DS Suitcase



DS Suitcase is an alternative via of visiting another town in.

The name makes reference to the Nintendo DS, as it is used, essentialy, like a suitcase for carrying a player over to another player's town between two different Wii consoles. Thus, this traveling method involves using two Wii, two saved games, and one Nintendo DS.

Visiting using DS Suitcase


Players wanting to travel from one Wii to another first need to talk to Copper in the town gate, ask to go out, and choosing to leave via DS Suitcase. Copper explains that once the player leaves their town, they must return or else risk losing all of their assets if they don't.

As Copper starts preparations, a few instructions are then given to the player on how to set up their Nintendo DS to transfer the player's visitor info to it. First being to turn on the DS, connecting it via wireless to the first Wii, and selecting DS Download Play, where the Suitcase software must be downloaded to the DS, which contains said visitor info.

Once the "software" has been sucessfully downloaded to the DS, the player will quit through the gates and the game will end. The DS must stay turned on at all times during the transfer process, but the lid can be closed with no issues.

To continue with the transfer, connection is then to be established again, this time between the Wii that is being visited and the DS carrying the visitor info. By selecting DS Suitcase in the main menu before starting the game, the visitor info is at last downloaded to the second Wii, and the player is free to play in the other town.

In order for the player to return to their town on the Wii they came from, they must repeat this same process in reverse, going back to the town gate, as if they originally were leaving from the Wii that has been visited.

Limitations
While this may be the only option available to visit another player's town without the use of the WFC, it doesn't comes without its limitations.
 * Other games cannot be played on the Nintendo DS console in the midst of this process.
 * If the DS that is carrying the player's data turns off for whichever reason, the City Folk Suitcase downloaded to the console is lost. Leading to their "assets" also being lost if the DS Suitcase isn't used to return to the first Wii, as warned by Copper.
 * The lost "assets" includes all held items and all Bells being carried at the moment.
 * The savings account will remain intact in any case, through it cannot be accessed
 * Also as per WFC, the traveling player's town cannot be visited at the same time, and neither the savings account or the in-house storage (drawers, etc.) can be accessed while being in another town.