Jeff's ACCF Blog

Snow now covers in the ground in Animal Crossing, and I decided to record a new gameplay session video when I played yesterday. Here is that video if you’re interested…or you can keep scrolling down to get to today’s highlights.

I won’t post all of what happened in the video here in the blog, but I will share just this one screenshot of me having some coffee in the Roost.

Today, a fishing tournament was underway. Ruby told me that she was currently in 1st place, with her 44.4-inch sea bass.

She was standing out on the dead end, and it’s actually pretty rare for me to find anyone up there!

After making my rounds, I did a little fishing. But I was mostly just finding octopi…and one squid, which Chip likes to chop up and put in his noodle salads! 🤢

I eventually caught a sea bass, but it was still much smaller than Ruby’s catch. I ultimately gave up and shut off the game for the rest of the afternoon. But I did return later for the results. Ruby’s catch hung on, and she was the official winner. Congrats, Ruby!

After making a quick delivery to Punchy (from Mint), I finished up my night at the Roost. I asked K.K. Slider for a random song, and he performed “K.K. Western” for me.

Did any of you participate in the tourney? If so, I hope you had better luck than I did! I’ll be back with more next week; hope to see you then! Never Stop Crossing!

On Thursday, I found a new house in town. Jeremiah’s replacement has moved in, and it’s Punchy the cat!

Punchy lived here before in 2019-20, and more recently, in my New Horizons town from 2022 until May of this year. I like him, but I’m not crazy about him like some people seem to be. 😛

Big Top and Ruby had both asked me for fossils, and I fulfilled both of those requests today. I gave Big Top an archaeopteryx, and he said it could sleep with him tonight!

If you thought his reaction was a little odd, check out what Ruby said when I gave her a pachy tail. She said it was her new love!

Punchy asked me for some festive clothes for the holidays, and the folk shirt at Able Sisters definitely seemed to fit the bill. I took it over to Punchy, and he liked it. He rewarded me with a lovely carpet.

It seemed like everyone was asking me for help tonight! Robin wanted a bagworm, and Midge needed her house key fished out of the river. I helped out both birds.

Robin rewarded me with a plush carpet, while Midge slipped me a slim quazoid.

Whether it was for fossils, fashion, or fishing, I fulfilled five favors for friends tonight! So I took it easy the rest of the night, enjoying K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show at the Roost. I asked for a random song, and he performed K.K. Waltz for me.

I received Jeremiah’s goodbye letter in the mail, which made me feel blue. 😛 I’ll miss the guy.

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., and older Animal Crossing games celebrate the occasion as the harvest festival. Tortimer was hanging out near town hall, and he handed me a knife and fork.

Unfortunately, Tortimer is the only animal hanging out there, despite the tables and dishes. Even though I like the City Folk versions of Halloween and Christmas Eve/Toy Day, the harvest festival is devoid of any atmosphere in this game. The GameCube game and New Horizons have such a festive atmosphere for the event, so this just feels lifeless and dull by comparison.

My job, of course, is to search for Franklin the turkey. He will be hiding behind a tree, a house/building, or in some cases, a sign post.

Of course, I end up scaring him (nearly) to death every time.

When you give him the silverware, he hands over a piece of the harvest furniture set. If you give silverware to a villager instead, they will give you a hint as to Franklin’s current location.

But I tried to do it without many hints, just because it can be tedious having to go back to Tortimer for more silverware each and every time.

I discovered that I did not have the harvest set already in storage, which was disappointing because I was wanting to make a harvest festival guide showing the full set. I even checked my saved letters at the post office, and the storage of my other characters…but no luck. Oof.

So I kept playing longer than I originally intended, well over two hours. I got a whopping 30 pieces of harvest stuff, but I still didn’t complete the set—I’m just missing the dresser. I’ll be hanging onto the 11 unique pieces I acquired, but I sold my 19 duplicates for a total of 56,928 bells.

I hope you all had a good harvest festival, Turkey Day, or Thanksgiving (if you’re in the U.S.).

I’m curious, which Franklin do you like more? Franklin the chef, or Franklin the main course? 😆 Let me know in the comments!

Enjoy your weekend, and I’ll be back with another entry next week. Jeremiah’s replacement will probably be moved in by then.

Never Stop Crossing!