Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

I was a bit surprised to see Amelia greeting me as I started up the game today. That meant that Patty, who has lived in town for over 10 months, was the animal leaving…not Amelia. This was Patty’s goodbye letter.

Copper posted a message to the bulletin board, announcing that summer aerobics season started today. I don’t know why, but it made me smile just to know that the event is now underway…even though I don’t plan on participating.

But then again, who knows…maybe I will give it a go at some point…

There were some beetles on trees, and I caught several of them…even though I didn’t come across any really valuable ones. But I did catch something else that was valuable: an arapaima!

At Nookington’s, I bought a green tie-dye shirt and put it on. I like changing my clothes every few months, whether I need it or not. 😉

I spoke with Tom over at the wishing well, and he said he was going to start running his own business. So he started listing items for sale, and I had to choose one of them to buy (or I’d be forced to buy the 5th item whether I wanted it or not).

I ended up buying the 4th piece, which was an exotic end table, for 770 bells. It was the only sub-1,000 bell item, so I think I made the right choice.

Belle was also trying to run a business. She wanted me to buy a mystery item for all the money in my pockets: 49,330 bells! Obviously, I said no.

I was very pleasantly surprised when I saw Patty’s replacement: Tangy the (orange) cat has moved into town!

Tangy is one of my favorites, but she’s a villager that rarely seems to move into any of my towns. And most likely, she won’t stick around here long. But I’m glad to see her while I can. 🙂

Between the fish and bugs I caught, the money rock, and some fossils, I actually made over 50,000 bells today. Making 50k might be a bad day in New Horizons, but it’s actually a pretty large amount for GameCube.

I’ll see you all next time! Have a great day. 🙂

When I checked my mail today, I learned that Mallary has ducked out of town. This was her goodbye letter:

I ran into Mallary’s replacement almost immediately: It’s Amelia, the snooty eagle. I’m already not a fan.

Unlike most incoming villagers, Amelia has not lived in Forest since I started this blog in 2011. (She may have lived here before that though, since I didn’t keep track of everyone.) But the only other mention of her in this blog is when she appeared as a camper who gave me a cow skull in 2011.

Emerald the frog told me that the rain was ruining her day. She wanted to make some raviolis, but she said she can’t go shopping in the rain? Why not? You’re outside standing in the rain anyway, so what’s the big deal?

When I spoke with Sydney, she begged me to take her to another town! Sorry, but I’m not taking you anywhere. I’ve secretly destroyed the train. 😛

Ursala was looking forward to the fireworks festival next week, but it sounds like she enjoys watching the other villagers more than the fireworks themselves!

She thinks everyone looks like silly guppies. 😛

Gulliver was washed up on the beach, so I “saved his life” by waking him up. He gave me a free matryoshka. What a doll.

Patty asked me to help her get through a maze in her Nintendo Power magazine (by choosing left or right several times). This bit of dialogue used to annoy me so much, mainly because I used to see it very often. But for whatever reason, I hadn’t seen it in a while!

If you haven’t seen my latest video, which I posted a couple weeks ago, here it is: GameCube Moments #17.

Never Stop Crossing! 🙂

I played briefly on April 19th, and I learned that Snooty has replaced Velma in town. Snooty last lived in Forest ten years ago.

I did some favors for villagers, and failed at some others (mainly because some villagers go to bed so early).

And I kind of ignored the requests for letters. I don’t like writing letters in this game. 😛

I played again today, and Snooty has already moved away. In her place, I met Mallary the duck.

So I searched this blog to see if/when Mallary lived in town before, and she did in 2011. But the interesting part is that on December 17, 2011, Mallary replaced Snooty in town…just like she did today! I had something similar happen last year, when Cupcake replaced Queenie for the 2nd time. Very odd.

I’m starting to wonder if this type of thing isn’t as rare as you’d assume. Like maybe the game has some sort of preference for villager sequences? Because honestly, most people wouldn’t even notice if this happened twice, 7-10 years apart. I wouldn’t have noticed either, if not for my blog documenting comings and goings.

Anyway, I was surprised to see fireflies out already when I walked by the lake.

I’m used to them appearing in June throughout the series, but the GameCube game kinda has fuzzy borders to the bug/fish seasons (if you know what I mean). So you may see something a few days earlier or later than you’d expect: They don’t start right at midnight on the first of the month, in other words.

As for all the favors I was doing last month, I was doing it for this video that shows the exclusive favors in each Animal Crossing game. It includes several from the GameCube game, so please give it a look if you haven’t seen it yet!

See you all next time! Never Stop Crossing! 🙂