Jeff's New Horizons Blog

I received some items I ordered, and I put them in my new area…which is a small amusement park. The teacup ride is really the only ride I have for now, and I’m not even sure if others are in the game. But I also have a games area, including a jokey “Guess your IQ” stand with a colorful wheel (with numbers that only go up to 8). 😂

The possible prizes are next to that, with a scooter, football jersey, Nintendo Switch, and a stuffed baby bear as prizes. I actually had a basketball as one prize, but Nook’s Cranny had the baby bear today, so I thought that would be even better.

Further to the right, there are arcade-style games with pinball, darts, foosball, and a ring toss. There’s also a food/snack area, with vending machines, cotton candy, a table with chairs to sit down at.

I know amusement parks and fairs are a fairly common thing that people create in towns, and even one of the game’s commercials showed one. But I’m a big fan of amusement parks myself, and I thought it would make a nice addition to my town. I will likely add more to it in the future, as I acquire more items. I do have a bit more room to the west of the teacup ride. But I’m pretty happy with this area for now.

Anyway, today was Claudia’s last day in town. I made sure to say goodbye to her. I probably should have let her stay a bit longer, but oh well. This opens up the door for getting another villager, and that’s a good thing.

The orange windflowers near Tia’s house have bloomed. I’m still not a big fan of them, but I think I’ll keep them for now…at least in this area. I don’t plan on planting any more of them elsewhere in town, though.

Speaking of blooming, the rest of my pink-azalea shrubs have bloomed in Peach Park. So I took an updated picture. By the way, this park is right across the bridge from my new amusement park. The houses you see in the background belong to Claudia (for a few more hours, at least) and Rizzo.

In other news, Louie told me he missed a planned meet-up with Agent S because he couldn’t stop looking at his muscles in the mirror.

Agent S, Keaton, and Midge were all sitting at the plaza this evening. I managed to catch them all taking a drink at the same time. 🙂

A few other quick notes about today:

• I returned a lost item to Agent S, and she rewarded me with a concierge uniform.
• I found seven star fragments on the beach.
• I got a mummy outfit from a balloon present. I’m saving it for Halloween.
• I bought an office wall and dark-chocolates flooring from Saharah.

My town is coming together, and I can’t wait until I’m ready for a town tour. But there’s still more to be done first… I just have no idea what’s next. 😛

Claudia surprised me today by telling me that she’s moving out of town! I didn’t try to stop her.

I received several items in the mail that I ordered for my new project, and I spent a good portion of time working on that new area. I experimented with several different layouts until I found something that I liked. But I’m not done with it, and I’m still not ready to show it.

However, I do think I’ll show it tomorrow. I ordered a couple more things, and it should all be presentable after I put those in. It still won’t be a completely finished project for a while, since I still want to add some things I don’t have in my catalog yet. But it’ll be good enough for the time being. 🙂

A balloon present I shot down contained an electric kick scooter. I thought that would be a good addition to my new area, so I kept it. 😉

As the day went on, I started having second thoughts about letting Claudia leave. Even though I’m not a big fan of hers, it just seems so soon, you know? It’s barely been a month since she moved in. And I think I’ve only pitfall’d her once?

I spoke to her repeatedly, but she never gave an option to change her mind. A quick Google search reveals you apparently need to use a second character to change a villager’s mind. And I wasn’t about to create a 2nd character just for that… I didn’t want her back that bad!

Anyway, today’s message bottle had an interesting DIY recipe inside: a leaf! You just need five clumps of weeds to make a leaf.

And in case you’re wondering, the leaf is the accessory you wear in your mouth, not the fake piece of furniture that Tortimer gives you on April Fools Day in ACCF.

One of my new rocks was in a bad location, so I destroyed it. But later on, I accidentally destroyed a different rock…one that was actually in a good location. Ugh.

Today I learned that Hornsby is a computer hacker. 😂 No wonder the villagers know so much about what we do every day!

But then he implied that he was joking, saying that he just saw that in a movie recently. Hmmm, I’m not sure what to believe. 😛

There was a meteor shower in town tonight, so I wished on several shooting stars. 🌠

Before I wrapped up my night, Claudia had one last gift for me: She taught me the “amazed” reaction. That also earned me a new achievement, for learning a total of 30 reactions.

That’s all for now, but I’ll be back with more tomorrow. Hope to see you then!

Nook’s Cranny had a rattan wardrobe for sale today, and I bought it. I’ve already come across several pieces of the rattan set, which strongly resembles the cabana furniture from previous games. Not only that, but it seems to be one of the few furniture series that are actually in New Horizons. I think I’ll use it in one of my rooms.

The shop also had a kettle for sale, and I bought it as well. I would place it outside of Tia’s house as an identification object, if I didn’t already have an elephant slide there. 😂

Some of my orange windflowers have bloomed (not the ones by Tia’s house, but some that I planted elsewhere earlier). I’m not sure why, but I don’t like them as much as I thought I would.

I’ll wait for the ones by Tia’s house to bloom before deciding if I want to keep them there or not.

When I visited Apple, I saw that Claudia was also there. Apple was talking about her wooden simple bed, and she made references to Fauna Magazine and Ms. Nintendique. Those are two magazines that have been mentioned in previous Animal Crossing games, and I thought that was a nice touch.

Two years ago (almost to the day), I made a mock-up of a Fauna Magazine cover on my GameCube blog. 😛

After I exited Apple’s house, I was thinking that a nice, white fence would look good on Apple Lane. It turns out there currently aren’t white fences, though. But I kept the fence idea in my mind as I carried on with my day…

K.K. Slider was set up at the plaza, and I decided to stop and enjoy a song. I requested the song Animal City. It’s one of K.K.’s “secret” songs, and it’s actually the city theme from Animal Crossing: City Folk. Midge was the only other villager in attendance at the time.

I enjoyed the nostalgic throwback to perhaps my most-played game of all-time. Afterwards, a balloon present was floating by, over the fountain. I got my slingshot out and shot it down, only for it to disappear between the fountain and some flowers! I thought it would bounce over the flowers onto the plaza, but it didn’t!

Anyway, I put the Animal City aircheck in my music player and took a close look at the cover. It shows the city from ACCF, of course, along with the fountain, Kicks, K.K. himself, and several villagers. Of course, K.K. played at the Roost in City Folk, not in the city. But I appreciated the references. 🙂

After that, I took 450 stones out of storage and built five stone arches. I used them to replace the Bunny Day arches that lead to my sumo ring. I know the Bunny Day arches are more colorful and appealing, but I don’t want to keep Easter-themed items out all year. If there are some other arches in the game, perhaps I’ll change them again in the future.

Up on the cliff, I was shaking trees to look for furniture items. One had a wasp, and I caught it…but then my net broke. I continued shaking trees and I got stung twice…and then I passed out and reawakened outside my house. That was disappointing, but at least I earned an achievement (and Nook Miles) for it. 😛

After taking some medicine, I went back to shaking trees. I actually found two furniture items in trees, a table lamp and a throwback gothic mirror.

After studying my map, I decided to add a short, diagonal path between my two ramps (the one that leads up to the cliff and the one that leads down to Sudden Valley).

But I also decided to do something with a big, empty area just north of Apple Lane. I circled it here on my map:

While I’m not going to reveal my plans just yet, I will say that it’s not a unique idea. But I will put my own spin on it. I ordered several items for the new area, and I also moved a few other items from my house, storage, or elsewhere in town.

I used some fencing near Apple Lane after all, the separate the back yards of the residents there from the new area. I’ll have to experiment with possible layouts of the new area tomorrow, when my ordered items arrive.

See you next time! 🙂