Animal Crossing: New Horizons – New Fish for May 2020

Nintendo’s release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons provides players a release from the stresses of modern life. Animal Crossing as a franchise is designed to reprieve players from the tumultuous reality of their lives with a variety of calming and relaxing procedures. From fishing off of a dock to catching bugs, the goal of Animal Crossing: New Horizons provides its player base with a breadth of calming and fun activities. Simply put, the goal of New Horizons is to upgrade and improve the quality of life of your island by slowly adding new and new facilities. From new stores to quality bridges, stairways, a variety of fruit trees, and countless other improvements, establishing a quality island is an addicting and time-consuming process. Very few games appeal to players of all ages, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is special in that regard, as it is simply a calming while addicting title intended to bring joy to all age groups.

Part of what makes Animal Crossing: New Horizons such a quality title, its evolution over time. With every season change comes a variety of new gameplay elements added to the player’s island. Everything from season-specific events, removal and introduction of new bugs to and from the ecosystem, and countless other elements, Animal Crossing truly immerses players into island life. One of these seasonal changes is the addition of new fish in a player’s oceans, rivers, and ponds. This guide will provide the new fish added to both Hemispheres with the change of season in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. 

All the New Fish Being Added to the Northern Hemisphere in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

With the May update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, comes a variety of new fish added to the Northern Hemisphere. These fish will make an excellent addition to any player’s museum, collection, or simply a large sum of bells for the trouble of catching them.

• Mahi-mahi- the most expensive of the new fish is worth 6,000 bells.
• Giant Trevali- this fish is worth 4,500 bells.
• Angelfish- an angelic fish worth 3,000 bells.
• Beta- a popular pet, it is worth 2,500 bells.
• Nibble Fish- this fish is worth 1,500 bells.
• Catfish- the Catfish is worth 800 bells.
• Rainbowfish- this colorful fish is worth 800 bells.

All the New Fish Added to the Southern Hemisphere in Animal Crossing New Horizons

As mentioned earlier, each hemisphere is receiving new fish with May update. The fish being added to the Southern Hemisphere are as follows.

• Blue Marlin- the creme de la crop, this fish is worth 10,000 bells.
• Tuna- the Tuna is worth 7,000 bells.
• Blowfish- this fish is worth 5,000 bells.
• Football Fish- perfect for sporty players, this fish is worth 2,500 bells.
• Bitterling- the last on the list, this fish is worth 900 bells.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available on Nintendo Switch.