Nintendo Switch Version 10.0.0 adds new Animal Crossing: New Horizons profile icons, controller remapping

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A brand new system software update for the Nintendo Switch operating system has been released tonight adding in a few Animal Crossing themed surprises among other new features!

Most notably for Animal Crossing fans, although an otherwise minor feature, is the addition of six brand new profile icons themed to Animal Crossing: New Horizons allowing you to show off even more different characters on your Nintendo Switch friend profile.

The new icons for Animal Crossing: New Horizons focus on a variety of new characters introduced in the game including Wilbur, C.J, and Flick! New versions themed to New Horizons of characters previously available on the Switch have been added for Tom Nook, Timmy & Tommy, and Isabelle as well.

While this isn’t anything huge, we’re always happy to see more Animal Crossing available on our systems! Nintendo could surely go much father than this in terms of available icons for the series though. Why not add some of the most popular villagers, especially newly introduced ones like Raymond and Audie?

In terms of actual new features, the Nintendo Switch is getting a new Controller Button Mapping function that allows players to adjust what buttons on each controller perform different functions.

Even better, you can save up to five different custom button configurations for each of your controllers. That’s perfect for swapping configurations depending on the game that you’re playing!

It’s also now possible to manually transfer some downloadable data like digital games, game updates, and DLC between the system memory and an SD Card. It’s not a huge addition, but previously a complete uninstall and re-download was required to move this data between the two storage areas.

Note that it’s still not possible to move actual game save data, including for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, between the system memory and SD Card. That important save data remains locked to the SD Card for security reasons, unfortunately.

Finally, a Bookmark feature has been added to the Nintendo Switch’s News section allowing you to bookmark a particular news item to find it later.

An Animal Crossing: New Horizons News channel was recently added to the News section providing updates on the recent Bunny Day event and promising news on further releases like the upcoming Earth Day event in late April, so this could prove useful.

You can find the complete patch notes of Nintendo Switch OS Version 10.0.0 below, sourced from the Nintendo of America support page here.

Ver. 10.0.0 (Released April 13, 2020)

Added a bookmark feature to News.
This feature allows you to bookmark your favorite news items.

• A maximum of 300 news items can be bookmarked.
• An internet connection is required to view bookmarked News items.
• News items that are no longer available cannot be viewed, even if they were bookmarked.

Added an option to transfer software data between the system memory and an SD card.

• Users can now transfer downloadable software, update data, and DLC from the system memory to an SD card (and vice versa).
• Note that save data and some update data cannot be transferred to an SD card.

Added an option to remap the controller buttons.

• Analog stick and button configurations can now be changed for each paired controller.
• Custom configurations can be saved as favorites in System Settings > Controllers and Sensors.
  • Custom configurations are stored on the Nintendo Switch system.
  • Configurations can be customized for the following controllers: Joy-Con (L), Joy-Con (R), Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Button configurations can also be customized on the Nintendo Switch Lite system.
  • This feature is not available for other controllers.
  • On each system, up to five favorite custom configurations can be saved for Joy-Con (L), five for Joy-Con (R), five for Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Five configurations can also be saved as favorites for Nintendo Switch Lite.

Added a new section in User Settings for Play Activity Settings.

• The options for “Display play activity to:” and “Delete Play Activity” have been moved from Friends Settings to the new Play Activity Settings.

Added new selections to the lineup of user profile icons.

• Select from 6 new icons from the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game for your user.

General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.

What do you think of the new Animal Crossing: New Horizons profile icons? Will you be using one? Which other icons would you like to see added? Let us know in the comments below!

For more on Animal Crossing: New Horizons, check out our Guides section here and stay tuned to Animal Crossing World for updates.

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