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The release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/em><\/a> couldn\u2019t have been better timed, very specifically for me. The Christmas before, my partner bought me a Switch, and for about a decade before that, the only console I\u2019d owned was a modded Wii because I\u2019d sold the roughly two dozen systems I\u2019d collected in an effort to reset my relationship with gaming. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n But there was also the fact that just days before, I was furloughed from my job at a brewery because of a pandemic and businesses throughout my city had shut down. I spent hundreds<\/em> of hours paying Tom Nook his blood money, gaming the turnip market and carefully laying out my island, complete with a theme park and a Halloween land. My partner played, too, and after a short while, I bought her a Switch Lite and a copy of New Horizons<\/em>, and playing together may have kept us sane. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Now, if it wasn\u2019t clear enough from the headline, this is a deal post. I wanted the excuse to write about Animal Crossing, <\/em>especially now that my kid, who was too young to get it then, is very into it and I\u2019m playing again. The deal is at Walmart<\/a>, and it\u2019s for a Nintendo Switch Lite with a download of Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/em> bundled in for $179.99. The bundle is usually $199.99 (that\u2019s the price at Target right now), and according to the price tracker Honey, this is the cheapest it\u2019s been in the last 120 days. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n And look, this game is wonderful, and the Switch Lite, despite not being able to dock to your TV (though you can find ways to do it online if you\u2019re adventurous and don\u2019t mind voiding your warranty), is charming in its own ways. If you\u2019ve never gotten on board, this is a great time to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n