January Update Server Maintenance For Animal Crossing: New Horizons Tonight

Nintendo has announced some server maintenance for Animal Crossing: New Horizons this evening in preparation for the major new January Update adding the Festivale Event with Pave and more!
We received an in-game Nintendo Switch notification while playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons alerting us of the incoming maintenance set to begin at 4:50PM Pacific Time / 7:50PM 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 status page, both Animal Crossing: New Horizons network services and the NookLink service within the Nintendo Switch Online mobile application will be offline to perform maintenance for around two hours beginning at 4:50PM Pacific Time / 7:50PM Eastern Time and ending at 7:00PM Pacific Time / 10:00PM 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, network services may be unavailable.
Date and time
From Wednesday, January 27, 2021 4 :50 PM – Wednesday, January 27, 2021 7 :00 PM Pacific Time
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Certain Network Services
During the maintenance window, network services may be unavailable.
Date and time
From Wednesday, January 27, 2021 4 :50 PM – Wednesday, January 27, 2021 7 :00 PM Pacific Time
Tonight’s scheduled maintenance lines up quite well with the expected 5PM Pacific Time / 8PM Eastern Time release timing for the January Update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons that we covered in a release time article yesterday.
Therefore, we’re confident in saying that the new update will be releasing very soon! Get ready for the exciting January Update to arrive on your Nintendo Switch shortly after the online maintenance begins and enjoy the new items in the update. If you need help with how to update your game, check out our release time article here for instructions.
If you’re not already familiar with what’s new in the January Update, be sure to check out our Update Overview and New Seasonal Items articles covering everything!
Stay tuned to Animal Crossing World for everything on Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including our extensive Guides section here. Our most popular pages include Sanrio Card Reprint, January Update, ColourPop Collection, Winter Snowflake Recipes, How To Build Perfect Snowboy, Redd Art, and Sea Creatures.
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