Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Last Saturday night, I had Silversun Pickups on my mind. So when K.K. Slider asked if I had a request, I told him to play Panic Switch. 😛

Obviously he doesn’t perform the real song, but I enjoyed whatever it was that he did play.

On Tuesday, Beardo came back! But fortunately, only for a day. As a camper.

Label was in town on Wednesday, and she wanted to see me in a goth outfit. She suggested something I might wear for Halloween, and she gave me a vampire costume to use as an example. But I opted for my skeleton costume.

She rewarded me with a Labelle cap.

Thursday, Punchy asked me about a sea bass I had in my pockets. He offered to buy it for 800 bells, and I gladly sold it to him. I wasn’t sure why he would want a sea bass.

I find that hard to believe. In fact, it seems like every screenshot in this blog entry is a lie! But then again, Punchy is a cat. A fish that big is basically a feast for a cat.

Today, I stopped at Static’s house and found Midge was already there.

But you didn’t bolt! You’re still here!

One of tonight’s Nook Miles+ achievements was to catch five bugs, and it’s usually a tough task to find five bugs on a rainy night. But I caught three snails and two tarantulas to meet the goal. 🙂

A few other quick notes about this past week:

• Last Sunday, Wisp gave me some dual hanging monitors.
• I returned a lost book to Louie on Thursday, and he gave me a diner apron.
• Tonight, K.K. performed Bubblegum K.K. for me, Louie, Agent S, and Punchy.

See you next time! Never Stop Crossing!

Late on Saturday night, I built one last snowman just a couple of hours before the snow melted for the season. But he wasn’t rolling up just right, and I accidentally built him wrong. Oops. 😛

A couple hours later, I took another photo as the surrounding snow had melted.

On Sunday, I bought 7,780 turnips from Daisy Mae, at a price of 107 bells apiece.

Pascal popped up when I caught a scallop, and he started talking about vocational training for sharks. Because of course he would. 😛

Believe it or not, today is the first Leap Day since New Horizons was released! Even though the game came out in 2020 (which was also a leap year), release day was just three weeks after Leap Day. So I was looking forward to seeing what New Horizons did for the occasion.

But today, I saw nothing. No announcement from Isabelle, no special dialogue from villagers, and not even a post on the bulletin board. After City Folk and New Leaf marked the occasion, I thought we’d at least get something.

There is one small exception though, as I saw on Reddit, if Leap Day is your birthday. The villagers at your birthday party will acknowledge it only happens once every four years. But for the vast majority of us, there’s no mention of the occasion. That’s a bit of a Leap Day letdown.

However, something special did happen in my town this morning. The Nooklings were paying 552 bells for turnips! I gathered up my turnips and made several trips to sell them all. The grand total was 4,379,760 bells! This was easily my biggest turnip payday ever!

I made huge progress towards my Nook Miles turnip achievement, as you can probably imagine. I went from 5.5 million bells of profit earned, to nearly 9.1 million. Less than a million bells to go! I totally got this! 😁

After putting my money in the bank, my account balance topped 84 million bells.

I recently posted a video discussing the features introduced in New Horizons, and which I think should stay in future games, and which should go. Whether you agree or disagree, let me know your thoughts in a comment, either here or on the video itself. 🙂

Happy Leap Day, everyone! See you next time. 🙂

Last Wednesday was Valentine’s Day, and all of my villagers (and Isabelle) sent me valentines in the mail. So I ended up with a lot of chocolate hearts and heart-shaped bouquets. I also got another treat when I went to the Roost. Brewster serves hot chocolate instead of coffee on Valentine’s Day each year. Mmm.

On Friday, Sly the alligator was camping at the campground. Something about his eyes intrigue me. Or scare me. I’m not sure which.

After putting some money into my savings account yesterday, my balance reached 80 million bells.

Today, Bob asked me for a new catchphrase, and I told him to say “on the rug.” I didn’t get him to use it in a funny way yet, but as I was trying, he said this…

I guess he was getting tired of me talking to him too much. 😛 But it reminded me of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and that would probably be Link’s reaction to seeing Beedle in every stable he visits. 😛

Just a few other quick notes about the past week in Forest:

• Gulliver sent me another geisha wig last Thursday.
• I sold 22 bugs to Flick for 111,750 bells on Friday.
• K.K. Slider performed K.K. Lament for me and Ankha on Saturday.
• Midge was sick yesterday, so I gave her some medicine. In return, she gave me an explorer shirt.
• C.J. was in town today, and I sold him 18 bugs for 176k.

See you next time! Never Stop Crossing!