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Revision as of 13:58, April 11, 2021

The following is a list of prerelease and unused content in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Early builds

E3 2010

In the prerelease build of Animal Crossing: New Leaf shown at E3 2010, a number of significant differences from later builds can be seen in screenshots released to the press.[1]

Different textures and models are used for trees, fruits, flowers, and houses. Furthermore, all models use very different lighting than their final release counterparts and the sky notably lacks any clouds. Public works projects had stone underneath them, much like key buildings do in the final game.

A further screenshot seems to show that the beach was originally going to have a slight slope going into the ocean.

The villager dialogue box initially used a more rectangular design with a speech bubble for the villager's name. The box itself would be reused in the final game for non-character text with the speech bubble removed.

Tokyo Game Show 2010

Early villager house

The same build as depicted in the E3 2010 screenshots was shown in a software lineup reel during Nintendo's 2010 Tokyo Game Show conference.[2] The footage appears to have been taken at the same time as the screenshots, showing many of the same things. The most notable new thing shown is a full view of an early villager house.

3DS Game Lineup Trailer

A lineup trailer released on January 19, 2011 shows further video of the E3 2010 screenshots, showing some new footage.[3] None of the footage reveals anything not already shown in prior media.

E3 2011

Animal Crossing: New Leaf was formally revealed with a video trailer at E3 2011.[4]

Tokyo Game Show 2011

Further video was shown at Tokyo Game Show 2011.[5][6] This build appears to be very similar to that shown during E3, showing a lot of new things not seen then.

Unused content

E3 2010 screenshot

Leftover demo screenshot from the game files

A screenshot corresponding with the E3 2010/TGS 2010 build can be found within the game files. It depicts the early house model seen in other media of this build, with no visible player character in frame.[7]

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