Nintendo has listed which particular Zelda and Splatoon amiibo unlock every of the 4 new themed villagers coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ main replace.
The free replace, which can be launched on January 15 and brings each the Change model and the upcoming Change 2 Version as much as model 3.0, will add various new options.
This consists of the addition of 4 new villagers, who’re primarily based on the Legend of Zelda and Splatoon collection.
The Zelda-themed villagers are Animal Crossing variations of Tulin from Breath of the Wild and Mineru from Tears of the Kingdom.
The Splatoon villagers, in the meantime, are referred to as Cece and Viché – these are sisters distinctive to Animal Crossing, who like to decorate up as Splatoon 3 characters Shiver and Frye.
Nintendo has stated that every of the 4 villagers might be unlocked by scanning a appropriate Zelda or Splatoon amiibo, nevertheless it’s now been confirmed that particular amiibo unlock particular characters.
As such it’s doable that, for instance, if a participant solely has two Legend of Zelda amiibo, they might each unlock the identical character.
The total checklist of amiibo who unlock every character, as listed on the Japanese Nintendo web site, is as follows:
Tulin (The Legend of Zelda)
- Bokoblin (Breath of the Wild)
- Daruk (Breath of the Wild)
- Ganondorf (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Hyperlink (Archer) (Breath of the Wild)
- Hyperlink (Majora’s Masks)
- Hyperlink (Smash Bros)
- Hyperlink (Skyward Sword)
- Hyperlink (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Revali (Breath of the Wild)
- Toon Hyperlink (Smash Bros)
- Toon Hyperlink (Wind Waker)
- Tulin (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Younger Hyperlink (Smash Bros)
- Yunobo (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Zelda (Wind Waker)
- Zelda and Loftbird (Skyward Sword)
Mineru (The Legend of Zelda)
- Ganondorf (Smash Bros)
- Guardian (Breath of the Wild)
- Hyperlink (8-Bit) (The Legend of Zelda)
- Hyperlink (Hyperlink’s Awakening)
- Hyperlink (Ocarina of Time)
- Hyperlink (Rider) (Breath of the Wild)
- Hyperlink (Twilight Princess)
- Mipha (Breath of the Wild)
- Riju (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Sheik (Smash Bros)
- Sidon (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Urbosa (Breath of the Wild)
- Wolf Hyperlink (Twilight Princess)
- Zelda (Breath of the Wild)
- Zelda (Smash Bros)
- Zelda (Tears of the Kingdom)
Cece (Splatoon)
- Huge Man
- Callie (Alterna)
- Callie (Splatoon)
- Marina (Facet Order)
- Marina (Splatoon 2)
- Octoling Boy
- Octoling Boy (Blue)
- Octoling Lady
- Octoling Octopus
- Shiver
- Smallfry
Viché (Splatoon)
- Huge Man
- Frye
- Inkling Boy (Blue)
- Inkling Boy (Inexperienced)
- Inkling Boy (Purple)
- Inkling Lady (Inexperienced)
- Inkling Lady (Orange)
- Inkling Lady (Smash Bros)
- Inkling Lady (Yellow)
- Inkling Squid
- Inkling Squid (Purple)
- Marie (Alterna)
- Marie (Splatoon)
- Pearl (Facet Order)
- Pearl (Splatoon 2)
The free replace for Animal Crossing: New Horizons will launch on January 15, 2026 and can add the next new options:
- A brand new lodge on the pier, run by Kapp’n’s household. They bring about in friends from off the island, and gamers can enhance visitor rooms primarily based on varied themes to ensure friends take pleasure in their keep.
- The power for gamers to improve their dwelling storage two extra instances, permitting them to retailer as much as 9,000 gadgets as an alternative of the earlier 5,000 gadgets.
- A brand new dream location referred to as Slumber Island will even be added, permitting gamers to create and enhance as much as three of their very own islands and invite gamers over to them, with out having to disrupt their most important island.
- New collaborations will even be added to the sport, that includes gadgets primarily based on Lego, The Legend of Zelda and Splatoon.
- Playable retro sport consoles, which require a Nintendo Change On-line subscription.
