Month: October 2016

I arrived in Atlantica, which is the world based on The Little Mermaid. The outfit from Yen Sid will turn you into a merman or mermaid. I got no legs!

I used the episode board to begin the first action quest. It takes place underwater of course, as does everything in this world. But here, I can use my magic wand to trap ghosts in bubbles by pressing the Y button. I really like the scenery down here under the sea.

Once I reached the boss ghost’s room, I met up with Ariel (the Little Mermaid herself) and Flounder. I still don’t understand how his head is so much bigger than hers. 😛

I reminded Ariel that she’s missing rehearsal, and she said that Sebastian is going to be steamed. Haha, I hope that’s a reference to the scene in the movie where Sebastian almost gets cooked. 😉

I’ve now cleared the first five episodes in this world. At one point, Ariel showed me all the human items she’s stashed away from various shipwrecks.

After hosting a Frozen themed party at my cafe back in Castleton, I completed a Frozen puzzle. That allowed me to go on a Frozen themed magic dream! I began by flying by a frosty ice castle.

Elsa told me to “keep cool” as she froze me into an ice crystal.

Anna’s activity was much more enjoyable: We got to go down an ice slide!

And with Olaf’s help, I was able to change the music here to “Let it Go.” After that, I woke up from my dream. The dreams are somewhat enjoyable for a minute or two–it’s cool to see what activities are available. But after that, there’s not much else to do unless you want to repeat the activities over and over. Still, they are an entertaining little bonus.

One other thing I touched on before is the friendship medals. I never had a proper follow-up, so I’ll talk about it now. When you speak to Bella and invite guests, five random player characters (from the internet) will appear in your town (even though it doesn’t show them arriving by hot air balloon).

Your profile is also uploaded so your character can appear in someone elsa else’s town. You earn five medals just for inviting the guests, so you do not have to get StreetPass hits to earn the medals. That is a good thing.

New areas of the game keep opening up before I’m ready for them. The white rabbit and Alice appeared, and they activated the gate to Wonderland.

Not only that, but Letta appeared with an invitation to the ball. I’ll look into Wonderland and the ball next time.

Just to update you on my status, I currently have 57 stickers, and my item collection is 19.34% complete. See you soon!

In the Frozen world, I went on an action quest where I had to risk my life…for chocolate!

I later had to risk my life to find some sticks to use as arms for a snowman! These ice witches send me into danger for the stupidest things!

Near the castle, I saw a building I could have unlocked quite a while ago, but didn’t. It’s Miss Teri’s Shop of Wonder. Here, you can exchange nice points for good luck charms or mystery items like improved fishing rods and new recipes for food, clothes, and furniture!

I went on a shopping spree, buying up as much as I could. I earned a new sticker for buying a mystery item. I’m also close to earning another for buying 30 recipes from her.

As soon as I left Miss Teri’s shop, Letta appeared and said that Miss Teri was looking for me. So Letta put me right back inside the Shop of Wonder! Miss Teri told me that twinkle stones can create puzzle pieces, and she started me off by giving me some red twinkle stones. I was able to use her new twinkle stone option to exchange them for a random puzzle piece.

As I left her shop, a new world opened up! It’s based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! After barging into the dwarfs’ house, they kicked me out because they were too hungry to focus on anything else. The episode board in this world then became available to me.

The first episode just involved a lot of button-pressing as I just watched a long, boring conversation. Each dwarf would tell the next one to cook food, and on down the line, until they finally told me to do it. So I had to get a stew going.

The second episode involved me cleaning their house. By pressing the A button at sparkling locations around the house, I would pick up the piles of dust and clean the house. Once I was done, Snow White and the prince showed up.

In the third episode, I went mining with the dwarfs. The object is to swing your pickaxe in the same rhythm as the dwarf you’re with. This is how you earn twinkle stones.

Letta then appeared and gave me another letter from Yen Sid. He sent me an outfit that will turn me into a merperson. This will allow to enter the underwater world of Atlantica. But I’ll cover that in the next entry.

Back in Castleton, I unlocked a stand for Three Little Pigs Renovations. They can remodel the outside of your home by replacing your walls, roof, door, or mailbox.

Note: My game has crashed for a third time the other night, once again while working in the cafe. Three crashes in such a relatively short period of time is really a lot. I expect better from a Nintendo published game, to be honest.

That’s all for now, but I’ll see you next time as I head off to the wet world of Atlantica.

I saw something surprising on the beach today: It was a snowman! In fact, it was Olaf from Frozen!

He said he was just about to go back to Arendelle, and he invited me to go along too! So we took a boat ride through the gate to the Frozen world!

Olaf was looking for Anna and Elsa, but Elsa’s servant said they went to the Valley of the Living Rock. I was then able to use the episode board here. Right on cue, Letta showed up with a letter from Yen Sid. He sent me an ice crystal wand to use in the action quests. I started it out, and I love the scenery here. The frozen tundra, the glistening ice, and the frosty, icy trees are beautiful. You can almost feel the chill.

Once I completed the quest, I met Anna, Elsa, and Grand Pabbie. I completed two more action quests before returning to Castleton.

I unlocked a new style shop inside of Daisy’s boutique. A chipmunk named Clarice runs it, and she can make customizations to the colors and styles of clothes that you bring in. You’ll need twinkle stones to make the changes, and you keep the original outfit even after making a customization. I didn’t have the stones to change my outfit (at least not any twinkling ones), but I’ll have to stop by again sometime.

After completing another episode in the Frozen world later on, I got a recipe for a new magic wand. I took the recipe to Yen Sid, and he made the snowflake wand for me. Fortunately, I already had the ingredients I needed. I earned a sticker for making my first silver rare wand.

I finished up my night with another episode in 100 Acre Wood. Pooh got stuck in a hole in Rabbit’s house, and we all had to pull our Pooh out.

Our attempt was unsuccessful, and we decided to just wait until Pooh got thinner. Rabbit wasn’t happy about the new view from inside his house.

So he decided to just decorate around the Pooh hole. My new object of the episode was to gather two splendid sticks. I was scared to see how the sticks were going to be used, but I went out and gathered them anyway.

He ended up using them as antlers. Oh, deer.

I also had to find a certain flower to wish Pooh to get well soon. But by the time I did, Pooh felt like he had lost some weight. So we all pulled on Pooh, and this time he plopped out. What a relief. With that business taken care of, I ended my game for the night.

There is one other note I’d like to share: Last night, I again had the game crash on me. It happened while I was working in the cafe, just like the first time. I suggest saving your game frequently, particularly when working in the cafe. See you next time!