Soon after I started up the game today, Big Top told me he was jealous because Aurora’s house looks bigger than his. He’s sure wearing the right color for jealousy. Although Aurora’s house doesn’t look any bigger than his, at least not on the outside.
Then Fuchsia told me that flowers will bloom if you talk to them. If you say so, Fuchsia.
I then headed up to the shopping district. T&T Mart had a compass for sale; I guess it’s a regular item now after being a Gulliver item in City Folk.
And I noticed a new item that was for a sale–a modern wood TV. Oh, is there such a thing?
And at the Able Sisters, I saw that the ridiculously-priced royal crown is back. Only 1.2 million bells, what a steal! 😛
Back in town, Gabi asked me to catch a butterfly for her. When I returned, she complained about seeing me too much! Listen, scatterbrain, I’m not very fond of you either!
But I gave her the common butterfly and she gave me a vertigo tee.
While shaking a few trees, I found a spider. It’s always good to catch something new for the museum.
I then decided I needed to earn some money. I haven’t gone to the island for a few days, so I headed there tonight. Before going out on the beach, I took one tour: the easy balloon-hunt tour.
You have five minutes to shoot down as many balloons as you can. Regular balloons are worth one point, and bunny balloons are worth three points. The balloons show up on the map, which is helpful. However, the wind frequently changes direction, so you really have to run around to chase them down.
I ended up with 37 points, which was good enough for a silver Tortimer award and four medals.
After that, I went out on the beach to do some fishing, bug-catching, swimming, and diving. I caught several new fish, including this ocean sunfish.
I don’t think I mentioned this before, but there is a basket you can fill up on the island. Anything you take from the island (fish, bugs, fruit, etc.) can be put into the basket, and they will be returned to the dock in your town. It holds 40 items, so that is the maximum number of things you can bring back from the island per trip.
The items remain in the basket by the dock, so you have to make several trips to a store if you want to sell everything you brought back. I filled it up tonight and made a good chunk of money. After donating 100,000 bells towards the Dream Suite, I only need about 30,000 more. I should be able to pay it off tomorrow.
That’s all for today, but I’ll be back tomorrow with another update. Hope to see you then!
I also had mail from Crazy Redd; he sent me my mystic statue that I purchased yesterday. I quickly headed to the museum to donate it. But Blathers informed me that it’s a fake!
Very disappointing. While I was on Main Street, I did my shopping for the day. One of my fortune cookies wasn’t a winner, but it was good for a space shuttle–something I liked better than the Varia Suit, which was a winner. When I was done, I headed to my town tree to talk to Chip. He told me that this fishing tournament was about who could catch the biggest black bass.
I only had about 20 minutes to fish, but I caught as many fish as I could. I made a few trips to sell my catches, and I also dropped off some items at my house to make room in my pockets. This included my mystic statue, my space shuttle, and a drinking fountain I bought. The space shuttle looks really small compared to how it looked in City Folk. My steamroller dwarfs it.
Anyway, I ended up with the second-biggest black bass of the day. Harry’s was the biggest. So between 6:00 and 9:00, you can enter Chip’s tent to see the winners’ ceremony. I won a silver fish trophy. Yay, I’m #2!
And Chip congratulated all of us.
I then put my trophy in my house to take a look at it.
Before I quit for the night, I decided to take off my “rock ‘n’ roll” outfit. I put my yellow Pikmin in storage, and I’ll probably sell the eye patch. I’ll see you guys soon!
While walking around looking for the money rock, I spotted a tent. It’s Crazy Redd! I guess they chose not to put “black market” on his tent this time.
Crazy Redd had two paintings and a statue for sale. I bought the mystic statue.
Even though you are required to pay him immediately, you can’t have the item right away. He says he will send it in the mail. Given Crazy Redd’s shady history, I’m not sure trusting him is such a wise idea. But there’s another curious aspect of Crazy Redd in New Leaf: You can only buy one of his three items! Why?? That makes no sense to me. As greedy as he is, why would he refuse a sale?
Anyway, I left his tent and saw an item down on the beach below. I went down the ramp to see what it was; it’s a lost item.
So I had to go around asking my neighbors if it was theirs. I asked a couple villagers, and then took a break from that and decided to go shopping.
She said I can also use it to make a QR code of patterns I make. So if I make a pattern, I can have a QR code made, and you all could just scan the code into your 3DS and you’d have the pattern, without having to recreate it yourself! That’s pretty awesome, and a huge time-saver!
I’ve only made one pattern so far, and it’s not something people would want (the JVGS logo), but I may make some other patterns in the future. When I do, I’ll be sure to post a QR code so you can download them into your game.
Back in town, I eventually found the owner of the lost item; it was the scatterbrain, Gabi. She gave me a bamboo shoot to thank me.
And outside, Katt approached me, asking for a catchphrase. I had her ask “What am I?”
After identifying some fossils and selling some stuff, I made a donation towards the Dream Suite. I still have a long way to go.
That’s all for today. If you haven’t seen Nintendo’s Inside the Treehouse videos, they’re basically a chat with some of the Nintendo employees who have worked on localizing Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the American market. Here are the first two episodes: