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xyzzysqrlWell. Good mo... afternoon, folks! Yes, yet again I stayed up much too late for various reasons, including riding out the last of the Final Fantasy XIV 2.0 beta-test weekend. (Which, it turns out, does not have a no-reveal NDA this time.) I have a bunch of thoughts and ideas about this one, but let's just say that as soon as the beta finished I trotted over to Amazon and laid down pre-order money, and woke up today without feeling even the slightest twinge of buyer's remorse.
This is really quite rare for me, y'know.
But that's not why we're here today, is it? We're here for ANIMAL CROSSING. Let's see what's happening in town since my epic sleep-in!
I wake up, stumble out the door, and check mail. It's from "your dad". Well, THAT'S mature -- oh, my actual in-game dad. Okay. He sends along a gift of red carnations, with a note that I should eat more. Well, uh... that's an interesting combo. I stare at the flowers for a while, but they do not seem to be edible. Moving on.
It's kind of a bleak, gray day here in Adoravil, uncomfortable when you're used to so much gorgeous sun. It's even raining a little, in little splatters. I hike out to the Able Sisters first thing and pick myself up a couple of things.
That's a leopard print umbrella (stylish!) and a pink sentai helmet. (Belonging to the apparently-famous Zap Rangers). Wonderfully, I can give the umbrella a little twirl and send rain shooting off in all directions. People hate when you do this in reality, so I abuse the heck out of it in my adorable life sim game. Of course... you can't hold an umbrella and fish at the same time. So.
There's another new-home-to-come marker! This one's for "Phoebe". I have no idea who you are, Phoebe, but please do not be a duck or a bear. I feel we are topped off on those. ... Wow, the population's swelling quick though. I am happy about this.
Speaking of fishing!
Okay, now the game is ACTIVELY TROLLING ME using fish as a medium. Well played, New Leaf.
It also hits me to plant the carnations! Making the town a little prettier.
Fossils today: An archelon torso! A stego skull! A spino tail!
(Spino? That sounds like a rejected Mortal Kombat character.)
Today at the Nookling's place I pick up a fortune cookie, which has the best advice I've ever SEEN in a fortune cookie...
Which nets me a familiar-looking facial feature.
I also grab myself a cheap radio for use later... but no soap. Just about all the stuff I'm not currently using or decorating with is now ending up in the train station locker, waiting for me to get an in-house storage space. ... I am SICK of my tiny-ass house. Okay, let's money-making game goddamn it.
Man, these villagers have really unrealistic expectations of my powers as a Mayor.
Still, Pompom says something heartwarming. She felt weird about living alone, awkward even... and then discovered that the town was full of friends-to-be.
Thanks, Pompom. Man, the ducks in this town kinda rock. Although I do wonder WHY she has an umbrella. ... Oh well. Meanwhile, Teddy has... certain desires that aren't being fulfilled.
So all of a sudden a game of Hide and Seek starts!
There's a time limit and a "no hiding indoors" rule, so it becomes a process of racing around town, looking for tells.
Teddy gives me the most trouble, but eventually...
He passes over some wallpaper, which is a BIT MUCH for the kind of aesthetic I'm trying to build up. Ergh.
I still haven't found anything better-suited to my tastes than Isabelle's pawprint paper. It's so nice. Anyway, I do one last run of fishing and... what the hell is that. Oh my god. OH MY GOD!
WOW. What a haul! ... Shame he's goin' to the museum. Okay, fish fish fish sell sell sell fish fish fish sell sell sell OKAY MONEY GOOD.
PAY OFF HOUSE!
EXPAND MY HOUSE!
That's it! My first goal, achieved!
Tomorrow: I start looking into ACTUAL MAYOR DUTIES.
This is really quite rare for me, y'know.
But that's not why we're here today, is it? We're here for ANIMAL CROSSING. Let's see what's happening in town since my epic sleep-in!
I wake up, stumble out the door, and check mail. It's from "your dad". Well, THAT'S mature -- oh, my actual in-game dad. Okay. He sends along a gift of red carnations, with a note that I should eat more. Well, uh... that's an interesting combo. I stare at the flowers for a while, but they do not seem to be edible. Moving on.
It's kind of a bleak, gray day here in Adoravil, uncomfortable when you're used to so much gorgeous sun. It's even raining a little, in little splatters. I hike out to the Able Sisters first thing and pick myself up a couple of things.
That's a leopard print umbrella (stylish!) and a pink sentai helmet. (Belonging to the apparently-famous Zap Rangers). Wonderfully, I can give the umbrella a little twirl and send rain shooting off in all directions. People hate when you do this in reality, so I abuse the heck out of it in my adorable life sim game. Of course... you can't hold an umbrella and fish at the same time. So.
There's another new-home-to-come marker! This one's for "Phoebe". I have no idea who you are, Phoebe, but please do not be a duck or a bear. I feel we are topped off on those. ... Wow, the population's swelling quick though. I am happy about this.
Speaking of fishing!
Okay, now the game is ACTIVELY TROLLING ME using fish as a medium. Well played, New Leaf.
It also hits me to plant the carnations! Making the town a little prettier.
Fossils today: An archelon torso! A stego skull! A spino tail!
(Spino? That sounds like a rejected Mortal Kombat character.)
Today at the Nookling's place I pick up a fortune cookie, which has the best advice I've ever SEEN in a fortune cookie...
Which nets me a familiar-looking facial feature.
I also grab myself a cheap radio for use later... but no soap. Just about all the stuff I'm not currently using or decorating with is now ending up in the train station locker, waiting for me to get an in-house storage space. ... I am SICK of my tiny-ass house. Okay, let's money-making game goddamn it.
Man, these villagers have really unrealistic expectations of my powers as a Mayor.
Still, Pompom says something heartwarming. She felt weird about living alone, awkward even... and then discovered that the town was full of friends-to-be.
Thanks, Pompom. Man, the ducks in this town kinda rock. Although I do wonder WHY she has an umbrella. ... Oh well. Meanwhile, Teddy has... certain desires that aren't being fulfilled.
So all of a sudden a game of Hide and Seek starts!
There's a time limit and a "no hiding indoors" rule, so it becomes a process of racing around town, looking for tells.
Teddy gives me the most trouble, but eventually...
He passes over some wallpaper, which is a BIT MUCH for the kind of aesthetic I'm trying to build up. Ergh.
I still haven't found anything better-suited to my tastes than Isabelle's pawprint paper. It's so nice. Anyway, I do one last run of fishing and... what the hell is that. Oh my god. OH MY GOD!
WOW. What a haul! ... Shame he's goin' to the museum. Okay, fish fish fish sell sell sell fish fish fish sell sell sell OKAY MONEY GOOD.
PAY OFF HOUSE!
EXPAND MY HOUSE!
That's it! My first goal, achieved!
Tomorrow: I start looking into ACTUAL MAYOR DUTIES.
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