I got my quaint painting in the mail from Crazy Redd today. And as I feared, it is indeed a fake; Reese confirmed it.
The worst part is that she charges a disposal fee to get rid of it! Isn’t it bad enough that I already lost a few thousand bells on a fake painting? Ugh. I hung onto it for now.
While making my rounds around town, Aurora said she had been reading a book on how to become a better hostess. So she invited me over, right away!
I really liked her house, especially the air conditioner on the wall.
She did get a little embarrassed, knowing that I was inspecting everything.
She told me to pick out an item and said she’d give it to me.
But my pockets were full. So I rearranged some items to make space, and then talked to her again. But this time, she wanted 900 bells for the lamp instead! No thanks, I thought it was free! And I thought we were friends!
As I was leaving, she asked how I liked her house; I said I liked it a lot. That made her happy.
Back outside, I found three fossils and the daily money rock. But today, I only got seven money bags out of it (good for 8,100 bells). Usually I’m able to get eight bags, but I must have been a bit slow today. I then went up to Main Street. I got my fossils identified and then went into the Dream Suite. Even though my town hasn’t changed since yesterday, I updated my dream. Luna actually paid me 5,000 bells for updating it! Wow!
She told me of a Japanese player who enjoyed my dream town.
And to my surprise, she said 32 people have visited my dream town! Considering the game isn’t available in most of the world yet, I was shocked at that number.
It was early enough to catch Shrunk at Club LOL, so I headed over there. I meant to give Shrunk a peach for a snack, but because I had three peaches in one basket, it gave all three to him. He taught me the inspiration emotion.
Inspiration was a rare (Frillard) emotion in City Folk. I’m not sure if it’s still a rare emotion in New Leaf or not, but I have a feeling that I may have gotten it this time because I gave him three fruits instead of one.
I stopped at T&T Mart to see if Timmy/Tommy would take my fake painting, but they won’t accept it at all. Tom Nook used to dispose of items for free in previous games, so these little Nookling brats should learn a lesson from their uncle.
Anyway, I returned to town and tried out my emotions on a couple villagers. If you do the greetings emotion, the villagers will respond with the same greeting. When I tried inspiration, the villagers seemed to applaud me. Here’s a picture of Aurora and I greeting each other.
That about wrapped up my day in Forest. But I have two videos for you today! First is a video version of my New Leaf Face Guide:
Also, Nintendo put out another Inside the Treehouse video today. This one is about the calendar of events in the game:
I’ll be back tomorrow! Have a great weekend!
But after I bought it, I noticed that Redd actually had four items for sale, not three like I thought. And the one that I didn’t see on the first look was a dynamic painting, which looked authentic. So I think I’m going to be receiving a fake painting in the mail tomorrow. Oh well.
Next, I stopped into Club LOL next door. Despite the name, this club is really fun! The music, the lights, and the dancing really liven things up. I just need to remember to play earlier in the day so I can get some more emotions!
In the T&T Mart, I spotted a high-jump mat. It’s a bit nostalgic for me, because it was one of the first items I ever got in Animal Crossing: City Folk. It reminds me of some people I used to play ACCF with back in 2008 and 2009. But I don’t have room in my house for it now, so I didn’t buy it.
One of my fortune cookie rewards was for a pipe. Sorry, but I don’t smoke. 😛
And while I was there, I decided to take a look at my catalog. The fortune cookie rewards do show up in the catalog, but you can’t order them. That’s about what I expected. However, I noticed that Gulliver items can be ordered! That was a surprise.
As for Nintendo’s Inside the Treehouse video series, they’ve put out another new episode. It’s Episode 6: The Characters of Animal Crossing. It’s pretty interesting, so check it out:
So I showed her.
After that, she was mad for some reason.
I didn’t want to be around her negativity, so I went looking for the money rock. On the way, I spotted Katrina’s tent and went inside. She mentioned a police station, with a dog officer working at a desk…
She said that a “tank” is the key. Apparently I’m supposed to wear a tank top, but then what? I don’t quite understand how Katrina works in New Leaf just yet. I didn’t have a tank top anyway though.
He gave me an explorer tee for helping out. I then returned to Aurora, although it seems that I didn’t have to. Gift recipients give you rewards in New Leaf, much like they did on GameCube. You don’t have to return to the animal who sent the gift to get rewarded like you did in City Folk. But the always-cheery Aurora was happy to see me all the same.
I then went up to Main Street to do my shopping for the day. It was too late in the day to get a new emotion from Shrunk, but I stopped in Club LOL anyway for a quick dance. Tex was in there too.
My fortune cookies gave me a 1-up mushroom and a Varia Suit. I’ve already received both of those before. But since Big Top had asked me for some furniture for his house, I gave the 1-up mushroom to him. He seemed happy with it, and he gave me a ramshackle floor in exchange.
After that, I made a house payment at the post office. I still owe a lot of money on my house though, so I won’t be getting the next house upgrade for a while yet. And with that, I wrapped up my night in Forest.