Time travel

Time travel, sometimes called TTing or time traveling, is when the player manually changes the time of their game to advance to a future event or go back to a past event without having to wait in real time. It is considered by some to be a form of cheating, with players arguing over its usefulness and legitimacy.

Changing the time of date does not affect villagers, weeds, flowers, hair, trees, dump/recycling, mail, bell bank, turnips, police station/lost and found, or construction. It will, however, affect sun/moonlight season, weather, and the time until a holiday or event.

How to Time Travel

There are different ways to change the clock time in each console the games were released on. Below address how to change the clocks:

In Animal Crossing

To change the time in Animal Crossing there are two options - the Nintendo GameCube clock or the in-game clock access through the in-game options. The ideal option is to change the GameCubes interntal clock, because the in-game clock effects the growth of trees, the way letters are sent and how the Police Station and Dump restock with items.

To access the GameCube menu, hold 'A' while the GameCube is starting up. Follow the on-screen options.

In Animal Crossing: Wild World

To change the time in-game, load the game and when at the character select, click the phone and follow the option that goes to the Date and Time settings.

To change the DS time, turn on the DS then touch the screen/press "A". Instead of loading Wild World, press the DS icon at the bottom of the touch screen. Click the second menu, the blue one. The top button changes the date, the right button changes the time, and the middle one changes the alarm. Press "B" until it asks if the system should shut down. Click "A" and load the game up as usual.

To change the DSi time, choose settings and the time, then press B and start the game as normal.

In Animal Crossing: City Folk

Like in the original Animal Crossing, there are two options to change the date and time settings for Animal Crossing: City Folk. The easier option is to change the Wii date and time instead of the in-game date and time settings. This is again due to the in-game settings effect the bank interest, plants and trees.

To change the Wii time settings, go to the Wii Menu and click the 'Wii' button at the bottom left of the screen. Once there, go to 'Setup' and find the menu which opens up the Date and Time settings.

The Effects of Time Traveling

There are advantages and disadvantages to time traveling. Below are the positive and negative effects on the game:

Positive

• Allows the player to attend out-of-season events.
• Allows the player to receive mail sooner.
• Allows the player to receive bank interest.
• New villagers will move in sooner.
• Fruit will grow on trees sooner.
• Different items available at all stores.
• Ability to catch out-of-season fish and bugs.

Negative

• Villagers will move away.
• There will be more weeds (using Wisp by finding his lamp can solve this).
• Villagers will not know who the player is.
• Flowers will appear shrivelled or missing.
• The player will miss out on some of items for sale in GracieGrace, Able Sisters, Tom Nook's Store and Re-Tail.
• The player's mailbox may fill up, which will not allow for anymore mail until emptied.
• The player will get bedhead.
• Turnips will rot.
• Phineas will not appear for a while.