Animal Crossing New Leaf Mayor Guide: Public Works

Animal Crossing New Leaf is the latest entry of the long running Nintendo series called Animal Crossing. It’s actually one of the most successful series created by the Japanese company, thanks to it’s simple yet engaging premise as well as the many customization options given to players that allow them to customize their character and house in many different ways and interact with others in some really interesting ways.

New Leaf brings some welcome addition to the gameplay formula, making the game even more addicting than before. Customization options have been vastly increased for both character and house customization. As if it wasn’t enough players will have the possibility, for the first time ever, to become the mayor of their town, allowing the new virtual mayors to even customize the town and improve it with public works. Creating a good city will allow you to get a Perfect Town rating as well as a 100% approval rating and the appreciation of your virtual citizens.

As usual you’ll also be able to take part in a lot of different activities for the game: bug catching, diving, fishing and more. Animal Crossing New Leaf is truly the perfect game for all those players who love to collect items: to truly find everything in the game you’ll have to work extra hard.

Among the new features introduced in Animal Crossing New Leaf are Spot Pass features, DLC and Online Play that make the best use of the Nintendo 3DS unique features.

• Public Works Basics

You can start doing Public Works as soon as your earn your Development Permit. To earn it, you’ll have to build your first home expansion and earn a 100% approval rating from your residents. We will be covering some tips on Approval in a later guide.

Once you have your Permit, you can start building new shops, bridges and decorations for the town: you can manage projects through the mayor’s desk in the Town Hall.

You won’t have many projects at the beginning but things will improve as soon as your town starts improving.

Once you’ve chosen a project, lead Isabelle to the desired location and speak to her. Any trees and buried items will be removed from this location. Isabelle will also give you a preview of the works and you can choose to go ahead with the development or give for another project.

Once the location is set, Lloyd the Gyroid will appear to collect money from residents: you’re also able to contribute yourself, too. Once funds are collected, construction will be completed in a single night: on the next day you can also partecipate in the opening ceremony.