Hobby

In, Hobbies are past-times that the villagers in the player's town may take up to occupy their time. Hobbies include walking, fossil collecting, bug catching, fishing, fashion, gardening, and home improvement. Hobbies affect villagers in many ways - their conversations vary, the content of their homes change, and what they wear or carry may differ as well.

Villagers often talk of their hobby depending on their personality, explaining why they chose it and what they would like to achieve. In City Folk, lazy villagers may ask you to guess what their current hobby is.

List of Hobbies

 * Bug Catching - Much like fishing, villagers collect insects for display in their homes. In Wild World, residents have competitions with the Player to find a certain insect as fast as they can. In City Folk, villagers simply ask for a specific insect, often in exchange for a reward. Villagers with this hobby carry nets.


 * Fashion - Animals ask for new clothes in exchange for gifts. Sometimes, requests may be very specific. Items of clothing can be rejected if the villager deems them too unattractive. Lazy villagers might say that there becoming a super hero, named Super Spiffy (name here). And that he may ask you for style tips later on, since Player will be his sidekick. They also say that they're now gonna stop wearing only the clothes their mom sends them.


 * Fishing - Villagers with this hobby collect fish to put in their house. In Wild World, villagers often treated their hobby as more of a competition to see who could catch a fish the fastest. They could ask for a specific fish, the rarest fish, or even the biggest fish, and would always take the fish in exchange for a present if they lost. In City Folk, animals ask for a certain fish that they would like, often in exchange for a reward. Animals that enjoy fishing carry fishing rods around town.


 * Fossil Collecting - Villagers who enjoy collecting fossils will sometimes ask for a fossil, specific or any. These will usually be placed inside the villager's homes. Villagers with this hobby can be seen carrying shovels.


 * Furniture - Animals may ask for a color or specific furniture set. With colors there are items that they may reject if there is not enough of the color on the piece of furniture.


 * Gardening - Villagers who enjoy planting flowers. Flowers appear around the villager's house in great amounts, but are not tended to or organized. These animals carry watering cans.
 * Eating - Lazy villagers will sometimes ask for a specific fruit, which is usually nonnative and may give a prize afterwards. They also talk about their favorite foods and ask the player about what foods they like. Cranky villagers might say, "I've been recently making foods that animals can really sink their teeth into. (three random foods), and pretty much anything else you can think of. 'But no fancy drinks, there's only water at the chef's table. You can't enjoy my delicious flavors with a mouth full of ginger ale!"


 * Walking - An automatic second hobby of all villagers. Villagers talk of their favorite routes, what they notice on their walk, and how refreshing they find it. They can sometimes ask you if want to walk with them if you're not busy. Normal villagers will usually say that there are little flowers blooming where there were none yesterday, and that that's the kind of little discovery that warms their heart. Cranky villagers will usually say, "You may think I'm a tired old man for saying this, but I like walking slow. Everyone these days have caught up with speed walking, but who needs speed? Wander around on a day like this and see what you discover." Peppy villagers might say, "Walking time, walking time. Time to get all fit and stuff. i eat, like, 50 pounds of (some dessert) and feel totally bloated", or they might say, "I'm gonna have (some dessert) tonight, so I'm gonna walk it off now. The more I walk now, the better it will taste later!" They could even say, "Since I'm becoming a healthier person now, I want to walk all the way to the city insead of taking the bus, but I don't think ANYONE could do that, not even, like, a marathon runner!"