Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Hornsby sent me a table lamp in the mail today, along with this letter. Apparently he is just now discovering that electricity exists.

Nook’s Cranny had an arcade combat game (a space shooter) for sale, so I bought it and placed it in my arcade at the amusement park.

Claude the rabbit was over at the campsite, so I said hello. But I had absolutely no interest in asking him to move in.

Saharah was in town, and I bought an imperial wall and crop-circles flooring from her.

Lopez asked me to participate in a treasure hunt, and I agreed to play. For a moment, I thought it was going to be the easiest treasure hunt ever!

But that buried item was a fossil, not the treasure. 😀 It took me just over three minutes (of the six-minute time limit) to find the actual treasure, but it ended up with me scoring some free fishing waders.

Celeste showed up later on, and she gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a flying saucer! Yes! It’s nice to get something besides wand and Zodiac furniture recipes from her for a change. I was starting to wonder if the space items were even in New Horizons, so I’m glad to see they do exist after all. 😛 I made sure to craft my first flying saucer. It seems to hover higher in the air than it did in the older games.

While diving, I encountered another really fast sea creature. It was tricky to track it down, but I eventually did. I caught my first gigas giant clam!

After donating it to the museum, I continued diving. My first scallop of the day did not trigger Pascal for some reason (even though my pockets were not full and I wasn’t close to shore). But the 2nd one did trigger Pascal. He gave me a pearl for the scallop, and he mentioned whales (but completely devoid of context).

Shortly after that, I wrapped up my game for the night. See you next time!

Even though I’ve been trying to keep a shark in my pockets (mainly for fun during multiplayer sessions), my villagers don’t want to let me do that. They keep asking for the sharks. Today, it was Hornsby’s turn.

But at least this was a better deal than some others I’ve had lately. Hornsby gave me 19,500 bells, which is a really nice payday! I’ll just have to catch some more sharks to keep on hand. 😛 Plus, Hornsby was thrilled that I agreed to sell it. He said he’ll even draw a picture of me and put it on the door to his snack stash.

After chatting with everyone, I went diving with the sole intention of finding a scallop and seeing Pascal. To my surprise, I found it on my very first dive! I gave it to Pascal, and he shared some words about cats landing on their feet.

Hmm, that’s probably not the wisest thing that Pascal has said. But everybody has an off day from time to time. 😛 In return for the scallop, he gave me a pearl.

Not much else was going on today. I played again later tonight, to see if Wisp or Celeste would show up, but no such luck.

However, I did post my treasure hunt video today. I hope you enjoy it!

I had a bit of a scare as I started up the game today. I couldn’t advance past the black loading screen (with just the island in the lower-right corner). Normally it takes around a minute or so (and that already seems like a long time), but it just stayed on that screen indefinitely. After 20 minutes of waiting, I forced the game to shut down and started the game back up. This time, it loaded up normally and thankfully my town data was safe.

Gulliver sent me an item in the mail, and it turned out to be a pigtail. I’ve been here hoping for more Stonehenge-type, large furniture items, and he sends me something like this. Ugh.

K.K. Slider was actually here on a Saturday night this weekend, so I asked him for a random song. He performed K.K. Gumbo for me and Agent S.

After the show, I checked out Tybalt’s house (now that he’s all unpacked). Most of his furniture is yellow (like him), and his carpeting has tiger stripes. I actually like his house.

I furnished the outside of his house by placing a paper tiger in front of his name plate.

I think I’m going to like the guy.

It has been a while since I’ve seen Pascal, so I went diving until I scrounged up a scallop. I gave it to him, and he spoke about breeding flowers not for colors, but for hybrid smells.

In return for the scallop, he gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a mermaid shelf.

Before wrapping up for the night, I wished on a few shooting stars, and I put away the frog suits from last night.

As for videos, I’ve decided to post the treasure hunt video tomorrow, and then I’ll post Wi-Fi Moments #8 a few days later. See you all next time!