Join Avenue

[Cat333Pokémon]

Has anyone else passed by anyone such that they can use the Join Avenue? I've got five residents in mine: a raffle, an antique store, a florist, a dojo, and a beauty salon.

The raffle is just what it sounds like: a free item every day based on luck.

The antique store is similar to the raffle, except you have to pay for the items, but they're still cheap.

The florist sells berries and mulch (for profit from the mulch guy).

The dojo raises EVs or levels for a fee.

The salon lowers EVs or increases friendship for a fee.

[Ultimazone]

I have 2 Barbers, a Restarurant, a Dojo, a Florist, a Market, and a Raffle. I'm already rank 4.

[Reuniclus]

I've only got 3 shops open: A dojo, an antique shop, and a deli

The dojo and antique shop will probably be the most useful to me, but the deli is kinda disappointing so far. I don't know what it does besides heal your Pokemon at a price and maybe increase happiness. (If anyone knows for sure what a deli does, feel free to tell me ) I haven't seen anyone new recently though, it might be because I switched to my 3DS from my DSi.

[Idno58]

I have two antique shops, but all they've been giving me are Hard Stones.

Every single time.

[Luxray13579]

I have a deli, a dojo, a raffle and a salon... I'm rank 2, but that's because I've been lazy and haven't connected my Pokémon White (JPN) and Pokémon Black (NA) for them to become friends and stuff with Black 2. Oh man, can't wait for 3-way Xtransceiver!

[Cat333Pokémon]

What does the deli provide?

Originally Posted by Idno58

I have two antique shops, but all they've been giving me are Hard Stones.

Every single time.

The first and last have always been hard stones for me, but the middle items vary...until today. Now the Chunk C Rank was a Red Shard, and the other two were Hard Stones.

Edit: Just got the deli. Looks like it provides EVs and friendliness.

[RotomGuy]

Rank 3, one of every shop, except the raffle, in which I have two.

Two raffles means two daily prizes, and if the raffles are upgraded then more than two daily prizes which means lots of free items!

[TurtwigX]

My Join Avenue's current rank is Rank 5. I have the max amount of shops at 8. 2 Marts, 1 Barber, 1 Raffle Shop, 1 Deli, 1 Florist (ME~!), 1 Antique shop, and 1 Dojo. Most of them, except for the last few, are at Rank 2 or 3. The rest are 1.

[Luxray13579]

Like Turt, I'm also Rank 5, because not only did I connect with Black and my Japanese White, but also my sister's American White too! (4-way Xtransceiver!) I have 6 people just milling around (the ones who ask you questions), and I have the maximum amount of shops! They are:
Barber - Rank 2
Deli - Rank 2
Raffle - Rank 2
Antiques - Rank 2
Raffle (Me~!) - Rank 1
Florist - Rank 2
Deli (Me~!) - Rank 2
Dojo - Rank 3

[GreenMan]

My join avenue is rank 7 right now so that's pretty cool. I'll list my shops later.

[TurtwigX]

The strangest 3 things just happened to me. For one, plenty of people visited my Join Avenue. Not just the regular 3 per day, it was like over 5 people who showed up. The second strangest thing was that when I recommended a shop to this girl, she was chain recommended to ALL of my shops, and she leveled up 2. The 3rd and MOST strange thing that happened was Clay (Yes, THE Gym Leader Clay) showed up and said word was spreading about it. Cool, my place is popular. He says something about where he wants to go, and it sounded like Raffle Shop. I direct him over to my friend's place and he's pleased, so he makes it go up by 1000 points. One. Thousand. Points. How did this happen and how can I make it happen again?

[RotomGuy]

Originally Posted by TurtwigX

The strangest 3 things just happened to me. For one, plenty of people visited my Join Avenue. Not just the regular 3 per day, it was like over 5 people who showed up. The second strangest thing was that when I recommended a shop to this girl, she was chain recommended to ALL of my shops, and she leveled up 2. The 3rd and MOST strange thing that happened was Clay (Yes, THE Gym Leader Clay) showed up and said word was spreading about it. Cool, my place is popular. He says something about where he wants to go, and it sounded like Raffle Shop. I direct him over to my friend's place and he's pleased, so he makes it go up by 1000 points. One. Thousand. Points. How did this happen and how can I make it happen again?

People who visit your island on the Dream World come over to your avenue, and that's quite cool. Also, triumphs in the Treehollow/Skyscraper and PWT can also bring people in. When I visit, which is daily, I get around 7 or so visitors.

It is one of my favourite new features. I like managing the place ^_^

Oh, and someone from the DW had "Mom" as it's surprised phrase so when I run down the avenue I get someone shouting "Mom!"

[Luxray13579]

I believe that Musicals and success in movies and maybe even defeating the gyms leader helps bring people in to your Avenue. I've made as many friends as I can on the Dream World so they can come to my avenue (and water my berries). I have a bunch of people saying "Qué tal?" ("What's up?" in Spanish). Which is weird, because most of my DW friends are from Japan!

[Twiggy]

I'm barely at Rank 2 right now. Man, I think I need to get myself connected to the Internet more often with GTS and random stuff...

I've noticed a lot of seemingly random stuff also does something to the visitor count.

---

Update time!

It's now Rank 5, and it's now partially replaced with real people from around the world!

...Though, having it mostly Japanese and Singaporean sounds a bit... locally centric?

[RotomGuy]

Rank 7 avenue. This is getting good.

Rank 4 stalls get a cool looking makeover.

Rank 4 Marts sell seriously good stuff. Ethers, Stat Drink Bulk Packs, even Honey which I have no idea what purpose it has in Unova.

And even though I haven't got it yet, I'm sure the Florist will sell some pretty good berries when it reaches a high enough level.