K.K. Slider

K.K. Slider, also known as Totakeke, his Japanese name, is a hip, singing, guitar-playing dog with white fur that appears in all of the games in the series. He loves playing his concerts for free and is totally cool with us because even he is opposed to the record company - "Those industry fat cats try to put a price on my music but I want it to be free," he may say after the finale of his performance. He is the most famous character and is beloved by any of the inhabitants of the town. He also made an appearance in as well as a guest appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, appearing in the Smashville stage, which is based off of the Animal Crossing series, singing a song at the time he appears in the games. In Brawl, he had his own trophy and a sticker in the vault, and a remix of the music Go K.K. Rider! is present on the same game.

In, he will sit by the Train Station, on an orange crate, on Saturdays from 8pm to 1am. In and, he sits on the small stage in The Roost at the Museum from 8pm to midnight, every Saturday night. The player can simply have him play any random song, or they can interrogate a request. Make sure you spell the song 100% correctly though - if you forget punctuation, capitalization, spaces, or accents, he will not play the song you wanted and will make up a random song right then. He can be seen at 7:30 but will not play a song, as he is soundchecking for his performance. After staging his melodic track, he will give the player a bootleg to put in their stereo and play in their house. For the misspelled song you wanted him to play, you will not receive a bootleg; it is just a made-up, random song as said earlier. In City Folk, he now performs encores, but will not give the player a copy of the encore bootleg. Each player from the house can only obtain one bootleg per week of his performance.

Listening to one of K.K. Slider's song will roll the credits while the background changes seasons (Animal Forest, Animal Crossing). The camera pans around The Roost in (Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk) while the lights are dim and the few spotlights illuminate the center of the diminutive stage where K.K. Slider executes his performance.

The Smashville stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl features some K.K. Slider versions of Animal Crossing tunes, such as the tune that plays after 2:00 AM in Wild World. K.K. Slider also appears on Saturdays after 8:00 PM and plays one of his songs every time the stage is loaded after 8:00, to the amusement of the other villagers.

As it says in Animal Crossing: City Folk's game guide, this is K.K. Slider's description:

''Visit the Roost in the Museum's basement every Saturday after 8:00 PM to watch an exclusive performance by master musician K.K. Slider. Speak with K.K. to have him jam out a fresh tune, then talk to him again to learn he's slipped a free song in your pockets! Collect of K.K's amazing songs and pop them into your stereo so you can enjoy them any time you like.''

K.K. Songs
K.K. songs are obtained from K.K. Slider (as said in the other article). There is a total of 70 songs in Wild World and 75 in City Folk. See the full article here.

Trivia

 * He is based on Animal Crossing sound designer, Kazumi Totaka. His Japanese name is taken from the fact that, in Japan, last names are written first, so it would be Totaka Kazumi. That can be shortened to "Totaka K.", which sounds like "Totakeke".
 * His songs only use the sounds "Queh", "Quay", "O", "Ah", "Me", "Na", "Now", "Le", "Moo",and, in some songs, he will howl, whistle, click, and hum.
 * He is on the cover of Animal Forest, Animal Crossing: City Folk, and Animal Crossing: Wild World.
 * Giving him a country guitar during the trading event in Wild World will allow the player to obtain his picture.
 * The only song with actual lyrics is K.K. Bossa, which was renamed K.K.'s Rhythm in the Animal Crossing movie.
 * Though his name is K.K. Slider, his name box reads "K.K.".
 * K.K. Slider plays either an acoustic or a country guitar.
 * Because K.K. Slider wants his music to be free (and therefore does not charge the player for a copy of his music), Tom Nook does not charge a single Bell for his songs.
 * He was the first character to appear on an Animal Crossing game, being the first character to appear in Animal Forest, asking the player some questions after the title screen.