Jeff's ACWW Blog

Well, I found my first pitfall today. Or to be more specific, it found me. It was right on the edge of where the grass meets the dirt, and they’re hard to see when they’re right there. Oh well, maybe I’ll spot the next one.

When I chatted with Static tonight, he said that even though we’re just acquaintances so far, we’ve got chemistry. Although, he was scared by that fact. I would’ve told him I’m friends with two clones of him in parallel universes (other Animal Crossing games), but I think that might have just made things weirder.

For the first time in Wild World, I heard the UFO tonight! Of course I don’t have a slingshot yet, not to mention the fact that I didn’t even see the UFO. But actually, I forgot to look at the top screen! D’oh. When I checked the footage I recorded, it was indeed visible on the top screen, although it was quite small (indicating it was far in the distance).

Because I didn’t notice it at the time, I went running off in the wrong direction. The good news is that I think the UFOs will be easier to shoot down in Wild World than they were in City Folk. That is, of course, if I remember to look at the top screen. 😛

I saw a tiny bug jumping around on the ground. It looked like a flea and hopped like a flea, but there were no animals around. (See the GIF). If only I had a net…

I didn’t play yesterday, so I didn’t see the notice, but Nook’s Cranny has now upgraded to Nook ‘n’ Go, the convenience store!

The tools Nook had for sale today were a fishing rod, an axe, and a timer. I don’t really need the axe yet, since I’m nowhere near the point where I’m trying for perfect town status. The timer is pretty useless when there’s no online play any more, and I already have the rod. Hopefully he’ll get a net or slingshot soon.

There was a new house in town, and I found Baabara the sheep inside. Like Static, she also lives in my GameCube town. But unlike Static, I hate Baabara’s guts. She has a long history of being very rude to me on GameCube, so I’ll try to make her miserable while she’s here.

As I came out of her house, I stepped right into a conversation (an argument, really) between Pate and Static. Static wanted to hire Pate to dig some ditches, but Pate refused. It was kind of funny how my head kept going from side to side as they each spoke. But I wonder why Static needed some ditches dug. Graves for Yuka and Baabara? Oh, I wish.

After selling some oranges and a few other things, I had enough money to pay off my first mortgage to Tom Nook! My house will be expanded by tomorrow!

I finished up my night with a little fishing. One of the fish I caught was a crucian carp, which I donated to the museum. Blathers was quite excited about it, and he started talking about fish tacos. But this donation is for the museum, buddy. Not your stomach.

I’ll see you all next time! 🙂

I met up with Bill the duck today, and he was talking about mixing various foods. He wanted to take some miso soup and pour it over peach cobbler. I told him it sounded awful, and he got mad. He said I don’t know a thing about gourmet living (I never said I did), and he told me to enjoy my hot dogs on white bread. Maybe I will!

There was another new house in town, and this one belonged to Static the squirrel! Static is one of my favorite villagers in the series. In fact, I already have him in my GameCube town and my City Folk town! So I currently have him in three of the four main Animal Crossing games! Static must be clinging to me.

I found today’s money rock and got seven money bags out of it. I’m not sure if that’s the maximum (at least for non-lucky days), but it scored me a cool 8,500 bells. That’s the equivalent of selling 85 oranges! It sounds like the money rock may be my main source of income for a while. Especially since all the fossils I’ve identified so far have been donated to the museum, and I haven’t acquired any foreign fruit yet.

Chevre asked to come visit my house tonight, and I was going to let her. Until I realized it was one of those meetings where I had to schedule a time. I couldn’t back out of it, so I just picked a random time and never followed through with it. I don’t have time for this. Either come right away or don’t come at all.

Alfonso suggested a new nickname for me, but it was quite a stretch: He said I’m now known as Dr. J!

I did a little fishing, but none of the fish I caught were new ones. So I sold everything that I caught. Tom Nook didn’t have any new tools I needed in stock today, but I did buy myself a flying saucer for my house. It seems to spin faster than it does in the other games.

At town hall, Phyllis told me about the town of Boondox. She told me I can donate money to help the residents of that underdeveloped town, whose residents eat nothing but grilled dirt. I’ll contribute to the cause in the future, but I have much to do here in Forest first.

I then moved over to the other counter and made my first mortgage payment. I paid 10,000 bells, so I still owe 8,400 bells.

Surprisingly, I didn’t run into Yuka today. It must be my lucky day! See you next time!

Update: Here is a video showing some of the events from this weekend:

After starting up the game tonight, I took some more oranges to sell at Nook’s Cranny. I used the Y button to quickly select multiple items to sell. Thanks again for the tip, Sir Clud (and the others who posted on last night’s video).

I was really digging one of Tom Nook’s items today: a shovel! It’s easily worth the 500 bells, so I bought it right away.

I used it to dig up a few fossils, and I also found today’s money rock. Even though I didn’t get the maximum amount from it, even a few thousand bells is very helpful this early in the game!

I found another new house today, down on the beach. It belongs to Bill: another duck! He referred to himself as the Chugging Ninja. He said that next time, we’re going to compete by chugging java head-to-head.

Speaking of coffee, I went down the stairs in the museum to visit the Roost for the first time. I bought myself some coffee for 200 bells.

And since it’s Saturday night, K.K. Slider was also there to perform some music. K.K. asked if I had any requests, and I meant to say no, but I clicked the first option too soon and couldn’t back out of it. So I requested K.K. Ballad, and he played it for me as the credits rolled.

After the show, I went fishing in the ocean. I caught myself a horse mackerel, a red snapper, and a sea bass. Even though it was my first sea bass (in Wild World), it still said “not again!” But it’s true, even once is too much. 😉

Pate was standing right behind me, asking me how much money I had. I told her I was dirt poor, and she gave me a library wall for me to sell. That was nice of her. Well, aside from telling me I looked poor.

I went up the museum to donate my fish and fossils. Blathers told me a (relatively) brief story about how he recently got his license to identify fossils. This is a reference to the GameCube game, in which Blathers could not identify them himself. Instead, players had to mail fossils away to the Farway Museum, one at a time.

I also made a trip upstairs to check out the observatory and meet Celeste. It looks virtually identical to the City Folk observatory (just in a much lower resolution, of course).

Of course, a day just wouldn’t be complete without looking into the face of evil, so I chatted with Yuka. She asked me for some “chic” furniture, but of course, I have no intentions of helping her out.

I was unable to push her into a hole, so I checked the lost and found for some pitfall seeds. This was also my first time into the gate area…though it’s called the checkpoint area in Wild World. The lost and found had three items: a zipper shirt, a mini-dharma, and a fan palm. I took them all, though I was disappointed Booker had no pitfall seeds for me.

After putting on the zipper shirt, I returned to Nook’s Cranny to sell my other stuff. I also bought a cabana wardrobe (even though I don’t plan on keeping it). Tom Nook then told me about the PTM (Point Tracking Machine). I’ll earn points every time I shop. Those points will eventually earn me some rewards and shopping discounts. I currently have 66 points, and I’ll need 234 more to reach member status.

That about wrapped up my night, but I made sure to put my K.K. Ballad song into the music player in my house. See you next time!