Main Street (New Leaf)

Main Street (also called the Mall or Shopping District) is an area of the Town in. It replaces the City, a place in the Player had to travel to in order to visit unique shops and buildings; Main Street slightly resembles the City and some of the shops are still there.

It can be found in the upper-most area of the Town, in front of the Happy Home Showcase and north of the Train Station, across the tracks. The game loads the area when the player has walked up the stairs, similar to when entering a building, briefly showing a loading screen.

It is divided into two, with the Happy Home Showcase in the middle. It offers a variety of different stores and can be upgraded through the Mayoral duties in the Town Hall. To the south is the Village, where the Player and the Villagers live in their houses.

Original Buildings
When the Player first begins the game, there are only a small number of buildings. These include Nookling Junction and the Able Sisters store, which are to the right (or "East") of the Happy Home Showcase. To the left (or "West"), are the Post Office and Nook's Homes.

The Museum will always be located opposite the ocean.

Nookling Junction
Nookling Junction is one of a few stores open at the start of the game. It is owned by Timmy and Tommy Nook, who take on the Nook franchise from Tom Nook in previous games. Timmy works on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and Tommy works on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. It can be upgraded 4 times, during which it will sell a variety of different products and change appearance throughout the course of the game.

The Player has a limited choice of items to buy from the store. It sells two Tools, two items of Furniture, one Wallpaper and Carpet, one item of Stationary, one Wrapping Paper and one Fortune Cookie.

Post Office
The Post Office is a returning building in the franchise, which was last seen in. It was absent in both and, where the Post Office was part of the Town Hall. It is run by Pelly and Phyllis, with both of them working different times of the day.

The Player can use the Post Office to send and receive letters. The player may find their mail in their mailbox after certain times, when Pete is delivering post around the the town.

Able Sisters
The Able Sisters store is a clothing/tailor store run by Mable and Sable, the Able sisters. It is located to the East of the Mall, next to Nookling Junction and the subsequent Nookling store upgrades.

The Player can buy clothes and accessories, as well as obtain and create designs they can use to customize their clothes, furniture, house and other items.

Labelle runs the Accessories Store in the same building, which can be accessed through the door on the right of the building when outside, or by going through from Mabel and Sable's room.

When the store is upgraded by spending 8,000 Bells in the store, Shampoodle can be built above the store, and Kicks will be built next door to the right of Able Sisters. 

Nook's Homes
Nook's Homes is a new building in the. It is run by Tom Nook, who assists the player in customizing their house with new exterior features or by expanding it. Lyle also works here, and is in charge of the Happy Room Academy, a duty he previously held in.

The Player can choose from a variety of different external features to customize their home, which was limited in previous instalments. In, the player has the option to customize the following:


 * Chimneys
 * Doors
 * Fences
 * Mailboxes
 * Roofs
 * Exterior Walls
 * Pavement



Museum
The Museum serves mostly the same purpose as in previous games. It is the only building on Main Street that can be found in one of two locations, which is chosen at random by the game. It can be located on either the right or left of the main row of buildings.

The Player can initially donate fish, bugs, paintings, and fossils, which will be put on display throughout the museum in exhibition halls. The aquarium is significantly larger and split into two rooms for salt water and fresh water fish.

However, unlike in previous games, the Player can also upgrade the museum to have a second floor with 4 exhibition rooms, which will display whatever the player chooses, such as furniture.

Happy Home Showcase
The Happy Home Showcase is a new area that appears in. It is run by Digby, who can be found standing outside the area. Behind the arch is a small plaza with 3 separate areas, with space for 46 homes, with 16 in each area.

The purpose of the Showcase is to allow the player to visit the homes of other players they may have encountered using the Nintendo 3DS StreetPass feature. These are homes the player may not have visited, but belong to other players who have StreetPass enabled on their system. It is a way for Animal Crossing players to share their homes anonymously with other 3DS consoles with Animal Crossing installed.

Obtainable Buildings
Over the course of the game, the Player can unlock more stores by either buying them through the Mayor responsibilities or they will appear over time when the player has fulfilled certain conditions.

Kicks
Kicks (also known as Shoe Shank, in Japan) is a new store found in Animal Crossing: New Leaf run by Kicks. It is built next door to the Able Sisters tailor shop when the player has spent 8,000 Bells. 10 days must also have passed since the creation of the Town. It takes three days for Kicks to be built. Here, the player can purchase new shoe and sock designs.In addition to shoes, slippers, and boots,  Kicks will also sell socks, stockings and tights.

Gardening Store
Run by Leif

The Gardening Store is a new store in Animal Crossing: New Leaf . It is run by a sloth called Leif, who also makes his debut in New Leaf. The Player can buy flowers,saplings and tools such as the watering can and axe.

Club LOL
Club LOL (クラブ シショー, Club Shishō (444)), stylized as "Club lOl," is a new building which débuts in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and replaces The Roost and The Marquee as the main entertainment venue. Dr. Shrunk runs the business, after retiring from his comedian role.

It serves two purposes. During the day the player can visit Dr. Shrunk to learn emotions while seeing him perform his shows, but they have to give him a snack. It is rumored that the Player can interact with Dr. Shrunk during his performances.

During the night, the player can visit the Club to see K.K. Slider perform his songs or to see him DJ under the name of DJ K.K

Shampoodle
Shampoodle (ビューティーサロン, Beauty Salon) is a business in the Animal Crossing series that allows theplayer to change their hair style and color. Harriet thePoodle will ask the player a series of questions and, depending on which answers are chosen, they will get a different hairstyle and color. Changing hairstyle also removes bedhead.

Fortune Teller
After the Player has visited Katrina twenty times, she will open a shop in the Mall next to Club LOL.

Dream Suite
The Dream Suite (also known as the Dream Mansion) is a new building operated by Luna. It is introduced in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It must first be built, which can be achieved by talking to Isabelle when she is first seen sleeping at her desk in the Town Hall. She will make the suggestion shortly afterwards as a project.

Once built, it can be found in Main Street next to Club LOL.Luna provides the service, by allowing the player to access the Towns of other players or provide their own.

Photo Booth
The Photo Booth, also called a photo-booth is a new feature in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It can be found inMain Street, next to Katrina's Fortune Shop.

A photo can be taken for 500 Bells, the player can simply have a chance to use an emotion before taking the picture. The primary function of the photo booth is to allow the player to update the photo on their ID Card, which can be shared with other player's containing useful information such as their catchphrase and name.

Trivia

 * At the start of the game, the museum will already be built. It can be found on the side of Main Street furthest away from the ocean.