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Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise

|Japan|Simulator

9.1 /10

Aww Amazing!

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39 ratings
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Expand your horizons with DLC and help create vacation homes for clients on resort islands. In Animal Crossing New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise, clients with different dream vacation requests will visit a new resort area located in an archipelago, made up of several different islands, where the Paradise Planning team is located. You can talk to a client and find out the details of their requests for a vacation home, and then make their dreams happen!

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Rating momentum

Aww Amazing!: 9.1/10 across 39 ratings. This score says: bump it to the top of your backlog.

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This is a Expansion leaning into Simulator. Confirm the form and fantasy before you commit.

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IGNTaylor Lyles · 2 Dec, 2021
9/10

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise Expands on the creative freedom introduced in the base game and gives players a big vacant island with more to do and customize to their liking.

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PolygonNicole Clark · 11 Nov, 2021

Happy Home Paradise is, ultimately, a chance for anyone who favored the game’s home design to dive into it without all of the hassle. It’s also the perfect solution for anyone who has core island fatigue — whether from having an already full island or being unsure of how to proceed with design. It’s also great for anyone looking for a structured way to play New Horizons post update. Happy Home Paradise streamlines New Horizon’s intimidatingly open-ended gameplay so well that it’s made it even easier to chill out. Though it may be presented like a job, it really does feel like a vacation.

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DestructoidCJ Andriessen · 15 Nov, 2021
8/10

And I do intend to keep the fun going for as long as I can because I truly enjoy what it is I’m doing as an employee of Paradise Planning. As I said above, there is nothing I like more in Animal Crossing than fidgeting around my house and changing the layout on a whim. That’s all you’re going to do in Happy Home Paradise, and for me, that’s more than enough to keep me logging in every single day.

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Nintendo LifeThomas Whitehead · 12 Nov, 2021
9/10

Happy Home Paradise makes Animal Crossing: New Horizons feel like a 'definitive' edition, especially when considered alongside the substantial free additions of version 2.0. It's beautifully polished - and that's not a reference to the ability you earn here - and provides even more variety and depth to your daily AC island life. You may discover new villagers to call friends, and perhaps even learn a little about how to better decorate rooms and homes. Most importantly, it simply makes us smile - that alone is the best recommendation we can give.

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Cubed3Jorge Ba-oh · 15 Jan, 2026
9/10

Offering a refreshing, polished experience, Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise is an excellent DLC package to sit alongside the core Animal Crossing: New Horizons base game. Refined, flexible decorating options with a large catalogue of unlimited items mixes up the pace for creative freedom without the hording slog of the regular island. Happy Home Paradise is, quite simply, a playground of cosy fun.

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INDIANTVCZJarda Poustecký · 15 Mar, 2022
9/10

The expansion of Happy Home Paradise is excellent, especially when it comes to reviving the game itself. That fact needed some spark. Of course, there are flies, so it has a fly and a big one, but I still managed to have fun. It's a pity that this is probably the first and, at the same time, the last expansion to the basic game. But it's worth it.

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NintendojoAchi Ikeda · 10 Jan, 2022
10/10

Animal Crossing Happy Home Paradise takes all that was innovative, fun, and satisfying from the original Happy Home Designer, fixes what made the game complete, and expands on the original game altogether creating a DLC expansion that, despite a few set backs, is well worth it for any owner of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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Enternity.grPanagiotis Petropoulos · 28 Dec, 2021
9/10

Happy Home Paradise DLC does anything needed for broadening the franchise.

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Eurogamer.ptVítor Alexandre · 3 Dec, 2021
8/10

The modeling and decoration of the houses constitute the epicenter of this DLC. The customer's tastes are the starting point for the fun.

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GfinityMarie Pritchard · 27 Nov, 2021
9/10

Happy Home Paradise gave me a lot of freedom to make choices then act on them without too many repercussions. Ultimately, I could do what I wanted and when I wanted (within reason). I like New Horizons, it’s a good game, but there is a limit on what I can do without needing to spend a lot of Bells or spend hours grinding for one simple change which could end up being a mistake. In contrast, The DLC thrives by offering players total control over their designs, and by setting the stakes low. From designing an entirely pink house for a fabulous Flamingo to remodelling the Cafe into a 50’s style Diner, there were few limits on my designs or on the potential to have fun.

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