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22)  TIPS/TRICKS:
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Fishing:
When releasing a Sea Bass into the sea, walk in the opposite direction
of where the Sea Bass escaped to.  You'll have a better chance of
catching another, bigger fish.

- tip from Teckguy2

The guide says to aim your lure to land on the fish.  Don't ever
actually do this -- it causes the fish to change direction.  Instead,
aim your line in front of the fish, and let the current carry it to the
fish.

- tip from me (Pikachu 4 President)

K.K. Slider Tricks/Tips:
Request "Animal Crossing" or any other song that K.K. Slider doesn't
know, and he will play the main theme song for you, but you won't get
the aircheck.

- tip paraphrased from criswell22 and Luigiwinsagain

Go to K.K. Slider with full pockets.  He won't be able to give you a
tape of the song he plays for you because you won't be able to carry
it.  Keep talking to him until he plays a song you like.  Then, drop
something and say "I liked the old one" when you talk to him again.
Ultimate K.K. songs!

- posted by GamecubGuy 997

Speak with K.K. Slider at exactly 8:45pm on Saturday and request any
song you want.  Mr. Resetti will fly around in the background as K.K.
Slider plays.

- paraphrased from The Official Guide to Animal Crossing by Nintendo
Power

Making Bells:
Every day, a rock in your village will be able to yield money.  Try to
hit every rock in your village with your shovel.  When you hit the one
with money in it, it will turn red, and throw out money bags worth 100
bells.  After three hits, the bags will turn into 1,000 bell bags.  After six
hits, the bags will turn into 10,000 bell bags.  If you hit it fast enough, you
can get in about eight hits before the rock turns back to normal.

- tip paraphrased from www.the-animal-crossing.com and bkc56

When hitting the aforementioned rock, you will notice that there's a "kickback"
(your character moves backward one square) each time you hit it, thus making it
more difficult to run up and hit it again quickly.  To help solve this problem,
try to position yourself between the rock and a cliff before you start to hit
the rock, and then your character won't be able to move backwards.  The seventh
time you hit the rock, you will get a bag of money worth 10,000 bells!

- posted by Klosterdev

Another trick to use with the rock is to dig three holes with your character in
the middle:
 O - rock
X X
 X - holes

- posted by Kapps187

Some have said this trick works better for them (Y = your character):
X
XYO
X

- posted by bladefist8

Miscellaneous:
Use the X button to select multiple items.

- tip from Pikachu 4 President

To change the background for your inventory, take any shirt (except one with a
custom-made pattern) and drag it down past the far right inventory column (not
the letter columns!).  Then drop it, and the background pattern will change.
The shirt with the previous background pattern will appear in your inventory.

- tip from Pikachu 4 President (though this one's common knowledge)

When lying in a double bed (or by pushing multiple beds together), you can watch
your character roll over by using the gray joystick on your controller to go
left and right.

- tip from my sister, Stephanie

It costs 350 bells to design a pattern on the GameCube, but it's free
on the GBA (on Animal Island).

- posted by poisonfrog8

To get extra inventory space, save your mail and attach the items you
can't throw out to the old letters.  You can always take the items out
of the letters later on after you get more room in your inventory.

- tip paraphrased from www.the-animal-crossing.com

You cannot use your tools in your house, therefore cockroaches cannot
be killed using your net.  You have to run around the house and step on
them.  (Eww!)

- paraphrased from The Official Guide to Animal Crossing by Nintendo
Power

Wait by your mailbox at 9am and/or 5pm to catch the mail-pelican, Pete.
He will talk to you briefly about his social life, something Copper may
ask you about.

- paraphrased from The Official Guide to Animal Crossing by Nintendo
Power

When Crazy Redd comes to town you can buy all of his stuff and he will close
down his tent.  Talk to Copper again and he will tell you where Redd is.  Go to
that acre.  Redd will have different items this time.  You can repeat this as
long as you want but this will cost a lot.  Sometimes you see Redd by a sign and
when he finishes talking to you he will go in it.  (This will work only on Sale
Day!)

- posted by Omega DragoonX

On any day except for Copper's Morning Excercises, if you go to the
Police Station between 6 AM and 7 AM, you can catch Copper doing the
excercises while on duty.

- posted by Kory McCullough

Tree-Planting:
Sun-loving plants, such as coconut trees, prefer the warmer climates of the
lower part of town.  Cold-weather plants, such as evergreen saplings, do better
in the northern (or upper) part of town.

- paraphrased from Nintendo's Animal Crossing website, www.animal-crossing.com