New Gulliver Item, a Villager Moving Out, & New DLC

When I first turned the game on, I did not yet receive the new DLC for February. (But I got it later on, as you’ll see further down in this entry). The first thing I did was go to the beach to see Gulliver. After talking to him 10 times, he woke up and talked to me. I gave him his missing spaceship part.

Gulliver: With this, I can restore my ship to working order, or at least, back to how it was before my abrupt landing.In return, he gave me a Tower of Pisa. It was an item I needed, so I’m fairly happy with that. I try not to think about the fact that I’ve shot the UFO down 14 times and still haven’t gotten the one item I really wanted (a Metroid). I’ll post a picture of the Tower of Pisa at the end of this blog entry.

I then checked my mail; I received my monthly letter from the Bank of Nintendo, earning me 51,050 bells of interest for the month.

Dear Jeff, We appreciate your business and hope that you are satisfied with our service. You have earned 51,050 bells in interest. -BANK OF NINTENDOWhile watering my flowers, Puddles had an exclamation mark, so I talked to her. She said she’s going to move out; I didn’t try to stop her. As long as it’s not one of my favorites (and she’s not), she can go ahead and move out.

Puddles: ...Oh, I dunno. I guess I'm getting kinda tired of Forest...When I went into town hall, there was a blue retro shirt in the recycle bin. I had been wearing the same two shirts for all of January (the New Year 2012 shirt and the pulse shirt), so I thought it was time for something new. Shortly thereafter, I saved and quit my game.

I then tried starting up again to see if I got the new DLC yet, and this time I did: It’s the Pavé clock. The Pavé clock was previously released in Europe/Australia, and indeed someone gave me one before, so I already had it in storage. Here is a picture of the Pavé clock and the Tower of Pisa. (And the blue retro shirt, for that matter).

Me standing near the Pave clock and Tower of Pisa in my snowman-themed room.Just a few words about DLC. Nintendo of Japan’s website lists the DLC that will be released in 2012 for Japan. Even though it may not have been confirmed, I believe this schedule will be followed worldwide. The webpage can be found here: 2012 ACCF DLC Schedule.

The best part is the haunted house/cemetery set that starts in June; I really like the look of that. Those items are new DLC. The other items were already seen in Europe/Australia, but are new to the rest of us. Also, note that from June to October, we will be getting two DLC items a month instead of one. Very nice. That’s all for today, see you next time!

4th UFO of January

When I talked to Bob today, he asked me to make a delivery to Rowan. I took it to Rowan, and inexplicably, he was thrilled to receive a big dot shirt.

Rowan: Whoa! A big dot shirt! If I knew a word to call it other than awesome, I would totally call it that!I returned to Bob to tell him I completed the delivery and he thanked me by giving me a basic blue bed. Oh joy.

Bob: Oh, that's right... To thank you, I want to give you a basic blue bed!All indications today pointed to a UFO visit. It turned out to be correct. I shot it down right in front of Nook ‘n’ Go.

Shooting Gulliver's space ship (UFO) with my slingshot, right in front of Nook 'n' Go.That makes for a whopping four UFO visits in January. Gulliver usually does not come anywhere near that often, so I definitely got lucky this month.

Coffee with Phyllis, Failed Snowman

I went to the city tonight and saw Drift there. He was talking about a classy lady from Freak…that would be Abbey.

Drift: But she's not a city girl. I hear she's from Freak, brah.Back in town, I watered my flowers and stopped in The Roost. I saw Phyllis there.

Phyllis: Siiiiigh... Another day in the coal mines. (And does Phyllis ever get a day off? Noooooooooo!)So I did something I never thought I’d do. I sat down next to her and enjoyed a cup of coffee with her. Every once in a while, you’re just in such a good mood that not even the Phyllis in your life can bring you down. 🙂

Brewster hands Jeff a cup of coffee, as Phyllis sits next to Jeff.I went in to say hi to Ruby. She was talking about becoming better at fishing.

Ruby: But I keep trying! I'm, like, working on my form and doing push-ups and sweating and whatever!Just outside of Ruby’s house, a balloon present was floating by. I really like this picture of the balloon, the house, and the crystal clear sky.

A balloon present flies overhead through the clear night sky.I even said hello to Peaches tonight. She was talking about catching bugs. I didn’t have the heart to tell her it’s the middle of winter.

Peaches: And besides, it gives me an excuse to walk out in the fresh air all day long, underwear.I was about to save and quit, but then I saw two snowballs very close together. So I made a quick snowman.

Snowman: Hmmm... Close, but no top hat.It was my first snowman fail of the season. Oh well. I knew my lucky streak wouldn’t last forever. 🙂