On Sunday, Cally the squirrel was visiting Forest, without a place to stay. I offered to let her stay at the hotel, and I even designed a VIP room for her. I used some of the acorn/tree’s bounty furniture, along with a tree standee, a wild log bench, and a log bed.
Cally seemed to enjoy it!
On Monday, another tourist needed a place to stay. But this time, it was Candi the mouse. As some of you may know, Candi is a bit of a rival of mine in my GameCube town. And due to her proximity to a bridge, I sometimes use a glitch that lets me push her into the water in that game. So when designing her hotel room, I added in a Kerokerokeroppi bridge to remind her of that. I also filled in every empty spot with pitfall seeds. Enjoy the room, Candi! 😈
On Tuesday, I wasn’t paying attention after starting up the game. And when I did look over at the screen, I saw a pair of big eyes looking at me through the trees next to my house! 😮
It was just O’Hare the rabbit, and he was just in town as a tourist. But it kind of surprised me seeing him come out of the shadows like that. 😆
Chadder the mouse was camping out at the campsite (for the 3rd time), so I stopped in to say cheese hello. As cute as he may brie be, I did not ask him to move in.
By yesterday (Wednesday), the snow of winter had all melted. Yay! I spotted another former villager in town as a tourist, Eloise the elephant! It was nice to see her again! 🙂
Of course. I have a memory like an elephant. 😉
Here are a few other quick notes about this week:
On Monday, I gave some medicine to a sick Agent S. She thanked me with some mariachi clothing.
Gulliver was in town Tuesday, and I dug up the parts to his communicator. However, I forgot to return them to him! I realized my mistake the next day, when I found the parts all rusted in my pockets. Oops.
Yesterday, I returned a lost book to Ankha. She rewarded me with a loungewear shirt.
Flick was in town today, and I sold him 32 bugs (mostly dung beetles and wasps) for 156,750 bells.
Enjoy the newly-green grass, and I’ll be back with another entry next week! Never Stop Crossing!
He wanted some feathers, of course, so I kept an eye out for them as I played. My villagers were dressed up for the occasion too, and they were so cute! Especially June.
After making my rounds, I turned in my feathers for Festivale items. But the dancing peacock still needed more, so I repeated the process of hunting for feathers.
I stopped trading in feathers once I earned that. But before I ended my session, I also spotted the famous (or infamous) Raymond on Forest! However, he wouldn’t even turn to face me as I introduced himself! How rude!
On Tuesday, I ran into a previous villager, Tia the elephant! It’s so good to see her again!
I know the novelty of having tourists around will eventually wear off, but for now, it’s still a thrill to see former villagers and other animals I like. 🙂
On Wednesday, the robotic octopus tourist Cephalobot was enjoying some coffee at the Roost. But he told me something surprising. He claimed Forest coffee has a hint of apple! I hope that’s not true, because it doesn’t necessarily sound very good. 😛
I do like Cephalobot, though, and I wouldn’t mind having him on my island at some point!
On Thursday, I led the tourist Kody (one of my GameCube buddies) to the hotel. That earned me 2,000 Nook Miles for taking my 10th tourist to the hotel. That completed the “Take Tourists to the Hotel” goals for me. That is the first of the three new 3.0 goals that I’ve completed.
Yesterday, I found Pascal while diving. He popped up to tell me that making friends is like making music…wrong notes and all. 🎶
I’ve always thought oarfish were fairly rare…but last night, I caught four of them in a ten-minute span! I was shocked! But I’ll gladly take them. 😆
Narrator: He did catch morefish!
Tonight, Bones and June joined me for a K.K. Slider performance of “K.K. Ragtime.” I know it as the “knock me up” song, because that’s what part of the chorus sounds like he’s saying. 😆 It’s not a bad song, though.
Here are a few other quick notes about this week:
On Thursday, I played a treasure hunt game with Static. I won an instant-muscles suit.
Colton the horse was camping at the campsite, but I didn’t ask him to move in.
I helped out Gullivarrr find his communicator, and he sent me some pirate pants yesterday.
Last night, Bones asked me to catch an olive flounder for him. (That’s actually why I was fishing and found all the oarfish I mentioned above.) Once I caught the olive flounder, he gave me a plain do-rag for it.
Yesterday, I posted an updated version of Ultimate Quick Comparisons that compare and contrast the five core Animal Crossing games. It reflects the changes made in ACNH Version 3.0, and of course I’ve added some new comparisons too. Check it out!
On Monday (Feb. 9th), my old friend Puck showed up as a camper at the campsite! I really like Puck as a character throughout the series, but something about his design in New Horizons doesn’t seem quite right.
In the older games, his helmet kinda looks like it’s his head. And here, it’s very clearly a helmet…and his pink skin seems more prominent and noticeable. Maybe it’s just because I’m so used to seeing him on GameCube for so many years, but it doesn’t fully look like him to me. I did not ask him to move in.
I’ve submitted 300 DIY goods now, earning me the 4th (of five) stamps on the “DIY Goods Wanted” Nook Miles goal. But I still need to submit about 200 more (for a total of 500) to complete the final goal.
I tried out a new feature of Version 3.0 where Isabelle can suggest a town tune. (Thanks again for the tip, Joshua!) Even though I didn’t use her choices, I think it’s a great feature (much like La-Di-Day in Wild World) that gives you new options for town tunes without requiring you to manually enter in notes.
Nintendo posted a photo of a Game Boy standee design on Twitter, and I decided to download it and display it in my town. If you want it too, the code is MO-VVQ5-GW6D-1X5D.
On Tuesday, Mint was in town as a tourist. She was sitting on the Big Man bench eating a sandwich. So cute!
On Wednesday, a former villager showed up as a tourist: Claudia the tiger! I know she wasn’t my favorite, but I eventually felt like I let her go too soon. She was only in Forest for about a month, after all. I could’ve at least earned her photo first, but I didn’t.
She was wondering who still lives in town that she’d remember, and only two of my current villagers were here back then: Louie and Agent S. I could just imagine Claudia catching up with them (Agent S in particular), just gabbing and laughing about the old days with Rizzo, Tia, Hornsby, and Apple.
I found a scallop while diving, so of course Pascal popped up again to ask for it. He told me that we need a new word to describe tasty leftovers, and he suggested “re-licious” for that word. 😛
He gave me two pearls for the scallop.
On Thursday, I was surprised to see Isabelle telling me that Resetti was in town! She said he has a cheaper deal than usual, which was also a surprise. I didn’t know Resetti did discounts!
Moments later, I found him down on the beach. He was offering his Reset Service for just 30,000 bells, which is half the normal cost. That is a good deal, but I didn’t need the help.
Interestingly, I noticed that Saharah was also in town. So Resetti’s presence doesn’t bump other characters from their normal days. That’s good to know.
One of my New Leaf enemies (Eugene) was in town as a tourist, so I showed him the Forest way of life. Stay out.
Yesterday, Static asked me for a new catchphrase to replace “in my tail.” I told him to say “or I will” instead. I could imagine him using it after telling me to do something unpleasant, like “Go clean up your trash, or I will.” But he hasn’t used it in any interesting ways just yet.
Today is Valentine’s Day, and I received valentines in the mail from all my villagers and Isabelle. They sent me a lot of chocolate! 💖
I also went up to the Roost for another Valentine’s Day tradition that’s been around since City Folk: Brewster served me some hot chocolate instead of coffee. Sweet! ☕
Deirdre the deer was camping at the campsite today. She’s nice, but I didn’t invite her in.
Here are some other quick notes about this week:
On Tuesday, I sold 21 bugs to Flick for 99,750 bells.
I caught a dab for Static on Wednesday, and he rewarded me with some simple sunglasses.
On Thursday, I returned a lost item to Bob. He gave me a snowy knit cap as a thank-you.
Yesterday, I sold 27 fish (mostly sturgeon and football fish) to C.J. for 286,800 bells.
I led two tourists to the hotel this week: Jacob on Monday and Teddy today. They both got standard rooms.
I returned a lost journal to Merengue and she handed me a raincoat.
K.K. Slider performed “Wandering” for me and Louie tonight. I wish tourists could sit and enjoy the concerts!
I posted the latest New Horizons Moments video this week. I hope you’ll check it out!
Happy Valentine’s Day! I’ll see you next time! 💌
Update: I’ve added a new page where I’ll answer some common Animal Crossing questions. It may be more helpful for new players, but I also have some of my catchphrase ideas on there too. Check it out: Animal Crossing Q&A.
