Take Tourists to the Hotel

Last Monday, I received the other three video game systems I ordered: The Famicom, NES, and Nintendo Switch 2. The Famicom plays Clu Clu Land (which was also in the GameCube version of Animal Crossing), and the NES plays Ice Climber.

Screenshot of Ice Climber as played in ACNH 3.0.
Ice Climber

Unfortunately, the Nintendo Switch 2 does not play a game. When you turn it on, it plays the “Switch” sound effect and displays a red screen with the Switch 2 logo. So even though New Horizons has eight video game systems, there are just six playable games in total.

On Wednesday, a tourist had a thought bubble above his head. It was Clay the hamster, and he was enjoying his visit but didn’t have a place to stay for the night. I had the option to invite him to the hotel, so that’s what I did.

Clay: Hm? the hotel? You mean you're gonna help me find a place to stay?!

Leilani suggested that I put him in a VIP room. I chose the amusement park theme, so Clay got a fun place to play!

The amusement park themed VIP hotel room I designed for Clay in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

But then he said he was going to have the best sleep ever in here. Um…oops. Not only is it likely to be very loud in here, but I didn’t actually give him a bed. 😆

Clay: thank you so much! I just know I'm gonna have the best sleep ever in here, thump.

With that task done, I earned 500 Nook Miles in a new category: “Take Tourists to the Hotel.”

Take Tourists to the Hotel: Sometimes tourists visit the island without booking a room. If you'd be so kind as to take them to our hotel, we'll give you some miles as a thank-you!

I’ll have to do this quite a few more times to complete it, but at least I know what that (formerly) empty space on the Nook Miles page is for.

I later ran into another tourist. It was Rizzo! He has some nerve to show his rat face in Forest again, after I spent a whole year trying to get rid of him! So I grabbed a pitfall seed from storage and buried Rizzo once again. Stay out!

Rizzo struggles while in a pitfall.

Hans was camping at the campsite for the third time, and I still didn’t want him. Strike three, you’re out!

Hans, at the campsite: See you around!

On Thursday, I ran into Pascal after finding a scallop in the sea. He told me some words of wisdom about trash and recycling bins before giving me a pair of pearls.

Pascal: One otter's trash is another otter's recycling. Blue, green... It's so hard to tell those bins apart, maaan.

There was another tourist without a place to stay on Friday. It was Leopold the lion, and I led him to the hotel. But I didn’t want to design another VIP room, so I put him in a standard room instead. But that didn’t stop him from thinking he was getting star treatment.

Leopold: Can you believe this place? Finally, my star power pays off!

I only earned 50 hotel tickets for putting him in a regular room, but I didn’t mind. It still counted as progress towards my next “Take Tourists to the Hotel” goal. 👍

Yesterday, I decided to go ahead and pay for my final storage upgrade. It cost a whopping 1.8 million bells this time! So the total cost of going from 5,000 items to 9,000 items is 3.3 million bells! 😱

As of today, my storage is maxed out, as Tom Nook confirmed for me.

Tom Nook: As I've already mentioned, this is the final home-storage expansion we can offer you.

Here are a few other quick notes about Forest over the past week or so:

  • Last Monday, I sold 25 bugs to Flick for 117,000 bells.
  • I crafted a bunch of DIY items for the donation box, but I eventually hit a bottleneck. They needed items with certain hybrid flowers that I didn’t have, so production halted.
  • I recovered Wisp’s spirits on Thursday, and he rewarded me with a striped maxi dress.
  • Last night, K.K. Slider performed “K.K. Swing” for me, Ankha, Kid Cat, June, and Bob. I like when there are several other animals enjoying the show with me. 🙂
  • Today, Moe was the latest tourist without a place to stay. I put him in a standard room, which ended up being Room 4 (the kiddie room).