Wisp

Wisp (ゆうたろう, Yutarou) is a spirit that appears in the series in the morning (usually between 10 PM to 4 AM). He was absent in and. He slightly resembles a Boo from the Super Mario games.

Animal Crossing
In, the player must find Wisp and talk to him. Wisp will only be out occasionally, and when he is, he'll be out from midnight to 4:00 A.M. He will ask you to catch five spirits with your net. If you succeed, you can choose one of three rewards:
 * 1) He will remove all the weeds in your town.
 * 2) He will give you a rare furniture item.
 * 3) He will repaint your house a new color.

City Folk
In, the player will have to find the Empty lamp somewhere in the town. His reward is one of three things:

Roof paint can be bought from almost all of Tom Nook's Stores, except for Nook's Cranny, so a new option was introduced, "Smash roaches".
 * 1) He will remove all the weeds in your town.
 * 2) He will give you a rare furniture item.
 * 3) He will remove all the cockroaches in your house.

Hints and Tips

 * Unless the player has not weeded for two weeks, it's better to pull out all weeds by hand.
 * Unless the player has not upgraded to Nookingtons he/she can always buy a can of paint from Mr. Nook. If the player hasn't upgraded, the player can pay off all of their debt and change his or her roof color. However, in, paint can be bought from all but one of Nook's stores (Nook's Cranny).
 * The items he gives out are not generally rare and may already be available to buy in the catalog.
 * Some of the items he does give out may not be in the catalog, so this option may make the item available in the catalog to buy.
 * Cockroaches only appear if the player has not played the game for a while. So unless there is a roach infestation, this option isn't very useful.

Trivia

 * He is confirmed as a genie because he mutters under his breath he is afraid of ghosts.
 * It is possible to get Wisp more then once.