By the time this week’s Tom Nook’s Snapshots goes for everyone to read, we will know all about the Nintendo Switch 2, what games are coming at release, and HOPEFULLY a pre-order date. I haven’t felt this excited and wonderous about a new console since…well…the debut of this current generation!
My big concern? If my Animal Crossing: New Horizons island will carry over to the Nintendo Switch 2. I fully plan on writing this column each day still, and hopefully I will be able to enjoy it all on one platform instead of hauling two consoles everywhere with me.
It’s really exciting to see a new gaming world coming about, and I cannot wait to see what Nintendo has in store for us all. Console launches are the big time for new IPs for launch, and I really hope we get something new for the Nintendo Switch 2 launch day (and Amiibo to go with it!).
If you missed last week’s Tom Nook’s Snapshots, you can check it out here.
March 26
Today, I decided to continue the hunt for Brewster!
I loaded up with Kapp’n for the first time EVER and I was not expecting a full song from him. I really enjoyed it, even though it definitely was longer than I expected. Ultimately, Kapp’n took me to a deserted island. I started to wonder around, and I honestly began to think that this reminded me a lot of the first one I visited with Dodo Airlines. As I started to catch fish and bugs and dig up plants…
My Nintendo Switch battery gave me a critical alert. It turns out that I forgot to charge it!
I had to save and quit so I wouldn’t get a visit from Resetti (he is around this time in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, right?).
March 27
With my Nintendo Switch fully charged, today I continued the now seemingly-never-ending trip for Brewster.
As I explored another island that Kapp’n took me to after another song, I caught a cherry salmon, a man-faced stink bug, and I dug up more little plants to transplant to my own island.
I also finally found Brewster! It turns out he was on the far side of the island from where I was the day before. He looked slightly ridiculous in his outfit while he was out hunting gyroids, but he gave me one and he agreed to open a cafe in Renassia!
After I had my visit completely with Brewster and the island, I logged off the game for the night.
March 28
Today, the museum is closed to install the cafe! They threw up a giant Nook Inc. tarp over the entire museum, and I can’t wait for it to reopen tomorrow so I can visit.
Also, I have a new visitor at the campsite! I was surprised to see that anyone would still come even though my island is now officially ‘full’. Ruby seems nice, but the carrying around a lollipop and wearing a shirt with your face on it is a little…weird. I am glad I don’t have to accept Ruby into my community. Such a weird visitor.
I actually didn’t play much more than this tonight. I was so tired, that it was a miracle I played at all.
March 29
Saturday in Animal Crossing: New Horizons means another K.K. Slider performance! This time, K.K. performed K.K. Oasis for me and Tybalt.
Aside from that, there was a celebration ceremony for the coffee shop opening. Tom Nook reminded everyone about how the island started with just a single tent…but to look at where we are now. Brewster invited us all over to have a cup of coffee, too. Privately, at the cafe, Brewster thanked me personally for passing on a message from Blathers to him on that remote island and I felt such a sense of true joy over helping make my island the best it could be.
And then, of course, I had a cup of coffee, drank hot and fresh.
March 30
ISABELLE.
WHY.
Grand prize? Contest?
I KNOW I didn’t miss anything; I play every day!
March 31
Today, I donated the rest of the money needed to reach the donation goal for the incline! I am already planning out where to put my next bridge. I really think Renassia’s biggest issue is that there are lots of cliffs and waterways that I need to build around, and that unfortunately takes a lot of Bells to pull off. I hate using my ladder and pole to get around my island, and it would make developing the northern half of the island a lot easier.
More importantly, I got to enjoy a cup of coffee with Gonzo at Brewster’s cafe. It was nice just hanging out, relaxing with a cup of coffee (that was just a bit bitter!) in hand. It’s those small, unexpected slice-of-life moments that make Animal Crossing: New Horizons the fun game it is.
April 1
Today, Label asked me to wear a sporty outfit…and it turns out I was already wearing one. It turns out that she has her own brand, and so I got a pair of shorts from her!
I also went to a celebration ceremony (two in a week?) for the new incline. It was nice to see everyone there celebrating. After that, I dug up, identified, and sold off a bunch of fossils and bugs/fish that I caught. I haven’t caught anything new yet for my museum, unfortunately, but I was able to down yet another cup of coffee!
More importantly, I was not expecting trees to turn into cherry blossom trees randomly. Are the trees always cherry blossom trees on my island?
Finally…It was Cephalobot’s birthday! I picked up a throwback wrestling figure to give him, and it was a good thing that I did. When I swung by his home to wish him ‘Happy Birthday’, Goose was already there and had given Cephalobot a gift. Thankfully, I had something in hand to give him too! I then hung out on the couch while K.K. Birthday played in the background.
And thus, another week has ended. I wonder how long the cherry blossoms will last for…
What is your favorite Nintendo Switch 2 announcement?
Are you hoping your island will carry over to the new console generation, too?
Let us know in the comments below!
