Behold the time chart for when your eShop copy of “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” will be unlocked (please update it now because the Bunny Day patch is available for those that preloaded it as i typed this)



While i like you are hyped for this game, This is a warning for those that bought New Horizons digitally - If you’re expecting to unlock the game as soon as it’s the estimated time for the unlocking to occur – please keep in mind that we’re in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and with this being a game that’s being hyped BECAUSE of this pandemic don’t be surprised that the servers in your region will be DDoSed because of heavy traffic



Mind you this happened before, Remember when the Smash Ultimate DLC featuring Joker from Persona 5 was released as part of the 1st Challenger Pack? When it launched hardly anyone can either update the game nor buy either the Pass or Joker himself because the servers were filled to capacity



And if you looked back even further, The 3DS eShop suffered this when Super Mario Bros 3 landed on it



SO - I advise the following if by chance it occurs in your neck of the woods

1. sleep it off

2. kill time by way of watching something on Disney+, Tubi, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, etc.

3. Play your back catalog for a while

and try again the next day or plausibly a few hrs. later



I’m telling you this before you people will likely lose your shit over the obvious

PLEASE REMAIN CALM and take my advice on this situation