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.).
(Just kidding.) 😛
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!
Happy Thanksgiving! I prefer Franklin as the meal more than I like him as the chef. The Gamecube version is my favorite of the Harvest Festivals. Franklin is still alive the afternoon of the event and they are expecting to eat him? Turkey takes a while to cook. Even if the local government is successful in capturing their most wanted fugitive, the whole event will be over by the time they even turn on the oven.
Haha, very true! Tortimer should’ve started cooking him right away instead of just telling him to have a seat and eat some bread crumbs. 😆
I found your blog recently and really enjoy that you’re still playing City Folk! It was my introduction to Animal Crossing and a nostalgic favorite. I’m emulating it through Dolphin and play every day. Have you heard about the upcoming mod Animal Crossing City Folk Deluxe? I’m very excited for it to drop and get some fresh content to a beloved entry in the series!