Jeff's New Horizons Blog

When I went diving this evening, I caught my first flatworm. This is the start of a new month, so there are new things to catch (and donate to the museum). But this was the only new thing I caught today.

Nook Shopping has three new seasonal items available for August: This rodeo-style springy ride-on (for Brazil’s cowboy festival), the Hikoboshi outfit, and the Orihime outfit (for Cowherd & Weaver Girl Day in Asia). Grab them while you can!

When I chatted with Tybalt, he apologized for “forgetting” my birthday yesterday. He said he was busy doing backflips all day…

But the truth is that he was seated at K.K.’s show yesterday. And that decision cost him a yummy cupcake. 🧁

Speaking of K.K. Slider, he had a stool set up at the plaza for the 2nd day in a row. I joined Apple, Agent S, and Rizzo for a performance of K.K. Jazz.

Now that dreaming is in full-swing, I decided it was time for me to redecorate my house. I moved my bathroom stuff out of the upstairs and into one of the side rooms. And I turned my upstairs into a space/sci-fi room, at least for now.

Except for the gym/exercise room, I made changes to every room in my house. Some rooms still feel incomplete, but I think my house looks much better overall. I plan on uploading a new version of my dream town on Sunday afternoon (if it’s sunny), so check it out tomorrow if you’d like.

I went diving again tonight, until I found a scallop. Pascal showed up with some interesting thoughts about roosters.

He gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a mermaid closet in exchange for the scallop. 👍

If you’d like to see Vandy323 on Youtube check out my dream town, watch this video. He visits a few dream towns, but mine is the first one. He was not familiar with me or my town when he visited, so he didn’t realize what everything was… and I laughed at his reaction when he realized my obstacle course was basically Frogger. 😂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6vdujqKXow

He said that people usually make their basements their coolest rooms, so he saved it for last…and then he walked into my basement, which was basically empty. 😂 In fact, that is kinda what inspired me to finally redecorate my house. 😛

Anyway, the fireworks festival is tomorrow night. And I might be opening my gate at some point… I’m not sure of the time yet, though. It may be somewhere around 9 p.m. Eastern time (U.S.), but that’s not a sure thing. If you’re on my roster, I recommend checking my Twitter tomorrow night for more exact info.

See you tomorrow! Never Stop Crossing!

Today was my character’s birthday, and Agent S appeared outside my house to kidnap me. I ended up at her house, where she, Keaton, and Hornsby wished me a happy birthday.

Spoiler warning. If you haven’t experienced your birthday in New Horizons yet, and you want everything to be a surprise, you may want to skip today’s blog entry. Otherwise, feel free to continue.

Agent S told me to make a wish and blow out my birthday candles, so I did. She gave a present from the three of them; it was some party flooring. Next, I was given a stick and told to beat up a pinata! I whacked it repeatedly, and eventually cupcakes fell out!

There were ten of them; I ate one and held on to the rest.

I returned home and checked my mail. Mom sent me a birthday letter, with “Mom’s homemade cake” attached. I realized Nook’s Cranny was about to close, so I rushed there. Just before getting kicked out, I was able to buy the throwback rocket and colorful wheel. This version of the wheel resembles the wheel in Desert Island Escape.

At the plaza, I was quite surprised to see K.K. Slider here! I was wondering why they keep bouncing him around from Saturday to Sunday to Friday. And then I realized he was here because of my birthday. So he performed K.K. Birthday for me (and Tybalt). But the weird part is that birthday letters appeared on-screen as he sang!

These were not letters I received in the mail, so it’s a bit confusing as to why they’re popping up in the air as K.K. sang. But I had “letters” from Agent S, Rizzo, Blathers, and Orville. It was nice, I just don’t understand it. 😛

There was a tent at the campsite, and I was wondering if I would have a great camper to adopt. But instead, I found Tiffany inside.

She was wearing a tuxedo dress, which seems like a weird article of clothing on its own…and an even weirder thing to wear while camping. 😛

I went around town, offering cupcakes to my villagers. They would typically give me a birthday present in return.

Here’s a list of what they gave:

• Louie: birthday cake
• Lopez: birthday table
• Tia: birthday hat
• Keaton: birthday sign
• Midge: birthday shades
• Hornsby: birthday candles
• Apple: party wall
• Rizzo: cycling shirt

Leave it to Rizzo to break up the birthday gift trend. 😛 I couldn’t give one to Tybalt or Agent S because they were sitting down (Tybalt at K.K.’s show, Agent S in the chair by her house).

But I had a good time overall. The pinata and cupcakes were a surprise to me, and it’s nice to get these birthday items. I’ll keep them in storage.

Have a good night, everyone! I’ll be back with another entry tomorrow, so I’ll see you then!

Late last night, I tested out the dreaming function for myself. I visited Daniel’s town of Outset at dream address 6987-5499-2084. It’s a beautiful town with lots of flowers, great scenery, and a really good lineup of villagers (including some of my favorites like Savannah, Butch, and Drago).

Daniel also has some great rooms, and I particularly loved this space arcade. The stars on the wallpaper move, as if the arcade was inside a really fast-moving spaceship.

As for my own dream island, I actually got a violation from Nintendo! I had previously set my blog address as the comment on my passport…and in dreams, that comment shows up as something your character says. So Nintendo deleted my dream and gave me a warning!

So be careful about using your blog, site, or social media on your passport or bulletin board! I don’t know if someone actually reported my town, or if Nintendo detected the address automatically, but beware!

I changed my comment and re-uploaded my dream once the new day began. Fortunately, I still have the same dream address.

Later on this evening, I checked my mail. I had a letter from Luna, and she sent me a “Dream Bell exchange ticket.” At first, I was wondering if this opened up something new…but apparently not. It can be sold for 5,000 bells, and it’s basically your “reward” for uploading your dream (or perhaps for having a dream visitor?). This is is basically the same as Luna giving you 5,000 bells for updating your dream in New Leaf. You just have to wait until the next day to get it.

C.J. was in town today, and I easily completed his challenge of catching any five fish in a row. I then grabbed most of my sharks from storage, and sold a bunch of fish to C.J.; he gave me nearly 135k for everything.

Celeste showed up tonight, and she gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a Leo sculpture. I made one, and it’s a wall-mounted item.

Additional Thoughts on Dreaming

As someone who loved the Dream Suite feature in New Leaf, it’s only natural for me to compare the dreaming in New Horizons to the dreaming in New Leaf. And here are some differences I’ve noticed:

• You can view bulletin board posts left by town residents in New Horizons (but you couldn’t in New Leaf). On one hand, you’ll want to be careful about what you post. But used correctly, this can be a very helpful tool to explain things to dreamers, or let them know what to look for.
• Dreamers do not change into pajamas in dreams. They wear whatever clothes they already had on.
• You can not search for dream towns by town or name.
• You can not visit random towns. You need the dream address.
• Lloid is not present to allow dreamers to borrow tools. So if your town requires ladders or vaulting poles, you’ll need to leave them out in town somewhere.
• You can’t see your dreamer count or latest dreamer in-game. But apparently, you can see them by using the Nintendo Switch Online app. I don’t see why a smartphone should be required to access this information, when New Leaf showed it in-game…but that’s how Nintendo works these days.

Dreaming is a great feature and an excellent addition to the game. But when you compare it to the Dream Suite in New Leaf, the ACNH dreaming system seems rushed and unfinished. Perhaps it will be improved in future updates, but it could be argued that they should have waited another month or two (until the autumn update) to do it right. What do you think?

I’ll be back tomorrow with another entry. But FYI, there will be no Friday Night Forest this week. It should return next week, though.