Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

Iggy just moved in last month, but it didn’t take him long to pop on out of town. I got his goodbye letter in the mail tonight.

A message posted on the bulletin board mentioned the windsocks that appear around town in early May. In fact, they’ll start showing up tomorrow (May 1st)!

Since today is raffle day, I was unable to sell all the junk in my pockets once again. This is quite annoying. But here were Nook’s raffle prizes for this month:

Crazy Redd is coming to town soon, and several of my villagers were talking about him. Candi in particular was pretty mad about it, due to a previous experience with Redd.

I found a new house in town, and I was quite happy to see who moved in: It was Otis! He previously lived in Forest in the early years of the town’s existence. While he wasn’t one of my top favorites, I always liked him a lot. I even quoted his catchphrase (I s’pose) in this blog’s very first entry!

When I visited Puck, he told me Genji said his clothes were too tight. I agreed, and he called it a “scandle” (typo alert). 😛 And the water bird in front of him makes him look funny; it’s like he has two beaks. 😛

What other typos are in the game? I’m aware of Copper’s “campain” one, but are there others that you’ve noticed? Leave a comment if you recall any others!

Hank asked me for a new catchphrase, so I told him to say “on my wing.” I then spoke with him several times, trying to get him to use it in a funny way. But less than two minutes later, he already said it was going out of style! So he asked me for another catchphrase! This time I told him to say “on my beak.” But I stopped talking to him soon after that, before he tired of this one too. 😛

Fortunately, the lost and found at the police station had some stationery. I picked it up to mail away some fossils I found. That cleared up a few spots in my inventory. Shortly after mailing the fossils away, I returned home to wrap up my night in Forest. See you next time!

Ribbot has moved on to the computer heap in the sky. Okay, he just moved out of town. I got his goodbye letter in the mail. It’s sad to see him go so soon.

I had a bunch of junk in my pockets, but I couldn’t sell it because today was the last day of the month–raffle day. And I couldn’t participate in the raffle either, because I didn’t have any raffle tickets.

When I spoke with Maple, she said I must’ve caught a ton of fish. I responded “of course,” and she said she was being sarcastic!

Then she said if I have time to go fishing so much, then I should have time to help people. Well if that’s how you feel, then I’ll spend some time helping you feel closer to Mother Earth.

I found Gulliver passed out on the beach, and I woke him up from his long nap. He rewarded me by giving me a Chinese lion.

I saw Tom outside of his house, and I was going to speak with him. But once he saw me, he went right into his house like he was avoiding me! So I followed him inside. He told me about a letter he received, and then said he had to jet.

Where are you going to jet to? I have you trapped in a corner, punk. So I started pushing him around until he got angry.

Back outside, Baabara mentioned moving away. That would be great, except that I know she’s bluffing.

I soon bumped into my newest neighbor, Iggy the goat. His eyes are practically bulging out of his head.

Over by the wishing well, Belle was being her usual mad cow self. She was angry about something, but I don’t know what. When I spoke to her, she told me to stay away from her and said I’d regret it if I didn’t. Wow, so rude.

I tried pushing her around, but she never said anything about it. Maybe if a villager is already mad about something (or someone) else, they don’t complain about being pushed around. Interesting.

Ursala was outside of the museum, and she wanted to trade me her tulip chair for my dinosaur egg. No way! I declined the offer, and she got really mad. She asked if I knew who she was (sadly, I do). She then said she hopes I go through my whole boring life with drab furniture.

So I gave her a shove as well. These animals are getting on my nerves today.

My pockets completely filled up, and I was looking for a way to make space. If I attached some unidentified fossils to letters, I could mail them away. But I didn’t have any paper. Neither did the lost and found or the dump. And I couldn’t buy any, since Nook wasn’t selling anything today.

So I thought maybe I could get some stationery as a reward for helping someone out. Hank is a nice guy, so I asked him. But he told me he borrowed a book from Yuka the other day. Now, for one thing, that’s a lie. Yuka hasn’t lived here for five years!

And I was not about to take the train to Ohio for a simple task. Not to mention, the Yuka in my Ohio town isn’t even the same Yuka that lived in Forest in 2012. The Yuka in Ohio moved out of Forest a decade ago! So I said no to Hank, and of course, he got mad at me too.

At this point, I’d had enough. I returned home and promptly ended my game.

I found Poncho’s goodbye letter in the mail today. He sure didn’t stick around very long. I wouldn’t think someone named Poncho would be such a fair-weather friend. 😛

At the top of my central ramp, I spotted an igloo. This is the first igloo I’ve seen this winter, and it’ll also be the last. The snow will be gone by Saturday morning.

I found Baabara inside. She liked the violin I had in my pockets, and she offered to play a game for it. Depending on how I guessed the symbol on her cards, I could earn over 3,000 bells for the violin. I guessed that she had a triangle on her first card…and I was wrong. So she only gave me 470 bells for the violin.

Back outside, I found a new villager in acre B-5: Ribbot the frog. I’ve always liked him, mainly because he’s a robot. Is it just me, or does he look even more robotic on GameCube? Maybe it’s the way he blinks? Or maybe my brain is just short-circuiting.

In Nookington’s, I decided to buy and wear the No. 1 shirt. (Update: I just discovered that you can actually buy this shirt at Amazon!)

After coming down my eastern ramp, I saw Static staring at the ground. When villagers stare at something, it’s because they’re looking at a bug or fish. Since I didn’t see anything, I figured there must be a mole cricket underground. So I got my shovel out and dug a hole (or three). And sure enough, the little bugger crawled out and tried to scamper away. But I didn’t have any trouble catching it.

A couple minutes later, I bumped into Ursala. She noticed my mole cricket and said that she wanted it.

Ursala asked if I wanted clothes, paper, or money for it. Of course, I chose money, and she gave me a whopping 2,920 bells for it! I should probably share this money with Static, since he made this all possible. But I won’t. 😛

I pulled lots of weeds, I mailed a fossil away, and I checked the dump for items; I took a wobbelina that I’ll sell next time. Then I also made sure my town was back to perfect town status before wrapping up my game for the day.

Last night, Bill Trinen (from Nintendo) tweeted about the goodbye letters in Animal Crossing:

Am I the only one who feels like letters in Animal Crossing were the original Twitter? pic.twitter.com/CMUGVZ1Zvb

— Bill Trinen (@trintran) February 22, 2017

Recognize that picture? It’s Boots’ goodbye letter I received in my previous blog entry from January 30th. 😛 I haven’t posted that particular screenshot to social media, so Bill must have visited this blog last night. 😛

Thank you to all who read this blog, including you. Long live Animal Crossing on GameCube. 🙂