Animal Crossing: New Horizons Joy-Con And Switch Dock To Be Sold Separately In Japan

Fingers crossed for a western release

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We've woken up to news of a rather lovely Limited Edition Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch that will be released to coincide with the launch of the game in March, and now we can't help but eye our boring standard Switch with contempt. The Animal Crossing bundle sure looks lovely, and we're doing out best to justify buying another console just to get our hands on those new Joy-Con and that adorable dock. It seems that lucky Japanese Switch owners will have the option of buying the standalone component parts of the Animal Crossing hardware bundle individually, though.

As spotted by ACPocketNews on Twitter, the Nintendo Japan store is listing both the standalone Animal Crossing Switch dock and the pair of pastel-coloured Joy-Con as available for purchase separately from the console bundle: