Jeff's New Horizons Blog

The final fireworks festival of the year was held tonight, and Isabelle gave me a flower bopper for the occasion.

I scanned my Rio amiibo card, and she showed up at the campsite. She asked me to craft a log garden lounge for her, and I was happy to help. That was the third time I’ve crafted something for her, so she was willing to move into town when I asked her. 👍🏼

As you may remember, I was trying to get Rio back in April when Beardo rudely interrupted the process. But at least one wrong has now been righted. (I still need to get rid of Beardo, though.)

Around 10:45 tonight, I headed over to Sam’s town of Seattle for his Japanese-themed going-away party. Matthew, Nami, Jac, Nicky, Jesse, and Logan were also there, and we all arrived in kimonos (at Sam’s request). We had some fun with ocean sunfish (of course), and we hung out at the plaza for a bit.

Sam asked us to follow him to the sumo ring, but it wasn’t clear who was playing or not. Jesse and Nami were walking over pitfalls (using hacks? I don’t know), and we just kind of stood in the ring for a while. 😂 Eventually Sam said he wanted to sumo against me 1-on-1. We did, and I won.

We played on some musical instruments, and Nicky was 🔥 on the drums.

After a while, we headed up to the Roost for a couple cups of coffee. During the 2nd cup, I was way out of sync…and people weren’t happy with me. 😛 I don’t know what I did, though!

We also took a group photo while in the Roost.

Nicky and Logan left shortly after that, and the rest of us went outside. Except for Jac, that is. He was caught in lag land in the doorways of the museum. We just sat and waited for him.

Nami decided to help out by leaving quietly, which kicked all of us back to the airport. Nami then returned, and we played a 6-player round of sumo. Jesse was the winner; congrats!

It was almost 1 a.m. by this point, and I was about to leave. But Sam wanted to take one last group photo, so I quickly followed him to the photo spot. But along the way, he pitfall’d me. Don’t worry, that clip will be in an upcoming video. 😛 But here’s my last group photo of the night:

I had a good time in Sam’s town; good luck to you, Sam! And it was nice seeing everyone again. Thanks to everyone who was there! 🙂

I’ll be back with another blog entry very soon!

Yesterday, Apollo told me he was thinking of moving away.

Even though I like Apollo a lot, I decided to let him go. He has had a nice year-and-a-half stay in town, and he celebrated two birthdays here in that span. Also, I have him in City Folk as well, so I’ll still see him in that game.

Gullivarrr was in town, so I went diving to find his communicator. I found it on my first dive, and I returned it to him. He ended up sending me another sea captain’s coat today.

The Bug-Off was held today, and I competed in one (and only one) round. I caught nine bugs, which was good for a total of 11 points. I sold my bugs to Flick for 4,650 bells.

I then redeemed my points for a termite mound and a bug wand.

Later, I went to say goodbye to my buddy Apollo. I’m sure he’ll launch to a new town and make a great landing there.

I plan on scanning my Rio amiibo tomorrow (since I already scanned her twice back in April). So I’ll finally be able to get her. But there is another benefit to getting a new villager: It means Beardo will no longer be the newest villager in town. That will make him eligible to move out! Can’t wait to make that happen!

I went fishing for a bit, and catching a clown fish earned me 3,000 Nook Miles…because it was my 5,000th fish caught! My “Angling for Perfection” achievement is now complete!

I will be back again tomorrow with another entry! Hope to see you then!

On Monday, Beardo told me he was jealous of how cool I looked in my DJ KK logo tee. His jealous promptly turned into rage, and he even raised his leg as he prepared to attack!

Fortunately, I had some bear tranquilizers with me to use on the aggressive bear. He’ll be out for days, with a case of premature hibernation.

A new seasonal item is available for purchase through Nook Shopping, a Tomato Festival tee. From what I’ve heard, it could be the last new item we get (barring another update, of course). I ordered it Monday, and it arrived yesterday.

When I visited Ketchup, she said she had something that would go perfect with my outfit: a skateboarding helmet. And it actually did match the shirt, so I decided to keep it on.

Today, I dug up a fossil and my shovel broke. So I went to chop some wood, and of course, my axe then broke too.

It was one of those days, as I also broke my net and fishing rod later. Four broken tools in one day, yikes. 😛

Out on Lottie’s Island, I found this camouflaged froggy chair for sale at Paradise Planning. A deal this good is hard to find. 😉

I’m closing in on a couple of Nook Miles achievements that have been a long time coming. Perhaps I’ll have some news on at least one of them in the next entry. See you again soon!