Building a second floor for the Museum is a town project but its description mentions only the fact that you will be building an 'exhibition space' for your own personal exhibits. In fact, when the project is completed, you will find that a Museum Shop has been included. Among other items, you will find a Partition and, provided the requirements have been met, a Silver Net and Silver Watering Can.
For the Silver Watering Can:
Celeste: This item is being sold to celebrate the achievement of 30 bugs in our bug collection! The price is 500 Bells.
For the Silver Fishing Rod:
Celeste: That is a silver rod! This item is being sold to celebrate the achievement of 30 sea and river species living in our museum! The price is 500 Bells!
Celeste: Would you like to talk about the personal exhibit spaces?
If you choose: I want to display!
Celeste: These rooms are available now. Which one would you like to use?
There are four Exhibit Halls. The rental fee for a personal exhibit space is 10,000 Bells.
Wednesday 10 July 2013
The Fireworks Festival occurs every Sunday night at 7.00 p.m. during the month of August in New Leaf. Isabella takes charge of the Event. On the first night, she gave me a glowing headgear fashioned as insect antennae. When I spoke to her again, she gave me Fountain Fireworks.
More interesting is the presence of that sly trickster Redd at a booth in the Plaza. For 500 Bells, he sells 'Redd's Cookies' made by the Nook nephews. Each Cookie contains a prize ticket. Most of them are losing tickets, otherwise known as 'duds'. Redd will accept these losing tickets, however, giving you a roman candle or sparkler in exchange.
There are a number of prizes that go with winning tickets. The winning tickets can be 'pop prizes', 'whiz prizes', 'sparkle prizes', 'bang tickets' or 'flash prizes'. In the case of the 'flash prize', Redd will refer to it as a 'boom prize'.
The tickets and corresponding prizes are:
Pop Prize: Ultra Machine
Whiz Prize. Well then, here's your prize! A Ten-Billion Barrel!
Congrats You got a spearkle prize! Miniature Car
All the Sparkle prizes are minitaure cars.
Congrats! You got a Bang Prize! A boxed figurine
Crackle Prize: Ultra Hand
You got a Flash Price... but Redd says: Wow! Ya got a Boom ticket! Congrats! Well then, here's your prize: A lovely phone!
There may be more prizes, but 10,000 Bells later, I had had enough.
Note that some of these items carry a high resale value:
Miniature Car: 2500 Bells
Lovely Phone: 2600 Bells
Others are of negligable resale value:
Ultra Hand: 256 Bells
Ultar Machine: 250 Bells
Ten Billion Barrel: 256 Bells
Boxed Figurine: 300 Bells
Notwithsanting the fact that many of my Neighbours had been talking about the Fireworks for days beforehand, expressing their dtermination to be there, the Plaza was empty save for Isaballa and Redd.
More interesting is the presence of that sly trickster Redd at a booth in the Plaza. For 500 Bells, he sells 'Redd's Cookies' made by the Nook nephews. Each Cookie contains a prize ticket. Most of them are losing tickets, otherwise known as 'duds'. Redd will accept these losing tickets, however, giving you a roman candle or sparkler in exchange.
There are a number of prizes that go with winning tickets. The winning tickets can be 'pop prizes', 'whiz prizes', 'sparkle prizes', 'bang tickets' or 'flash prizes'. In the case of the 'flash prize', Redd will refer to it as a 'boom prize'.
The tickets and corresponding prizes are:
Pop Prize: Ultra Machine
Whiz Prize. Well then, here's your prize! A Ten-Billion Barrel!
Congrats You got a spearkle prize! Miniature Car
All the Sparkle prizes are minitaure cars.
Congrats! You got a Bang Prize! A boxed figurine
Crackle Prize: Ultra Hand
You got a Flash Price... but Redd says: Wow! Ya got a Boom ticket! Congrats! Well then, here's your prize: A lovely phone!
There may be more prizes, but 10,000 Bells later, I had had enough.
Note that some of these items carry a high resale value:
Miniature Car: 2500 Bells
Lovely Phone: 2600 Bells
Others are of negligable resale value:
Ultra Hand: 256 Bells
Ultar Machine: 250 Bells
Ten Billion Barrel: 256 Bells
Boxed Figurine: 300 Bells
Notwithsanting the fact that many of my Neighbours had been talking about the Fireworks for days beforehand, expressing their dtermination to be there, the Plaza was empty save for Isaballa and Redd.
Tips for Catching Insects in
I probably am one of the worst players where insect catching is concerned, particularly for those on tree trunks. I suspect that some players never need any help, but for those who do, here is a helpful tip that I discovered when my pockets were full long ago playing Wild World:
Whenever you catch an insect on a tree trunk, drop a Shell there. You then can position yourself where the shell is to catch any future insects on the Tree Trunk.
Whenever you catch an insect on a tree trunk, drop a Shell there. You then can position yourself where the shell is to catch any future insects on the Tree Trunk.
Thursday 4 July 2013
Playing with the Time
In any Animal Crossing game, what is known as 'time travel' but actually constitutes cheating in a sense, can be dangerous. The game is built upon the concept of REAL time and part of the intrinsic philosophy, as with Harvest Moon, is to instill the virtue of patience in the Player. You are supposed to wait and wait and wait, if necessary, for 'all good things come to good people in the end.'
Of course, most of us have not been trained sufficiently at a young enough age to be willing to wait forever for those items we desire and there are pressures within the game, such as the points given by the HRA, now the HHA, as well as the sight of rare items during some of the Island Mini-Games that cause one to desire an earlier fulfillment of some dreams.
Thus, the strategy of time-travel. In the old Animal Crossing games, one could travel freely through time without any negative results provided always that one went forward and never backward. I am not certain, however, if this is entirely true in New Leaf as so much is based on wi-fi now and it is possible that Nintendo will cause bad things to happen even if one has gone forward if and when you connect to THEIR clock.
I have been guilty of forward time travel in New Leaf but I have not been able to connect to Nintendo because of the nature of the security on our router.
Of course, most of us have not been trained sufficiently at a young enough age to be willing to wait forever for those items we desire and there are pressures within the game, such as the points given by the HRA, now the HHA, as well as the sight of rare items during some of the Island Mini-Games that cause one to desire an earlier fulfillment of some dreams.
Thus, the strategy of time-travel. In the old Animal Crossing games, one could travel freely through time without any negative results provided always that one went forward and never backward. I am not certain, however, if this is entirely true in New Leaf as so much is based on wi-fi now and it is possible that Nintendo will cause bad things to happen even if one has gone forward if and when you connect to THEIR clock.
I have been guilty of forward time travel in New Leaf but I have not been able to connect to Nintendo because of the nature of the security on our router.
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Tips for Success
Most of the basics in Animal Crossing are fairly easy to remember, but after not playing for a few years, it is taking me a little time to remember some advanced strategies.
Life in any Animal Crossing game, as in Harvest Moon is as much about social interactions and friendship as it is about making money to expand your house and improve the Village. The reason one sometimes forgets the vital nature of friendships is because the Animals tend to be very quirky and sometimes outright illogical. It still is possible to make social interactions count for a number of different goals.
One Goal is that of attaining Best Friend status with a Neighbour so that he/she will give you a Portrait before moving on to another village. I do believe this option remains active as it has been mentioned on occasion by Residents in New Leaf. Portraits, incidentally, carry significant weight in points when displayed in your House.
Another Goal is that of obtaining items that you desire that are displayed in a Neighbour's house. By sending Gifts with Letters to your Neighbours, you may receive Gifts in return. These can consist of almost any Item that can be attached to a Letter, from Furniture to Fruit.
Where Fruit is concerned, an ultimate Goal is that of being able to grow every type of Fruit in your Village. You begin the game with one type of Fruit, known as your 'Native' Fruit. By visiting the Island and playing Mini-Games on the other Islands, you can obtain a number of 'Foreign' Fruits that can be planted in your own Village.
It appears that the basic 'Native' Fruits cannot be found on the Islands, although you can find Fruit that is grown on the ground as well as at the beach. Apples, Pears, Oranges and Cherries are 'basic' Fruits, however, and must be obtained from a Friend somehow. If you are fortunate, your mother or a Neighbour will send one attached to a Letter. Otherwise, if you have wi-fi, you can obtain them from another Player at some point.
There are a number of daily Tasks in Animal Crossing that keep the game running smoothly. One is that of harvesting Trees in your Village whenever the Fruit is ripe. I have discovered, however that there is an Animal in my Village who demands a specific Fruit regularly. It therefore may be a good idea to keep at least one of each type of Fruit at hand. This can be done in a number of different ways; you can harvest it and leave it on the ground; you can leave one Tree bearing each type of Fruit unharvested until needed; you can attach it to a letter addressed to your 'Future Self' and simply keep it in your Post slot until needed or you can harvest it and store it in a Dresser or cabinet.
Life in any Animal Crossing game, as in Harvest Moon is as much about social interactions and friendship as it is about making money to expand your house and improve the Village. The reason one sometimes forgets the vital nature of friendships is because the Animals tend to be very quirky and sometimes outright illogical. It still is possible to make social interactions count for a number of different goals.
One Goal is that of attaining Best Friend status with a Neighbour so that he/she will give you a Portrait before moving on to another village. I do believe this option remains active as it has been mentioned on occasion by Residents in New Leaf. Portraits, incidentally, carry significant weight in points when displayed in your House.
Another Goal is that of obtaining items that you desire that are displayed in a Neighbour's house. By sending Gifts with Letters to your Neighbours, you may receive Gifts in return. These can consist of almost any Item that can be attached to a Letter, from Furniture to Fruit.
Where Fruit is concerned, an ultimate Goal is that of being able to grow every type of Fruit in your Village. You begin the game with one type of Fruit, known as your 'Native' Fruit. By visiting the Island and playing Mini-Games on the other Islands, you can obtain a number of 'Foreign' Fruits that can be planted in your own Village.
It appears that the basic 'Native' Fruits cannot be found on the Islands, although you can find Fruit that is grown on the ground as well as at the beach. Apples, Pears, Oranges and Cherries are 'basic' Fruits, however, and must be obtained from a Friend somehow. If you are fortunate, your mother or a Neighbour will send one attached to a Letter. Otherwise, if you have wi-fi, you can obtain them from another Player at some point.
There are a number of daily Tasks in Animal Crossing that keep the game running smoothly. One is that of harvesting Trees in your Village whenever the Fruit is ripe. I have discovered, however that there is an Animal in my Village who demands a specific Fruit regularly. It therefore may be a good idea to keep at least one of each type of Fruit at hand. This can be done in a number of different ways; you can harvest it and leave it on the ground; you can leave one Tree bearing each type of Fruit unharvested until needed; you can attach it to a letter addressed to your 'Future Self' and simply keep it in your Post slot until needed or you can harvest it and store it in a Dresser or cabinet.
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