animal crossing: deluxe features/changes

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player customization

• player skin tone can be chosen upon character creation
• overhauled skin tone/tanning system, each skin tone has 8 tanning levels
• boy player characters can have the princess hat, girl player characters can have the viking hat

assorted QoL/controls/additions

• overhauled storage, works like acww and onwards, expanded to 160 slots per player
• proper widescreen support added
• camera transition between acres can be disabled
• camera angle can be changed outdoors with c-stick
• keyboard support (dolphin - any usb keyboard, real hardware - PSO keyboard)
• GBA no longer necessary for accessing island, kapp'n always available at the dock
• "before i go..." renamed to "settings"
• settings menu options rearranged to be easier to navigate
• chance of villagers moving out when visiting other towns reduced from 100% to 10%
• more acre types are valid for tortimer to build the third bridge
• town tunes can be typed with the keyboard
• support for higher framerates, up to 200fps (work in progress, some things not fully converted to delta time)
• gyroid outside player house can be assigned a nickname
• bugs+fish can be dropped on the ground
• villager quests can now be progressed if the relevant villager is inside an igloo
• can receive further hints from wishing well when short of perfect town
• fanfare for catching a bug, finding a fossil, and so on no longer interrupts hourly music
• holes dug by player no longer despawn as result of distance
• requirements for washing gracie's car are 20% lower

new uses for z-button

• can quicksave by pressing Z+start
• in-game clock can be synced with L+R+Z on the time change menu
• can switch tabs in menus going backwards with Z+R
• patterns can be removed from ground by pressing Z+B
• can automatically place most recently used design again with Z+dpad up
• can access transparency while editing a pattern by holding Z while using a design tool

dnm/dnm+ (re)additions

• scrapped furniture/clothing from dnm added
• japan-exclusive furniture in the process of being added
• fireworks festival occurs each saturday in august
  • july 4th fireworks festival is still present
• newly created towns can have a 50/50 chance to have a shrine, like dnm/dnm+, instead of the wishing well
• if there's a shrine in the town, the new year's celebration is the jp version of the holiday

e+ additions

• outdoor decor from e+ added, though now obtained through a new visiting NPC named renna
• villager moveout system overhauled to be like e+ (look at nookipedia for more details)
• resetti's surveillance center added
• tom nook can be woken up to access the store at night
• can become best friends with villagers, they'll greet you as you pass by
• best friend dialogs from e+ added (live song gifts, greetings, etc)
• e+ villagers, furniture, bugs/fish, K.K. slider songs added
• sale day overhauled to be like e+
• chip gives the player a rod during the fishing tourney if they don't already have one

ique additions

• ique-exclusive furniture and shirts added

acww additions

• acww wallpaper/flooring added
• clovers added
• rafflesias added
• turnip prices vary in A.M. and P.M.
• overhauled flowers, now work like acww and onwards. see plant section below for more details
• mushroom furniture from acww added, can be found while mushrooming
• some furniture not from any specific sets in process of being added
• villagers from acww and onwards in process of being added
• monkey villagers from acww are present
• holes can be filled in without a shovel

accf additions

• tools can be swapped and put away with d-pad

acnl additions

• ordinances added
• pattern stumps added
• fruit, mushrooms, and candy can now be stacked up to 10 when picked up
• can choose between four different map layouts on town creation
• can shake trees with a net or rod equipped

tom nook additions/changes

• tom nook sells one K.K. slider song each sunday
• player can deny working for tom nook
• player can deny having a statue built when loan is fully paid off
• nookington's no longer needs a second memory card for it to be opened
• nook's catalog can be changed to have either the default sorting or alphabetical

crazy redd additions/changes

• crazy redd sells four items instead of three
• crazy redd is guaranteed to sell at least one painting per visit

custom pattern additions

• patterns can be shared via a new feature to import/export patterns via the memory card
• patterns can be placed on ground
• patterns can have transparency
• additional palettes added for patterns, unlocked by befriending sable
• town flag added next to train station, can have a custom pattern applied
• custom patterns can be applied as background to the item screen

plant additions/changes

• new fruit type - chestnuts (originally a scrapped dnm item)
• overhauled flowers, now work similar to but not exactly like acww and onwards
• for more details, click here
• flowers can be dug up and moved with a shovel
• new flower type - roses
• new flower type - jacob's ladder (originally from e+)
• hybrids can be bred with a watering can (sold by nook)

clock additions/changes

• clock interface can be changed to look like the ones from dnm/dnm+ and e+
• current acre is displayed nearby the clock (currently only applies to the default)

fossil additions/changes

• blathers can assess fossils, unlocked by donating 15 fossils
• fossils can be mailed to farway museum to be sold after blathers's assessment is unlocked
• multi-piece have a higher sale price when sold this way
• 5 new fossils from acww added

housing additions/changes

• top floor of house can be expanded to 8x8
• basement's wallpaper/flooring can be changed
• music players inside houses can have their volume raised/lowered
• more furniture can be used as a surface for tabletop items
• toggle for turning lights on/off swapped to use d-pad
• gyroids can be placed on tables
• placed tabletop items can be rotated
• rotated diaries no longer have their positions reset
• can change direction you're facing while sitting on four-sided chairs (also applies to stumps/rocks)

golden tools changes

• golden watering can is now the perfect town reward
• golden axe changed to being obtained by purchasing 100 saplings from tom nook

NES changes

• NES games can have different aspect ratios
• "forbidden four" NES games can be obtained through normal gameplay

letter changes

• letters can be thrown out indoors
• letters can be multiselected for being mailed, marking as read, receiving enclosed gifts, being thrown out

balloon present changes/additions

• balloon presents now play a sound effect when floating by
• balloons are more likely to actually collide with a tree, due to a bug fixed from original game being fixed
• balloons can be smacked down with a net, while standing on edges of cliffs
• mario items can be found via balloons

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page last updated: july 21, 2026. patch 39.0

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