Or Crossing the Animals: New Horizons it was only confirmed for Nintendo Switch in September 2018, no doubt the game was in development for many years before it was announced to the public. In fact, the idea of deserted islands pops up all the way back to 2012, shortly thereafter Animal Crossing: New Leaf
In a similar interview with The Washington Post, game director Aya Kyogoku and producer Hermanashi Nogami talked about how the original New Newons development began after the first release of New Leaf, and before Nintendo Change into something. Thankfully, when the team kicked off the next game, it was still working on reviving the New Leaf & # 39; Em Amiibo & # 39;
Kyogoku added how well the New Horizons development cycle started well before the team started "thinking or knowing" about Nintendo's hybrid hardware. Just to let that sink in, that's been a solid eight years since the pregnancy was released. Alas!