Mobile Homes, New Villagers Coming

Nintendo posted a new Nintendo Direct video this morning, and it had some new tidbits of Animal Crossing information. For one thing, Nintendo will be releasing 50 new Amiibo cards…all of which are villagers who were not previously in New Leaf! The examples shown are Hopkins the bunny, Ellie the elephant, and Boyd the gorilla. Scan their cards and you can enter their mobile homes!

Mobile homes in the New Leaf update coming autumn 2016.The mobile homes will be decorated with furniture that you can order, including some new items. In Hopkins’ mobile home, you can find some Nintendo store items (including a Game Boy TV) that we saw as DLC in Happy Home Designer. And of course, you’ll be able to ask these villagers to move into your town. The cards will be released on December 2nd.

Hopkins' mobile home (in the updated New Leaf version) includes a Game Boy and Nintendo items seen as DLC in Happy Home Designer.

Even though the update is free, Nintendo is also publishing a new version of the game that has the update pre-installed. It will be called Animal Crossing: New Leaf: Welcome Amiibo, and it will come with one free card from the new series. It will be released this holiday season.

There’s more to the update, but Nintendo isn’t spilling all of the beans just yet. They have a mini-Nintendo Direct video coming later this fall to discuss the update (and likely the Animal Crossing app) in more detail. The Japanese version of the Nintendo Direct is reportedly coming on November 2nd. It’s likely that America’s Direct will be around the same time.

My Thoughts

I’m really curious to see who the 50 new/returning villagers will be. I would really love to see Hank and Emerald return. They are two of my favorite villagers from the GameCube game that haven’t returned since. But there are other old villagers I’d like to see too, such as Chico (I used to dance to K.K. Faire in his house on GameCube) and Hornsby, who had the memorable catchphrase of schnozzle. So I can’t wait to see the full list.

The fact that they’re adding dozens of new characters, and other features we don’t even know about yet, indicates that it is going to be a significant update. And I have mixed feelings about that. Yes, I am looking forward to trying out what’s new. And it will likely re-ignite interest in the 3+ year old game.

But if they’re putting all this effort into an update, it’s looking even less likely that a new Animal Crossing is coming anytime soon. As cool as the update will be, I’d rather see them working on a new game for NX. Of course it’s possible they could be working on that too, but that might not be realistic.

Back in Forest

Yesterday, Bob asked me for a new catchphrase. I told him to say “on my paws.” He hasn’t made any particularly funny statements using it just yet, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time.

Bob: "On my paws," huh? I like the sound of it... From now on, it's all on my paws all the time!
Does that mean you’re going to walk on all fours?

Julian was talking about the flower clock and how it smells like real flowers. Even more interesting, he said that the short hand tells the minutes, and the long hand tells the hours…of his love! I’m afraid to ask what that means.

Julian: The short hand tells the minutes of the day, and the long hand...tells the hours of my love!Daisy asked me for a river fish when I was standing right by the river, so it was no trouble to catch something for her. That something turned out to be an eel. It was a bit amusing seeing her holding it as it wriggled around. She enjoyed it, and she rewarded me with an office desk.

Daisy: Is this eel for me? It's so neat!I visited Julian again tonight, and he was telling me about customized furniture. He suggested that I get a silver throne just for him to sit in when he visits.

Julian: For example...a silver throne suited for whenever I visit!Bob told me he was going to move out of town on September 6th, but of course, I changed his mind for him.

How do you all feel about the update? Excited for the new villagers and mobile homes? Who are you hoping to see make a return?

13 thoughts on “Mobile Homes, New Villagers Coming”

  1. My thoughts are basically the same as yours – sure, the additions look awesome. But I can’t afford amiibo and I’m not prepared to pay the prices anyway! I’d much rather see a new NX game in the works than this update.

    1. I wonder if these Amiibo cards will be the same price ($6 for a pack of 6). I’ll probably buy one pack to try them out. Although if Hank is an option, I might buy more…

          1. I’ve seen HHD Amiibo cards for sale on eBay, so I’m sure some will come up before too long after release! I’ll look out for him too of course 😛

    1. You will be able to use your other Amiibo cards too, but they might not have mobile homes. It sounds like they will just appear at the campsite when you scan the cards (based on what was said previously). You’ll still be able to ask them to move in to your town, though!

  2. They might release the HHD characters in this, like Carrie, Maddie, Claude, etc. I mean, they have models already. We could be getting all of the characters found in the HHD data that went unused (like Boots, Hornsby, etc.) since they had models too. I imagine it wouldn’t be too difficult to add them in. We are also getting Vivian (formerly Vanessa) the wolf from the old Japanese AC game as well as Ike (formerly Dyck)

  3. Can you use these other 50 amiibo cards in new leaf only or happy home designer aswell? And also I’d like Maddie to return on New Leaf

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