When it was summer my mayor got really dark from spending too much time outside + island tours. But I bought a hat to keep her from getting tan now and I always carry an umbrella~
It's winter in my town. My character has lost his tan.
When it was summer, I tried to get him one. But things would go wrong.
IE. Left my character on the beach, forgot to check the DS. Remember much later only to find the battery ran out. Etc.
My mayor character isn't tan in this game but in the GC version I used to always keep my main character as I could. I'd try to stay in the summer seasons as much as possible through TTing to stay in summer. I don't remember if you could still perma tan at the game boy advance island back then either. It's a good thing Tortimer island makes it possible to keep tans long into the winter but skin color options would be wonderful additions to AC and I'm kinda surprised they haven't been added already. I'd love to have characters of various skin colors without having to get a tan for it and I think others would like that too.
I try not to as am really fair IRL but is a new town and doing the island tours and looking in the afternoon very tanned right now so am trying to tone down a few notches.
I didn't know what happened the first time my character got a tan. She was way too dark, darker than I ever get for real (I am very pale in real life). I do think they should add skin tone options to the game since some people would like their character to better represent themselves. Not everyone has pale skin, and keeping up a tan would be a real hassle.
I didn't like the tan and kept a wide brimmed hat on most of the summer, but I agree that they should give skin tone options. I can't imagine why this feature is missing.