Town

At the beginning of all of the games, the Player will move into a Town also known as a Village where the entire game will take place. In this Town, there are many Buildings, most of which are home to villagers, who are, as the name of the series suggests, all Animals. Other buildings include Tom Nook's Store, The Able Sisters, and some buildings which are exclusive to certain games, like the Post Office and the Town Hall, which seems to take the place of the Post Office. Also, there is the Police Station, which is replaced by the Town Gate. There is also a Bus Stop in.

Another main building in the town is the Train Station, which is where the player first arrives in the town. Using the Train Station, players could also travel to their friend's towns if they put a memory card for their town and one for their friend's town in Memory Card slots A and B.

In and, players can instead travel to other players' towns using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, going through the Town Gate. However, they need another player's Friend Code to travel to a town over Wi-Fi. Also, In Wild World, players can travel from town to town without a Friend Code, if the other player's Nintendo DS is within Wireless range. In City Folk, the player may also travel via DS Suitcase. If the player has a Nintendo DS, they may put their character and 16 items on the DS and then go to someone else's game and transfer the character onto the game.

Town Layout
In Animal Crossing most towns have three bridges, due to the fact that towns in that game are larger. In Wild World, all towns will have two bridges unless the river forks to create an island. This will create three bridges. In City Folk the towns are larger then in Wild World, and a third (or fourth if the player has an island) bridge can be bought. To get an extra bridge, 200,000 Bells must be donated to the Town Fund. A fountain can also be bought for 500,000 Bells and will be found right below the Bus Stop. If 1,000,000 Bells are donated, a lighthouse or a windmill will be made, depending on which gets the majority of the player's votes.

Town Name
The first player to start the game will get to choose name the town. The town's name must be under nine characters long.