Secret Patrol & Maple

Tonight, Static asked me to play a game of Secret Patrol. He really just meant hide-and-seek; I had to find the three crooks to protect the town. I agreed to play.

Static: Hey, J-rock, I know this great game I call Secret Patrol You ever heard of it, tweedledee?

He gave me 15 minutes to find him, Drift, and Midge. Whenever they give me 15 minutes, I like to take my time…and do my normal activities as I look. But I just happened to find Static almost immediately. He was hiding behind Scott’s house.

Static: There are others hiding! More than you know! We are legion, tweedledee! Or...we're...two.

I later found Drift hiding behind the museum.

Drift hiding behind the museum during a game of Secret Patrol.

With eight and a half minutes left to go, I found Midge behind Kabuki’s house to win the game. Static gave me a mini clankoid as my prize.

Static: Anyhoo, win you did! And since the odds were so insurmountable, I'll give you a mini clankoid!

After circling around town and speaking with Static again, he fell into a pitfall. It wasn’t one I planted. In fact, I didn’t even realize it was there until I heard him fall!

Static falls into a pitfall in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

There was a new house next to my own house (where Champ recently lived). Maple the bear cub was inside. I’m actually not very fond of Maple in my GameCube town, but maybe I can get a fresh start with this Maple.

Maple: I just moved into town, and I really haven't had time to get settled yet. My name is Maple.

I realized I hadn’t dug up any fossils lately, so I made a thorough search around town. I ended up finding two of them. Along the way, I also caught a few summer bugs, including an emperor butterfly and this rainbow stag.

I caught a rainbow stag! Someone tell me, already! Where's the rainbow?!

The full slate of summer bugs won’t be out until July 1st, so this is just a taste of what’s to come later on.

Have a good weekend, everyone! If you’re looking for more Animal Crossing content, I recently put up a new video of Animal Crossing GameCube clips. If you’d like to check it out, here’s the link: GameCube Moments #10. See you next time!

Air Pollution

I received Benedict’s goodbye letter in the mail today. I’ll miss the guy.

Dear Jeff, It's almost time for me to leave Forest. 'Cause of you, every day I lived here was tons of fun. Thanks for everything! -From Benedict

I then changed into my Mario outfit again. Why? Hmm, maybe Mario just needed to use the phone and couldn’t find one in his own game. 😉

Mario uses the phone in the attic.

Near the museum, I shot down a balloon present. It contained a gas pump! How did that get up there?

A gas pump in my pockets.

The mayor (Tortimer, not me) must need to enforce some stricter laws about air pollution.

Mario shoots down a balloon present in Animal Crossing: City Folk for Nintendo Wii.

Even though I knew Benedict was gone, it still surprised me when I saw the empty spot where his house had been. He lived here for nearly two and a half years, after all. It was New Year’s Day 2016 that he moved in.

The empty spot where Benedict's house had been.

Well, at least I can fix my path back, I suppose. 😛

Over at town hall, I decided to make a new town tune. Since I recently replayed Luigi’s Mansion (on GameCube), I decided to use its theme. Luigi would hum the tune throughout the game, and it quickly got stuck in my head. 😛

My Luigi's Mansion town tune in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Opal asked me to make a delivery to Drift, and the gift turned out to be a bad plaid shirt. Surprisingly, Drift really seemed to like the shirt. I then returned to Opal, and she rewarded me with a common floor.

Have a good weekend, everyone! See you next time!

No More Chicken

Saturday is K.K. Slider night, and Tabby told me she was DYING to see him play!

Tabby: I'm just, like, DYING to see him play!
How can I help you meet that goal?

I then took a walk up to the museum and asked the singing dog to choose a song for me. He performed K.K. Tango. Fortunately, Tabby didn’t show up and expect to tango with me.

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

Static was feeling sick, so I bought some medicine for him. It didn’t seem to help him very much, though. Hopefully he’ll start feeling better soon.

Static: Big, bad Static floored by the common cold. How pathetic, tweedledee.

I was quite disappointed when I went into Benedict’s house. He’s moving away! Ugh! I’ve already lost Champ and Tangy in the past two months, and now Benedict too?!

Benedict: Well, see, I'm actually leaving Forest. For good, tweedledee.

Of course, I still like Static a lot. Kabuki, Opal, and Drift are fairly cool too. But still, Forest is going through one of those spells where my villagers are mostly mediocre. Ehh, things will improve at some point, I’m sure. Forest will just seem a little bland in the meantime.

Drift was out bug-hunting tonight. He was complaining that a spider wouldn’t jump right into his net. Is this his first time bug-hunting, or what?

Drift: But this stupid, stubborn spider won't jump into my net, tweedledee!
Your net? Or your mouth?

Have a good weekend, everyone! I’ll see you next time.