Meeting Marcel

Yesterday, I finally got to meet Marcel. He’s the newest neighbor of mime mine.

Marcel: Hey, nice to meetcha!

Stitches was talking about the possibility of eating a spider, and he was a bit too excited to give it a try.

Stitches: A spider sounds PRET-ty good!

But it turns out that he was just impersonating Nat, the Bug-Off host…who eats bugs. Allegedly.

Tonight, K.K. Slider was in town. I enjoyed his lively performance of K.K. Metal.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Metal.

Marcel was at home tonight, so I got to see the inside of his house for the first time. It looks very Japanese, and he has a whopping four lucky cats!

The inside of Marcel's home in Animal Crossing: City Folk for Nintendo Wii.

In the city, the pathway to the Reset Center was open. I went inside, and Resetti seemed to be hinting at a future when he didn’t have to get angry about everyone resetting.

Resetti: Like, if I could just live my life without makin' such a scene all the time, maybe I'd have more fun.

This is indeed how things have played out in subsequent games. New Leaf, by default, doesn’t have Resetti in his usual role…at least until you choose to build the Reset Center. And he has a different role in New Horizons altogether.

Marcel Moves In

Now that April is here, some of the trees have pink leaves for cherry blossom season.

Two trees with cherry blossom petals near the town fountain.

I was disappointed to find a new house that landed on my path in the western part of town. I was even more disappointed to see that it was Marcel who moved in.

Marcel's house

I was playing unusually late, so I didn’t get to meet him yet. I also missed out on K.K. Slider and the ability to shop because of the late hour. Everyone else other than Marcel was still awake, though.

Gwen was suffering with a cold (and the chills), and I could completely relate because that’s how I’ve been feeling today as well. I gave her some medicine. Get well soon!

Gwen: Uhhhh... So cold... I have the WORST chills...

Maelle asked me to make a delivery to Stitches, and I agreed to help out. The gift was a circus shirt, which doesn’t sound very flattering. But actually, it’s orange and it matched Stitches quite well.

Stitches: Is this a circus shirt? Huh. I guess I should make the most of it, though, and give it a try, stuffin'!

Maelle thanked me by giving me a stone tile.

See you all next time!