How To Set Custom Animal Crossing Villager Icons as Your Switch Profile Photo | ACNH Swicth Icon Elements

3/3/2022 10:43:47 AM

We are going to show you a brand new feature that Nintendo just released that allows you to redeem your favorite Animal Crossing New Horizons villagers and make them be your Nintendo Switch Profile photo.

ACNH Custom Villager Icons for Switch Profile Photo

How To Set Animal Crossing New Horizons Custom Icons as Your Switch Profile Picture?

If you have a favorite villager that you always want to see every time you load up your Switch or you're just looking for a change and want to explore these new features Nintendo's adding. Whatever your reason, we are going to show you exactly how you can get these new profile pictures right now.

Requirement:

You do have to have Nintendo Switch online to access this feature
You do have some nintendo platinum points to redeem the icon, you get these when you buy nintendo games or you can get a special bonus on your birthday

Steps to Set Up ACNH Villager Icons as Nintendo Witch Profile Photo:

1. Go to the home screen of your Switch, a preface is you do have to have Nintendo Switch online to access this feature
2. Go down to the Nintendo Switch Online App and select it
3. Select your user also these photos are what will be replaced by the Animal Crossing villager icon
4. Scroll down to missions and rewards on your online menu press the left button to access this area
5. Press the right trigger to scroll over to the Animal Crossing New Horizons tab now
6. Check out all the Animal Crossing icon elements avaiblae in this month, and select your favirote one by clicking the icon
7. Redeem the Animal Crossing New Horizons Villager Icon with Nintendo Platinum Points, then it go to your icon collection
8. You also can redeem Animal Crossing themed Backgrounds and Frames here, which can be used to customize your profile icon
9. Go to your Animal Crossing icon collection and select the villager icon you just redeemed, then Use to Create Icon
10. Customize the specifics of your own Icon by selectiung the elements yourself under the Icon Creation menu
11. Select the Backgrounds and Frames to choose and change the backgrounds color and photo of your icons
12. So now you have your dorable profile picture replace your typical one

More FAQs About Setting Custom Animal Crossing Icons as Your Switch Profile Photo

How To Get Nintendo Switch Platinum Points?

You can earn Platinum Points on My Nintendo with the below methods:

Regular Platinum Points can be earned by completing missions related to the My Nintendo service.

Missions related to smartphone or tablet applications can also be viewed on device.

Platinum Points related to an application (like Super Mario Run Platinum Points) can be earned by completing missions related to smartphone or tablet applications.

Why You Could Not Find Your Favorite Animal Crossing Villager Icon?

As you know we have over 400 villagers in the game, but there are only list a part of them here, why aren't they not all there? It's because different icon elements will be available each month based on the residents who have birthdays during that month, so these photos these villagers will rotate throughout the year. So now the Animal Crossing icons for residents with March birthdays will be available until April 4th until 6 pm PDT.

Do The Redeemed Villagers Expire?

As the ACNH icons rotate every month, so your redeemed icons would be expired in the next month, and it will switch over to the villagers with April birthdays.

Check out more useful ACNH guide and news here, and cheap Animal Crossing 2.0 items for sale can help you build up your wonderland on Animal Crossing fast!

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