Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

When I played earlier this month (on February 9th), I received a goodbye letter from Blaire in the mail.

Her replacement was Cleo the snooty horse. She previously lived in Forest back in 2012.

On February 12th, I found Tortimer over by the wishing well. It turns out it was time for his winter vacation!

He wanted me to turn on the lighthouse each day from the 13th through the 19th, and I initially turned down the offer.

But he didn’t take “no” for an answer. And by the next day, I had changed my mind. I decided to load up the game and turn on the lighthouse.

On the 14th, I received a bunch of valentines in the mail from my female villagers. Each one had a gift attached, but Emerald sent me a scale. A scale! What kind of Valentine’s Day gift is that? Is she calling me fat?

Maple and Sydney both sent me this letter, saying I’m the one they like the most.

Sydney sent me a maple bonsai, which would have been funnier if it came from Maple. 😛

I continued turning on the lighthouse each evening. Last Thursday, I went into an igloo and found Sydney inside. She wanted to play a game where I picked a card to determine the price she would pay me for my mega buzzoid.

The card I picked showed 880 bells, so she paid me roughly what Nook would have paid me anyway.

I later found a buried item and dug up an Arwing! Nice! (It was a treasure hunt item that Puck buried.) I put the Arwing in my house for now.

On Saturday, Hank tried to convince me that his igloos are better than everyone else’s igloos. 😛

Yesterday, I received a goodbye letter from Cleo! She sure didn’t stick around long! Her replacement was Mathilda the kangaroo. She previously lived in Forest in 2013-14.

Today, Tortimer returned from his vacation! He was pleased that I turned on the lighthouse every night, as he asked.

He gave me some chocolates as my reward for completing the mission. 😉

Genji later offered me 1,530 bells for the chocolates, and I agreed to sell them.

Candi was in an igloo today, and she was talking about her chowder. She asked if the morsel of fish (in her chowder, presumably) had a lot in common with her.

After I shot her a confused glare, she said that she and the fish are both sweet and tender. Uhh, if you say so.

Emerald said that she was tired, and she asked me if she should go to sleep. I said yes, and she got furious! She thought I meant she should sleep out in the snow (which she does do sometimes anyway), and she took it as the biggest insult.

And Emerald is usually one of the nicer villagers, too. Sheesh.

Last week, I posted this video of all 218 villager houses in the game. I hope you’ll give it a watch if you haven’t seen it yet. 🙂

One other note: I tried charging my Game Boy Advance SP so that I could visit the island, but it simply will not hold a charge at all. After 18 years, the battery is now completely dead. And I can’t just keep the system plugged in, because the GameCube-GBA link cable covers the spot where the adapter plugs in. So probably no more island visits for a while. I may get a new battery eventually, but it’s not a priority right now.

See you all next time! 🙂

Today, I received a goodbye letter from a squirrel. But it was Nibbles, not my newest villager Blaire, who moved out.

Up at Nookington’s, I bought a bold check shirt just to have something new to wear.

Just south of the shop, I ran into my newest neighbor, Bunnie. She’s cute. 🙂 She last lived in Forest back in 2011.

Puck informed me that he painted my roof green! Of course, the snow covers the roof now, so I can’t really see it. But that raises the question of how he actually painted it without removing the snow on top. Hmmm… 😉

I was going to make a trip to the island, but my Game Boy Advance wasn’t charged…not even enough to stay on for the two seconds I needed it to trigger Kapp’n’s boat. 😛

Tom said that he hadn’t seen me in a long time, probably because I ate something I found on the ground and got really sick. And then he called me a touchy old grouch.

Tom was being a bit rude, but he wasn’t the only one. When I declined the offer to hear Ursala’s dieting tips, she accused me of being six years old…and she also called me a big loser. 😛

Sydney mentioned not seeing me for four months, which was surprising. I must’ve missed her somehow the last few times I’ve played. Or maybe she was just already in bed by the time I got around to her house.

Nearby, I found an igloo. Even though they’re not as pretty as they are in New Leaf, igloos are a cool thing to see in town. It’s a shame that most Animal Crossing games don’t have them.

Candi the mouse was inside. She was talking about playing in the snow, but she wanted to wolf down some chowder first. That looks like an awful lot of chowder for a mouse!

Thanks for stopping by! See you all with another entry in February! 🙂

My old friend Jane has left town…again. She’s not in the newer games, so it’s rare that I see her anywhere. But it was nice to meet her once again last month.

Jingle sent me a gift in the mail, the Balloon Fight NES game. He sends the same thing every Christmas. But unlike most years, I actually decided to play a game of it this time. I ended up scoring 43,250 points.

I got a nice surprise when I dug up the daily glowing spot: 30,000 bells instead of the usual 1,000. Nice!

Forest now has a part of town just for squirrels, it seems. Static lives in Acre E-4, and Nibbles lives right above in Acre D-4. And next door in Acre D-3, Blaire just moved in. She has a lot of fruit furniture!

Blaire also lived in Forest back in 2013.

Belle insulted my sense of fashion tonight, telling me I should stick to shopping from the discount racks. What, so a Rubik’s Cube shirt isn’t in style? 😉

Hank was telling me about the New Year’s Eve party coming up tomorrow night. I probably won’t be participating in this game, but I should do it one of these years!

Have a great New Year, everyone! Stay safe, have fun, and I’ll see you all again soon. Never Stop Crossing! 🙂