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[Wickel]

Is it possible to have Ketchup in my game if I don't have the Amiibo card? Like, can she move into my town if someone else scans her in?

Also, which other villagers are only obtainable through the RV cards?

 

[rianne]

Is it possible to have Ketchup in my game if I don't have the Amiibo card? Like, can she move into my town if someone else scans her in?

Also, which other villagers are only obtainable through the RV cards?

Yes you can adopt Ketchup and other WA RV villagers; you can’t adopt Splatoon, Sanrio, and LoZ villagers from someone else though.

The WA villagers and the items they unlock

 

[Wickel]

Yes you can adopt Ketchup and other WA RV villagers; you can’t adopt Splatoon, Sanrio, and LoZ villagers from someone else though.

The WA villagers and the items they unlock

That's awesome! Thank you.

 

[Molly Malarky]

Where is it safest to plant perfect fruit trees, or protect them so houses won't land on them?

I'm starting a new town after a long absence so have forgotten everything. There will be four more villagers arriving in coming days, so should I hold off on planting my one perfect fruit until there are nine villagers? When I do, I'd like to protect it somehow. I'm not using paths for a while yet and don't have any PWPs.

Thank you.

 

[LadyDestani]

Where is it safest to plant perfect fruit trees, or protect them so houses won't land on them?

I'm starting a new town after a long absence so have forgotten everything. There will be four more villagers arriving in coming days, so should I hold off on planting my one perfect fruit until there are nine villagers? When I do, I'd like to protect it somehow. I'm not using paths for a while yet and don't have any PWPs.

Thank you.

The safest way is probably to wait for the remaining four villagers to plot their houses so you can be guaranteed they won't settle down on top of your only perfect fruit tree. But if you don't want to wait, you can protect it by using patterns. If you put patterns all around the tree, villagers won't plot there as long as there are other open areas for them to put their house. The patterns don't have to be anything special; you can just use the ones they start you off with.

 

[Molly Malarky]

I'm not finding this in searches, sorry.

When Nook asks where I want my house:
- am I standing where the extra bottom tile sticks out at the doorway?
- how can I count the tiles to make sure I won't have a villager house right next to me or in front of me? Can I put down patterns at this point in the tutorial to help me count?

I'm spending a long time trying to find a map and don't want to lose it due to making a mistake with house placement.

Thank you.

 

[Stella-Io]

I'm not finding this in searches, sorry.

When Nook asks where I want my house:
- am I standing where the extra bottom tile sticks out at the doorway?
- how can I count the tiles to make sure I won't have a villager house right next to me or in front of me? Can I put down patterns at this point in the tutorial to help me count?

I'm spending a long time trying to find a map and don't want to lose it due to making a mistake with house placement.

Thank you.

I think so? Sometimes it's hard to tell.
Yes, put tiles down now just to you eliminate animals moving around you.

Make a design with one circle in the middle or an X. Use this to count out spaces and see where your house is going.

 

[Saga]

I'm trying to plot reset for the first time to get Lolly to move into a particular spot. When I designate a space for her house, do I just have to leave an open 3x3 space fully surrounded by tiles, or do I also have to leave an open space for the door? I only did a 3x3 spot (covering the space for the door with a tile as well) and I can't seem to get her to move into the spot.

Unfortunately, I seem to have missed a spot when I was laying down my other preventative tiles around town so after plot resetting several times, Lolly just keeps moving into that other open space. I'm wondering if there's a point to continuing to plot reset to get her where I want her, or if not having left space for the door means I'm stuck with her in that other unplanned-for spot.

 

[Stella-Io]

I have had animals move in without putting out that little jut of the door space, but I did leave a space open for the door. So basically I made a 5x5 square with a door open area, so it's an incomplete square. I'm gonna try to draw a pic for better reference.

- - - Post Merge - - -

Oh ew I forgot my pics come out small on my phone, hopefully you can see it better on your laptop/tablet.



The orange dots are supposed to make it easier for you to count out your designs. The grayed out area just means you don't HAVE to put the design there for the door, but you can if it helps you plot, like of you stack the houses vertically.

 

[Saga]

Oh, bummer! It looks like I probably should have left an open tile for the door, then. Whereas both the images show two tiles, then an open space, then two more tiles on the bottom 5-tile line, I just did five tiles on all sides. Whoops! Thank you for letting me know so I don't make the same mistake again with my next villager who moves in!

Oh well. At least Lolly picked an OK spot to move into, where I can easily modify my path to make it lead to her house and it isn't anywhere I had planned on putting a PWP.

Thank you again for your help and demonstrating it so clearly with images!

 

[auroral]

I'm sorry if these questions have been answered before, the search function isn't loading for me fdaklfjdslkaf...

Anyway, I'd like to start a second file soon, but because I'm a super anxious bean, I have a lot of dumb questions to ask before I mess something up! I guess before I start, I should give some basic info just in case it's at all relevant. I have one system atm with no intentions of getting a second. My copy of acnl is an original physical cart, so the WA update is just on my SD card.

Is it better for a second copy to be physical or digital? Does it matter?
Let's say I end up getting a second original physical cart. Would I have to redownload the WA update? If I did, would it mess with any of my existing data? Or would it read the update already off my SD? (Sorry if these are dumb technical questions, but I am not very tech savvy at all lmao)
Would the second town be able to connect to the internet? I spend half of my time playing this game with my friends, so I'd like to be able to invite them to my second town, also.
Would I be able to access the HHA showcase on the second file? If so, would any future streetpasses register on both carts, or only one? If not, what happens when you try?
Would I be able to access the HHD exclusive items in the second town, too, or is my copy of HHD linked with my first copy of acnl?
Is there any way at all that having a second town would corrupt my first town's save data? (Probably the lamest question, but I swear I have nightmares about my town corrupting and I would be totally devastated fdjkalfdjsaklfdasfsa)

 

[Stella-Io]

Gonna answer these question is order as they appear in your post

It's really up to personal prefernece. I prefer to have physical copies cause I have multiple systems. But there's nothing wrong with having a digital copy.
I don't think Nintendo sells the NL copy, they only seem to sell the NLWA copy. If you buy a copy labeld as WA, then you dont need to download the update, it's already in the game. I have 2 copies like that. Downloading will not mess up any data.
Yes it should connect online, just as the first copy does.
Because I have only physical copies here's what I know:
Let's say you tag someone not you. Cool. The way it works is that if you had town A in the system but don't play town A and instead put in/turned on town B, town B will get that streetpass and town A won't. However, if you get tagged, play with town A, that tag goes to town A, not B. I assume the same would apply for a digital copy.
You may have to relink HHD to the second town. I don't have HHD, so I can't say for sure.
There should be no reasonable way that the 2 towns would interact or corrupt in anyway on the same system.

If you want more explanation feel free to ask!

 

[auroral]

Gonna answer these question is order as they appear in your post

It's really up to personal prefernece. I prefer to have physical copies cause I have multiple systems. But there's nothing wrong with having a digital copy.
I don't think Nintendo sells the NL copy, they only seem to sell the NLWA copy. If you buy a copy labeld as WA, then you dont need to download the update, it's already in the game. I have 2 copies like that. Downloading will not mess up any data.
Yes it should connect online, just as the first copy does.
Because I have only physical copies here's what I know:
Let's say you tag someone not you. Cool. The way it works is that if you had town A in the system but don't play town A and instead put in/turned on town B, town B will get that streetpass and town A won't. However, if you get tagged, play with town A, that tag goes to town A, not B. I assume the same would apply for a digital copy.
You may have to relink HHD to the second town. I don't have HHD, so I can't say for sure.
There should be no reasonable way that the 2 towns would interact or corrupt in anyway on the same system.

If you want more explanation feel free to ask!

Ahhh thank you so much for answering all of those for me! You’ve certainly helped a lot and put my mind at ease! ��

 

[Stella-Io]

Not new to AC, but this question can be answered with either yes or no.

Will TT'ing backwards regrow the grass? I hope not but on some level I feel like it does.

 

[LadyDestani]

Not new to AC, but this question can be answered with either yes or no.

Will TT'ing backwards regrow the grass? I hope not but on some level I feel like it does.

I'm pretty sure this would be a no, because time traveling backwards only counts as one day. Time traveling forwards on the other hand, would regrow the grass.

 

[Stella-Io]

Thank you! I forgot about that.

 

[Primeval]

how do you use qr codes? im looking at outfits and there are 4 for me to scan?

 

[Stella-Io]

Outfits like dresses, shirt tanks ect AND face cut out standees, for whatever reason, have 4 codes to scan. Hats, pro or not, have 1. Other not pro designs have one to scan.

For the outfits, each code holds part of the clothes. The first one is the front, the second and third are the sleeves, even if the clothes have no sleeves, and the last is the back.

 

[LadyDestani]

So I have a question about snow people and multiple characters? I've never had more than 1 character before. If I create a snowman or snowmam with, let's say, my mayor, can my alt also talk to them and get the items from them?

For the snowboy and snowtyke, I'm pretty sure that only the character who created the snow person will get the item. But I'm not sure about the other two since they give out multiple items depending on your bingo card or how many snowflakes you bring them.

 

[Stella-Io]

For the snowman, guy, Im pretty it's only the creator. I think Snowmam will let you get her snowflakes? I've actually never tried that before.