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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise has you design vacation homes.

by Tomas Franzese
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On October 15, 2021, a new Nintendo Direct revealed what’s next for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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Nintendo unveiled a free update for the game and surprised fans with the announcement of Happy Home Paradise DLC.

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This expansion is a spiritual successor to the 3DS game Happy Home Designer and tasks players with creating vacation homes on a resort archipelago. This is what you can expect from Happy Home Paradise!

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You’ll join the Paradise Planning Home, an organization that designs dream vacation homes for residents of a resort archipelago. You’ll learn what each character likes and plan their homes and yards accordingly.

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Nintendo will introduce many new building options, such as adjusting a room’s size and creating partition walls and pillars to divide up space.

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You will also be able to design schools, restaurants, and even hospitals!

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You can also adjust the lighting and soundscape of a room and polish all of the items within it to unlock some special effects.

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Eventually, you’ll even be able to revisit and redesign vacation homes you’ve worked on and even give those characters roommates.

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You can share your designs and visit vacation homes that others designed on the Happy Home Network.

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All of the interior design features Happy Home Paradise introduces will also be usable on your original New Horizons island.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise will be released on November 5, 2021.

Happy Home Paradise costs $24.99 on its own but will also be included in the $49.99 Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.