Intermediate Rewards

On Monday, I got to see the inside of Mira’s house now that she’s all unpacked. She has astro furniture, which is pretty cool. And that spherical radar is one of the my favorite furniture items in the game.

The inside of Mira's house, including her astro furniture and spherical radar.

I’ve continued to play Desert Island Escape lately, and I’ve been using a team of Celeste, Booker, and Stitches.

Booker: Ha! A nasty toxic snake is no match for me!

I particularly like that Celeste can fly over obstacles like water or mountains. It’s helpful for reaching new areas to set up camp.

Celeste flying in Desert Island Escape.

After I completed the 6th and 7th intermediate levels in Desert Island Escape (which unlocked the advanced levels), I received this letter in the mail:

To Jeff,
Looks like you’re getting the hang of this Desert Island Escape thing! Here’s a little something special to keep you motivated: this water floor!

-From Nintendo

Here’s a screenshot of the flooring:

The water floor in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Last night, I cleared the last remaining intermediate levels. I received this letter from Nintendo today:

To Jeff,
Can you believe it?! You’ve cleared all intermediate levels of Desert Island Escape! You deserve this Wii U game shelf!

From Nintendo

And here’s a look at my new Wii U game shelf:

My Wii U game shelf in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Next up, I’ll have to tackle the advanced levels. And I’m now wondering if I ever completed all of the Desert Island Escape levels in Amiibo Festival. Because I really don’t remember. 🤔 (Update: I did complete them all on Wii U.)

Anyway, Aurora asked me to fetch Forest’s other penguin today, Cube. I brought him around, and Aurora said she found something that she thinks belongs to Cube.

Aurora: It was sticky with chocolate and covered in ants, so I knew it had to be yours.

It was a red-grid tee, and it was indeed Cube’s shirt. He thanked her for returning it, and then walked out.

Cube walks out of Aurora's house.

Aurora thanked me for helping out by giving me a gold screen wall.

Inkwell asked me to catch him for a cricket tonight, and without thinking, I declined the request. I’m kicking myself, because I still need his photo and I hate that I wasted the opportunity. Oof.

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Emma from Fishy and Joseph from Fun St. Thanks for stopping by!

New Superhero

When I played on November 4th, I received Cherry’s goodbye letter in the mail. She also attached another copy of her photo to the letter.

Inkwell asked me to bury a time capsule for him, so I agreed to help out.

Inkwell: I made a time capsule!

Moments later, I happened to be right by the modern clock when it illuminated at the top of the hour. So of course, I just had to snap a photo. This is still one of my favorite PWPs. 🙂

The modern clock lights up.

This past Monday, I updated the dream version of my town. My dream address is 5D00-000F-7611, if you’d like to visit while you still can.

Boots invited me to sit on the bench with him, so I did. I don’t recommend trying this in real life, especially with a real alligator. 😉

Sitting on a bench with Boots the alligator in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Hornsby asked me to dig up his time capsule, and it had a silk bloom tee inside. But he didn’t give me the shirt; he gave me his photo instead.

Hornsby: Woohoo! It's so good to see my time capsule again!

A bit later, Inkwell was enamored with a cardboard box I had been carrying in my pockets! 😆

Inkwell: You're the proud owner of the finest cardboard box I've ever seen!
I’m surprised it wasn’t the cat (Lolly) saying this.

He offered me 25 bells for it, and I agreed to the sale.

At the campsite nearby, I found Mira the superhero rabbit!

Mira: Hey! You're from this town, aren't you? You must be Jeff! Nice to meet ya! I'm Mira!

I like Mira, but I wasn’t sure if I wanted her to move in or not. So I thought about it, and I searched this blog to see if/when I had her as a camper before. It turns out, she camped here in 2014, and I wanted to add her then, but I couldn’t (because my town was full at the time). So that convinced me to invite her in now. 🙂

When I put some bells into my savings account, my balance reached 127 million bells.

Your current balance is 127,000,000 bells.

Yesterday, I found Mira’s house plot just south of my house. This is approximately where Cherry lived (and Big Top before her).

This spot reserved for Mira's new home. -Nook's Homes

Today, Cube asked me to visit his house. So I led the way there…

Cube follows me as I run to his house.
I made him run there. 😆

I hung out in his house for a while, and he offered to sell me his snowmobile…so I bought it for 2,150 bells. He also gave me a kiddie chair that I found while snooping through his mush dresser.

I got a kiddie chair!

And once Mira finally woke up, I went in her house to say hello. Welcome to Forest, Mira! 🙂 It’s good to have you here! Better late than never!

Mira: Hey, hey! Remember me?

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors have included Daniel from Danville, Paula from Bilbao, and Sober from Heights. Thanks for stopping by!

Note: I’ve recently added a few design submissions from Roxel, so check those out on the QR Codes page.