How to Build a Perfect Snowman in Animal Crossing: Wild World, City Folk and Let's Go To the City!

Many thanks go to Iolite, for explaining the proportions needed to build a "perfect" snowman.

Hi! I'm Juju, one of the residents of Rosetown, and I'll be showing you how to make a "pefect" snowman! The proportions are the same for both Wild World for the DS and the Wii game versions. If you look closely, you'll also notice I'm standing on an area in my town where the terrain is rounded. Some towns have areas of flatter terrain, but Rosetown doesn't, so this is the best I can do. If you roll snowballs on a flatter terrain and compare them to these pictures, the size of the snowballs compared to the size of my body are going to look a bit off. Building "perfect" snowmen in Animal Crossing is all about getting the proportions of the two snowballs correct. Measurements can be taken by having your character stand as closely as possible to the back of the snowball. Even though you can only build one snowman per day, there is plenty of time to practice for building more than enough snowmen to collect the entire Snowman series of furniture. First off, of course, you'll need to find both snowballs and move them to a location that is fairly clear of trees, rocks, buildings and water. Once you have them in position, it's time to start the rolling. Now, start rolling the first ball (I prefer rolling the body first). At first, your character will only be able to kick around the snowball, but after a while they'll be able to guide it with their hands. Once the snowball reaches this point it's much easier to maneuver. I also recommend if you need to get a snowball over a bridge, roll it to a larger size first, and then with a little practice they can be moved easily across even bridges placed at an angle. The snowball for the body should be rolled until it's as large as it possibly can get. As your character is standing beside the snowball instead of behind, it will appear nearly as tall as your character. Once you've reached maximum size, it's a good idea to leave the snowball a fair distance from the smaller one.

The snowball for the head is going to be rolled to roughly 75% of the body size and with your character standing behind it, should come up to just about the top of the neckline of their clothing in Wild World and just below in the Wii version of Animal Crossing. (Take note of the position of my arms and head here.) A small bit of size difference will be acceptable by your future Mr. Perfect Snowman, but snowmen are extremely picky and if they don't turn out right they are rather upset about the whole thing. Keeping this second snowball well away from the first snowball, start rolling until it your character can stand behind it and have mainly their arms and head showing above the snowball. If you accidentally end up with the snowball too big, rolling it over bare ground will remove some of the snow. Once you are happy with the size, leave it exactly where it is and return to the largest (body) snowball, moving it into position beside the small (head) snowball. Now that you have both snowballs in position, walk straight back from the largest one, then around to the side of the smallest one. (The reason I recommend walking straight back is so that you don't accidentally end up with the body for the head.) Now, once your character is on the opposite side of the head, start rolling it toward the body and keep going until it jumps atop the body.

And here he is, the "perfect" snowman, absolutely ecstatic that he was brought into existence! P.S. Remember that dung beetles like to play with snowballs (what is inside those snowballs, anyway?), so if you wait until evening before making your snowman for the day, you'll also have a chance at catching a dung beetle for your museum!