What Makes You "Lucky" in Animal Crossing?

Luck is featured in every mainline Animal Crossing title, but how did it all start in the original game? Today we explore some of the ways luck is determined and some humorous scenarios where "luck" is a factor.

Special thanks to Phil, Cuyler, Chubby Bub, and the Nookipedia staff team for their work in documenting a lot of the information in this video:
https://nookipedia.com/wiki/Luck

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This video was recorded with an HD community texture pack for the game ran through Dolphin emulator. You can find info about this highly detailed, custom-drawn pack here:
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread...

Assets and other information were pulled from the Animal Crossing GameCube community megasheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

🎵 Music credits:
• The Roost - Animal Crossing New Leaf:
   • The Roost - Animal Crossing: New Leaf  
• New Year's Day - Animal Crossing New Horizons:
   • New Year's Day - Animal Crossing: New Hori...  
• 2 P.M. - Animal Crossing City Folk:
   • Animal Crossing City folk - 2PM music  
• 5 P.M. - Animal Crossing New Leaf:
   • 🐸 Animal Crossing : New Leaf - 5PM  
• Go K.K. Rider! (Qumu Remix):
   • Animal Crossing - Go K.K. Rider! [Remix]  
• Working at the Roost - Animal Crossing New Leaf:
   • Working at the Roost - Animal Crossing: Ne...  

0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:58 Fortune Luck
0:04:14 Fêng Shui Luck
0:06:56 External Luck & RNG
0:9:46 Conclusions