Festivale 2023, Non-Cranky!

Today is Festivale, and I made my way over to town hall to speak with Pavé the dancing peacock. Viva Festivale!

Fortunately, I remembered to wear a costume (a matching “look” like you’d wear on Halloween) to score some free candy from each of the outdoor villagers. Of course it only works one time per villager, but it helps.

The object is to give Pavé three pieces of candy (of whichever color he asks for) to receive a piece of Pavé furniture. The furniture sells for 12,000 bells apiece (except for the floor and wall, which are only worth 1,800), so it can be a lucrative event. The problem is that it takes a lot of candy, in a variety of colors. If you have some leftover candy from Halloween (or last Bunny Day), like I did, that gives you a big head start!

For my first run, Pavé wanted blue candy. Once I gathered up three of them, he gave me a Pavé bed in return.

But once you run out of leftover candy or free costume candy, you need to play mini-games with villagers to earn more. Unfortunately, each game is a gamble. You earn candy if you win, but you lose candy (or 500 bells) if you lose. So it’s helpful to leave your candy on the ground (or attached to a letter) so you don’t lose progress. In this case, Boomer took 500 bells from me because I’m not psychic. 😆

Other mini-games include guessing heads-or-tails, playing rock-paper-scissors, or battling out a game of “mouth soccer,” which boils down to choosing left or right in a series of exchanges.

Note: You can’t play mini-games if your pockets are full, since you’d have no place to put the candy. 😛

I saw a new house in the spot where Gaston recently vacated, and I was surprised at what I found inside: A villager that wasn’t cranky! Even better, it was Antonio the anteater!

Antonio lived in Forest years ago. In fact he lived here back in 2011, when I first started this blog. He was Bob’s next door neighbor at the time, which gives me hope that Bob himself could return any month now. But for now, I’m very happy to have Antonio around again. 🙂

Antonio is a jock, by the way, which makes him the first non-cranky villager to move in since last June! That was eight months ago, when Boomer the lazy penguin arrived.

Anyway, I continued playing games and taking candy to Pavé. But I eventually used up all of my blue and red candy, and by then, I was tired of playing mini-games. So when Pavé asked for red candy again, I decided to stop. With no color trading like later games, and no saving/quitting to change his desired color like in New Leaf, I wrapped up my day…even though I had tons of green and yellow candy remaining.

But I was able to sell my eight items (six pieces of furniture and two carpets) for a total of 75,600 bells. Not bad.

I hope you all had a good day, and enjoyed the event (if you participated). See you next time! Viva Festivale!