This was the first week this year where I traveled out of state, and I knew I needed to bring my Nintendo Switch along so I could keep playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons every day. Trying to explain to people that “I need a few minutes to check out my island!” was easier than I thought, and I would randomly pop my Switch out to get my daily time on my island in.
Playing every day is starting to really feel like a habit. I also feel like I finally completed the small bit of storyline this game offers, as I managed to finally get K.K. Slider to come to my island to perform!
I am also so, so close to paying off my current mortgage…
By the way: Does anyone have the Happy Home Paradise DLC? Is it worth getting?
If you missed last week’s entry, you can check it out here.
February 5
Today, I spent more time picking out my new outfit for this week than anything else. Kicks was in town, too, so I was able to pick up a new set of shoes and a small bag for future outfit use! I’m also hauling around a Lost Item that I need to find the owner of…If that owner is ever awake and around when I’m playing.
While doing my little bit of daily errands, I made another perfect Snowboy! He gave me another recipe and another Large snowflake to make it with. I have yet to craft anything other than the bed, but I really should.
It’s nice playing when it’s daytime on my island. I feel like the snow and the ocean and everything else has a brighter, cheerier look to it at that time of day.
February 6
Today, I dug up, got evaluated, and then sold off three fossils! I also found yet another money rock…
…I went fishing, and I caught a carp, and I had to craft another fishing rod…
…I paid down some more of my home loan…
AND OH YEAH, K.K. SLIDER SAID HE WANTS TO DO A CONCERT ON MY ISLAND!!!
I won’t lie; I am ridiculously excited about this. I loved watching him play in prior entries of Animal Crossing, and I cannot wait to see THE K.K. Slider play on my little island here!
February 7
I traveled out of state the night before, and I ended up checking into Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the next few days while there. As a result, there isn’t a TON of things I got done, simply because I was out and about so much in real life. It made playing this game a bit harder than expected, but I did make time for it to keep my New Year’s Resolution!
Anyway…
I checked into Renassia today, and it was the day of the K.K. Slider special concert!
I won’t lie: It was absolutely magical. I’ve played Animal Crossing since it was first released on the Nintendo GameCube, and K.K.’s concerts are always a special highlight of the game for me. It also didn’t hurt any that he gave me a copy of the song he sang to play in my own house from then on!
February 8
I don’t like Hopkins. He immediately starts talking about sweets, and he asked immediately if he can move into my island. I felt incredibly pushed by him, and his obsession with chocolate chip cookies was just…too weird.
I didn’t stay long in the game today, if only because I was busy in real life on my trip. I dug up a couple fossils that I then sold post-identification, which was cool.
All that said…I definitely stopped by K.K.’s weekly concert, and I got a new song: K.K. Etude! I am adding it to my music collection post-haste.
February 9
I have a major problem with weeds on my island. It comes from not playing for so long, and from leaving the northern half of my island completely undeveloped.
I was poking around at the different ordinances that I can now enact, and I gladly paid over my 20,000 Bells and enacted the Beautiful Island ordinance. This means that everyone is supposed to pitch in to remove weeds, clean up trash, and recycle!
I can really get behind that, and it helps make the island a lot more beautiful.
February 10
I was back home for this, but due to everything going on, it wasn’t until past 11:30 PM when I was able to get into my island for the day.
I did a couple minor things like saying hello to my islanders…And then I saw Label in my plaza. And for some reason, she wanted me to dress in goth clothes. I don’t have goth clothes. I don’t know where I would even GET goth clothes at this time of night when all the shops are closed and no one I know who plays this game is awake for me to get clothing from. And unfortunately, my baseball uniform doesn’t count as ‘goth’.
So, I sadly couldn’t get whatever she was offering me that day.
February 11
It’s a small, silly, occasional thing that makes my day in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Today, Nook’s Cranny was selling the Ms. Flamingo piece! I’ve had a single flamingo dotting my island since…well…forever. And so, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to match it with another flamingo! I took the time to figure out how to adjust it to match the same direction as my already existing, paler pink, flamingo.
I also harvested some crops (I am terrible at doing this on a regular basis), planted a new money tree, and threw 23,000 Bells towards my home loan! I am so, so close to paying off another mortgage that I am excited about it!
And that wraps up another week on my island.
How often does your Nintendo Switch go on trips with you?
Do you have a favorite K.K. Slider single in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
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