Animal Crossing New Horizons: How to get the best villager gifts

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Animal Crossing New Horizons is proving to be incredibly popular, with seemingly everyone starting their island-hopping Nintendo Switch adventure.

While you're getting acquainted with your new anthropomorphised friends, it can be tricky to know what to get them as gifts – but you no longer need to wonder.

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Nook Plaza, an Animal Crossing database, now has tools to work out which gifts villagers enjoy, bringing the game's previously hidden friendship mechanic front and centre.

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All gifts seem to boost your friendship with a neighbour, but certain items offer significantly more. While you can offer furniture, we'd recommend clothing – it takes up less room in a villager's home.

Nook Plaza offers a way to simply search by the villager's name so players can see the best items that suit their personal taste. It's like having a personal shopper for your digital friends, so we'd recommend giving it a go here.

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