Jeff's New Leaf Blog

On Sunday night, I attended the fireworks festival. Isabelle was at the plaza, and she gave me a heart bopper.

While I was there, I bought one of Redd’s cookies. There was a “bang ticket” inside, and I gave it back to Redd in exchange for a boxed figurine.

After unsuccessfully trying to glitch onto Redd’s tent (like we could do in the old days), I headed over to a nearby bridge to watch a few minutes of the fireworks. 😍

On Monday, I spoke with Mira just three times and she told me not to talk to her! This usually only happens after 10+ chats, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen it after just three chats before! I have no idea how or why this happened!

Tuesday, Cube asked me for some fruit (any kind). But I accidentally pressed B, cancelling the request! I was kicking myself, because giving fruit is just about the easiest favor there is, and I’m still desperately trying to earn Cube’s photo (and Mira’s and Inkwell’s, for that matter). So it stings to mess this up.

But at least I have been able to complete some favors for Mira. She asked me for a barred knifejaw, and I actually caught one on my first attempt (aside from scaring away a tiny fish shadow). But Mira just rewarded me with a yellow certificate.

Yesterday, Mira asked to visit my house…and of course I said yes. She came in, and I showed her every room.

After that, I found Cube sitting on the bench in my southwest park. He asked me to join him, and I couldn’t resist!

He later asked me for an ocean fish, so I got a shark out of storage for him. I’m not messing around, here. I want these villagers’ photos badly!

He appreciated the effort, but he only rewarded me with a small LED display.

When I played again later, Mira again wanted to hang out. But this time, she wanted me to visit her. So we set a time, and I showed up as planned. Of course, there’s not a lot to do in villagers’ houses, since they just have the one room. I went around and turned each item on or off, and then just talked to her for a while.

Eventually, she asked if I wanted to buy anything. I asked about the home-computer rack, and she agreed to sell it to me for 1,250 bells. After that, I headed out. She asked if I liked her house, and I told her I did.

Today, I received the two letters from Mira thanking me for both visits. The gifts attached were a space station and an hourglass. Clearly, the hourglass symbolizes my wait for her photo. ⏳

Inkwell wanted me to collect signatures for a petition… But I literally can’t. So I had to decline another request. Oof.

Cube and Mira were both hanging out in the museum today; Cube was in the art gallery and Mira was in the aquarium. So unfortunately, I couldn’t pester them for favors today. 😛

I feel like I keep striking out at trying to get these photos, and it’s frustrating. I know the focus of Animal Crossing games shouldn’t be getting the photos, and I really don’t worry about them in the other games. But in this game, they just take sooo long. Mira has only been in Forest for 9 months, but Cube has been here three years and Inkwell has been here almost four years. I just want to earn their photos before I let any of them move out, and it’s deflating how long it takes. 😣

One other quick note: I shot down two balloon presents today. One contained some birch flooring, and the other held a cruiser bike inside.

I’ll see you next time!

On Saturday, I found Cube down on the beach. He was talking about the wind turbine, saying it spins so much that it makes him dizzy.

Except that the wind turbine was behind him, up on the cliff. He couldn’t really see it from here unless he completely turned around and craned his neck up to the sky. 😛

Yesterday, Inkwell asked for a new catchphrase to replace “in the sea.” I wanted his catchphrase to stay fresh, so I told him to say “in ink” instead.

Today, I was visiting Rolf, and Inkwell was also at his house. Not only was Rolf wearing a spade tee, but he also had one on display right behind him. ♠️

I was even more amused when Inkwell seemingly made note of Rolf’s new obsession. 😆

Maybe Rolf will let us join his spade club if we play our cards right. 😉

Gulliver was down on the beach talking about the Manneken Pis and chocolate. So I knew he was headed to Belgium…and he’ll send me a gift from there.

I went down to the beach for a summer night fishing/bug-hunting expedition. Even though I do this more in City Folk, it can be fun in the other games as well. After spending about 40 minutes on the beach, I had a pretty nice haul: I caught four ocean sunfish, three regular sharks, two hammerhead sharks, a Napoleonfish, two horned atlases, three goliath beetles, two cyclommatus stags, and a horned elephant.

I made around 160k, give or take, although I’m not sure of the exact amount. Regardless, it was enough to bump up my savings account balance to 130 million bells!

Today, I posted a new video taking a look at “co-exclusive features” in the Animal Crossing series. Basically, features that are in two of the core Animal Crossing games, but not the others. Like igloos are only in New Leaf and the GameCube game, or hide-and-seek is only in City Folk and New Leaf. I hope you’ll give the video a watch, and maybe learn something new about the series! 🙂

See you all in August!

Last Sunday, the sky looked pretty around sunset. So I snapped a photo.

Diana the deer was camping at the campsite. I don’t have room for her in Forest, but I stopped in to say hello.

That same day, I accidentally fell into my own pitfall trap. I knew it was there too, but I was focused on my black roses and I took a bad step. 😛

But yeah, the zen bell area isn’t the only place I have a bunch of black roses growing.

Mira asked me to visit her house, and I agreed to set up a time. When the time came, she asked if I’d like to buy anything she had. The problem is that I had just deposited my money into the ABD, so I only had a few hundred bells on me!

That wasn’t enough money to buy anything in her house, so I was unable to advance the conversation beyond that point! How annoying. I stayed for ten minutes, but I eventually had no choice but to just leave.

Today, I had another camper: Ozzie the koala.

Having campers on two Sundays in a row brings back a memory. In the early days of New Leaf, there was a rumor that campers couldn’t appear on Sundays. I have no idea how it started, but at least one popular guide stated it as fact for some reason. 🤷

This morning, I just happened to be walking by the modern clock when it lit up at the top of the hour. It’s always a cool sight to behold. 🙂

I found a lost item (a book), and I started asking around. I was hoping it belonged to one of the villagers whose photo I still need, because a lost item counts as a “free” favor. But unfortunately, the book belonged to Boots. He thanked me for returning it by giving me a durian.

Inkwell asked me for a new item to replace his blue bed, so I bought him an office desk from T&T Emporium. It might not be the best item ever, but it’s nothing to sneeze at!

He rewarded me with a retro stereo.

I hope you’re all enjoying your summer! I’ll be back with another entry later this month.