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Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival - gameplay details

by rawmeatcowboy
17 June 2015
GN Version 5.0

- use amiibo to roll
- toggle to see what can happen ahead of where you roll
- earn happy points and bells
- corner of the screen shows an overall board map
- every turn corresponds to one day in Animal Crossing
- events come up based on date
- there's character backstory that you'll hear
- each game can be played as a full month
- the date/month you pick will impact how the board looks
- events you land on on the board get you various happy points
- whoever has the most happy points at the end of the game wins
- bells will be converted to happy points
- animals live in the town
- your character will interact with animals that live in town
- the host animal that explains all the board game rules also lives in the town
- Katie likes to collect cards and also puts event spaces on the board
- she'll play games with you that let you earn stuff, such as playing high/low based on numbers
- you earn item cards that let you do special things, like move a certain amount of spaces
- interacts with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer via amiibo cards
- use amiibo cards to invite animals to the boards game
- if you designed a home for someone in Happy Home Designer, that home will be brought to the board game as well
- K.K. Slider wears a guitar case as he moves around the board
- buy turnips to gain money on the stalk market
- can't horde turnips longer than a week
- board spaces show how much you can cash your turnips in for
- characters roles in the Animal Crossing series are implemented into the board game as well
- gyroids give you stamps portions, with gyroids in each corner of the map
- collecting all portions to get a happy point bonus
- Crazy Redd appears in game and adds special spots on the board
- there is more to the game than just the board game, but details aren't allowed to be shared just yet