{"id":13684,"date":"2025-10-31T23:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T03:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/?p=13684"},"modified":"2025-10-31T23:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T03:40:27","slug":"spooky-coincidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/accfblog\/2025\/10\/31\/spooky-coincidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooky Coincidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is Halloween, and I started out shortly after 5 p.m. by using my Guest character to drop 10-12 pieces of candy for my main character, Jeff. Once I switched over, I checked my mail and put on my newly-arrived pirate costume from Tom Nook. Fortunately, it was in shipshape <\/em>condition. Tom Nook really hooked <\/em>me up with a great costume. \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then made my rounds, making sure to trap any villagers who were outdoors. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Sorry, monkey. \ud83d\ude1b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After I trapped the five outdoor villagers, I spotted a giant petaltail dragonfly. Despite having many <\/strong>opportunities at close range, I simply could not catch the darn <\/em>thing. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I have no depth perception with this eye patch on!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I gave up my search once I realized it was time for the villagers’ transformations at 6:00 p.m. Here’s a GIF of one villager scooting <\/em>into his Jack costume.<\/p>\n\n\n

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And with that, the Halloween event was on! I began searching for Jack, giving him candy in exchange for spooky furniture. I also did a little trick-or-treating to get some extra candy from my villagers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I took a break at one point, but I hunted down Jack over and over, for about an hour and a half in total.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Jack:<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I found him a total of 26 times, and I sold those 26 spooky items for a total of 268,060 bells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t realize this until just now, when I checked my blog entries from the past two years… But in 2023<\/a> and 2024<\/a>, I also collected exactly 26 spooky items (which of course sold for the same amount, 268,060 bells). It certainly wasn’t planned, and I didn’t have any certain limit in mind (in items or time played), so it’s weird that I just happened to stop at 26 items three years in a row. \ud83d\ude2e Now that <\/em>is a spooky coincidence!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently posted a video taking a look back at some previous Halloweens throughout the Animal Crossing series (which of course includes plenty of City Folk clips). If you’d like to take a look back through some of those Halloween memories, here is the video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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