Distributed items are scheduled to be released usually during a weekly or monthly period. In City Folk, Pete, the mail carrier, will greet the player outside their house when they start the game and present them with special items as letter attachments. The letters are often signed from Nintendo, but a few may be signed by special residents or out-of-game characters that appear in other Nintendo games. Other times, Wendell will give the player one of his designs to commemorate a special occasion.