Shot Down 1st UFO!

I visited Benedict today, and he thought I came over just to hear his story about how he dug up all his fossils.

Not true! In fact, I already know where his fossils came from…me! I dug them up for him! He’s lucky if he can dig out the birdseed from between his toes. 😛

Victoria told me that all her dresses shrunk, so she asked me for some new clothes. I went to Able Sisters and bought her a U R here shirt. I took it to her, and she thanked me by giving me a lil bro’s hat (that’s the Luigi hat). I decided to put it on.

As I walked near Victoria’s house, I heard a UFO! I looked up, and it was traveling from right to left…that meant I had a chance at it! I changed to my slingshot as quickly as I could and started to run to the west. I kept running into trees, and that slowed me down.

I got to the river and ran out of room. So I fired a shot up as the UFO was right above me, but still moving west as I watched my shot go up into the air, seemingly in slow motion. I was not feeling confident about the shot, but…

Pow! I got it! I couldn’t believe it! This was the first time I’ve shot down a UFO in Wild World! I was legitimately excited! 😀

So many people dismiss the UFOs from Wild World and City Folk as an unnecessary feature. But it’s about the thrill, the adrenaline rush, the challenge of it. It’s something that the Animal Crossing series is otherwise missing.

After shooting it down, the process is a bit different from City Folk. For one thing, it crash lands right away. (In ACCF, it apparently crashes into the ocean, and then washes ashore the next day).

Another difference is that you must recover five UFO parts (vs. one spaceship part in ACCF). Oh, and Gulliver’s ship is named the Porpoise 5000.

Big Top was nearby, so I spoke to him to see if he had any special dialogue considering he just witnessed a UFO crashing to earth right in front on him. But the only thing on his mind was catching some air with a net, to bottle and sell it.

As I searched for the gears, I got another surprise. Victoria gave me her photo! It’s a Vic pic!

But it didn’t take me long to round up all five UFO parts.

I took the parts back to Gulliver, and he rewarded me with a pagoda. It’s very small compared to the New Horizons version!

While I was home, I also put Victoria’s pic in my villager photo room. Her favorite quote is “CATERWAULING CARROT CAKE!” Yes, it’s in all caps like that.

Have a great day, everyone! I’ll be back with another entry next week. 🙂