Sanrio-inspired villagers and items come to Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the game’s March update. After the update, you can invite new villagers and order items to Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll and other Sanrio characters by scanning the Animal Crossing Sanrio Amiibo cards.
Just like in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, there are a total of six Sanrio-inspired residents, one for each of the cards in the Sanrio Amiibo pack. The full list of villagers and the Sanrio character they have themed on is as follows:
- Hello Kitty – Rilla (gorilla)
- Pompompurin – Marty (puppy)
- Kiki & Lala – Étoile (sheep)
- Cinnamoroll – Chai (elephant)
- My Melody – Chelsea (heart)
- Kerokerokeroppi – Toby (haas)
You will also be able to order different furniture and garments based on the Sanrio characters, such as a Cinnamoroll sofa and a Hello Kitty rug. These items and villagers will all be introduced to the game in the 1.9.0 update, which appears on March 18th.
The Sanrio Amiibo cards were first released in Japan and Europe for the first time in 2016 to coincide with Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s big Welcome Amiibo update, but they will be available in the United States for the first time from March 26 be. sold exclusively at Target stores, and each package contains all six Sanrio Amiibo cards.
Meanwhile, Nintendo has released New Horizons’ Mario update, which introduced a range of Super Mario furniture and clothing to the game, such as chain links. The Mario items are available to order from March 1 from Nook Shopping. The update also added a handful of new seasonal items on sale at various points during March.
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