Pumpkins & Mushrooms

Yesterday was Halloween, and I actually decided to participate in the Halloween event in all four games that had it. In City Folk, I was able to use a bunch of leftover candy that’s been lying there on the ground since Bunny Day 2020. So I went around town, looking for Jack. I gave him candy, and he gave me spooky furniture in return.

Jack: Excellent! Thanks, pumpkin!

As you can see, I was wearing a witch outfit. 😛 Since it’s an official “look,” it counts as a costume…and I could trick-or-treat at the houses of indoor villagers to get additional candy.

Tom: Your costume is, uh, just the sort of thing I'd expect from you.
Are you calling me a witch?!

Outdoor villagers chase you in this game, but they’re not as fierce as on GameCube. So they’re not too hard to avoid most of the time. But it makes for a good screenshot when you’re being chased by pumpkin heads. 🎃

Jeff is chased by two villagers in Jack outfits on Halloween.

The spooky furniture is worth 10,310 bells apiece in this game, so it’s a nice chunk of change. I collected 11 pieces of it in all, so I made 113k. That’s not quite summer bug-hunt levels of money, but it’s just about the next best thing.

Today is November 1st, and that means that mushroom season is here. There will be several mushrooms around town. And one of them each day will actually be a piece of mush furniture.

I thought it was just a mushroom, but it was really a mush stand!

If you currently have perfect town status, you may find a rare mushroom buried in town. It’s worth 16,000 bells, making it more valuable than a coelacanth!

Look at that! I dug up a rare mushroom!

Rizzo asked me for a stupidly easy favor: He wanted me to deliver something to Goldie, who was standing just a few feet away. These are the best favors.

Rizzo: Sooo, go on and take this to Goldie for me, I'm a rat!

So I took the gift (a robo-floor) to Goldie, and Rizzo rewarded me with a toaster.

I recorded a few clips for an upcoming video today. It’s a video I’ve been planning for a long time, but the time has almost come for it. I’ll probably post it in a couple weeks or so.