Harvest Festival 2015

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., which is known as the harvest festival in the world of Animal Crossing. Tortimer was outside of town hall, talking about how today is the day to stuff ourselves like teddy bears. Wait, like teddy bears?

Tortimer: Today we feast like kings! Today we gorge like pigs! Today we stuff ourselves like teddy bears!Aurora warned me that a suspicious character (is it darkness?) was seen loitering around a sign. Can you be a bit more specific? There are signs all over town.

Aurora: A suspicious character was seen loitering around a sign!About eight signs later, I found the character. It was Franklin the turkey, of course.

Franklin: Whuh-whuh-whuh-- What do you think you're doing? You want to give me a heart attack?!Unfortunately, the clock struck 9:00 p.m. as I was talking to him, and that marked the end of the harvest festival. Bummer. The end of another harvest festival without catching the turkey disappointed Mayor Tortimer.

Tortimer: My belly might be full, but my heart sure feels empty.But I was more disappointed by what I saw in Fang’s house: boxes. Fang is preparing to move out of town. I guess he didn’t want to be stuck in a vegetarian town.

Fang: Hey, Boy J!Friga was sick with a cold, so I bought some medicine for her. She flipped as she gulped it town, waving her happy feet in the air.

Friga flips as she takes her medicine.It seemed like everyone was feeling down in one way or another. But not Broccolo! He enjoyed his big meal and he was still excited about the great foods he got to eat. That’s the right attitude!

Broccolo: Yowza, now that was some meal! Mashed potatoes as fluffy as clouds! Pumpkin pies the size of the moon!Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all had an enjoyable harvest festival!

A Fishing Squirrel

The fishing tournament was held today, but I played too late to participate. Still, I checked in with the judge Chip to see who won. He told me Static was the top fisheranimal of the day. How does a squirrel outfish a lion, two penguins, and a wolf?

Chip: Static from here in Forest! Solid fishing! But not so much for you. Nyuuk nyuk!Well, I guess Friga had an excuse: She was sick today. I bought some medicine for her, so hopefully she’ll start feeling better soon.

Friga takes her medicine.I headed to the Roost to catch some live music. I let K.K. choose the song (like I usually do), and he picked K.K. Ska. That’s the same song he played last week!

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

Five Shirts and a Stereo

Monday was the 7th anniversary of Animal Crossing: City Folk’s release in America. So I put together a slideshow of my best pictures taken from that 7th year. Check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.

Today, Alli told me the key to a well-designed house is understanding a theme and displaying it well. Apparently “five colorful shirts and a stereo” is an acceptable house theme.

Alli: The trick is understanding a theme and displaying it well, graagh.Outside of Nook ‘n’ Go, Mott was questioning the logic of putting large windows on convenience stores. He didn’t like the idea of people watching him as he picked out energy niblets.

Mott: Imagine someone gawking at your face while you read protein-shake labels or pick out energy niblets.Over by the river, Bunnie picked out a new nickname for me: Pop star. Ugh.

Bunnie: Pop star! Yeah! That sounds great, and that's what I'm gonna call you from now on!