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1* KillerApp: Sales of ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'' were ''phenomenal''. It sold [[http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=193441 over two million copies in Japan]] after only six weeks -- far faster than the 3DS's installments of ''[[VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand Mario]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Zelda]]'' at the time -- which also made it [[http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=194357 the second-highest-selling game of 2012 in Japan]]. It's estimated that approximately one-fifth of 3DS owners worldwide own a copy of the game. In Europe, it was sold with a promotional code you could give to a friend to get the game for free if they register a 3DS XL.
2* NewbieBoom: ''New Leaf'' caused a rather noticeable one, introducing a lot more people to the ''Animal Crossing'' series than previous installments had. While ''Wild World'' was already the BreakthroughHit for the series, ''New Leaf'' granted it so much further popularity that it became a flagship IP for Nintendo on par with its better-known franchises.
3* ScienceMarchesOn:
4** ''Spinosaurus'''s skeleton in ''New Leaf''. We now know it had very short legs and a notch in the middle of its sail. Fortunately, ''New Horizons'' has updated the ''Spinosaurus'' to conform with the latest discovery-- though that would also be rendered inaccurate by future studies indicating it had a large, paddle-like tail.
5** The museum claims ''Stegosaurus'''s plates were covered in thick skin. Preserved stegosaur skin imprints showed that the plates were covered in horn.

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