Animal Crossing/Basic Controls

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ButtonAction
Neutral control
  • Walk
  • Move cursor
A button
  • Talk (while facing another character)
  • Enter a building (while facing a door)
  • Shake tree (while facing a tree)
  • Read messages (while facing a bulletin board)
  • Use item (when holding an item)
B button
  • Put away items
  • Put away furniture
  • Back to previous screen
B button+Neutral control
  • Run
X button
  • Look at map (if you have it)
Y button
  • Open/Close item screen
Z button+L button+R button
  • Stop playing an NES game
Neutral cstick
  • Adjust camera (inside houses)
Start button
  • Open or close item screen

[edit] Typing

ButtonAction
Neutral control
  • Choose a letter
Neutral dpad
  • Move cursor across the page
A button
  • Type letter
B button
  • Delete letter
X button
  • Accent letter
Y button
  • Switch keyboard (letters, punctuation, and icons)
Z button
  • Change key layout (QWERTY vs. DVORAK (Alphabetical))
L button
  • Caps lock/unlock
R button
  • Insert Space
Start button
  • Finish typing