Jeff's ACWW Blog

For the first time in nearly three years of playing in this town, there was a bulletin board post about a specific item for sale on Nook’s shop. The “emergency notice” informed me that an exotic chest is in stock.

As I entered the shop, Tom Nook informed me that he had a spotlight product in stock today.

When I went upstairs, Tommy had a similar bit of dialogue. With all three notices, I’m pretty sure I would have noticed at least one of them in three years of playing. 😛 So this seems to confirm what I’ve read on multiple sites, that spotlight items only appear once you’ve added another player to town. Maybe I’d be able to delete the 2nd player now and still get spotlight items, I’m not sure. But I’ll probably just leave him there for now…at least until I get all the paintings I need.

I went ahead and bought the exotic chest for 1,800 bells, even though I didn’t particularly need it.

I visited Margie, and she thanked me for the gift of good health. Well, medicine, to be specific. But she’s feeling better now, and she gave me a satellite for helping her out in her time of need.

There was a new house in town, so I went inside to meet Bree’s replacement. It was Mint, the green squirrel! Wow, to trade Bree for Mint is pretty awesome! Anyway, Mint moved here because of a boy. Uh, I mean, “many complicated reasons.”

Well, whatever the reason, I’m happy to have you in Forest, Mint.

I ran into Big Top outside, and he spontaneously gave me a gift…a jack in the box.

I played later tonight than I have the last few weeks, so Phyllis was at town hall instead of Pelly. Phyllis didn’t have any dialogue for me, and I don’t know if Pelly had any more. Maybe I’ll see her next time.

I received a wonderful letter from Bree in the mail tonight: It was her goodbye letter. It’s nice to be Bree-free!

Margie was still sick, so I gave her another dose of medicine. Hopefully she’ll start to feel better soon.

Kiki wanted a crawfish to eat, and she suggested a competition to see who could catch one first. I won that competition, and I took the crawfish back to her. She thanked me by giving me a regal bookcase. But what she said next really surprised me: She said next time, she should steal my fishing rod before we start! That’s not nice!

At town hall, Pelly’s story continued. She said she’s been watching Pete’s behavior to try to figure out if he has a crush on someone.

Pelly stopped herself before she guessed who Pete had a crush on; she didn’t want to jump to conclusions. But she ultimately decided that she would ask Pete about it directly. We’ll see what happens next time, I suppose.

The only fireworks you’ll see in Animal Crossing this weekend is right here in Wild World. When August ends on a Saturday, like it does this year, Wild World will have five fireworks festivals this year, while New Leaf and City Folk will only have four. (That’s because the newer games have fireworks on Sundays instead of Saturdays). Next year, all three games will see five fireworks festivals.

In Forest, Teddy was particularly enjoying the fireworks tonight.

Kiki was also excited about the fireworks. After I spoke to her, she pushed me backwards like a sumo wrestler. 😛

Outside of town hall, Tortimer gave me a roman candle. I used it to warm up his shell. Interestingly, all the fireworks in the sky stopped until my roman candle was nearly out.

Margie was sick with a cold, so I bought some medicine for her. It only cost 200 bells, because Nookington’s was having a half-off everything sale tonight.

When I went to visit Bree, she informed me that she’s moving out!

I’m glad she’s finally leaving! I had to save so many of my other villagers for months and months, when Bree was the one I wanted to leave.

Inside of town hall, Pelly had some additional dialogue for me. She seems to have realized that Pete may have a crush on someone else.

I hope you all enjoyed the last fireworks of the year. Or if not, you can always stare at the fireworks GIF at the start of this entry and pretend you were there. 😀 See you all next time!