Jeff's New Horizons Blog

On Monday, my old friend Robin was camping at the campsite. (I’ve recently had her in my City Folk and Wild World towns.) I did not invite her into this town, though.

The final Bug-Off of the year was held today, and I participated in one round. I caught nine bugs, scoring 11 points in the process.

My score would’ve (and should’ve) been higher, but I saw a banded dragonfly and wasted too much time chasing it down. It disappeared before I could catch it. (They’re too hard to resist, though.) But anyway, Flick paid me 3,075 bells for my nine bugs, and then I redeemed ten points for a bug cage.

I do enjoy the villagers’ Bug-Off dialogue, though.

But they do look a bit silly in those hats. Well, especially when they wear the hat over a helmet.

Later on, I noticed a former villager in town as a tourist. But it was someone who left very early on in Forest’s history, Lopez. He’s been gone so long that I almost forgot I had him. 😛 But it was nice to see him again regardless.

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

• Last Sunday night, I recovered Wisp’s spirits for him. He rewarded me with some tatami flooring.
• I helped out Gulliver on Monday, and he sent me a samurai wig in the mail.
• Due to today’s Bug-Off, K.K. Slider was not in town tonight.

While digging up a fossil next to Louie’s house on Monday, Louie’s house temporarily disappears (as it does when you get too close). But what was interesting is that you could see two lights shining on the ground, under his house!

Are there some glow worms under his house? 😉 Or perhaps an active volcano that’s about to erupt? 🌋 A gate to Rizzo’s realm of eternal extermination? 😆

Vesta the sheep was camping at the campsite on Wednesday. She said she felt like she belonged here in Forest…but I didn’t agree.

The super cute Lolly was in town as a tourist again, so I just had to talk to her.

I’ve had her in my New Leaf town since 2018! It would be hard to ever let her go…unless I got her in New Horizons too. (It’s easier to let someone go if I have them in another game.) Maybe someday.

Tonight, I headed over to the plaza for K.K. Slider’s Saturday night performance. Why does it seem like K.K. is the only character who ever asks how we’re feeling?

He played “K.K. Western” for me, Peanut, and Merengue.

Here are a few other quick notes about this week in Forest:

• On Tuesday, I caught an olive flounder for Bob. He rewarded me with a cowboy shirt. 🤠
• I recovered Wisp’s spirits for him, and he thanked me by giving me some shower sandals.
• I also helped out Gullivarrr, and he sent me a pirate beard in the mail.
• Yesterday, I returned a lost book to Merengue and she gave me a doctor’s coat.
• I crafted some medicine for a sick Bones tonight, and he thanked me with a soccer-uniform top.

On Wednesday, Savannah sneezed in my face!

I gave her some medicine for her cold, and she thanked me with a coverall coat.

Tucker the elephant was camping over at the campsite. He seems pretty cool, but I did not invite him to move in.

On Thursday, I caught an emperor butterfly that was flying right behind Louie. It was almost on his back! And I thought it looked funny how Louie was right there where you’d expect to see me holding the bug.

Yesterday, I visited Savannah and I was surprised to see her singing in her house! Normally they just sing outdoors, so this caught me by surprise.

My former villager Tia was in town as a tourist today, and she was looking for a place to stay for the night. I didn’t feel like designing a VIP room though, so I put her in a standard room. She ended up the ice room; I hope she doesn’t get cold! But she does have some thick skin, so she should be okay.

K.K. Slider was in town tonight, and I asked him for a random song. He performed “K.K. Samba” for me, Bones, and Merengue.

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

• I helped out Wisp twice this week. He gave me some horizontal split curtains on Sunday and some olive Moroccan flooring on Monday.
• On Wednesday, I sold 18 bugs to Flick for 128k.
• I helped Gulliver on Thursday, and he sent me a Sphinx in the mail.

Earlier this week, I posted my latest New Horizons Moments video. Here it is: