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Animal Crossing: New Leaf on the 3DS
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Welcome to the official discussion thread for Animal Crossing: New Leaf on the 3DS!

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf Review (Nintendo 3DS) (9.7)  by  
Animal Crossing... I still remember getting up early before heading to my high school classes just to see what Tom Nook was selling that day. This game series has always held such a dear place in my heart. I think it has to do with the fact that heading to the land of Plaisant, Tranquil, or other towns of mine always being a great escape for me. Making Bells, filling my catalog, and fishing in the ocean were always points of peace for me. While I've been very public about my discontent with AC: City Folk, I have a new-found hope once more for New Leaf. From all the information that has been dished out due to the game's release already in Japan, and Nintendo pushing more information through Nintendo Directs, I am confident this game will be a fresh take on a classic and comforting idea.


The game released in North America on June 9th, 2013 and released in other territories shortly after.

Please use this thread for all discussion on the game. If you would like to make trades or visit towns, please use the specific Animal Crossing New Leaf Trading Thread for further assistance. It makes more sense to keep this focused on the gameplay and game discussion while leaving bartering out of it. There are no Friend Codes this time around for Animal Crossing, which is a blessing! Many of us have already befriended ourselves via the 3DS Friend Codes Thread thread. That thread will be where we continue to befriend each other and trade 3DS IDs for the sake of visiting each other's towns.

Many many years ago I discovered a wonderful Animal Crossing website which has a great catalog feature set up. Now, the new game will mean it'll take time for the site to get a full correct catalog up and running but I expect it to work beautifully once more to allow anyone to track their catalog there. You can find this website at the Animal Crossing Community page. They also have forums there which are very active right now in anticipation of this game. Granted, the general age of the members of that site fall a bit lower than here, but I've found over all the years I've been there that the discussion is still mostly pleasant and easy.

Lastly, I want you all to enjoy the music from this new game or any of the games, whenever you want. The following site will allow you to hear the "Xam" or "Xpm" music that would naturally occur in your life right now as if you were in the game. You can select from any of the Animal Crossing games and the music will continually loop until the hour changes. It's pretty cool. You can find that page here. It's by default at the City Folk music.

So again, everyone enjoy this game! Enjoy this discussion! If you're interested in being negative about the title, just find your way to a different thread for that because this thread is about the experience and meant to bring the community together during the launch of one of the most community driven games Nintendo offers.

Say hello to Kapp'n, cause we're about to make it into town on June 9th.

(One more quick note; Keep an eye out for the game's review, which I will write sometime in the end of June probably.)

Pattern Creator - Turns any photo on your computer into a pattern (results may vary)

A 2013 Holidays Calendar can be found on Page 4 or at the link posted.

A Reviews Round-up can be found on Page 6 or at the link posted.

A Music Appreciation segment can be found on Page 7 or at the link posted.

A Nintendo World Store Release Photo Gallery can be found on Page 9 or at the link posted.

A list of Dream Towns of note can be found on page 25 or at the link posted.

For trading turnips and turnip discussion please use the Animal Crossing New Leaf Turnip Thread thread.


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05/20/13, 01:54    Edited: 06/27/13, 00:31
 
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@-JKR-

Well it's just that I had more ideas brewing in my head after building it. Why did this game have to add town projects!? It should look good after it's done though... assuming it fits. Some of the items needing empty spaces around it when it's simply a lamp post can be annoying. I hope it fits in the layout that I want.
07/10/13, 00:14   
@-JKR-

LOL.

That's good.
07/10/13, 00:56   
@VofEscaflowne

I wish there were a little easier control to do the projects. Like a grid-based map you could just pick the spot you want. Ah well.

@Shadowlink

What's good? Oh, the image I posted that was at the bottom of the last page? *cough cough* This image that isn't just me reposting it because so few people will go back and see it and I'm taking advantage of your comment? *cough*





Glad you enjoyed it. I don't know why it tickles me so, but something about the barren nature of the tent hits my funny bone. I didn't plan that when I put the apple there on the first day of playing, ha ha.
07/10/13, 01:01   
@-JKR-

That's why I use flowers. I know the general layout of items already so I place flowers in the area to try and figure its position better. Not always convenient but eh, it's better than nothing I suppose. I guess placing designs on the ground could work too.

Also worked on a tile to place in my yard. I didn't want to go and take someone else's work and place it in my own town even though there's QR codes for that. Guess I just wanted the satisfaction of knowing I created it. I do like how it looks anyway!

07/10/13, 01:24   
Edited: 07/10/13, 01:27
@TriforceBun ooh now i know what i can spend my medals on. I have over 300 medals and that's after buying all mermaid and swim suits for me and others ,lol. I was splurging on flowers for now cuz i didn't see anything new..
07/10/13, 08:39   
When/how can I start laying down custom tiles in my town? How many bells does it cost per tile? Do I have to wait a day between ordering the tile and it being "built"?
07/10/13, 09:51   
@NinSage
You can use any tile you have. You should have 10 designs available to you as soon as the game begins, and you can use any of those on the ground (they are available in the pencil tab, second from the right).

You can create your own designs whenever you want, and placing the designs is instantaneous.
07/10/13, 10:11   
Ugh. What is going on with my bug catching these days?

I can get the 8000 bell bugs no problem. But the Golden stag and Horned Hercules? For the last week, every time I get near one no matter how much I sneak they fly off. I'm not even close enough to catch them.

WTF is going on?
07/10/13, 12:31   
@Shadowlink

You've gotta go slower... that's really it. Hold A obviously to do the creep and creep up. But you can't just hold the direction while holding A, it's gotta be quite sloooooooowwww. "Take it slow Robin... Take it slooooooowww."

07/10/13, 13:29   
@DrFinkelstein

I dunno. What I'm doing now worked fine last week, but now it's like they're all spooked. I don't get it.
07/10/13, 13:43   
Zell, you jerk! I gave you a bug worth 10,000 bells and you gave me the hammock that was sitting in Re-Tail for two weeks after Bud put it in there. That dude has fleas!
07/10/13, 16:46   
@wickedsymphony

Remember also that Club Tortimer has exclusive items that you'll want to nab, such as six more colors of Wetsuit and stuff like the Sea Globe.
07/10/13, 16:52   
@Shadowlink

Don't forget your randomly-generated Luck score may have something to do with it. I know the other day I was catching sharks like CRAZY but then yesterday it was back to my normal "Ha ha, so long sucker!" every time one of them bit the line...
07/10/13, 17:25   
Any idea why my character has had a terrible lack of balance the past couple days? It's really obnoxious.
07/10/13, 17:34   
@TriforceBun i have the blue suit since i accidentally sold my original one i think. I haven't seen much at my club tortimer trips that was different or rare to my regular island trips. Will keep my eyes peeled tho : D

I don't know what happened, but Katrina told me i'd have fortune if i wore an outfit and so i did. But after midnight my girl was tripping non stop.. wth? Still is this morning.
07/10/13, 17:35   
Same. Katrina had told me to wear hats, and two days later I was falling all over the place, despite my jauntily-placed tiny hat. It only lasted the one day, though. Weirdness. Maybe I had a bad Luck roll that day.

EDIT: I decided to give myself a feng shui refresher, and thought I would share. West wall is yellow. South wall is green. East wall is red. The corners where they intersect are great places for items with two colors (like a watermelon table that is green and red). It's just the two squares near the edge, not extending farther into the room.

What I can't figure out is if having things redone by Reese changes their color category. Does anybody know?
07/10/13, 17:50   
Edited: 07/10/13, 18:01
@TheOldManFromZelda

It's the luck thing. It happens some days. And then it goes away the following day, or after enough time has passed.

Hilarious to watch, though. My wife was tripping yesterday and I watched her play and laughed. Such a funny animation, spot on.
07/10/13, 18:02   
@TriforceBun

I'm a member but I also have not done it yet. Is it a whole separate island, just for others too? Does their behavior affect your original island, like tree chopping and such?
07/10/13, 18:55   
@DrFinkelstein@TriforceBun
I went there once when Ker invited me to join at the same time but its random meetup so I ran into two other people instead of Ker. You ban from playing with people on the island in the future the same way you friend them if you see them in a friends town. I learned this by trying to friend someone and instead banning them. I couldn't find how to remove ban so I told them what happened, that it was fun playing but I'll never see them again.

@VickiL
Tiny Hats!
Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job Tiny Hats Video

@-JKR- Do you get this only after you talk to Katrina and given bad luck OR do you start tripping first and then can get it removed by Katrina if you do as she says?
07/10/13, 19:32   
Edited: 07/10/13, 19:36
@vids

For my wife's character it had nothing to do with Katrina. We haven't even seen her yet, just got the game a little while ago. Just an unlucky day yesterday I guess!
07/10/13, 20:22   
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