Hobbies

In the Animal Crossing series, hobbies are past-times that the villagers in the Player's town may take up to occupy their time. Hobbies include walking, fossil collecting, bug catching, fishing, fashion, shell collecting, gardening and home improvement. Hobbies affect villagers in many ways- their conversations vary, the content of their homes change, and what they wear or carry differs as well.

Villagers often talk of their hobby depending on their personality, explaining why they chose it and what they would like to acheive.

List of Hobbies

 * Bug Catching- Much like fishing, villagers collect insects for display in their homes. In Wild World, residents have competitions with the Player to find a certain insect as fast as they can. In City Folk, villagers simply ask for a specific insect, often in exchange for a reward. Villagers with this hobby carry nets.


 * Fashion- Animals ask for new clothes in exchange for gifts. Sometimes, requests may be very specific. Items of clothing can be rejected if the villager deems them too unattractive.


 * Fishing- Villagers with this hobby collect fish to put in their house. In Wild World, villagers often treated their hobby as more of a competition to see who could catch a fish the fastest. They could ask for a specific fish, the rarest fish, or even the biggest fish, and would always take the fish in exchange for a present if they lost. In City Folk, animals ask for a certain fish that they would like, often in exchange for a reward. Animals that enjoy fishing carry fishing rods around town.


 * Fossil Collecting - Villigers who enjoy collecting fossils will sometimes ask for a fossil, specific or any. These will usually be placed inside the Villagers homes.


 * Furniture- Animals may ask for a color or specific furniture set. With colors there are items that they may reject if there isn't enough of the color on the piece of furniture.


 * Gardening- Villagers who enjoy planting flowers. Flowers appear around the villager's house in great amounts, but are not tended to or organised. These animals carry watering cans.


 * Walking- An automatic second hobby of all villagers. Villagers talk of their favourite routes, what they notice on their walk and how refreshing they find it.