Spotlight item

Spotlight items, also known as Nook Specials, specials, or spotlight products, are rare furniture items in the sold at Tom Nook's or Timmy and Tommy's store. Appearing in, , and , spotlight items occasionally replace a standard furniture item in the store; these items cannot normally be obtained from the store. They can also be obtained from Wishy the Star. They are worth +151 points to the Happy Home Academy. Whenever there is a spotlight item in the store, there will be a notice on the bulletin board.

In
In, spotlight items, as well as Point Specials and half-price sales, will not appear unless a second human character is created in town.

In
In, spotlight items start appearing in Timmy and Tommy's store once it has upgraded to T.I.Y..

Trivia

 * A similar, prototypical feature is present in, where Tom Nook will occasionally sell a rare item in his store and advertise it by sending the player a letter. This only becomes available once the store is upgraded to Nookway or Nookington's.