How do you change your face in New Leaf?

The look of your face and eyes in Animal Crossing: New Leaf is dependent on how you answer three of Rover's questions on the train when you first start the game. This chart will show how to answer those questions to get the face that you want. Unlike other guides, this one uses the exact wording of the English language versions, so no guesswork is involved. Use these choices, beginning with the question where he asks if you go to (your town) very often. To change your eye color, see the New Leaf Eye Color Guide.

I've never been there.I'm moving.I'll get a place there.

How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
I've never been there.I'm moving.I'm sure I'll be fine.
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
I've never been there.Can't say!You guessed it!
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
I've never been there.Can't say!How'd you know?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
I don't remember.I'm moving.Yes, probably.
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
I don't remember.I'm moving.No, that's not it at all.
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
I don't remember.I don't know.Yeah, I think I will.
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
I don't remember.I don't know.I'll let fate decide...
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
It's a secret!Duh, it's a SECRET!You got it!
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
It's a secret!Duh, it's a SECRET!Pretty sharp.
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
It's a secret!I'm moving there.Yup!
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
It's a secret!I'm moving there.No, I'm serious, yo.
How do you change your face in New Leaf?
How do you change your face in New Leaf?

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The Animal Crossing series has always felt very personalized, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf is now different. Starting a new game will put you in the place as the mayor of your very own town, but it's not just the town you can customize. It's possible to give your character different faces, clothes, and hairstyles.

Upon beginning the game, Rover will ask you a series of questions. After picking your town name and layout, your answers to the proceeding questions will affect the look of your character. Follow the conversation below to see how the conversation flows, and keep reading to see what those different models look like!

"Well, that's a fantastically great name!"

"Cool, right?" (selects boy)
"Cute, right?" (selects girl)
"Oops, I misspoke!" (returns to name entry)

This question affects your character's gender, but no other characteristics.

"You seem like a pretty cool guy to me!" - or - "And so fitting for a girl like you!"

"I know, right?" (keeps selected gender)
"I'm not a boy!" - or - "I'm not a girl!" (switches to opposite gender)

This question affects your character's gender, but no other characteristics.

Questions and Answers

From this point forward, Rover will ask you several questions about the town and why you are headed there. Listed below are all possible answer combinations for Rover's questions. Find your pattern to determine which model you'll get, or use the list to make the model you want!

One of the many quietly added features in Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s Welcome amiibo update is the ability to change a player’s skin tone. Players can now alter the color of both a character’s face and extremities by using the Mii Mask item, addressing one of the most criticized aspects of the game.

When visiting the barbershop in the village shopping area, the player has the option to purchase the Mii Mask makeup item. That’s nothing new, and just as it did in the past, it will transform an Animal Crossing character into a player’s chosen Mii character. Previously, the Mii Mask stopped just below the neck; a character’s limb’s remained the pale white that all New Leaf characters have by default.

Now, however, it’s not just the face that changes skin tone. All exposed body parts will match the color of the Mii Mask, so that players can actually customize characters across a much broader spectrum of color. That’s not a perfect fix, of course, as players are forced to be Mii characters instead of the much cuter Animal Crossing characters of their design in order to preserve the skin tone. The point is, though, it’s far more than what the game offered by way of diversity previously.

Before this tweak, players had to spend hours on New Leaf’s sunny tropical island resort for their players to get a tan, which was an ephemeral workaround to the game’s limitations. Prior to the game’s launch, players were in uproar about the plethora of customization options in every area but skin tone. The game allowed players choose the particular color of their socks and design every inch of their clothing, Nintendo announced, but different skin colors were still off-limits.

Compounding players’ frustrations, Mii Masks in Animal Crossing: City Folk on Wii could be used to change Mii characters’ skin tone, including their limbs. When Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer launched last fall and let players design their characters with a bevy of skin tone options, it made the lack of a similar feature in New Leaf sting even more.

They can some how retrofit Amiibo Support in Animal Crossing New Leaf but not a skin tone color picker? K.

— ✨❄️DJ!!! On ICE! ❄️✨ (@OhHeyDJ) July 20, 2016

I really hoped the animal crossing update would give me skin tone options from happy home designer but here we are pic.twitter.com/NK0kxdBp1n

— Chrissy (@cplaysdressup) November 3, 2016

A Mii Mask is not at all comparable to a player’s natural Animal Crossing self boasting a skin tone other than “pale white,” but it’s a small addition that should still have meaning for those who have long decried New Leaf’s questionable homogeneity.

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Can I change my face in ACNL?

Can I Change My Character's Appearance? (Animal Crossing: New Horizons) Yes. As you progress through the game, you will receive access to a vanity desk and mirror. You can use these items to change your character's appearance at any time.

How do I change my skin in New Leaf?

When visiting the barbershop in the village shopping area, the player has the option to purchase the Mii Mask makeup item. That's nothing new, and just as it did in the past, it will transform an Animal Crossing character into a player's chosen Mii character.

Can you change your skin tone in Animal Crossing: New Leaf?

A player with a tan in Animal Crossing: City Folk. In Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the player can tan by staying in the sun during the summer, from July 16 to September 15, for prolonged periods of time. Their skin will darken by the following day.

Can you change your eye shape in Animal Crossing: New Leaf?

You can't change your character's eye shape once the character is created, but you can change the hair color and eye color once you unlock Shampoodle's.