Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

Bob the cat has strayed away from Forest in search of snacks. I got his goodbye letter in the mail today.

Genji was wondering where I’ve been for the past four weeks.

I met Bob’s replacement, T-Bone the bull. Even though I don’t have a beef with him or anything, I just don’t particularly like him. But then again, it’s hard for any animal to replace Bob. I should have T-Bone for dinner. I mean, have him over for dinner.

Up on the cliff, Candi was getting excited about the fireworks festival coming up on Thursday night.

Ursala had an item that she couldn’t bear to throw away. It was a leaning stone, and she gave it to me for free! It’s not very often that Ursala does something nice like this.

I thought lightning was going to strike twice when Baabara told me she was feeling “VERY generous” near the wishing well.

But her idea of being generous is selling me a sprinkler for 1,000 bells. I bought it just to be nice.

Belle was also hanging out at the wishing well, and she just wanted to know if I figured out how to use all my “stuff” in a tutu. 😮

In the spot where Chico originally lived (in the old days), I found a tent. It’s the first summer camper of the year!

Rhoda the colorful chicken was inside, and she was not having a good time all cooped up in the tent.

I made her day even worse by playing a game with her, and winning. She had to give me a green golf bag for free.

After that, I made a stop at the post office, finished pulling weeds around town, and then headed for home.

By the way, if you haven’t seen the Kotaku article about me and my GameCube town, check it out! I’ll be back with another entry in July. 🙂

I played the game briefly in late April, and I learned that Huck had moved out of town. His replacement was Dizzy, but Dizzy was passed out (well, sleeping) when I went to his house. I didn’t do much else, because I was really only playing to see which villager moved in. I was hoping for Woolio (for a video I’ll include later in this entry), but I later got him in another town (Aja Blu).

Fast forward to today, when I got Dizzy’s goodbye letter in the mail (even though I didn’t actually get to meet him). I also got a couple of fossils back in the mail. As I closed the mail menu, Pete flew overhead and dropped by!

He landed, looked around, and then immediately took off again before I went over to talk to him. I didn’t even plan on witnessing this today, I just happened to be playing right at 5:00 p.m. As he flew away, I tried to follow him until he flew too high (above the “camera”).

I was quite surprised when I found Dizzy’s replacement: Bob!

For those who aren’t aware, Bob is one of my favorite villagers in the series. I think he has lived in Forest once or twice before, but not in the past eight years, at least (this blog started in 2011). He did live in my second town of Ohio not too long ago, though.

He asked if I had been in his house trying to move his furniture around. This was the first time I had seen him, so obviously it wasn’t me. But then again, nobody could actually move his furniture anyway.

At Nook’s shop, I bought myself a snowcone shirt for summer. Of course, I forgot to put it on until I was almost done for the day, but here’s a pic of it when I tried it on.

I spotted a blue balloon present, and I followed it until it got stuck in a tree. I found a tumbleweed inside! Who would wrap up a tumbleweed like a present?

I ran into Bob again, and he gave me an apple (a foreign fruit) for free! What a guy!

After speaking with all of my villagers, I stopped by the post office, checked out the dump (nothing good today), and returned home.

Since my last blog entry, I’ve posted two new Animal Crossing GameCube videos. The first one shows 43 villagers that still haven’t returned. It took me nine months of resetting and making temporary towns to find all of these villagers! Woolio in particular seemed to take me forever. Please check out the video; I’ve included a silly rhyme for each villager.

And I’ve also posted a new episode of GameCube Moments (#13). It includes a lot of clips of interesting things that happened in some of the temporary towns I made while making the video above (as well as some things from Forest and Ohio as well). I hope you enjoy!

As I checked my mail today, I was disappointed (but not surprised) to see that Chico has danced his way out of town. Here is a look at his goodbye letter:

I met up with Candi, and she was talking about Wendell’s upcoming visit. She said I should get some wallpaper from him if I want my room to look good. But if I wanted to live in a dump, I was doing just fine. Wow, how rude!

Genji asked me for a new catchphrase to replace “on a bun,” and I agreed it was time for a change. So I told him to say “in a can” instead.

On the cliff near Maple’s house (in the spot where Hank originally lived), I found a new villager’s house. Huck the frog just moved in. I don’t particularly like (or dislike) him, but he’s okay.

Tom offered to sell me a cherry (a foreign fruit) for just 410 bells. Even though I didn’t need it for my town (since I already have every kind of fruit), I still bought the cherry. I can sell it to the other Tom (Tom Nook) for 500 bells, so I’ll make a profit on it. 😛

Speaking of cherries, the cherry blossom festival was underway. It’s held from April 5-7 each year, so I headed over to the wishing well to check out the festivities. Puck and Static were sitting at the table on the left, and Static told me to sit down and have some food. Ha! I wish I could!

Emerald was the dancing animal this year.

Belle and Ursala were sitting at the rude other table. Ursala said that beauty never lasts, and instead fades away. She then told me that I was supposed to say “except for your beauty, Ursala!” Yeah, right. I think she needs some beauty sleep…lots of it. Go hibernate for a few years.

I had a pitfall in my pockets, so I wanted to test something out. I buried it near where Emerald was dancing. It was nothing personal (I like Emerald, after all), but I wanted to see if it was possible to pit her. For research purposes, of course. 😉

However, I was unable to push her while she was doing her dancing routine. Eventually, her routine did take her over the spot where the pitfall was, but she did not fall in.

Oh well. Even though it didn’t pay off, I still enjoy testing the limits of what the game allows. 🙂 Just like how I always try to kick the ball across the river anytime I see one. The ball has never made it to the other side, but I still give it a try each time in hopes that I’ll get lucky.

Last month, I mentioned a video I’m working on. I’ve been playing a lot in temporary towns, and I only need to find one more villager: Woolio. Once I do, I’ll be able to wrap up the project and post the video. I’m hoping it’s just a matter of days, but it’s hard to predict.

When I eventually find Woolio, I’ll be sure to share it on Twitter, so keep an eye out there for any updates. Even if you don’t have a Twitter account, you can still bookmark that page to see my latest tweets if you’d like.

Oh, one other note: I’ve also been playing a bit in my 2nd town of Ohio, and Jambette has finally moved out! That’s always good news. 🙂