Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, Lucky has already moved out of town. Well, I guess that’s a wrap.

I ran into Puck, and he warned me about Katrina. He said she mutters some nonsense and then takes 50 bells. He speaks the truth.

I took a trip out to the island to talk to Ankha, and she asked me to sign her island guest book. I didn’t have much to say, but I made sure to include the date.

Alfonso the gator has moved into town; he’s Lucky’s replacement. He’s a big Mario fan…too bad he didn’t move into my Mario-themed ACCF town of Mushroom.

Speaking of mushrooms, Puck asked me if I was a mycomolologist. That’s quite a mouthful! But he actually meant a mycologist, which is someone that studies mushrooms and fungi. I guess mushroom season is almost here…but I’m not a fan of morning-only events. I guess I’m not a fun guy after all.

Emerald was also talking about mushrooms, but she seemed a bit too excited about the mushrooms (and their odor).

I continued talking to Emerald, and she told me to pick a hand. I picked the right hand, and she gave me a pitfall! She called it a very rare pitfall, and you might laugh at that if you’re used to any of the newer Animal Crossing games. But she’s not wrong; pitfalls are actually hard to come by in the GameCube game.

I’ve been making more temporary towns lately (playing without a memory card in). And in one of those towns, I spotted something quite rare that I’ve been trying to see for years. Literally! It was a whale shadow in the ocean while making a trip to the island. It’s a rare Easter egg that I’ve been trying to capture on video for at least ten years! Take a look if you haven’t already seen it:

But that’s not the only GameCube video I’ve been working on. I have several others on the way too! I’ll be posting GameCube Moments #12 by Tuesday night. Update: Here it is!

As for the others I’m working on, I’m not saying what they are yet or when they’ll be finished. Hopefully one of the others will be done later in October, but that’s not a promise. Anyway, I’ll see you soon! Have a great Halloween season! 🙂

While playing in my 2nd town of Ohio recently, Chief asked me if I knew how to catch a little giant beetle. That’s an oxymoron, pal! 😛

Another day in Ohio, I found a dig spot and dug up a moving painting!

I decided to donate it to the museum, and it was the first work of art. Even though I’ve had the town of Ohio for many years, I never really put any effort into things like fish, bugs, and art for the museum. Well, at least it has one painting now!

I then did something I rarely do: I spoke to Copper at length. He gave me his whole spiel, and that included some dialogue I didn’t remember. For one thing, he threatened to bite me if I was mischievous!

He also said that he is “sort of new” to the force, and he’s not familiar with the laws around here. Wait, shouldn’t that be a priority for a police dog??

He confirmed that there is no punishment for falsely claiming recovered items, which was something I was a bit worried about when I first started playing Animal Crossing. 😀 He then pondered what his role actually was, then. Is he just a doorstop?

It was an interesting conversation, believe it or not.

But ultimately, he apologized for talking so much. He compared it to foaming at the mouth, which probably isn’t the best analogy for a dog. Someone might think he has rabies.

Later on, I got quite a surprise when I spoke to Nate. He said it had been 569 weeks since I last spoke to him! Is that even possible?! That’s almost 11 years! Wow! I know I don’t play in Ohio super often and Nate isn’t a guy that I would seek out for a chat, but still, that’s hard to believe! Oops!

And when I spoke with Cookie, she informed me that turnips are the root of all evil! Odd statement, but I guess she’s just making a pun.

And just a heads-up that I plan to post at least one Animal Crossing GameCube video in October, and perhaps more… Just subscribe on Youtube to be notified when they’re posted.

As you may have seen in the last entry, Nate just moved in two weeks ago…but he’s already gone. I got his goodbye letter in the mail today.

It didn’t take me long to find his replacement. Next to Maple’s house, I found a new house, and a new villager: Lucky the dog!

He’s pretty cool from what I can see of him (which isn’t much). 😀 I suppose he’s a good animal to have around with Halloween season approaching, since he looks like a mummy.

I was feeling pretty lucky myself, when I dug up the daily glowing spot and got 10,000 bells instead of the usual 1,000.

Baabara told me she had been enjoying the peace and quiet of the mornings, until I came along to ruin them for her. Wow, Baabara being rude? What a surprise.

Just a few moments later, I was on the cliff with Ursala. She was looking at a bug down below, and Baabara was also down there looking. Knowing them, they’re probably trying to think up some good insults for the bug.

And at this time of year, I always try to do some early September Fishing. With no sea bass or jellyfish in the ocean, it’s easy to rack up lots of valuable fish. As long as you avoid the acre with the mouth of the river, the only fish you’ll catch in the ocean are red snappers (3,000 bells each) and barred knifejaws (5,000 bells each). If it’s raining, you may also find some coelacanths (15,000 bells).

I dropped everything and decided to fill up my pockets twice with fish. On my first run, I caught eight barred knifejaws and seven red snappers. That earned me 61,000 bells.

My second run netted me the exact same result. So in total, I earned 122,000 bells in about 16 minutes of fishing. Not bad!

If you own the game, this is a good time of year to hook up your GameCube (or Wii) and play for some quick, easy money. Good luck!