Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo​

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo

Physical edition North American boxart

Developer(s)	Nintendo EPD
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Producer(s)	Katsuya Eguchi
Director(s)	Isao Moro Aya Kyogoku
Platform(s)	Nintendo 3DS
Release	Title update: 2 November 2016 Retail: Japan: 23 November 2016 Australia: 24 November 2016 Europe: 25 November 2016 North America: 2 December 2016
Genre(s)	Simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer (1–4 player local wireless/online)
Media	Game card Digital download (Nintendo eShop)
Game size(s)	1 GB
Age rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone PEGI: 3+ CERO: All Ages

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo is an updated version of the 2012 Nintendo 3DS title Animal Crossing: New Leaf. The update was released worldwide on 2 November 2016 via the Nintendo eShop as a free digital download. The update has since been included on physical game copies released on 23 November 2016 in Japan, 24 November 2016 in Australia, 25 November 2016 in Europe, and 2 December 2016 in North America. Both versions of the game have sold a combined 13.06 million copies, making it the sixth-best-selling Nintendo 3DS game.

The extended version's main addition is the inclusion of amiibo support, which added new content for the game, including references and allusions to Splatoon among other first-party Nintendo games.

Description

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a social simulation game featuring a real time clock and calendar progression system wherein players assume the role of the mayor of a small town and socialize with animal neighbor characters called "villagers". It is the fifth entry in the Animal Crossing series. The game features an extensive catalog of furniture and clothing items to collect with which to customize one's player character and house with.

There are 333 villagers in the game total. Each villager has a set of furniture and clothing items that are associated with them, a unique catchphrase and birthday. They have a pre-set gender, species and personality types, which determines how their interactions with other villagers and the player will play out. Pre-set hobbies, goals and skills also determine villager behavior. Players are able to befriend villagers over time; at maximum friendship, villagers will gift the player with a framed photo of themself, which lists their favorite saying.

amiibo functionality

amiibo functionality was added in the Welcome amiibo update via the special character Wisp. He can be interacted with via a magic lamp furniture item.

Via talking to Wisp then scanning a compatible amiibo card or figure, he transforms, temporarily mimicking a character associated with that amiibo. Players are then given the option to either receive a random item related to that villager or invite them to the campground. Entering their van on the campground, players can interact with the character, purchase their associated items from a complete catalog and/or invite them to live in the town.

Splatoon-themed villagers

Among the returning villagers from previous Animal Crossing titles, new ones were introduced as well as part of crossovers with other video game series or real-life companies and brands. Scanning amiibo from the Splatoon series summons one of the three Splatoon-themed villagers:

• Inkwell, who can be summoned by:
  • Inkling Girl
  • Inkling Girl
  • Inkling Boy
  • Inkling Boy
  • Inkling Squid
  • Inkling Squid
  • Inkling Girl
  • Inkling Boy
  • Inkling Squid
  • Inkling (Yellow)
• Cece, who can be summoned by:
  • Callie
  • Callie (Alterna)
• Viché, who can be summoned by:
  • Marie
  • Marie (Alterna)

Inkwell

Inkwell inside a house

“	A Splatoon superfan, Inkwell's decided to leave his past behind and create a new identity as a squid. It'd be going better if his eight legs weren't so obvious.	”
— RV description of Inkwell

Inkwell is a jock octopus villager alluding to an Inkling's squid-form. His June 2 birthday references the release date for Ranked Battle in Splatoon, which was 2 June 2015. His RV description states he is trying to live as a squid instead of an octopus, alluding to the rivalry between Inklings and Octolings that was prevalent in Splatoon and Splatoon 2's story.

His catchphrase is "splat", a commonly used word in the Splatoon series while his favorite saying is "A sucker is born every minute.", with "sucker" being a pun on squid and octopus suckers.

Inkwell's design draws inspiration from Inklings' squid form. He is an orange octopus, mimicking the use of orange as one of the trademark promotional ink colors used in Splatoon, as well as the main color associated with Ranked Battle. He adorns dark orange spots on the back of his head and tentacles, while the underside of his tentacles are white. His eyes are positioned close together, creating the illusion of a single large eye with two pupils. He has a prominent brow and the underside of his eyes features a bold, dark outline. He wears the Black Anchor Tee, which is based on the clothing item of the same name from Splatoon.

Jock villagers enjoy sport and exercising, tend to speak with loud, shouting voices, use slang and are sometimes overbearing with their interests. Those characteristics strongly parallel the Inkling culture and overall theming of the Splatoon series. Inkwell gets along with Cece and Viché as well as other peppy and normal villagers.

Inkwell's "defending territory" skill is a reference to Splatoon's territoriality themed gameplay, exemplified in the regular battle mode Turf War and ranked mode Splat Zones. His goal being "squid" along with his RV description stating he is trying to live as a squid appear to humorously parody and parallel Octoling traits. Similar to Cece and Viché, his favorite style is sporty.

The items in Inkwell's house and RV allude to the setting and battle modes in Splatoon. The flooring alludes to Urchin Underpass, one of the game's stages. His furniture features a spawn point, the tower from Tower Control, Squid Bumpers, the Tentatek Splattershot and a Super Sea Snail as well as head pieces from Splatoon.

Cece

Cece inside a house

“	Cece and her sister Viché are big fans of the Squid Sisters. Cece takes cosplaying her half of the duo so seriously, she only responds to the name Callie.	”
— RV description of Cece

Cece is the younger of two sisters alluding to the Squid Sisters. She is a peppy squirrel resembling Callie, whom she cosplays as.

Her birthday is on May 28, referencing the Japanese release date for Splatoon, 28 May 2015. Her catchphrase is "stay fresh", similar to the Squid Sisters' "Staaaay fresh!" catchphrase. Her favorite saying is "Too heads are better than one!", with the misspelling corrected in Viché's saying, paralleling how Marie often provides follow-up remarks to Callie's comments and occasionally corrects her in banter during Inkopolis News.

Cece's color scheme features magenta, purple, and black as the main tones. Her fur is mostly light purple, with darker purple for her hair. The insides of her ears and her nose are light blue. Her brown-golden eyes are accented with bold black outlines, mimicking Callie's eyes and masquerade, but with magenta eyelids instead of black ones. She also has black eyebrows and a black mole under her left eye. Cece wears the same clothes as Callie by wearing the Callie shirt while hiving similar tights and shoes. She wears a headpiece resembling Callie's.

As a peppy villager, Cece parallels many of Callie's traits. She will always be in a good mood and easily gets along with other villagers and the player. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, peppy villagers speak with cheerful, lively tones; their general excitement, wild imaginations, short attention spans and forgetfulness also closely align with Callie's personality. As such, Cece will get along with her normal villagers, like her sister Viché, and might do activities with jocks like Inkwell.

Her "cosplay" skill references her mimicking Callie while her "stylist" goal may reference Splatoon's general focus on fashion through clothing. Her favorite style of clothing being sporty is also a nod to the gear styles in the Splatoon series.

The items in Cece's house and RV allude to the Inkopolis News Studio, featuring the same furniture as well as a sign for Splatfests. The music played inside is Bubblegum K.K., titled "Idol" in Japanese; the song is based on Japanese idol culture and J-pop, which the Squid Sisters are inspired from. The cover of that song features the rabbit sisters Francine and Chrissy who have similar styles to Cece and Viché in mirroring each other.

Viché

Viché inside a house

“	Viché and her sister love traveling to different conventions to show off their latest cosplay—now featuring Marie of the Squid Sisters.	”
— RV description of Viché

Viché is the older of two sisters alluding to the Squid Sisters. She is a normal squirrel resembling Marie, whom she cosplays as.

Her birthday is on July 7, referencing the release date of the Callie and Marie amiibo on 7 July 2016. Her catchphrase is "splatastic", a commonly used term in Splatoon. Her favorite saying is "TWO heads are better than one!"; it is a correction of Cece's saying.

Viché's color scheme is centered around tones of green, white, and black. Her fur is mostly light green, while her hair is a pale whitish hue. The insides of her ears are yellow-green, and her nose is lime green. Her brown-golden eyes are accented with bold black outlines, mimicking Marie's eyes and masquerade, but with yellow-green eyelids instead of black ones. She also has gray eyebrows and a black mole under her right eye. Viché wears the same clothes as Marie by wearing the Marie shirt while hiving similar tights and shoes. She wears a headpiece resembling Marie's.

Viché's normal personality type loosely mimics Marie's. Normal villagers are very sensitive and kind; Viché is more grounded or realistic in comparison to Cece, similar to how Marie tends to be more reasonable compared to Callie.

Like Cece, Viché has the "cosplay" skill, referencing her mimicking Marie while her "illustrator" goal may be a reference to the paint focused gameplay in the Splatoon series. Similar to Cece, her favorite style is sporty.

The items and music in Viché's house and RV are the same as Cece's with differently colored chairs, featuring green arrows instead of magenta.

Splatoon-themed items

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo features 29 Splatoon-themed items of which 10 are furniture, two wallpapers, two floorings and 15 are pieces of clothing. The sell prices shown only apply if the player sells the items at the Re-Tail shop. If the player sells the items at Timmy and Tommy's store, they recieve 80% of the sell price while only recieving 5% when selling items to Leila at Tortimer Island.

Clothing

Equipping any piece of the Splatoon-themed clothing plays a short Splattack! jingle after the standard jingle.

Clothing item	Name	Type	Description	Availability	Buy price	Sell price
	Black anchor tee	Top	Based on the Black Anchor Tee.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	200 Bells
	Callie fashion top	Top	Based on the top-part of Callie's romper seen in Splatoon. Differs from the standard Callie shirt in that it is sleeveless and backless.	Cece's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	200 Bells
	Callie shirt	Top	Based on the top-part of Callie's romper seen in Splatoon.	Cece's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	200 Bells
	Marie shirt	Top	Based on Marie's dress seen in Splatoon.	Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	200 Bells
	Callie pants	Top	Based on the bottom-part of Callie's dress seen in Splatoon.	Cece's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	300 Bells
	Marie dress	Top	Based on Marie's dress seen in Splatoon.	Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	250 Bells
	Callie wig	Headwear	Based on Callie's hair and headpiece seen in Splatoon.	Cece's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	600 Bells
	Marie wig	Headwear	Based on Marie's hair and headpiece seen in Splatoon.	Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	600 Bells
	Pilot goggles	Headwear	Based on a male Inkling's hair and Pilot Goggles seen in Splatoon.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	600 Bells
	Studio headphones	Headwear	Based on a female Inkling's hair and Studio Headphones seen in Splatoon.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	600 Bells
	Takoroka mesh	Headwear	Based on the Takoroka Mesh.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	250 Bells
	Callie shoes	Shoes	Based on the boots worn by Callie in Splatoon.	Cece's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	150 Bells
	Callie tights	Socks	Based on the tights worn by Callie in Splatoon.	Cece's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	200 Bells
	Marie shoes	Shoes	Based on the boots worn by Marie in Splatoon.	Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	150 Bells
	Marie tights	Socks	Based on the tights worn by Marie in Splatoon.	Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	200 Bells

Furniture

Furniture item	Name	Type	Description	Availability	Buy price	Sell price
	Inkopolis chair	Furniture	A chair designed after the ones seen in the Inkopolis News Studio in Splatoon. They come in eight variants, with Cece's being purple with magenta arrows and Viché's purple with green arrows.	Cece's and Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells
	Inkopolis sign	Wall-mounted furniture	A sign resembling the Squid Sisters' logo seen during Inkopolis News, but without the two gloves seen in Splatoon.	Cece's and Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells
	Inkopolis table	Furniture	A table designed after the one seen in the Inkopolis News Studio in Splatoon.	Cece's and Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells
	Left Splatfest sign	Furniture	One of two signs designed after the Splatfest voting booth in Splatoon. The ink color and team design can be customized; there are eight ink color options and three pre-made team patterns.	Cece's and Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells
	Right Splatfest sign	Furniture	One of two signs designed after the Splatfest voting booth in Splatoon. The ink color and team design can be customized; there are eight ink color options and three pre-made team patterns.	Cece's and Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells
	Splatoon spawn point	Furniture	Designed after the spawn point seen in Splatoon. The color can be customized to have one of eight colors referencing ink colors seen in-game.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells
	Splatoon tower	Furniture	Designed after the Tower Control tower.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells
	Splattershot	Furniture	Designed after the Tentatek Splattershot in Splatoon. The color can be customized to have one of eight colors referencing ink colors seen in-game.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells
	Squid bumper	Furniture	Designed after the Squid Bumpers seen in Splatoon. The color can be customized to have one of eight colors referencing ink colors seen in-game.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells
	Super Sea Snail	Furniture	Designed after the Super Sea Snail in Splatoon.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	3,000 Bells
	Inkopolis wall	Wallpaper	Designed after the walls seen in the Inkopolis News Studio.	Cece's and Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	1,200 Bells
	Ink-splattered wall	Wallpaper	Designed after walls seen on many stages in Splatoon. Its design features ink splatters, graffiti and stickers like seen in-game.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	1,200 Bells
	Inkopolis floor	Flooring	Designed after the floor seen in the Inkopolis News Studio.	Cece's and Viché's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	1,200 Bells
	Ink-splattered floor	Flooring	Designed after the Urchin Underpass stage in Splatoon.	Inkwell's RV	3 MEOW Coupons	1,200 Bells

Furniture customization options

If the player has unlocked Cyrus's item customization services in Re-Tail, the following options are available for the above furniture items:

Inkopolis chair
Color customization	Image	Notes
Callie's color		One of the two default colors with the arrows based on   Callie's signature color in Splatoon.
Marie's color		One of the two default colors with the arrows based on   Marie's signature color in Splatoon.
Sea color		N/A
Mountain color
Flashy color
Glaring color
Gaudy color
Pop color

Left Splatfest sign and right Splatfest sign patterns
Team customization		Notes
Left sign	Right sign
		Alluding to the characters Redd and Tom Nook, who have a sort of rivalry alluding to the often portrayed rivalry between kitsune and tanuki. Splatoon had two Splatfests centered around these yōkai through Red Kitsune Udon vs. Green Tanuki Soba, which took place during July 2015 and December 2015.
Team Fox	Team Raccoon
		Uses the Rice vs. Bread Splatfest artwork
Team Rice	Team Bread
		Uses the Callie vs. Marie Splatfest artwork
Team Callie	Team Marie
Various		Players can apply custom patterns via the design mechanic, or apply a pre-existing pattern identical to that of certain compatible pieces of clothing if the clothing item is shown to Cyrus during the customization process.
Custom patterns

Left Splatfest sign and right Splatfest sign colors
Ink color customization		Notes
Left sign	Right sign
		The default colors alluding to Redd and Tom Nook.
Red	Green
		Based on   purple and   turquoise of the Rock vs. Pop Splatfest.
Rock purple	Pop green
		Based on the   yellow and   white of the Lemon Tea vs. Milk Tea Splatfest.
Lemon yellow	Milk white
		Based on   pink and   purple of the Autobots vs. Decepticons Splatfest.
Hero red	Villain purple
		Based on   pink and   yellow of the Love vs. Money Splatfest.
Love red	Money yellow
		Based on   purple and   orange of the Art vs. Science Splatfest.
Artsy purple	Science orange
		Based on   red and   aquamarine of the Land Food vs. Seafood Splatfest.
Mountain red	Ocean green
		Based on   magenta and   green of the Callie vs. Marie Splatfest.
Callie pink	Marie green

Splatoon spawn point
Ink color customization	Image	Notes
Orange		The default colors based on the signature   orange color in Splatoon.
Blue		Based on the signature   blue color in Splatoon.
Lime green		Based on similar color tones in Splatoon.
Purple
Pink
Turquoise
Yellow
Green

Splattershot
Ink color customization	Image	Notes
Orange		The default colors based on the signature   orange color in Splatoon.
Blue		Based on the signature   blue color in Splatoon.
Lime green		Based on similar color tones in Splatoon.
Purple
Pink
Turquoise
Yellow
Green

Squid bumper
Ink color customization	Image	Notes
Yellow		The default colors based on similar color tones in Splatoon.
Orange		Based on the signature   orange color in Splatoon.
Neon green		Based on similar color tones in Splatoon.
Purple
Blue		Based on the signature   blue color in Splatoon.
Lime green		Based on similar color tones in Splatoon.
Blood orange
Soda

Each customization order costs 1,200 Bells and takes 30 minutes to complete.

Splatoon-themed designs

Players are able to create designs, which are used for customization: they may be applied to certain clothing and furniture items, used as wallpaper and/or placed on the ground as tiles within the town. Players were able to upload and share their pattern designs in QR code form via the in-game clothing shop Able Sisters, which would connect online.

Nintendo produced many official designs distributed for free via QR codes, nineteen of which featured Splatoon theming. The pattern distribution functionality of the QR codes requires no online connectivity; these codes continue to work despite the closure of online services.

First wave

On 23 July 2015, the Japanese Nintendo website posted nine QR codes for items in Animal Crossing: New Leaf that were based on Splatoon.

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  Shirt design based on the Basic Tee

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  Shirt design based on the White Tee

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  Shirt based on the Zink Layered LS

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  Multicolor ink splashes design

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  Ink splashes design based on Splatoon's signature color scheme

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  Inkling eyes design, as seen on Splatune

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  Inkling girl standee

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  Inkling boy standee

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  Inkling squid standee

Second wave

On 7 July 2016, ten additional QR codes were posted with a focus on the Squid Sisters due to the then-upcoming Callie vs. Marie Splatfest.

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  Shirt design based on merchandise that was available at Shiokalive 2016

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  Shirt design based on merchandise that was available at Chokaigi 2016

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  Callie squid design

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  Marie squid design

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  Callie standee

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  Marie standee

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  Squid Sisters-themed glowsticks design

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  Ink splashes design based on the Squid Sisters' signature colors

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  Design based on the Shiokalive 2016 promotional artwork

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  Inkopolis News design

Gallery

Promotional

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  Inkwell 3D artwork

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In-game

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  Player wearing the Callie-themed outfit set

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  Player wearing the Marie-themed outfit set

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  A player alongside Cece wielding matching umbrellas

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Trivia

• Inkwell's described desire to leave his past behind and goal of "squid" parallels an Octolings yearning for the surface and living amongst Inklings, which became one of the major plots during the events of Splatoon 2, particularly that of the Octo Expansion.

Etymology

Similar to the combination of Callie and Marie's names working as a pun on calamari, Cece and Viché's names combine as a pun on ceviche, another seafood dish.

Names in other languages

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	とびだせ どうぶつの森 amiibo+ Tobidase Doubutsu no Mori amiibo+	Animal Forest: Jump Out amiibo+
Korean	튀어나와요 동물의 숲 amiibo+ Twieonawayo Dongmul-ui Sup amiibo+	Animal Forest: Jump Out amiibo+

Villager names

Information in this section has been sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Translation needed

Italian, Spanish and Korean names' origin and possible references. ^edit

Inkwell

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スミダクン Sumidakun	Possibly from sumi, referring to various types of ink including squid and octopus ink, da being a very common part of Japanese family names, and the Japanese honorific -kun
French	Pigmento	Pigment, with the suffix -o to make it sound like a name.
German	Klecks	From klecks (splotsh), one of the German terms for "splat" in the Splatoon series
Italian	Polpotto	A portmanteau of "polpo" (octopus) and the diminutive suffix "-otto" or the word "otto" (eight), as a reference to an octopus's tentacle number.
Spanish	Tintelio
Korean	멍무리 Meongmuri

Cece

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	なぎさ Nagisa	Beach, or shore
French	Kala	Similar to "Callie". With Viché's French name (Mara), it makes KalaMara, which is close to calamar ("squid")
German	A-Chan	From Aioli (Callie's German name) and the Japanese honorific -chan
Italian	Cecilia	Given name similar to Cece
Spanish	Arduna
Korean	나기사 Nagisa	Transliteration of the Japanese name

Viché

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	みさき Misaki	Cape, as on a coast
French	Mara	Similar to "Marie". With Cece's French name (Kala), it makes KalaMara, which is close to calamar ("squid")
German	L-Pyon	From Limone (Marie's German name) and the Japanese honorific -pyon
Italian	Vicky	Given name similar to Viché
Spanish	Ardelta
Korean	미사키 Misaki	Transliteration of the Japanese name