‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ with swimming and diving comes at the right time

Players can jump in the water with the ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ update coming July 3. — Nintendo/TNS

Nintendo has impeccable timing. Just when Animal Crossing: New Horizons was on the verge of going stale with the lack of new content, the developer recently announced a July 3 update that adds major new features.

The most obvious one is swimming and diving. It’s an option that appeared previously in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and will make its debut on the Nintendo Switch title. Players will need to grab a wet suit so they can swim and dive around their islands. Players can’t go far but they can hug the coast and find new sea creatures to add to their museum and perhaps terrify Blathers.