Animal Crossing: New Horizons Server Maintenance Happening Tonight For The April Update

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Scheduled server maintenance for Animal Crossing: New Horizons to prepare for the incoming huge April Update adding Leif’s Flower Shop and Nature Day, among other new features, has just been announced!

We received an in-game notification on our Nintendo Switch while playing Animal Crossing: New Horizon alerting us of the incoming maintenance set to begin shortly at 6PM Pacific Time / 9PM Eastern Time.

More complete details of the maintenance can be found on the official Network Maintenance Information / Operational Status page on Nintendo’s official website, which we’ll cover below.

According to the page, both Animal Crossing: New Horizons network services and the NookLink service within the Nintendo Switch Online mobile application will be down for maintenance for one hour beginning at 6PM Pacific Time / 9PM Eastern Time and ending at 7PM Pacific Time / 10PM Eastern Time.

We’ve included all of the important and relevant information below:

Future maintenance schedule

Nintendo Switch Online app

• NookLink

During the maintenance window, all network services will be unavailable.

Date and time

From Wednesday, April 22, 2020 6 :00 PM – Wednesday, April 22, 2020 7 :00 PM Pacific Time

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

• certain network services

During the maintenance window, all network services will be unavailable.

Date and time

From Wednesday, April 22, 2020 6 :00 PM – Wednesday, April 22, 2020 7 :00 PM Pacific Time

This scheduled maintenance lines up perfectly with the expected 6PM Pacific Time / 9PM Eastern Time release timing for the April Update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons that we covered in our Release Date & Time article earlier today.

So stay tuned for the update to arrive on your Nintendo Switch shortly and enjoy all of the new April Update features announced this week!

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