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[juneau]

Everyone in my town is wearing the purple ninja outfit, with the exception of maybe one or two villagers. Is this like a fashion trend? I don't really care enough to make them all change, but I was just wondering why they're all wearing the same shirt.

 

[Snow]

Is having a fully expanded basement necessary in order to start the HHA theme challenge?
(I know that starting the challenge requires your house to be fully expanded and loan-free, but my wishful thinking is that the basement "doesn't count" since I'm having trouble gathering all the bells needed for the expansions)

Yup, Lyle will not offer you the theme challenge until your house is fully expanded and completely paid off. Once you do that he'll show up at your door and invite you to do the challenges.

 

[Twisk]

Oh okay, thanks Snow!

Everyone in my town is wearing the purple ninja outfit, with the exception of maybe one or two villagers. Is this like a fashion trend? I don't really care enough to make them all change, but I was just wondering why they're all wearing the same shirt.

This is pretty normal, I think! Everyone in my town is wearing a dawn tank, and previously this year many of them were wearing a bad plaid shirt. There's also this thread on the forums that someone started about this phenomenon. What happens, I think, is that villagers can pass on clothes and catchphrases to other villagers.

What is all this I hear about physical copies and data corruption? I've put hundreds of hours into my physical copy of NL, and am pretty attached to my town. Naturally I'm slightly worried. What causes data corruption, and how can I prevent it?

I've also put a lot of work into my town and I'm attached to it, so I feel the same worry, but we have to keep in mind that for every story we read about data corruption, there are countless others who have not had any problems with data corruption. What causes data corruption is interrupting saving. So don't close the DS lid while saving, don't turn off the power while saving, don't eject the card while saving -- just be very careful and don't do anything while saving! It's also not a bad idea to wait for it to return to the home screen and see the Animal Crossing logo pops up, just to make sure it's completely done.

 

[Ras]

Is the PWP preview pretty accurate? I just placed the cafe, and it looked fine in previews, but the Lloid is two steps away from my path, and if that's where the door is, I'm afraid the extra "dead" space is going to kill my path. It didn't in the preview. Hopefully, the Lloid is positioned where the cafe begins, which would include the first dead space, the signage, and other stuff out front. And then, the second dead line would break my flower line, which is perfectly fine. And then my path would be intact. It'll really be crushing otherwise.

I had a grand plan of where I wanted the cafe to go, but Isabelle wouldn't let me put it there in any acceptable way. I found this alternate spot, and I think it's pretty much perfect. Kind of glad she wouldn't let me put it in the first spot, UNLESS I screwed up and killed my path.

I did have to kill a perfect snowman to build here, though.

Edit: paid for, so I can know in 2 hours

 

[KarlaKGB]

The preview should be 100% accurate, I've never seen it when it wasn't, and I have a lot of paths to work around in my town.

 

[Danni_Castelia]

Hi! Recently I bout another New Leaf game cartridge, but this one was going to be used for cycling. There are none of my dream villagers in that town and I wanted to use it to give others their dreamies for free.
Anyways my question is how do I cycle... I mean I TT forward one day and then do I repeat that process or is there a much faster way to do it like those people in the cycling thread?

 

[Boidoh]

If I have a Digital copy and get a Physical copy will that any way affect the other game?

 

[Snow]

If I have a Digital copy and get a Physical copy will that any way affect the other game?

No, they won't affect each other. The only thing you'll want to watch for is that only ONE copy per 3DS can pick up spotpasses and streetpasses, so make sure you pick them up with the game you want them in.

 

[Sidewalk]

Can I prevent my villagers in my void from being pass to other players during streetpass if I don't put ac as my game inside the cartridge?

 

[Boidoh]

Streetpass data is store on the system so I would guess no. Only if you turn off streetpass for ACNL in system settings.

 

[Snow]

Can I prevent my villagers in my void from being pass to other players during streetpass if I don't put ac as my game inside the cartridge?

Boidoh is right, you streetpass game data whether or not the game is present.

 

[Moontoon]

Hello! Does anyone know when aurora borealis occurs? It's night and the sky is clear, but no sight of it :/

 

[Snow]

It's not every night, not sure if there's a way to know when you'll have it. I've had villagers mention that it might happen a couple of times.

 

[Ras]

The preview should be 100% accurate, I've never seen it when it wasn't, and I have a lot of paths to work around in my town.

Thanks, it was accurate and my cafe and path look pretty good.

 

[Moontoon]

It's not every night, not sure if there's a way to know when you'll have it. I've had villagers mention that it might happen a couple of times.

They eventually showed up Thanks for your reply~

 

[juneau]

This is pretty normal, I think! Everyone in my town is wearing a dawn tank, and previously this year many of them were wearing a bad plaid shirt. There's also this thread on the forums that someone started about this phenomenon. What happens, I think, is that villagers can pass on clothes and catchphrases to other villagers.

Oh, I see. Thanks!

 

[Sheba]

Okay, I need serious help because I am seemingly doing something very wrong. =/

I heard everyone on the forum talk about turnips, so despite having no room to store them, I bought a lot for around one million bells, littering my plaza with them. I bought them for 101 bells each. Now it's Friday and despite me checking Re-Tail every day, the price only keeps dropping - it started Monday at 90 bells and now it's at 60 or something. What in all worlds? How am I supposed to make a profit with this? I am horribly confused as to what to do now. I mean, I'll probably sell them today since it only seems to get worse and I need to clean my plaza because my villagers are complaining and I'm close to the perfect town rating otherwise, but I am obviously not getting how this is supposed to work in the first place, lol.

 

[louise23]

hi how many villages can you have in one town was told 10 then 12 if your town has lots of stuff

 

[Ras]

Okay, I need serious help because I am seemingly doing something very wrong. =/

I heard everyone on the forum talk about turnips, so despite having no room to store them, I bought a lot for around one million bells, littering my plaza with them. I bought them for 101 bells each. Now it's Friday and despite me checking Re-Tail every day, the price only keeps dropping - it started Monday at 90 bells and now it's at 60 or something. What in all worlds? How am I supposed to make a profit with this? I am horribly confused as to what to do now. I mean, I'll probably sell them today since it only seems to get worse and I need to clean my plaza because my villagers are complaining and I'm close to the perfect town rating otherwise, but I am obviously not getting how this is supposed to work in the first place, lol.

There are four possible patterns, described here. It sounds like you have the decreasing pattern.

The best thing to do with turnips is to look at the Train Station section of this board. People there often post when their towns have good turnip prices. There is even a sticky thread for this purpose. You can then ask to come over, and when they open up, you can make a fortune. Just be sure to have all of your turnips loaded into your inventory so you can just travel between their Re-Tail and your station locker without you having to leave town and come back.

And, the best storage solution is to create a second character to live in your town, I'm afraid. Either that, or find a way to store a bunch of stuff in your museum. I know it's a pain. I have a second mayor on a second 3DS, and his inventory is filled with my original mayor's inventory since my original mayor is the turnip mogul. LOL.

hi how many villages can you have in one town was told 10 then 12 if your town has lots of stuff

10 is the absolute limit.

 

[Sheba]

Thanks a lot, Ras. I'll look for that topic now. I changed my whole inventory around now; my plaza is now full of my furnitures and my locker full of turnips, lol. And yeah, I fully plan on making an alt character as soon as the villager blocking the spot where the house is supposed to go will move out.