Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

Yesterday, I received a goodbye letter from Oxford the bull in the mail. I’m totally fine with him moo-ving on.

Moments later, I met his replacement: Gaston the rabbit!

I know he may not be one of the cutest animals in the game, but I like him anyway. He’s just a classic cranky.

Interestingly, he has not lived in Forest in the past 15 years (since I started this blog). I probably had him at some point prior to that, but he was certainly overdue for a stay in town. Welcome to Forest, Gaston!

Over by the wishing well, Ursala wanted to play a game with me. She had three bags, all of which held items that start with the letter “P.”

She said I could pick a bag for 1,000 bells, and I agreed to play. I picked the left bag, and I won a pitfall. That’s what I wanted! It’s always good to have one on hand, although Ursala didn’t do anything to deserve one on this day. 😛

Kody let me know that Gracie would be visiting town soon. Except he did it in his own, oblivious way. Kody doesn’t seem like the smartest cub in the cave, but I like him anyway. 😛

I played again today (February 25th), and the snow of winter has now melted! Yay! Here is a GIF showing the difference between yesterday and today:

On the bulletin board, I saw a notice about a treasure hunt. A pop machine is buried somewhere in one of the A acres!

I ended up finding it behind Nookington’s, literally in the corner of town. I wasn’t exactly bubbling with excitement, but I’ll take it! 🥤

I then went from a pop machine to a pop quiz. Tom asked me which aquatic creature couldn’t be caught in town: a colored carp, a snapping turtle, or a piranha.

I didn’t remember a snapping turtle being in the GameCube game, but I knew there wasn’t a fish called a “colored carp” either. Seems like a trick question. I chose colored carp…and I was wrong. Tom told me I get nothing, and said I’ll like it. 😆

I guess he meant a carp that is colored (like a koi perhaps) and not a fish specifically called a colored carp. Oh well. 🤷

When I walked by Candi’s house, she quickly ran inside…seemingly to avoid me. So I chatted with her neighbor Chevre instead. But as we were chatting, the hourly chime went off…and Candi came right back out of her house! Just about 30 seconds after running in! I thought that was pretty funny, so it will be in the next GameCube Moments video.

That’s all for now, but I’ll see you all in March! Enjoy the start of spring and all the green grass that’s out now! Never Stop Crossing!

Sadly, Savannah has scampered off into the sunset. I got her goodbye letter in the mail yesterday. Why did my zebra have to leave me? She really crossed the line with that move.🦓

When I spoke with Candi, she noticed a trilobite in my pockets (it was one of the fossils I got back in the mail). She wanted to buy it for 200 bells! No way! It may not be the most valuable fossil, but it’s still worth a lot more than that!

Right next door to Candi (in the spot where Yuka once lived), I found a new house. The new kid on the block is Chevre the goat. 🐐

I like Chevre, but not nearly as much as I liked Savannah.

Genji built an igloo in town, and he told me why it’s warm inside: Because it traps his body heat inside, with onion.

I played again tonight, around 10 p.m., and several of my villagers were sleeping outdoors. Of course, I woke them up so they could go into their houses and sleep properly.

When I visited Puck, he said Tom told him his clothes were too small for him. But he insists that it’s Tom’s clothes, not his, that are too small. 😛

That may be a bit of a stretch. But these arguments seam like a waist of time. 😉

I found Gulliver washed up on the beach, and he gave me a Chinese lion.

Hank later noticed it and offered to trade his fan palm for it. I agreed to the exchange, because Hank is my buddy. 🙂

Ursala was telling me about an upcoming wallpaper sale that Tom Nook is going to have tomorrow. Until she realized I might beat her to the shop and buy everything before she gets a chance, that is. So she told me to ignore what she just told me.

And to think, she was just lecturing me about honesty not that long ago!

Just a few feet away from Ursala’s house, I found one of today’s fossils practically underwater! At least momentarily, when the tide rolled in.

Unfortunately, Hazel has moved out of Forest. I received her goodbye letter in the mail today.

I also received a gift from Jingle in the mail, which contained the Balloon Fight NES game. He sends the same thing every year, and I decided to play it a bit before selling it this time. So I went inside my messy house and started it up. 😆

I ended up scoring 49,000 points, which beat my previous high-score.

Puck told me about the last time Katrina told his fortune. He said that everyone started being mean to him all of a sudden, and he’s convinced Katrina put a hex on him. He’s probably right. 😛

My jaw dropped when I saw Hazel’s replacement: It’s Savannah the zebra!

Savannah is one of my favorites, but she’s always been elusive. I rarely ever seem to get her in any of my towns! She did move into this town ten years ago (almost to the day), but I didn’t even get to meet her before she moved out! I’m glad she’s here now, though. I just hope she sticks around a while!

Static told me I was looking as awful as ever (thanks a lot, Static), and he gave me a free danger shirt. I guess I was feeling dangerous, so I decided to put it on.

I saw a large fish in the river, so I decided to fish it out. To my surprise, it was a stringfish! I wasn’t even expecting it to be something rare since the shadow wasn’t huge like an arapaima. But I’ll gladly take the 15,000-bell fish! 😁

A mere 20 seconds later, I found the day’s glowing spot and dug up 10,000 bells instead of the usual 1,000. Maybe Static was really onto something by giving me this danger shirt! 😉

Over by the wishing well, Ursala wanted to play a grab bag game with me. I had a chance to win a mint gingham, a pear, or a pitfall. I normally decline the offer (when given a choice), but she only charged 250 bells to play! Usually the price is in the thousands, but it’s definitely worth a risk at this price.

I chose the left bag, and I won a pitfall! Pitfalls aren’t super common on GameCube, so I like having some around for times that I need them. 😛 Good deal! It seems there have been quite a few good, unexpected things that happened today. It must be my lucky day!

I finished making my rounds, sold my stringfish, mailed some fossils away, and then returned home.

Earlier this month, I posted my latest GameCube Moments video. It includes some clips from early December that I didn’t include in the blog. Check it out!

I’ll be back with another entry in January. Happy New Year!