A Fruitful Search

Today, I helped out my villagers by performing three favors:

• I delivered a kung-fu tee from Sasha to Marina.
• I caught a stinkbug for Louie.
• I bought some medicine for Bones, who was sick.

Those favors brought my Smile Isle progress up to 295/300! Just five more favors to go! I should finish that achievement within the next several days.

Now that Eloise is gone, I realized that I have seven male villagers and only two female villagers. I know some people like to keep a 5-5 balance, but I’m okay with my towns being 6-4 in either direction, or even 7-3. But I have to admit that 8-2 would be a bit extreme. That doesn’t mean I would turn down one of my top-tier favorites, but it does mean I was leaning in the direction of getting a female villager this time.

So with that in mind, I began my search for the next resident of Forest. On the first mystery island, I found Chief the wolf. I like Chief, and I wouldn’t mind having him around. But he’s not in my top tier, so he’s not ahead of the pack. Besides, I wanted to keep looking.

On island #2, I found Becky the chicken. I’ve never liked Becky, and I remember hating her back in City Folk. So I quickly flew the coop. 🐔

The 3rd island tempted me more than either of the first two islands: Boots was there! Boots is my buddy in New Leaf, and I like him a lot. But something about him doesn’t look quite right in New Horizons. Maybe it’s the model, or maybe it’s just that silly jester shirt that makes him look like a clown. Sorry, Boots.

Island #4 had Agnes the piggy. I like her better than Becky, but not enough that I wanted to bring home the bacon.

On the fifth mystery island, I found a unique red ducky named Ketchup! This isn’t your garden-variety villager!

At first I wasn’t 100% sure if Ketchup was animal or vegetable male or female, since they don’t color-code the nameplates any more. But a quick search told me that Ketchup is female (and a peppy). She’s also very cute, and she’s a villager that I’ve never had in any Animal Crossing game before. That was a good combination, so I invited her to town! 🍅

I’m happy to have Ketchup moving in soon, and I’m glad that I had a fruitful search this time. (Unlike my last search in January, when I got Admiral as a random move-in). I’ll be back with another entry tomorrow to welcome Ketchup to town. Hope to see you then! 🙂