Month: January 2025

On January 9th, Lolly watched intently as I caught a big stringfish. Sorry kitty, but I can’t let you have this.

On Sunday (January 26th), Inkwell told me that he recently let a pill bug get away, and he was still mad about it.

How the heck did a pill bug manage to outrun him? They’re one of the slowest bugs in the game. He asked me to catch one for him, and I did just that. He rewarded me with a heart tee.

Monday was Aurora’s birthday, so I headed over to her house for her party. It was just so dark in there, even though it wasn’t very late yet!

I gave her a juicy-apple clock for a birthday gift, and she seemed to enjoy it.

Inkwell was also at the party, and he said he just did a triple axel off a chair before I got there. Suuuuure you did, Inkwell.

I was having an unlucky day, so I fell a few times when I was running. Unfortunately, I didn’t time any photos perfectly enough, but here you can see me starting to get back up after falling. It still looks pretty odd, though! Almost like I’m a zombie with my arms hanging to the ground.

At the museum, I had an intimidating encounter with Boots! Of course, his greeting and catchphrase made things sound worse than they really were.

I’m happy to report he did not eat me.

Today, another villager had a birthday: Cube! I headed over to his party, where I also found Aurora. It’s another penguin party! I gave Cube a Fire Bar that I got from a fortune cookie at the Emporium.

Of course, I’m just now realizing that flaming balls of fire are probably not the best thing to give a penguin. Well, at least he doesn’t live in an igloo.

Today (January 29th) is National Puzzle Day, so I went home and played a few games of Animal Crossing Puzzle League to celebrate.

I’ll see you next time! Never Stop Crossing!

When I played after Christmas, I received Jingle’s pic in the mail. It was my reward for correctly delivering all the presents on Toy Day.

I decided to install a new public works project (PWP) before the year ended, and I ultimately chose an illuminated arch. I put it near the train station, just north of my fountain. I paid it off, and it officially opened on Monday, December 30th.

Here’s a look at it once it was all lit up for nighttime:

And here’s how that whole area looks, including my fountain, metal bench, and illuminated tree:

It looks really pretty! It was just making me a bit sad that most likely, no visitors will ever see it in person. But I’ll still enjoy it, and hopefully you’ll all enjoy the pictures of it here.

Last night was New Year’s Eve, and I showed up close to midnight. Isabelle was worried that I was going to miss the countdown.

Redd and Rolf were also there, and Isabelle gave me some sparkling cider.

At midnight, 2025 began. Happy New Year, everyone!

Of course, I took a few moments to enjoy the fireworks…especially the 2025 ones.

I played again this afternoon, and my villagers wished me a happy new year, of course. Some also talked about their plans for 2025.

Lolly asked me to dig up her time capsule, so I gladly helped out. She found her school jacket, and that was my reward for helping with the time capsule.

But she also told me that she was planning on moving away on January 3rd! I talked her out of it, of course, but that was a really close call! If I hadn’t played today (or tomorrow), she would’ve been gone! Even though it’s been years since I’ve lost someone accidentally, it still is a very real possibility and it’s bound to happen at some point.

At the plaza, Isabelle was handing out the New Year’s item. She was talking about how snakes have such a hard life. (2025 is the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac.)

She then gave me the zodiac snake for 2025.

Seeing as this is the 12th New Year’s Day since the game’s US/Europe release, this now completes the collection of zodiac animals! I put them all on display in the left room of my house.

If you had the Japanese version of the game (or, you know, time traveled), you may have already completed the collection. But it’s pretty cool to have all of them now. And perhaps playing on New Year’s Day won’t be so urgent for me in the future, since the gifts will just repeat going forward.

Happy New Year, everyone!