Tom Nook Point System

The Tom Nook Point Machine (Wild World) or Tom Nook Point System (City Folk) is a small machine that can be found in Tom Nook's Store in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk. Its purpose is to record the number of Bells spent by the Player in the store, and to encourage spending by offering discounts and rewards depending on the amount of Bells spent. The machine is often called by its initials, making it the TNPM or TNPS, in Wild World and City Folk respectively.

For each 100 Bells spent, the Player would earn 1 'Nook Point'. Points are not cumulative- any extra Bells from a purchase that are not converted into Nook Points are lost, and are not carried on to the next purchase. For Example, an item bought for 880 Bells will equal 8 points, not 8.8 points.

Function in Wild World
New for Wild World, the TNPM was a small rectangular machine that sat in a corner of the store- lower left in Nook's Cranny, and lower right in later stores. Upon interaction, the TNPM allowed Players to view their point total, see their status or get general help regarding the machine.

Function in City Folk
Aside from being changed to a green colour, there two notable additions to the TNPS since its appearance in Wild World. The Player can claim three free points each day, and there are Nintendo-themed rewards available in exchange for points.