Month: August 2024

Ugly Campers

Last Saturday, I found one of my mortal koala enemies (not Yuka, though) at the campsite. It was Eugene, and he was not welcome in my town! This wasn’t even his first time camping here, so I may need to take some extreme measure to dispose of him…or his body. 😛

Eugene, at the campsite: You know, there's nothing like Forest in summer...

Bones was celebrating his birthday on Sunday, and I made sure to attend his party. (Well, one of his parties. I didn’t play in Wild World on Sunday.) I gave him some hanging stage lights for his gift, and he seemed to enjoy it.

Bones, at his birthday party: Boss, I gotta tell ya, thanks so much for the present! Today's been just the best, ya know?

Our buddy Bob was also at the party, and he was having a great time too!

Bob, at Bones's birthday party: A huh huh huh, I sure do love birthday parties.
No offense to Bob, but “a huh huh huh” needs to be banned as dialogue in future Animal Crossing games. 😛

Sunday was also the day of the first fireworks festival of the year. At the plaza, Isabelle gave me a flower bopper.

Isabelle: You'll shine as bright as the fireworks in the sky while wearing your flower bopper.

Agent S then gave me a sparkler, so I set it off while I enjoyed the fireworks for a few moments.

I set off a sparkler during the fireworks festival in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Thursday, Pascal popped up to ask me for a scallop I caught. He said that stars and planets are floating in space, but he wondered what space is floating in. Good question.

Pascal: Sure, the stars and planets are floating in space, but what's SPACE floating in?

Today, I had another unwanted camper. It was Katt the cat, who was camping here for the third time! Why do these ugly villagers not get the message and keep haunting me? 😛

Katt, at the campsite: Oh! Uh...know anyone who'd be interested?

After I put some money into the bank, my savings account balance reached 95 million bells…with 52 bells to spare. 😛 I’m getting close to 100k!

Savings Balance: 95,000,000 bells.

Here are a few other quick notes about the past week:

  • Last Saturday, K.K. Slider performed “Spring Blossoms” for me, Agent S, Static, Ankha, and Merengue.
  • On Monday, I sold 29 fish to C.J. for 424,125 bells.
  • I helped out Gullivarrr on Wednesday, and he sent me a pirate-ship helm.
  • I sold 23 bugs to Flick on Thursday, and he paid me exactly 177,000 bells.

Enjoy your weekend, and I’ll see you next time!

Bugs, Birthdays, and Don

The Bug-Off was held last Saturday, and I participated (but just in one round). I caught 11 bugs in the three-minute time limit, with the last one being a long locust I caught with three seconds remaining. As time expired, my net promptly exploded in my hands. 😛

Bug-Off is over!

Flick confirmed that my 11 bugs netted me 13 points. I used ten of those points to score a butterfly backpack.

It was also Ketchup’s birthday, so I made sure to attend her party. Louie was also there to help her celebrate. I gave Ketchup some stacked bags that I customized to be green. Happy birthday, Ketchup!

Ketchup: Some stacked bags! I just KNEW you'd get me something great! I'll take good care of it!

On Monday, I found a scallop while diving…and of course, Pascal popped up to ask for it. He then questioned why flower beds are called “beds” when the flowers seem awake to him. 🤷

Pascal: Ever wonder why they call it a flower bed? They always seem real awake to me.

Tuesday, Ankha told me she chooses her perfume based on the weather. So she said that she smells like apple, in her tomb. I’m not sure any of that makes sense, because the weather wasn’t apple-ing outside.

Ankha: For example, today I smell like apple, in my tomb.

On Wednesday, June kidnapped me and took me to her house. She, Static, and Ketchup had a surprise birthday party for me.

Everyone: Happy birthday!

I blew out my candles, smacked a piñata, got some birthday cupcakes, and received a gift (some birthday candles). Thanks, June, Ketchup, and Static!

Having fun at my birthday party with Ketchup, June, and Static.

Today, I saw Don in the Roost. He said taking a cup of coffee for the road is great, except that he usually ends up spilling it if he’s with Sonny (aka Resetti).

Don: But when we get the call and I'm with Sonny? There's a 98 percent chance I'm spillin' that coffee.
Don: On account of him flippin' out and spillin' it for me! So maybe drinkin' it here is best, actually.

Here are a few other quick notes from the past week:

  • K.K. Slider performed K.K. Chorinho for me on Sunday.
  • K.K. also showed up Wednesday to play K.K. Birthday.
  • Label wanted to see me in an outdoorsy outfit today, and she gave me a music-fest shirt as an example. I kept the clothes I was already wearing, but added a baseball cap. Label liked it, but it wasn’t perfect. She gave me a Labelle hat.
Label: Oh, wow! You've really captured the outdoorsy look. Even the details are on point.

I recently posted a new video looking at some co-exclusive features in the Animal Crossing series. In other words, features that appeared in two games, but not the others. Each pair of games has something in common. Check it out!

See you next time!