Harvest Festival 2016

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, which is celebrated in most Animal Crossing games as the harvest festival. I found Mayor Tortimer outside of town hall, along with the tables that are set up for a feast.

Tortimer: Gobble dee HO! Gobble dee HAY! It's the Harvest Festival today!He handed me a knife and fork. The object of the festival is to find Franklin the turkey and give him the utensils. He’ll feel that you’re saving him from being eaten, and he will give you a piece of harvest furniture.

You can also give the knife and fork to a villager for a hint as to where Franklin will be hiding. But the hints generally aren’t that great, so I find it’s better to just look for Franklin on my own. Besides, if you give them to a villager, you still have to return to Tortimer for another set to give Franklin.

I soon found Franklin hiding behind Savannah’s house.

Franklin the turkey hides behind a house during the harvest festival.At first, he thought I was going to eat him. But I gave him the fork and knife so that he didn’t feel so threatened.

Franklin: Why didn't you say so? For cryin' out loud! You scared the tail feathers offa me!He gave me a harvest chair in return. I returned to Tortimer for another set of silverware, and then resumed my search to find Franklin again. But of course, I also chatted with my villagers along the way.

When I visited Rod, I found his furniture all packed up in boxes! He’s getting set to move out of town. I kinda like Rod, but I’m not upset about him leaving. Good luck in your new home, Rod!

Rod: I decided to take my awesomeness on tour, and I was bummed I wouldn't be able to say bye to people.Meanwhile, Twiggy was just chirping nonsense. She said if we had a baseball-playing guppy, we’d be rich.

Twiggy: Seriously! If we had a baseball-playing guppy, we'd be rich! Rich, I tells ya!Benedict wasn’t quite so random; he had food on his mind!

Benedict: Dinner's not gonna eat itself, so I hope you wore an outfit with extra belly room, heeeeeyy!And outside of town hall, Savannah was talking about her bad table manners. She said she eats like she was raised in a barn!

Savannah: I... I hate to admit it, but my table manners are atrocious! I'm serious! I eat like I was raised in a barn!I found Franklin three more times. Of his hiding spots, this one behind a sign post was the worst by far.

Franklin hides behind a sign post during the harvest festival in Animal Crossing: City Folk.He gave me a harvest table, a harvest lamp, and another harvest chair. I sold them all at Nook’s shop, even though they only sell for 3,333 bells apiece–much less than the spooky (Halloween) and jingle (Christmas) furniture.

Anyway, I hope you all had a great harvest festival (and a happy Thanksgiving for those in the U.S.). Thank you for visiting! 🙂

Eight Years of City Folk

Today (November 16th) is the 8th anniversary of Animal Crossing: City Folk’s release. And since I purchased the game on the first day, it’s also the 8th anniversary of Forest. Of course, that means it’s also been eight years since a proper Animal Crossing game was released on a home console, but I digress.

I found my favorite villager Savannah in her house tonight, sick with a cold. So I bought some medicine for her. Get well soon, Savannah!

Savannah flips as she gulps down her medicine.I met up with Bluebear outside, and she told me that she decided to become a mermaid! Her story sounded a bit fishy, but she wanted me to catch her a barred knifejaw so she could become queen of the ocean. I don’t think that’s how that works…

Bluebear: Jeff! Guess what? I've TOTALLY decided to become a mermaid!
You a mermaid? Sorry, I just don’t sea it.

Opal asked me for a new catchphrase, and I told her to say “oh pal.” Whether you dig it or not, I think it’s a gem. 😉

Opal: I love the sound of it... oh pal! It's like a magic word that makes me irrestible, oh pal!I spotted a balloon present tonight, so I got out my slingshot and shot it down. I thought it would be fitting if it would somehow be an appropriate anniversary gift. But it was just a neutral corner. Not exactly what I hoped for…but it does have a bit of a ring to it.

Shooting down a balloon present.
I took the picture a bit too early. Oops.

Anyway, I hope you all had a good City Folk anniversary! If you’d like to re-live my first moments in Forest, here’s a video showing the very beginnings of Forest.

Or for a list of all my ACCF videos (all 117 of them), here is the full playlist. If you’re wondering, I will make my annual slideshow video, but it’s not ready yet. So stay tuned for that.

Have a great day, and I’ll see you all next time!

Thank Tank

Last night, Twiggy had me make a delivery to Opal. When I returned to tell her the deed was done, she asked how Opal reacted. I said she thought it was okay, and she said at least they (sic) didn’t barf or anything. That’s her way of thinking positively, apparently.

Twiggy: Well, at least they didn't barf or anything, huh? Yeah, that's it! Think POSITIVE!Tonight, over in front of town hall, I found a mouse in a bag! And not just any bag, but a bag of fireworks! But don’t worry, he wasn’t in pain or anything. In fact, he was having a blast.

Rod, in a bag of fireworks: Oh my Rod!!I met up with Benedict over by the waterfall, and he was talking about crickets. He said they’re so cute, he almost wants to eat them! Yikes!

Benedict: They're so cute, I almost wanna eat them!But then he said he was just imitating Nat the Bug-Off judge. I’m not so sure, though. He is a chicken, after all…

I helped Tank out by making a delivery to Twiggy tonight. Twiggy thanked me and also told me to thank Tank. Hey, that rhymes.

Twiggy: And please TOTALLY thank Tank for me too, on Twitter!When I returned to Tank, he rewarded me with a rose wall.

Nobody mentioned moving out today, but that’s not always a good thing. It could mean I’ll get a surprise next time when I enter someone’s house. I guess we’ll see.

Have a good weekend, everyone!