Jeff's New Horizons Blog

On Monday, I reached a new milestone in my savings account: 135 million bells.

On Tuesday, my recently departed villager Ankha returned to Forest as a tourist! She said it had been too long, and she was acting as if I had already forgotten her! Not true! But it was nice to see her again, even though it hasn’t been that long at all!

Blaire the skunk-like squirrel was camping in town on Wednesday. I stopped in to say hello, and she was looking cute! But I wasn’t about to kick anyone out for her.

A couple weeks back, I talked about the leaf statue that Nintendo sent out for the series’ 25th anniversary. I mentioned that the gift could not be ordered. While that was true at the time, Nintendo has since updated the game again (Version 3.0.3) to change that! We can now order the leaf statue for 25,414 bells! (The 25 represents the 25 years, while the “414” references the April 14th date of the anniversary.)

Thank you for this, Nintendo! 🙂

Yesterday, I caught a flea that was on Peanut…even though she denied having fleas, ever. I then asked her about a lost item I found in town, and she told me it was hers. To thank me, she gave me a shower set. But maybe she should’ve kept it; she’s the one with fleas, after all. 😛

I gave Agent S a wharf roach that she asked for. And in return, she gave me another copy of her photo. Thanks, Agent S!

Tonight, my purple buddies Bob and Static joined me for a K.K. Slider performance of “Soulful K.K.”

Earlier this week, I posted my latest New Horizons Moments video. Please check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.

Last Saturday night, Kid Cat, Agent S, and Bob were seated at the plaza, ready to join me for K.K. Slider’s concert. They even jumped down with me as the music started…

But as the lights dimmed and then came back up, all three of them started walking away! I thought it was too late for them to cancel out once they jumped out of their seats with me! Oof!

A clip of this will be in the next New Horizons Moments video, which should be up in the next couple days or so.

Yesterday, I returned a lost item to Kid Cat. He thanked me by giving me a long underwear set, saying he hopes he’s not being too generous!

Moments later, Louie just happened to be looking for a long-underwear set! He offered me 262 bells for it, and I agreed to the sale.

It just seems odd that of all the things to be passing around from villager to villager, we’re doing it with long underwear. 😛

Today, I found Octavian hanging out in town as a tourist. He said it was nice to talk to a local sucker. (At least if you ignore his comma.) 😆

Here are a few other quick notes about the past week:

• On Tuesday, I gave some medicine to a sick Bones. He thanked me by giving me a zen uniform.
• Wednesday, I sold 15 bugs to Flick for 63k.
• I helped Gullivarrr out on Thursday, and he sent me a pirate dress.
• Tonight, K.K. Slider performed “Spring Blossoms” for me, Merengue, Bones, and Peanut.

In an unrelated note, I’ve been playing a lot of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream lately. If you’d like to follow along with my progress, I’ve been posting a video series. You can see the full playlist here.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!

On Sunday, Static was talking about my flying saucer that I have up on a cliff behind his house. He wondered if it fell out of space and landed there. But then he reasoned that stuff burns up in the atmosphere, so it couldn’t have fallen from space. He then concluded that it must be an alien’s flying saucer. (But…wouldn’t it still have been from space?) 🛸

Later on, K.K. Slider put on a special Sunday concert. He performed “K.K. Ska” for me and Kid Cat. But after the show was over, then Louie and Savannah came over to take a seat too. I wish they would have joined in sooner!

Today (April 14th) is apparently the 25th anniversary of the series’ birth (on N64, in Japan). So Nintendo sent out a special game update and this anniversary letter:

A new special item was attached, a leaf statue! It’s big, and it lights up! (You can turn it on or off.)

This is a really nice surprise! And it’s a really cool item. The only bad thing is that it you can’t order another one. So keep it safe!

And just for the sake of completeness, here’s a photo of the leaf statue in the daylight:

Whitney the wolf was camping at the campsite today, and I was honestly tempted to ask her to move in.

I decided against it though, at least for now. But I wouldn’t mind having her around at some point in the future!

Were you all surprised to see the new letter and gift? I sure was! Happy 25th anniversary, Animal Crossing/Animal Forest!!