Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Flick was in town yesterday; I sold him six emperor butterflies and two dung beetles for 45,000 bells.

Several of my villagers were running around the plaza with glow sticks. When I spoke with Apple, she shared a science fact about winter…even though she just made it up herself.

I got to see the inside of Apollo’s house for the first time, and I really like it! It may not be very colorful, but the black-and-white look reminds me a bit of the modern series in older games that I always liked a lot.

I went diving and found a scallop, which summoned Pascal from…wherever he comes from. His “words of wisdom” were about the orchestra pit of the universe. And honestly, I didn’t understand this one.

But he gave me a pearl in exchange for the scallop.

Today, there was a camper at the campsite…and my first thought was that I hoped it wasn’t one of my favorites inside the tent. (Even though I am happy having Apollo, of course.) Fortunately, it turned out to be Chester the panda. I’m not interested in him.

Hornsby informed me that there was a boat parked up on the north shore. He thought it must be somebody important since they have their own boat. 😛 But he was more interested in tooting the horn. 😂

Of course, the boat belonged to Crazy Jolly Redd. He had three fake paintings, and one real one. Unfortunately, the real one was a flowery painting, which I already have in the museum. But I still bought it to give as a future prize (perhaps on the first running of my next obstacle course).

I also bought a throwback skull radio from Redd, because he had the ash-colored one. Previously, I only had the black version…which definitely looks great, but it’s not as realistic-looking.

I plan on posting the next New Horizons Moments video on Sunday, so stay tuned for that!

Yesterday, Gulliver was in town, and I dug up his communicator parts for him.

I then redeemed some Miles for five Nook Miles Tickets and headed to the airport. It was time to visit some mystery islands for potential villagers! Even though I do still need a snooty villager for their reactions, I decided I wasn’t going to turn down a villager I really wanted. Besides, I’m still hoping to get rid of Rizzo soon, so I could always get a snooty then.

The first island I visited was a bamboo island with Penelope. Considering I already have one mouse that makes me want to gouge my eyes out, I wasn’t interested in another.

The 2nd island was a spiral island that had Apollo on it!

I like Apollo a lot, and he was probably my favorite eagle until Keaton moved in (and grew on me) last year. And even though it wasn’t important for me to have an eagle move onto Eagle Mountain, I admit it’s a nice bonus. So I asked him to move in!

Believe it or not, I actually don’t have much experience with Apollo. He lived in one iteration of Bananas (ACCF), and I may have had him in the GameCube game at some point (but probably not for long). When I Googled my site for Apollo pics, only two screenshots came up–when he twice appeared as a camper in New Leaf. So this will be a good chance to finally get to know him better.

Today, I received my reward from Gulliver: It’s a tam-o’-shanter. So I see he’s back to sending me hats again, although this one isn’t particularly ugly as Gulliver hats go. 😛

Apollo has moved in, although he’s still in the process of unpacking. Welcome to Forest, Apollo!

There was a new Nintendo Direct today, and it included a look at the new Mario items coming up in New Horizons soon. The update will be available next week, although we can’t order the items until March 1st.

The best part about the Mario items is the warp pipe. You can place two in your town, and warp to another part of your island! Very cool! That will make a nice addition to any future obstacle courses I design. I also really like the flagpole, and I’ve been hoping to see it for a while.

I’ve already had several people ask me if I’ll be making a “Mario Plays New Horizons” video series, but I have no plans to do that. Especially since we can only have one island per Switch.

Are you all excited about the Mario items in New Horizons? Leave a comment below. And Never Stop Crossing! 🙂

Update: No Friday Night Forest this week, but I will have one next week (February 26th). That will be the last time to see my holiday movie obstacle course (except for the video, of course).

While looking at my catalog, I noticed something about the chocolate hearts and heart-shaped bouquets I got in the mail for Valentine’s Day yesterday: They’re all different! Well, mostly. Take a look:

Today is Festivale, so I bought myself a Festivale costume to go with the Festivale accessory I already had. I also bought some drinking straw glasses as an additional accessory. 😛

The first feather I spotted was a red one, and I caught it on my way over to the plaza. Pavé the peacock was there dancing, as were several of my villagers. It was quite a festive atmosphere!

When I spoke with Pavé, he told me to bring him three feathers of the same color. He also gave me a DIY recipe for a rainbow feather, which you can make from one of each of the other four colored feathers. But before I even caught any more regular feathers, I spotted and caught a rainbow feather!

When you have a rainbow feather, you can immediately exchange it for a piece of Festivale furniture (no need to collect three of them…yet). So I gave it to Pavé, and in return, he gave me a Festivale balloon lamp. That’s one of the items you can already buy at the shop, so I was a bit disappointed. But when I put it down, I saw that it’s a different color variation from the one I already have.

Each time I spoke with my villagers, they offered to trade one color of feather for another.

There does not seem to be any mini-games like there were in City Folk and New Leaf. So this version of Festivale seems simplified, but it does help the process go by quicker.

Another difference is that Pavé will accept three feathers of any color: That is a very welcome change! It was always so annoying in previous games when you needed one particular color and kept getting a different one.

I continued collecting feathers and trading them in for Festivale furniture. Each time, Pavé would do a little dance.

Of course, I made sure to say goodbye to my buddy Keaton. It was sad seeing him ready to go. I’ll miss the guy.

The search for feathers was starting to feel a bit pointless, since I wasn’t exactly thrilled with Festivale furniture (even if they are different colors). But then Pavé changed things up: He asked me to bring him three rainbow feathers for an “ultimate” Festivale reward.

It took a few minutes, but I tracked them down and took them to Pavé. He did a “Super Rainbow” dance…

His enthusiasm erupted into an explosion of light, feathers, and confetti.

He gave me the ultimate prize, a Festivale float. Good, I was getting thirsty anyway. 😛 Nah, it’s like a parade float that happens to be a giant, colorful, mechanical peacock. Not only does it light up, but the head turns back and forth and the feathers move as well. It’s a surprisingly cool item!

I decided to keep hunting feathers and trading in for more items. I didn’t get every color variation of every item, but that’s okay. There’s always next year. But I did play long enough to earn three Festivale floats.

I hope you all had a fun, festive Festivale!

Update: Here is my Festivale video: