Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ new best characters

Followers requested for extra Animal Crossing: New Horizons content material and boy did Nintendo ship. On Friday, Nintendo not solely introduced a 2.0 replace full with shiny new options like cooking and a comfortable espresso store, but additionally the Happy Home Paradise DLC the place you may embellish homes for villagers.

However the Direct wasn’t nearly all these new options — the occasion was additionally a who’s who of Animal Crossing characters, a pink carpet if you’ll. Traditional celebrities of the franchise like Brewster and Kapp’n returned. Shining new stars like Niko the monkey captured the hearts of the viewers. Nintendo even introduced a wholly new roster of villagers.

The bulletins have been packed, and never each character has shined by way of the hype of the occasion. So, Polygon determined to spherical up a number of the standouts and go over who was sizzling, and who flopped on the Nintendo Direct on Friday.

Niko the monkey

Among the many bulletins, there was one clear winner: Niko the monkey. Niko is a newly introduced character who works at Lottie’s Paradise Planning business. The monkey wears a small straw hat with a yellow band. He has plush fur that’s as white as snow, and ridiculously massive eyes. He’s tiny, which solely accentuates his cuteness much more. The fan artwork and screenshots of him got here flooding out after seeing him. Right here now we have fan artwork of him sitting atop the cutest throne in existence: the Froggy Chair.

Wardell the manatee

Not each character debut screamed with cuteness. Wardell the manatee intrigued followers together with his subdued charisma. Within the trailer, we are able to see him hanging out in a store whereas ingesting espresso or fanning himself. Wardell, like Nico, works for Lottie and the 2 make the right dream group.

Lottie

Lottie who? Oh, that’s proper, she’s technically one of many new essential characters of the DLC since she runs the Paradise Planner enterprise. Her subordinates, Wardell and Niko, completely stole the present. I solely learn about her as a result of she occurs to be the boss of the 2 actual stars. It’s not that she lacks cuteness, it’s simply arduous for her to compete with two mega-stars. Her debut was positively a flop.

Shino the deer

Shino the deer completely surprised followers at Friday’s direct. Though she was lumped along with the announcement of all of the villagers, she outshined the bunch. She has pink horns and wears eye-liner so sharp it may minimize you. We bought a quick glimpse of her throughout the direct the place she wore a kimono on a snowy bridge.

Sasha

Sasha’s sparkly eyes and inexperienced fur captivated followers far and huge. The bunny appears like she stopped by the island proper after going to a homecoming sport since she wears a traditional varsity jacket. Similar to Shino, Sasha additionally stirred up curiosity with followers particularly excited for the pair.

Brewster

Brewster finally made his big debut in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. He arrived together with his espresso store, which can can help you sip some java and hang around with villagers. Whereas Brewster actually stood out as one of many bigger stars to look Friday, now we have to say, he may have timed his look higher. The difficulty wasn’t that his espresso store didn’t wow — it was that it got here earlier than a mountain of different news. This timing left Brewster in a slightly lackluster place the place he wasn’t essentially the “massive star” of the occasion so folks clowned him with memes.

Cephalobot

Who is that this robotic octopus? You don’t know and I don’t know as a result of Cephalobot’s announcement fell greater than flat. It’s not that we don’t like a great octopus villager, it’s that his look was just a bit bit stiff and inflexible. There’s a lifelessness to his eyes and never in an attention-grabbing approach, however extra of a “please keep away from my island” approach.

It’s nonetheless unclear how gamers will entry a few of these villagers, although. We all know that Brewster will come to the replace, however Nintendo hasn’t clarified how New Horizons gamers can entry others like Sasha and Wardell. Nintendo shared a photograph of latest amiibo playing cards to be launched on Nov. 5, which included villagers like Niko and Shino. Nonetheless, Nintendo hasn’t mentioned whether or not they’ll be accessible to randomly transfer onto your island, or in the event that they’re solely addable through amiibo playing cards.

Each the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 replace and Happy Home Paradise DLC are scheduled to be launched Nov. 5.