Jeff's New Leaf Blog

On Sunday, Soleil the hamster was camping at the campsite. I wasn’t interested in her, but I sure have been having a lot of campers lately!

I completed the sixth advanced level of Desert Island Escape, and then I received another gift in the mail today. Nintendo sent me…a frying pan? Weird reward, but ok.

Snow now covers the ground in Forest, and I have replaced my usual green brick paths with the ice bricks (as I do every winter). The first igloo of the season appeared today!

Henry the frog was inside…and again, I wasn’t interested. But I like how campers seem to be more frequent in this game as opposed to New Horizons.

I rolled up a couple of snowballs to make my first snowperson of the year. I tried to make a snowmam, and I did. She was perfect! 🙂

I gave her six snowflakes for two pieces of ice furniture, an ice dresser and an ice vanity. They sold for 8,888 bells apiece. Exchanging snowflakes for ice furniture is a great way to make bells this time of year!

Cube asked me to catch a bagworm for him, so I went around town several times until I found one.

He rewarded me with a reggae tank. Still no photo, though.

I’m still trying to collect Toy Day clues from my villagers, and I got a couple more of them today.

Here’s what they want so far:

• Aurora: a toy
• Cube: an umbrella
• Lolly: a white lamp
• Mira: furniture (real helpful there, Mira)

According to Luna, Teren from DalyCity was my most recent dream visitor. Thanks for stopping by!

Even though this is the 2nd entry of December, there may be one more. I plan to play on Christmas Eve, even if the entry isn’t posted that night. But it should be up by the end of the month. Happy holidays, everyone!

On Monday, Rolf asked me to find some fruit for him. I gave him a perfect peach, and in return, he gave me a portable toilet. I hope it wasn’t a used one.

Inkwell asked me to dig up his time capsule, so of course I helped out.

It had a noble shirt inside, and it was my reward for digging it up.

Fang the wolf was camping at the campsite. If I hadn’t already adopted Mira as my 10th villager, there’s a good chance I may have asked Fang to move in.

It was snowing on Wednesday, and I caught my first few snowflakes of the season. I can’t really use them yet, though.

But I did take advantage of the falling snow in another way: I caught two coelacanths! 🤑 And just two minutes apart, too! 😮

And it didn’t take long for a villager to ask about them. Lolly wanted me to trade a coelacanth for a bold-check tee. Sorry, Lolly, but no.

I had another camper Wednesday, Astrid the kangaroo (and her joey).

There was also more time capsule business to attend to, because Rolf wanted me to bury his. I need to stop leaving an empty spot in my letters section; they go overboard with these things sometimes. 😛

With Toy Day coming up, a couple of my villagers have started to drop hints on what gifts they’d like. Today, Cube told me he wanted an umbrella! No offense, but that’s a boring gift. 😛

I also know that Lolly wants a lamp. But I need many more hints still! I’ll likely play on Toy Day (Christmas Eve), since the event is pretty quick. There may or may not be a blog entry that day, though.

As for Desert Island Escape, I’ve now completed five of the ten advanced levels so far. I’ll be playing more soon!

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Shane from Juiyaa and Rubi from Tacoyaki. Thanks for stopping by!

On Monday, I got to see the inside of Mira’s house now that she’s all unpacked. She has astro furniture, which is pretty cool. And that spherical radar is one of the my favorite furniture items in the game.

I’ve continued to play Desert Island Escape lately, and I’ve been using a team of Celeste, Booker, and Stitches.

I particularly like that Celeste can fly over obstacles like water or mountains. It’s helpful for reaching new areas to set up camp.

After I completed the 6th and 7th intermediate levels in Desert Island Escape (which unlocked the advanced levels), I received this letter in the mail:

To Jeff,
Looks like you’re getting the hang of this Desert Island Escape thing! Here’s a little something special to keep you motivated: this water floor!

-From Nintendo

Here’s a screenshot of the flooring:

Last night, I cleared the last remaining intermediate levels. I received this letter from Nintendo today:

To Jeff,
Can you believe it?! You’ve cleared all intermediate levels of Desert Island Escape! You deserve this Wii U game shelf!

From Nintendo

And here’s a look at my new Wii U game shelf:

Next up, I’ll have to tackle the advanced levels. And I’m now wondering if I ever completed all of the Desert Island Escape levels in Amiibo Festival. Because I really don’t remember. 🤔 (Update: I did complete them all on Wii U.)

Anyway, Aurora asked me to fetch Forest’s other penguin today, Cube. I brought him around, and Aurora said she found something that she thinks belongs to Cube.

It was a red-grid tee, and it was indeed Cube’s shirt. He thanked her for returning it, and then walked out.

Aurora thanked me for helping out by giving me a gold screen wall.

Inkwell asked me to catch him for a cricket tonight, and without thinking, I declined the request. I’m kicking myself, because I still need his photo and I hate that I wasted the opportunity. Oof.

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Emma from Fishy and Joseph from Fun St. Thanks for stopping by!