Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Last Monday, I received the other three video game systems I ordered: The Famicom, NES, and Nintendo Switch 2. The Famicom plays Clu Clu Land (which was also in the GameCube version of Animal Crossing), and the NES plays Ice Climber.

Unfortunately, the Nintendo Switch 2 does not play a game. When you turn it on, it plays the “Switch” sound effect and displays a red screen with the Switch 2 logo. So even though New Horizons has eight video game systems, there are just six playable games in total.

On Wednesday, a tourist had a thought bubble above his head. It was Clay the hamster, and he was enjoying his visit but didn’t have a place to stay for the night. I had the option to invite him to the hotel, so that’s what I did.

Leilani suggested that I put him in a VIP room. I chose the amusement park theme, so Clay got a fun place to play!

But then he said he was going to have the best sleep ever in here. Um…oops. Not only is it likely to be very loud in here, but I didn’t actually give him a bed. 😆

With that task done, I earned 500 Nook Miles in a new category: “Take Tourists to the Hotel.”

I’ll have to do this quite a few more times to complete it, but at least I know what that (formerly) empty space on the Nook Miles page is for.

I later ran into another tourist. It was Rizzo! He has some nerve to show his rat face in Forest again, after I spent a whole year trying to get rid of him! So I grabbed a pitfall seed from storage and buried Rizzo once again. Stay out!

Hans was camping at the campsite for the third time, and I still didn’t want him. Strike three, you’re out!

On Thursday, I ran into Pascal after finding a scallop in the sea. He told me some words of wisdom about trash and recycling bins before giving me a pair of pearls.

There was another tourist without a place to stay on Friday. It was Leopold the lion, and I led him to the hotel. But I didn’t want to design another VIP room, so I put him in a standard room instead. But that didn’t stop him from thinking he was getting star treatment.

I only earned 50 hotel tickets for putting him in a regular room, but I didn’t mind. It still counted as progress towards my next “Take Tourists to the Hotel” goal. 👍

Yesterday, I decided to go ahead and pay for my final storage upgrade. It cost a whopping 1.8 million bells this time! So the total cost of going from 5,000 items to 9,000 items is 3.3 million bells! 😱

As of today, my storage is maxed out, as Tom Nook confirmed for me.

Here are a few other quick notes about Forest over the past week or so:

• Last Monday, I sold 25 bugs to Flick for 117,000 bells.
• I crafted a bunch of DIY items for the donation box, but I eventually hit a bottleneck. They needed items with certain hybrid flowers that I didn’t have, so production halted.
• I recovered Wisp’s spirits on Thursday, and he rewarded me with a striped maxi dress.
• Last night, K.K. Slider performed “K.K. Swing” for me, Ankha, Kid Cat, June, and Bob. I like when there are several other animals enjoying the show with me. 🙂
• Today, Moe was the latest tourist without a place to stay. I put him in a standard room, which ended up being Room 4 (the kiddie room).

On Thursday, I went to the hotel to design Room 8. I could choose a luxurious room or an antique room, and I chose the former. I used mostly elegant furniture, and some marble items as well.

I finally upgraded to the Switch 2 version of the game, and I bought the megaphone at Nook’s Cranny. However, it didn’t seem to work as intended half the time. Sometimes the wrong villager would respond. I know the New Leaf megaphone wasn’t perfect either, but this one seems to be even worse (from what little I’ve used it).

I also used a Zelda amiibo to unlock the Zelda items, so I’ve been continuing to order those and Splatoon items in recent days.

On Friday, I had two more repeat tourists, Miranda and Tangy. And they did remember me, and they remembered visiting Forest.

So the situation with Chester before seems to have been a very specific situation. Because I only chatted with him in the store the first time, he didn’t properly introduce himself and his name plate still said “Tourist.” When that happens, they apparently won’t remember you. But otherwise, they will.

At the hotel, Leilani told me about a new type of guest room: the VIP room!

VIP rooms are only for guests I specifically invite, but the room only stays that way for one day! Seems like such a waste! But still, I wanted to do it at least once. Leilani asked me to choose one of the day’s tourists, so I gave it to Tangy.

I could choose my own theme, and I chose a stellar room. I used a crescent-moon chair, Luna’s bed, and many of Celeste’s astrological items in here.

Tangy loved the room, and Leilani said that I can now use an amiibo scanner to invite guests. But considering you need to decorate the room from scratch every time, I doubt I’ll be using this feature very often.

At 10 p.m., I went to the airport to open my gate for Friday Night Forest. It was my first FNF in 18 months! Now that I’m on Switch 2, Orville gives me an option: I can choose a regular (8-player) session, or a Switch 2-only 12-player session.

I didn’t want to exclude anyone who was playing on a regular Switch, so I just chose the regular session. Sam and Tsu were the first to arrive. Tsu is actually the Sammy that has commented on this blog before. So with a Sam and a Sammy, I joked that the three of us made a Jeff Sam-wich. 🥪

After messing around with ocean sunfish and handheld items, we went over to the hotel. But I was shocked and disappointed to see that we can’t visit hotel guest rooms during multiplayer! That seemed like such a fun, obvious thing we should be able to do! Oof.

After walking around town a bit, we played a few games of sumo. I didn’t win a single round. 😆 But Tsu won two games, and Sam won one.

Shortly before 11 p.m., Michael came over to visit as well. We talked Animal Crossing on GameCube, and how ACNH 3.0 must take forever to load 12 players. 😆 We then posed for a group photo near the shore. You can also see Gullivarrr back there.

We did some crab walking on the beach, and it was pretty funny. 😆

We then competed in a 10-minute diving contest; Mike and I finished tied for the lead with 22 catches apiece. I was a fraction of a second from catching #23, though. This last one didn’t count. 😛

But that was a very close game! Good game, everyone!

We eventually went back to my house for a bit until I ended the session around midnight. Thanks for coming, Sam, Tsu, and Micheal!

Yesterday, Grams told me her selection of souvenirs has now expanded to the maximum! It included a few Nintendo items like the Ultra Hand and Love Tester, but most importantly, it included seven game systems!

I ordered five of the systems (starting from the bottom of the list and going up).

When I checked the hotel guests, I was not happy to see Beardo has made his return! At least it’s just for a day. 😛

Today, I received my first five systems. Of course, they give you a warning/reminder that you can only play the games with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. We knew that already, of course, but it still annoys me a bit. The original Animal Crossing had NES games not only as a free bonus, but as a major selling point for Animal Crossing in the first place! Kind of a shame to see the games require a subscription.

But I tried out all five. The Famicom Disk System plays Ice Hockey, and the computer scored three goals on me before I could figure out how to control my player. 😆

The Game Boy played Dr. Mario, which is always fun…even though playing a game based on three colors of pills isn’t an ideal game to play in black-and-white.

The Super Famicom plays Panel de Pon, which is basically Tetris Attack. Great puzzle game! Of course, the menus are in Japanese, though.

And finally, both versions of the Super NES play F-Zero. That’s a really good game too, but I wish one of them played something different, just for more variety.

Keaton became the latest former villager to return as a hotel tourist today, and it was good to see him in Forest again!

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

• I delivered a gift (a paper tiger) from June to Bob. He thanked me by giving me a safe.
• I helped out Gullivarrr on Friday, and he sent me a pirate dress yesterday.
• Last night, K.K. performed “K.K. Lovers” for me and Ankha. He must have the wrong idea about us! 😛
• I gave medicine to a sick Agent S today, and she gave me a fitness tank in return.
• I returned a lost item to Bob, and he rewarded me with a pinball machine.

See you all next time!

On Monday, I saw a tourist I definitely did not want to see in my town: Jambette!

So of course, I just had to pitfall her. It’s the law here in Forest. 😛

At the hotel, I asked about designing Room 5. Leilani asked me to choose a skyscraper room or a diner room, and I chose the former. I mostly used the cool furniture up here, and I hope my tourists will enjoy the view.

Leilani paid me the usual 200 tickets for my work, but I also earned 1,000 Nook Miles for designing my 5th room. Unfortunately, I learned that for the final decorating achievement, you have to design twenty rooms! Yikes. I guess that means we’ll eventually have to re-design rooms to keep earning the miles. Not my idea of fun.

Anyway, Monday’s other hotel guests included Hamphrey, Cousteau, and Miranda. I guess the Ugly Convention was in town.

While out diving, I found a scallop. Pascal popped up, as usual, but he gave me something different instead of a pearl: a pair of pearls! Pearls are worth 10,000 bells each, so he basically gave me 20k for a scallop! Nice!

Yesterday, I designed Room 6 at the hotel. I chose to decorate it as a lodge room instead of a Japanese-retro room. I used mostly log furniture, and I thought it looks really cozy.

The hotel guests for the day were Chester, Tangy, Tipper, Cally, and Cephalobot. Tangy even said Forest slays at night! 🥰

Chester was a repeat tourist, because he also visited the hotel two days earlier (on the 18th). But interestingly, he didn’t remember me!

So even though former villagers will remember you, repeat tourists apparently won’t…even if it’s only been two days! Wild.*

I later found Tangy enjoying some coffee at the Roost. 🙂

Today, I designed Room 7 at the hotel. I chose a frozen room instead of an exquisite room, so of course I used mostly ice furniture here. Looks like a good place to just chill. It even has a little snowman as a bartender. 😛

Today’s tourists were Cherry, Nana, Mac, Lionel, Maelle, and Elvis. I like those first three, but not the last three. 😛

I scanned my Inkling squid amiibo, which invited Viche to the campsite.

I’m not interested in her, but I just wanted to unlock the Splatoon items in the “Special Goods” section of the Nook Shopping app. I’ve actually forgotten about these, so I haven’t even ordered any of the Lego items yet either. But I’ve started the process now; it’ll just take a while with the 5-items-per-day limit.

On Monday, I posted a new video: Pitfall Pandemonium 2026! I used a Slumber Island to summon some previous villagers of mine and let them fall into some pitfalls. Good times. 😆

I’m still planning on opening my gate for Friday Night Forest on Friday at 10 p.m. Eastern (US) time. Anyone on my roster is welcome. Again, just don’t expect any big new obstacle courses or anything because I haven’t even started on such a thing yet. But we can hang out in Forest, check out the hotel, meet the villagers, and maybe play some sumo or something. But note that the blog entry probably won’t be up until the weekend.

*Update: Some commenters on Tumblr said they’ve had repeat tourists that did remember them. When I met Chester the first time, he was shopping in Able Sisters…so I’m wondering if it doesn’t “count” if they’re shopping? Not sure, but I’ll keep an eye out for repeat tourists in the future!