Animal Crossing New Horizon – What’s new in April?

With April just being a day away, I thought it would be a good idea to put together an overview of what new things we can expect from the month in New Horizon. Nintendo’s popular title being just a bit shy of two weeks old, this will be the first turn of the month for honest non time traveling players.

Fish

I personally have gotten tired of catching the same fish over and over again, so let’s start off with the new fish showing up in April in the northern hemisphere. If you are a fan of Pixar’s Finding Nemo you will be happy to be able to reel in the colourful Clownfish, this little guy can be caught in the sea all day. We also have a favourite delicacy of mine the Crawfish showing up in April. This tasty shellfish can now be caught in ponds all day long. Next is the Guppy, this popular aquarium fish can be caught in rivers between 9am and 4pm. Another common aquarium fish and a childhood favourite of mine is making an appearance, the Neon Tetra can now be caught in rivers between 4am and 4pm. Then we have the Seahorse, starting in April this exciting new fish can be found in the sea all day. Joining the Clownfish, we have another fan favourite from Finding Nemo, the Surgeonfish, which now can be caught all day in the sea. Then there is the striped Zebra Turkeyfish, this guy can also be found in the ocean all day long starting in April. Last but not least we have the Butterfly Fish which can be caught at all hours in the sea, thanks FrostyPotpourri on Reddit for sharing this last fish with me.

In the southern hemisphere there is a lot less changing fish-wise. We have the Dab and the Yellow Perch showing up. Two fish that we in the northern hemisphere have been catching since launch. Both can be caught all day long, the Dab in the sea and the Yellow Perch in rivers.

Bugs

Starting April 1st I’m ready to grab my trusty net and resume work on my Critterpedia. Like with the fish we’ll start by looking at the new bugs showing up on my half of the globe, that is the northern hemisphere. Here we have a number of new bugs to sneak up on. We now have the Agris Butterfly fluttering around the island between 8am and 5pm. Also between 8am and 5pm the Darner Dragonfly can be spotted flying around. A less appealing bug is the Flea, which staring in April can be found crawling on your less hygienic fellow villagers at all hours. Another creepy bug is the Long Locust which can be found crawling on the ground between 8am and 7pm. The Madagascan Sunset Moth can now be found doing whatever moths do between the 8am and 4pm. Then there is another moth, the disturbingly large Atlas Moth which can be found on trees between 8pm and 4am.

In the southern hemisphere there is even less happening when we look at the insect side of things. In April there is no change in the bug population.

Events and holidays

Starting off April we have April Fools on April 1. I can’t say for sure what will happen but if previous titles in the series can serve as a guide we can expect some trickery from your fellow villagers. In New Leaf we had the special event character Blanca visiting, maybe this odd looking cat will be making a reappearance.

Nintendo being famous for shying away from everything religious since the NES era, won’t have your village celebrate Easter. Instead April 1 to April 12 will be Bunny Day, given that your copy of the game has been properly updated that is. A big deal was made about Bunny Day in the most recent Nintendo Direct Mini, so my expectations for this celebration are quite high. If you watched the Direct you know some of what to expect so I will avoid spoiling it here. Starting with New Horizon Bunny Day is now a twelve day long celebration that overlaps with April Fools, hopefully this doesn’t mean the removal of April Fools as an in game event, we’ll find out soon.