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Just one more puzzle this afternoon. It’s a bit of a slow-going thing now all the Easy and Normal levels are finished. Completed a Hard (3×3) puzzle, which turned out to be a pteradactyl. Of course.

Sold another 80,000 bells worth of fruit today, which is pretty good going considering the amount I sold yesterday. There’s none left on the trees now (aside from oranges (which are native so only net me 100 bells each) and a few coconuts. Caroline has (finally) decided to stay in Cheese. Hurrah! She was badgering me for pink furniture today too, so I gave her a Lovely Bed that I’d bought from Nook when doing my daily “buy everything” run. …

Just one more puzzle completed today – a Super Hard one (which turned out to be a bunch of flowers). It was actually pretty difficult too – lots of patterns like “3-1-1-1” and “2-1-1” which, when both horizontal and vertical, make it hard to figure out. That’s another 16 “squares” off the total, though.

Back on the lookout for decent turnip prices today, but was disappointed to find that 84 bells was the best Nook was going to offer me. Made up for it a little by selling 150,000 bells-worth of fruit (and there’s still quite a lot left on the trees). Planted a couple of sacks of 10,000 bells too, and they’ve sprouted. Caroline the Squirrel is still in Cheese, but she threatened to leave again today. I think I may have convinced …

After a couple more hours play today, I’m now about ten and a half hours in. And still, I have don’t almost nothing (so far as the main quest is concerned, anyway). I’m still Level 1, and I still haven’t progressed past the talk-to-Jauffre main quest waypoint. What I did do, however, is trudge up the mountain north of Chorral, and find a book about fingers and mountains or something. I had a choice of either giving it to the …

Worked my way through even more puzzles this evening. I’ve now completed all of Normal, as well as 4 on Hard and one on Super Hard. Not that the difficulty has anything to do with the actual difficulty, of course – it’s just how long it takes to finish it, that’s all. Still about 700 “squares” to go, though.

Went over to my wife’s town and gave her some more fruit, as well as some money to buy any paintings she might have that I don’t. After that, she came over to my town and we had a quick fishing competition, which I lost. Did catch loads of other fish later though, including a Zebra Turkey Fish (which are possibly made from Quorn Turkey Ham), which I donated to the museum. Caroline the Squirrel is trying to move out …

I’ve now completed all of the Easy Mode levels, have done about three on Normal, and four on Hard. Of course, that still barely makes a dent into the grand scheme of things, but at least it’s progress. Almost.

I bought 5500 turnips this morning from Joan. They were 104 bells each, which means I spent, er, lots on them. I’d better get a decent price for them this week, or I’ll actually cry. Real actual tears too.

Finally! I made it back to Fire Emblem for long enough to progress the story a little! I’ve now played, and completed, the surprisingly simple Chapter 19. Strangely, at the beginning of the fight, one of my characters says “This looks like the final battle!”, when of course, it isn’t. And there I was thinking I was about to complete another game. In the course of the battle, Lucius the Monk powered up to become Lucius the Bishop. Which basically …

Notice I called it “Puzzle” and not “Logic”. I realised the kana read “puzzle” (literally), and so the website I bought the game from was wrong. Anyway. I’ve not completed all bar four of the Easy Mode puzzles, of which there are 30. Of course, each Normal Mode puzzle is made up of a grid of 2×2 “easy” puzzles, Hard is 3×3, and Super Hard is 4×4. That means that, in total, there are essentially 900 puzzles to complete. And …

Had a bit of a mammoth fruit-selling session, making about 150,000 bells in total. This is because Joan will be about tomorrow morning selling turnips (I hope, anyway). Friga didn’t move out, which is good. I’m trying to be friends with her so she gives me a picture of herself. Sent letters to lots of my animals to get them to like me more too. I used the word “bonsai” lots in letters to Friga in the hope she’ll send …

I gave this quite a bit of play today. So much so, in fact, that I’ve now finished the whole of the first season of Career Mode, without losing a single match (of which there were about 50), coming top of the Championship, winning the England Cup, and the Community Shield (or Cup or Trophy, or whatever). Disappointingly, the Cup Final was (unrealistically) against Yeovil. Tch. I was expecting Liverpool or Arsenal or something. I’m now in the Premiership. I …

Mostly just sold fruit and cleaned Nook out again today. The latter has finally gained my Silver Member Status in his shop, getting me a whopping 5% off everything. Great. That’ll make getting Gold status a little harder. Friga is trying to move out again too. I talked to her and sent her presents, so hopefully she’ll stay.

This game is amazing. No, really. The sheer epicness of the thing is so impressive, and I feel somewhat lost. I’ve still done virtually nothing, even though I’m now coming up to 8 hours in – that’s longer than many games are in total. I went on a bit of a selling spree today, once I’d returned the sons to Chorral, and then went taking food from barrels and such, making potions to try and boost my alchemy skills. I …