After all, New Horizons is adding a new setting, weather patterns based on the player's real-world location, as well as local and online co-op.

Given the fact that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is set to offer a number of changes to the classic AC formula, it might not be too surprising to see Amibo support take a different shape.

Whether or not these will offer similar functionality to Animal Crossing: New Leaf remains to be seen. At this time, it's not known in what capacity Nintendo previously released a number of popular characters from the franchise in the form of Amiibo figures, but a number of Animal Crossing Amiibo cards were also released. The download card also revealed that fans can expect Amiibo support to return to the franchise in some form. That 6.2 GB download size is actually a bit bigger for a major Nintendo release, putting it ahead of titles like Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Tennis Aces, and Kirby: Star Allies, but still well below The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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