Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Today I finished up my new part of town, a Donkey Kong themed bamboo jungle. The entrance is marked with a DK design.

The area consists of a winding path through a jungle, with Donkey Kong themed items along the way, including barrels and a black boom box playing K.K. Safari. The rock-head statue and Moai statue fit in well with the theme, so I moved them here from other parts of town.

After winding back and forth, the torch-lit path leads to a peninsula where a gong symbolizes the end of a Donkey Kong Country level. (The gong is also a throwback to the Donkey Kong 64 sound effect when DK picks up a golden banana. “Oh, banana!”)

And this is the new view from the sumo ring area.

I updated the dream of Forest this afternoon, so you can visit it now (dream address 6717-1633-3682). I like updating my dream in the daytime, but this new area might actually look better at night.

Anyway, I received a letter from Gullivarrr in the mail today, and he sent me a sideways pirate barrel. I’m fairly happy with it, although I was actually hoping for the shirt so that I could (essentially) complete my pirate outfit.

K.K. Slider was hanging out at the plaza, so I asked him for a random song. He performed K.K. Adventure for me and Hornsby.

I posted Wi-Fi Moments #11 today, so I hope you’ll check it out. 🙂

Lopez asked me to go on a treasure hunt, and I agreed to play. The only bad thing is that I hadn’t yet found today’s fossils, so there were a number of buried items around and most of them weren’t treasure. 😛 But still, it only took me about two and a half minutes to find the treasure. It was near the well, south of the arches.

I took it back to Lopez, and he gave me the treasure: a school jacket. Oh joy.

I forgot to mention this when I first noticed earlier in the week, but Nook’s Cranny now sells the items you could previously get from Redd at the fireworks festival, such as balloons and sparklers. Just check out the cabinet, and there should be one item each day. Unfortunately, you can’t buy them in bulk. But I’m really glad to see them sold in the shop, because fireworks and balloons are fun year-round!

I was happy to see Gullivarrr on the beach today. I found his communicator for him (on my very first dive of the day), and he’ll be sending me a pirate-y reward in the mail tomorrow.

As you can see in that screenshot, I also had some star fragments on the beach. I gathered up eight of them in total.

Agent S surprised me with a long rant about the history of the word “sentimental.” It was…awkward.

Most of my play time today was spent working on my new area. I made a new design, I made my cliff larger, I extended the path, and I added more items. It’s essentially done now. I might reveal it tomorrow, but I’m not 100% sure yet. If it’s not tomorrow, it’ll be Sunday.

Isabelle informed me that there was an animal camping at the campsite today, and I found out that it was Flurry the hamster. She’s cute, but I did not invite her in.

When I went diving, I caught three new sea creatures! They include the turban shell, oyster, and the chambered nautilus.

Nook’s Cranny had an elaborate kimono stand for sale, but it cost a whopping 220,000 bells! Tia said it was too pricey for her, and I agree 100%.

Flick was in town, so I got all the bugs I had in storage and took them over to him. He gave me 75,000 bells for them all.

After I finished making my rounds, I went out to a mystery island. I was happy to see that the first island was a bamboo island. I stocked up on bamboo and bamboo accessories, and I grabbed some weeds and coconuts too.

When I returned to Forest, I got to work on my new area. I got some items out of storage, I crafted some other items, and I laid down a winding path. I made significant progress on the new area, but it’s not finished. I’d estimate it may be 75-80% complete though. I’m not going to reveal too much until it’s done, but I will tease you with this picture of the map. 😛

While the new area is its own thing, it should also enhance the beauty of the scenery behind the sumo ring as well.

Note: There was a meteor shower tonight, so I wished on several shooting stars.

Sorry, but there won’t be a Friday Night Forest this week. I’m going to do my best to open up next week though. I know it’s been a while! But over the weekend, you can expect a new Wi-Fi Moments video, and I’ll be unveiling my new area by Sunday (likely with a dream update so you can check it out for yourself).