You couldn’t escape “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” in the early days of the pandemic. Millions of people newly stuck inside retreated to their own island paradise to stave off boredom and, as weeks of self-isolation and limited contact stretched into months, to find some sense of normalcy. People got married in-game, kids went trick-or-treating, players threw birthday parties, and celebrities and politicians inevitably got in on the craze. But by the end of 2020, the excitement had dimmed considerably. “New Horizons” stopped making headlines and, for a lot of people, seemed to fall off the face of the Earth.
As many frustrated Animal Crossing fans will tell you, there are several reasons for that. For one, it hasn’t seen a major update in over half a year. That’s just the beginning of a very, very long list of grievances that have gone unaddressed since the game’s release in March 2020.
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