On Thursday, I went to the hotel to design Room 8. I could choose a luxurious room or an antique room, and I chose the former. I used mostly elegant furniture, and some marble items as well.
I finally upgraded to the Switch 2 version of the game, and I bought the megaphone at Nook’s Cranny. However, it didn’t seem to work as intended half the time. Sometimes the wrong villager would respond. I know the New Leaf megaphone wasn’t perfect either, but this one seems to be even worse (from what little I’ve used it).
I also used a Zelda amiibo to unlock the Zelda items, so I’ve been continuing to order those and Splatoon items in recent days.
On Friday, I had two more repeat tourists, Miranda and Tangy. And they did remember me, and they remembered visiting Forest.
So the situation with Chester before seems to have been a very specific situation. Because I only chatted with him in the store the first time, he didn’t properly introduce himself and his name plate still said “Tourist.” When that happens, they apparently won’t remember you. But otherwise, they will.
At the hotel, Leilani told me about a new type of guest room: the VIP room!
VIP rooms are only for guests I specifically invite, but the room only stays that way for one day! Seems like such a waste! But still, I wanted to do it at least once. Leilani asked me to choose one of the day’s tourists, so I gave it to Tangy.
I could choose my own theme, and I chose a stellar room. I used a crescent-moon chair, Luna’s bed, and many of Celeste’s astrological items in here.
Tangy loved the room, and Leilani said that I can now use an amiibo scanner to invite guests. But considering you need to decorate the room from scratch every time, I doubt I’ll be using this feature very often.
At 10 p.m., I went to the airport to open my gate for Friday Night Forest. It was my first FNF in 18 months! Now that I’m on Switch 2, Orville gives me an option: I can choose a regular (8-player) session, or a Switch 2-only 12-player session.
I didn’t want to exclude anyone who was playing on a regular Switch, so I just chose the regular session. Sam and Tsu were the first to arrive. Tsu is actually the Sammy that has commented on this blog before. So with a Sam and a Sammy, I joked that the three of us made a Jeff Sam-wich. 🥪
After messing around with ocean sunfish and handheld items, we went over to the hotel. But I was shocked and disappointed to see that we can’t visit hotel guest rooms during multiplayer! That seemed like such a fun, obvious thing we should be able to do! Oof.
After walking around town a bit, we played a few games of sumo. I didn’t win a single round. 😆 But Tsu won two games, and Sam won one.
Shortly before 11 p.m., Michael came over to visit as well. We talked Animal Crossing on GameCube, and how ACNH 3.0 must take forever to load 12 players. 😆 We then posed for a group photo near the shore. You can also see Gullivarrr back there.
We did some crab walking on the beach, and it was pretty funny. 😆
We then competed in a 10-minute diving contest; Mike and I finished tied for the lead with 22 catches apiece. I was a fraction of a second from catching #23, though. This last one didn’t count. 😛
But that was a very close game! Good game, everyone!
We eventually went back to my house for a bit until I ended the session around midnight. Thanks for coming, Sam, Tsu, and Micheal!
Yesterday, Grams told me her selection of souvenirs has now expanded to the maximum! It included a few Nintendo items like the Ultra Hand and Love Tester, but most importantly, it included seven game systems!
I ordered five of the systems (starting from the bottom of the list and going up).
When I checked the hotel guests, I was not happy to see Beardo has made his return! At least it’s just for a day. 😛
Today, I received my first five systems. Of course, they give you a warning/reminder that you can only play the games with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. We knew that already, of course, but it still annoys me a bit. The original Animal Crossing had NES games not only as a free bonus, but as a major selling point for Animal Crossing in the first place! Kind of a shame to see the games require a subscription.
But I tried out all five. The Famicom Disk System plays Ice Hockey, and the computer scored three goals on me before I could figure out how to control my player. 😆
The Game Boy played Dr. Mario, which is always fun…even though playing a game based on three colors of pills isn’t an ideal game to play in black-and-white.
The Super Famicom plays Panel de Pon, which is basically Tetris Attack. Great puzzle game! Of course, the menus are in Japanese, though.
And finally, both versions of the Super NES play F-Zero. That’s a really good game too, but I wish one of them played something different, just for more variety.
Keaton became the latest former villager to return as a hotel tourist today, and it was good to see him in Forest again!
Here are a few other quick notes about the past few days:
- I delivered a gift (a paper tiger) from June to Bob. He thanked me by giving me a safe.
- I helped out Gullivarrr on Friday, and he sent me a pirate dress yesterday.
- Last night, K.K. performed “K.K. Lovers” for me and Ankha. He must have the wrong idea about us! 😛
- I gave medicine to a sick Agent S today, and she gave me a fitness tank in return.
- I returned a lost item to Bob, and he rewarded me with a pinball machine.
See you all next time!