Shrunk’s Petition

Late last night, I played some more New Leaf. I stopped into town hall and I caught Isabelle sleeping on the job!

Isabelle: But I was dreaming about work! I promise!But it’s not a problem at all, because in her dream, she was told to build a Dream Suite that lets people visit other people’s towns, even when they’re not online! So that got added to the list of projects I can choose from! Suite! I mean, sweet!

Isabelle: She wants us to put a Dream Suite on Main Street where you can take naps with vivid dreams! Cool, huh?This is something I definitely want, so I made this the current project right away. It may take me a while to earn all the bells it requires, but I’m going to work on it!

By the way, my cherry trees are now producing fruit. I sold 8 of the 9 cherries and planted the other one.

Cherries on my cherry trees!I then made a late-night trip to the island to catch some fish and bugs, and to grab some bananas. After I returned to the mainland, I planted a couple of bananas on the beach. I then sold some things at Nookling Junction T&T Mart and paid off my house.

I finished paying off my home loan!After that, I went to bed. When I started the game up today, I got quite a surprise waiting for me outside my door…it was Shrunk!

Shrunk: Ah, hey, you. You're the mayor of this town, right?He told me that he wanted to open up shop in the shopping district on Main Street. He wants to open a live venue that he calls Club LOL.

Shrunk: I call it Club LOL!
Please don’t call it that.

Why can’t it be called Club 444? Or Club 101? Even Club 90210 would be better! But even though I hate the name, I definitely would LOVE to see the club opened ASAP! But I needed signatures of six residents on the petition before it can become official…

Shrunk: I've already talked with the other shop owners, so all I need are 6 signatures from town residents!So I quickly went around and asked the first six villagers I could find: Big Top, Aurora, Harry, Tex, Katt, and Rory. They all agreed that it sounds like a great idea.

Big Top: You want to build a club on Main Street? I'd love to go see some shows, so count me in!I then hurried to the shopping district to hand the paper over to Shrunk. He said construction will start soon, but he can’t say when exactly it’ll be done. If I were to guess, I’d imagine the construction will be up tomorrow and then it’ll be done on Friday. But we’ll have to wait and see.

Shrunk: I'm not exactly sure when I'll be able to open to the public, though... I'll do my best to hurry.That’s great news! I’ve been dying to get some emotions and songs! When I was done talking to Shrunk, I went next door to Nook Homes. Tom Nook congratulated me on paying off my house and told me my next house expansion will be done tomorrow morning.

Tom Nook: The work will be fully completed by tomorrow morning. I'm so sure you must be very excited, yes, yes!I then headed over to T&T Mart for my two fortune cookies. I got fortunes #33 and #1. They were good for Pikmin and a mushroom mural, respectively. But before I returned home, I stopped in the Able Sisters and bought a deep blue tee.

Mabel: Oh my, you look marvelous!Once I got home, I put up my wallpaper and put my Pikmin down. Good thing my house is getting bigger tomorrow, because it’s getting kinda crowded in here!

The Pikmin item in my crowded house.I also made a stop at the train station. There are lockers here, where you can access your storage if you don’t have a dresser or closet in your house. It’s also convenient to use when traveling. By the way, your storage lets you hold a total of 18 pages, with 10 items on each page. So it can fit 180 items, which is bigger than the storage in City Folk (160 items).

Sign: The station lockers are free for anyone to use.And last but not least, I returned to the beach for some fishing, and to check on my banana trees I planted last night. It looks like they’re going to make it!

A thriving baby banana tree.Have a great day everyone, and I’ll be back with another update tomorrow! Thank you for stopping by!

T&T Mart

On my way to Main Street, I ran into Yuka. She was talking about memories.

Yuka: Do you ever get sad when an old memory resurfaces? It's funny. Even a good memory can make you cry.If even good memories can make you cry, then I hope I give you lots of good memories, Yuka.

Yuka: Of course we try to forget some of our most painful memories, but there's always one lurking.She then asked me how she looked. Muhahahahaha!

Yuka: Jeff, how do I look today?Once I was done annoying Yuka, I crossed the railroad tracks and checked out the new convenience store, T&T Mart.

The outside of T&T Mart, the convenience store on Main Street.On the inside, well…it looks a lot like Nook ‘n’ Go.

Tommy: Welcome! Welcome! Welcome to the grand opening of T&T Mart! Come on in!But instead of a Nook Point System machine like in City Folk, this machine gives you access to your catalog. You couldn’t access your catalog at Nookling Junction.

Thanks for using the Timmy & Tommy shopping catalog!Of course, T&T Mart has more items available for purchase than Nookling Junction. This also means you can now buy two fortune cookies each day, instead of one. So you may want to save four Play Coins each day for New Leaf once you’ve upgraded to T&T Mart.

Two fortune cookies on sale inside of T&T Mart.I redeemed my two fortunes for a fire flower and triple red shells. If you like collecting the Nintendo items in Animal Crossing games, you’re going to find it easier than ever in New Leaf. Depending on your point of view, that could be a good thing or a bad thing.

Back outside, Aurora told me she was looking for a furniture item to replace her snow globe. Coool, a snow globe? So I gave her a sewing machine that I found, and she loved it.

Aurora: Oh! A sewing machine is exactly what I needed!I thought this meant she was going to give me her snow globe…but no. Instead, she gave me a doghouse. That’s rough. Ruff ruff…

Aurora: Here's my doghouse! Thank you so much for helping me!I talked to Fuchsia, and I see that her catchphrase is now “uh-huh.” So Isabelle did indeed wash her mouth out with soap. 😛 I can just imagine… “Do you like the taste of this soap? Say uh-huh! Say it!”

Fuchsia: Jeff... You're lookin' at me weird, uh-huh!And then Katt asked me for a greeting that would change the impression she makes. Hahahaha, no greeting can overshadow that lovely face of yours, Katt.

Katt: You think there's some kind of greeting that would...completely change the impression I make?

Katrina’s Fortune

I started off today by going to the city Main Street. Nookling Junction is now officially closed, and Timmy and Tommy Nook should have a new store tomorrow. Of course, having the store closed for remodeling isn’t as inconvenient as it was in previous games. That’s because you can still sell things at Re-Tail.

A blue tarp covers the Nooklings' store as it undergoes remodeling.In the Able Sisters, I saw a beak for sale and decided to buy it.

Labelle: The beak? That's not a bad choice.Back across the railroad tracks, I saw that my face-cutout standee was done. You can apparently draw new patterns for it, but I didn’t give that a try yet.

My new face-cutout standee.While walking around town looking for the money rock, I spotted Katrina’s tent! Just like on GameCube!

Katrina's tent in my town for the first time!I went inside and had her read my fortune for 500 bells.

Katrina prepares to tell my fortune inside her tent.She told me that after the recycle shop (Re-Tail) closes for the day, golden furniture will appear.

Katrina: After the recycle shop closes for the day...golden furniture appears, one after the other.But she said that a cap is the key to making it work. Does that mean I have to buy a cap and wear it? I have no idea.

Katrina: And remember that bad times... are just times that are bad.So I continued on my walk around town. I spotted a lost item on the ground. Interesting.

A lost item on the ground.I apparently have to find who it belongs to somehow. Meanwhile, Rory sees me and give me a new nickname: champ.

Rory: OK then! Henceforth, thou shalt be known as champ!I make a stop in town hall and Isabelle asks me to attend the grand opening of the face-cutout standee. I agreed to go.

The completion ceremony for the face-cutout standee.Later on, I run into Fuchsia and ask her if the lost item is hers. Nope.

Fuchsia: Errrrmm... Nope. Not mine. Better keep askin' around.And then I see Rory again. I’m able to ask him about it, and he says it’s his.

Rory: Thank you for grabbing this and getting it back to me, champ. I have to reward you now!He gives me an elephant shirt as a reward.

Rory: Something tells me you could use a nice elephant shirt.And before I end my day, I watch a train go by. The railroad crossing is fully functional.

A train goes by at the railroad crossing.Just a note for those of you who use Club Nintendo. If you fill out the survey letting them know you intend to buy Animal Crossing: New Leaf, you can get 10 bonus coins once you buy and register the game. But you have to sign up by June 2nd to get the bonus coins.

Okay guys and gals, see you tomorrow!