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xyzzysqrlAfter a long hot shower, a meal, and some caffeinated caffeine I am feeling much more ready to putz around town, meet the neighbors/residents (how do I relate to them, as Mayor?) and apologize in person for that racist bear joke. So let's take the grand tour of Adoravil together. (God, now that I think about it, it sounds like an Ibuprofen off-brand. I'm sorry, townspeople!)
The game first asks, as I'm loading, if I want to opt-in to having presents and such delivered via Spotpass. I am down with this, so I agree. I'm always happy to get crap in the mail from Nintendo. I love you, Nintendo. Isabelle greets me on the game-load screen. She is spotlit on a black background, very Twilight Zone, and I check her options. I can demolish my house, re-create the town on a whim, or re-set the cosmic clock that dictates time in my quantum pocket of reality.
Is this how Superman feels, gazing over Kandor? Does -he- ever get the urge to just give it a good shake? Or is that why he's Superman, because he -doesn't-?
I elect not to fuck with the fabric of reality right now. Let's just play.
As I step out the front door, I'm greeted by Postman Pete, who left something in the ... post-box for me. (It is a box. On a post. So it's a postbox. Yes.) He reminds me that if that thing fills up, I can't get any more mail until it empties. He also explains I can buy something to write my own letters on at the shop.
Let's see what it is... I can't screencap the bottom screen, so I have transcribed:
"To Sqrl,
Congrats on your newfound mayorhood!
To be honest, I was supposed to become the mayor, but one thing led to another...
And now it's all up to you.
I'm rooting for you!
-- Keep it a secret!"
Seriously. Imposter syndrome. Somewhere in town is the REAL "next mayor" and they're just watching. Waiting for me to slip up. Aw man. I quickly dispose of the letter and hope no one else in town saw it. Maybe it's Pete. Maybe he's...
Best not to think about this. Let's just... stay calm, do the job. Right now, the job is showing off to you folk on a walkabout. Let's mosey. You've already seen the Town Hall, my tent, and the train station I arrived at. Let's go see the people.
The first place I find is the "Re-Tail" store.
It's very pink. I approve. Let's see who runs the place. I walk in on young Timmy Nook (yes, Nook spawned, this is a real thing that happened, no word on with WHO) trying to sell a tape player to the proprietor, an alpaca named Reese. Oh my god. Alpaca. Pacapacapacapacapaca. So fluffy. Must not touch. Rude to touch townspeople without invitation.
Anyway, she exposits how the place works: You can set your own price and put it up for other people to buy, or you can take the flat-rate pricing Reese sets. Timmy pauses to introduce himself on the way out.
Reese re-explains to me how things work, in case I didn't get it, and also mentions that there's a board outside that has "high value" items they'll pay TOP COIN for.
HELLO VAULT HUNTER! NEW MISSIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ADORAVIL BOUNTY BOARD!
Sorry.
I check out their stock, and they've got nice stuff, but I do not have any money whatsoever. Gonna have to deal with that issue at some point. I also note a blue alpacapacapacapaca sleeping over in the corner, but Reese hurriedly stops me before I can say hi. He's -asleep-. Because he stays up all night running the store, y'see. Likely best not to touch him either. Sigh.
Walking around town again. A looooong beach, off to one side. A small cluster of orange trees, nice. Oranges are high in vitamin content and probably sell well. I also locate Teddy's house...
...But he's "outside training" according to a note on the door. I do however find the koala fellow!
Ozzie - The Koala. Instantly greets me by asking if I want to have some juice and hang out. Seems super-laid-back and casual. Also points me at the local shop, Nookling Junction, run by Nook's twin spores. The Able Sisters, meanwhile, handle clothing. The best thing to do is go stroll Main Street, the shops rotate inventory daily!
I also locate Mallary, who is hanging out fishing. She points out that fruit and seashells can be collected and sold for money.
See, this is the thing about Animal Crossing. It is the second-most Capitalism, Ho! game I have ever played. How do you win in Animal Crossing? You don't. It's not that kind of game. But if it was that kind of game, how WOULD you win Animal Crossing?
You would win Animal Crossing by dying with the most toys. Collect! Spend! Collect! Expand your house so you can collect more! HOARD EVERYTHING. SQUAT ON IT AND ROAR AT PASSERSBY. NEVER STOP PRETENDING YOU'RE A DRAGON. Wait, wrong company.
Anyway, the local currency is Bells. I gotta get me some of the ding ding so I can get all up on the bling bling.
... I will never do that again, I promise.
I pass by Teddy, and he explains that sometimes he sells the entire contents of his house just so he can buy new stuff. Livin' the dream, big bear. *fistbump* Oh god when did I develop a kinship with Teddy? ... Well, so it goes! Paint your friendship around with a broad brush, that's me!
There's still a bear I haven't met, and I eventually find him by knocking on doors and seeing who happens to be home. Curt is big and imposing, a bandaged bear in an MVP t-shirt. But he proves to have a warm and affectionate heart worthy of any Adoravil resident.
Curt - The Other Bear.
He offers to "Combine his strength with mine", which I think means if I climb on his shoulders we can form a giant robot. GATTAI! ... Well. Maybe later. He also chats me up about having big tools. Shovels, nets, rods. Y'know, tools. Equipment. He seems excited to see me with tools as quickly as possible. Having played previous games, I'm inclined to agree. I leave his house as he gives a big bear smile and wave.
Man, I really misinterpreted these guys. The Bears of Adoravil are big sweethearts.
...also I think Curt may have been hitting on me. I ... I am not sure.
Next up is a stroll down Main Street. We've already been by Nook's place, but I have to stop in and get my bill, I suppose.
Now that's the Nook we all remember. He's quick to point out that this will accumulate no interest over time. He'll just need the down payment, flat, before an actual HOUSE is built. ...It feels kind of weird, not having him force me into a grungy uniform to run crap jobs for him, but I guess he's past all that nowadays.
10,000 bells. I better scrape the seashore for cash soon.
I check out the post office, but that's... just a post office. Has an ATM, so I'll be stopping in to deposit when I get some actual money. Aside from that... Let's work down the street and back. Next to the boarded-up building is a photo booth, which would let me "snap an ID photo" for 500 bells. No money. Moving on.
To the left of that is the Museum, which is completely empty and run by Blathers the loquacious owl.
He relies on others for donations, of insects and art and fish and fossils. Obviously this is another pastime I'm fond of. I do wonder where it all GOES, post-game, though. He must've built up and lost a pile of collections over the years.
Okay, back to the crossroads. So far it's been:
Museum - Photo Booth - Empty - Nook - Post Office /road\ - ?
Let's go to the right this time. Oh hey, the Nooklings.
Tommy and Timmy Nook sell everything they can get their hands on. Of course, that's not much use to me right now. The cuddly little bug-eyed capitalists will have to wait for my hard-earned bells.
Next up is the Able Sisters, who work different rooms of the same building. Mabel sells clothing. Sable makes clothes. And in the next room over, Labelle sells accessories.
And finally, overlooking the ocean is a comfortable bench.
It's a big town. Heck, there's more implied, but the center road of Main Street is blocked off by ropes. Maybe they don't want to overwhelm right now.
As I'm returning to my tent, Isabelle calls in from outside. She just couldn't resist paying a personal visit. This tent business reminds her of her childhood, camping out!
She also brought me something to help out, as a housewarming present. It's... a lantern! So... literal housewarming. I get it, Isabelle. That's adorable. She asks if I'll get it out for her, so I oblige.
...well, I'm... I'm REALLY glad it didn't BURN DOWN the tent, yes. So... I guess me and my lantern call it a day, for now.
Tomorrow I will work on gathering money, so I can try to get a proper home established.
Wish me luck!
The game first asks, as I'm loading, if I want to opt-in to having presents and such delivered via Spotpass. I am down with this, so I agree. I'm always happy to get crap in the mail from Nintendo. I love you, Nintendo. Isabelle greets me on the game-load screen. She is spotlit on a black background, very Twilight Zone, and I check her options. I can demolish my house, re-create the town on a whim, or re-set the cosmic clock that dictates time in my quantum pocket of reality.
Is this how Superman feels, gazing over Kandor? Does -he- ever get the urge to just give it a good shake? Or is that why he's Superman, because he -doesn't-?
I elect not to fuck with the fabric of reality right now. Let's just play.
As I step out the front door, I'm greeted by Postman Pete, who left something in the ... post-box for me. (It is a box. On a post. So it's a postbox. Yes.) He reminds me that if that thing fills up, I can't get any more mail until it empties. He also explains I can buy something to write my own letters on at the shop.
Let's see what it is... I can't screencap the bottom screen, so I have transcribed:
"To Sqrl,
Congrats on your newfound mayorhood!
To be honest, I was supposed to become the mayor, but one thing led to another...
And now it's all up to you.
I'm rooting for you!
-- Keep it a secret!"
Seriously. Imposter syndrome. Somewhere in town is the REAL "next mayor" and they're just watching. Waiting for me to slip up. Aw man. I quickly dispose of the letter and hope no one else in town saw it. Maybe it's Pete. Maybe he's...
Best not to think about this. Let's just... stay calm, do the job. Right now, the job is showing off to you folk on a walkabout. Let's mosey. You've already seen the Town Hall, my tent, and the train station I arrived at. Let's go see the people.
The first place I find is the "Re-Tail" store.
It's very pink. I approve. Let's see who runs the place. I walk in on young Timmy Nook (yes, Nook spawned, this is a real thing that happened, no word on with WHO) trying to sell a tape player to the proprietor, an alpaca named Reese. Oh my god. Alpaca. Pacapacapacapacapaca. So fluffy. Must not touch. Rude to touch townspeople without invitation.
Anyway, she exposits how the place works: You can set your own price and put it up for other people to buy, or you can take the flat-rate pricing Reese sets. Timmy pauses to introduce himself on the way out.
Reese re-explains to me how things work, in case I didn't get it, and also mentions that there's a board outside that has "high value" items they'll pay TOP COIN for.
HELLO VAULT HUNTER! NEW MISSIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ADORAVIL BOUNTY BOARD!
Sorry.
I check out their stock, and they've got nice stuff, but I do not have any money whatsoever. Gonna have to deal with that issue at some point. I also note a blue alpacapacapacapaca sleeping over in the corner, but Reese hurriedly stops me before I can say hi. He's -asleep-. Because he stays up all night running the store, y'see. Likely best not to touch him either. Sigh.
Walking around town again. A looooong beach, off to one side. A small cluster of orange trees, nice. Oranges are high in vitamin content and probably sell well. I also locate Teddy's house...
...But he's "outside training" according to a note on the door. I do however find the koala fellow!
Ozzie - The Koala. Instantly greets me by asking if I want to have some juice and hang out. Seems super-laid-back and casual. Also points me at the local shop, Nookling Junction, run by Nook's twin spores. The Able Sisters, meanwhile, handle clothing. The best thing to do is go stroll Main Street, the shops rotate inventory daily!
I also locate Mallary, who is hanging out fishing. She points out that fruit and seashells can be collected and sold for money.
See, this is the thing about Animal Crossing. It is the second-most Capitalism, Ho! game I have ever played. How do you win in Animal Crossing? You don't. It's not that kind of game. But if it was that kind of game, how WOULD you win Animal Crossing?
You would win Animal Crossing by dying with the most toys. Collect! Spend! Collect! Expand your house so you can collect more! HOARD EVERYTHING. SQUAT ON IT AND ROAR AT PASSERSBY. NEVER STOP PRETENDING YOU'RE A DRAGON. Wait, wrong company.
Anyway, the local currency is Bells. I gotta get me some of the ding ding so I can get all up on the bling bling.
... I will never do that again, I promise.
I pass by Teddy, and he explains that sometimes he sells the entire contents of his house just so he can buy new stuff. Livin' the dream, big bear. *fistbump* Oh god when did I develop a kinship with Teddy? ... Well, so it goes! Paint your friendship around with a broad brush, that's me!
There's still a bear I haven't met, and I eventually find him by knocking on doors and seeing who happens to be home. Curt is big and imposing, a bandaged bear in an MVP t-shirt. But he proves to have a warm and affectionate heart worthy of any Adoravil resident.
Curt - The Other Bear.
He offers to "Combine his strength with mine", which I think means if I climb on his shoulders we can form a giant robot. GATTAI! ... Well. Maybe later. He also chats me up about having big tools. Shovels, nets, rods. Y'know, tools. Equipment. He seems excited to see me with tools as quickly as possible. Having played previous games, I'm inclined to agree. I leave his house as he gives a big bear smile and wave.
Man, I really misinterpreted these guys. The Bears of Adoravil are big sweethearts.
...also I think Curt may have been hitting on me. I ... I am not sure.
Next up is a stroll down Main Street. We've already been by Nook's place, but I have to stop in and get my bill, I suppose.
Now that's the Nook we all remember. He's quick to point out that this will accumulate no interest over time. He'll just need the down payment, flat, before an actual HOUSE is built. ...It feels kind of weird, not having him force me into a grungy uniform to run crap jobs for him, but I guess he's past all that nowadays.
10,000 bells. I better scrape the seashore for cash soon.
I check out the post office, but that's... just a post office. Has an ATM, so I'll be stopping in to deposit when I get some actual money. Aside from that... Let's work down the street and back. Next to the boarded-up building is a photo booth, which would let me "snap an ID photo" for 500 bells. No money. Moving on.
To the left of that is the Museum, which is completely empty and run by Blathers the loquacious owl.
He relies on others for donations, of insects and art and fish and fossils. Obviously this is another pastime I'm fond of. I do wonder where it all GOES, post-game, though. He must've built up and lost a pile of collections over the years.
Okay, back to the crossroads. So far it's been:
Museum - Photo Booth - Empty - Nook - Post Office /road\ - ?
Let's go to the right this time. Oh hey, the Nooklings.
Tommy and Timmy Nook sell everything they can get their hands on. Of course, that's not much use to me right now. The cuddly little bug-eyed capitalists will have to wait for my hard-earned bells.
Next up is the Able Sisters, who work different rooms of the same building. Mabel sells clothing. Sable makes clothes. And in the next room over, Labelle sells accessories.
And finally, overlooking the ocean is a comfortable bench.
It's a big town. Heck, there's more implied, but the center road of Main Street is blocked off by ropes. Maybe they don't want to overwhelm right now.
As I'm returning to my tent, Isabelle calls in from outside. She just couldn't resist paying a personal visit. This tent business reminds her of her childhood, camping out!
She also brought me something to help out, as a housewarming present. It's... a lantern! So... literal housewarming. I get it, Isabelle. That's adorable. She asks if I'll get it out for her, so I oblige.
...well, I'm... I'm REALLY glad it didn't BURN DOWN the tent, yes. So... I guess me and my lantern call it a day, for now.
Tomorrow I will work on gathering money, so I can try to get a proper home established.
Wish me luck!
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Date: 2013-06-12 01:05 am (UTC)Although clearly her... shop partner? Didn't mind painting himself blue for her.