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Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s fortune teller

Katrina set up her tent in my town the other day and offered to tell me my fortune for a nominal fee. Now, I dont usually believe in all this astronomy nonsense or what have you, but I’m telling you, something weird happened there. I was floating in space for a second, and I saw an owl flying backwards, but there was no owl. And a faraway voice sang:

night so dark
where are you?
come back in my heart
so dark
so dark

I ran home and slipped into some hot pants. Also made sure my New Leaf character wore shorts that day.

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Welcome to Paradise

Just making sure people will feel welcome when they visit my Animal Crossing: New Leaf town.

We all need somewhere we can go and be happy and be ourselves and be silly if we want to. As the mayor here, that’s the kind of town I’m trying to build. There’s no judging here.

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Animal Crossing’s Isabelle in Nendoroid form

She comes with a question mark accessory. Her hair has a real bell in it. This is just unfair. Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid Isabelle/Shizue perfectly replicates the Animal Crossing: New Leaf assistant, allowing you to relive your first days in Buttocks.

The figurine ships in October, and you can find it at whatever your favorite import toy retailer is. Jlist has preorders up for $42.

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Kapp’n is human*, and he needs to be loved just like everybody else does

When you’re feeling bored of your town in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, for 1,000 bells, Kapp’n will ferry you to another island for fun (and very profitable) activities. I love that he serenades you with a silly song during the trip.


*well, not technically

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Yes, that’s my grand vision

Being the mayor of your Animal Crossing: New Leaf town has it perks. You get your own Town Hall office, shopkeepers are always polite to you, everyone always comes to you with their gossip, it’s easy to allocate funds toward sending secret armies to fight covert drug wars in other countries, etc.

Another thing you can do is pass ordinances to fit your play style, like making it so all the stores are open late, which works great if you rarely have time to play New Leaf earlier than 10PM, when most of the shops are already closed. You can also pass laws to make the town more beautiful (less garbage and weeds) and wealthy!

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Animal Crossing: New Slang

I finally cleared up my 3DS’s R-button issues with a simple fix, so I can take in-game screenshots with Animal Crossing: New Leaf now!

My neighbors have grilled me with questions about how people talk on “the streets,” and have been quick to absorb my foreign vernacular. Unfortunately “What’s poppin’ slime” didn’t fit the character limits for Penelope’s greeting, but I was able to suggest “Booty Secrets” when Hugh asked me for a covert phrase we could use when trading gossip.

Pretty sure this isn’t what Nintendo had in mind when they provided reviewers with an early copy of the game.

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All in my hands now

I don’t really know how to be a good mayor — as soon as I arrived in this Animal Crossing: New Leaf town, the game just threw me into the role. I hope I can meet their expectations.

Even though Buttocks is their home, it’s my ass that’s on the line.

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My Animal Crossing town: A new leaf and cheek

So I’m starting to play through my press review copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and woo boy this is fun. Expect lots of posts on how things are going in Buttocks ahead (with in-game screenshots after the next update).

[Update: The character limit for town names, by the way, is nine eight characters max. Sorry for the mix-up!]

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Tom Nook 3DS skin
I don’t know why you’d want to have the crooked moneylender on your 3DS, but 0-catch made this custom piece and printed it out at GelaSkins. It probably won’t be long before we see Resetti skins too…
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Tom Nook 3DS skin

I don’t know why you’d want to have the crooked moneylender on your 3DS, but 0-catch made this custom piece and printed it out at GelaSkins. It probably won’t be long before we see Resetti skins too…

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DJ K.K. and New Leaf tote bags

It probably isn’t a good look for a dude, but were circumstances different, yeah, I’d rock a DJ K.K. tote bag. Both of these come out later this month, and are available for preorder at AmiAmi for around $16 each.

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Animal Crossing vs Tomodachi Collection: Which is the better hang-out?

[Looking at Tomodachi Collection: New Life’s release in Japan last week, Daniel Feit compares the playful life sim with Animal Crossing: New Leaf in this guest article reprinted from his blog.]

Spurred by questions regarding Tomodachi Collection, I thought I would whip up a quick list of comparisons between it and Animal Crossing, the other 3DS game where you hang out in a town with no real purpose.

Please note the most important difference right from the start: Animal Crossing will release in English on 3DS this summer, while Tomodachi Collection may never leave Japan.

SIMILARITIES: Both games put your character in charge of a community. There is no story or “goal” other than to enjoy yourself. Both games have an economy (Bells in AC, Yen in TC) and you will need money to buy things and unlock more game options. Items for sale include clothing, hats, food, and materials for decorating your home.

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Tour Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s shops

This latest tourism trailer introduces you to the various establishments you can visit in New Leaf, like the T&T Mart, the Kicks shoe store, and others.  

It also settles the heated debate that’s ravaged online message boards across the country — splitting families apart, pitting brother against brother — over whether Dr. Shrunk’s new entertainment venue was named Club 101 or Club LOL. Finally, we can put those ugly arguments behind us, try to rebuild the relationships that were ruined as people refused to compromise on their beliefs, and maybe come together again to build a stronger nation. A united States of America.

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