

Becoming a member of the Paradise Planning Office alongside otter Lottie, monkey Niko and manatee Wardell – you work towards recruiting new islanders, doing all the heavy lifting by creating their dream vacation home around a pre-designated theme and eventually being able to create a number of the facilities (Eg. Rather than being a separate game like the 3DS version was, Happy Home Paradise is downloadable content that integrates seamlessly with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. After purchasing the DLC exclusively from the Nintendo eShop, you are greeted by a phone call from Tom Nook immediately upon launching the game – and invited to help one of his acquaintances with your design skills. A new story route that sees you developing the resort alongside other members of the Paradise Planning Office.The ability to create standalone vacation homes for the game’s 400+ villagers/NPCs.


Of course, with you as the villager, doing all the hard work. Some of these, such as Amiibo Festival, were forgettable, some of these fell off the radar in the abyss of other games such as Pocket Camp, and then there was Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. Available on the Nintendo 3DS, Happy Home Designer was an underappreciated game using the Animal Crossing engine, with a greater emphasis on house design rather than life simulation. During the era of the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, there were attempts made at diversifying the Animal Crossing series from consisting of just a once-in-a-console-generation release.
