Animal Crossing New Leaf : Day 8! Building A Bridge. Pondering Our Next Move... (ACNL Gameplay)
Channel: LIFE RPG
Date: 29/04/2020

I've returned to the world of Animal Crossing. And this time around? It'll be a brand new adventure in the wide world of Animal Crossing New Leaf. This time around we are the mayor... So you can imagine that I'll rule this place with an iron fist! Or maybe not... I genuinely like all the AC neighbors.

This game has been around for a shockingly long time. I've played a little bit of Wild World, but that game barely scratched the surface of what Animal Crossing New Leaf offers. There is a campsite, new currencies, new objectives, tons of projects and upgrades to complete. And we will. Eventually.

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New Leaf is unlike any of the other Animal Crossing games you may have played, finally putting an end to the whines of previous critics who complained that Animal Crossing ‘has no point’ and there isn’t much to physically do. By putting you in Tortimer’s tiny tortoise-shaped shoes and providing you with the daunting task of revitalizing and urbanising the town, Nintendo finally provides the player with a reason to keep coming back, other than to rid the land of all of those blasted weeds.

As Mayor you will be spending the majority of your time making money, lots and lots of money. You'll need it in order to build a new public work project, such as a bridge that'll cost you 128,000 Bells, or to establish a new ordinance there is a processing fee of 20,000 Bells. Along with paying off your debt to the infamous loan-shark Tom Nook, filling your house with pretty things and lavishing yourself with new getups, the continuously burning hole in your wallet can feel pretty menacing. However, there are many secret ways of making money very quickly in New Leaf, most of which have something to do with that tropical island that Tortimer has moved to. Hmm…

When you’re not busy collecting signatures from townsfolk in order to build clubs and other facilities, the gameplay reverts back to the familiar slow-paced grounds of Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City and Animal Crossing: Wild World, allowing you to spend your in-game minutes however you choose, from promenading barefoot along the moonlit sandy shores, to catching bugs, fishing for sharks, diving into the deep blue or even dancing to DJ K.K.’s electro beats.

There are a few new additions to New Leaf to look forward to, such as brand new characters and animal species (hamsters and deer) and new types of fruit such as lemons, bananas and durians. The Main Street and town also accommodate new buildings, such as a Gardening Shop run by the adorable sloth Leif, Club LOL which is a new theatre-come-nightclub hosted by Dr Shrunk and DJ K.K., Brewster’s Café which replaces the Roost from previous games, Tom Nook’s new business endeavour Nook’s Homes — which works as a housing remodelling shop — and a Campsite for travelling animals to stay at, to name a few. Most establishments can be upgraded by spending a certain amount of Bells, such as the Museum which now expands onto two floors, with an additional gift shop and personal display section.

Visually Animal Crossing has always been a treat to look at – bright colourful sceneries, cheery cartoonish characters, vibrant colours and rounded child-like designs — and New Leaf is no exception. New Leaf has also amended character designs by altering the heights of certain animals, so that elephants are no longer the same size as squirrels; it’s not a huge improvement, but certainly makes a town populated by bickering animals look as realistic as it possibly can.

The music and sound effects of New Leaf are also on par with the serenely orchestrated melodies of its DS, Wii, Gamecube and N64 cousins, providing the perfect soothing background to the relaxing world of Animal Crossing. Once again, players can also obtain recordings of K.K. Slider’s songs to play at their leisure in their own in-game houses, as well as the bonus option of album posters to adorn every wall.


New Leaf is designed to be played in small chunks, every day, over a very long period of time, and stresses this fact by slowly unwinding events in real-time. Yet it is apparent from only a comparably short time — as opposed to months and years — spent with the game that Nintendo has done a great deal to address the complaints of its Wii predecessor, and provided plenty of exciting new features and buildings to enjoy. Taking on the role of Mayor is a great innovation to the series, finally giving the player a real reason to keep coming back time and time again.