Nintendo explains free updates to Animal Crossing and Splatoon 3 to support Switch 2 transition

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Nintendo says releasing major free updates for popular Switch titles Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3.0.0) and Splatoon 3 is intended to keep players engaged, promote the new Switch 2 platform, and ease the transition by maintaining connections with existing customers as hardware evolves.
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