When I started up the game today, Pete met me outside my house with a letter from Isabelle.
She sent me a new DLC item, the shaved ice lamp. I don’t quite understand why Nintendo is distributing this DLC the old ACCF-style letter-from-Pete way instead of the new “ask for it at the post office” style. But I won’t complain, since this way is better for lazy people like me. Anyway, this is what it looks like. I actually think it looks more like a sundae than shaved ice, though.
Around 10:00, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Wendy and Dash came over to visit. At least two other people were trying to get in, but couldn’t. (They were getting error messages.) But the three of us went in my house and were playing musical instruments in my upstairs room.
Back outside, Big Top sounded excited that a flower sparkled after he watered it. And I’m not quite sure if he used a watering can or his trunk.
And down on the beach, I used a Roman candle to burn Wendy’s armpit.
We started catching some bugs and fish. I even put my wet suit on and went diving. I caught something new, a turban shell.
Also, while we were diving, invisible jellyfish kept stinging me and Wendy! We didn’t see anything at all, but we got stung repeatedly! Weird.
Dash later asked about the glitch I had done previously, so I glitched him and Wendy up onto the train tracks. After they were done, Wendy glitched me up there too. I did a little happy dance.
I accidentally went up onto Main Street (which effectively ends the glitch), so my train track visit was a short one this time.
After that, I talked to Rolf and he told me it’s time to take a break now. This is one thing I really hate about New Leaf. The animals pester you to take a break. Come on now, I’m not playing Virtual Boy!
So I started beating Rory with my toy hammer. And I was taking pictures of the beating, which probably wasn’t smart. I don’t want my villagers to impeach me as mayor!
But then something happened. As I took a picture, I got a dreaded error message: “The photo limit has been reached. Delete some to save more.” *Warning: Rant ahead* Now my SD card was nowhere near full. It still has enough space for thousands of pictures still. And I already hated how 3DS limits picture files to 100 per folder. It causes renaming issues if you like to combine them into one folder on your computer.
ACCF didn’t have this photo limit issue. Not only does my Wii SD card have over 4,000 pictures saved without an issue, but they’re all in the same folder! That works so much better. I really don’t like how Nintendo handles picture files on 3DS. But back to the main issue, it seems that there must be some arbitrary limit on how many pictures a game or app can save.
However, I may have found a fix. A while back, Wendy had this photo limit problem too. She moved her picture files to her computer, yet she was still getting the error message. I suggested that she takes a picture with her 3DS camera to see if that saves. It did, and then she was able to save pictures in New Leaf again too.
So after I was done playing on Wi-Fi, I shut down New Leaf and started up the 3DS camera. I took a picture or two, and then started up the game again. This time, I was able to save pictures again! Without deleting anything off my memory card. I took a picture of my house just to test it.
I continued playing and taking pictures and I didn’t have any more issues. I’m not sure if this photo limit issue will crop up again or not. So this may not be a permanent fix. I’ll be sure to mention it if I have this problem again.
Anyway, I continued playing a bit even though my guests were gone. Rolf asked me for some furniture, and I gave him a sweetfish. In return, he gave me a wide-screen TV. Nice trade!
I started shaking some trees. I ended up uncovering five bees, catching three of them. Fortunately, my 3D glasses hid my swollen eye. But of course the animals can magically see through them.
I earned enough money to pay off my latest house expansion. But unfortunately, Nook Homes was closed, so I couldn’t choose what I wanted done next. But I’ll have to talk to him about that tomorrow. That’s all for tonight, so have a good weekend everyone! I’ll be back with more tomorrow.
By the way, this was my 100th day with New Leaf! Thanks to Andy for pointing that out. I still haven’t missed a day yet! 🙂
Then today, I saw Phineas in town. I was expecting him to give me a silver insect badge, but he didn’t. Instead, he gave me the “Great Samaritan” badge for helping out lots of animals. This is my first silver badge.
I also saw Aurora near my house, and she was talking about how she jumps into other worlds.
And I got a letter in the mail from the Happy Homes Academy. My house score topped 30,000 HHA points, so they sent me an HHA jacket.
I then went to work at the cafe. While there, I saw an unusual looking out-of-town customer, Paula.
There was a gem rock instead of a money rock today, and it included one gold nugget. I also had two gold nuggets in storage, so I took them all to Cyrus to have him make a piece of gold furniture out of them.
As I continued my walk, I saw a perfect peach! It’s my first one in over three months! This time, I was sure to plant it.
Katrina was in town, so I went inside to have her tell my fortune.
She told me a cap was the key to avoiding misfortune. I was already wearing a cap, so I was safe.
I also went up to the Happy Homes Showcase to check for new homes there, and there actually was one! The house belonged to Cory from Kihei, and it was a SpotPass home sent out by Nintendo. The main floor was a Pikmin-themed room, apparently to promote the recent release of 
The upstairs seemed to be a Donkey Kong themed room, complete with bongos and tons of bananas.
I then went to the Able Sisters and bought some 3D glasses. Labelle told me that a small gift was included with my purchase, and she gave me another mannequin!
It was placed in my upstairs room next to my other mannequin, and I put Pikmin hats on them both.
I was about done playing, but then I remembered to return to Re-Tail to get my golden furniture. I was very disappointed to see that, once again, Cyrus made me a golden clock!
He has now made me a golden clock three times in four attempts! I think he did it on purpose because he doesn’t like me. But I don’t like him either. Maybe I’ll have to shave his head the next time I catch him sleeping.
Even though it may sound like an awful gift to give someone, there’s a reason. She did it so I could catch an ant. And catch an ant, I did.
Then today, I was talking to Big Top. He was telling me that he saw Tex ask Tabby for a sip of her drink. Yesterday, 
And while walking around, I heard a noise I wasn’t used to hearing. Turns out it was a new bug, a rice grasshopper. So that’s two new insects for my museum since last night.
And as I walked around town, I soon spotted my new video screen. As you can see from this animated GIF, it alternates between three pictures of Tom Nook, Tortimer, and Lyle.
It’s really like an electronic billboard more than a video screen. But still, I made sure to attend the completion ceremony.
And while talking to Tex, he told me that he was an enthusiast, not a geek. Yeah, okay.
Over by the cafe, I ran into Big Top once again. He told me that Rory is moving out of town. Why didn’t Rory tell me this himself?
So I went to go check on Rory and see if he would tell me himself. But as I went in his house, I saw that he was celebrating his birthday!
He kind of asked me for a present, and I gave him the good coffee beans I had earned earlier. He was very happy about it.
Rory’s not my favorite villager, but I couldn’t help but to feel bad about him. Here it’s his birthday, he gets excited over some beans, and the only animal that showed up for his party is Tabby! If that wasn’t bad enough, selfish Tabby was only thinking about herself…complaining that it’s not her birthday, as Rory gleefully danced his butt off in the background.
That’s all for today. But I do want to mention the new Animal Crossing Plaza. It’s a free download for Wii U. It’s basically a new Miiverse board and plaza, much like the WaraWara plaza, but with Animal Crossing characters instead of Miis. I’ll include a video that shows it off, but for more details, check out this entry from my gaming blog: