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Download the Forecast Channel for the Wii and Keep the System Online, the Weather During the Game Will Reflect That of the Weather in Your Town Or City (Ex Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None Unlockables Alternative Endings Depending on whether you save certain people during the course of the game, you'll receive one of 4 different endings. Unlockable How to Unlock Best Ending (Narracott, Get to Lombard before he dies, then attack Lombard and Claythorne murderer to save Claythorne. survive) Poor Ending (Narracott and Reach Lombard before he dies, and do not attack Lombard survive) the murderer. Reasonable Ending (Narracott Fail to reach Lombard before he dies, then attack and Claythorne survive) murderer to save Claythorne. Worst Ending (Only Narracott Fail to reach Lombard before he dies, and do not survives) attack the murderer. Alien Syndrome Unlockables Unlock Extra Difficulties In order to unlock the other two game difficulties, Hard and Expert, you must beat the game on the previous difficulty. Unlockable How to Unlock Unlock Expert Difficulty Beat the game on Hard Difficulty. Unlock Hard Difficulty Beat the game on Normal Difficulty. Animal Crossing: City Folk Unlockables Bank unlockables Deposit a certain amount of bells into bank. Unlockable How to Unlock Box of Tissues Deposit 100,000 bells into the bank. Gold Card Reach "VIP" status. Shopping Card Deposit 10,000 bells into the bank. Piggy Bank Deposit 10,000,000 Bells ------------------------------- Birthday cake Unlockable How to Unlock Birthday Cake Talk to your neighbors on your birthday ------------------------------- Harvest Set To get a furniture item from the Harvest Set, You must talk to Tortimer after 3pm on Harvest Day. He will give you a Fork and Knife pair, telling you that the 'Special Guest' hasn't shown up yet. There will be a Turkey character, Franklin, hiding somewhere in your town. You will be asked to trade him the Fork & Knife. If you do, he'll give you an item from the Harvest Set. Unlockable How to Unlock Fork & Knife Talk to Tortimer on Harvest Day Harvest Bed May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest Bureau May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest Chair May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest Clock May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest Dresser May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest Lamp May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest Mirror May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest Rug May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest Sofa May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest Table May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest TV May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife Harvest Wall May be recieved from Franklin for the Fork & Knife ------------------------------- House Expansion Prices These are what you have to pay to Nook to get each House Expansion Unlockable How to Unlock 1st Expansion (Larger 1st Floor) 120,000 Bells 2rd Expansion (Largest 1st Floor) 248,000 Bells 3rd Expansion (2nd Floor) 368,000 Bells Final Expansion (Basement) 598,000 Bells Normal House (You start off with this) 19,800 Bells ------------------------------- Jingle Furniture On December 24, at 8 pm, Jingle comes to town. Talk to him to recieve a piece of the Jingle furniture. You can change your outfits and accesories to think you're somebody else! Unlockable How to Unlock Jingle Bed Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Carpet Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Chair Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Clock Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Dresser Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Lamp Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Piano Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Shelves Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Sofa Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Table Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Wall Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve Jingle Wardrobe Talk to Jingle on Christmas Eve ------------------------------- Mario Items These Mario Items can be found by shooting down balloons with a slingshot sold at Tom nooks store. (not all balloons contain mario items) Unlockable How to Unlock 1-Up Mushroom Found in balloon presents ? Block Found in balloon presents Brick Block Found in balloon presents Brick flooring Found in balloon presents Cannon Found in balloon presents Coin Found in balloon presents Fire Bar Found in balloon presents Fire Flower Found in balloon presents Flagpole Found in balloon presents Green Koopa Shell Found in balloon presents Green Pipe Found in balloon presents Mushroom Mural Found in balloon presents Starman Found in balloon presents Super Mushroom Found in balloon presents ------------------------------- Mush Furniture set Look under the various mushrooms that will appear in your town. They usually appear around 3:00 p.m. daily, in front of trees in the month of November. You may find an item from the Mush Furniture set (which includes furniture, carpet, wallpaper, and appliances). You can sell unwanted pieces at Tom Nook's store. Unlockable How to Unlock Look under the various mushrooms that appear in your town ( They usually Mush Furniture Set appear around 3:00 p.m. daily, in front of trees) ------------------------------- New years shirt To get talk to Tortimer by the town hall on January 1st Unlockable How to Unlock New years shirt 2000-2035 Talk to Tortimer ------------------------------- Pirate Ship Theme If you see Pascal in your town, give him a scallop(Not a white scallop. That doesn't work) and he will give you a random Pirate Ship theme item. Do not talk to him until you have the scallop with you or he swims away. Unlockable How to Unlock Anchor Give Scallop Barrel Give Scallop Helm Give Scallop Keg Give Scallop Sea View Wallpaper Give Scallop Ship Cannon Give Scallop Ship Compass Give Scallop Ship Deck Flooring Give Scallop ------------------------------- Snowman Items When there is snow on the ground there is a chance that you will find two small balls of snow on the ground. If you take one ball and make it huge while keeping the other small then you can make a snowman. The snowman will come to life and mail you a random piece of snowman furniture. ------------------------------- Spooky Series Every Halloween starting at 6:00 p.m., Jack will be at a random in your town. The only problem is that everyone dresses up like him! However, you'll notice which one is the real Jack simply by the fact that he won't follow you around, unlike the villagers. Make sure that you have candy before you talk to him, or else he will play a trick on you. If you give him candy, he'll give you an item from the "Spooky Series". There are 12 in total. Unlockable How to unlock Spooky Bed Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Bookcase Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Carpet Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Chair Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Clock Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Dresser Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Lamp Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Sofa Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Table Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Vanity Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Wall Give Jack a piece of candy. Spooky Wardrobe Give Jack a piece of candy. ------------------------------- Tom Nook's points special prizes Earn 1 point for every 100 bells you spend in Tom Nook's store. Unlockable How to Unlock Bad bro 'stache 2,500 points Banana 500 points Hero's cap, Majora's Mask, or Samus mask 6,000 points Hero's clothes, Varia suit, or Wario hat 5,000 points Kart 10,000 points Midna's mask 6,500 points Peach's parasol 4,000 points Toad hat 3,000 points Triple Shells 800 points Yoshi's egg 1,000 points ------------------------------- Tool upgrades Perform the following tasks to upgrade your tools to the silver and gold levels Unlockable How to Unlock Golden axe Throw a normal axe into the fountain for a chance to get a golden axe. Golden fishing rod Catch every type of fish. Golden net Catch every type of insect. Golden shovel Bury a normal shovel and dig it up 24 hours later. Knock down 8 balloons, than there is a chance that a balloon present will Golden slingshot drop one. Golden watering can Earn a perfect town rating for 15 days. Talk to Pelly in the town hall. Silver axe Throw a normal axe into the town fountain. Silver fishing rod Sold at Tom Nook's. Silver Net Sold at Tom Nook's Silver shovel Obtained from Resetti's Surveillance Center in the city. Silver slingshot Sold at Tom Nook's Silver watering can Buy 50 bags of seeds from Tom Nook ------------------------------- Tortimer holiday furniture Find Tortimer on these holidays for these items. Unlockable How to Unlock Cool Globe Nature Day Leaf April Fool's Day Picnic Basket Labor Day Resetti Model Groundhog Day Sailboat Model Explorer's Day Wheat Bundle Harvest Moon ------------------------------- Town Donation Unlockables Donate bells to the town fund in the town hall to unlock the following items. Unlockable How to Unlock A fountain built in town Donate 500,000 Bells A new bridge built in town Donate 200,000 Bells A windmill or a lighthouse built in town Donate 1,000,000 Bells ------------------------------- Townhall Model Wait a year after you move in and you will get a letter from Tortimer saying he can't believe you have been living in the town for a year. The letter will have a Townhall model enclosed. Unlockable How to Unlock Town Hall model Wait a year after you move in ------------------------------- Trophies On certain days, there will be contests.
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