Jeff's New Horizons Blog

I had a productive start to my session today: Immediately after checking my mail, I found three of today’s four fossils right near my house. Not bad for my first 35 seconds of gameplay. 😛

The 4th one wasn’t very far away either, so I ended up identifying all of my fossils before I was even able to check my beach. But once I did, I found Gullivarrr passed out on the shore. I went diving for his communicator and then returned it to him.

Nook’s Cranny had a synthesizer today, even though it was rather expensive (66k). Since I needed it for my catalog, I went ahead and bought it. I wrapped it up and gave it to Apple, because today is her birthday!

Forest’s other peppy villager, Agent S, was also at the party. It looked like everyone was having a good time! Happy birthday, Apple! 🎂

In case you’re curious, Keaton was the friend that attended Apple’s birthday party last year.

Back outside, Eloise informed me that a magazine has published a fashion photo of her!

It’s on the last page of a free magazine from her hometown, but still. Congrats to her! 🙂

Static has now unpacked all his furniture, so I got to see the inside of his house for the first time. He has a lot of black furniture (much of it is rattan) and a couple of electric guitars. I really like it! Well, maybe not the wallpaper so much, but everything else is great IMO.

When I ran into Marina, I gave her an octopus that I caught while diving. 😛 She appreciated the gift, but she didn’t seem to understand that it’s the same species as her.

I’ll see you all next time. Have a good weekend, everyone!

Yesterday, I found a lost item on the ground. It was a bag with some gym clothes inside. Now that Louie is the only remaining jock in town, I knew the bag belonged to him. So I took it over, and he rewarded me with a figure-skating costume.

I bought a cute bed at Nook’s Cranny, and I wrapped it up and gave it to Marina. She enjoyed it so much that she gave me her photo in return! 😮

I took it home and put it in my house. Her favorite quote on the back is “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” This is my 14th villager photo.

After I finished making my rounds, I grabbed six Nook Miles tickets and headed to the airport. However, I wouldn’t need all of those tickets. On the very first island I visited, I spotted my long-time GameCube buddy, Static the squirrel! I immediately invited him to Forest.

I completed a few Nook Miles+ goals while I was there, and I also picked up as many weeds as I could. When I returned to Forest, I ran into Wisp. I gathered up his spirits and he gave me some tatami (flooring).

Today, I went over to meet the newest resident of Apple Lane. Welcome to Forest, Static!

Celeste was in town tonight, and she gave me a large star fragment. I think this confirms that I’ve finally received all of her recipes.

At the plaza, Eloise, Hornsby, and Louie were grilling some food. It smelled delicious! 😉

Saharah was in town, so I bought the mysterious wallpaper and carpeting. It turns out that they matched! It was the white-chocolate wall and the white-chocolates flooring. But I just sold them to the Nooklings since I don’t have much storage space free.

If you haven’t yet heard the news, Nintendo has confirmed that The Roost will be coming to New Horizons (accessible through the museum) in November. And that’s not all; we’re getting an Animal Crossing dedicated Nintendo Direct in October! That seems to indicate that we’re finally getting a significant update to the game! Sweet!

On Sunday, Tia told me that she packs her own lunch every day, and she likes to draw funny faces on her apple. She said her dad used to do it, so she has continued the tradition. 😛 That’s such a cute story.

Wisp was in town, and I gathered up his spirits for him. In return, he gave me a yellow-striped wall. I think Agent S could feel Wisp’s presence, because she started talking about “ghosts and stuff.”

Yesterday, Tybalt told me he’s been thinking about moving away.

I took several minutes to think about it…and I eventually decided to let him go. I like him a lot, but he’s had a nice, 14-month stay in Forest.

I later ran into Tybalt again, having a conversation with Apple. It started out with Apple saying “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the cutest of us all?” Then Tybalt responded that he is the cutest. It was just like the conversation I heard between Apple and Louie before. But time time, it had a different ending! The jock (Tybalt, in this case) said he ate too much and apologized for being rude.

Apple congratulated him on his improv work. I was just happy to see a new ending to an old story. 😛

Today, I said goodbye to my buddy Tybalt. He told me he’s going to join the circus. 😀

He thinks he’s going to be the strong man. I didn’t have the heart to tell him he’s probably just going to be the tiger. 😛 But good luck to you, Tybalt!

I may do some island hopping tomorrow to hunt for a new villager. Or I could end up rolling the dice with a random move-in. We’ll see.

I posted a new video today, comparing the number of special characters in New Horizons and Wild World. Give it a watch if you’re interested!