


Other ideas were discussed, although many fell by the wayside

Moro said the developer came to the decision that the player would be left to decide: Well, in the end, we made it so the Reset Surveillance Centre was a public work, so we left it to the mayor to decide whether or not to have one.As Moro said, in Animal Crossing: New Leaf you play as the mayor of the town and are responsible for its maintenance and design.Previous titles were focused on customising the interior of your house but this time Nintendo wanted to allow the player to have full control of the whole town.The idea of retiring Tortimer and giving you control of everything came at a late stage in development, according to the team. Previous titles had been about moving into a town, buying a house using Tom Nook's money and then paying the little rascal back for near enough the rest of your days.However, in this iteration, things have changed as Kyogoku explained: We felt that if we made the next game in the same way, a lot of people would think: "Oh no! Not again!" So this time, we decided to press reset and make a fresh start as we developed the game.Speaking of resetting, many people have been wondering if Mr Resetti would be making a comeback for Animal Crossing: New Leaf.Kyogoku said the team deliberated a lot on whether or not to include him, as the angry little mole divided many. Iwata Asks Delves Into Animal Crossing: New Leaf Nintendo Life Nintendo's President talks Mr Resetti, being mayor and panning for gold by Share: is edging closer and closer towards its Western release date and we think it's fair to say there are a lot of 3DS owners out there chomping at the bit to get hold of it.As if the hype needed building up any more Nintendo has kindly translated the Animal Crossing: New Leaf interview, which was conducted back in October last year.Of course, Japan has been playing this since November and we won't even pretend we're not jealous.Koju Takahashi, Isao Moro and Aya Kyogoku - all from the software development department - were present to discuss the game and Nintendo President Satoru Iwata started off by asking them what it is all about - not the easiest question, but one that was given an answer. Iwata Asks Delves Into Animal Crossing New Leaf
