Troubles with tanning

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I am a black man, and I've always hated the fact that I could never represent myself in an AC game, but this was before I knew about tanning. i played most previous Animal Crossing's and never knew about it until New Leaf. Just unlocked my Island yesterday! And I must say it's one if my favorite aspects of the game. Yesterday my island was cloudy, but I still enjoyed the hell out of the experience. So today, it was clear skies!!! And I thought it would be the perfect opportunity, I made sure I stayed out on the beach for about 4 hours straight, and I left my 3DS on while doing other things....but nothing happened, I was still the same color. If anyone could tell me if I'm doing anything wrong or if there IS a certain certain timespan or date, please let me know :)

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(Side-note) I did have the 3DS open
 
Well I don't know the details, but there are various shades of skin tanning, you may have just gotten the first one and not noticed the difference. Also, we're you wearing a hat? Certain types prevent tanning.
 
You weren't holding an umbrella were you? Haha that's the only thing I can think of... or maybe hats effect it? Or maybe tanning isn't the same on the island? I don't have the slightest clue. I do think the tanning effect doesn't take place until you go inside a building or something else that gives you a load screen. I'm curious as well haha! :p
 
I did go inside the first hour while fishing to put all of my fish in the bin...I thought that was a factor at first, so I just made sure to stay out on the island the next 3 hours and I did remove my hat to make sure.
 
As far as I remember, in AC:WW you just darkened one shade per day, so to get to the very darkest you would have to tan over consecutive days!
 
The wiki page says you can only tan starting july 16th... but I doubt that applies to the Island where I thought it was supposed to always be summer.
 
Oh okay!!!! Oh thank God!!! haha! I didn't know what the problem was. Datura solved it everyone thank you so much, this is all new to me, so I had no clue! I'll make sure to check the following day and update. Might just tan some more in the meantime. Need to get to level 5 ;)
 
Yay! And, aw I got mentioned by name, that's really nice :')

Also, I totally agree about about your skin-colour complaint, I would loooove to play a black character! Even if you couldn't tan the same way, I think having the choice is more important.
 
I like to think that everyone play the same character in Animal Crossing, hence why you can't choose your skin color. You can't customize Link's appearance in Zelda, or Mario's appearance in his games for example. That's the way I see it.
At least you can get a tan.
 
Okay.....so I boated up New Life and my character's skin tone hasn't changed. Don't know what's up, seriously need a tanning guide for New Leaf. I did read that you have to walk around the whole time, but I don't wanna try my luck and walk around, wasting many hours just to find out that nothing worked.
 
CaptainTutu said:
Okay.....so I boated up New Life and my character's skin tone hasn't changed. Don't know what's up, seriously need a tanning guide for New Leaf. I did read that you have to walk around the whole time, but I don't wanna try my luck and walk around, wasting many hours just to find out that nothing worked.
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Just tan for a few hours everyday for a week. I have a Japanese guide with a tanning guide in it so let me look at that and see if I can deduce anything from it ( I don't speak the language). But It does have a picture of every skin tone the whole way up. I'm hoping it will just have a number so I can tell you how long each day to tan. (I'm at work atm)
 
I have a tan. It's a light tan but definitely a tan. I got it a few days ago and I've been watching to see if I get darker.
 
I've got a tan without trying. So I'm not sure how I did it. I haven't wore hats but I have wore wigs...and I go to the island daily for catch fish for money.
 
Haha I had no idea you could tan! That's very cool. I always thought that was unfair for darker-skinned players, it's nice to be able to try to portray yourself based on how you really look - if you wanted to. No-one should be left out! I guess that's a better option than nothing :)
 
eeyore_witch said:
I've got a tan without trying.
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Same here. My girl is really tanned right now. She doesn't wear a hat or carry an umbrella. I've been playing every day, either in town or on the island, mostly between the hours of 9am-12noon, 4pm-7pm and 10pm-11pm. It's been raining a lot, but there were days of sunshine.
 
I didn't tan at all when I first got the game, but now I can't keep my character from tanning, even when she's wearing the type of hats that are supposed to keep you from tanning!! D: So I think maybe when op was trying to tan, it just wasn't the correct time of year yet? Was it even technically "summer" before solstice?
 
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