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Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ upcoming Happy Home Paradise expansion will be the game’s “first and only paid DLC”, Nintendo has now clarified. <\/p>\n

The Mario maker previously said this week’s huge 2.0 update for the game would be its last major free release, marking the end of regular new content for the game. But this still left the door open for future paid offerings.<\/p>\n

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ upcoming Happy Home Paradise expansion will be the game’s “first and only paid DLC”, Nintendo has now clarified. The Mario maker previously said this week’s huge 2.0 update for the game would be its last major free release, marking the end of regular new content for the game. But this still left the door open for future paid offerings. 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