give Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2)?\">What score would you give Animal Crossing: New Horizons &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2)? (225 ratings)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li data-value=\"10\" class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">10 &#8211; Outstanding<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"41 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"18\"><span class=\"val\">18<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"9\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">9 &#8211; Excellent<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"22 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"10\"><span class=\"val\">10<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"8\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">8 &#8211; Great<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"31 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"14\"><span class=\"val\">14<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"7\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">7 &#8211; Good<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"31 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"14\"><span class=\"val\">14<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"6\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">6 &#8211; Not Bad<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"25 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"11\"><span class=\"val\">11<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"5\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">5 &#8211; Average<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"28 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"12\"><span class=\"val\">12<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"4\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">4 &#8211; Poor<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"23 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"10\"><span class=\"val\">10<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"3\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">3 &#8211; Bad<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"8 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"4\"><span class=\"val\">4<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"2\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2 &#8211; Terrible<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"5 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"2\"><span class=\"val\">2<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"1\" class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">1 &#8211; Abysmal<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"11 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"5\"><span class=\"val\">5<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Thanks for voting! If you want to share more of your thoughts on ACNHNS2E (as we&#8217;re sure nobody is calling it), head down to the comments<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life Yes, the time is finally upon us. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now available in its swanky new Nintendo Switch 2 Edition package! While the free ver. 3.0 update arrived a little earlier than expected for all users (Switch 1 and 2), yesterday marked the big release of Nintendo&#8217;s latest paid Switch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}