Once upon a time, Animal Crossing wasn't just a cute life sim – it was also a pretty sick compilation of retro NES games. At least, that was how I treated it when the first game localized in English made its global debut on GameCube. Nintendo eventually excised the retro games from the series, much to the disappointment of old-school nerds like me, but those old-school titles are finally returning in the upcoming free update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Once the update lands on January 15, you'll be able to collect an array of retro Nintendo consoles in New Horizons. In the announcement trailer, we see an NES, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy, Super NES, and Super Famicom sitting on various shelves. It's unclear whether there will be multiple games to play, but it sounds like each system will have just a single game available.
