Anniversary Update

Yesterday, I received my latest reward from Gulliver in the mail. He sent me this turban.

Trying on the turban from Gulliver.

Last night, Wisp and Celeste were both in town (at the same time). Wisp ultimately gave me some cute red-tile flooring, and Celeste gave me a DIY recipe for a star clock. That star clock recipe is exactly what I had just been hoping for! 🙂

SWEET! I learned a DIY recipe for a star clock!
Look at Celeste’s footprints. ❤️

Today is Shamrock Day, which of course, is better known as St. Patrick’s Day in real life. Unfortunately, New Horizons does not have a Shamrock Day event (unlike New Leaf). But I did shoot down a balloon present that contained a recipe for a shamrock wand.

SWEET! I learned a DIY recipe for a shamrock wand!

C.J. was in town with a new seasports challenge for me. He wanted to see some big-time fish, so I caught a black bass, a squid, and a dace to complete the challenge. When I checked my storage, I only had five fish saved up for him. But he paid me 38,700 bells for them.

Apollo asked me to deliver a package to Louie, and Louie asked me to guess if it was clothing or furniture. I guessed clothing, and I was right…so Louie gave it to me. It was a striped tank.

At about 9:00 tonight, the one-year anniversary update went live. I downloaded the update, and I received a letter from Nintendo. Uh, I mean, from Nook Inc. 😉 They sent a first-anniversary cake, and I’m actually a bit surprised they’re sending it early…instead of having it arrive in the mail on March 20th. But I’m not complaining.

The first-anniversary cake in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This is the equivalent of the sapling clock in New Leaf.

This is basically the equivalent of the sapling clock in New Leaf.

At Resident Services, there are two design upgrades you can purchase with Nook Miles. One lets you access the custom design portal with your NookPhone…so you can upload and download designs without having to go to Able Sisters! Very helpful for night owls like me, playing mostly when Able Sisters is closed for the night.

The other upgrade adds 50 regular design slots and 50 pro design slots. Awesome! It also allows you to make designs for face-cutout standees, umbrellas, handheld flags, and fans. I’m going to start using the extra design slots right away to add more patterns to my Mario obstacle course!

Lots of blank design slots waiting to be used.

Speaking of which, here are my plans for that. I’m going to try to finish up my obstacle course by tomorrow night. On Friday, I hope to host my first races either in the late afternoon or early evening.* I’ll probably ask for four contestants on Twitter…but try to have one of the Mario outfits ready to wear if you plan on joining in. It can be Mario, Luigi, Peach, or Wario. I have a couple outfits in case someone doesn’t have one, but I don’t have enough for everyone.

*Update: Due to rain on my island Friday, I decided to postpone my obstacle course race at least until Saturday afternoon, pending the weather in Forest (follow on Twitter for further details). However, my anniversary party will go on as scheduled, rain or shine, at 9 p.m. Eastern on Saturday!

See you all soon!

Dreaming of Ninten

Yesterday, I had a little chat with Rizzo at Able Sisters. He said that the pressure to look stylish without copying other people was enough to make a guy stop wearing clothes. WHAT? Don’t you dare start running around this town naked, Rizzo! OMG!

Rizzo: But you gotta look just like 'em or you're not in style! It's enough to make a fella stop wearin' clothes!

Last night, I visited Nintendo’s official dream island (Ninten) at dream address 6382-1459-4417. It has some Mario-themed areas, including Mario’s name spelled out in mini-islands.

The land mass spells out MARIO.

And of course, it showcases the new Mario items and makes good use of the warp pipes. You can teleport to several spots around town.

Luigi jumps out of a warp pipe.

It’s a good island, but I was actually a bit underwhelmed. I guess I just expected something amazing coming from Nintendo. In fact, I think AT&T beat Nintendo at their own game! The AT&T Land island that I featured in Dream Island Hopping 4 was much more impressive.

Today, I found a lost item that was stained with drool! That’s kinda gross.

This looks like someone's diary. Is this stain from drool? Maybe they fell asleep on it while writing.

I figured it probably belonged to a lazy villager (Hornsby or Bones). So I asked Hornsby about it, and he admitted it was his diary. He thanked me for returning it by giving me a denim jacket. Fortunately, there was no drool on the jacket. 😉

Gulliver was in town, so I dug up the five pieces of his communicator. He will be sending me a reward in the mail tomorrow.

Gulliver: You're the best! Thanks for all your help. I promise to return the favor.

When I spoke with Midge, she said that my face is a real work of art today. Just like Tia the other day, Midge seems to be under the impression that I’m wearing makeup or something. I don’t understand where this is coming from. I even double-checked that I didn’t pick the rosy cheeks option and I’m not wearing any patterns on my face either. 🤷

Midge: Your face is a real work of art today, burrito.

I’m going to be busy finishing up my Mario obstacle course over the next couple days. See you all soon! 🙂

Dinner For Lunch

At Able Sisters today, I thought I’d take a closer look at the hedgehogs’ family photos. This is such a cute detail in the series.

The Able Sisters family photos.

When I spoke with Midge, she told me she was having trouble coming up with a dinner plan…for lunch. 😛 Breakfast for dinner is good, so why not dinner for lunch? 😉

Midge: I'm struggling to come up with a last-minute dinner plan, for lunch...
Spoiler alert: She settled on worms for lunch and dinner. 😛

Tia was visiting Apple, and Apple thought it was really, really weird that Tia and I were both there at the same time.

Apple: Wow! You're both here at the same time? How...totally weird! Both of you! Here! At the same time!
Apple: What a weird day! So weird!

Okay chill out, it’s not that weird. Did she think Tia and I were the same person or something? Why would it be that big of a deal?

At the plaza, K.K. Slider performed one of my favorites: Two Days Ago. Agent S and I really enjoyed the show.

K.K. Slider performs for Agent S and Jeff.
Blue and green lights for blue and green people. 😛

Apollo was up at the campsite, sitting on a log bench near the lake. Except that he was facing the wrong way! You don’t sit on a bench facing away from the lake and waterfall! Who does that? Well, besides Apollo, I mean. 😛

Apollo sits on a bench at the campsite, facing away from the lake.

I hope you’re all enjoying your weekend! See you next time. 🙂