Gulliver and an Earthbound Reference

Today, I decided to try making a pattern for the first time in New Leaf. I made my JVGS logo. One nice thing is that you can hang a pattern directly on the wall if you’d like.

Sitting in my house with my JVGS pattern hanging on the wall.I then went outside to check on my cherry trees that I planted yesterday. Good news! It looks like all three of them are going to survive! I’ll soon have some foreign fruit trees in Forest. That will help me earn more money.

My three baby cherry trees, alive and well.At town hall, I displayed my JVGS pattern as my flag.

The JVGS logo as my town flag.While walking around, I saw Gabi out fishing.

Gabi: Hmm... When I'm fishing, I think of all sorts of deep stuff. Like, stuff that's out of my depth!And down on the beach, I saw a familiar face…Gulliver!

Gulliver: Zzzz... I can't believe how seriously unconscious I am right now...He shared some puns with me.

Gulliver: "Canoe" believe it? "Buoy" that was a close one!And then he makes a reference to Earthbound, by mentioning fuzzy pickles. For those who don’t know, the cameraman in Earthbound would tell Ness and friends to say “fuzzy pickles” as he was taking a picture.

Gulliver: Oh, man! This sure is a fuzzy pickle! I'm in way over my head here!Although you don’t have to shoot down a UFO in New Leaf, you still have to work for Gulliver’s gift. He gave me some clues, mentioning animals such as giraffes, and then asked me which country he was talking about. He was talking about African animals, so Kenya was the correct choice.

Gulliver: ...Kenya! That's right! I was headed to Kenya over in Africa!But he didn’t give me the gift just yet. He said he’ll send it to me, although it might take a while.

As I returned up the ramp to town, I saw a construction site. Katt will be moving in tomorrow. A web search reveals that Katt is a cat…a very ugly cat.

Sign: This spot reserved for Katt's new home. -Nook's HomesIn the Able Sisters, I bought the clown mask to look like a jester.

Me wearing my new clown mask in Able Sisters.I also stopped by my town tree and saw that it’s growing quite nicely.

My town tree has grown.Yuka asked me to catch a roach for her. I told her no.

Yuka: No? It wasn't that big of a request. But if you can't...you can't. Maybe another time, Jeff.And then I was informed that a villager wanted to move out. Of course, it was Aurora, my favorite villager! Why her?

Aurora: So I wanted to talk to you about something... I'm leaving town on the 15th of this month.I told her not to leave, and fortunately, she agreed to stay.

Aurora: I was about to make a big decision based on a whim! Thanks so much for making me reconsider!I then went to the island to do some fishing so I could earn some money. Oh look, a new type of fish, a giant trevally!

I caught a giant trevally! Pfff. I've seen bigger!I then caught a dab, or so I thought…

I caught a dab... Huh?But the game was just psyching me out! It’s an olive flounder.

Just kidding! It's an olive flounder! Make up your mind, fishy!I already had trouble telling those two fish apart, so you’re really not helping me, Nintendo. 😛

Shortly after that, I caught my first shark! It was a saw shark.

I caught a saw shark! And yet it didn't see me coming!When I had enough fish, I returned to Forest. I stopped at the museum to donate my new catches, and then sold the rest. I earned enough money to pay off the bridge!

The project's donation goal has been met!My last task of the day was to return to town hall. I talked to my assistant Isabelle, and she confirmed that my bridge would be completed tomorrow! Great!

Isabelle: We've met our collection goal for the cobblestone bridge project! It should be complete tomorrow!That’s all for now. But please come back tomorrow night for another update. Have a good weekend, everyone!