Nintendo announced that Animal Crossing: New Leaf will be coming to North America June 9th during today's Nintendo Direct adress.
Heralded as the definitive Animal Crossing game, New Leaf features a wide array of systematic additions and improvements for players' towns. All of the town's shops will be located on a single Main Street, where some familiar faces may have set up shop. Players are delcared mayor of their town right from the get-go, and left to do pretty much what they like. "No more doing chores for Tom Nook," said Nintendo's Bill Trinen.
New Leaf will feature new town and home customization options across the board. Players will now be able to build their houses from scratch and showcase their designs via street pass with the "Happy Homes Showcase."
Trinen revealed that the North American release will include a new, exclusive feature, which he said would be revealed closer to launch.