Role in The Series
Tom Nook first appears in the Nintendo 64 title DÅbutsu no Mori (also available for the Nintendo GameCube as Animal Crossing) as the town's main shop owner and continues his job in the next two installments. Nook's role in the series remained virtually unchanged from 2001 until 2012 with the release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. In addition to being the main shop owner, Nook will also sell the player a house at the beginning of the game for around 19,800 bells (in game currency). Because the player will only have 1000 bells in his or her pocket, Nook will request that the player work in his shop for a bit to pay off some of the debt. The chores Nook assigns you to do are meant for the player to get used to the controls of the game. After planting flowers, writing letters, and talking to villagers the player is sent off to do whatever they want, but have to pay the remaining amount of their mortgage on their own. Each time a mortgage payment is completed Nook will upgrade or add on to the players house, each time putting the player more and more into debt to Nook, with the last addition being the most costly.
Nook's store also goes through three upgrades and changes through out the game. The time of the upgrade depends on how many bells are spent in the store. Eventually his humble "Nooks Cranny" shack-like store with basic tools and very little objects to buy will become "Nookington's Department Store" - a large, two story building with a wide variety of items for purchase. It is in this expansion that the player meets his two nephews, Tommy and Timmy, who run the second floor of the store. In every game, no matter what upgrade the store is on, the items in the store will be changed everyday. This means that no two days will ever have the exact combination of items for sale.
In Animal Crossing, at the end of the month Nook will host a raffle with rare items to win. This was not continued in any sequel.
In Wild World, with the Nookington's expansion the player meets Harriet, a poodle who will do the players hair for 3000 bells.
In City Folk, Harriet has moved her shop to the city. With the Nookington's expansion, Nook will randomly ask the player a series of questions. How the player answers could change the store to a former appearance.
Nook returns in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. However, Nook, for the first time ever, will not be running the town store. He now runs Nook's Homes, and expands and remodels the player's home. Tommy and Timmy take over running the town's store, which has been renamed T&T Mart.
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