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Off the Record, Vol. 1 - Animal Crossing

Customizable towns?

Even after cataloging the ginormous amount of objects in the game, we didn't want to stop there. A revelation was reached while creating this massive library of items. We found brand-spankin' new ways to make use of familiar objects. And by familiar objects, I mean objects that do not belong in the inventory. That's right, I'm talking about stumps, wooden fences, trees (golden ones too!) and even music boards and message boards.

With these objects in your arsenal, you have ability to customize your town the way you'd like. Are you sick of running the long distance to your music board to change your town's theme song? No problem, drop one right beside your house. It actually works too, plus you can actually run right through it like it wasn't there. Because these items don't have a place-holding logo to be viewed in the inventory, these types of items simply appear as nothing at all in your inventory menu... until you highlight them of course.







Interestingly enough, trees can be dropped anywhere, including on top of bridges. But for some reason though, they can't be chopped down. Hmm.

Some of the items can be used an infinite number of times. I had some fun with such items, like my unlimited white tulips.





While I'm on the subject of infinity, ever wonder what might happen if one hits the gargantuan-mother-load of jackpots?



Enough with the hacks, give me some cheat codes...

Did you know there are hundreds of discovered "universal" pass codes? When these pass codes are given to Nook in his shop (go to "other things," then "say code"), anyone can obtain the item that the pass code generates.

For example, if you give the code "aPShDyYoeR685b afcAlkwcRCmqi3" to Nook, he will grant you with 100 turnips.

Discovering a universal code is very rare. Many of these codes have been found by accident by those incorrectly inputting a code given to them. It's safe to assume that Nintendo and its developers never intended for these items or their codes to exist.

Two notable codes that may serve interest to you include:
Music Loss Code - Found by: Gobot isc74NV1Y#zoI4 I5X@qSEdcEKbOV
Random Item - Found by: Chaosmagician rbhbSCvhathoBa dzddkweuej9rcd
Visit GameFaqs for even more universal codes.

That's it?

New Animal Crossing secrets are still being uncovered even to this day. While most discoveries are inconsequential and somewhat meaningless, some discovered codes (with the use of a hacking device) open up new areas of gameplay opportunities and, perhaps, even help reveal the earliest intentions of the game's developers. But with new discoveries being made, the number of questions asked is increasing faster than any definite answers.

Did Animal Crossing's developers intend on implementing a jump feature? Cultural differences aside, why would the creators purposely leave items in the game if there was no way of seeing them without hacking into the game? What the heck does a moon dumpling look like? Maybe we'll never know.

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