Window into the Soul

Shortly before midnight tonight, I spotted the northern lights up in the sky. I really like the look of auroras in this game; I think they’re prettier than the New Leaf auroras, and they fill up the whole screen (unlike the ones in New Horizons).

The northern lights in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

I was on my way over to the Roost, and I found Gwen enjoying some coffee there. She pointed out that Brewster likes to decorate his shelves with gyroids, which of course, I was well aware.

Gwen: Hmm. Ever notice that Brewster likes to decorate his shelves with gyroids?

I asked K.K. Slider to play a song for me, and he performed K.K. Parade for me (…and Gwen).

After the show, I spotted a huge fish shadow in the river. I fished out a stringfish! That’s an easy 15k! Yay! 😀

Catching a stringfish in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Both of today’s snowballs were near Nook ‘n’ Go, so I rolled them up into a snowman. He was perfect, so he should be sending me a reward in the mail. But at some point this winter, I do want to roll up an awful, disproportionate snowman…just for fun. 😛

Snowman: Shivering snowflakes! Look at this craftsmanship!

I took the bus out to the city, and almost everything was closed except for Redd’s shop (and the auction house, which never closes). You can still walk inside of the Happy Room Academy, although you can’t enter the “model room” room. 😛 You can’t sit on any of the chairs in here, but interestingly, I realized that you can read this sign on the table.

*Happy Room Academy* The home is a window into the soul, and sunlight brightens your life.

I don’t remember reading this sign before, but it’s likely that I have done it years ago, and just forgot about it.

Have a good night, everyone! 🌙

New Year’s Shirt 2022

Today is the first day of 2022, and I received a bunch of New Year’s greetings from my villagers in the mail. That included one from my 2nd favorite villager, Lucky.

To Jeff, Happy New Year! My resolution is to be even better friends with you this year! -Your buddy, Lucky

Tortimer was standing outside of town hall, talking about starting out the new year like putting on a new pair of socks.

Tortimer: Ah, a new year! Fresh like a new pair of socks!

He gave me the New Year’s shirt for 2022. It has a tiger on it, because 2022 is the year of the tiger in the Chinese zodiac. Here’s a look at the front and back:

The front and back of the New Year's shirt for 2022 in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

This is the 2nd tiger shirt in the cycle (the first tiger was 2010). But the 2010 shirt was white, and this one is gray. So even if you only looked at the fronts of the shirts, you could still tell the 2010 and 2022 shirts apart.

Big Top was going through the list of Chinese zodiac animals, trying to remember what year it is. 😛

Big Top: Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, horse, snake, sheep, monkey... Um... What year is it again?

Pretty much all of my villagers were talking about the start of the new year. Tom couldn’t believe how fast last year passed by.

Tom: Oh, heys, li'l guy! Can you believe it's already 2022? Man, last year flew by, me-YOWZA!

Even though he was seemingly in a great mood, that changed right after I took this screenshot. He started to remember that he didn’t get much accomplished last year. It’s okay, Tom, you did all that you were programmed to do. 😛

I found a new house in a spot that rarely seems occupied: It’s just north of the windmill, and just a bit south of my house and Goldie’s house. Inside, I found a depressed looking bear cub named Pudge.

Pudge: I was worried that no one had noticed me moving here!

He lived in my Wild World town in 2016, and in my GameCube town in 2018. But he didn’t stick around long either time, so he’s not very fresh in my memory.

Behind Nook ‘n’ Go, I listened in on a conversation between Maelle and Queenie. It’s the one where they call each other bland. I’ve seen it multiple times before, so I didn’t snap a picture of the dialogue…but I did catch the surprised look on Queenie’s face as she stood back on her heels. 😂

Queenie, surprised: ...

And in the city, I ran into my old friend Static.

Static: I think I'll visit Katrina myself. If nothing else, it'll give me something to talk about at the cafe.

Even though he’s long gone from my ACCF town, I currently have him in New Horizons and in my GameCube town as well.

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all have a great, successful, safe, and healthy 2022! 🙂