SpotPass Home: Aminka from Shigtown

Nintendo sent out a new SpotPass home today; it belongs to Aminka from Shigtown. Her main room is your typical Mario room, but the room on the left is all-gold (similar to my basement). I especially like her gold piggy bank, although it’s debatable whether her throne is better than my golden super toilet.

The gold room in the SpotPass home of Aminka from Shigtown.She also had a nice Zelda room. Unlike most Zelda rooms I’ve seen, she had a mannequin dressed as Link. If you’re wondering why the Triforce is glowing, it’s because I activated it shortly before taking the pic.

A Triforce glows. From the Zelda room in the SpotPass home of Aminka from Shigtown.Aminka from Shigtown also had a rococo room, a princess room, and this arcade/rec room in the basement.

An arcade in the SpotPass home belonging to Aminka from Shigtown.And just to answer the inevitable question, this was a SpotPass home, not StreetPass. So everyone in North America should receive it, assuming SpotPass is turned on correctly.

I then returned to my town and paid Katrina to tell my fortune. Once again, she told me women’s bottoms were the key to getting lucky. Err…being lucky. Something like that. But as I started to leave, she stopped me. This is it! She suggested a fortune teller’s shop as a public works project!

Katrina: It appears the people of Forest strongly desire the guidance of the stars. I can sense it...It costs 340,000 bells, but Isabelle didn’t give me a preview of what it will look like. Unless it looks like a big yellow question mark.

Fortune-Teller's Shop: 340,000 bells.Anyway, I was over by a pond when I heard a noise…splash! Apparently a dung beetle dunked a snowball into the pond!

A tiny melted snowball floating in the pond.I went up to Main Street to reset the snowball, and I also updated my dream town. Luna told me that Garrett from Gville recently enjoyed my dream town. I also made a large withdrawal from my bank account and then returned to town to find two snowballs. I made another bingo snowman and got a new bingo card.

Snowman: Then I, Snowman, shall bestow upon you a bingo card!My four bingo numbers for today were 14, 26, 43, and 48. My new bingo card had all of them! I may try to make a different type of snowman tomorrow, but I didn’t want my existing snowmen to go to waste. (Without a bingo card in my possession, they won’t spin new numbers).

Anyway, I paid off Katrina’s shop and returned to Isabelle at town hall. It will be done tomorrow, and my Main Street will finally be complete!

Isabelle: We've met our collection goal for the Fortune-Teller's Shop project! It should be complete tomorrow!Tabby met me in a darkened alley and tried to sell me an armor suit. With this look on her face, I can totally picture her as a creepy salesman.

Tabby: Hey, master, interested in one of my screamin' deals? I'm selling an armor suit!Chris then came over to get a number punched on his bingo card.

Chris talks to a snowman.When he was done, I asked him if he wanted to shop before I closed the gate. He said yes, but I made my way into T&T Emporium before he did. So once he entered, he saw me just standing there and thought I was the mall Santa. 😀

Chris: Mall Santa.

My First Bingo

I started up the game this evening and saw that some cedar trees now have Christmas lights on them. They looked quite nice.

Christmas lights on the trees in town.As I walked around town, I saw Tabby. She pinged me and suggested a new public works project, a round streetlight. Wow, how many types of streetlights does this game have?

Tabby: So, master. Guess what? I really, really, really, really, really want a round streetlight.
In that case, I won’t get one.

Apparently, it’s a snowball on a stick.

Round streetlight: 39,800 bells.I then went up to Main Street, where Luna told me that Emily from Sheerio was my most recent dream visitor.

The Emporium had K.K. Love Song for sale. Surprisingly, it was actually a song I needed! It was actually the first K.K. song I ever heard in an Animal Crossing game; it was included as my “free gift” on the memory card of the original GameCube game back in 2002.

Anyway, I headed next door to Able Sisters, and they finally had a Santa coat for sale. I bought it up, and I believe this completes my Santa suit.

Mabel: Oh my, you look marvelous!When I returned to town, I talked to Tabby again for some reason.

Tabby: I has big teeth! Do you, like, need me for anything?I went looking for my snowballs to make a snowman. For the first time, I had to push one over a bridge. That’s always nerve-racking, but the ball of snow survived.

Successfully pushing a snowball across a bridge.Because of where the snowballs were, I didn’t want to risk pushing them all the way across town to be with my other snowmen. So I made this one near town hall, and its eyes rolled a 27 for me. It was a number I needed, and it put me only one hole away from a bingo.

Snowman: Splendid! You're one number away from a bingo!I then returned to my other snowmen over by the plaza. One of them had passed away overnight, so only three of them remained. The first one gave me a 26, which I needed. It put me one hole away in two different directions. The next snowman gave me a 37…BINGO!

Snowman: BINGOOOOO!I scored it diagonally. Here is my winning bingo card:

My first winning bingo card.As a reward, he gave me a ski rack. I’m not sure what I was expecting…

Snowman: This time, the prize is a ski rack!Apparently, the snowman took my winning bingo card when he gave me the ski rack. Because when I talked to the remaining snowman, he wouldn’t roll a new number for me because I didn’t have a bingo card. So I’ll have to make another bingo snowman tomorrow to get a new card. Anyway, this is what the ski rack looks like:

My new ski rack.It’s an okay item, but it sure took an awful lot of work to get it.

Rolf told me he was going to move out on the 19th. I made him stay. Why is it always the animals I like that want to move out? Ugh.

Rolf: It's about time I moved on! I'll be leaving on the 19th of this very month!Skye (the human) came over to punch a bingo card and to get signatures for a petition. When she was done, I wrapped up my game for the night. See you all next time, and good luck with your snowmen!

Golden Fishing Rod

Today was the day of the fishing tournament. When I went over to talk to Chip (the judge), there was an option for me to tell him to look at my collection. He saw that I have caught every type of fish, and he handed me the golden fishing rod!

I got a golden fishing rod! Look out, fishies! Here I come!But before I started fishing, I made my usual rounds. I talked to villagers, watered my flowers, found the money rock, and made my trip up to Main Street. I bought a party popper at the Emporium, and updated my dream town. Luna informed me that my town has had over 3,000 dream visitors now. Thanks to everyone who has visited!

Luna: Records state the number of clients who have experienced a dream about Forest is 3,015.She also told me that Dan from Peloma was my most recent dream visitor. When I was done in the shopping district, I returned to town to go fishing. I caught several fish, which I donated in increasing size order. This is possible because New Leaf tells the sizes of the fish when you catch them. These are the four fish I gave to Chip, along with the reward he gave me for each:

  • Olive flounder, 29.30 inches. Chip gave me an exercise bike.
  • Olive flounder, 31.75 inches. Chip gave me a sea-anemone bed.
  • Sea bass, 35.95 inches. Chip gave me a dotted wall.
  • Sea bass, 41.25 inches. Chip gave me a crab clock.

I was also going to give Chip an 85.65 inch tuna I caught, but I was late by literally one second. The clock struck 6:00 right before I could give it to him. But that was no problem, because I still won the tournament easily. Skye won 2nd place and Teddy won 3rd place.

Holding my gold fishing trophy atop the podium in the winners' ceremony.Even though I sold the exercise bike before the tournament ended, I took a picture of my remaining prizes: the sea anemone bed, dotted wall, and crab clock.

The sea anemone bed, dotted wall, and crab clock.With the tournament over, my focus turned to snowmen. I found my daily snowballs and built my fourth bingo snowman. I couldn’t help but think they looked a little creepy staring at me like this.

Four creepy snowmen staring at me.
I think I walked into the wrong neighborhood.

After giving them all a spin, today’s numbers were 2, 3, 30, and 34. I’m closing in on my first bingo.

My current bingo card.I then took my gold fishing trophy up to my trophy room on the second floor of the museum.

All of my trophies so far.Later on, Skye (the human) came over to get her bingo card punched. I used the opportunity for a surprise attack with my party popper.

I pop a party popper at Skye.And after 8:00, I went up to Club LOL for some traditional K.K. I asked him for a random song and he performed K.K. Swing.

K.K.: Enough tuning--let's groove. This next one is for you, Jeff. It's called K.K. Swing.