Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Today I went diving, and I caught my first spider crab. It’s HUGE! But more important than its size is the fact that I have completed my diving collection! Wahoooo!

That earned me 3,000 Nook Miles for completing the final “Underwater Understudy” goal.

Naturally, I donated the spider crab to the museum. Blathers confirmed that the sea-creature collection is now complete. 😎 Midge was already at the aquarium, checking out the sea creatures.

At the plaza, Apollo and Louie were holding sticks and running around. But Apollo stopped to tell me about the food he smelled when he walked by Tia’s house. 😛

When I checked my mail, I found the five Nintendo items I ordered…including three pipes. I also had a letter from TZ, and she sent me a pipe as well. Thanks, TZ! I just don’t know how I’m going to use all of these…I have six, and that’s probably way more than I need. 😛

The Thwomp is cool too, because it automatically slams to the ground when you approach it. But unfortunately, you can’t run under it when it’s up.

The five Mario items I ordered today were another Thwomp, a ? block, a goal pole, a large mushroom platform (I want to see how it works), and a Super Mushroom.

Jolly Redd was in town, and he had two works of art that were clearly fake; I wasn’t sure about the other two. But I took a chance on a worthy painting, and I’ll find out tomorrow if I made a wise decision.

Now that March is here, it’s time to make my annual transformation into Mohawk McClover. If you’re not aware, it’s my own St. Patrick’s Day character that I first made in ACCF way back in 2009. I’ve been dressing up this way in Animal Crossing games every March since then.

The outfit consists of a mohawk wig, club tee, and dyed green hair. (Green contacts are optional.) Unfortunately, New Horizons doesn’t have the club tee, so I had to make my own.

Have a great day, and I’ll see you next time. Never Stop Crossing!

Yesterday, I opened my mailbox to find that both Xavier and Nami sent me hot dog buns costumes. Now I can be an official member of the hot dog gang, the Weenie Heads! Nami’s letter referenced some things Allie said in one of my old ACCF Wi-Fi Moments videos. 😂

Daisy Mae was in town, and I bought 1,300 turnips from her, at a cost of 103 bells apiece.

Today is March 1st: The day we can start ordering Mario items! So the very first thing I did was check the catalog and started ordering. I decided to order three of the pipes, so I can start thinking about how to use them in my obstacle course. I also ordered a block and a Thwomp.

The Thwomp in particular seems to be ideal for an obstacle course.

There are 33 Mario items to order…and you can only order five per day. Oof. The good thing is that these items show up as “promotion” items (like the linked Pocket Camp items), not seasonal items. So they are not time-limited; you can order them year-round.

Another seasonal item showed up in the app today, a pi pie. It only costs 314 bells, but it’ll be a while until I can order it since I’ll be busy buying Mario items for the foreseeable future. 😛

I then checked my mail and found two letters from Ethan: He sent me two pipes! I was able to test them out and warp between them. Thanks, Ethan!

Saharah was in town, and I got a western vista, red dotted rug, tropical rug, and circuit-board flooring from her.

I couldn’t find Apollo anywhere in town, so I checked the museum. And there he was, in the bug room. I just kinda hate having to search the museum to find villagers; it takes so long!

March is here, and that means some new creatures should be out there somewhere. I went diving and caught my first firefly squid. Only one more sea creature to go!

I posted a new video today, comparing each version of my town Forest from across the series. From basic facts like the town fruit and grass shape, to my favorite/worst villagers I’ve had in each town, to things like my proudest accomplishments and remaining goals. I hope you enjoy it!

Louie was still sick with a cold, and fortunately I was able to enter his house today. 😛 He had it so bad that he compared his chills to running a marathon in a blizzard!

I grabbed some medicine for him out of storage, and he instantly started feeling better. He gave me a relay tank as thanks for the medicine.

K.K. Slider was in town, and I asked him for a random song. But before I sat down to enjoy the music, I moved around some of my Festivale stages so that I could enjoy the lights during the show. K.K. Slider then played K.K. Aria for me (and Rizzo).

After the show, I finally started organizing some of my Festivale furniture. I put a lot of it into storage, but I did leave out some pieces. I lined up my confetti machines, left the stages in place around the plaza, and kept my Festivale floats in place. It may not be permanent, but it makes this area seem quite festive.

I also used the Festivale garlands as path liners outside of Nook’s Cranny.

But that wasn’t all of the outdoor spring cleaning I did: I completely removed my holiday movie obstacle course. I sold a lot of the stuff, but I put most of the holiday items into storage. The western edge of town is now a blank canvas, awaiting my next obstacle course.

Just a couple more days until we can start ordering Mario items! 🙂 See you all next time!