Other Hints and Secrets
Use the DS suitcase mode to transfer your character to the Wii game and all the objects you unlocked in the DS version will be available for purchase in Nook’s catalog on the Wii version.
Present Balloons will be seen every day at 10:05am, 10:15 am, 10:25 am, 10:35 am, 10:45 am, 10:55 am, 3:05pm, 3:15pm, 3:25pm, 3:35pm, 3:45pm, and 3:55pm. Run North and shoot them. When you shoot eight, the Golden Slingshot will randomly appear on another flying balloon. The Golden Slingshot shoots three pellets.
Alternate Shoe Color:
In the city, you’ll find Kicks the Skunk. Ask him to shine your shoes to make them match your clothes. If you ask him to change the style, he’ll return them to their original look.
Zap Suit Changes Background Music
Wear one of the Zap Suits and you’ll hear a different background tune.
Valentine’s Day Cocoa
Visit the Roost Café on Feb. 14th. Order a coffee and Brewster will surprise you with a hot cocoa and will wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day.
New Message Sign
Look for the yellow canary perching on top of the Message Board. If he’s there, it means you have an unread message.
Hidden Stuff in Rocks
If a neighbor is looking at a rock, there might be something in it. Hit it with a shovel and something will come out of it, possibly a Pill Bug.
Free Furniture
Go to the Town Hall and open the recycling container. It may have furniture or other cool stuff. You can also go to the Gate and talk to Booker (dog on the left) to see if he has any objects in the “Lost & Found.”
Keep the Neighbors at Home
If you have trouble finding neighbors when you need them, just go to the gate, ask Copper to establish a connection so you can have visitors, and then every neighbor will be home. Don’t forget to close the gate when you’re done so you don’t use too much battery!
Make your Neighbors Angry
Walk into the neighbors and push them around or hit them with the shovel or bug net. They’ll become mad and steam will come out of their heads.
Cure Bee Stings without Medicine
If you get stung and don’t want to spend money on medicine or the store is closed, simply go to your attic and sleep, save the game, and restart it. When it reloads, your face will be perfect again!
Nature’s Punishment
Play your game at least once a week, or the next time you go back to it, the town will be full of weeds and your flowers may be gone or dying. Same thing will happen if you start cheating by changing the date radically.
Crazy Redd’s Underground Store: Redd now has a shop in the city where he sells furniture and sometimes rare items. Careful with his prices though! Oftentimes he’s more expensive than Nook. He also sells paintings, sometimes original and sometimes counterfeit.
Finding out if a Painting is a Counterfeit (Before you Buy)
Walk towards the item and press A. Crazy Redd will tell you the price.
The item is a fake if there’s a thought bubble over his head and he says one of the following things:
“It’s a very nice item" / "It took ol' Redd a long time to get his hands on that!" / "It took a lot of wheeling and dealing" / "When it comes to items for Crazy Redd's family, I won't stop 'til I get it!" / "I'm gonna offer it to you for only --- Bells!"
If the item is very cheap, it’s probably fake too.
Finding out if a Painting is a Counterfeit (After you Buy)
Once you buy a painting, you can go to Nook’s and see if the painting you bought is part of the catalog. If it’s not, then it’s a forgery and you should sell it to Nook instead of having Blathers appraise it (lowers the price). If it is on the catalog, then it’s an original and you can go donate it at the museum.
To Get a Special Job in the City (Tip from Oscar P. from the U.K.)
Go to Crazy Red and get the mare paper. Then write a extremely long letter to the mayor about how much you like him, then go cut down every tree in the town. After that, send money to 5 people and another letter to the mayor about how much you adore him.
You will get a letter back saying:
"Dear ___,
You have been chosen for my extra special job! You will be working as a ___ at ____
for ________ bells a day!
Mayor ____,"
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