Oakville 2.0

Today is the one-year anniversary of Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s release in America, so happy anniversary! I hope your towns are still going strong after one year!

Wendy decided to celebrate the anniversary of release day by restarting all over again. So last night, she came over to drop off her belongings in my town.

Jeff: Litterbug.And tonight, I opened up again so Wendy could pick her items back up. T. Zelda also dropped in, and she gave me some golden chess pieces. Thanks, TZ!

Gold chess pieces.Once Wendy was done picking her items back up, I went over to the all new Oakville. She has Gaston in her town, but his house looks a little run down.

Gaston: Ah! So the visitor from Forest I was hearing about is you?Wendy likes Gaston and Walker, but she doesn’t seem to care for her other villagers. Personally, I was just glad she didn’t have Eugene any more.

Message board post: Welcome back, Oakytown! Now 100% koala free!Walker is pretty cool. I never seem to get dog villagers.

Walker: I'm Walker! Are you a visitor?Wendy is living in a tent down by the river waterfall.

Wendy's tent overlooks a waterfall.Her town has a private beach, so I put on my wet suit and went down to claim the land for Forest.

Jeff: Property of Forest.Of course I forgot that one of the items she saved was a wet suit, so she was able to join me down there. She also dug up the seashells dead bodies I buried there. They weren’t ready yet!

It was starting to get late, so I headed home for the night. See you all next time!

Expert Bug Catcher Badge

This morning, Nan pinged me. When I spoke with her, she told me she’ll be moving out of town on the 13th of this month. That’s Friday the 13th!

Nan: So I wanted to talk to you about something... I'm leaving town on the 13th of this month.I tracked down Joan, and she was selling turnips for 98 bells apiece. I bought 1,200 of them.

Joan: So, 1,200 turnips comes out to be 117,600 bells altogether. Do you wanna buy them?I then dropped by Michelle’s town to sell her a hair-bow wig.

Michelle tries on her hair-bow wig.And when I deposited my money (mainly from selling my turnips yesterday) into the bank, my balance topped 14 million bells.

Your current balance is 14,160,000 bells.Over at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Nitza from Marina was my most recent dream visitor. When I returned to town, I saw Phineas over by my tulip topiary! He gave me the Expert Bug Catcher badge, which is silver.

I got the Expert Bug Catcher badge! It's proof I've caught a ton of bugs!I’ve had the corresponding fish badge for a while now, so I’ve figured I was getting close to this one. That’s why I’ve been trying to catch every bug I’ve seen lately. I bet some people have thought I was a bit odd when I’d visit their town to drop something off and then I randomly start catching their butterflies!

I must’ve been acting likeĀ Renfield from Dracula: Dead and Loving It!

Since it’s been a while since my last badge, here’s an updated look at all of my current badges:

My badge collection as of June 8th, 2014.

Butterfly Exchange

Saharah was in town today, so I paid her 3,000 bells for her services.

Saharah: Inspiration! It burns the hooves like desert sand. Embrace it!She installed a garden wall and a sci-fi floor in my main room.

A garden wall and sci-fi floor.Rolf asked me for some furniture, and I gave him a peacock butterfly. He thanked me and gave me a stroller in exchange. What do I need a stroller for??

Rolf: A stroller! Thanks again for the help!And then, Aurora asked me for a butterfly! I caught a common butterfly for her (a real common one, apparently) and she gave me a blue plaid tee, which I soon put on.

Aurora: It's a real common butterfly! Thank you! I'm very grateful.Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me June from Bacon was my most recent dream visitor.

Later on, Skye (the human) let me go to her town to sell my turnips before they expired. Her Re-Tail was paying 314 bells for them! That price was as sweet as pi!

Reese: Well then...I could probably part with 345,400 bells for all of it, if that sounds OK with you?Skye’s dog Biskit asked her for a peach, so I gave Skye a perfect peach to use. Unfortunately, it didn’t get her Biskit’s picture.

Skye talking to Biskit.I also said hello to Mira while I was there.

Mira: I'm loving this town! It's so green! Hope you like it here, cottontail!Skye ended the party soon after that. And later on (shortly before midnight), I went up to Club LOL. K.K. performed K.K. Soul for me.

K.K.: This one goes out to the enigma that is Jeff... K.K. Soul!