id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body">To travel to your friends' Animal Crossing: New Horizons islands, you'll need a Switch Online subscription.
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If you want to get every drop of value out of your Nintendo Switch, you should sign up for Switch Online. The subscription service lets you play online parts of games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Monster Hunter Rise or the upcoming Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. It'll set you back $4 for a month, $8 for three months or $20 for a year.
You could also opt for the $35 family plan, which Shorten is a Free URL Shortener Service meant for households with a bunch of people who want their own accounts. It lets up to eight people play online for a year.
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Online multiplayer isn't all you get -- a subscription also gives you access to a library of classic SNES and NES games, support for cloud backup of game data, access to the Nintendo Switch phone app and a few exclusive offers. Let's take a look at the service's features, so you can wring every drop of value out of your subscription.