Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

It was snowing as I started up Forest this evening. Today is Mayor’s Day, which coincides with Election Day in the United States. So I found Tortimer at the wishing well, and he seemed to think he was just elected mayor!

He was so happy that he even said it was the greatest day of the year.

He will give you a well model if you haven’t already received one in a previous year…but I have. So I’m including a picture of Scott with his well model. If you look closely, you can see Farley.

Not surprisingly, Alfonso has already hopped and bopped his way out of town. I got his goodbye letter in the mail.

I found his replacement, who just moved in next door to Belle. It was Rollo the hippo, and he asked if I brought him some dinner. I guess he was a hungry, hungry hippo.

Not much else was going on in Forest, but I want to give a quick update about Ohio. I played on Sunday, during the fishing tournament. I met up with Tortimer, and he gave me a fishing trophy! Unlike in later games, the trophy isn’t the prize for winning the tournament. It’s just something that Tortimer gives you to commemorate the occasion.

I got a goodbye letter from Chuck the bull. He lived in Ohio for many years, so I was surprised to see him go! You may remember I put him on the cover of Animal Chopping: New Beef. 😀 His replacement was Kabuki, who I’ve always liked.

Lulu reminded me of something else that goes way back. She used to live in Forest! Back when I used to do a lot of train traveling (2004 or so?), a number of villagers went from Forest to Ohio and vice versa. I know there was a lot of switching around, which is why I eventually gave up train travel (after getting Hank and Genji back to Forest). But I had forgotten that Lulu was one of the animals caught in the shuffle.

 

Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, Lucky has already moved out of town. Well, I guess that’s a wrap.

I ran into Puck, and he warned me about Katrina. He said she mutters some nonsense and then takes 50 bells. He speaks the truth.

I took a trip out to the island to talk to Ankha, and she asked me to sign her island guest book. I didn’t have much to say, but I made sure to include the date.

Alfonso the gator has moved into town; he’s Lucky’s replacement. He’s a big Mario fan…too bad he didn’t move into my Mario-themed ACCF town of Mushroom.

Speaking of mushrooms, Puck asked me if I was a mycomolologist. That’s quite a mouthful! But he actually meant a mycologist, which is someone that studies mushrooms and fungi. I guess mushroom season is almost here…but I’m not a fan of morning-only events. I guess I’m not a fun guy after all.

Emerald was also talking about mushrooms, but she seemed a bit too excited about the mushrooms (and their odor).

I continued talking to Emerald, and she told me to pick a hand. I picked the right hand, and she gave me a pitfall! She called it a very rare pitfall, and you might laugh at that if you’re used to any of the newer Animal Crossing games. But she’s not wrong; pitfalls are actually hard to come by in the GameCube game.

I’ve been making more temporary towns lately (playing without a memory card in). And in one of those towns, I spotted something quite rare that I’ve been trying to see for years. Literally! It was a whale shadow in the ocean while making a trip to the island. It’s a rare Easter egg that I’ve been trying to capture on video for at least ten years! Take a look if you haven’t already seen it:

But that’s not the only GameCube video I’ve been working on. I have several others on the way too! I’ll be posting GameCube Moments #12 by Tuesday night. Update: Here it is!

As for the others I’m working on, I’m not saying what they are yet or when they’ll be finished. Hopefully one of the others will be done later in October, but that’s not a promise. Anyway, I’ll see you soon! Have a great Halloween season! 🙂

While playing in my 2nd town of Ohio recently, Chief asked me if I knew how to catch a little giant beetle. That’s an oxymoron, pal! 😛

Another day in Ohio, I found a dig spot and dug up a moving painting!

I decided to donate it to the museum, and it was the first work of art. Even though I’ve had the town of Ohio for many years, I never really put any effort into things like fish, bugs, and art for the museum. Well, at least it has one painting now!

I then did something I rarely do: I spoke to Copper at length. He gave me his whole spiel, and that included some dialogue I didn’t remember. For one thing, he threatened to bite me if I was mischievous!

He also said that he is “sort of new” to the force, and he’s not familiar with the laws around here. Wait, shouldn’t that be a priority for a police dog??

He confirmed that there is no punishment for falsely claiming recovered items, which was something I was a bit worried about when I first started playing Animal Crossing. 😀 He then pondered what his role actually was, then. Is he just a doorstop?

It was an interesting conversation, believe it or not.

But ultimately, he apologized for talking so much. He compared it to foaming at the mouth, which probably isn’t the best analogy for a dog. Someone might think he has rabies.

Later on, I got quite a surprise when I spoke to Nate. He said it had been 569 weeks since I last spoke to him! Is that even possible?! That’s almost 11 years! Wow! I know I don’t play in Ohio super often and Nate isn’t a guy that I would seek out for a chat, but still, that’s hard to believe! Oops!

And when I spoke with Cookie, she informed me that turnips are the root of all evil! Odd statement, but I guess she’s just making a pun.

And just a heads-up that I plan to post at least one Animal Crossing GameCube video in October, and perhaps more… Just subscribe on Youtube to be notified when they’re posted.