Wild World Store Upgrades: Nook’s Cranny to Nookington’s

Q: How do you upgrade Nook’s store in Wild World?

Spend 25,000, then 65,000, then 150,000 Bells; the last step also needs a visitor from another town.

Tom Nook’s shop grows three times as you spend. Here is what each stage needs and what it adds. The shop is open from 8 AM to 11 PM at every stage, and closes for one day while it is rebuilt.

Nookington’s, the final department store.

Every upgrade

Store	What it takes	What it adds
Nook’s Cranny	Where you start.	A small shed: 2 furniture, 2 tools, a flower seed, a medicine, wallpaper, carpet, stationery and a message bottle.
Nook ’n’ Go	Spend 25,000 Bells at the Cranny (sales count at half their value) and play for at least 8 days.	A convenience store with 15 items: adds a sapling, 2 bags of flower seeds and more tools.
Nookway	Spend 65,000 Bells at Nook ’n’ Go (sales count at half their value).	A supermarket with 24 items, including cedar saplings and 4 bags of flower seeds.
Nookington’s	Spend 150,000 Bells at Nookway (sales count at half their value), and have a player from another town (local wireless or Wi-Fi) buy or sell something there.	A two-floor department store. Timmy and Tommy run the furniture floor upstairs, and Harriet’s Shampoodle salon opens at the back.

Tips

Selling counts too, but only at half the value, so buying is the faster way to upgrade.
The Nookington’s upgrade needs a visitor from another town to buy or sell something there; the Wii U Virtual Console release drops that requirement.
Reaching new Nook Point member levels earns store models by mail and discounts.
Harriet’s Shampoodle salon is behind the first floor of Nookington’s.

FAQ

How do you upgrade Nook’s store in Wild World?

Spend 25,000 Bells (and play at least 8 days) for Nook ’n’ Go, another 65,000 for Nookway, and 150,000 more plus a visitor from another town for Nookington’s. Sales count at half their value.

How do you get Nookington’s without Wi-Fi?

On the original DS a player from another town has to shop there, over local wireless or Wi-Fi. The Wii U release removes this step.

Where is the hair salon in Wild World?

Shampoodle, run by Harriet, opens inside Nookington’s.

Sources & picture credits

Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Nookipedia and the Animal Crossing Wiki. Sprites, renders and screenshots © Nintendo; local copies archived from Animal Crossing Wiki file pages (listed on the image gallery).