In New Leaf, custom-made villagers cannot be seen if the hacked town is visited via the Dream Suite by a player with a non-hacked game.If one hacks their island and wishes to share it via dreaming, they should exercise caution. In New Horizons, if a hacked island visited via dreaming is reported, it can be banned.As a result, many of the updates for New Leaf included protections against hacking, and some updates for New Horizons included counters against hacking, such as resetting hacked trees to not spawn items that aren't fruit. Nintendo does not encourage players to mod or hack their games.Using online functionality on older games.Allowing the player to access areas that are not yet unlocked or that they would not normally have access to, such as train tracks.

Accessing items at a quicker pace than usual by simply loading them into the game, rather than waiting to buy them in-game.Loading trees, bushes, bamboo, or rocks into places they normally cannot be put into (such as the ocean or a river).Accessing region-specific or beta content.Altering the placement of ponds, rivers, or cliffs.Altering the placement of permanently-placed buildings, such as the Town Hall, Re-Tail, or (prior to New Horizons) villager homes.Players may choose to hack their games for the following reasons (many of the reasons below do not apply to New Horizons, where the player has the ability to edit the terrain): Hacking, as seen in the Animal Crossing community, is the process of altering a game's files to meet the preferences of the player.

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