The Setsubun or Bean Throwing Festival holiday in Animal Crossing: New Leaf
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Yesterday was Setsubun in Japan and of course that means there’s a holiday in Animal Crossing: New Leaf for it! Keep reading to learn all about it:
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A closer look at the Animal Crossing StreetPass puzzle on Nintendo 3DS
We’ve reported on the Animal Crossing: New Leaf StreetPass puzzle in the past but now we have much clearer images of the completed puzzle. Read on to see the rest of the pictures:
Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct – February 1st
Today we have a surprise new Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct from Nintendo with the Animal Crossing developers playing New Leaf in the winter! It’s rather long at 38 minutes so enjoy the video. We may have English subtitles in the future but for now it is only in Japanese.
A new set of promotional DLC items much like the previous 7/11 items were announced today as well. Click here to read all the details on that!
Campus stationery DLC items coming to Animal Crossing: New Leaf in Japan
Along with the new Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct released today, a new set of DLC items for Japan were announced. These items appear to be part of a promotion for Kokuyo Camlin which is a company in Japan who manufactures stationery products such as pencils and art materials. Read on to learn all about them:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf has passed 700,000 digital downloads in Japan so far
Iwata has dropped some sales numbers at the recent Corporate Policy Briefing revealing that Animal Crossing: New Leaf has passed 700,000 digital downloads sold in Japan as of December 31st, 2012
In fact, these sales make up one-fourth of the total number of Animal Crossing: New Leaf copies sold in Japan! For those curious, the total number sold as of December 31st, 2012 is just past 2.7 million.
There are several possible reasons why the digital copies sold are so high with this game:
- The retail game suffered severe supply shortages in the first month
- Animal Crossing is the perfect game for digital download as it is a game you play every single day for a long time
- Those who imported Japanese 3DS consoles to play the game early may have chosen to purchase the game digitally rather than importing the retail game as well
Time will only tell if the digital version is as successful overseas as it was in Japan. Which version are you planning on purchasing? Digital or retail? Leave your answer and reasoning in the comments below!
(via Nintendo JP)
Aurora Screen DLC item coming to Animal Crossing: New Leaf players on Feburary 1st
February is almost here and the first DLC item for the month has been revealed by Nintendo. Players of a Japanese copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf can expect to receive an Aurora Screen DLC item starting on the 1st of February.
As can be seen in the picture, the item is reminiscent of the famous Aurora lights that be seen in the game and of course in real life as well! To receive the item, simply turn on SpotPass and speak to Pelly at the Post Office between February 1st and February 28th.
Stay tuned for another February DLC announcement within the next few days, and be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments below about the item!
(via Nintendo JP)
Will the Animal Crossing 3DS XL/LL special edition bundle come to the west? (speculation)
As most of you probably know by now, there is a special edition Animal Crossing 3DS XL/LL console bundle available in Japan at the moment. Much speculation has occurred lately as to whether the bundle will make it overseas to America and Europe. There’s some hope though… Read on to learn why I think so: