Nothing happened.
Today marks my one year anniversary of playing Animal Crossing. I've played every day since September 17, 2002. I was hoping that something cool would happen today, but nothing did. I can't say I'm surprised; that would be a pretty awful way to hide a secret in the game, wouldn't it? Very very few players would hit that goal. But it would have been great to get Super Mario Bros. in the mail this morning. I would have went straight to the message boards and posted in all caps.
So let's reflect on what I've accomplished after a year living in Animal Crossing.
- Catalog completion: fossils, stationery, K.K. songs.
- Completed the fish and insect collection screens.
- One painting to go, and my entire museum is finished.
- For several weeks, I had every single villager wearing the Noble Shirt.
- Collected the complete Harvest series, Jingle series and Igloo item sets.
This is not a complete list, but here's some items I still have never found... even after a full year of playing plus tons of eCard purchases: Well (from the Western set), White Bishop, Red Corner, Lawn Mower, Surfboard, Diver Dan, Life Ring, Pagoda, Bonfire, Propane Stove, Daisy Meadow, Pulse Shirt (plus several other Gracie designs), Green Pinwheel, and about 20 different gyroids. Feel free to contact me about trades, but no universal codes please.
So do I continue? Honestly, yes. I missed several special events over the last year... like next week's Fall Sports Festival, for example. But get this: once you get the special rare item from an event, you can never get it again. I found this out at the recent Harvest Moon party. Last year, Tortimer gave me the special Moon item, and I sold it for quick cash. This year, no item. Just small talk. I assumed that every year you could collect the event-exclusive items again, but that is not the case. I'm more than a little pissed about that. Seems like playing one particular day over the course of a damn year should earn you the right to multiple copies of rare items. (Or in this case, replacing one that was foolishly sold.) I guess Nintendo anticipated cheating time travellers that would beam from year to year to collect a house full of Moons. Thanks again, you cheating bastards.
