Starting a New Game

Upon pressing Start or touching the screen, you will have the following choices:

New Game/Continue

Note that you can only save one town per game card.

New Resident

This option allows you to create a new roommate for your town. Up to 3 roommates can be created.

Tag Mode

This option shows up if you have sent a message in a bottle into the ocean. It is used to exchange messages to other human players who also have their games set to tag mode or is currently at a Nintendo DS Download Station.

Other Things

Rebuild Town:

Removes your saved town, along with all the villagers, items, etc. Use this as a last resort.

Erase Resident:

Remove a roommate from your home. That character is totally deleted once you select this.

Immigration:

Allows human players with existing towns to move to other towns.

Wi-Fi Settings:

Allows your Nintendo DS to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Starting Story

You will be riding the taxi with Kapp'n. He will ask some questions which will determine some aspects of your whole gameplay so take note of these details.

Initially, he will ask for the time and date. This will default to the current time and date settings of your DS. If you want to change this beforehand, change the settings in your DS first before starting a new game. Then he will make a comment about the rain outside. You will be prompted to respond to this comment, and your response to this and 2 other further questions will affect how your appearance will be in your playthrough.

He will ask your name next. Afterwards, he will ask whether you like "burly" or "cute". Your answer to this will determine your gender. Choosing "burly" will make your character a boy; while choosing "cute" will make your character a girl. Then you will be asked to confirm the gender, if you opt to change the previous gender you've picked, you will get girlish eyes if you're a boy and boyish eyes if you're a girl.

Next up, he will ask the name of your town. Then he will ask why did you come to this town. This will be the second appearance-determining question. Now the taxi driver will ask you why you have decided to move to the town. Answering this will affect the location of your home, as your location will be close to the place that you have answered.

Finally, Kapp'n will ask you if you have the money enough to move in. Answering this is very important as this will be the final appearance-determining question.