Group stretching

Group stretching
Group stretching in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Occurrence
July 25th – August 31st All year
Time		6 AM – 7 AM All day
Host		Copper
Visitors		Tortimer
Main appearances
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Other appearances
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Group stretching, known as morning aerobics prior to New Horizons, is a fitness activity in the Animal Crossing series. It appears in Doubutsu No Mori and its GameCube releases and in Animal Crossing: New Horizons beginning in version 2.0 as an activity that can be started by the player anytime in the plaza.

Appearances

In Doubutsu no Mori

It appears in Doubutsu No Mori as a daily event each morning at the Shrine from July 25 to August 31. Tortimer is not present, and the player is unable to join in on the exercise. Lasts from 6:00 to 7:00 AM.

In Animal Crossing

Morning aerobics in Animal Crossing

In Animal Crossing, each morning before 7:00 AM from July 25 to August 31, Copper will conduct morning aerobics at the wishing well with four other villagers. After receiving an Exercise Card from Tortimer during the event, the player can start accumulating stamps by speaking with him on subsequent days. If a player gets the card stamped at fourteen morning aerobics sessions, Tortimer will reward them with an Aerobics Radio, which enables the player to perform the exercises at home. The villagers participating will also periodically go off-sync with the group and will panic shortly after.

Morning aerobics will not occur if it the weather is rainy, or if the save file is loaded on or after 6:55 AM.

Exercise controls

All exercises use the C Stick.

Exercise	Controls
Straighten Your Back	Down, then up
Roll Your Arms	Rotate upper semicircle
Straighten Your Side	Hold up and left or up and right
Twist Your Body	Hold left or hold right
Throw Out Your Chest	Hold down and left or hold down and right
Rotate Your Body	Full rotation
Leap	Hold up
Practice Deep Breathing	Press down, then up

In New Horizons

Group stretching was added to Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the 2.0 Free Update. The player can start group stretching by interacting with a special Tape Deck in the plaza outside Resident Services. The Tape Deck will move around during special holidays for the player to interact, though it cannot appear during the Countdown. During group stretching, both villagers and special characters will participate, and the player can perform stretches with either button or motion controls. Unlike its original appearance, villagers partaking in the stretching will not panic if they go off-sync with the group, but will instead look around as if to make sure they're doing the same thing as the others.

When having multiple players over, only the host can initiate the group stretching, and all players must participate. All players must also be Best Friends with the host. They are all brought to the plaza to join along, and, once the session has ended, they return to their previous locations.

Special rewards will be given to the player after doing a group stretch once per day.

# of days	Reward
3	Nook Inc. Leotard
10	Nook Inc. Yoga Mat
20	Dumbbell
30	Protein Shake
50	7 new reactions

Gallery

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  Artwork of Copper from Animal Crossing in his aerobics outfit

Music

Group stretching audio tracks

Title	Game	Track	Notes
Group Stretching Theme	Animal Crossing: New Horizons