Ten Years a Villager

Maple was sick with a cold on Sunday, so I gave her some medicine. I repeated the process throughout the week, since I played several days this week.

Maple takes her medicine in ACCF.

Static had asked me for some new clothes…a specific shirt, although I don’t remember which shirt it was. But by Monday, he had given up on it (as well he should). The odds of finding a specific shirt in Able Sisters on any given day are very small. And the odds of me not being too lazy to actually order it? Even smaller. So he said he’ll just wear a fig leaf! 😮

Static: Eh, just forget it. I don't need new clothes when there are perfectly good fig leaves lying around.

Opal was telling me about how flowers will wither if I don’t keep watering them. Oddly enough, she was standing near gold roses as she said it…and gold roses don’t wilt. But then she said I should make sure she doesn’t wither either!

Opal: So, you should keep an eye on me and make sure I don't wither, either.
Are you asking me to bathe you? o.O

Today (November 16th) is the 10-year anniversary of Animal Crossing: City Folk’s release! Unlike most Animal Crossing games (and Nintendo games in general), it was actually released in America first. Only by a few days, but still, it’s a big difference from what happened with New Leaf. Japan got New Leaf seven months before the rest of the world.

I made a special video for the anniversary, and here it is. It’s a new town tour, where I stop at various spots around town to remember events that happened at each spot years ago, during online play. Wi-Fi Moments clips are overlaid onto the screen, so you can see how the area looked then and now. I hope you enjoy the video!

I got a letter from “Mom” today, and it’s about “Dad” learning to play the accordion? Hmm, I don’t think I remember seeing this letter before.

Dear Jeff, Your dad is teaching himself how to play the accordion, but right now, all it sounds like is BWAAAAAAAAAAAAH! BWAAAH BWAAAH! Yeesh! -Love, Mom
Are you sure he’s not playing a gyroid?

There’s a small detail that I originally intended to be in my 10th anniversary video. But it didn’t work out, because of the bell limit. If you’re holding more than 99,999 bells, 99k will be placed into a bag and your total bells won’t be displayed on the item screen. It only includes the money bags if you go inside a shop or something, and my tour only focused on the outdoor parts of town. But if you look at my bell total from inside town hall, you can probably see what I was going for.

Jeff has 111,608 bells in his pockets.
11-16-08

Maple was over her cold today, and she rewarded me by giving me a clackercart.

Maple: So here. I got you this clackercart. It's my way of saying thanks...

With today being a day of looking back at ACCF, it may be a good time to revisit my list of 11 things that you can do in City Folk, but not in New Leaf. Hopefully some of these will return in Animal Crossing Switch next year!

Did any of you do anything special for the anniversary (like checking in on your old town)? Feel free to share your memories in the comments, and have a great weekend!