Animal Crossing : City Folk

Welcome to my Animal Crossing City Folk collection page! Here you'll find a "collection" of my thoughts on the game, a gameplay blog, and information about my town. For now, it's a WIP, but I'll be semi-regularly updating the blog as I play and working on the other pages! I figured I'll just upload it anyways even though it's not finished since the blog is getting pretty lengthy. Take a look around~

Rambling About AC

Animal Crossing City Folk is a 2008 game developed by Nintendo for their Wii console. Out of all the mainline AC games, I think most people (if they remember it exists) would say this is the underdog. A lot of people will say "its too similar to the older ones!" and while I agree; and I'm glad that New Leaf later shook up the formula, is that really a bad thing? Wild World and ACGC are near-universally loved, so why is this one any different? I have a lot of fondness for this game and think people should give it more of a chance, so I'm just gonna blab on about it here... Continue if you're into this sorta thing.
Features

In terms of features I love, the city is so nice, atmospheric and relaxing. As well as useful! Instead of having to wait for people like Redd to show up at your town, you can just travel to the city instead. The music is memorable and pleasant and you can peoplewatch (animalwatch?) villagers walking around. I also loved that they brought back the reset surveillance center from the original game. As well as the addition of Phineas, who has no real purpose besides giving you fun objects to mess around with. That's the kind of thing I love about AC, just having silly fun features for the hell of it.

Along with the previously mentioned features the need to have a friend visit your town to progress (Nook store upgrades) was removed in this game, making this game much more future-proof. That's the kind of thing I worry about when servers get shut down (such as the 3ds servers recently) is that some of these games will become "bricked" by the removal of multiplayer... But for this game, it's not a worry.

Some lesser known features of City Folk...

The town fund! I like how it adds a secondary progression besides upgrading your house.

Gyroid storage is really useful since they can take up so much space.

THE HOTKEYS THAT LET YOU CHANGE TOOLS!! I feel like people don't talk about this enough, it's such a good QOL feature and makes the older games dificult to replay lolol. Simplicity

Maybe a controversial opinion, but I really prefer the limited creativity of the older games. For me, AC is about enjoying your simple town life, and making the most of the limited methods of customization youre given. Theres some phrase like "Limitation brings out creativity" (see here) and I think that shows in these older games. You really had to make the most of your pixel-art patterns and your default building placements, and I loved that! I think giving so much creative freedom in the newer games kinda leads to you fussing over the appearance of your town way too much, wanting it to be totally perfect... which isn't the vibe I like for these games. This game should be a destressor, not a "oh my god I need this house to be moved over 1 tile or my town is RUINED" game. Basically, NL+NH are more like sandbox games to me, while the first three entries are relaxing life-sims.
Deluxe

A modder known as "Aurum" and several others have done amazing work on a mod called Animal Crossing: City Folk Deluxe which greatly improves on the base game in small but meaningful ways. I highly recommend it to anybody who is looking to play this game!! It's very easy to get working on Dolphin emulator, but to play it on official hardware you need a homebrewed wii/wiiu and a retail disc. The mod features...

200+ added villagers

All events/holidays, even region-specific ones

Added items, unused and new

Skin tone selection

Progression is made less random

Can get haircuts of either gender (actually i think you can do this in the basegame but w/e)

Paintings have forged versions (feature from New Leaf)

Option to toggle grass deterioration (!!!!)

BASICALLY everything is better about this mod, there's really no downsides. Just play City Folk with this mod if you can. Overall

I think this game is awesome and so special. If you think I have a nostalgia bias, I have to add that I played Wild World 100x more as a kid... I'm way more nostalgic for WW. But whenever I'm on an AC kick, I always end up preferring this game. Of course, the missing features from WW are sorely missed (villager portraits..) but overall I think CF is a better experience, and I'd go as far as to say it's my favorite in the series. In an ideal world, we'd have a perfect blend of WW, CF, and gamecube, and that would be the ultimate AC game. But for now.. this is pretty great! If you also love City Folk, or have been inspired to try the mod from my page, I'd love to hear about it on my guestbox or email! 'v'

Nuvema Town

"The Start of Something Big!"
Alfonso

Town fruit: Peaches millions of peaches peaches for me

Save started: July 20th 2024

Town theme: Chocolate Disco (x)

Nook's shop: Nookington's

Grass pattern: Squares

House upgrade: Complete

Past villagers: Peewee

November 2025

11-01-2025

today we are welcoming november with MUSHROOMS growing all over the place. i remember hearing about this but i never saw it for myself!! very interesting. i also ended up really liking this forest wall and put it up in my attic.

im really liking roscoe. his design is just super cool and i love horsies in general. i think id love to get an elephant villager too, if i had to ask for any... but overall im really happy with my villagers rn.

idk why but i love gala's room. its so strange and also she plays "two days ago" in her room. if you dont know, that song is actually based off of the beatles! i am a big beatles fan so its a really fun homage to see. she also has an apple tv which is really cute... francine has one too. (i wonder if gala = apple = apple records? and thats why they gave her a beatles song in her room? im probably thinking about this way too hard lmao)

went to the city to pick up a painting and i decided to check with lyle and saw MY ROOM in the showcase, which was a major jumpscare. it was my ugly attic too. not even my cute bedroom or living room...!!! but anyways it was still cool. also i love lyle he's so charming and cute ❤︎.

October 2025

10-31-2025

happy halloween~ today we have a new villager!! he actually fits the holiday quite well too.

as you need a costume i went out in the only costume i had. i actually wear this outfit most the time, so its not really a costume lol... this will be my first halloween in animal crossing!

the event is pretty fun! you have to find out which pumpkin-headed villager is jack, and if you find him he'll give you a spooky series furniture in exhange for a candy. i found out you can actually walk in and out of villagers houses for infinite candy which is pretty funny. makes the event easier too.

in the end, i got all the furniture of the set and only got spooked by a villager maybe two times. i think the deluxe mod makes it so youre less likely to get duplicates which was really welcomed. overall a fun event :>

10-25-2025

sad news... vladimir left. although i probably couldve convinced him to stay i decided to just let him leave for the sake of keeping the game fresh. ill actually miss him.. unlike peewee's terrifying self. goodbye vladimir! i wonder who will take his place? nuvema has no cranky villagers at all now, so itll probably be a grumpy man joining us soon.

i finally was able to buy the sweets set from the fancy store. this shit was soooo expensive so im gonna show off my room now to make it worthwhile.

okay NORMALLY im very against save editing but i really wanted that DLC item chihuahua... my family has one irl and i just like chihuahuas in general. i think you can actually get it legitimately with the mod but i wanted that wawa in my room ASAP!!! anyways, i really like my living room heheh. the sweets set is pretty awesome, def one of my favs.

September 2025

9-12-2025

'twas the day i finally finished paying off my debt. like, ALL of it. even the last payment thats kinda unnecessary.

although the last payment was unnecessary, you get a cute flag next to your house for it. not sure what ill put on it, hmm hmm.

since im pretty much done with all major gameplay milestones i suppose updates will be signifigantly slower. i still wanna share pictures on holidays and stuff though.

August 2025

8-23-2025

welcome Gala to my town =v= i was hoping for a mod-exclusive villager, but she is very cute and i love her flower theming.. she also didnt move her house into an annoying spot so im glad.

realized that i forgot to take a screenshot of the new town layout!! i will remedy this next time i get on >_< also RIP peewee.. he was very ugly and i didnt like him. but still, RIP.

8-11-2025

THE EVIL IS DEFEATED!!!!

8-10-2025

fireworks tonight! they were nice. i dont think they have much of a point besides being comfy but thats ok. i like the sparkler that tortimer gives you.

infiltrated into resetti's mancave and got a silver shovel! also sidenote, ruby is staying i guess. idk what happened there but im happy about it, lol.

8-09-2025

ive briefly lost enthusiasm for this game because of some BULLSHIT!! ok sorry for yelling but listen to this, basically ruby said "im going to leave" on the 6th... how is that possible!? shes been here less than a month and i talk to her everyday. meanwhile peewee was dying of the flu and i ignored him the whole time but he isnt going anywhere??

now, its the 9th and...? shes still not gone. not even packed up her boxes. im so confused, she sent me a letter today too. i have no idea whats happening here.. maybe a glitch? or the game was just like "LOL nevermind." i dont know. this is really weird. ill update later i guess. ...anyways, i have nookway now, and im still working on completely paying off my character's house.

8-05-2025

good day to any readers~ im pretty much done with the paths, so youll see them in any new pictures. i really like them and i only used three patterns so i can change them pretty easily by editing the patterns. (linking the pattern source again!)

look at the cute letter from sable ;_; she's absolutely adorable... ive made friends with her and brewster now~ and he stores my gyroids (i really like this feature)

8-01-2025

ive been working on paths for my town... except not really working on them, theyre currently just edited versions of these patterns. but ive never had a town with nice paths and decorating before... not even in new leaf! so i want to do it now, its not really that dificult but the annoying part is that you can only hold 8 patterns -_-

today francine visited and i got pissed that she criticized my lack of chairs so i kicked her out LOL why are these villagers so picky about my house -___- ill decorate it however i want. gtfo. also, like, i have a couch!! so does that not count! also, my third house payment is almost done, ill probably do it after i upload this. im also working on the review page still! i have many thoughts..

logged in later and paid off my debt so i will have a basement tomorrow! and also put down a ton of paths~ ill take pictures later!

July 2025

7-27-2025

bro why does the turnips lady only stay around until 12...!!! i slept late because its sunday and she was freaking gone by the time i logged on at 12:30. mad... but atleast my red turnip is still alive. but speaking of turnips ruby wanted a "cute" shirt so i scrounged up my default turnip top for her. she looks cute in it~ so whatever atleast one nice turnip-related thing happened.

the flea market was today. i bought a "kiddy clock" and a "robo dresser". im happy about the dresser because now i dont have to go all the way to the city to access my storage, jfc.

7-26-2025

comfy saturday playing animal crossing~ i saw kk strider for the first time (three times actually). i love how the credits go down the screen, it feels very solemn and relaxing. i had to log in late at night because rhonda wanted a giant beetle, and i already disappointed her once by not getting her the grasshopper (WHICH ONLY SPAWNS DURING ONE HOUR A DAY BTW -_-) so i atleast did that. dont move out pls...

sable and brewster are finally starting to become my friends :) theyre really cute, i love the hedgehog sisters designs and i love pigeons. i also made a wind waker link to put in the store but it closed before i could do it, so tomorrow i guess. ive been weirdly fixated on toon link lately.

a little bonus, i went to visit my friend's town and snake just moved in so i promptly spam-talked to him. when i left snake immediately sent me a letter ...? i didnt even know a letter could send in the same day?? he sent that shit with a carrier pigeon lmao

7-25-2025

UM.....!! so i totally overlooked screencaps today, theres just one picture... whoops. today i had a friend come over to my town for the first time :> we exchanged gifts and fruits, it was fun. the fanservers work surprisingly well! i also now have a two-story home, ive been grinding bug-catching and fishing like crazy. its actually pretty easy to make moolah in this game. check out my second floor in my house, im going for a retro/kid-ish look, but i barely have any furniture atm... itll be cool one day, i swear lol.

my villagers have been swapping shirts and catchphrases like crazy and its kinda tripping me out heheh. im so happy i got champ, (i always want to call him chimp since he's a monkey..) he's so cute and his train theming reminds me of my beloved.. dreamy sigh. i really lucked out with all the cute villagers. now we just have to kick out peewee somehow. i try not to talk to him but sometimes he seems so excited that i feel bad LOL..

7-24-2025

not very eventful today... i paid off the second house upgrade last night so my house is now a little bigger. i have basically no bells now lmao. champ is now completely moved in, and he asked for a new greeting. so of course i had him say a submas catchphrase... i am very predictable lol. he also wanted a new shirt so he got a bubble shirt.

had my first encounter with pascal, i dont even remember what he does but his randomness made me laugh. i miss this sort of thing in media in general. just random pointless shit happening for no other reason than the lolz. i didnt feel like playing much today overall. i slept badly and dont feel very good. the blogs will probably get shorter and shorter when theres less stuff to do, but in the future with more house upgrades i want to have a bunch of cool themed rooms.

7-23-2025

wow a lot happened today in-game. i finished my summer college classes yesterday (passed, thank god) so for now i can just focus on fun and enjoyable creative endeavors such as this game and website. well first off nook upgraded so we have a nice big nook store now! a lot more items to get. he was selling the matching kids room set so i bought both for a future retro/kiddy room. no music on sale sadly. i got a timer also, which ill probably never use but its good to have i guess.

i went to the city and got a REAL painting. since i upgraded the mod to the newest version theres now a visual difference! he also had a super cool pink shelf with a bunch of nintendo consoles on it so i bought that too. went home and donated a ton of stuff to blathers. like the most ive donated ever lol, maybe 10 items? on my way there i found a genie lamp so we'll see the ghost guy later tonight!

puddles is finally healthy again, and she gave me a bonfire which was cewl. the last villager is moving in to make it 10 villagers total, and its champ! wow he is so adorable.. im very happy. my town is so cute. (ignoring peewee.) id really like peewee to fuck off and then a mod-exclusive villager moves in. that would be awesome. but im ok with my town at the moment.

okay im writing this later and i just realized that champ literally has a train conductor identical twin brother... i got fucking submas monkey in my town. what the fuck. what the fuck!!!! THIS TOWN IS BLESSED.

afterwards, i saw the ghost guy and he gave me a ninja hood. i kinda wished i asked for a furniture item instead, but oh well. did a bunch of bug-hunting and fishing and paid off the second home payment. zzz.

7-22-2025

today nook's was closed for renovation, which made the day kinda boring. I collected fossils and such like normal, and in the morning the boys of the town wanted to play hide and seek! i got kinda worried but it was actually easy and i cleared it really fast.. heh...

afterwards i visited brewster and sable. yesterday was prince's birthday so i wrote him a note, but he didnt reply with a "thanks for wishing me happy birthday", it was just a generic response? not sure what happened! :( but i wrote ruby a while ago and she sent me a cute note back~ (name censored because i named myself my real name)

not much else happened today, except i went to redd's for the first time and got scammed out of 20k bells lmao. pretty rough... but i'll live. this made me realize im actually playing the old version of deluxe that i downloaded a few months ago and not the latest version so i fixed that. i actually had a huge scare where i thought i corrupted my whole save but i fixed it, literally felt like i was gonna explode and die though. thank god for backup saves. puddles is still sick somehow, but the scary swirls around her head are gone so i hope that means she'll be normal soon. im excited to see the new nook's store tomorrow as well!

7-21-2025

today i got my big house yayy~ but its not that big actually. is it weird that my favorite house size is the first payment one? i like how its the same size as all the other villagers so it feels equal. anways, puddles is still sick. how? i gave her medicine yesterday... sadly, today i got stung by a bee while trying to find one for the museum so the one and only medicine being sold today got used on me. the turnips are selling for a low as shit price and nooks is also closed tomorrow. i really hope i dont end up selling at a loss.. does the second nook upgrade have the little boy racoons? I dont remember..

roald was my angel and wrote me an invitation to redds so i can start collecting paintings and such. redd creeps me out but i have to go to get the paintings.. i found a nice checklist online to make museum completion easier. july is a nice time to start playing because it seems like nothing stops spawning at the end of july so theres no pressure to find specific things. sahara was also here and i got some nice wallpaper. both of the ones she gave me kinda have "grandma house" vibes lol. went to the city and met lyle. got a haircut that i hate a little less and the cute skunk guy made by shoes green so now my outfit matches~

when i was a kid, i thought kapp'n was charming and cute, but as an adult he is... quite creepy actually. why can i not escape old men being weird towards me even in a cute video game? its made worse because in new leaf he has a wife and kids, ew ew ew. atleast he's kinda charming when he isnt making weird comments about my character's love life. on the other hand, i like lyle a lot. his pathetic japanese/italian (???) businessman/mafioso (?????) vibes are really funny, and i love his design... GOD THIS SERIES USED TO BE SOULFUL AND CHARMING AS FUCK WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!!!! ....anyways, thats all for today.

7-20-2025

today i paid my first home payment off~ tomorrow i will have a bigger home. very exciting! i also bought some turnips, including the red one. got a watering can to go with it. hopefully i wont forget to water it... watered it today. puddles was sick :( i got her some medicine, i feel bad when villagers get sick. she is a cute phroggy and deserves to be healthy and happy forever.

i went to the city and got an ugly ass haircut. i shouldve gotten a haircut with longer bangs, i really dislike tiny short spock bangs like this. when i was in the city i also peoplewatched (animalwatched?) the civillians there, i noticed a lot of villagers added in the deluxe mod..! i hope i can have one soon. i wish peewee would move out. he is so very ugly. today i also found out you can keep a pitfall seed buried in a corner of the town and they wont spawn in anymore as long as you avoid that specific corner. thats pretty smart~

7-19-2025

installed city folk deluxe. its a mod that adds a ton of stuff to this game, including QOL adjustments (like getting rid of the grass decay, thank god) and adding a ton of villagers from the new and old games?? very cool, ive never played animal crossing with any mods so im excited. since ive had this town for a year (and totally forgot about it until today) i only have normal un-modded villagers wahh. i kinda hope somebody moves out soon so i can get a mod-exclusive villager soon lolol.

anyways it was also the bug-off day. to be honest i dont like this chameleon guy. (although i like chameleons) he's creepy and clearly is eating all the bugs he's being given!!! why do i have to send my insect friends off to the slaughter!! it mean, it IS kinda funny,. but i like bugs and i want them to not be eaten please. also no i didnt win... i did find rare bugs but they were the only ones i had so i donated them instead of giving them to be eaten, which i felt like was the nice thing to do. i probably couldve found more but i fell asleep irl before the event ended. whoops.

the town was also very much full of weeds and clovers, so i cleaned all that up. it didnt take that long actually. i also found FOUR four leaf clovers. im not sure how rare they actually are but thats pretty cool. i have my character wearing one in her hair and put the other in my house. apparently its good for the HRA rating.

also, i guess when i started this save i somehow didnt finish the tom nook tutorial..?? so i finished it now, and i also bought a shovel, net, and fishing rod. also, RUBY (!!!) is moving in!! which is a crazy coincidence because she is one of my favorite villagers, so much so that i put a pixel of her on my index page. im really happy to have so many cute vllagers in my town.. <3 it motivates me to play more heheh. ok well thats all for today im going back to bedzzz.

Animal Crossing : City Folk

Rambling About AC

Nuvema Town

November 2025

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