

In addition, the host can close the town's gates anytime, ensuring that no more players can enter. The host can choose to end the session anytime via the Start or - menu. The player cannot enter a friend's town if someone else is trying to enter or leave at the moment. Likewise, a player can visit a friend by talking to these special characters and asking if there are any towns whose gates are opened. The host must talk to Copper in Wild World and City Folk, Porter in New Leaf, or Orville in New Horizons. They will get the app when they first play online with friends.Ī player can host for their friends by opening their town's gates and letting visitors in.

The list connects to the Switch friends list and any friend the player has played with can be asked to be a best friend. The recipient may either accept or reject this request. In New Horizons, a player may send a best friend request to any friend in the Best Friends app regardless of where they are.

In New Leaf, two friends may become best friends if they both have the heart selected in each other's Guest List when together in a town, whether one of them is hosting or they're both in another friend's. When a player's best friend is online, they will receive a message from that person automatically saying "I am online!" A player can send a message to either only one Best Friend, or to all Best Friends online at the time. They only need to be online and have the best-friend message-exchange function turned on, which can be toggled anytime. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, to share friend codes, both players must have a Nintendo Switch Online membership, go to the Home menu on their console, go to their circle account avatar that is used to play the game and then tell the other what their friend code is.īest friends can send messages to each other even when they're not in the same town.

In New Leaf, if two guests are on the same town but are not each other's friends, they may add each other in the Guest List at the bottom screen. Prior to the introduction of Dodo Codes, two players must add each other as friends before they may visit each other. Two players must add each other's Friend Code so that they can be friends. From New Leaf onwards, Friend Codes and Friends are assigned on a system level. In Wild World and City Folk, a Friend Code can be obtained for the first time by talking to Copper and saying "Friend Code!" This will connect to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to assign the player a code. The icon used when registering a Friend Code in City FolkĪ Friend Code is a 12-digit code that identifies any player.
