Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Last Sunday, Sherb, the incredibly cute goat, was camping in town. Even though I’d love to have him around, I didn’t want to kick anyone out right now. Perhaps someday!

On Tuesday, Kapp’n complimented me on my tomato puree that I recently shipped. He gave me 100 bonus hotel tickets, and that boosted my total to exactly 90,000. I’m getting close to my 100k goal now!

Today, Rizzo, the rottenest rat in recent recollection, reared his revolting rat-face in Forest! And if that wasn’t bad enough, he said that I’m the one that’s goofy looking! How dare he!

He’s lucky he was sitting down, or he might’ve ended up buried again.

Kid Cat told me about what he called one of his best training secrets: Meditation. He told me to try it out for myself, but his catchphrase made it look a bit confusing out of context.

K.K. Slider then performed “K.K. Slack-Key” for me, Kid Cat, Static, and Savannah. It’s a slow, nostalgic song that has grown on me.

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

• Last Sunday, K.K. Slider performed “K.K. Polka” for me and Savannah.
• I helped out Gulliver on Monday, and he sent me a silk hat in the mail.
• Yesterday, C.J. was in town. After completing his challenge, I grabbed 32 fish out of storage and sold them for nearly 450k.

Last Saturday, K.K. Slider performed “K.K. Salsa” for me, Bob, Peanut, and Kid Cat. That’s the same song he sang for me in City Folk later that same night!

On Sunday, I turned the game on right at 6:00 p.m., and I got to see my fountains erupting while on the title screen! K.K. Slider was also still there, from the previous night’s performance.

When I started up the game tonight, I was disappointed to see there was no K.K. Slider at the plaza. Apparently there had been a fishing tournament earlier in the day, even though there was no sign of C.J. either. Only his stand was…standing. But I also noticed a new moon up in the sky.

Not a lot was going on in Forest this week, so I apologize that this may not be the longest or most interesting entry. But here is a quick summary of a few minor things that went on this week:

• Monday, I gave medicine to a sick Kid Cat. He thanked me with a fedora.
• I also helped out Gullivarrr, and he mailed me a pirate-treasure robe.
• On Tuesday, I sold 26 bugs to Flick for 195k.
• I returned a lost book to Merengue on Wednesday. She gave me a sports cap to thank me.

On Monday, Kid Cat was trying to rip me off while selling me a kids’ smock. I turned down his first three offers: He wanted 1,950 bells, then 1,500 bells, and then 1,050 bells for it. I thought he would give up after that, but he made a 4th offer too! It was under 1k (750 bells, to be exact), so I reluctantly bought it at that price. He called me a “crafty nutball” for outplaying him. Yeah, I don’t think so.

Just be happy I bought it at all, Mr. Cat.

When I started the game up on Tuesday, it was raining…but also sunny. I figured I might see a rainbow at the top of the hour, and sure enough I did. A double rainbow, in fact.

Merengue also commented on it, telling me how happy she was to see it.

I still think rainbows are far too pale and colorless in this game, but it’s nice to see it anyway.

The next day, I spoke to Bob on the ramp going down to Sudden Valley and the camera shifted to an almost perfectly overhead view. It even made my fountain look like… um, a valve.

Here are a few other quick notes about the past week:

• Last Sunday night, K.K. Slider performed “K.K. Soul” for me and Agent S.
• On Tuesday, I gave some medicine to a sick Static. He rewarded me with a dragon suit.
• Tonight, Bob asked me to deliver a gift (an explorer shirt) to Bones. Bones loved the gift, and he thanked me by giving me a sweatshirt.