Jeff's New Leaf Blog

As I started up the game today, I was informed that the fishing tournament was going on.

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!

UPDATE: I went back on tonight to pitfall a couple of my villagers. I got Gabi and Katt! Here’s the video and a couple pictures:

Today, I was talking to Harry and he told me that he’s planning on moving out of Forest. Even though there are several animals in Forest I dislike more, I didn’t try to stop him. He said he’ll be moving out on the 22nd of this month.

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.

In the Able Sisters, Sable and Mabel told me about a new, large sewing machine they got. Sable didn’t know how to use it, so she asked me if I knew. Then Mable told me it uses the 3DS camera to read QR codes of custom designs.

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.

I then crossed over into the accessories part of the shop, where I tried on the stache & glasses. I’m sorry, but Labelle has lost all credibility in my eyes. She says everything looks great. Come on!

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:

I started up the game to find my house expansion was completed. My house is now 8×8, so I have more room to space out my junk furniture.

Back outside, I found the daily money rock for 16,100 bells. I also saw some purple violets and put them next to my house.

I then headed over to the shopping district. Tom Nook told me I owe him 198,000 bells my house expansion. He’s going to have to wait, because I really want that Dream Suite!

Construction had not yet started on Club LOL. One of my readers informed me that Club LOL takes about six days to build, so I guess I’ll have to wait until next week for some music and comedy.

I stopped in the T&T Mart, and there was a megaphone for sale! This is a new tool. If you’re looking for a certain animal, you use the megaphone and say their name. If they’re nearby, they will react with an emotion as if they heard you calling them. You can’t use it in the shopping district though.

While still in the shop, I bought my two fortune cookies. Only one of them was a winner, but it was a good prize. A yellow Pikmin! Even though the word “hat” isn’t part of the item name, it is indeed a hat and not a captured yellow Pikmin running on a hamster wheel, for example. Although that would be pretty cool too…

In the Able Sisters’ shop, I tried on an afro cap. I had no interest in buying it, but I wanted to see how it looked. Labelle said it looked great on me. She’s clearly lying.

^They also had the moon and the stars for sale. But I tried on something else to go with my Pikmin hat; an eye patch!

Rock ‘n’ roll look? If you say so, Labelle. I think she’s just desperate to make a sale.

After coming back into town, I tried out my megaphone. I tried it with Aurora and Harry (when they were somewhat near me) and it worked; it got their attention. But if the animal is too far away, it won’t work. I decided to test it with an incomprehensible yell just to see what it did, and the result?

That’s all for today, but be sure to check back tomorrow for another update!