Hide-and-Seek

Hide-and-Seek is a game that a Player can play with the residents of their town. Hide-and-Seek was introduced to the Animal Crossing series in  City Folk.

The game is started when a villager asks the Player if they wish to play. Upon agreeing, The screen will then fade and reappear at the Town Hall, where a number of villagers have gathered with the Player. The villager that suggested the game will then announce rules and how long they will be playing for. After the rules have been explained, the screen will fade again. When the screen reappears, the villagers will have disappeared, and a trasparent blue bar will run across the screen, telling the Player to go off and find everyone. The clock in the upper left corner will be replaced with a stopwatch, indicating how much time is left.

Rules
The rules of Hide-and-Seek are as follows:


 * No villager will hide in any buildings.
 * All participating villagers must be found within the allocated time.
 * Once a villager is found, they must be spoken to to confirm this.

Finding Villagers
A resident will hide behind trees, buildings and signposts, occasionally peeking their head out to look. The only method for a Player to take is to run around town until spotting them.

Once found, the villager will tell the Player how many residents there are left to find. Once the last villager is found, the screen will fade for the final time and reappear at the Town Hall, where all the participants have gathered.

Winning
The animal who started the game will reward the player for winning by giving them an item; furniture and gyroids have been known to have been distributed.