Text Updated – Sat 1st Feb, 2020 12:00 GMT: Nintendo was teasing us about giving us information Crossing the Animals: New Horizons for a while now, and the latest details on this upcoming release appear on its Aussie webpage, on the official Nintendo Australia website.
While we know that the game will support up to eight players and four citizens at once, a large chunk of writing at the bottom of this page touches on good information about online user restrictions and each console. In this large chunk of text there is a special note (as highlighted below). As you can see, you will be limited to one island per console, regardless of the number of user accounts or copies of the game you have.
* Up to eight players with accounts registered on the Nintendo switchch console can reside on one shared island, and up to one island residents can play simultaneously on one console. Please note: only one island can exist with Nintendo Switch console, regardless of the number of registered user accounts or game copies used on one console.
One Nintendo Switch and one copy of the game are required for each unique episode. Alternatively, up to eight people can play together on one island by playing wirelessly or online. Local wireless playback requires one console and one copy of software per player. Internet connection is required during online gaming. To use online resources, you must create a Nintendo Account and accept a related agreement. Nintendo Account Privacy Policy applies. Some online services may not be available in all countries. Online gaming requires paid membership online.
Of course, it's disappointing as this is to hear, this is nothing new. Previous entries also had restrictions like this. For example, the released GameCube has limited the number of local players in one city. In Switch Issues, you will not be able to override this limitation with the SD card replacement, or, as the last data is stored internally (thank you, Radar Games).
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