Happy New Year !!! Welcome to TBT
Everyone here has given you some great information to get you started so far, I would just like to add to it a bit by suggesting the things I wish I knew before I booted up my Animal Crossing New Leaf game for the first time.
First I wish I knew that there was a site which has guides for everything related to ACNL, here is the link to the Starting The Game page on
>>>Thonky<<<, which is a great place to start.
Next thing I wish I knew was that I could reset the game before that first game save, this is important to some, so I thought I should mention it here.
I would have liked to have checked for these 3 things before committing to my new town.
1)
Native Fruit - Each time you start a new game file as Mayor it loads a different native fruit, their are 5 in total,
apples, pears, peaches, cherries, and oranges.
This is important because perfect fruit can only grow from your native fruit tree, also it is just nice to be able to choose your favorite fruit to begin with, since you will be spending alot of time in this town.
2)
Color Scheme - Each time you start a new game file as Mayor it loads a different color Town Hall and Train Station.
There are four different possible color schemes the town hall can have by default; First, a mostly brown exterior with a regular brown interior. Second, a yellow exterior with a green door, and a light brown interior. Third, a dark brown exterior with dark blue doors and windows, and a dark brown interior. Lastly, a brown exterior with green windows. The interior of this town hall is rather interesting, as, while the floors and walls are still brown, the desks are green.
The default train station is wooden. The majority of the structure used brown wood, although it is trimmed with wood of another color - either brown, red, green, or blue.
3)
Villagers - Each time you start a new game file as Mayor it loads different villagers, I think you either get 5 or 6 to begin with, and this is the one I really wish I knew then as this is when you have a chance to pick some villagers you really like.
This site here
>>>Animal Crossing Wiki<<< is a good place to check out all the villagers and get info on them.
Most of all just have fun, and Welcome to the Animal Crossing World !!!
I hope this info helps you a little if you haven't saved your town yet.
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