Island (disambiguation)

The Island, also known as Animal Island, and Tortimer Island in New Leaf, is a feature in some Animal Crossing games. The island is an area that first appears in Animal Forest+, and is an off-shore location where summer can be found at any time of the year. It later reappears in the English Animal Crossing and again in Animal Forest e+ with new islanders. It is separate from the main town and must be traveled to by the aid of Kapp'n.

In Animal Forest+ and Animal Crossing, a Game Boy Advance and cable are needed to get to the island. In Dōbutsu no Mori e+, this is no longer necessary.

The island is not seen in Wild World or City Folk, but appears again in New Leaf.

Animal Island

This section is a description of the island as it appears in Animal Forest+, Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+.

A player talking to Kapp'n

The island in the Nintendo GameCube games is a location separate from the town consisting of two acres accessed by talking to Kapp'n at the dock. Each save file will have an island-exclusive villager, who can be one of several island-type villagers complete with an island bungalow.

The bungalow contains four shirts on creation, two Blue Aloha shirts and two Red Aloha shirts. This bungalow can be customized in the same manner as the player's house, but there is no gyroid outside the bungalow, so it is not possible to save on the island.

The island is the only way to obtain coconuts in the game. In Animal Forest e+ the Birdwing Butterfly, Hercules Beetle, Puffer Fish and Blue Marlin are only available on this island. Flowers, fruit and saplings from the village can be planted here, though the latter are sometimes harder to grow.

The island can be saved to a Game Boy Advance. If the player chooses to do so, they must set up the connection to the Game Boy Advance once more. Kapp'n will save the island to the Game Boy Advance. Once this is finished, the player can continue to interact with their villager on the island, helping them catch fish, eat fruits or coconuts left on the ground, or catch flying presents. This takes place during the return voyage to the village.

The changes made to the island in the Game Boy Advance can then be uploaded back to the GameCube the next time the player goes to visit the island. This can be a useful tactic for making Bells, as the island villagers can drop slowly increasing amounts of Bells for the player's interactions. The player can also get a tan when out in the sun long enough, since it is always summer. However, this can be avoided by the use of an umbrella.

Tortimer Island

This section is a description of the island in New Leaf.

Three players at a dock with Kapp'n's speedboat.

The Island returns in New Leaf, with the new name of Tortimer Island. It is not accessible at the beginning of the game. To unlock it, the player must pay their first home loan (39,800 Bells) before the option is made available. Once the player has paid off their loan, Isabelle will introduce Tortimer the next day the player starts up the game again. He will ask the player to meet him by the dock. Once at the dock, Tortimer will tell the player about the island. He will also ask the player if they would want to go to his island. If the player agrees, Tortimer will tell the player that Kapp'n will be by the docks tomorrow. The next day Kapp'n will appear with his new motorized boat by the dock, which will be ready to take the player to the island for a fee of 1,000 Bells per round-trip. If the player does not talk to Tortimer the first time he appears, they may upgrade their house; he will appear after any subsequent loans are paid until the player talks to him.

If a player wishes to travel to the island while there are other players visiting, all players need to take the trip at the same time in order to depart.

On the way there, Kapp'n will sing a song, which are also very short stories and lessons from his life. However, if the player taps one of the buttons (X, Y, A, B) or the touchscreen rapidly while he's singing, the shanty can be skipped and the player can head to the island immediately.

No islanders inhabit the island other than Kapp'n's family and Tortimer, who decided to live there upon retiring.

Inside the shack.

Inside the shack, the player will meet Kapp'n's family: his wife Leilani, his daughter Leila, and his mother Grams. Leilani works at the front desk, where the player can choose to take part in Tours. Medals from tours can be spent on souvenirs from Grams, which include special furniture and clothes. Leila can buy certain items from the player, but only for a small amount of Bells at 5% of the original value. She sits on the floor surrounded by toys and pretends to be a supermarket shopper, encouraging the player to sell her flowers, fruits, and fish for meager amounts of Bells.

Items can be sent home via a box near the front counter, which can contain up to 40 items. Any items not placed in the box upon leaving the island or joining a tour will be exchanged into Bells also at 5% original value. This exchange deposits the bells to the ABD account. Any clothing or accessories taken off will also be converted, so caution is advised.

While on a tour, the player can talk to Lloid to use the rental items, where they can then catch bugs, collect fruit, fish, or dive. However, on tours such as the Ore Tours, the player cannot take back ores, and bugs on bug tours, and each tour respectively. However, if the player collect items on a tour, returns to the island, and then go straight onto another tour, the items they collected will be sold and the bells put into their ABD account, so it is recommended that they deposit their collected items into the box near the entrance of the shack. Alternatively, they can also use collected fruits to restore trees on their island that they have cut down.

Certain fish and insects are only found on this island. The Ribbon Eel, Whale Shark and Giant Trevally are island-exclusive as are Spotted Garden Eel and Giant Isopod while diving.

Available collectables

Fish
Name	Location	Sale price	Time
Barred Knifejaw	Fishing	5,000	All day
Blue Marlin	Fishing	10,000	All day
Butterfly Fish	Fishing	1,000	All day
Clownfish	Fishing	650	All day
Giant Trevally	Fishing (exclusive)	4,500	All day
Hammerhead Shark	Fishing	8,000	All day
Horse Mackerel	Fishing	150	All day
Moray Eel	Fishing	2,000	All day
Napoleonfish	Fishing	10,000	All day
Ocean Sunfish	Fishing	4,000	All day
Olive Flounder	Fishing	800	All day
Pufferfish	Fishing	240	All day
Ray	Fishing	3,000	All day
Red Snapper	Fishing	2,000	All day
Ribbon Eel	Fishing (exclusive)	600	All day
Saw Shark	Fishing	12,000	All day
Sea Bass	Fishing	200	All day
Seahorse	Fishing	1,100	All day
Shark	Fishing	15,000	All day
Squid	Fishing	400	All day
Surgeonfish	Fishing	1,000	All day
Whale Shark	Fishing (exclusive)	13,000	All day
Zebra Turkeyfish	Fishing	400	All day
Bugs
Name	Location	Sale price	Time
Agrias Butterfly	Near flowers	3,000	8am - 5pm
Atlas Beetle	On palm trees	8,000	5pm - 8am
Birdwing Butterfly	Near flowers	4,000	8am - 4pm
Cyclommatus Stag	On palm trees	8,000	5pm - 8am
Emperor Butterfly	Near flowers	2,500	7pm - 8am
Fruit Beetle	On fruit trees	100	All day
Giant Beetle	On fruit trees	10,000	11pm - 8am
Golden Stag	On palm trees	12,000	5pm - 8am
Goliath Beetle	On palm trees	6,000	5pm - 8am
Grasshopper	On the ground	160	7am - 8pm
Hercules Beetle	On palm trees	12,000	5pm - 8am
Hermit Crab	On the beach	1,000	7pm - 8am
Horned Dynastid	On fruit trees	1,350	5pm - 8am
Horned Elephant	On palm trees	8,000	5pm - 8am
Jewel Beetle	On fruit trees	2,400	8am - 5pm
Lantern Fly	On fruit trees	1,800	4pm - 7pm, 11pm - 8am
Longhorn Beetle	On tree stumps	260	10am - 6pm
Long Locust	On the ground	200	8am - 7pm
Mantis	On flowers	430	8am - 5pm
Migratory Locust	On the ground	600	8am - 7pm
Miyama Stag	On fruit trees	1,000	All day
Monarch Butterfly	Near flowers	160	6am - 5pm
Orchid Mantis	On white flowers	2,400	8am - 7pm
Oak Silk Moth	On Trees	1,200	7pm - 4am
Rainbow Stag	On fruit trees	10,000	5pm - 8am
Saw Stag Beetle	On fruit trees	2,000	All day
Scarab Beetle	On fruit trees	6,000	11pm - 8am
Tiger Beetle	On the ground	1,500	8am - 5pm
Tiger Butterfly	Near red flowers	160	6am - 5pm
Walking Stick	On fruit trees	600	4am - 7pm
Wharf Roach	On the beach	200	All day
Deep-Sea Catches
Name	Location	Sale price	Time
Abalone	Diving	400	4pm - 9am
Acorn Barnacle	Diving	200	All Day
Chambered Nautilus	Diving	900	All day
Ear Shell	Diving	300	4pm - 9am
Flatworm	Diving	200	4pm - 9am
Giant Isopod	Diving (exclusive)	9,000	All day
Lobster	Diving	2,500	All day
Mantis Shrimp	Diving	1,250	4pm - 9am
Octopus	Diving	1,200	All day
Scallop	Diving	1,000	All day
Sea Anemone	Diving	100	All day
Sea Grapes	Diving	600	All day
Sea Slug	Diving	200	All day
Sea Urchin	Diving	800	All day
Seaweed	Diving	200	All day
Spotted Garden Eel	Diving (exclusive)	600	All day
Starfish	Diving	100	All day
Tiger Prawn	Diving	1,600	4pm - 9am

Club Tortimer

Club Tortimer is an online function at Tortimer Island. To join, the player must buy a form for 50 medals. This form will appear instead of one of the items when traveling alone. Club Tortimer membership allows the player to go to a random island. Meanwhile, other Club Tortimer members can arrive or leave on the same island as the player. The player has a choice of going to an island that is visited by people from all over the world, or to an island that is only visited by people from their continent. (Note: More people will go to the island that contains their continent.) The items sold at the shop in Club Tortimer refresh every time the player leaves. There will be new items when the player joins again if they join to a different "room." The player can go on tours with fellow players and earn medals.

In the Welcome Amiibo update, a set of rules, broadcast during the journey to the Club Tortimer island, were introduced. Alongside these, a new button on the touch screen was added to transport the player home immediately without 'erroring.' ('Erroring' can be done by flicking the wireless switch off at the side of the device. A cartoon picture of Resetti will pop up on the top screen with details of the 'error' on the bottom.)

In Super Smash Bros. 4

On the 7th of March, 2014, a stage based on this area, called Tortimer's Island, was confirmed for the 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. 4. The stage's layout is different every time. Leila, Kapp'n and Tortimer appear in the background of the stage.

Gallery

Animal Island

The GC format of the island on a Gameboy.

Tortimer Island

Not enough money.

Four players traveling to the island while Kapp'n is singing one of his shanties (Japanese Version).

Players on the island.

A player on the island.

A player traveling to Tortimer Island while Kapp'n sings.

Four players completing an island tour.

Leila selling things to a player for 1/20 of the retail price.

Pictures of the Kappa family in the island's shack, located behind Leilani.

The sign displayed above the box to take home items.

Player catching bugs at the Island at night.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

The first picture of the island staged, posted in December 2013 before the stage was revealed.

One of the island stages's random layouts. Note Leila in the background.

A full view of the island stage.

Trivia

• It appears that there are leftover villager huts in New Leaf. These are probably from a plan for villagers to live on the island in, which probably was changed during the development process in favor for a different function for the island.
• Players can take advantage of the island in New Leaf to earn exorbitant amounts of Bells in a rather short amount of time (roughly 30-45 minutes). One must go to the island between the hours of 5pm-8am (after 7pm is generally recommended due to the absence of locusts) and get a net and a fishing rod. Then one must walk around the island catching beetles off of palm trees (and some beetles off of fruit trees growing in the grassy area if they so choose), sharks, blue marlins, and Napoleonfish. It is advised to release or sell to Leila anything worth less than 8,000 Bells (see above table for prices). If beetles and sharks stop spawning, one can go into the cabin to reset island creatures. When one's inventory is full, they must drop their catches into the drop-off box, walk back outside, and repeat until the box is full. A successful trip commonly yields about 300,000-400,000 Bells, with a theoretical maximum of 720,000 being possible with the Bell Boom ordinance and a full box of nothing but Sharks (i.e. what are presumably great whites; these yield 15,000 Bells each without the ordinance). To a lesser extent, one can go to the island in the daytime, steal flowers from tours, plant them on the island, and catch butterflies to earn Bells.

References

Geography
Water River • Ocean • Holding Pond • Pond • Waterfall • Bay • Tropical Seas Land Tree • Palm • Rock • Cliff • Ramp • Canyon • Beach • Grass • Grass deterioration • Island