Did you know that Nintendo is giving out some free items for Animal Crossing: New Horizons if you play the series' mobile iteration, Pocket Camp? I'll forgive you for not realizing that because Pocket Camp is terrible, but fear not! There's a really quick and easy way to acquire the special items from that mobile spin-off that doesn't even require you to invest much time.
In fact, you don't even need to have previously played Pocket Camp to nab these items. In roughly 20-30 minutes, you'll be rocking a campsite sign and some banners, a fortune cookie stand, and two mini RV replicas. It's not the most luxurious of bonus stuff, but it will definitely liven up your tent for the first few days of New Horizons.
The first thing you'll need is a My Nintendo account. You probably already have this if you own a Switch, but you can head over to the My Nintendo website and create one if not. Link this with your Switch profile and you're halfway there. Next, download Pocket Camp on your mobile device and open the game.
After the game prompts you to agree to an EULA, the application will ask if you wish to Create/Link a Nintendo account. Sign in with your My Nintendo account, then sit through the introduction with K.K. Slider. You'll have to answer a few questions, but you can just skip all of the dialogue. Quickly create a character, then work your way the tutorial (which is the longest part of this process).
Once the game has you doing the fishing tutorial, you'll finally be able to access the menu. It's a small icon on the right of the screen with four squares. Open that, click on the My Nintendo icon, then redeem the "Animal Crossing: New Horizons Special Order Ticket." You'll be given an eShop code that you can take to your Switch.
If you have previously played Pocket Camp before, this will be relatively painless. You'll simply redeem the "Special Order Ticket" and be on your way. With all of that done, you can safely delete Pocket Camp and get to terraforming your island in New Horizons. The whole process is a little move involved than it should be, but those free items certainly look nice.