Tom Moves In!

After starting up the game tonight, I checked my bank account balance at town hall. I currently have 40,660,000 bells in the bank. Long time readers may remember that I’ve set goals of making a total of two million bells in July and August (a million a month) the last couple years.

While I’m (basically) going to try to do that again, I’m going to scale it down just a bit (partly because I’m not starting at a round number and partly because I’m going to be busier with New Horizons this year). So my goal is to hit 42.5 million bells by September 1st.

But before I got to bug-catching, I had villagers to catch up with. Also, Saharah was in town, looking for old flooring. Violet was the first beast I asked for flooring, and she actually helped me out!

Violet: Sure, I have one here I was about to throw out, woof woof.
Violet is using Goldie’s catchphrase. 😀

As I made my way around town, I spotted a new house in a spot that’s rarely used by villagers. It’s in the northern part of town, a bit southwest of my fountain, and right next to the river. This is where I recorded Pitfall Pandemonium. I can’t remember the last time a villager lived here.

A new villager house next to the river.

But I went inside, and I was very happy to see my old cranky friend Tom! He’s lived in my GameCube town for ages, and I had him in New Leaf for a while too. (But surprisingly, not here in City Folk). Welcome to Forest, you big grump!

Tom, moving in: Huh?! Who are you?

Goldie was sick with a cold, so I bought some medicine for her. Get well soon, Goldie!

Goldie: Oh, thank you! I was afraid I'd have to drag myself over to the store on my own!

As for my old flooring search, it didn’t go very well. Purrl also gave me one, but that’s it. I needed three for a rare carpet, and I didn’t have any in storage. Oh well, these will go into storage for next time.

I shot down a balloon present, and it contained a boxing mat.

Shooting down a balloon present in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

With my regular tasks out of the way, I began hunting for bugs! I caught a lot of good ones as I made way across the beach and back, over and over. Of course, I also ventured around a bit just to keep the bugs on their toes. 😉

Whoa! A giant beetle! Augh, don't squish me!

I caught giant beetles, goliath beetles, emperor butterflies, Hercules beetles, an atlas beetle, a scarab beetle, and more. I also caught a gar and two sharks on my hunt. Ahh, I love this time of year. 🙂 I made over 150,000 bells on the night.

Enjoy the hunting season and I’ll see you next time!

The Insults Sting

Punchy is officially a former Forest resident. I received his goodbye letter in the mail today.

Dear Jeff, Moving day is finally here, and I keep thinking of the fun times we had. Those memories are what I'll take with me to my new town, not just boxes and stuff. I'll miss you! -Punchy

It was almost midnight when I played, so I quickly rushed to the museum and down the steps to the Roost. I asked K.K. Slider to play a random song for me, and he performed Agent K.K.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: Agent K.K..

When I ran into Kitty outside, she was bragging about how pretty she is. Or at least, how pretty she thinks she is. I don’t happen to agree with her.

Kitty: I feel so sad...for those who never see me at night! I'm prettier than a field of fireflies!
More like a litter box full of centipedes.

I started shaking some trees to look for furniture items. And I found two of them, a surfboard and a black pawn. Unfortunately, I also got stung by a bee. My newest neighbor Wolfgang got a big laugh out of my swollen face.

Wolfgant: You trying to give the bees some exercise? Oh, that's right! My gut hurts from laughing.

And he wasn’t the only one. Violet had the audacity to tell me I had no business walking around with my face looking like it did. As if she can talk!

Violet: So, why don't you go take care of YOUR face? There's no sense walking around looking like that!

I did head back to the store to buy some medicine, but not for myself. Goldie was sick with a cold, so I gave her the medicine. Get well soon, doggy!

Punchy Punches Out

I started up the game tonight, and I was surprised to find Nat outside of town hall. The Bug-Off was held today. I guess I wasn’t expecting it because New Horizons didn’t have a Bug-Off today; it apparently has a different schedule than the older games. Regardless, Wolfgang was the big winner.

Nat: The 53-point tiger butterfly caught by Wolfgang from right here in Forest.

I got another surprise moments later, when I walked into Punchy’s house: Punchy is moving out!

Punchy: That's right, I'm leaving Forest. It's been great knowing you, but it's time for me to move on now.

He’s been a good cat to have around. But I must admit, I wasn’t as crazy about him as a lot of people seem to be. But I wish him the best of luck!

When I visited Forest’s best bug-catcher, Wolfgang, he was just talking about oatmeal! He said he bought four barrels of imported oatmeal, and now he’s set for life!

Wolfgang: This may be a shock, but did you know I import all my oatmeal?

On the eastern edge of town (the dead end, to be specific), I heard a balloon present flying overhead. I got my slingshot out and shot it down. I found a robo-TV inside.

Jeff shoots down a balloon present in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

It’s Saturday night, so I made sure to slide on down to the Roost. K.K. performed some technopop music for me. This song is always disappointing when played live; the aircheck is much better.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Technopop.