How to update Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch?

Animal Crossing is one of longest-running game franchises that has garnered a massive following over years. latest in series is Animal Crossing: New Horizons which released on March 20, 2020. new title has received significant updates since releasing earlier this year with every update introducing a new set of content or implementing important bug fixes.

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refore, it is important that you always keep game updated so you don’t miss out on any of important changes. patch updates also allow you to keep your island in best state possible. Game developer and publisher Nintendo rolls out timely patch updates, and it’s important that you install m at earliest. And while game automatically downloads and installs every update on your system when connected to internet, re could be instances where your Nintendo Switch device fails to auto-install m. In this case, you will need to manually download update on your gaming device. So, if you are wondering how you can manually update Animal Crossing: New Horizons on your Nintendo Switch, here’s how it is done.

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How to update Animal Crossing: New Horizons?

Here are steps to update Animal Crossing: New Horizons to latest version: 

Step 1: first thing you need to do is launch video game on your console which will automatically display new update on Home menu. Click on 'Download' button to download and install update.

In case you aren't able to find new game update or you missed it, you can manually trigger an update on your console.

Step 2: Click on  ‘+’ icon which is available on Animal Crossing: New Horizons home screen.

Step 3: Tap 'Software Update'.

Step 4: w, select 'Via Internet' option and game will search for an update.

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If an update is available, console will download it. Once update is installed on your gaming device, you should see latest update version show up on title screen.

Nintendo recommends that all players use  same version of game while playing online with friends to avoid any kind of hassle due to difference in versions.  game is currently running 1.4.2. If you aren't on latest version of game, you can follow above steps to update to newest version.

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Im credits: Nintendo