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{{Infobox Villager
 
|name=Mario
 
|image=Human_penis.jpg
 
|imagesize=300px
 
|quote=Here we go!
 
|gender=Male<br><sub>Actual gender:female</sub>
 
|personality=Eccentric
 
|species= [[Human]]
 
|birthday=July 9, 2011<br> <sub>Actual birthday: February 18</sub>
 
|clothes= Overalls
 
|appearances= Usually in Mushroom Kingdom<br><sub>Or SoCal</sub>
 
}}
 
 
 
Hi! I'm Mario! I save princesses.
 
Hi! I'm Mario! I save princesses.
  
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*Real name: Emilie
 
*Real name: Emilie
*Age: 7
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*Age: 25
 
*Gender: female
 
*Gender: female
 
*Heritage: U.S.A.nian, but with a French mother and Chinese father.
 
*Heritage: U.S.A.nian, but with a French mother and Chinese father.
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File:Pierce NL.png|[[Pierce]] (he's good)
 
File:Pierce NL.png|[[Pierce]] (he's good)
 
File:Joey NL.png|[[Joey]] (he's good)
 
File:Joey NL.png|[[Joey]] (he's good)
File:Broffina NL.png|[[Broffina]] (she's cool)
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File:Broffina NLa.png|[[Broffina]] (she's cool)
 
File:Ed NL.png| [[Ed]] (he's all right)
 
File:Ed NL.png| [[Ed]] (he's all right)
File:Fuchsia.png|[[Fuschia]] (don't care about her)
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File:Fuchsia NL.png|[[Fuschia]] (don't care about her)
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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File:Patty NL.png| [[Patty]] (she was okay, but she left anyway)
 
File:Patty NL.png| [[Patty]] (she was okay, but she left anyway)
 
File:Hazel NL.png| [[Hazel]] (she was okay; it's kind of sad she left)
 
File:Hazel NL.png| [[Hazel]] (she was okay; it's kind of sad she left)
File:Osmond.png| [[Lyman]] (he's pretty meh)
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File:Lyman NL.png| [[Lyman]] (he's pretty meh)
 
File:Melba NL.png| [[Melba]] (she's like the koala version of Maple)
 
File:Melba NL.png| [[Melba]] (she's like the koala version of Maple)
 
File:Maple NL.png| [[Maple]] (she was really, really meh)
 
File:Maple NL.png| [[Maple]] (she was really, really meh)
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Anyway, instead of giving a lengthy review and constructing a wall of text, I make a summary of what I think of ''New Leaf''.
 
Anyway, instead of giving a lengthy review and constructing a wall of text, I make a summary of what I think of ''New Leaf''.
  
<center>http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/a/a6/Mario_Miracle_LawnMower_6.png/120px-Mario_Miracle_LawnMower_6.png</center>
 
 
<br clear=all>
 
<br clear=all>
 
===The good===
 
===The good===
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/5/50/MarioMGAT_3.png
 
 
{| width="100%"  align="center" style="background: PaleGreen; border:2px solid LimeGreen; {{Roundy|10px}}"
 
{| width="100%"  align="center" style="background: PaleGreen; border:2px solid LimeGreen; {{Roundy|10px}}"
 
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|[[File:Female 3DS 2.png|174px|right]]
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|[[File:NLGirl2.png|174px|right]]
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Great graphics. Well, I like the style and all, but I suppose the textures on the animals aren't much different from City Folk's. Either way, at least game art looks nice.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Great graphics. Well, I like the style and all, but I suppose the textures on the animals aren't much different from City Folk's. Either way, at least game art looks nice.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Some nice music. 1 a.m. is a particular favorite of mine, and I do like a fair share of K.K. songs.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Some nice music. 1 a.m. is a particular favorite of mine, and I do like a fair share of K.K. songs.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] More changes you can do to your avatar such as haircuts, contact lenses, and clothing bits.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] More changes you can do to your avatar such as haircuts, contact lenses, and clothing bits.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Improved emotion mechanics.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Improved emotion mechanics.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Revamped Mario items.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Revamped Mario items.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Public works projects (so it won't feel like a rehash from ''City Folk'').
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Public works projects (so it won't feel like a rehash from ''City Folk'').
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Getting lots of stag beetles from [[Tortimer Island]] past 7 p.m. so I can get rich quickly. It's way easier to make money, and I find that hardly a bad thing.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Getting lots of stag beetles from [[Tortimer Island]] past 7 p.m. so I can get rich quickly. It's way easier to make money, and I find that hardly a bad thing.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Deep sea diving, so there's more to do.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Deep sea diving, so there's more to do.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Ordinances, so you can actually do things at night.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Ordinances, so you can actually do things at night.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Going to [[Re-Tail]] to have some furniture work done.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Going to [[Re-Tail]] to have some furniture work done.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Fruit stacking (but it's manual).
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Fruit stacking (but it's manual).
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Bees are a super-duper easy catch.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Bees are a super-duper easy catch.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] You have control over what paintings are fake or genuine.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] You have control over what paintings are fake or genuine.
:[[File:Support.png|22px]] Fun and addicting in general.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Support.png|22px]] Fun and addicting in general.
 
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|}
  
 
===The bad===
 
===The bad===
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/7/77/MarioMGAT_lose.png
 
 
{| width="100%"  align="center" style="background: LightSalmon; border:2px solid Red; {{Roundy|10px}}"
 
{| width="100%"  align="center" style="background: LightSalmon; border:2px solid Red; {{Roundy|10px}}"
 
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|[[File:Resetti NL.png|234px|right]]
 
|[[File:Resetti NL.png|234px|right]]
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] [[Grass deterioration]] returns.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] [[Grass deterioration]] returns.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] More items, but the storage space has not expanded.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] More items, but the storage space has not expanded.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] Sometimes, you don't feel like you're the mayor.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] Sometimes, you don't feel like you're the mayor.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] More items, but the storage space has not expanded. There are ways around it, but simply increasing the storage space would do wonders. People shouldn't have to use slots on their mailbox and abuse the space in the museum exhibits.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] More items, but the storage space has not expanded. There are ways around it, but simply increasing the storage space would do wonders. People shouldn't have to use slots on their mailbox and abuse the space in the museum exhibits.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] Every item ''should'' be allowed to be purchased in the catalog. There is no reason to lock items to one special day out of the 365 days. To prevent catalog abuse, make the "special" items more expensive, but make them available, period. If you must limit storage space, make all items available. If you cannot make all items available, increase the storage space.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] Every item ''should'' be allowed to be purchased in the catalog. There is no reason to lock items to one special day out of the 365 days. To prevent catalog abuse, make the "special" items more expensive, but make them available, period. If you must limit storage space, make all items available. If you cannot make all items available, increase the storage space.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] Extremely limited song editor.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] Extremely limited song editor.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] Watering the flowers is a pain in the ass and can make the game feel like a chore. There is an ordinance to circumvent it, but it's pretty much required, so you get left out on store hours and stuff.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] Watering the flowers is a pain in the ass and can make the game feel like a chore. There is an ordinance to circumvent it, but it's pretty much required, so you get left out on store hours and stuff.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] Interior decorating still uses a tile format.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] Interior decorating still uses a tile format.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] Design making uses the touch screen entirely, so you have to zoom in to make single-pixel details. There should be an option to control it like in ''Mario Kart DS''. Also, designs use a big palette, but only a fraction of its colors can be present at any time. Why, Nintendo, just why?
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] Design making uses the touch screen entirely, so you have to zoom in to make single-pixel details. There should be an option to control it like in ''Mario Kart DS''. Also, designs use a big palette, but only a fraction of its colors can be present at any time. Why, Nintendo, just why?
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] No control over where villagers can move in. They can move over your persimmon trees surrounded by precious blue roses and destroy it! How disgusting! There is also no control on who moves out and who moves in, as it's decided by pure RNG. I think there should be more control over this too, especially for those who move out.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] No control over where villagers can move in. They can move over your persimmon trees surrounded by precious blue roses and destroy it! How disgusting! There is also no control on who moves out and who moves in, as it's decided by pure RNG. I think there should be more control over this too, especially for those who move out.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] Letter writing still doesn't automatically create a space when a word is too long at the end of the line. Get on with the times, Animal Crossing.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] Letter writing still doesn't automatically create a space when a word is too long at the end of the line. Get on with the times, Animal Crossing.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] Blathers doesn't make any personal speeches anymore. He makes generic blabber about "it reminds me of when I was a baby" and it gets awfully old after the 50th donation.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] Blathers doesn't make any personal speeches anymore. He makes generic blabber about "it reminds me of when I was a baby" and it gets awfully old after the 50th donation.
:[[File:Oppose.png|22px]] The method of getting public works projects is flawed. It's pure RNG, even the more useful public works projects. You can get the police station in one day or hundreds of days.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Oppose.png|22px]] The method of getting public works projects is flawed. It's pure RNG, even the more useful public works projects. You can get the police station in one day or hundreds of days.
 
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===The ugly===
 
===The ugly===
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/b/bf/Mario_Manos_MarioisMissing.png
 
 
{| width="100%"  align="center" style="background: Wheat; border:2px solid Goldenrod; {{Roundy|10px}}"
 
{| width="100%"  align="center" style="background: Wheat; border:2px solid Goldenrod; {{Roundy|10px}}"
 
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|[[File:LeifAnimalCrossingNewLeaf.png|92px|right]]
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|[[File:Leif NL.png|92px|right]]
:[[File:Comment.png|22px]] [[Leif]]; sloths and clown-faces don't go together. Leif scares children on a daily basis, but he doesn't want you know that.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Comment.png|22px]] [[Leif]]; sloths and clown-faces don't go together. Leif scares children on a daily basis, but he doesn't want you know that.
:[[File:Comment.png|22px]] [[Elise]]; won the beauty contest in UglyTown.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Comment.png|22px]] [[Elise]]; won the beauty contest in UglyTown.
:[[File:Comment.png|22px]] [[Dr. Shrunk]]; he's pink, buck-toothed, and has a unibrow. Plus, he looks like he got stricken by lightning.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Comment.png|22px]] [[Dr. Shrunk]]; he's pink, buck-toothed, and has a unibrow. Plus, he looks like he got stricken by lightning.
:[[File:Comment.png|22px]] [[Diva]] is terrifying.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Comment.png|22px]] [[Diva]] is terrifying.
:[[File:Comment.png|22px]] [[Barold]]. Good lord.
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:[[File:Vote Icon Comment.png|22px]] [[Barold]]. Good lord.
:[[File:Comment.png|22px]] [[Kapp'n]]'s singing ([[:File:Kapp'n Boat.jpg|and no, I sing a lot better than you, Kapp'n]]).
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:[[File:Vote Icon Comment.png|22px]] [[Kapp'n]]'s singing ([[:File:Kappn SkippingScene.JPG|and no, I sing a lot better than you, Kapp'n]]).
 
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<center>'''The verdict?'''<br><big>'''8.5/10'''</big></center>
 
<center>'''The verdict?'''<br><big>'''8.5/10'''</big></center>
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The game is a good game. If you have patience and you love to manage a town, look no further than ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf''. It's a great game. Just remember to play it at least once per day so your flowers won't wilt or your friends don't move away.
 
The game is a good game. If you have patience and you love to manage a town, look no further than ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf''. It's a great game. Just remember to play it at least once per day so your flowers won't wilt or your friends don't move away.
  
==Mario's Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense==
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==Getting furniture models (including refurbished ones) from ''New Leaf''==
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/b/bc/Mariotoad.jpg/86px-Mariotoad.jpg http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/1/1e/HelmetMario.png/120px-HelmetMario.png http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/7/76/Mario%26YoshiSafari.png/120px-Mario%26YoshiSafari.png
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[[File:Lovely Kitchen White.png|thumb|Mama mia! It's not so lovely that a lot of time troubleshooting was put into rendering this out. I hope Princess Peach adores this pretty kitchen!]]
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You might have seen renders of customized furniture by me on the wiki. There's not much available models uploaded online, with the Models Resource [https://www.models-resource.com/3ds/animalcrossingnewleaf/ having only a really limited selection of furniture models], and even then, the uploaded Alpine Series lacks the essential alternate textures. You might wonder how to acquire them. I'll document it how I got the models just so someone can find it more useful in the future.
This is some stuff I came across in the wiki that I deleted, but thought it is too good to be deleted and then forgotten. If you find your edit here that you don't approve, please notify me, but be mature. I will not bash any newbies; I will add only what I think is funny. Please do not take personally. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Best_of_BJAODN Wikipedia does this too], so I don't see why I can't have some fun.
 
 
 
Yes, these statements were actually on articles at one point.
 
 
 
===Blowfish===
 
{{Infobox Fish
 
|name= Blowfish
 
|image= Nia.png
 
|scientific name= Unknown
 
|family= Tetraodontidae
 
|timeyear= [[November]] to [[February]]
 
|timeday= All day
 
|found= [[Ocean]]
 
|size= 25 cm
 
|shadow= Medium
 
|rarity=<span style="border:2px solid red; -moz-border-radius:1em; border-radius:1em; padding-left:.5em; padding-right:.5em;">Beyond Astronomical</span>
 
|price= 125 [[Bells]]
 
|appearances= {{NL}}
 
}}
 
{{clear}}
 
===Dog===
 
This species is a domesticated [[wolf]][...]
 
 
 
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''Domesticated wolf? What are chicken, domesticated [[wikipedia:Junglefowl|junglefowl]]?''
 
===Dorado===
 
If you catch one once, it is very unlikely you'll catch another.
 
 
 
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''I caught three in one day.''
 
 
 
===Dr. Shrunk===
 
You can learn a total of 40 emotions, and unlike in previous games you can learn all of them and never have to forget any!
 
 
 
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''Wow!''
 
 
 
===Emperor butterfly===
 
'''Note''': It's not advised to collect or keep specimens of butterflies. Many species are considered vulnerable or threatened due to habitat loss and the changing climate.'''
 
 
 
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''This is a video game where these butterflies spawn infinitely. Stop overthinking things.''
 
 
 
===Franklin===
 
He will then reappear instantly in a different hiding place, so that sometimes it can appear that he has jumped ahead of you somehow!
 
 
 
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''Why the excitement?''
 
 
 
===Grass deterioration===
 
Running wears grass faster then walking, in fact, ''jogging'', as it is called, wears more grass then walking. Jogging is when you pull the Wii remote as far away from your character as possible to move, but with out pressing B. Walking is keeping the Wii remote close to your character, so your arms move back and forth. While jogging, your arms do not move back and forth. If you use a Nunchuk, it is when you pull the Nunchuk's analog stick the farthest it will go while not pressing B. If you press B while walking you will jog, and if you press B while jogging you will run. Walking is better for grass, but it is harder to control your walking while using a Nunchuk.
 
 
 
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''I can't understand any of this...''
 
===Gardening center===
 
The music inside sounds like skin grafts.
 
 
 
===Joan===
 
Joan always tells the player, no matter how many years they have been playing, that she has been selling turnips for over 60 years. <span style="border:2px solid red; -moz-border-radius:1em; border-radius:1em; padding-left:.5em; padding-right:.5em;">This may be because she says ''over'' sixty years, which covers any number of years beyond sixty.</span>
 
 
 
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''Interesting and insightful observation there.''
 
 
 
===K.K. House===
 
It is very happy and lively and may remind you of songs in real life.
 
 
 
===Lucky===
 
Some people even think he may just be disguised as a mummified dog, and '''who knows what he really is under those bandages.'''
 
 
 
===Pirate look===
 
The Pirate Look is considered cool.
 
 
 
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''No it isn't.''
 
 
 
===Pointed Love===
 
[...]she will say "Last night, Mabel recorded my favorite soap opera, ''Pointed Love'': season four. It's about porcupines who break up, get back together, break up. You know, romance stuff." <span style="border:2px solid red; -moz-border-radius:1em; border-radius:1em; padding-left:.5em; padding-right:.5em;">This gives evidence that the show is producing their fourth season.</span>
 
 
 
===Net===
 
The reason why they catch better is the simple fact that the better they are, the wider the radius for the hole on the net.
 
 
 
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''Blah blah blah...''
 
 
 
===Rocco===
 
He has a deep hatred for most [[lazy]] villagers[...]
 
 
 
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''Ouch...''
 
 
 
===Rolf===
 
He has a metal/rock themed house with two Bowtoids and plays the song [[Rockin' K.K.]] in his house. '''Despite his rocking mood, he does not take sass, and will threaten you if you do.'''
 
 
 
===Sally===
 
Sally has a normal personality, which may be the reason why her name is Sally, which is a normal name compared to other villagers in the series.
 
  
===Sea Bass===
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You will need some competent knowledge with 3D models and image manipulation, however.
Appearing all day and all year, many a fisherman has caught a sea bass hoping for something rare, such as a [[Coelacanth]], because of its large shadow - which is reflected by the player's quote when catching it.
 
  
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''Sounds so overly dramatic.''
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The best way to acquire the files is to extract a file partition from a New Leaf ROM, but you can also try other means to get it. Illegal means.
  
===Sling shot===
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*I've used a modded CFW Luma 3DS [https://3ds.hacks.guide/ created with this guide], and the program I used is [https://citra-emu.org/wiki/dumping-installed-titles/ GodMode9] to dump an encrypted ROM, a .3ds file, which is around 769MB.
The slingshot can also be used for mischief like shooting down Pete the postman and '''Gulliver the astronut'''.
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**DLC updates are dumped similarly [https://github.com/citra-emu/citra/wiki/Dumping-Updates-and-DLCs through GodMode9], though it dumped an decrypted .cia file.
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*To extract the .3ds file and create a file partition, I used [https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-how-to-decrypt-extract-rebuild-3ds-cia-cxi-files.383055/ HackingToolkit9DS].
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**The DLC update I dumped is decrypted, however (which the latest version of HackingToolkit can't extract), so I used an older version of [https://github.com/Asia81/HackingToolkit9DS-Deprecated-/releases/tag/9 HackingToolkit9DS].
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*Once it's extracted, the game's content is in the "ExtractedRomFS" folder. Since the files are in a game format, I used [https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-every-file-explorer.373615/ EveryFileExplorer] to open some of the files (furniture models come in .bcres), but [https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-ohana3ds-tool.392576/ Ohana3DSRebirth] works too.
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*EveryFileExplorer is used to extract .dae files (3D models), and it automatically extracts the textures. It can also view the models, and for most models, it will display what textures should look like, so you can refer to it to see any alpha information to preserve, and so on.
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**'''Custom textures are located in Ftr\Remake\Texture'''
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*Any 3D program, including Blender (which is free) and Maya (has a free student version), can then be used to view the .dae files, provided there's an extension for Collada (most 3D programs do have it).
  
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/GWG4MCFMarioClassicSprite.png ''Spelling matters.''
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===Complications===
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Issues with translating from models built for a video game in an entirely different engine to a 3D program have eaten into my time preparing files for the upload. It's probably why more models aren't uploaded. From my experience, it requires knowing two different programs, and 3D programs aren't exactly the easiest thing to learn if you're not familiar with them. I do wish for faster and more efficient methods, especially dealing with the UVs.
  
[[File:Mario Profilepic.png|right|120px]]
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*The size of the furniture may be wild depending on the 3D program you use. When you import, you should try to import at a reasonable unit size. In Maya, the model imported was HUGE, so I had to convert units to kilometers.
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*'''BIGGEST PROBLEM''': UVs will probably not display properly, as Animal Crossing uses a system where any UV points outside the 0,1 range are supposed to be over a mirrored version of the original 0,1 range. This saves a lot on triangles and texture resolution, which is great when you're optimizing a video game to run smoothly, but most 3D programs, such as Maya (the program I use) will display UVs outside the 0,1 range as repeated rather than mirrored. [https://i.imgur.com/osmaesV.png This is an example of what a furniture looks like when you initially import it], and [https://i.imgur.com/QvbVBpC.png this is the UV layout]. The uploaded models to Models Resource do have a separate file of altered UVs, by the way.
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*I cannot find an option to try to mirror images outside the 0,1 range, even when searching the web (and of course I don't even know what the option is nor do am I aware of a technical term for flipped images outside the 0,1 range) though I believe 3DS Max may have a mirror option. However, I have tried using 3DS Max's mirror option for the pinball machine, and the display still wasn't accurate. Due to this, I use the slice tool in Maya to slice the problematic UV shells in half. Using the Shift hotkey helps snap cutting points to centers of edges while Shift+Ctrl are good making 90 degree cuts. When I'm done, I go in the UV editor, select the offending faces (which should be cut in half), flip them, and then try to overlap them with the correct faces as best as I can. I also have to move vertices away from the range borders or else there's pixel bleeding due to texture filtering (it'll show up as a seam which doesn't look so pretty).
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**Maya's isolate select (hotkey: Ctrl,1) helped a lot for me, as there are quite a lot of overlapping faces. Also, models aren't in one piece; Maya can let you double-click to select each element and you'll notice there's a lot of overlapping vertices and such.
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*Once I'm done doing the tedious work of fixing UVs, I must deal with the alpha of the textures. Exported textures are semi-transparent. For some models, in Maya, I can simply open the hypershade window and remove the transparency wire and the model is ready for render. For models that have a clear alpha (think of the 2D frills on lamps), however, I tend to use an advanced image editor that can edit the alpha channel (transparency), GIMP. I make a selection of what alpha channel I ''don't'' want to paint over, then I invert selection, and then I disable editing on RGB channels. I use a white paint to then cover the alpha channel. Simply deleting the alpha channel, not advisable, will create a black or white background layered underneath your texture, which will screw up the colors. When I made my selection and painted white and then export, I also import the alternate textures (keeping the selection) and then paint over it too, export; rinse and repeat.
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**Maya has weird display problems with textures with alpha information. The material that's already in the .dae file, I remove the transparency. In hypershade, I then have to create another material with the same ambient color (H:0; S:0, V:0.2) and max diffuse (1.0), and then input a file, which would be the proper alphas. I then select portions of the model that need alpha (again, i.e. 2D frills of a lamp) and the apply the new material.
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*I set up a camera in Maya. I also enable the rendering gate (not required, but makes getting proportions correct easier). This is to make furniture have mostly consistent angles and distances. In the rendering settings, I choose Maya Hardware 2.0 rather than the default Arnold (which requires to set up lights and stuff; it's also a more realistic rendering system but it's not appropriate for the low-poly, low-texture Animal Crossing models), set a resolution of 780x780, then I export with "Color Managed Image - View Transform Embedded" or else the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_correction gamma] of the image will be off.
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*Then I do a quick "crop to content" in GIMP, replace the file with a cropped version, and then it's ready for upload.
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*And of course I make the edits.
  
 
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Revision as of 18:50, October 17, 2020

Hi! I'm Mario! I save princesses.

Okay, you probably know that. After all, I'm the most famous video game character that has appeared in more games than any other video game character. Yeah, people call me a personalityless attention hog and all, but I can't help it. Nintendo just tells me, "You gotta be here and you got to act like this and that", so I have to do that. It's kind of weird for somebody to be spending time here in Nookipedia instead of someplace like MarioWiki, but I'm glad I can devote some of my time in helping this wiki. Yes, I know that MarioWiki is more active than here, but the great thing is that people will spend more time getting to know each other because there are less people to devote energy to.

But, I don't mind my fame and all. After all, it carried to the Animal Crossing world! Wow! I don't believe it! My hat, nose, 'stache, and enemies and stuff are valued items. Even one villager admires me a lot. I have to say, I'm flattered. Good work, guys!

My first Animal Crossing game I've ever played is actually Animal Crossing, but I haven't played it much. I also played Animal Crossing: Wild World, but I don't remember much from it. In September 2013, however, I got Animal Crossing: New Leaf and became addicted to it. I use the female character in New Leaf. Don't ask.

Oh, I don't have any school and all (pssst, it's called "Community College"), so far, so most of the time, I'll be here. If I'm not out there talking to Toads, wiping the windows with Wario, or bashing Bowser, I'll be here.

When roleplaying goes terribly wrong

This painting is not a lie, however.

Don't believe whatever is shown below because these are lies.

  • Real name: Emilie
  • Age: 25
  • Gender: female
  • Heritage: U.S.A.nian, but with a French mother and Chinese father.
  • Residence: Los Angeles county, California.
  • Favorite character: Mario
  • Hand preference: left
  • English linguistic capabilities: none
  • Religion: None (I'm atheist)
  • Interests: birds, drawings, video games
  • Attention span: limited

Wiki work

http://www.mariowiki.com/images/b/be/Mario_%2798.png Wheee!
What do these things have to do with wiki editing!? I don't know, but I'm certain it will come in handy!

http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/af/Mario_Mugshot_%2798.gif I do the following in the wiki:

  • Review edits
  • Correct grammar and improve writing whenever possible
  • Remove any "you"s
  • Respond to article talk page (recent questions)
  • Create needed articles
  • Ask questions
  • Maintain trivia sections
  • Take and upload screenshots pertaining to Animal Crossing: New Leaf
    • Take crap from the Prima e-guide and put it here. don't worry, it's not plagiarism
  • Remove speculative information

And, thanks to super patroller powers after eating a Patroller Mushroom, I'm able to do the additional things below:

  • Protect pages
  • Mark edits are patrolled
  • Delete unnecessary pages
  • Correct grammar and writing style on protected pages

I was also given an administrator mushroom as a Christmas gift of 2013 holidays, so I'm now able to do these things.

  • Block users with bad faithed-edits.
  • Restore deleted pages.
  • Move stuff without leaving a redirect.

Finally, after hard work and dedication, I have received a gift-wrapped plumber's special tool, given to only one of the most trustworthy plumbers (and janitors) in the business: the bureaucrat mushroom! It has enabled me to do the following:

  • Hide offensive revisions
  • Give other people expanded toolboxes!
  • And other good things as I'm going to find out very soon!

http://www.mariowiki.com/images/3/3b/Mario_DonkeyKongGB.png My to-do list includes the more specific things I may do:

  • Create furniture series articles. Organized this effort by reviving and overhauling Project Furniture.
  • Add missing museum descriptions for bugs and fish from New Leaf.
  • Revamp featured articles.
  • Tweak userboxes (and perhaps create new ones?)
  • Improve help pages and even create some!
  • Hope this page won't descend into wiki html hell.

Wariot®♪'s residents

Baby Luigi (who is actually the mayor) and I share this town, so yeah, we have the same villagers and all. And yeah, that's our actual town name.

Current

Kicked out

My review on Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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Oh, look what's the latest Animal Crossing game! This is the first game I played extensively. All I have to say is that I hope I'm not missing out so much that I can't be productive on this wiki. Anyway, I've been playing this game daily since it's out, and I share two saves with my sibling, Baby Luigi. Don't ask me why Luigi doesn't want to play. I think he played it once and his player got stung by some bees. Heh. I also told my bro that there are Boos in this game, so he's never touching this game again!

Anyway, instead of giving a lengthy review and constructing a wall of text, I make a summary of what I think of New Leaf.


The good

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Vote Icon Support.png Great graphics. Well, I like the style and all, but I suppose the textures on the animals aren't much different from City Folk's. Either way, at least game art looks nice.
Vote Icon Support.png Some nice music. 1 a.m. is a particular favorite of mine, and I do like a fair share of K.K. songs.
Vote Icon Support.png More changes you can do to your avatar such as haircuts, contact lenses, and clothing bits.
Vote Icon Support.png Improved emotion mechanics.
Vote Icon Support.png Revamped Mario items.
Vote Icon Support.png Public works projects (so it won't feel like a rehash from City Folk).
Vote Icon Support.png Getting lots of stag beetles from Tortimer Island past 7 p.m. so I can get rich quickly. It's way easier to make money, and I find that hardly a bad thing.
Vote Icon Support.png Deep sea diving, so there's more to do.
Vote Icon Support.png Ordinances, so you can actually do things at night.
Vote Icon Support.png Going to Re-Tail to have some furniture work done.
Vote Icon Support.png Fruit stacking (but it's manual).
Vote Icon Support.png Bees are a super-duper easy catch.
Vote Icon Support.png You have control over what paintings are fake or genuine.
Vote Icon Support.png Fun and addicting in general.

The bad

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Vote Icon Oppose.png Grass deterioration returns.
Vote Icon Oppose.png More items, but the storage space has not expanded.
Vote Icon Oppose.png Sometimes, you don't feel like you're the mayor.
Vote Icon Oppose.png More items, but the storage space has not expanded. There are ways around it, but simply increasing the storage space would do wonders. People shouldn't have to use slots on their mailbox and abuse the space in the museum exhibits.
Vote Icon Oppose.png Every item should be allowed to be purchased in the catalog. There is no reason to lock items to one special day out of the 365 days. To prevent catalog abuse, make the "special" items more expensive, but make them available, period. If you must limit storage space, make all items available. If you cannot make all items available, increase the storage space.
Vote Icon Oppose.png Extremely limited song editor.
Vote Icon Oppose.png Watering the flowers is a pain in the ass and can make the game feel like a chore. There is an ordinance to circumvent it, but it's pretty much required, so you get left out on store hours and stuff.
Vote Icon Oppose.png Interior decorating still uses a tile format.
Vote Icon Oppose.png Design making uses the touch screen entirely, so you have to zoom in to make single-pixel details. There should be an option to control it like in Mario Kart DS. Also, designs use a big palette, but only a fraction of its colors can be present at any time. Why, Nintendo, just why?
Vote Icon Oppose.png No control over where villagers can move in. They can move over your persimmon trees surrounded by precious blue roses and destroy it! How disgusting! There is also no control on who moves out and who moves in, as it's decided by pure RNG. I think there should be more control over this too, especially for those who move out.
Vote Icon Oppose.png Letter writing still doesn't automatically create a space when a word is too long at the end of the line. Get on with the times, Animal Crossing.
Vote Icon Oppose.png Blathers doesn't make any personal speeches anymore. He makes generic blabber about "it reminds me of when I was a baby" and it gets awfully old after the 50th donation.
Vote Icon Oppose.png The method of getting public works projects is flawed. It's pure RNG, even the more useful public works projects. You can get the police station in one day or hundreds of days.

The ugly

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Vote Icon Comment.png Leif; sloths and clown-faces don't go together. Leif scares children on a daily basis, but he doesn't want you know that.
Vote Icon Comment.png Elise; won the beauty contest in UglyTown.
Vote Icon Comment.png Dr. Shrunk; he's pink, buck-toothed, and has a unibrow. Plus, he looks like he got stricken by lightning.
Vote Icon Comment.png Diva is terrifying.
Vote Icon Comment.png Barold. Good lord.
Vote Icon Comment.png Kapp'n's singing (and no, I sing a lot better than you, Kapp'n).
The verdict?
8.5/10

It's a good game, but I think it needs an extra oomph to differentiate it between itself and other games. Sure, being a mayor and all is nice, but you need more control. When Isabelle wants you to take a break, you can't do anything, which I find absolute baloney. Isabelle, you aren't the town mayor; you're just a secretary. Get back to work.

Anyway, the game does introduce many new items and bugs and fish to catch. It even introduces deep-sea diving. Still, it does have flaws that are carried over from what shouldn't ever be there in the first place. Grass erosion, I'm looking at you. Why would some feature from the weakest game in the series return in New Leaf? That's realism taken to an extreme. What's next, you have to take a shower or go to the restroom? Grass erosion can be handled much better, period. End of minirant.

The game is a good game. If you have patience and you love to manage a town, look no further than Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It's a great game. Just remember to play it at least once per day so your flowers won't wilt or your friends don't move away.

Getting furniture models (including refurbished ones) from New Leaf

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Mama mia! It's not so lovely that a lot of time troubleshooting was put into rendering this out. I hope Princess Peach adores this pretty kitchen!

You might have seen renders of customized furniture by me on the wiki. There's not much available models uploaded online, with the Models Resource having only a really limited selection of furniture models, and even then, the uploaded Alpine Series lacks the essential alternate textures. You might wonder how to acquire them. I'll document it how I got the models just so someone can find it more useful in the future.

You will need some competent knowledge with 3D models and image manipulation, however.

The best way to acquire the files is to extract a file partition from a New Leaf ROM, but you can also try other means to get it. Illegal means.

  • I've used a modded CFW Luma 3DS created with this guide, and the program I used is GodMode9 to dump an encrypted ROM, a .3ds file, which is around 769MB.
    • DLC updates are dumped similarly through GodMode9, though it dumped an decrypted .cia file.
  • To extract the .3ds file and create a file partition, I used HackingToolkit9DS.
    • The DLC update I dumped is decrypted, however (which the latest version of HackingToolkit can't extract), so I used an older version of HackingToolkit9DS.
  • Once it's extracted, the game's content is in the "ExtractedRomFS" folder. Since the files are in a game format, I used EveryFileExplorer to open some of the files (furniture models come in .bcres), but Ohana3DSRebirth works too.
  • EveryFileExplorer is used to extract .dae files (3D models), and it automatically extracts the textures. It can also view the models, and for most models, it will display what textures should look like, so you can refer to it to see any alpha information to preserve, and so on.
    • Custom textures are located in Ftr\Remake\Texture
  • Any 3D program, including Blender (which is free) and Maya (has a free student version), can then be used to view the .dae files, provided there's an extension for Collada (most 3D programs do have it).

Complications

Issues with translating from models built for a video game in an entirely different engine to a 3D program have eaten into my time preparing files for the upload. It's probably why more models aren't uploaded. From my experience, it requires knowing two different programs, and 3D programs aren't exactly the easiest thing to learn if you're not familiar with them. I do wish for faster and more efficient methods, especially dealing with the UVs.

  • The size of the furniture may be wild depending on the 3D program you use. When you import, you should try to import at a reasonable unit size. In Maya, the model imported was HUGE, so I had to convert units to kilometers.
  • BIGGEST PROBLEM: UVs will probably not display properly, as Animal Crossing uses a system where any UV points outside the 0,1 range are supposed to be over a mirrored version of the original 0,1 range. This saves a lot on triangles and texture resolution, which is great when you're optimizing a video game to run smoothly, but most 3D programs, such as Maya (the program I use) will display UVs outside the 0,1 range as repeated rather than mirrored. This is an example of what a furniture looks like when you initially import it, and this is the UV layout. The uploaded models to Models Resource do have a separate file of altered UVs, by the way.
  • I cannot find an option to try to mirror images outside the 0,1 range, even when searching the web (and of course I don't even know what the option is nor do am I aware of a technical term for flipped images outside the 0,1 range) though I believe 3DS Max may have a mirror option. However, I have tried using 3DS Max's mirror option for the pinball machine, and the display still wasn't accurate. Due to this, I use the slice tool in Maya to slice the problematic UV shells in half. Using the Shift hotkey helps snap cutting points to centers of edges while Shift+Ctrl are good making 90 degree cuts. When I'm done, I go in the UV editor, select the offending faces (which should be cut in half), flip them, and then try to overlap them with the correct faces as best as I can. I also have to move vertices away from the range borders or else there's pixel bleeding due to texture filtering (it'll show up as a seam which doesn't look so pretty).
    • Maya's isolate select (hotkey: Ctrl,1) helped a lot for me, as there are quite a lot of overlapping faces. Also, models aren't in one piece; Maya can let you double-click to select each element and you'll notice there's a lot of overlapping vertices and such.
  • Once I'm done doing the tedious work of fixing UVs, I must deal with the alpha of the textures. Exported textures are semi-transparent. For some models, in Maya, I can simply open the hypershade window and remove the transparency wire and the model is ready for render. For models that have a clear alpha (think of the 2D frills on lamps), however, I tend to use an advanced image editor that can edit the alpha channel (transparency), GIMP. I make a selection of what alpha channel I don't want to paint over, then I invert selection, and then I disable editing on RGB channels. I use a white paint to then cover the alpha channel. Simply deleting the alpha channel, not advisable, will create a black or white background layered underneath your texture, which will screw up the colors. When I made my selection and painted white and then export, I also import the alternate textures (keeping the selection) and then paint over it too, export; rinse and repeat.
    • Maya has weird display problems with textures with alpha information. The material that's already in the .dae file, I remove the transparency. In hypershade, I then have to create another material with the same ambient color (H:0; S:0, V:0.2) and max diffuse (1.0), and then input a file, which would be the proper alphas. I then select portions of the model that need alpha (again, i.e. 2D frills of a lamp) and the apply the new material.
  • I set up a camera in Maya. I also enable the rendering gate (not required, but makes getting proportions correct easier). This is to make furniture have mostly consistent angles and distances. In the rendering settings, I choose Maya Hardware 2.0 rather than the default Arnold (which requires to set up lights and stuff; it's also a more realistic rendering system but it's not appropriate for the low-poly, low-texture Animal Crossing models), set a resolution of 780x780, then I export with "Color Managed Image - View Transform Embedded" or else the gamma of the image will be off.
  • Then I do a quick "crop to content" in GIMP, replace the file with a cropped version, and then it's ready for upload.
  • And of course I make the edits.

See also

Thank you for devoting some of your time to read my userpage. Have a great day!
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