Tom Nook’s Picture

I recently realized that even though I have Tom Nook’s Amiibo card, I apparently never scanned it in New Leaf before. So I did it, and I was able to receive a gift from him. (I couldn’t see his RV, since I only have his card and not his Amiibo figure). But that gift was his picture!

Wisp, appearing as Tom Nook: OK! Here it is. It's a vintage picture of Tom Nook. Enjoy!

His favorite quote is on the back: “I’ll be there with bells on! Ho ho!”

Quote on Tom Nook's picture: I'll be there with bells on! Ho ho!

On Thursday, I helped out Gulliver (he was heading to China). When I went back up to town, I noticed Gulliver down on the beach, looking up at me. Stop watching me!

Gulliver looks up at me from the beach.

When I started up the game today, Big Top quickly informed me that the awards ceremony was canceled. I didn’t even know there was an event today!

Big Top: I can't believe it! The awards ceremony was canceled.

That event was the Bug-Off, as I saw on the bulletin board. Agent S was the winner. Congrats, squirrel-friend!

~Bug-Off Results~ The winner of the Bug-Off was Agent S, 59 Pts. 2nd: Lolly, 44 Pts. 3rd: Boots, 38 Pts.

Lolly told me that she likes to hang her laundry on her fishing pole! I don’t think that sounds like a good idea…but then again, I’m not a cat.

Lolly: The fact that my clothes smell like the river later is all part of the fun!

When I visited Vivian, she asked if I ever wear makeup!

Vivian: This might seem like a weird question, Mr. J, but do you ever wear makeup?
o.O

She must be the new Avon lady in Forest, and she’s trying to drum up some new sales. She should try Claudia. Claudia could use some help in the beauty department (and in other departments as well). ๐Ÿ˜›

If you haven’t heard the news by now, the next Animal Crossing game has a title and a release date! Animal Crossing: New Horizons is set to come out on March 20, 2020. If you’d like, check out my full reveal impressions.

My recent dream visitors have been Brad from Montrose, Adam from Skylake, Laeti from Boucanet, and LouLou from Leigh. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!

Loud Boots

Remember Aurora’s skeleton from last week? Tonight, Lolly inquired about it.

Lolly: Chap! Rumor has it you've got yourself a skeleton.

She was preparing to make an oil painting of a skeleton, but she didn’t know what one looked like. So she wanted mine. I mean, Aurora’s skeleton…I think.

Lolly: Do you thinnk I could have your skeleton to use as my model?

In exchange, she offered me a red-grid shirt. That didn’t seem like a fair trade, but I agreed to it anyway.

Claudia and Vivian were having an awkward conversation, and they both kept talking under their breath about the other. I get the impression they don’t like each other very much. Or at the very least, they just don’t trust each other.

Claudia: She'll say ANYTHING to stay on my good side!
Vivian: She's NOT being straight with me! I just know it!

I also listened in on a conversation between Boots and Rolf, and Boots kept shouting at Rolf.

Boots, to Rolf: HOWDY!

At first, Rolf didn’t understand why Boots was shouting. But then he figured out that Boots (a jock) was yelling in an effort to build muscles.

Rolf, to Boots: I suppose shouting like that would definitely work on those stomach muscles! What're they called...

And he was absolutely right.

Boots, to Rolf: ABS!

At Club LOL, K.K. Slider performed some reggae music for me, Daisy, and Peck.

K.K.: Enough tuning--let's groove. This next one is for you, Jeff. It's called K.K. Reggae.

My latest dream visitors have been Sophie from Ashgrove, Sophie from Jรถunten, Jessica from Madison, Otsuka from Moon Bay, Coco from Hawaii, and Sharky from Baffles. Thank you all for visiting!

My Animal Crossing obsession superfandom has recently been featured in an article on Kotaku, so please check it out!

E3 is just a few days away now! If Animal Crossing for Nintendo Switch is revealed (and I’m expecting it), I will be posting my impressions of it at some point this week. Keep an eye on the (newly-resdesigned) JVGS home page for that.

Here, Skippy!

On Friday, Lolly asked me if her bug will come to her if she calls it. I kinda doubt it, but feel free to give it a try. ๐Ÿ˜›

Lolly: If I take good care of my bug, do you think someday it will come when I call it? Here, Skippy!
Wait, you named your bug SKIPPY?

Last night, I found a lost item (a bag) outside of Big Top’s house. The bag actually belonged to Lolly, and she said there was an important recipe inside.

Lolly: Hey! This IS mine! And there's an important recipe inside, so thank you for finding it for me!

I was hoping for her picture, but she didn’t even give me furniture for it. She gave me a gray tank. ๐Ÿ˜›

When I met up with Boots, he broke the fourth wall by “teaching” me how to take photos in the game.

Boots: You can see the pictures you take in Nintendo 3DS Camera!
I’m been taking New Leaf photos before you were even in the game!

Aurora asked me for some new furniture today, so I gave her a Mouth of Truth that I got from Gulliver. She was dying to repay me, so in return, she gave me her skeleton!

Aurora: Here's my skeleton! Thank you so much for helping me!
Sure you don’t need this?

Claudia wanted to play a game of hide-and-seek, and she gave me 15 minutes to find her, Molly, and Boots. It took me about three minutes to find Molly behind a tree, and another minute or so to find Boots hiding behind Hornsby’s house. With ten minutes left on the timer, I found Claudia behind Lolly’s house.

Claudia hides behind Lolly's house in a game of hide-and-seek in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Claudia gave me a school chair as my reward for winning the game.

A bit later, I ran into Claudia again. She told me that Molly is allergic to black tea…but then she admitted she just made it up. I really don’t like this tiger.

Claudia: Did you know that Molly is allergic to black tea? Ha! I just made that up.

Now that June is here, fireflies have arrived! They’re only around for this month, so if you still need one, make sure to do it in the next 29 days.

Jeff looks at a firefly in ACNL.

I finished up my night with a Saturday night performance from K.K. Slider. He played K.K. Technopop for me, and it was more of a fizzle than a pop. It’s not a good live song.

My recent dream visitors have been Ametrine from Gemstone, Giada from Moonvale, Anju from Hyrule, and Abby from Foxglove. In addition, Lolly mentioned dreaming of Mario from Mushroom! That name and town sure sound familiar! ๐Ÿ˜‰

Lolly: I had a very strange dream about someone called Mario from Mushroom.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day! See you next time!