The Penguin Acre

When I checked my mail today, I found a goodbye letter from Pierce. These new animals never stick around long.

Pierce's goodbye letter.I went up to Nookington’s to sell the junk in my pockets, only to find that I can’t sell anything. It’s raffle day.

Raffle Ticket Day: Big Chance! (sign)Raffle Day prizes (Animal Crossing)Just south of Nook’s store, I found a new house. Roald the penguin has moved into town, and he seems pretty cool.

Meeting Roald.Roald: I enjoy weightlifting and long walks by the dump.He moved into the same acre as Puck, my other penguin. I guess Acre B-5 must be the Antarctica of Forest.

Acre B-5: Home of penguins Puck and Roald.And I saw that Puck’s house has windows in the roof (on one side only). Have I never noticed this before?

Window on Puck's roof.
And the windows face the cliff? Why?

I had a lot of weeds around town, so I pulled as many as I could find. When I got around to Hank’s house, he looked surprised to see me.

Hank: Oh, killer!Actually, he just wanted the dino bone in my pocket. He asked to buy it, but I chose to give it to him for free. He ended up giving me a green golf bag in exchange.

Once I completed a lap around town, I finished up at the post office. Phyllis was thrilled to see me. As always.

Phyllis: So what

Cherry Blossom Festival

Freya the wolf has moved out of town. I got her goodbye letter in the mail today.

Freya's goodbye letter.I saw a new house close to where Belle lives, and I met my new neighbor, Pierce the eagle. I’ve had him in ACCF before.

Meeting Pierce.Belle wasn’t home, but I found her visiting the pond near Sydney’s house. She was talking about horoscopes and how she takes hers very seriously.

Belle: The future is bound to happen!After that, I made my way over to the wishing well. Even though New Leaf and City Folk have cherry blossom petals falling from the sky, the GameCube version of Animal Crossing has a three-day festival devoted to them.

Maple: Look at the cherry blossom petal in my juice. It's a work of art!There are tables filled with food and drinks, and several animals will be found here, laughing, dancing, and having a good time.

Kody dances at the cherry blossom festival, and Genji laughs at him.Not only does the festival have its own music, but each hourly song also has a special version, just for this event each April 5-7. It sounds soothing and relaxing. I don’t know why Nintendo hasn’t brought this event back in subsequent games, but it remains one of the GameCube game’s exclusive features.

Hank: I've forgotten about all my worries.Kody: Shake what your momma gave ya! Dance like you mean it!Bertha: This is better than yoga!Once I was done enjoying the festivities, I stopped at the post office and then returned home for the night.

Carrie Out

As expected, Carrie the kangaroo has quickly hopped on out of town. I got her goodbye letter in the mail.

Carrie's goodbye letter.I went to shop at Nookington’s, and when I went upstairs, I was greeted by the big creepy face of a totem pole!

Totem pole on sale at Nookington'sI hadn’t changed my shirt in months, so I decided to buy this deep blue tee.

Timmy: That would be a deep blue tee you're looking at.After putting it on, I continued my walk. Puck told me he was one day away from forgetting all about me.

Puck: I almost forgot about you! Ha-ha-ha-ha!It’s not that funny, Puck. Moving along, I soon saw a new house. It belongs to my new neighbor, Bertha the hippo.

Meeting Bertha.She lives in acre E-5, next to Maple. I believe it’s the same spot where Hank used to live. While making train rides years ago, I was shocked to find that Hank had moved to my secondary town Ohio. I was determined to get him back, so I had my Ohio character travel to Forest a bunch of times. It resulted in a lot of movement of characters from Forest to Ohio and vice versa. It got crazy when Belle from Ohio moved into Forest…because Forest already had a Belle! My original Belle moved out eventually, but the Ohio Belle still remains. Eventually, Hank moved back to Forest and I decided to stop traveling by train; it’s too risky!

Just down the ramp, Static was his usual friendly self.

Static: Shut up! Shut up! SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP!Meanwhile, Hank was looking forward to seeing the flowers bloom. And nearby, Sydney and Baabara apparently just had an argument. Baabara was feeling a little blue.

Baabara: I have a lot on my mind. I'm feeling rather blue.And Candi was expecting me to change the weather, just so she can use her umbrella. Yeah, I’ll get right on that.Candi: I need you to make it rain. And be quick about it!I finished up with a stop at the post office and then returned home for the night.