Month: June 2018

Secret Patrol & Maple

Tonight, Static asked me to play a game of Secret Patrol. He really just meant hide-and-seek; I had to find the three crooks to protect the town. I agreed to play.

Static: Hey, J-rock, I know this great game I call Secret Patrol You ever heard of it, tweedledee?

He gave me 15 minutes to find him, Drift, and Midge. Whenever they give me 15 minutes, I like to take my time…and do my normal activities as I look. But I just happened to find Static almost immediately. He was hiding behind Scott’s house.

Static: There are others hiding! More than you know! We are legion, tweedledee! Or...we're...two.

I later found Drift hiding behind the museum.

Drift hiding behind the museum during a game of Secret Patrol.

With eight and a half minutes left to go, I found Midge behind Kabuki’s house to win the game. Static gave me a mini clankoid as my prize.

Static: Anyhoo, win you did! And since the odds were so insurmountable, I'll give you a mini clankoid!

After circling around town and speaking with Static again, he fell into a pitfall. It wasn’t one I planted. In fact, I didn’t even realize it was there until I heard him fall!

Static falls into a pitfall in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

There was a new house next to my own house (where Champ recently lived). Maple the bear cub was inside. I’m actually not very fond of Maple in my GameCube town, but maybe I can get a fresh start with this Maple.

Maple: I just moved into town, and I really haven't had time to get settled yet. My name is Maple.

I realized I hadn’t dug up any fossils lately, so I made a thorough search around town. I ended up finding two of them. Along the way, I also caught a few summer bugs, including an emperor butterfly and this rainbow stag.

I caught a rainbow stag! Someone tell me, already! Where's the rainbow?!

The full slate of summer bugs won’t be out until July 1st, so this is just a taste of what’s to come later on.

Have a good weekend, everyone! If you’re looking for more Animal Crossing content, I recently put up a new video of Animal Crossing GameCube clips. If you’d like to check it out, here’s the link: GameCube Moments #10. See you next time!

Air Pollution

I received Benedict’s goodbye letter in the mail today. I’ll miss the guy.

Dear Jeff, It's almost time for me to leave Forest. 'Cause of you, every day I lived here was tons of fun. Thanks for everything! -From Benedict

I then changed into my Mario outfit again. Why? Hmm, maybe Mario just needed to use the phone and couldn’t find one in his own game. 😉

Mario uses the phone in the attic.

Near the museum, I shot down a balloon present. It contained a gas pump! How did that get up there?

A gas pump in my pockets.

The mayor (Tortimer, not me) must need to enforce some stricter laws about air pollution.

Mario shoots down a balloon present in Animal Crossing: City Folk for Nintendo Wii.

Even though I knew Benedict was gone, it still surprised me when I saw the empty spot where his house had been. He lived here for nearly two and a half years, after all. It was New Year’s Day 2016 that he moved in.

The empty spot where Benedict's house had been.

Well, at least I can fix my path back, I suppose. 😛

Over at town hall, I decided to make a new town tune. Since I recently replayed Luigi’s Mansion (on GameCube), I decided to use its theme. Luigi would hum the tune throughout the game, and it quickly got stuck in my head. 😛

My Luigi's Mansion town tune in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Opal asked me to make a delivery to Drift, and the gift turned out to be a bad plaid shirt. Surprisingly, Drift really seemed to like the shirt. I then returned to Opal, and she rewarded me with a common floor.

Have a good weekend, everyone! See you next time!