Welcome amiibo

Welcome amiibo is an update available to Animal Crossing: New Leaf as of November 2nd 2016, the update now introduces amiibo compatibility and various other features.

The update is available to download digitally via the Nintendo eShop, or through selecting "Update data" on the title screen. It is also being sold as part of a physical bundle with the new Animal Crossing amiibo update.

Announcements
The update was Initially announced in a Nintendo Direct on July 1st 2016, with another direct covering more information on the update on November 2nd 2016.

Amiibo
Welcome amiibo introduces amiibo compatibility to the game. Amiibo figures from the Animal Crossing series and amiibo cards through series 1-4 are compatible. Villagers can be brought into the player's town by summoning Wisp, a new returning special character from the series. He will then prompt the player to to scan a character's amiibo to make him to transform into them. Once summoned, the player can select "Come and play!" and the villager will set up a mobile home in the new campground which is located on the eastern or western cliffs of town (depending on town orientation). The campground is managed by a special character, Harvey. At that point, the player can invite the villager to live in their town.

Alongside this, 50 villagers from the original Animal Crossing and Doubutsu no Mori e+ who were absent in New Leaf and later games also return to the series with this update. On November 11th, 50 new amiibo cards will be released featuring these 50 new villagers.

Other amiibo series are also compatible, scanning them will bring exclusive characters and items. Scanning a Splatoon amiibo will bring two squirrel villagers Cece and Viché who are references to Callie and Marie, alongside a series of Splatoon-themed furniture and clothing items. Amiibo from the Legend of Zelda series have also been confirmed to work and showcase new villagers; W. Link, Medli, Ganon, and Epona also with new clothing and furniture.

Amiibo Camera
With the amiibo camera, players are be able place villagers into photographs they take with their console's camera.

Minigames
The update includes two new minigames, Animal Crossing Puzzle League and Desert Island Escape. These can be played by obtaining the Nintendo 3DS XL/New Nintendo 3DS XL furniture to play Animal Crossing Puzzle League, or the Wii U furniture to play Desert Island Escape.

Furniture
The update also includes new items, including several pieces originally introduced in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. The player can connect with their Happy Home Designer data if they own the game, which unlocks "giant" furniture. These new giant items are orderable through the catalog in Timmy and Tommy. Some other items once unorderable can now be ordered from the catalog, such as sprinklers and lawn mowers.

When a villager or special character moves into a mobile home, the player can order items found inside from a special catalogue. Harvey will also showcase exclusive furniture in the campground which are found only in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. These items are purchased with MEOW Coupons, a new currency that is received by completing Town Initiatives offered by the CAT Machine.

A secret storeroom can now be purchased from Nook's Homes. This new feature provides a large amount of additional storage space which can be accessed anywhere. After a secret storeroom has been purchased, furniture can be arranged using the touch screen as seen in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer.

More minor additions include being able to hang up clothes on the walls of a house, certain chairs now functioning as tables, and the name change of the Balloon Dog Lamp to balloon poodle lamp.

New Fortune Cookies
Several new Fortune Cookie items have been added in this update:


 * No.51- Wii U console
 * No.52- Wii U console (Black)
 * No.53- Chihuahua Ornament
 * No.54- Dalmatian Ornament
 * No.55- Dachshund Ornament
 * No.56- Labrador Ornament
 * No.57- New Nintendo 3DS

Interface
Screenshots can now be shared to Facebook and Twitter directly from a dedicated button on the touch screen. The TPC menu has also been divided into two tabs; one tab displaying Town Initiatives while the other displaying the TPC.

Interactivity
Small changes to the way the player interacts have been made.
 * Players and villagers can sit on rocks.
 * Players can shake trees while holding a Watering Can, Fishing Rod, Net, Slingshot, and Megaphone.
 * Players can interact with items in front of them while sitting down.
 * Players can perform a short dance when interacting with the campfire Public Works Project.
 * Players will pose in a fighting stance when interacting with a Judge's Bell.
 * Beans that are thrown on the ground in the Campground or Main Street will now attract nearby birds, who will land on the ground and eat them.

Miscellaneous

 * Existing Dream Addresses are not compatible with the update. A new address must be generated at the Dream Suite to share a Dream Town, and addresses now contain letters in addition to numbers.
 * Villagers will now move out up to 10 days after announcing to the player that they are leaving town, instead of the previous 5 day period.
 * Scanning a villager's amiibo will bypass the previous 16 previous villager limit, where if a villager moved out the player would have to go through 16 villagers before that villager can move into the town again.
 * Villagers can be invited to town from Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and their house will feature the layout as designed by the player in that game.
 * The filter used on custom designs is no longer used on designs placed on the ground, but is now used on designs used as wallpaper.
 * Using a Mii Mask now changes the player's skintone to match.
 * Fertilizer can now revive dead Perfect Fruit trees. Leif will mail a free sample to the player.
 * Cyrus will wave at the player when retrieving an item that has been customised at Re-Tail.
 * The lights of the Happy Home Showcase sign are now much brighter and a cold white light, instead of a warm white light.