Animal Crossing–themed home gear

HORI has put out six officially licensed Animal Crossing accessories for Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan, with June 2026 release dates and pre-orders already live. (hori.jp) The lineup splits across two themes: “DIY Life” and “Celeste and the Starry Night,” the latter built around Celeste, the owl astronomer from Animal Crossing. Four products use the DIY design, while two use the starry-night design. (game.watch.impress.co.jp) The six items are two wireless controllers priced at 8,980 yen each, three soft cases or bags priced at 4,980 yen each, and one wired gaming headset priced at 4,980 yen. HORI’s product pages list the official release timing as June 2026, and several store pages show June 30, 2026. (hori.jp, hori.jp, horistore.com) The controller is the most feature-heavy item in the set. HORI says it uses Bluetooth 5.0, includes turbo fire, gyro and acceleration sensors, and uses non-contact TMR sticks designed to reduce wear-related drift. (hori.jp) The tradeoffs are also spelled out in the specs. HORI says the pad does not support HD Rumble 2, amiibo reading and writing, a headset jack, or waking the Switch 2 from sleep with the Home button. (hori.jp, hori.jp) The headset is a simpler accessory aimed at voice chat and TV play. HORI lists 40 millimeter drivers, a 1.5 meter cable, a 2.5 meter extension cable, and a 3.5 millimeter four-pole plug, and says plainly that it is not wireless. (hori.jp) The bags lean harder into the “home gear” angle than the controller does. The quilted medium pouch fits one Switch 2 system, an adapter, and six game cards, while the shoulder pouch adds a two-way carry design with a stowable strap. (horistore.com, horistore.com) The designs pull from familiar Animal Crossing iconography rather than just slapping on a logo. HORI’s store pages describe leaf charms, Timmy and Tommy embroidery on the DIY items, and star-fragment zipper charms and island-night silhouettes on the Celeste version. (horistore.com, horistore.com, horistore.com) This is not HORI’s first run at Animal Crossing accessories in Japan. Animal Crossing World covered HORI’s earlier themed pouches, bags, stands, and starry-sky accessories for the original Nintendo Switch during the New Horizons era in 2020 and 2021. (animalcrossingworld.com, animalcrossingworld.com) The new set shows how Switch 2 accessories are already being sold as decor as much as hardware. In this batch, the same 4,980-yen price point covers a headset, a quilted pouch, and a shoulder bag, with the controller as the only item above that tier. (game.watch.impress.co.jp, hori.jp) For now, the release is framed as a Japan launch, and HORI’s Japanese pages are where the detailed listings live. If the pattern from earlier Animal Crossing gear holds, import buyers will likely be watching June closely for stock rather than waiting for a separate Western announcement. (hori.jp, animalcrossingworld.com)