Still not much fruit lying around, and no fossils or gyroids or anything like that about either, so money making was somewhat limited today. Spent my time talking to the residents instead, and gave Friga more medicine. She so sick. I’m trying to make Sable and Brewster a little more talkative, by visiting them every day. It seems to be working with Sable (I actually had a conversation with her today), but Brewster still seems to be capable of only …
Er, cripes. That was a bit unexpected. I played just one more level, and it turned out to be the last one. It was a little more difficult than previous levels, mainly due to stupid mines you had to slide past or jump over, but still not too difficult. The end boss was another helicopter, who was, again, easy. So after the credits, I was given a “secret code” (1984), which when typed into the Secret Code option on the …
For a change of pace (er, or not, since I’ve just played Animal Crossing), I thought I’d have a go at some more of the puzzles on this game. I’ve now completed the first 12 on Easy. And yes, they were very easy. I did start one on Super-Hard, and thought I’d completed it. I then realised that the “grid” was just one of a 4×4 arrangement of grids, so I had another 15 to do. That’ll learn me to …
Turnips were 124 bells today. I will not sell that low! Must get more! Perhaps if I brutally maim Timmy and Tommy, Tom Nook might be a bit more agreeable with regards to cash for vegetables… Got stacks of letters today, all with presents in. Sadly, most of the presents were crap (three lots of Imperial Wall, for a start). Not even one of Friga’s many bonsai either. And I gave her medicine because she was sick! What a waste …
Loads of fruit about today. 100,000 bells worth of it, in fact. Sold all that, and watered my red turnip. Went round visiting all my animals, giving Rosie a new shirt as she’d spilt chilli or something on the one she was wearing, and did a couple of errands. Sent letters to most of my animals, with shells in them in the hope I’d get all the stuff in their houses. Friga’s house is full of bonsai, so I’d like …
Completed another three or so missions, without running into much in the way of problems. I’ve bought a new suit too – I forget the name of it, but it was 300,000 credits and is of the “Fusion” type. I was then plonked into a level with somewhat harder baddies to contend with, not least because many have these guardian shield things that protect them, and you have to destroy the shield first whilst the baddie gets its shots in. …
This game has been sat on my shelf for about 18 months now, I think, and I’ve never even opened it. I thought I knew about the game too – jump around as a german woman and shoot robots. Dodge into alcoves, do cartwheels, etc. But there’s more to it than even that. There’s a combo system in place, which encourages you to quickly defeat baddie after baddie. This gives you stacks more points, and what do points make? Prizes! …
Played anohter six or so matches in Career Mode today. Didn’t have any trouble wiping the floor with such teams as Sheffield Wednesday, Southhampton and Wolverhampton. They were all easy enough to beat. Scores were of the rang 6-0 to 11-0. Easy. I’ve gained a “Prestige” star too, now. When you get one, you can bump up your player stats in a chosen area. I picked Strength and Fitness, so I hope I can get a bit more stamina out …
Turnip day! And, with one million bells in the post office, I decided to go mad with a bit of a medium-risk venture. I took 500,000 bells out, which added to my cash-in-hand bought me 6,000 turnips. I have them all over my house. I was going to leave them out the front of my house, but I was worried they might go “missing” at some point. I also bought a red turnip seed. It was 1,000 bells, and I …
Popped back to Cheese to visit K.K. Slider in the coffee shop. He played K.K. Blues for me this evening. Also bumped into a new resident in my town – a blue cat called Rosie. She seems to be quite, quite mad.
Thank god for that. I was getting so angry with it, what with all the bugs and everything. I’ve just pleased it is now all over and done with. I’d like to play the third Prince of Persia game now, but only if it’s bug-free, and more like the first game than this one. Anyway, it seems that killing Kaileena was the end of the game. I was convinced I’d have to kill the Dahaka afterwards, but it seems not. …
I’m really, really getting annoyed with this game now. Mainly the bugs (more on one of them in a bit), but also with the irritating way you have to redo large sections of the game for a second, and even third time. Even more if you count the Past and Present “versions” of areas. Who decided that would be a good idea? So a minor couple of bugs at first. Well, I say minor, but they’re actually game destroying fall-in-pit-don’t-die-quit …
It seems that I was wrong to sell turnips yesterday. In a shock reversal of the Law Of Tim, they were worth 284 bells this morning. Rubbish. I did make 60,000 from fruit though, but there were no fossils to be found anywhere. With that money in the Post Office, I now have a million bells. RICH! RICH I TELL YOU!
Tim Miller insists that the best turnip prices are always on a Thursday or Friday. As I have noted previously, this has never been the case with me, with my best prices coming on Tuesday, Wednesday, and sometimes Saturday. Today, however, turnips were selling for 222 bells – my highest all week. And yes, it is a Friday. So, for the first week in more than three months, Tim has been right! Unless, of course, I get a higher price …
Had 15 minutes to spare today, with only my N-Gage for company. Rummaged through the installed apps to find XIII. I have no idea where it came from, as I certainly don’t remember installing it. It isn’t really suitable for the N-Gage either, since it plays in the top left 1/8th of the screen and so is tiny. Anyway, it’s a bit pants. It’s a bit like Midnight Resistance on the Spectrum. Assuming my memory of that game is correct. …