General’s Fan (Nintendo Zone DLC)

When I started up the game today, Pete handed me a letter from Nintendo. It was a fan letter! In a way. Now through May 23rd, the general’s fan is available as a download at Nintendo Zone locations. It’s an item that was previously only available in the Japanese version of the game.

Pete: I have an express delivery for you from Nintendo. From 5/10 to 5/23, the general's fan is available via Nintendo Zone!I made sure to pick up my general’s fan at the post office.

Pelly: Sorry to keep you waiting! I hope you enjoy your new general's fan!I still wasn’t sure exactly what the item was, so I headed to the Emporium to look at it in the catalog. Unfortunately, it’s not a fan that you can hold in your hand–it’s a furniture item, and an odd one at that. On the bright side, it can be ordered from the catalog for just 1,600 bells.

General's fan - 1,600 bells.I put it in my house to see if it did anything, but no luck. It’s just for decoration.

Back in Town…

I met up with Daisy, and she offered to sell me a sand dollar! It’s not very often villagers will give you seashells.

Daisy: Hey, Jeff... Can I interest you in a sand dollar?Aurora asked me to play a game of hide-and-seek. I had ten minutes to find two penguins and a duck.

Aurora: If you can find all of us within 10 minutes, you win!Sprinkle was the first bird I found, with a horrible hiding spot “behind” the Sphinx. In reality, she was completely visible.

Sprinkle trying to hide behind the arm of the Sphinx.And yet she thought her hiding place was perfect! Perhaps she had a brain freeze.

Sprinkle: What?! But my hiding place was perfect, ice cube!I then found Molly hiding behind Daisy’s house and Aurora was hiding behind a tree near the fountain.

Aurora peeking out from behind a tree.Aurora gave me a CD shelf for finding them all before time ran out.

Later, Merka came over for a short visit and then I also went to her town for a while. I sold a bunch of perfect peaches and then we headed out for the island. When I told Kapp’n not to sing, he called me a shanty hater!

Kapp'n: Gar... Really? No shanties? A shanty hater, ye are...We went on a bunch of advanced price-fishing tours, earning gold Tortimer awards every time except once. (The one time we failed, we missed by gold by only 125 bells). But we racked up a bunch of medals.

Tortimer: WHOA! You're a master angler! You've earned a Gold Tortimer award and 12 medals!Once we reached the threshold for gold Tortimer awards, we got axes from Lloid the gyroid and started cutting down trees.

Me and Merka cutting down trees.
I’m a lumberjeff.

I don’t think I’ve ever gone on as many consecutive tours as we did tonight. I wasn’t keeping track of how many medals we earned…so if you asked me for the exact number, I would be stumped.

Sitting on a tree stump.