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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Official Companion Guide Paperback – April 9, 2020
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Your one-stop guide to a perfect island vacation is right here!
Animal Crossing: New Horizons takes you to a deserted island and lets you craft it into your own personal paradise inhabited by a unique, character-filled community. This premium book is both the perfect guide for getting the most out of island life, and the ultimate reference for anyone who insists on having it all.
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Museum lovers will be in for a treat - as long as you're willing to be the one providing the exhibits! It's a hands-on approach to preservation, and every budding naturalist or palaeontologist needs a solid reference book to consult. You won't find a single specimen that's not covered here.
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Your island wouldn't be much of a paradise without decent shopping facilities. Luckily, Timmy and Tommy's retail experience brings a wealth of desirable goods for purchase. Every last option for the fashionista or interior decorator is lavishly catalogued.
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- Print length432 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFuture Press Verlag und Marketing GmbH
- Publication dateApril 9, 2020
- Dimensions11.06 x 0.98 x 8.66 inches
- ISBN-103869931000
- ISBN-13978-3869931005
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- Publisher : Future Press Verlag und Marketing GmbH (April 9, 2020)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 432 pages
- ISBN-10 : 3869931000
- ISBN-13 : 978-3869931005
- Item Weight : 3.54 pounds
- Dimensions : 11.06 x 0.98 x 8.66 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- Customer Reviews:
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Redefining Game Guides for more than 20 years
Ever since being founded in 1998, Future Press has been dedicated to producing the highest quality game guides in the world. Our team of highly professional authors and designers work together to guarantee a harmonious and logical interplay between content and design. We’ve worked closely with the most renowned and successful publishers and developers in the industry, always aiming to redefine what a game guide can be.
Our focus is, and always has been, on creating the best possible guide for the game we're covering. This is why we only produce one guide at a time, with our entire staff dedicated to its production. Our core team of authors is made up of exceptionally skilled gamers, working alongside single-project specialist players who are among the best in the world at the type of game we're writing about. Our ultimate goal is to give the reader the best possible understanding of the game they are playing and to deepen their enjoyment of playing it, regardless of their skill level.
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Learn more how customers reviews work on AmazonReviewed in the United States on May 11, 2020
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I bought this book mainly so I can keep track of what I've bought at Nook's and Able Sisters. I am floored by how many clothing items there are! I'll have to stop buying items in every color option, because I'm going to run out of storage space very quickly. This guide also shows which clothes only appear in certain seasons.
I love that the guide shows what each villager's house looks like inside, including their original catchphrases. There's also very helpful information about Happy Home Academy rankings, score bonuses, lucky furniture, and Feng-shui (20 pages worth of info!). And I can't wait to read the pages about reaching a 5-star island.
This is a terrific companion guide and I highly recommend it. It's a shame there are so many impatient people that have given the book a negative review because the shipping was delayed. Have they forgotten we're in the middle of a pandemic?
By Taylor on May 11, 2020
I bought this book mainly so I can keep track of what I've bought at Nook's and Able Sisters. I am floored by how many clothing items there are! I'll have to stop buying items in every color option, because I'm going to run out of storage space very quickly. This guide also shows which clothes only appear in certain seasons.
I love that the guide shows what each villager's house looks like inside, including their original catchphrases. There's also very helpful information about Happy Home Academy rankings, score bonuses, lucky furniture, and Feng-shui (20 pages worth of info!). And I can't wait to read the pages about reaching a 5-star island.
This is a terrific companion guide and I highly recommend it. It's a shame there are so many impatient people that have given the book a negative review because the shipping was delayed. Have they forgotten we're in the middle of a pandemic?
I wanted to return for another copy but that isn't an option, so I guess I am keeping my damaged copy. Waited months for this book and wish it was a better copy.
By N. Glenn on May 13, 2020
I wanted to return for another copy but that isn't an option, so I guess I am keeping my damaged copy. Waited months for this book and wish it was a better copy.
I’m not sure why amazon approved some of these negative reviews considering they were made by people who didn’t even have the book to be able to review it. Sure, there was a slight delay in manufacturing and shipping, very likely due to there being A GLOBAL PANDEMIC going on right now, but we are all eventually getting the guides we ordered. If you can’t be patient, you should just cancel your order, it’s not fair to the company to unleash your anger on them because of delays that may be beyond their control. It’s a great product, that’s what matters.
By Mabe227 on May 13, 2020
I’m not sure why amazon approved some of these negative reviews considering they were made by people who didn’t even have the book to be able to review it. Sure, there was a slight delay in manufacturing and shipping, very likely due to there being A GLOBAL PANDEMIC going on right now, but we are all eventually getting the guides we ordered. If you can’t be patient, you should just cancel your order, it’s not fair to the company to unleash your anger on them because of delays that may be beyond their control. It’s a great product, that’s what matters.
The goodwill of that understanding goes completely out the window when you ship a defective product that should have been caught during quality control.
Pages 377 through 382 were misprinted and mangled during the printing process to the point of illegibility. The worst part about this is that there is no guarantee that the replacement Amazon is supposed to send (expected in another month and a half, no less....) will not have the same defect.
By EJ on May 17, 2020
The goodwill of that understanding goes completely out the window when you ship a defective product that should have been caught during quality control.
Pages 377 through 382 were misprinted and mangled during the printing process to the point of illegibility. The worst part about this is that there is no guarantee that the replacement Amazon is supposed to send (expected in another month and a half, no less....) will not have the same defect.
It’s full color with two cute bookmarks, full checklists of furniture and collectibles, tips and tricks for niche areas of gameplay along with the basics of setting up your island of course. I’m a veteran AC player from the GameCube days and have been playing New Horizons since release and I still learned things while thumbing through this book. And even if I hadn’t, it’s a great item for any fan and collector.
For anyone who’s upset at the initial lack of availability on release... It’s been delayed for two months so it shouldn’t be a surprise that it sold out in the preorder phase. There’ll be another printing, but based on the jacket and full color quality of the print, I have to imagine they’re not dirt-cheap to manufacture and there was some uncertainty as to the popularity. I hope everyone who missed out on the first wave can snatch one up in the next because it’s worth the buy.
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Moving on to the book itself, this is a hefty paperback that feels very much like a textbook. Unlike your average textbook though, this one includes a stunning dust jacket, which is the main cover you can see in the image. This feels high quality, and the underneath cover is just as stunning though, perhaps more plain. The paper is rich in quality, leading to really well defined colourful images. Many of the pages use extra art details just to liven up the pages from the bulks of text, and again this is all stunning and makes this book worth owning for these adorable images alone. The book also feels just well put together, the binding is secure even from a lot of flicking back and forth - as you would expect with a guidebook.
The content itself is broken down into sections that make sense, and even when urgently flicking around while playing, it is incredibly easy to find exactly what it is you need. Each chapter starts with a stunning two page colour display of some of the characters too, which makes this a stunning book to flick through.
This guide works well for newcomers to the series and can hold your hand throughout the gameplay if you need it. That said, there is also something here for the more advanced players too. Many areas are explored in-depth, so you can make this game as complex as you personally want it to be. There are progression charts, full catalogues, check lists and more. I'd go as far as to say this is a cataloguers absolute dream! I personally intend to try and collect everything, and this guide provides lists to help cater to that.
Whether you are a new player, or a returning player this game guide has everything you could possibly need and more, just be wary if you start trying to catalogue all your clothing, as the colour choices make it hard to decipher which version you own at times. Also, sadly this guide was accurate as of the game releasing. Since then we have already seen one big update and are due another big update tomorrow, which will make this stunning guide sadly outdated in many ways. I still highly recommend getting this book though!
It's split into helpful sections so good to dip in and out of too.
The writing is a decent size to read and its all set out inside really clear making it easy to follow along as you are playing.
It's almost as addictive as the game itself.
It also has some interesting back story to the game and its characters.
Love the cute bookmarks that were included within the book too.
The only thing that doesn't seem to be featured are the seasonal events & downloadable updates but I guess they have to save some surprises and they are always adding updates so not all would be in the book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2020
It's split into helpful sections so good to dip in and out of too.
The writing is a decent size to read and its all set out inside really clear making it easy to follow along as you are playing.
It's almost as addictive as the game itself.
It also has some interesting back story to the game and its characters.
Love the cute bookmarks that were included within the book too.
The only thing that doesn't seem to be featured are the seasonal events & downloadable updates but I guess they have to save some surprises and they are always adding updates so not all would be in the book.
However there are some errors (a couple typos and some number are wrong e.g. fossil prices). those typos and errors are not really much of an issue for me as the typos don't make it unreadable and the numerical errors are not really info I cared about (I either donate fossils to the museum or sell in which case price doesn't matter I just get what they give).
Buyer beware: the only bigger problem I would say is as of 24/04/2020 the guide will be out of date, while much of the content of the book will still be useful past this date, there is so much new content and events not covered in this book. I kind of hope that rather than releasing a new guide with all info in the future, they release a smaller book with just the updated stuff, that way making those who buy this feel it was not a wasted purchase.
This is not that book. It's basically an almanac with a lot of lists, but it's much larger (A4-ish) and thicker than I expected. £25 suddenly seems CHEAP for the sheer volume of information presented here, but it's also done with adorable illustrations. It's not the sort of book you read from start to finish (although you can) but dip in to whatever you're looking for. Want an olive flounder to earn some Nook Miles? What time of day are they fishable? Starting to design your home? What furniture can you eventually acquire, and how? Who is Tom Nook, and how did he get started as a landlord/entrepeneur? And the list goes on.... and on... and on...
Definitely worth £25!












