Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

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! 🙂

When I played on March 13th, I received Freya’s goodbye letter in the mail. So I tracked down her replacement, Bitty the hippo.

She has lived in Forest before, back in 2013…when she actually replaced Rizzo.

Fast forward a few weeks to today (April 6th). Bitty is now gone, and Velma has taken her place. She also lived in Forest in 2013. It seems like 7-8 years seems to be about the typical amount of time for one of my former villagers to return, after moving out. Of course, I typically only play once a month or so, so that figure could be quite different for you, depending on how frequently you play.

When I visited Ursala, she was happy that spring has finally arrived. She said that everyone looks warm and contented now. She said everyone looked grouchy in the winter! 😛 That’s understandable.

The cherry blossom festival was underway at the wishing well. Tortimer was there to share some words about the arrival of spring, while Genji and Belle were seated at a table, enjoying themselves. 🌸🌸🌸

Kody and Patty sat at the other table, and Kody encouraged me to enjoy an adult-sized glass of juice. 🍷

Candi was the designated dancer this year. She told me to check out the blossoms and shake my groove thang, in her ears. 😛

Happy Cherry Blossom Festival, everyone!