Speaking of old friends, a personal favourite of mine, Kapp’n, is now offering boat tours to distant islands.

Should you have his Amiibo card, Resetti – the furious mole who would call you names if you turned off your console without saving on the GameCube – will sit and drink an espresso as if nothing ever happened. You can invite other villagers in for coffee – even characters from Animal Crossing games of the past. The museum now has a coffee shop, The Roost, staffed by the initially stoic Brewster – who grows fond of you the more little coffees you drink with him. But I have work to do, so I dust myself off, offer pumpkins and peaches to my villagers as a mea culpa, and get down to the business of throwing myself entirely into Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0: Escape from Nook Island. My animals are furious, alienated or both. “I could swear I see Sarah in front of me.” Ice cold. “Well I guess I’ve finally lost my mind,” begins Gloria, the duck with the bob haircut. “You just kinda disappeared.” Sprinkles is happy to see me and angry that I’ve been gone all at once. All sorts to discover … Animal Crossing: New Horizons screenshot.

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