Nintendo Treehouse Analysis

Animal Crossing- New Horizons Gameplay - Nintendo Treehouse- Live - E3 2019

Nook Miles:

• Achievements: give mileage for completing
• Miles can be spent on: original items, various services

Camera:

• zoom
• filters
• select emote (7 slots?)

Call Islander:

• Local Coop

• Must stay on the same field of view
• Can switch between who's main character

• up to 4p local multiplayer

DIY Crafting App:

• Tools
• Campfires, log bench, bathing clothing line, wash bin, and bath barrel, signs
• Cooking related items: coconut juice, frying pan, classic jug
• Some items require other crafted items to maker (crafting hierarchy)

Town Appearance:

• Bulletin Board, Announcement Speaker Pole, and Nook Inc Tent in Town Square
• Nook Inc Tent:
  • ATM
  • Crafting table
  • Large Bin?: Apple, Umbrella, etc on it
  • Timmy can buy items from you
  • Timmy sells items of different categories. Tools, nets, flowers, and 2 furniture
•  There’s a dock leading with a building attached next to what is presumably a sea plane

Fishing:

• Fishing bait made from clams you can dig up
• Manila Clam: can make some amazing chowder! (or fishing bait)
• Fish appear as shadows in the water as normal

Bug Catching:

• Seems unchanged so far

Graphical improvements:

• Fish look MUCH MUCH better when held in hand (or at least the one squid and bass from the initial trailer we saw did)

• Trees sway in the wind

• Has actual Lighting

• Clouds have shadows

Random:

• The island was 6x6 acres, the largest “town” of any so far. Although the outer perimeter is partially taken up by water, so more like 16 + 20 half acres of workable space

• Picking up items is much faster, so is switching tools

• Tommy is walking around the island

• North and South Hemisphere options for seasons

• Can cut trees with axe without cutting them down entirely or making them obviously cut?

• Can drop as leaf or item

• The achievement mentions “if your tools break, just make more” indicating tools have durability.

• 8 Player can live in one town

• Crafted materials stack in inventory (can’t tell if items like fruit do yet, they didn’t pick any up)

• Can sell weeds

• Mailboxes (mail and presumably Pete, Pelly, Phyllis, and the post office are still in the game)

• Animal villager was holding a stick

• Pole Vaulting required “Vaulting Pole” tool

• Player’s House can go anywhere, including the beach

• You can move things in half units