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Your Inventory

To pull up the menus, press the Y button or tap on the arrow in the top right corner on the DS touch screen.

Main Screen

Your inventory can hold 15 items, 10 letters, and up to 99,999 bells. The 15 spaces for items are the circle shaped slots, the 10 spaces for letters are the rectangle shaped slots on the right, and the amount of bells you are holding is on the top left just under your name and town name.

The first background for your inventory is yellow with white polka dots. However this is changeable. If you grab a shirt or design that you like, drag it to the bottom left corner of the touch screen you will notice a 'hidden' slot. If you let go of your design in this hidden slot it will change the background to your choose design. You can change the background like this as many times as you want. The first time you do this you will get a 'Big Dot Shirt'.

A handy trick is to use the letter slots to hold items. This gives you up to 10 extra spaces within you inventory. To do this you need to have 10 letters in these slots. Then all you need to do is drag an item onto the letter and it will turn into a present. It’s a good idea to leave one free letter slot in case a neighbour asks you to deliver one for them. To return your item to your main item slots simply tap the letter and choose “Present” from the options.


Pattern screen

Along the top of your inventory you will notice a number of icons. The second icon is for patterns.

There is space for 8 designs in total. You can create, trade or buy designs at The Able Sister’s shop. You can also receive designs from Wendell the Walrus.

There are 7 different ways to display these designs. The 7 buttons in the design screen represent the different display options. The options are shirt, hat, umbrella, carpet, wallpaper, painting and a square.

Here is what each option does:

  • Shirt - Places pattern as your shirt. Indoor or outdoor.
  • Hat - Places pattern as your hat. Indoor or outdoor.
  • Umbrella - Places pattern as your umbrella. Outdoor only.
  • Carpet - Places pattern as your carpet. Indoor only.
  • Wallpaper -Places pattern as your wallpaper. Indoor only.
  • Painting -Places pattern on a painting. Indoor only.
  • Square - Places pattern on the ground. Outdoor only.


Fish screen

This is the third icon in your inventory. You can scroll through all the fish that you have caught while playing the game. This provides information on where the fish was caught and which season in was caught in. There is also a little bit of information provided for each fish.


Bug screen

This is the fourth icon in your inventory and is used the same way as the fish section is.


Chat screen

The chat screen is really only used when you are visiting another town or have people visiting you. This screen has a small keyboard for chatting to your friend. Emotions are also found on this screen. You can only hold four emotions at a time and you get them from Dr. Skunk.


Town Map screen

The next icon is your town map. This is handy if you are looking for a certain neighbour’s house. It is also handy when you are in a friends town, you can use to it to familiarise yourself with their town layout.


Friend Roster screen

This heart shaped icon is the screen where all your friends are stored. You can have up to 32 people on your list. People that have a green triangle next to their name means you have successfully met up in wi-fi mode. People with a red circle are people that you haven’t met up with yet. To register a friend, press the button "Register" in the lower right corner, type in their friend code, their name, then their town name.

To check your own friend code, press the button that looks like a key.