The April 23rd New Horizons UPDATE!

[nightglow]

Does anyone know if bushes reproduce?
(i doubt anyone knows, but can we order/have access to more after the event is over with?)

Thinking about how many I want to get.

 

[alitwick]

I’m so excited for Leif’s shop and the return of bushes!! So glad my island isn‘t finalized. Hopefully we’ll get hydrangeas again.

 

[DarkSlayer1331]

Definitely excited for all of this new stuff! I'm not one to come up with an amazing layout... I tend to let everything just go wild. Don't even have any paths or anything like that. But I know so many people will use the bushes for the perfect aesthetic on their islands! Plus art coming back! The museum event looks kind of nifty too.

 

[morthael]

I’m so glad I haven’t finalized my island yet just in time for the update. I’m so excited omg!!

 

[BaileyEloise]

IM SO EXCITED I COULD SCREAM. Bushes fill me with so much excitement and new ideas!
I also can't wait for the June wedding update- I hope some of those items become available to use on the island as well because my fiance and I had to cancel our wedding due to current world circumstances-- I would SOB if we were able to have a little mock wedding in the game!!

 

[meggiewes]

IM SO EXCITED I COULD SCREAM. Bushes fill me with so much excitement and new ideas!
I also can't wait for the June wedding update- I hope some of those items become available to use on the island as well because my fiance and I had to cancel our wedding due to current world circumstances-- I would SOB if we were able to have a little mock wedding in the game!!

Awe. I just got married a year ago. That would really suck. It looks like it is in an event with Harvey and the first time we went to Harvey's cabin all the items he had got cataloged for us to order on our island. I am thinking it will work like that if we don't end up crafting them.

 

[petaI]

i'm so excited omg!!!

 

[Sicariana]

Very excited that bushes were added, but mildly disappointed that diva wasn't removed from the game code.

 

[Fey]

Is it bad my first thought was look now people can have their Precious bushes lol

I mean, no.

Is it bad my first thought was “now I have my precious bushes back!”? ^ｪ^

 

[JordanRhysBaker]

I can’t wait, this trailer gave me goose bumps !

 

[Mokkipo]

I'm so excited for all of the updates! Going to be awesome! <3

 

[Halloqueen]

I'm looking forward to these additions. Kind of a bummer that the May Day tour is a limited time, since without a proper Tortimer Island and its associated tours, the game is pretty lacking for content if you want to play with friends. But I digress, glad we'll be getting this in just a couple days.

 

[Fey]

Will the museum expansion be a new building (art gallery) or just an addition to the regular one?

The exterior looks different, so I’m curious if that’s a customization or a general upgrade to every museum (if it’s not a new structure, I mean)

 

[BluebearL]

So cute! Very excited rn I am so happy Leif is being included. Redds lil boat is pretty cool too

 

[Dim]

A+ <3

 

[jelibear]

I am so excited for bushes and hedges! I've never been the biggest fan of the fences in the game and wanted something more natural, and those hedges fit the bill.

I am also super excited for Redd. He's definitely one of my favorite NPCs. The 23rd can't come fast enough!

 

[sierra]

Full hype!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Emo]

So excited for the museum !

 

[Edge]

And it worked like a charm, just read some of the comments in this thread lol, "thank you Nintendo for cutting basic features like bushes, to give it back to us later, now we can start all over designing our islands"...
I'm glad that my prediction about them rolling big updates out in MMO fashion is true, but they should have been upfront about it, and bushes should have been there from the beginning, it's such an important part of design and layout that I pretty much have to tear everything down now after hundreds of hours, and millions of bells on infrastructure, so dumb.
I'm super excited about bushes, but the way they went about it is pretty gross, cheap way to build excitement.
It's bittersweet, but at least now it's confirmed that they're expanding the game, and it's not just holiday updates, and we get our bushes.

I agree that bushes, Leif, and Redd are all things we have seen before and would have been nice to have had in the start of the game, but Nintendo was upfront that we would get updates other than holidays. Take the bunny day announcement, they said updates including events. Also, I feel like there were certain ”Easter eggs” that point to the updates such as the bush standee.
They are trying a new approach with this game. And maybe the way they handle things will give New Horizons a longer shelf life . Reminds me of, Overwatch where the developers kept introducing new characters and maps at least three years after release and people would keep revisiting the game to try the new content.

 

[Mairmalade]

Will the museum expansion be a new building (art gallery) or just an addition to the regular one?

The exterior looks different, so I’m curious if that’s a customization or a general upgrade to every museum (if it’s not a new structure, I mean)

Hmm...didn't think about this. I can't imagine them being separate. My guess would be it'd be available as a paid upgrade?