Nintendo is making the most ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizons' impressive launch. The life sim has its first seasonal event going on right now, culminating in an April 12 holiday celebration. Beyond Bunny Day, there’s guaranteed to be a lot of new content being worked on, though exactly what Nintendo’s putting together forAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsis a mystery, for now. But one watchful player did notice a hint in-game regarding a feature that may arrive inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonssoon.
AsAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayers know, their villagers often talk about events that are happening in their town. Sometimes, like withBunny Day, it can even get a bit too repetitive, but in the case of Twitter user sylvidia, their villager Fang said something quite surprising.
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When asked to chat, Fang brings up a curious topic. Fang says, “Can’t say much about art… But I like that there’s some in the museum here for me to gawk at.” Fang goes on to describe how they fake being interested in the art, but what’s most important is thatAnimal Crossing: New Horizons' museumdoesn’t actually feature an art gallery.
The museum inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonscurrently features three wings. There’s a wing for displaying fossils, as well as a wing each for livefish and bugdisplays, but there’s currently no way to unlock additional wings, for art galleries or otherwise. If Fang’s right, though, an art gallery addition to the Museum may be in the works.
Art galleries have long been a part of theAnimal Crossingfranchise. The original JapaneseAnimal Forestgame for Nintendo 64 featured paintings, as didAnimal Crossingfor the GameCube and bothWild WorldandCity Folk, too. Paintings could be bought fromTom Nook’s store, bought from Crazy Redd’s black market, or gifted by other villagers. Players could then take their paintings and display them in their village Museum as a collectible.
For now, Nintendo has made no official announcement regarding anyAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsDLC plans. The museum makes a lot of sense as a place to expand going forward. That doesn’t mean that Nintendo will do so, however, and this Fang dialogue may be an artifact remaining from a canceled feature. Nintendo also hasn’t shared any plans for independent DLC, justseasonal event DLC. It might be presumptuous to consider DLC plans before Nintendo’s even announced their intent, but hopefully, Nintendo shares more info soon.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis available now on Nintendo Switch.
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