{"id":75489,"date":"2026-04-14T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75489"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:36:42","slug":"animal-crossing-new-horizons-update-adds-anniversary-gift-and-bug-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75489","title":{"rendered":"Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update Adds Anniversary Gift And Bug Fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">A new update arrived for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/animal-crossing-new-horizons\/\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a> on April 14 for both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. With this game patch, Nintendo is celebrating the franchise&#8217;s 25th anniversary and providing a few bug fixes as well. Players who download the update will receive an anniversary gift and special letter from Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Downloading the version 3.0.2 update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons gifts players with a new item called the Leaf Statue. This statue is designed as Animal Crossing&#8217;s iconic leaf icon. In terms of size, this is a villager-size decorative item, and it even lights up. Players will just need to check their in-game mailbox to receive the Leaf Statue, and there&#8217;s even a thank-you note from Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/original\/1639\/16394540\/4682311-animalcrossingleaf.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The letter thanks players for 25 years of the franchise. The design of the in-game letter also pays homage to the very first game with a stamp of the Nintendo 64 logo, which is the platform of the very first Animal Crossing game released on April 14, 2001.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Additionally, the update includes a small list of bug fixes. The patch notes reveal a fix for an issue that could previously prevent players from exiting the hotel after specific furniture placement or guest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new update arrived for Animal Crossing: New Horizons on April 14 for both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. With this game patch, Nintendo is celebrating the franchise&#8217;s 25th anniversary and providing a few bug fixes as well. Players who download the update will receive an anniversary gift and special letter from Nintendo. Downloading&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":75491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-gamespot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75492,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75489\/revisions\/75492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}