Animal Crossing City Folk How To Play

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Today Wii Play.. Animal Crossing: City Folk!
It's day two of my exciting new life in Megaton. No, I'm not playing Fallout 3, it's the name of my peaceful town in Animal Crossing: City Folk. The leaves have turned brown, the weather is perfect, and I'm ready to explore the city. I'll be taking a short break from collecting crap around town to pay off the second mortgage on my two-room house. You'd think that for the amount of bells I'm paying, that slumlord Nook would at least have built a bathroom somewhere in there. I'm peeing in the bushes out back, and the neighbors are talking.
As soon as I step out of my hovel, I'm surprised by a mole man who burrowed out of the ground with a pick-axe. While my first instinct was to beat this monstrous beast with my fishing pole, it turns out he wasn't out to murder me and drag my corpse back to his underground lair. This Resetti guy just wanted to remind me that I need to save my progress by sleeping in the attic or hitting the save button.
Apparently I'm discouraged from just hitting the reset button, even if it is my right as a player, the mole goes on to say. He just asks that for this game, I play without resetting. Strongly suggests. Is this a threat? Are his mole people already setting up demolition charges beneath my home, ready to take me out in case I go back on my word and hit that reset button? He leaves me with a final threat, saying he'll be back if I ever reset. I almost want to just reset now, to see what happens.
I think I will..
[hits the Wii's reset button]
What have I done? I'm frightened. I don't know if I want to play anymore. I'm imagining mole assassins are waiting, ready to do bad things to me the second I wake up in Megaton. Okay, deep breaths. Let's see if this guy was all talk or if I'm going to regret it.
Hmm, I just logged back in, and nothing's changed. Resetti is back, giving the same speech he gave me earlier. It seems like if the elapsed time isn't long enough, there are no repercussions for resetting. Oh well, all that suspense for nothing. Time to catch a bus to the city to see what all this City Folk stuff is about.
Interesting stuff! This Rover cat is telling me that if I get friend codes from my contacts, I can post to message boards that only they can read. Their neighbors will even move to my town. I'd be sad if Miranda left town, but I could stand to have some of the more annoying residents move out, like that penguin Aurora. She's too much of a granola-chewing, star-gazing hippy for my tastes.
Rover goes on to say that even if I don't get a chance to visit my friends' towns, the neighbors that move in to Megaton from their towns will share stories of what's going on in other towns, so it can feel like our towns are connected. I've finally found something that's different from the other Animal Crossing games. Even better, I'm supposed to receive letters and presents from Nintendo if I sign up for this WiiConnect stuff.
Wait, what's this? Rover just said that if I sign up for this service, my animal neighbors may move away and share any letters I've written them to my friends. I didn't want this. Miranda and I have been exchanging letters for a whole day now, and I had no idea that our correspondences weren't private. The things we talked about, they weren't meant to ever go public. This can get bad, real bad.
Miranda may just have to die.
I have pitfall traps, so I can catch her.
I have a shovel. So I have the weapon.
Now I just need the perfect opportunity, the perfect way to get rid of that backstabbing pink duck once and for all. I'll write her a letter. One with an offer that she can't possibly resist.

Dear Miranda,
Please meet me down in the southeastern part of town, by the beach. You know, the really secluded spot, where there aren't any witnesses. I would like to speak to you alone. Please bring all the letters I've sent you thus far. Come alone. It'll be fun!
Your friend,
Gerald

Now to see if the plan I've set in motion will save me from complete and total public humiliation.