Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How to play with friends - Ultimate Guide

We started to investigate and that's why today we are going to tell you how to play with friends in Animal Crossing New Horizons.


Before you know how to play with friends, you should know that this title is about the social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo for Nintendo Switch users and that it was released on May 20, 2020.

If you need to know how to unlock the different multiplayer functions of the game to be able to play with your friends, we have prepared a selection of things you should know to do it.
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How to Play With Friends in Animal Crossing New Horizons - Dodo Airlines Airport Unlock.

When Tom Nook announces that airport access is now available on Day 2, you will need to head over to Dodo Airlines and speak to Orville, a bird who will be behind the counter and who will talk to you about what the airport does.

When you finish speaking you will have to press "I want visits", this will make Orville give you some basic rules, it will also tell you that you can find a lot of aspects such as publications on the bulletin board and a lot of other aspects you can find in the Nintendo Code of Conduct website.

Then you will have to respond if you want to invite visitors to play online.

Please note that the venue does not require an Internet connection or a subscription to Nintendo Online. But in order to visit friends over an Internet connection, you will need a subscription to Nintendo Online. If you resonate positively the game will ask you who you will invite.

How to play with friends - List of best friends.

When playing with online players you will have the possibility to add them to your Best Friends List on the phone, they will have the possibility to use any tool on your island, any tool so keep that in mind before adding someone to that list and invite them to your island when they are online.

Postal services at Dodo Airlines.

You will be able to use personalized emails to invite friends on your list, you will also have access to other postal services which you will know the first time you go to Dodo airport, Orville, including sending gifts and many others.

Local communication.

As we just mentioned, the local game does not require an Internet connection or subscription to Nintendo Online, using a temporary Dodo Code.

Although if you have an account connected to the Nintendo Switch you can start the game or join the pre-existing established island.

After finishing the Dodo Airlines Airport tutorial, you will have access to your Nook phone to the "Call Islander" application, with which you can invite other residents who are on the island to play cooperatively, also known as Party Play, where You can play up to four people at the same time

Keep in mind that in order to play locally, the four players will have to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network and whoever initiates the invitation will be labeled as the leader, and those as followers, who by the way will only be able to collect seashells, fish and catch insects.

How to Play With Friends - Nintendo Online.

If you want to go to the aeronautics, you can connect with someone who has the game and has a subscription to Nintendo Online and an internet connection.

Go to the airport and tell Orville that you want to play online, and when they ask who you want to invite, select "All my friends!" To open the doors and you can play with your friends by following directions.

How to play with friends - Dodo Code.

This is a code made up of five characters that will allow you to invite players who are not on your friends list and which you can obtain with Orville and if it is the first time that you use it you will be able to unlock the Best Friends List on your Nook phone.

Although you should keep in mind that those who come to the island using this code will not be able to cut their trees or get anything from the island other than the fruits that fall from the trees.

In the end you can tell Orville to close the door for the players to leave the island.

 This is everything you need to know about how to play with friends in Animal Crossing New Horizons, we hope that each of these methods allows you to play with your friends according to exactly what you want, keep in mind that you can choose the ones of your preference, regardless of which one you choose, the important thing will be to share with your friends.