Animal Crossing’s Next Update Has Players Revisiting Long-Deserted Islands

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blog · January 13, 2026

When Mushy relogged onto her Animal Crossing: New Horizons island after years away, she expected the weeds, cockroaches, and angry villagers. She didn’t expect a blast from the past when she checked in on her ex-partner’s room, which was designed like a jail cell.

“He had a weird sense of humor and once he saw that there were jail items in the game–jail bars, wallpaper, toilets– he thought it would be hilarious to turn his island home into a jail cell,” she told GameSpot. “I helped him gather the items too.”

She hadn’t remembered helping him after New Horizons launched in March 2020, but everything came rushing back when she logged on for the first time to prepare for the 3.0 update coming on January 15.

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