Original mayor?

[Jamie]

I was thinking... the game starts out with your character getting off the train and the villagers assuming you're the new mayor, right?

So who was SUPPOSED to be the mayor, and what happened to them?

 

[Superpenguin]

Tortimer retired.

 

[Officer Berri]

Yeah but Shizue says that the next mayor is supposed to be arriving by train. And when you go into the town hall there is a picture of Tortimer, so they couldn't have been expecting him to get off the train as he's the mayor who just left!

This is actually a pretty good question. Normally you'd think that at some point the *real* mayor would show up and then everyone would get confused and eventually they'd all rally in favor of the player because they've done such a good job as mayor. And the actual mayor decides to leave and allow the player to continue their job.

Unless Rover was supposed to be mayor and he conned us all to get out of his responsibility.

 

[Sora]

Who knows lol? Maybe it's the cat but he doesn't want to be it so he dumps it on you?

 

[Juicebox]

It was Wisp, or Wisp before the accident.

That's why he isn't in this game. He's wandering in City Folk and Gamecube trying to find his town. But he's stuck in some horrible limbo where he can't find his town. So he goes around pulling weeds like a mayor should in order to fill the void while he's trapped in purgatory.

 

[Officer Berri]

Holy crap man. xD That's so dark. D:

 

[Feraligator]

Wow, it is! That is really deep!

 

[JabuJabule]

Maybe it's the next/second player who comes into town. But since you're already mayor, they lost the position, and they're a normal character.

 

[Jamie]

LOL I love some of the theories!

 

[Julie]

Unless Rover was supposed to be mayor and he conned us all to get out of his responsibility.

This is exactly what I thought. It seems plausible!

 

[Torotix]

It was Tortimer setting someone up probably, he probably just couldn't wait to go off to his retirement island he probably just said "eh they're arriving by train", and you just happened to be the next person visiting the town by train

 

[Jamie]

It was Tortimer setting someone up probably, he probably just couldn't wait to go off to his retirement island he probably just said "eh they're arriving by train", and you just happened to be the next person visiting the town by train

lol, you know, I could actually see Tortimer doing that too. Tricky turtle.

 

[mellamollama]

It's setting us up for the next game in the series: Human Crossing. The animal mayor ends up in the wrong town, expecting to be a mayor, but, as he only has bells and no real currency, he can't buy another train ticket and is stuck where he ends up.

 

[Sakura0901]

I blame either Rover or Tortimer...they are both a bit shifty :')

 

[New leaf 180]

I think LinandKo could answer this question better. They have the game.

 

[Fame]

i still love that even though youre like 'what the hell is going on why am i the mayor' at first after like a day youre like 'yeah im the mayor i want this bench here worship me peasants'

 

[Jamie]

i still love that even though youre like 'what the hell is going on why am i the mayor' at first after like a day youre like 'yeah im the mayor i want this bench here worship me peasants'

Oh god yes, THIS! XD

 

[Zen]

I think LinandKo could answer this question better. They have the game.

So do a few of us here. I know I do. 3 of them in fact xD

 

[Officer Berri]

Someone is a dedicated Animal Crossing fan! xD Three copies? Wow!

 

[NanoStar]

I can just imagine what will happen when the real mayor comes to town.

the real mayor comes to town.
everybody realise that your an imposter.
they stripe you of your power,take your house and items away.
then banish you from their town forever.