Overview
- Nintendo released Version 3.0.2 for New Horizons on Switch and Switch 2, giving players a commemorative Leaf Object that arrives in the in‑game mailbox after updating.
- Official patch notes list several fixes, including stuck exits in hotel rooms, a crafting error that let some recipes finish without enough materials, and a bug that left a dung beetle on screen after a snowball vanished.
- Nintendo also corrected visual and behavior quirks, such as rocks ejecting items too early, glowing ground spots not lighting up in plane flyovers, and visitors appearing in odd spots inside homes.
- The paid Happy Home Paradise DLC gets a fix for a bug that stopped new vacation‑home requests from showing up on the beach.
- To mark the franchise’s roots, Nintendo added the original GameCube Animal Crossing soundtrack to the Nintendo Music app, underscoring ongoing support after this year’s larger update and Switch 2 Edition.