Moving Van

The Moving Van is an option in that allows the player to transfer over a player character from  instead of creating a new one.

When selecting the "Move from the DS!" option from Rover, the game sends the Moving Van program to a Nintendo DS via DS Download Play, and running the program while a Game Card is inserted in the DS sends the player data to.

When a character is transferred, the new  character will retain the player's name, eyes, face, and hairstyle; as a result, Rover does not ask any questions on the bus. The player being transferred can have the same name as another player in town, which is normally not possible. Most of the player's catalog is also transferred over, excluding fossils and gyroids. Any items in the player's inventory, any clothing they were wearing, their bug and fish encyclopedias, and their savings account are not transferred via the Moving Van.

The, , and are only obtainable in  through the catalog after a transfer has been made.

Changed dialog
When the player meets Tortimer, he and Pelly have different dialog if they moved in via the Moving Van:

Additionally, when the player meets Mr. Resetti, he has different dialog if they moved in via the Moving Van: