Jeff's ACCF Blog

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, and Animal Crossing celebrates the occasion with the harvest festival. Tortimer was standing outside of town hall, next to tables full of fruit and side dishes…but no main course. Tortimer gave me a knife and fork.

Tangy was using the holiday to…look for a boy? She was hoping a boy would fall in love with her after seeing her elegant cutlery moves. And she just happened to be wearing a very skimpy bikini as well.

I soon found Franklin the turkey hiding behind Midge’s house. He seemed a little tense.

I gave him the knife and fork, and he gave me a harvest lamp in return. I went back to Tortimer for another knife and fork, and continued my walk around town. The next time I found Franklin, he gave me a harvest dresser.

Near the northwest bridge, I ran into Champ the monkey. Like PoizonMushro0m (Mike) pointed out in a comment last time, some people think Champ may really be Porter, who runs the train station in the GameCube game and in New Leaf. Champ’s catchphrase seems to support this theory, seeing that his catchphrase is “choo CHOO.”

When I visited Benedict, he told me the plan for today: Stuff your face, complain about being full, and then go back for more.

Once I finished making my rounds, I focused on hunting down Franklin. I’d give him the knife and fork, get a piece of harvest furniture, get new cutlery from Tortimer, and then look for Franklin again.

In all, I found Franklin ten times. I then sold the furniture for a total of 33,330 bells. It’s actually not worth as much as I was thinking; the spooky and Jingle sets are worth much more.

Happy Thanksgiving if you’re in the United States like me! And if not, I hope you enjoyed the harvest festival in any Animal Crossing games that you may have played today. See you next time!

When I started up the game today, I saw that I had a new next-door neighbor! Just like I predicted last time, that spot didn’t stay empty for long. I went inside and met my newest neighbor Champ the monkey. I like him already. 🙂

Tangy, who also lives nearby (just a bit to the south, near the windmill) was sick with a cold today. She must not be eating enough Vitamin C! I bought some medicine for her. Get well soon, Tangy!

Dotty asked me to make a delivery to Samson, and I agreed to help out. After I told Samson he had a gift from Dotty, he had a big cheesy smile on his face.

The gift was a fire hydrant. Seems more apt for a dog than a mouse, but Samson seemed to enjoy it. With the delivery a splashing success, I returned to Dotty. She rewarded me a pastel-dot wall.

After making my rounds, I rode the bus out to the city. I decided to make a rare visit to Katrina the fortune teller. After dropping a bucket on my head, she told me something bad may or may not be in my future. So it was just a neutral fortune.

Even though Halloween is over, I spotted Tabby in the city. She told me how she followed a girl back to her bus. I guess Tabby is creepy in more ways than one.

And today is the 9th anniversary of Animal Crossing: City Folk! It came out on November 16, 2008. Here is my annual slideshow of ACCF pics.

If you’d like, feel free to check out my very first moments in ACCF in my Getting Started video. Or browse through the full list of my City Folk videos.

Groucho has finally moved out of town. I got his goodbye letter in the mail today.

If you notice the dirt in the lower-left corner of that picture, that’s the spot where his house was. If history is any indication, that spot won’t stay empty for very long. There almost always seems to be someone living there.

Over by town hall, I ran into Dotty. She was fangirling over Phyllis, of all people!

In Samson’s house, I noticed he had two watermelon chairs (well, one was a melon chair) arranged back to back. Who sits like that? Other than competing contestants on a game show or something.

After a quick chat with Benedict in his house, I was heading back outside. Since his house was kinda cluttered, I decided to take a shortcut by hopping on his bed. But as soon as my character jumped into the bed, my batteries died! I guess my character really wanted to keep sleeping there!

I had to swap out my batteries before I could wake up from my nap. 😛

Nan asked me for a fossil, so I gave her the only one I dug up today: an iguanodon tail. You never get equal value when you give a villager a fossil, but I was trying to be nice for a change. But even with lowered expectations for my reward, I was still a bit disappointed. She gave me a garbage pail! Garbage for a fossil?! Come on!

Back outside, I caught a flea that was on Tangy. I then took a quick bus trip to the city before ending my session.

Next week is the 9th anniversary of Animal Crossing: City Folk! Isn’t it hard to believe it’s been nine years? I may or may not have my annual slideshow ready by then, but I will at least be back with another blog entry. See you then!