amiibo-compatible game

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition

Nintendo Switch 2

Also on: Switch

  • Australia
  • Europe
  • Japan
  • North America

amiibo Features

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition has 10 amiibo features, which work with 589 amiibo.

Invite the villager to your campsite and, eventually, to move to your island / Unlock special furniture items and a poster based on the card's Sanrio character / Invite the villager to Happy Home Paradise to design their vacation home

Exclusive unlockRead-only

Added in the March 2021 update. Sanrio villagers can only move to your island via their amiibo card. Scan card for any amiibo feature (Photopia, campsite, etc.) and the items corresponding to that card will be available in the Nook Shopping catalog afterwards.

Sources: Nintendo on YouTube, Nintendo Life, Nookipedia (Rilla)

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Invite the character to your campsite and, eventually, to move to your island / Unlock a special poster of the character / Invite the character to Happy Home Paradise to design their vacation home

Early unlockRead-only

In short: Any non-SP card from Animal Crossing Card Series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Promos or New Leaf Welcome. These villagers can also be found through normal gameplay. The Sanrio villagers, who can only move in via amiibo, are listed separately.

One character can be invited to the campsite per day. Invite a character on three separate days, and fulfill their crafting request each day, to cause them to ask to move to your island.

After scanning at Photopia or for the campsite, the character's poster will be available in the Nook Shopping catalog (a villager living on your island unlocks theirs at Photopia without amiibo). The Happy Home Paradise functionality was added in the November 5, 2021 update. Happy Home Paradise is paid DLC.

Sources: Nookipedia (Harv's Island), Nookipedia (amiibo), Nookipedia (Campsite), Nookipedia (Hello Kitty poster), Nookipedia (Rilla)

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Invite the character for photo shoots at Photopia / Invite the character to the Roost for a cup of coffee

Exclusive playRead-only

Villagers living on your island can be invited to Photopia without amiibo; anyone else needs their amiibo each time. The Roost functionality was added in the November 5, 2021 update.

Sources: Nookipedia (Harv's Island), Nookipedia (amiibo)

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Unlock a special poster of the character / Invite the character to Happy Home Paradise to design their vacation home

Exclusive unlockRead-only

After scanning at Photopia, the character's poster will be available in the Nook Shopping catalog. Special characters never live on your island, so this is the only way to get their posters (apart from trading).

The Happy Home Paradise functionality was added in the November 5, 2021 update. Happy Home Paradise is paid DLC.

Sources: Nintendo Japan (Features), Nintendo Japan (Compatibility table), GameXplain (video), @Walrus_McCloud on Twitter (4/22/2020 additions), u/dingycollar on Reddit (Luna addition 7/30/2020), JayBee & Milly on YouTube (video, Franklin and Jingle addition 11/18/2020), Animal Crossing World on Twitter (Pave addition 1/2021), Official 2.0.0 update patch notes (Photopia additions 11/5/2021), Nookipedia (Poster), Nookipedia (Harv's Island), Nookipedia (amiibo)

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Invite the character for photo shoots at Photopia / Invite the character to the Roost for a cup of coffee

Exclusive playRead-only

Special characters generally became available for Photopia when their model was added in an update. For example, Jack became available along with the Fall update on September 30, 2020. All remaining special characters became available with the 2.0 update on November 5, 2021. The Roost functionality was added in the November 5, 2021 update.

Sources: Nintendo Japan (Features), Nintendo Japan (Compatibility table), GameXplain (video), @Walrus_McCloud on Twitter (4/22/2020 additions), u/dingycollar on Reddit (Luna addition 7/30/2020), JayBee & Milly on YouTube (video, Franklin and Jingle addition 11/18/2020), Animal Crossing World on Twitter (Pave addition 1/2021), Official 2.0.0 update patch notes (Photopia additions 11/5/2021), Nookipedia (Poster), Nookipedia (Harv's Island), Nookipedia (amiibo)

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Unlock a special poster of the character

Exclusive unlockRead-only

After attempting to scan at Photopia, the character's poster will be available in the Nook Shopping catalog.

Sources: Nookipedia (amiibo), Nookipedia (Poster)

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