Fireworks Festival

The fireworks festival was held tonight (it’s the first of five this month). But earlier in the day, Isabelle was already standing outside of town hall to collect designs to use as fireworks. I gave her a few of my designs: a pitfall seed, banana, Apple Lane, and “Win Prizes.” I also gave her a couple of default patterns to use.

The fireworks didn’t start until 7:00 p.m., though. In the meantime, Lopez became the latest villager to call me his bestie. Everyone will say I’m their bestie, but they don’t prove it by giving me their photos. 😛

After 5:00 p.m., I uploaded a new version of my dream town. Now, visitors can have some proper daylight. You can also see my newly-redesigned house. I’m still not totally happy with it, but I think it’s better than it was. The dream address is 6717-1633-3682 if you’re interested. Note: There’s only one pitfall this time.

At 7 p.m., the fireworks festival began. Keaton gave me a sparkler, and Isabelle gave me a bulb bopper. Redd was also on-hand with a raffle. For 500 bells, you can reach into a box to pull out a ticket. The number on the ticket determines what prize you win. I won a bubble blower, a tweeter, a blue balloon, and a pink balloon.

I then stopped at various spots around town to watch some fireworks.

My item from Pascal today was a mermaid fishy dress.

While fishing, I caught my first moray eel. I didn’t even realize it was my first one until I saw the little notification light on my Critterpedia app. Fortunately, I hadn’t sold it yet, so I was able to run it over to Blathers and donate it.

At about 9:15, I opened my gate for some Sunday night fireworks. Logan, Alex, Nami, Alex, Sacky, Bran, and William came over to visit. However, Sacky left almost immediately.

I noticed that the bubble blower I was using (as people were entering) was suddenly no longer in my hands, nor my pockets. At first, I thought it was a glitch. But I was informed that the bubble blowers can be used up after blowing a few bubbles! The bubble blowers in City Folk and New Leaf didn’t do this. I was soap disappointed.

William fell into a pitfall that I buried behind Tummy (the raccoon figurine). 😛 We headed over to the plaza, and that’s when Timo (wearing a King Tut mask) showed up. Several people bought raffle tickets from Redd, and we soon headed over to the amusement park to watch fireworks…while holding balloons.

We went to various locations around town to watch the fireworks. Rainbow Road, Spectacle Rock, the campsite, and the frog race course to name a few. I just coincidentally took a screenshot right as Timo murdered Alex.

Later, we went to my house. In the basement, Logan said he was hacking my computer…and he turned the power off! 😉 By the way, wouldn’t a Metroid fit the theme of this wallpaper perfectly?

Once we were done in my house, we went swimming from the dock up and around to the north beach.

When we went back to the plaza, I was shocked at how crowded it was. There were eight villagers there, two NPCs (Isabelle and Redd), and eight players as well! Even though not quite everyone was in this screenshot, it gives you an idea of how crowded it was!

Just before 11:00, I ended the session for the night. Thanks for coming, everyone! It was fun. 🙂

As for the fireworks festival, I do have one complaint about it: the music. The fireworks music in City Folk and New Leaf was so happy and festive; it added to the mood. But in New Horizons, the fireworks music is subdued and almost a bit boring. I’m not saying it’s awful, but it doesn’t seem like the right fit for fireworks. Ehh, well maybe it will grow on me.

I’m going to try to put a video up tomorrow with highlights from the fireworks festival. Keep an eye out for it! 🙂