ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS - Thread of Gaming Zen

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[naff]

that's also my interpretation of the game.

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https://www.polygon.com/interviews/22170222/nintendo-doug-bowser-interview-switch-pro-joycon-drift-animal-crossing

Sure. In addition to the [user-generated content], you foresee these sorts of [quarterly content] updates that we’ve been seeing in the first year continuing into the next year?

We definitely see that continuing.

Second year of big content updates HYPE!

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It's Toy Day! (NOT TOMORROW)

Deliver gifts!

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Make sure to hang Jingle's Toy Day stockings in your house! If you do and "interact" with it tomorrow (Christmas), you'll get Jingle's Photo.

Also, can someone send me a cardboard box? It's required for the wrapped gifts DIY and I've ordered some but they won't be here until tomorrow. 😬

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Final toys list:

- Dinosaur Toy: Gray, Brown, Blue, Red (missing Green)
- Dollhouse: Red, Brown, Blue, Pink, Purple (missing Orange, Green)
- Kids' Tent: White, Pink, Stripes, Floral, Blue, Colorful (missing Black, Brown)
- Mini Circuit: Red & White, Blue & Yellow, Black & Silver, Pink & Purple (complete)
- Pop-Up Book: The Ocean Blue, The Mesozoic World, Savannah (missing Flowers)
- Puppy Plushie: Red, Lemon & White, Spotted, Gray & White (missing Beige, Black, Tricolored, Pink)
- RC Helicopter: Blue, Yellow, Green, Pink, Light Blue, Purple (missing Red)
- Tin Robot: Silver, Red, Green, Pink, Black (missing Blue, Orange, Yellow)
- Set of Stockings: Natural (and Toy Day) (missing Colorful, Cute, Cool, Chic, Elegant)

If anyone wants to trade something I have for something I don't, let me know! I'd love to have complete (or more complete) sets.

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Pashmina is having a birthday today! Will open my gate if anyone wants to hop over for the achievement (@pilons!)

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Thanks for the toys pilon!

Another friend helped out too so I have green dino toys too, and now I have complete sets for Dino Toy, Mini Circuit, and Pop-Up Books.  Let me know what I can send over today.

[pilonv1]

Did I send them?

I had planned to send you that cardboard box but ended up falling asleep before I had a chance to send it over.

I've got a birthday on Jan 1st if you want to celebrate

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Did I send them?

I had planned to send you that cardboard box but ended up falling asleep before I had a chance to send it over.

I've got a birthday on Jan 1st if you want to celebrate

I got all the cardboard boxes I need! Red wrapping paper is the limiting factor now (I had enough for three gift boxes but I want to make all da colors.)

And thanks for the toys, yes I got them. Happy Toy Day.

I also have a Jan 1st birthday! (Bob.) We'll do a swap that day or something.

[pilonv1]

I keep telling you I didn't send anything

And my birthday is Bob too

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I keep telling you I didn't send anything

Ohhh that was Yeti. Sorry.

Thanks Yeti! That was very appreciated and I won't mis-appropriate your AC account anymore.

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There’s a bit of holiday crossover here, it’s kinda my island sandbox lol.



Pups are keeping warm. 🥰

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ALSO!!!! (Two-day old pics from Christmas Day below.)





DOM GAVE ME THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT POSSIBLE!!!

😍 😍 😍 I've been waiting since launch to get a Pitfall Seed DIY!!



Now I only have one empty Nook Miles card left: New Years! (see above) Thank you Dom!!

Also it’s so cute all the villagers have my gifts from Toy Day on display. 🥰

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Also I'm only 17 days away from completing the Active Island Resident achievement (300 days played.)

Well, so is everyone who's played every day since launch.

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Seasonal Items in Nook Catalogue! There’s sparkling cider (🥴) and three other food items for New Years, make sure you don’t miss them!

[MMaRsu]

Tasty I fired up my 3DS the other day and the major said it was like where have u been the past 8 months

I was like

OOPS 

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Tasty I fired up my 3DS the other day and the major said it was like where have u been the past 8 months

I was like

OOPS 

Only thing is to straighten your hair out at Shampoodle, kill your cockroaches, and get back on that daily horse.

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So long to this fucking year.

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Whew, finally have almost all the Pascal mermaid set DIY recipes.

Just one left, the mermaid tiara now.

Edit- Mermaid set complete!

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Pilon let me know if you want to "trade Bob's" sometime today! I'll try to keep checking the thread but I should be good all day, just let me know.

Also whenever you catch a Giraffe Stag this month let me know, just so I know it can spawn on your island. 👀 It's my last bug.

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Diana's birthday is tomorrow! Will try to leave my door open for best friends as much as I can.

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Belated New Years pics!!




^ Isabelle and I are already drunk

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Only one Ice Flooring DIY recipe from having the full Snowboy/Snowman set!

Festive recipes stop in two days (Jan 6th) and I'm still missing a bunch tho. 😨

- Festive Top Set
- Festive Tree (I got the Big version at least)
- Holiday Candle
- Illuminated Present
- Illuminated Snowflakes
- Illuminated Tree
- Ornament Mobile

The festive DIY recipes I do have I've crafted 100% of the variations for, at least. The illuminated reindeer look magical at night, especially all the colors.

I have my jailbars set up so I guess I'll just have to farm them sometime tomorrow.

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Here’s what some of those festive set variations look like btw!




^ haven't made every variation of the snowman/ice set but it's on my list


^ every Big and Tabletop Festive Tree, though you may not be able to see them all




^ the Gift Piles are a bitch, had to wait until more Red Wrapping Paper was at Nook's to finish the last four variations

[pilonv1]

I missed so much over Xmas and New Years

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I missed so much over Xmas and New Years

You can still be my favorite person in the world (or at least the Southern Hemisphere) if you let me catch a Giraffe Stag sometime in the next two months 👀 🙏🏻

And I can help you get almost anything you missed.

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- Festive Top Set
- Festive Tree (I got the Big version at least)
- Holiday Candle
- Illuminated Present
- Illuminated Snowflakes
- Illuminated Tree
- Ornament Mobile

Missed these festive recipes

Fuck balloon-exclusive recipes

[pilonv1]

I've been keeping an eye out for them but Ive not seen one. Cicadas finally showed up this week for me

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They're suuuuuuuper rare, to the point they'll probably already be flying away usually before you even see them. But yeah, if you ever catch one definitely let me know! Thanks man.

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I've done a lot of work moving flowers around and making my island look nice, check out my dream suite! DA-8053-6297-4495

I've gone and made it public (available for "surprise dreams") which is making me excited and nervous haha. 😬 But I'm pretty happy with how it it is. It's not competing with those overdone Twitter islands, but a lot of work has gone into it.  

Ohana Isle is very nearly close to my perfect ideal island now. 😍 Only took almost 300 days.

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https://animalcrossingworld.com/guides/new-horizons/winter-snowflake-snowboy-diy-crafting-recipes-frozen-ice-set/

Finally got the last winter DIY recipe (falling-snow wall.) Whew. Now I can coast on winter lol (aside from that last bug!)

[pilonv1]

They're suuuuuuuper rare, to the point they'll probably already be flying away usually before you even see them. But yeah, if you ever catch one definitely let me know! Thanks man.

I've got the miyama stag and every type of cicada so far. Still haven't seen one

5pm to 8am my time, going to make it difficult for you to get one unless you're up early in the morning.

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They're suuuuuuuper rare, to the point they'll probably already be flying away usually before you even see them. But yeah, if you ever catch one definitely let me know! Thanks man.

I've got the miyama stag and every type of cicada so far. Still haven't seen one

5pm to 8am my time, going to make it difficult for you to get one unless you're up early in the morning.

I will do whatever. It. Takes. 😤

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The promised day has come to pass. 300 days in a row. 😬

[pilonv1]

Tried for about 30 mins to find one tonight. Got a saw stag, rainbow stag and horned dynastid but no giraffe stag

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Tried for about 30 mins to find one tonight. Got a saw stag, rainbow stag and horned dynastid but no giraffe stag

[pilonv1]

Do they spawn on normal trees or just palm trees?

Also missed out on that giant moth

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Do they spawn on normal trees or just palm trees?

Also missed out on that giant moth

Palm trees, 5pm to 8am. I've read on some sketchy sites you "need to catch 100 bugs before it'll spawn," was never clear if that meant since the start of your playthrough or some other metric though...

Also some advice I read: "when the bug wiggles, move towards it. When it stops, you stop." It also looks like a miyama stag but slightly larger.

[pilonv1]

Planted a dozen new palm trees today just in case.

[pilonv1]

Thought I saw one tonight. Might have been something else as it flew away and the jaws were really long. Ended up with a saw stag, horned elephant and horned atlas

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Sorry I infected you with my annoyance over this bug.

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Remaining achivements! Purple for "grindy" and pink for time-gated ones.

I've officially entered my personal Animal Crossing endgame. The plan is to keep playing every day until the 1 year mark (March 20th), and then finally switch to playing weekly. I'm slightly looking forward to stepping back a little and taking a breather.

By my calculations, it'll take almost another year of weekly to play to fully 100% the remaining Nook Miles achievements and the Art Gallery (paying attention to KK Slider, villager birthdays, and Redd in particular), which means I anticipate keeping up the routine until early March 2022. That's not counting any big content updates Nintendo's going to do (free or paid, I'm there day one), but I'm counting that as gravy. And if it gets me to re-engage and play daily again, all the better.

[pilonv1]

 

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😍😍😍😍😍

Whatever you need, whenever you need it, let me know!

How long a play session did it take that night?

[pilonv1]

Maybe 10-15 mins? Just running from one side of the island to the thee along the beach to see what spawned.

[pilonv1]

Tried again tonight and didn't see one.

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How do you make coconut juice?

I got a recipe for it from balloon

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Alcoholic beverages are now available to purchase for guests 18 and older. (Ohana Isle is a sovereign state and not subject to the US drinking laws.)

Thank you Dickie for stepping in as distributor!

8 months later I finally got the Coconut Juice DIY recipe from Diana. Can finally make my own, though I've been doing well with Dickie's supply until now.

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I knew the trailer would drop today, should have called it.

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https://animalcrossingworld.com/2021/01/animal-crossing-sanrio-amiibo-cards-reprint-coming-to-north-america-europe-in-march/

Bigger megaton, Hello Kitty Amiibo cards coming worldwide!

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Downloading the update now!! 🪶

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https://animalcrossingworld.com/2021/01/browse-every-new-item-added-in-the-january-update-for-animal-crossing-new-horizons-datamine/

The rainbow Festivale items will be cool for pride.

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https://animalcrossingworld.com/2021/01/absolutely-everything-new-in-animal-crossings-january-update-mermaid-fence-festivale-reactions-beans/

There's actually a lot of shit to do, especially starting on Feb 1st.

Time to go find a scallop for that Mermaid Fence... I just completed the whole set only a bit ago lol, and then they add this.

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Fucking Pascal with a pearl instead of the new recipe 🤬

[pilonv1]

I got a recipe off him the other day, does he have more than one?

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I got a recipe off him the other day, does he have more than one?

He's got like 18 lol.

[pilonv1]

If it wasn't so slow to get in and move around the ocean Id try to get them

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https://animalcrossingworld.com/2021/02/whats-new-in-february-for-animal-crossing-new-horizons-festivale-preparations-valentines-day/

Don't forget to pick up the Festivale Reactions set from Nook's Cranny, it goes away after Feb 15th! Or the other seasonal items either there and (a different set) through the Nook Shopping app.

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Snow, snowboys, and the Frozen furniture DIY set are going away after Feb 25th too. 😭 Feels like they just got here. Snow only started sticking to the ground on Dec 11th... I guess that's why winter in AC feels so magical to me, snow on the ground lasts the shortest amount of the seasonal terrain changes...

[pilonv1]

I just noticed I'm 19/20 on Snowboys too