Penguin Waddles Away

I made my way over to Shampoodle in the city tonight, to get my hair dyed green. Turning into Mohawk McClover is a tradition I do every year. And while I was in the city, I said hello to my former villager Opal. She thought the clouds were looking suspicious. 😀

Opal: There's something vaguely suspicious about the movement of the clouds...

Back in town, Purrl invited me to play a game of hide-and-seek. I accepted the challenge.

Purrl: Wow, Jeff! You're really excited, aren't you!
About New Horizons next week? YES!

She gave me 15 minutes to find her, Static, and Lucy. It took me a few minutes, but I found everyone hiding behind trees.

Purrl hides behind a tree during a game of hide-and-seek.

For winning the game, Purrl gave me a rustoid. I ended up putting it into my gyroid storage at the Roost.

Purrl: It's a rustoid, and it's all yours, kitten!

At Nook ‘n’ Go, I saw that two of the three furniture items for sale were chess pieces! With a candle in between them, I could imagine the white bishop and the black pawn playing a game of chess by candlelight.

A white bishop, a candle, and a black pawn are the three items for sale at Nook's shop.

Moments later, Lucy informed me that she wanted some black furniture. I knew just what to get her! The black pawn only cost me 880 bells. When I took it back to Lucy, she said it was just as black as she hoped.

Lucy: You know, this is exactly as black as I'd hoped it would be!

When I went to visit Roald, I was disappointed to find all his belongings packed up in boxes. Roald is moving out of town. 🙁

Roald: So, I'm gonna be packing up and moving. It'd be a waste to keep biceps like these in one town.

This is quite a contrast to how I felt when he moved out of my Wild World town. I honestly didn’t like him much in Wild World, but City Folk Roald definitely grew on me during his time in Forest. So long, little guy!

I recently posted a video showing off my 25 funniest ACCF screenshots of all-time, along with a bunch of honorable mentions as well. Check it out for a laugh!

And just today, I posted a video where I rank my top three villagers of each personality type.

See you next time! If I can, I plan to post next week’s blog entry earlier in the week…so that I’m free to devote Friday and Saturday to New Horizons. 😉

Recycling for Popcorn?

Saharah was in town tonight, looking for old flooring. Most of my villagers seemed to be talking about her. Static suggested that Saharah’s broken English may just be a marketing ploy.

Static: I wonder if the whole 'I don't speak your language' thing is a trick to boost sales...

That’s pretty much what Häagen-Dazs (the ice cream company) did with their company name. It’s an American company, despite having a Dutch-sounding name.

I went around asking my villagers for old carpets, but I was getting rejected left and right.

Kitty: My carpet isn't old! If you think I'm lying, you should just have a look, I'm awful!

I was relieved when Punchy had an old carpet to give me. He suggested that Saharah’s recycling drive might be more successful is she offered peach crisp or popcorn instead of just other rugs. Not a bad idea.

Punchy: If only Saharah gave you stuff besides carpets, like peach crisp or popcorn...

Poor Bones was locked out of his house. I tried fishing for his key for a few minutes, but I didn’t have any luck and I eventually gave up. But as I was fishing, I just took this picture because I liked how the screen panned enough to fit the whole bend of the river into view.

Jeff fishes at the bend of the river in Forest.

That one carpet from Punchy was the only one I got all night. But fortunately, I had two others in storage. So I still had the three that I needed to get a rare carpet from Saharah.

Saharah: Oh! You bring carpet! And how many...3! Mine now!

Saharah gave me a music-room floor, which I didn’t particularly want. But it’s alright, it’s still nice to see Saharah once in a while, even if she doesn’t always give me something noteworthy.

Since last time, I’ve posted a new episode of Mario Plays ACCF. If you’d like to check it out, here it is:

I’ve also posted a video showing 101 pitfalls spanning 13 years of my Youtube channel. It’s not limited to ACCF pitfalls, but many of them are indeed from City Folk.

Festivale 2020

Viva Festivale! That quirky holiday featuring Pavé the peacock has come around again, so I made sure to have a quick chat with my fine feathered friend.

Pave: VIVA... ...FESTIVALE!

The object of the event is to collect candy of different colors and exchange it for Pavé furniture. You can earn candy by playing (and winning) games with the villagers that are outside. But if you lose those games, you risk losing candy (or bells).

Static: Seriously. I take candy from your pockets. And then I eat it. OMNOM NOM. Like that.

Those games include rock-paper-scissors, heads-or-tails, and “mouth soccer.” This festival can easily take hours to get the whole furniture set, but I only wanted a quick taste of it. So I only played long enough to get one piece of furniture, a Pavé table. I then sold it for 12,000 bells. It’s actually a pretty good holiday for earning money, if you saved leftover candy from last Halloween or Bunny Day.

But Festivale wasn’t the only noteworthy event of the day. Tiffany’s replacement has moved in, and it’s Purrl the cat! I like Purrl a lot, and I also have her in my other City Folk town of Mushroom (which I use for my Mario Plays ACCF series).

Purrl: What, can't you tell? I just moved here, and now I'm trying to get everything in its proper place!
Welcome to Forest!

Tom Nook must have been feeling blue, because the furniture selection today was all-blue. There was an IV drip (which has a blue stand), and also two pieces of furniture from the blue set.

Two pieces of blue furniture and a (blue) IV drip on sale at Nook 'n' Go in ACCF.
🎵 The furniture sings: I’m blue, I’m blue, I’m blue. 🎵

When I rode the bus out to the city, I spotted Phineas there. I asked him for a balloon, and he gave me an orange one. Thanks, Phineas!

Jeff holds an orange balloon and Phineas holds an orange bunny balloon in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Just a reminder that today is the last day of having snow on the ground! Get ready for green grass tomorrow! 🙂

If you’re interested in seeing more of Festivale, here is a video I recorded ten years ago, when I had Bella, Cesar, Cyrano, and Joey in town. Viva Festivale!