Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

I started up the game tonight and got a goodbye letter from Admiral.

It was late, so the Halloween festival was already underway. I had nine pieces of candy to start with, so I began my search for Jack. I had a few furniture items also (that I didn’t mind losing), so I would just decline candy to the animals. That lessened the chances they would destroy the candy, since they might destroy the furniture items instead.

Here, Kody trapped me. But as he was talking to me, Emerald came out of her house! The instant Kody was done with me, I was forced to deal with Emerald too. No fair! They’re ganging up on me!

My clothes didn’t survive that encounter, but I eventually moved on. I got to meet my new neighbor, Murphy, but this is not the best circumstances to be meeting someone. This does not make a good first impression.

At the police station, I talked to Copper. There are animals running all around town with pumpkins on their heads and demanding candy, spooky music is playing, and Jack is out there…somewhere…yet Copper seems oblivious to it all! How clueless can you get?

By the wishing well, I finally found an animal who didn’t chase me. Ahh, Jack at last, right? Nope. Just Tortimer.

I ran completely around my town, and then again. Then again and again! I avoided the animals as much as I could, but it wasn’t good enough. My candy was getting depleted rapidly, and Jack was nowhere to be found. I was starting to feel like Charlie Brown waiting on the Great Pumpkin. Puck summed up the night perfectly.

This isn’t City Folk. These animals are vicious at Halloween on GameCube. They hit me hard and often.

Even Candi has an insatiable appetite for her namesake.

I was down to two pieces of candy. And then, behind Baabara’s house, I saw him! Jack, at last!

I gave him candy and he gave me a spooky lamp. At least I wasn’t going home empty-handed. But I had one piece left and I wasn’t giving up just yet. Running past Emerald, I spotted him once again! I gave him my last piece of candy and he gave me a spooky sofa. Before Emerald or Kody could grab me, I ran like the wind to the next acre and into the safety of my house. I placed my new items down in my house and I could finally relax.

I like Halloween. But in a way, I’m glad it only comes once a year.

Today I found the daily glowing spot and dug up 1,000 bells on my way to Nookington’s. Once inside the store, I bought a few pieces of candy. I then started making my way around town. Puck decided that he would paint my roof for me, without my permission. That’s rude.

He said he painted it snow white. It figures a penguin would want it to look like snow. Still, I hate how animals can do that in this game.

I continued on, talking to Genji, Admiral, and Static. But Static also imposed on me by forcing me to buy an item against my will.

He lists five items, one at a time. I have a chance to buy each item, or pass and see the next item. But if I pass on the first four items, I am forced to buy the 5th item. If there’s not an item you’re looking for (such as in my case), you want to limit the damages as much as possible.

I’ve noticed that when they play this “game,” only one item will be less than a thousand bells, and all the others will be over 1,000. So I passed on the first three items, which ranged in price from 1,520 to 2,720 bells. The fourth item was a rocket for 710 bells. This was my chance to escape with a small loss, so I bought it.

After a quick chat with Kody, I found today’s red rock and got the full seven bags (13,300 bells)–without digging any holes.

I then talked to Hank, Sydney, Copper, and Tom before returning home. I then took a look at my wintery-looking house that Puck painted. Ugh. I’ll have to buy some paint next time.

I got a goodbye letter in the mail today. It’s from Ricky, who has moved out of Forest.

I went to Nook’s and saw that he is now selling candy in preparation for Halloween. I bought all five pieces.

I walked around and saw a new house next to Maple’s house. It belongs to Admiral, who just moved in.

I pulled some weeds, dug up some fossils, and made my way around town. I went into Emerald’s house and asked her if she had a job for me.

She said she lent her glasses case to Admiral a while back and wanted me to get it back for her. Okay, first of all, she doesn’t wear glasses. Neither does Admiral; in fact, he has eagle eyes. So why would either of them need a glasses case? And besides that, she said she lent it to him a while back. The dude just moved into town! Something about this story isn’t adding up. But still, I went back to Admiral (after a quick stop at the post office) and got the case back.

I returned it to Emerald and she gave me a green ring shirt as a reward.

I then returned home and saved my game.