Things you didn't know about forever?

[Nenya]

I was very young when I first played the game and didn't look up anything on the internet so don't judge me
I didn't know for over a year what you could do with the dream suite. I didn't know about the golden shovel or watering can. I didn't know your town could be perfect. I didn't know the town tune would be like everywhere and when you talk to someone and stuff. And J didn't know for so long you could stack fruits. God I was a dumb child

Lol, I'm a senior citizen irl, and I didn't know any of what you mention for the first eight months of playing by myself. It wasn't until I decided to "chance it" and join this forum that I learned most of what I now know. When I first read this thread I was thrilled...so much fun trying out dozens of things that others had discovered. I am still making new discoveries myself and also learning from others. That's why I bump this occasionally.

- - - Post Merge - - -

Sounds so cool! Just listened to them now... Goodbye sounds familiar for some reason, but I cannot place it.

How/where did you listen to them, please?

 

[Xara]

When you interact with the judge's bell item, your character does a little boxing animation!

wait really? i never noticed that, that?s so cute!!

 

[Snowesque]

How/where did you listen to them, please?

I listened to them in this YouTube video!

 

[Nenya]

I listened to them in this YouTube video!

Thank you! They are charming!

 

[Shawna]

Villagers can barge in on you even though that same villager already visited you earlier that day (the earlier one was planned and discussed, but still)........and they can do it even though it is 10:10PM! I just now discovered this 30 minutes ago..... o____o

 

[LadyDestani]

I didn't know that villagers could spawn anywhere in town when you first log in. I always thought that the villagers walking around outdoors started right in front of their house, like they do on the log in screen. Usually, when I'm making my rounds, I find them close to their own homes and they don't travel too far away until I've been logged in and playing for several minutes.

However, yesterday when I logged in and my character first popped out of her house, I immediately heard some footsteps nearby. I thought it must be Prince or Sylvia since their houses are close to mine, but it wasn't them. Anicotti, whose house is on the far south side of town (my house is in the northern half), was wandering around in the thin space between the back of my house and the river. She must have spawned there as soon as I booted up the game.

I've been playing for over two years now and I've never seen that happen before.

 

[Darby]

I just found out today that the house of cards thing from Gracie shakes when you interact with it.

 

[Mayor Monday]

Bushes don't have to be one space away from most buildings/trees.

I have a lot of landscaping to do.

 

[Tri]

I've had the game since release and only figured out how to get the gold shovel and axe in the last month. Should have been more excited about fertilizer and fruitless saplings, I guess.

 

[Seastar]

I just learned that Pav? still demands feathers in the middle of the night (It's 2 AM) and also when you're in another player's town. What a greedy Peacock...

But of course, this is only the second time I actually played during Festivale, so I had no idea.

 

[Revolucionaria]

Festivale! I've owned every animal crossing title, how is it possible I never experienced or knew about festivale till yesterday is a mystery but I absolutely loved it!

 

[Aniko]

At first I didn't know who Phineas was. I just let him wandering around until someone told me I had to speak to him.
And when I did, he had several badges for me!

 

[cubey]

Festivale! I've owned every animal crossing title, how is it possible I never experienced or knew about festivale till yesterday is a mystery but I absolutely loved it!

I also had no idea about Festivale until yesterday! I'd never experienced the shift from snowy winter to grassy spring before!

 

[Revolucionaria]

I also had no idea about Festivale until yesterday! I'd never experienced the shift from snowy winter to grassy spring before!

Yes! It was fantastic! The fun rainbow confetti, the outfits, everyone dancing and singing. It made me so happy that it has become my favorite holiday :') and i was surprised to see that it's now all greenery.

 

[mocha.]

It took me ages to figure out you could sneak-walk to catch bugs! All of those missed golden stag opportunities...

 

[JKDOS]

I learned just last year that ignoring villagers is the worst way to get them to move out.

IIRC, 1 villager will ping you and tell you they are planning to move out every 3 days.
A single villager can only tell you this once per 14 days.
You enter stranger mode with villagers if you ignore them for 3 days.
Villagers won't ping you if in stranger mode.

So, if there is a villager you want out, talk to him once every 3 days, and wait for his ping. Within 2 weeks, he/she will tell you they are moving.

ALSO: This only works if your town is full

 

[Mrmariomaster]

Mines kind of stupid. It took me over a year to discover that you could refurbish with a shirt or dress. It's stupid, because there's a clothing option given, but for some reason I thought it had to be clothing that you designed yourself. Boy did I have fun refurbishing with a bunch of different shirts, after my silly brain figured it out.

I never knew this and I?ve been playing since launch!

 

[Seastar]

I've actually known this for a while now, but I think it's worth sharing.
If you play on Club Tortimer or visit towns in the Dream Suite, you may end up with a couple of seemingly random Miis in your Streetpass Mii Plaza. They do not count as tags and they all say met via invitation. In the past, I'd see Miis pop up in there with names matching player characters I saw in dream towns. But recently, on my New 2DS XL, I haven't been able to actually Streetpass anyone besides my other 3DS, but there are already over 100 Miis in the plaza and it seems they're mostly (or all?) from Club Tortimer??? (The only other similar thing I did on this system was Wonder Trade in Pokemon, but I feel like I'd see more Japanese Miis if they came from there. I haven't even downloaded anything like Pokemon Rumble World, which fills the plaza like crazy from my experience.) A few of them have the names of players I know I saw on the island. One of them I even recognize as a Mii Mask I saw someone on there wearing! However, most of the Miis I do not recognize one bit, so the whole thing feels somewhat spooky.

 

[Xara]

I've actually known this for a while now, but I think it's worth sharing.
If you play on Club Tortimer or visit towns in the Dream Suite, you may end up with a couple of seemingly random Miis in your Streetpass Mii Plaza. They do not count as tags and they all say met via invitation. In the past, I'd see Miis pop up in there with names matching player characters I saw in dream towns. But recently, on my New 2DS XL, I haven't been able to actually Streetpass anyone besides my other 3DS, but there are already over 100 Miis in the plaza and it seems they're mostly (or all?) from Club Tortimer??? (The only other similar thing I did on this system was Wonder Trade in Pokemon, but I feel like I'd see more Japanese Miis if they came from there. I haven't even downloaded anything like Pokemon Rumble World, which fills the plaza like crazy from my experience.) A few of them have the names of players I know I saw on the island. One of them I even recognize as a Mii Mask I saw someone on there wearing! However, most of the Miis I do not recognize one bit, so the whole thing feels somewhat spooky.

whoa, really? i never knew this!

 

[Mayor Monday]

You can go over to a villager's house like twenty minutes before the time they invited you. Facts save lives.