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Every Day is a New Day in Animal Crossing New Leaf
The Series’ Debut on Nintendo 3DS Offers More To Do Than Ever Before
REDMOND, Wash.--(June 6, in the year of our Lord 2013)--
The gates of Animal Crossing: New Leaf will open when the game
launches for the Nintendo 3DS system on June 9, inviting
residents to move in and, in a series first, become mayors of
their own personalized towns. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is based
on the real-world calendar – no two days in the game are the
same – and includes features new to the series like customizing
specific pieces of furniture, visiting a tropical island,
swimming in the ocean and even sharing personalized homes with
friends.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf launches for the Nintendo 3DS system
on June 9
“Residents of Animal Crossing have never had it so good,” said
Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of
Sales & Marketing. “With a host of new features and a game that
changes every day, players will find themselves visiting Animal
Crossing: New Leaf for a long, long time.”
A Mayor’s Life
As mayors of their towns, players make decisions that will
directly affect how their towns grow and function. Players can
set ordinances, such as keeping their shops open later if they
find themselves playing the game mostly at night, and also
select public works projects to build, including bridges,
benches, streetlamps and clocks. In addition to being mayor,
players are also residents, and can earn money to spend at local
businesses on Main Street, get to know their neighbors and
collect myriad items like insects, fish, fossils and fruit, some
of which can be donated to the town museum for visitors to
admire.
Once players get accustomed to their new life in the town,
Tortimer, the town’s former mayor, will visit and invite them to
the tropical island where he now lives. The tropical island is a
new feature in Animal Crossing: New Leaf that lets players
search for unique items and take mini-vacations with up to three
other friends who also own the game. While visiting the island,
they can participate in a tour featuring a fun mini-game. They
can even rent a wetsuit and dive into the ocean to catch
underwater creatures or just leisurely swim around and enjoy the
sights.
More to Customize, More to Share, More to Discover
Animal Crossing: New Leaf expands on the remarkably deep
customization that fans love. Like previous Animal Crossing
games, players can customize almost everything in the game,
including their homes’ interior design and clothes, as well as
patterns for clothing, wallpaper and carpets. But in this game,
players can also adjust the specific look of thousands of
individual pieces of furniture, including new types of wall
items like clocks, shelves and lamps, and decorate the exterior
of their houses with new mailboxes, doors, façades and stepping
stones. Players can even create custom fashion designs at the
Able Sisters’ Tailor that can be turned into QR Code patterns to
be shared with others. The amount of customizable options is
nearly endless.
Players can play locally with other Animal Crossing: New Leaf
fans who also own the game, share Friend Codes to travel to
other players’ towns, go on a tropical island tour via a
wireless broadband Internet connection with friends or up to
three other random players from all over the world, or tag
fellow players using the StreetPass feature to add their
personalized houses to the Happy Home Showcase.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is constantly growing and changing.
Certain items can only be found at a certain time of day, and
certain events can only be experienced during special in-game
holidays on the calendar. There’s something new to do every day
in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
Also releasing on June 9 is a special Nintendo 3DS XL system
featuring designs from Animal Crossing: New Leaf that comes
pre-installed with the new game, which is perfect for players
who want to check on their bustling towns without having to
carry around a Game Card. The charming system will retail for a
suggested retail price of $219.99.