Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

I played briefly on April 19th, and I learned that Snooty has replaced Velma in town. Snooty last lived in Forest ten years ago.

I did some favors for villagers, and failed at some others (mainly because some villagers go to bed so early).

And I kind of ignored the requests for letters. I don’t like writing letters in this game. 😛

I played again today, and Snooty has already moved away. In her place, I met Mallary the duck.

So I searched this blog to see if/when Mallary lived in town before, and she did in 2011. But the interesting part is that on December 17, 2011, Mallary replaced Snooty in town…just like she did today! I had something similar happen last year, when Cupcake replaced Queenie for the 2nd time. Very odd.

I’m starting to wonder if this type of thing isn’t as rare as you’d assume. Like maybe the game has some sort of preference for villager sequences? Because honestly, most people wouldn’t even notice if this happened twice, 7-10 years apart. I wouldn’t have noticed either, if not for my blog documenting comings and goings.

Anyway, I was surprised to see fireflies out already when I walked by the lake.

I’m used to them appearing in June throughout the series, but the GameCube game kinda has fuzzy borders to the bug/fish seasons (if you know what I mean). So you may see something a few days earlier or later than you’d expect: They don’t start right at midnight on the first of the month, in other words.

As for all the favors I was doing last month, I was doing it for this video that shows the exclusive favors in each Animal Crossing game. It includes several from the GameCube game, so please give it a look if you haven’t seen it yet!

See you all next time! Never Stop Crossing! 🙂

When I played on March 13th, I received Freya’s goodbye letter in the mail. So I tracked down her replacement, Bitty the hippo.

She has lived in Forest before, back in 2013…when she actually replaced Rizzo.

Fast forward a few weeks to today (April 6th). Bitty is now gone, and Velma has taken her place. She also lived in Forest in 2013. It seems like 7-8 years seems to be about the typical amount of time for one of my former villagers to return, after moving out. Of course, I typically only play once a month or so, so that figure could be quite different for you, depending on how frequently you play.

When I visited Ursala, she was happy that spring has finally arrived. She said that everyone looks warm and contented now. She said everyone looked grouchy in the winter! 😛 That’s understandable.

The cherry blossom festival was underway at the wishing well. Tortimer was there to share some words about the arrival of spring, while Genji and Belle were seated at a table, enjoying themselves. 🌸🌸🌸

Kody and Patty sat at the other table, and Kody encouraged me to enjoy an adult-sized glass of juice. 🍷

Candi was the designated dancer this year. She told me to check out the blossoms and shake my groove thang, in her ears. 😛

Happy Cherry Blossom Festival, everyone!

I played last Wednesday, and I found Eloise’s goodbye letter in the mail. Her replacement is Freya the snooty wolf. Like most (if not all) new villagers I get, Freya has lived in Forest before…back in 2014.

I tested out the ordering system, and I quickly discovered that the GameCube game (much like New Horizons) has a limit of five items you can order at a time. The difference is that I believe the count resets after the mail is delivered, so you can potentially order more than five items per day as long as you play before 5 p.m.

Yesterday, Maple told me that she finds it hard to sense the flow of time when she’s indoors. That could also apply to the past year or so in general. 😛

Freya had a suggestion for me: She said I could make her dinner every day! I don’t think so, but nice try.

I asked around for jobs, and I completed a couple of them. But several others ended in dead ends because Maple and Sydney were already in bed.

So I continued where I left off today. I made two deliveries to Maple, and she rewarded me with a modern wall and a rally shirt.

I then headed to Sydney’s house, where I was trying to pick up Candi’s Pokemon Pikachu. However, Sydney told me that Patty forcibly took it from her! Fortunately, Patty still had it and she handed it over to me. I returned it to Candi, and she gave me a white boom box for my trouble.

But I then made the mistake of asking Candi for another favor. She told me that Emerald borrowed her watch and never returned it. Candi was pretty steamed.

It was almost 9:00, so I rushed over to Emerald’s house as fast as I could. I got through the door, and then the hourly chime rang. So even though I got in the door, but there was a problem: Emerald wasn’t in here! When I left and checked the door, it said she was sleeping. She must be sleeping somewhere else then. 😛

I decided to ask for more favors, and Kody asked me to catch a fish for him. I caught a barbel steed, and he seemed very surprised that I was capable of catching a fish.

He rewarded me with a “dope” lawn chair. 😛

For my next job, Genji asked me to plant some flowers around his house. I bought all five packs of flower seeds at Nookington’s, and planted them near Genji’s house. When I told him the task was complete, he told me that he practically buried his sweetie in blooms!

Yikes! I never knew Genji was a murderer! Maybe I should be more careful about what jobs I accept. I could be helping cover up a crime. You never know what’s buried down the rabbit hole.

See you all next time. Never Stop Crossing! 🙂