{"id":9314,"date":"2026-02-14T22:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T03:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/acnhblog\/?p=9314"},"modified":"2026-02-15T19:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:40:23","slug":"old-friends-and-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/acnhblog\/2026\/02\/14\/old-friends-and-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Friends and Enemies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Monday (Feb. 9th), my old friend Puck showed up as a camper at the campsite! I really like Puck as a character throughout the series, but something about his design in New Horizons doesn’t seem quite right.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Puck,<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In the older games, his helmet kinda looks like it’s his head. And here, it’s very clearly a helmet…and his pink skin seems more prominent and noticeable. Maybe it’s just because I’m so used to seeing him on GameCube for so many years, but it doesn’t fully look like him to me. I did not ask him to move in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve submitted 300 DIY goods now, earning me the 4th (of five) stamps on the “DIY Goods Wanted” Nook Miles goal. But I still need to submit about 200 more (for a total of 500) to complete the final goal.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I tried out a new feature of Version 3.0 where Isabelle can suggest a town tune. (Thanks again for the tip, Joshua!) Even though I didn’t use her choices, I think it’s a great feature (much like La-Di-Day in Wild World) that gives you new options for town tunes without requiring you to manually enter in notes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Nintendo posted a photo of a Game Boy standee design on Twitter<\/a>, and I decided to download it and display it in my town. If you want it too, the code is MO-VVQ5-GW6D-1X5D.<\/p>\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, Mint was in town as a tourist. She was sitting on the Big Man bench eating a sandwich. So cute!<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Mint<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

On Wednesday, a former villager showed up as a tourist: Claudia the tiger! I know she wasn’t my favorite, but I eventually felt like I let her go too soon. She was only in Forest for about a month, after all. I could’ve at least earned her photo first, but I didn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Claudia:<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

She was wondering who still lives in town that she’d remember, and only two of my current villagers were here back then: Louie and Agent S. I could just imagine Claudia catching up with them (Agent S in particular), just gabbing and laughing about the old days with Rizzo, Tia, Hornsby, and Apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found a scallop while diving, so of course Pascal popped up again to ask for it. He told me that we need a new word to describe tasty leftovers, and he suggested “re-licious” for that word. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Pascal:<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

He gave me two pearls for the scallop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, I was surprised to see Isabelle telling me that Resetti was in town! She said he has a cheaper deal than usual, which was also a surprise. I didn’t know Resetti did discounts!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Moments later, I found him down on the beach. He was offering his Reset Service for just 30,000 bells, which is half the normal cost. That is a good deal, but I didn’t need the help.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Resetti:<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Interestingly, I noticed that Saharah was also in town. So Resetti’s presence doesn’t bump other characters from their normal days. That’s good to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my New Leaf enemies (Eugene) was in town as a tourist, so I showed him the Forest way of life. Stay out.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Yesterday, Static asked me for a new catchphrase to replace “in my tail.” I told him to say “or I will” instead. I could imagine him using it after telling me to do something unpleasant, like “Go clean up your trash, or I will.” But he hasn’t used it in any interesting ways just yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is Valentine’s Day, and I received valentines in the mail from all my villagers and Isabelle. They sent me a lot of chocolate! \ud83d\udc96<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also went up to the Roost for another Valentine’s Day tradition that’s been around since City Folk: Brewster served me some hot chocolate instead of coffee. Sweet! \u2615<\/p>\n\n\n

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Deirdre the deer was camping at the campsite today. She’s nice, but I didn’t invite her in.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Here are some other quick notes about this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • On Tuesday, I sold 21 bugs to Flick for 99,750 bells.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • I caught a dab for Static on Wednesday, and he rewarded me with some simple sunglasses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • On Thursday, I returned a lost item to Bob. He gave me a snowy knit cap as a thank-you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Yesterday, I sold 27 fish (mostly sturgeon and football fish) to C.J. for 286,800 bells.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • I led two tourists to the hotel this week: Jacob on Monday and Teddy today. They both got standard rooms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • I returned a lost journal to Merengue and she handed me a raincoat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • K.K. Slider performed “Wandering” for me and Louie tonight. I wish tourists could sit and enjoy the concerts!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    I posted the latest New Horizons Moments video this week. I hope you’ll check it out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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