Jeff's New Leaf Blog

I started up the game again tonight, determined to earn enough money for that next house expansion. So I did some fishing…and as I fished, I caught two cans. Interestingly, Reese at the Re-Tail store actually charges you money (80 bells) to dispose of cans! You’re charging me to recycle? I think you have this a bit backwards, Reese.

So I just hung on to my cans for now and continued fishing. I saw Yuka also fishing…but not catching anything.

I caught a red snapper in the ocean, so that helped a lot. And with five minutes (and five bells) to spare before Nook closed up shop, I made my payment.

So I went in to see Nook and he confirmed the payment.

I’ll now owe him 98,000 bells, but my house will be expanded again by tomorrow morning.

That’s kind of crazy that my house only lasted this size for one day. But the generous money rocks make it easy to make money in New Leaf.

I started up the game today by coming out of my house. Wait, how is that possible? Apparently Nook built the house around me as I slept. At any rate, I’m glad I’m not homeless any more.

I had a letter from my Mom in my mailbox; she sent me a modern wood sofa. As I went inside to check out my house, Isabelle barged in. She said she had some wallpaper to give me as a housewarming gift. That was nice of her. Unfortunately, my pockets were full, so she said she’ll mail it to me instead. That situation makes so little sense when you imagine it happening in real life.

I still put my sofa and kart down to see how they looked. The kart has a parasail, like the karts from Mario Kart 7.

I then went over to Re-Tail to sell all the stuff in my pockets. No matter what time of day, this kid is always sleeping. And Reese yells at me when I try to talk to him.

I then headed over to Nook Homes on Main Street. He told me I owe him 39,800 bells now. Considering how generous the money rocks are in this game, that shouldn’t take me long. He also told me that I’m required to sign up for the Happy Room Academy inspections. He said they will come over to my house and inspect my house…and my hygiene?! That sounds really invasive. What are they going to do? Inspect my teeth and sniff my armpits?

I then went to Nookling Junction. Oooh, a bug net! I had to buy that. And every fancy house simply must have a steamroller, so I bought that too.

I then bought my fortune cookie with two Play Coins. At first, he told me it wasn’t a winner…

But he was faking me out. He said as a consolation prize, I get…a steamroller. WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I just spent 4,000 bells on a steamroller! UGH!

I guess the moral of the story is to buy your fortune cookie before you buy anything else. But still, what are the odds?

Anyway, I went outside to try out my bug net. My first bug was a yellow butterfly.

I caught five bugs in total. While walking around, I saw a construction site. It looks like Fuchsia is going to be moving in tomorrow. A quick web search reveals that Fuchsia is a pink deer. Well, at least she’s not Jambette or Elise.

I went over to town hall and sat in my mayor’s chair.  Even though I now have a house, I still can’t get my town development permit because my approval rating is not 100%. Isabelle told me to sell things at Re-Tail to improve my rating. Of course, I have been selling things at Re-Tail. Perhaps a certain monetary amount must be reached.

I then did a little fishing. I saw a balloon present floating by in the distance.

After I was done there, I headed to the museum to donate my catches and have some fossils identified. And then I noticed something. You can have Blathers identify multiple fossils at once! Likewise, you can donate multiple items at once too! Wow! This is seriously a huge improvement, since previous Animal Crossing games made you do these tasks one painstaking item at a time.

I was about done playing, but I made one last stop at home. I put my steamroller (well, one of them) in the middle of my house. So fancy, right? The HRA is going to love me now. Well, assuming I keep my ears clean.

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Shortly after starting up the game today, I saw Saharah the camel. However, she has a strict “no homeless” policy so I can’t get anything from her this time.

I then saw a new house, it must be Tex. I wasn’t sure what kind of animal to expect with a name like Tex. Maybe a bull? Boy, was I wrong. A penguin. I’m guessing the name is ironic. Buy WHY do I keep getting all the ugly animals?

Back outside, I dug up a fossil…and took an accidental picture. I dug u!

I talked to Harry (as Yuka eavesdropped) and he was telling me about the basics of the game: Sell fruit and seashells for money. Yeah yeah, I know the routine, Mr. Mustache.

I found the money rock today, and it really paid off! I got eight hits in, for a total of 16,100 bells! That’s a big chunk of change!

I then took my newfound fortune to Tom Nook. I easily had enough money to pay my 10,000-bell debt. That means my house will be ready tomorrow! Awesome!

Since I still had money left over, I went to see what Nookling Junction had for sale. Unfortunately, the tools were the same as yesterday’s. I already have a fishing rod and shovel; I just need…everything else.

But I bought the fortune cookie and got fortune #32:

Ooh, that makes me want to play Mario Kart. I redeemed my fortune for…a kart! Best 2 Play Coins I ever spent!

There is a slight problem with the kart though…I can’t see it. You can’t place items in a tent, or even go inside, so I’ll have to wait until tomorrow before I can take a look at the kart.

UPDATE: You actually can go inside tents. But I was just trying to walk right in, like you would on GameCube, and that doesn’t work. You have to press the button to open the door as if it was a house. My mistake!

I walked over to the Able Sisters next, and they had some basketball shorts. I bought them, so I could change out of those Varia Suit pants I had been wearing. No offense to Samus Aran or any other spacewomen out there, but those pants did not look good on me. I like these shorts much better.

Later on, I found a dig spot and I was about to dig it up. And then I fell in it instead. I guess I won’t be adding a second pitfall seed to my inventory today. I noticed that we now sweat when we’re struggling to get out of a pitfall.

As I was jumping out of the hole, I heard something…a balloon present! Of course I have no slingshot, so I could only hopelessly stare up at it. I will never know what item it contained.

After that, I decided to do some river fishing. I caught five new fish, including a koi.

I also followed the river to where the waterfall emptied into the ocean. Even though I didn’t catch any fish right here, it was nice to see the waterfall and the ocean waves in the same picture.

That’s all for now, but check back soon. Tomorrow, I’ll be back with another update. I’ll get my house tomorrow, so I’m a little excited. Thanks for stopping by!