Animal Crossing: New Horizonshas surprised the community by revealing one more hidden feature over five years after its release. The cozy island living and decorating sim has been a fan-favorite title among cozy gamers. With many players putting in hundreds of hours, it was safe to assume that the game had already given up all its secrets.
Reddit usercshepninetyninehas managed to discover yet anotheraspect of the game that most fans don’t know about. The Redditor shares a video of their character (adorably dressed as Luffy fromOne Piece) entering the museum and turning on camera mode.
To everyone’s surprise, the handheld camera mode is much more useful when used in the museum, allowing them tofreely look around the museum displays. This hidden feature makes it possible to see the museum from a completely new perspective. It also unexpectedly changes the game’s feel, unintentionally making thecozy title look like a horror game.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Handheld Camera Excels Inside The Museum
Look Around At Your Hard-Earned Exhibits
The camera mode inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonslets players capture photos of their islands, residents, and their own characters. There are two main modes to the camera feature: a “tripod” that lets you place the camera down and walk into its frame, and a “handheld” mode thatbrings the camera down to the character’s leveland allows for close-ups and unique angles.
The handheld version is a great option for getting up close and personal with residents and capturing details, but it’s otherwise fairly limited. Players can raise, lower, and rotate the camera when they’re “holding” it, but they can’t use it to look around the screen. The Redditor’s discoverymakes the camera much more usefulwhen it’s used inside the museum.
Switching to the handheld camera mode while inside the museumlets players tilt the camera at any angle, giving them never-before-seen views of their museum exhibits. With this discovery, players can now see what their favorite dinosaur fossils look like from different angles.
Animal Crossing’s Museum Camera Mode Gives Off Horror Vibes
From Cozy To First-Person-Horror
Being able to look around the museum is a cool feature, but many fans noticed that it had an unintended effect: ItchangedACNHfrom a cute third-person game into a first-person horror.The dim lights and overabundance of skeletons make the Redditor’s video look like “gameplay from a horror video game,” according to Reddit userHero_loto/Reddit.
The tonal shift gives the museum an ominous atmosphere, made even more prominent due to the museum’s emptiness. Despite the accidental creepiness, the discovery is a neat reminder that the game might still have unexplored aspects.Animal Crossing: New Horizonshas been out for five years now, and dedicated players are somehow still managing todiscover new features.
