Present



Presents are a way of sending gifts such as furniture, flowers and fruit to other villagers and Players in the Animal Crossing series. The present initially appears as a white box with a red bow around it, and can be opened in the Player's inventory.

Presents appear in various different ways. Here is a list of examples-


 * Floating on a balloon- Can be shot down with a slingshot.
 * A gift from a villager or the Player's mother- Attached to a letter.
 * A delivery task on behalf of a villager- Although intended for another resident of the town, these can be opened, and appear as a white box with green bow.

History
Presents first appeared in the Gamecube iteration during the tutorial part-time job.

Floating Balloons
In Wild World, the curvature of the map and the second screen on the Nintendo DS allowed for a view of the sky. With this came floating balloons carrying presents, as well as the slingshot tool.

The balloons seem to float randomly over the town, but they in fact originate on the edges of the map at specific times, different for each town. The times they will appear will all end with the same minute value; for example, if you see a present float in from the edge at 5:42, you can be sure that each time it floats in will be a time ending in the minute value "2". Presents can then appear at times such as 7:52, 2:32, etc. They will not appear at times such as 6:34 or 8:17.

After shooting down 15 packages, a golden slingshot will float across the town. Shoot it down to earn the golden slingshot tool, which shoots three pellets.

In Animal Crossing; City Folk, the presents are the sole source for the Super Mario themed items, but common items can be shot down as well. There were also occasional floating balloons in the original animal crossing for the Game Cube. There presents would float about and get stuck in trees and shaken out instead of being shot down. They usually contained fruit, paintings etc.