Meteor shower

The Meteor Shower is an event that occurs on August 12th in and randomly in  and.

In Animal Crossing
The event starts at 6pm and lasts until 9pm. At this time, the player can go to the town lake to watch a meteor shower. During the event, Tortimer will give the player a telescope for attending the event. During this event, you will see several meteors that fly through the sky.

In City Folk
The Bulletin Board will have a message the day of the Meteor Shower telling the player that it will occur.

In New Leaf
The Meteor Shower is mirrored in New Leaf but the player can wish on the shooting stars as in while looking up at the sky. The player can wish by pressing the up button on the D-pad to view the sky and pressing the A button when you don't have any items in your hand as a shooting star flies across the sky. The next day Wishy will send you a letter with a piece of furniture.