Animal Crossing: A Personal Guided Tour for 2024

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Animal Crossing Blog: Jan 2024

The annual New Years party was great, as per every year on this island so far to be honest! The fireworks display is second to none. Tom really splashes out on the budget. I don't know where he gets his money from! Actually that's a lie, of course I do, we all do. His mortgage rates! Sigh. Anyway, the party is always very well organised and everyone dresses up.

There is always an annual announcement at 12:15am from Tom, and this one was more interesting than the previous years so far. He announced plans to move the museum, brick by brick, to the center of town. It was previously located in the north western corner of the island due to his initial idea of getting people to move around the island a bit more. However due to the islanders criticism of having to travel such a long way to get to it, more interest in the tourism boom to this island (due to us gaining a 4 star rating), and the expansion of the farm which was also located in the same area (which is a huge export money maker), Tom felt it was necessary to move the museum to the cliff located just above the town hall.

The other major announcement for our island was the inclusion of a new botanical garden, which was set to be located southwest of the town plaza and next to the campsite. This is due to rising tourism yet also for the lack of a social space other than the plaza itself. The botanical garden was to intrude into Lionals property, but Tom was to oversee his move to a new yet unknown area.

On top of all this, Tom announced a new stretch of the highway, to run in a straight line west of the plaza, in line with the eastern highway that already runs in a straight line heading east of the Plaza to shore. The whole project would mean both highways would effectively be dead straight from the south eastern shore to the south western shore, being connected to the plaza in the middle. Unfortunately this also meant intruding into a few gardens, but it was at this point that two rather inebriated Squirrels took over the mic and announced their official love for each other. This being Sally and Filbert. Filbert was supposed to be affected by the highway intrusion plans however Sally drunkenly announced he could just move into her huge island peninsular anyway.

Olivia and I, also very drunk, looked at each other and decided now would be a great opportunity to move next door to each other as well, so in a drunken stupor, we announced to do the same. This meant that in a few minutes Lional went from kinda moving to an unknown place to looking at moving to the land that was currently occupied by both Filbert and Olivia. Overall not a lot of deal breakers.

It's been over half a month now into the new year however things have been moving very fast. The museum was moved, the western highway built, Filbert moved into Sallys peninsula by the river, Olivia moved directly next door to me, and Lional moved into his new property and land space, gaining a slight extra bit of land than he did before. All the residents are extremely happy. In a bizarre move, everyone actually gained more land from the shifting around. The botanical garden is in its final stages of competition, and the farm has expanded on the mountain top. We also have a new wind turbine and solar panel installed by the museum to offset carbon emissions. Tom really knows how to plan a town. It's probably why he's such a tycoon. The major constructions were completed in such a short time so that it didn't really affect the tourism industry. We were also awarded the 5 star island status only a few days ago after an inspection of the new layout. The boost to the island revenue is going to be huge because of this!

Behind us you can see what used to be the locations of Filbert and Olivia's houses. Now this land belongs to Lional.

Filbert and Sally together. They are still deciding on their garden centerpiece.

Animal Crossing Blog: End of 2023 update

I'm writing this because fate gave me a second chance with my beloved Olivia.

Once I came back from my fruitless journey to find my friends, I stayed the mayor of Melodune until the town was fully established. I got so used to landscaping and decorating that it became my professional calling. Basically I was overworking myself to forget about losing Olivia.

Around late 2019, Tom Nook told me of this Island in the South Pacific that he had recently purchased and was moving to, and was head hunting me for my landscaping expertise. When I decided to sign the deal, some of the original remaining Melodune residents including Blathers, Resetti, Mabel and Sable decided to relocate to the island as well. It was very heart warming to know a fair few of us would still be neighbors as we are one big family really. I did connect well with the locals that moved into Melodune after the original residents decided to move out, but a lot of them only stayed for a few months or years. Some stayed for the long-term though. Regardless I saw this opportunity as my time to leave too. I also knew in my heart that if Olivia ever did come back to Melodune she would be told of my new location, so I wasn't ever worried about that.

Once again I decided to sell all my assets in order to build up a new town hall and an impressive Museum so the new island would be debt free come moving day.

This was march 2020 by this point.

I was given the right to name the island. I decided upon the namesake of the resident parakeet, the 'Kakariki'. I even helped design the flag.

Once we all moved to the Island, I got straight to work on the landscaping. It needed a lot of work including re directing the river. I was done with the basics within the first year. After that all that was left to do was razing funds for decorations.

Occasionally campers would come and visit. And one such camper just so happened to be my Olivia last week! I was stunned when I entered the tent. I couldn't believe it. Olivia was right in front of me. Obviously I convinced her to stay. But I also wanted to know why she broke my heart nearly 11 years ago.

She explained that leaving Melodune around the time of the railroad construction was too much for her, likewise as it was with all the other residents. She missed me terribly but couldn't stand to lose to her own principles. She invested in Melodune for the quite life, and for a time things were fine, but the railroad and landscaping situation was anything but quite. She couldn't come back as she wanted the town to remain how she remembered it in her memories.

She decided to travel. And spent the last 11 or so years going from place to place without feeling attached to anywhere or anyone in particular. One day she was reading a magazine and saw an article about the worlds richest tycoons, with Tom Nook being in that list. In the article about Tom it mentioned the island of Kakariki where he resides now. There was even a blurb about myself as the island landscaper. Olivia was so blown away by this that she decided to pick up her things and head straight here.

I do forgive her and understand her reasons. I just wish she wrote to me occasionally. She treasured our relationship yet considered it something belonging of the past. Only over time did she come to realize she was just being stubborn. Her travelling around gave her new perspectives in life and changed her personality slightly. I've been with her a number of days now and she's a lot calmer than before. Not so snobbish like before, so yes I believe in her.

It didn't take even a day before we decided to be a couple again. It was an emotional reunion. She decided to move here permanently and really loves having her house and furniture out of storage. Because she is such a close neighbor I have joined our lands together with a shared fence line.

The happy couple

Animal Crossing Blog: Hiatus

Heres what Shampoodles now looks like.

I grabbed the silver slingshot today!

I also got the dream suite and explored a dream town called Nintendo that had Static in it!

I woke up and decided that enough was enough. I have made the town look great but i miss my friends. I packed my bags and am about to go on an epic quest to bring everyone home! This blog post was the last thing to do until I leave town. I left all town hall duties to Isabell my PA.

Animal Crossing Blog: Shampoodles

 

Shampoodles is finally re-open! As mayor I tried my hardest to convince Harriet the hair dresser to come back to town, and so she did! She is now based above the Able Sisters.

Thank god. Earlier this year before she left I let Peanut cut my hair, but she went crazy with it and used hair dye to change it to brown, which was permanent. Somehow the dye she used was DNA restructuring and so the brown never changed back to ginger. By this point Nookingtons was already demolished and Harriet was already out of town, so I couldn't very well get her to sort it out. 

Anyway my hair is finally back to normal now so YAY! Peanut, you are forgiven.

Animal Crossing Blog: 2 weeks in photos part 7/7

 Tortimer set up a permanent ferry service between Melodune and the island.

 I finally bought the wet suit meaning I can safely swim out to sea!

 I got a water fountain and set out the paths and paving accordingly.

 Tortimer visited Brewsters cafe.

The T&T Mart expanded to Super T&T.

Animal Crossing Blog: 2 weeks in photos part 6/7

 Tortimer came back for a visit for a few days. He wanted me to visit his new home on a tropical island.

 I bought a slingshot! woot!

 I bought a bed. I forgot what comfort was like! Shame its a bit feminine.

 

Club LOL started KK Slider's tour! It was only a small private gig in which only me and Shrunk only turned up! He officially leaves Melodune on the 19th.

Animal Crossing Blog: 2 weeks in photos part 5/7

 

 Club LOL is open for business. Ahhhhhh yeahhhhhhh.

 

 

Julian is infatuated with a girl crocodile named Alli. The thing is, Alli is really a bloke in drag. Im suprised Julian doesnt realise this. I nearly burst out laughing!!

Alli the drag queen.

Animal Crossing Blog: 2 weeks in photos part 4/7

 Pete is having an affair with Phyllis again. Oh dear. Poor Pelly.

 Brewster came back! We celebrated in style! I wasn't my best due to being stung by bees from landscaping the town.

 Kicks opened up.

 "Lucky" is off again. He told me he's preparing for another KK Slider tour. He's got new material.

I expanded the house and got a Foosball table!

Animal Crossing Blog: 2 weeks in photos part 3/7

 Shrunk turned up saying he was about to open a club. He needed some signatures from the townsfolk to make it happen.

Using the QR codes I was able to pave my town.

Kicks the shoe shop was being built on main street.

 My town tree is getting bigger.

Cyrus woke up and started accusing me of hitting on his wife.

Animal Crossing Blog: 2 weeks in photos part 2/7

 The Able Sisters have a QR Code reader which is handy for sharing patterns and clothing. This is my pro shirt design.

An update photo of my house on the 8th July.

Animal Crossing Blog: 2 weeks in photos part 1/7

HaHA! Bullet Bill! Perfect for keeping intruders out such as Egbert!

 Nooklings Junction up for expansion!

 ...Into a new T&T Mart

...where I was able to buy shoes and socks! YES! No more sore feet!

Toad Hat lol