Today it occurred to me that I've never taken you on a tour of my home. I've posted some Hiptop pics, but those are as detailed as Gene Shalit's average movie review... so here's some megasized screenshots of my house(s) in Animal Crossing. (Click the thumbnail for the big version, suitable for desktop backgrounds!)
Standing outside my estate, you can see how I've tried to put on a show of terror and dictatorship. Notice the bones. And the black roof. I used to love watching Puck wander around the back of the house, trying to look in the window. Avert your eyes, lest you see that which would blind.
The horror theme continues inside. That's all of Jack's Spooky Furniture series, plus some of the scarier Gulliver items. Three poltergoids are conducting an unholy ritual by the fireplace, and a complete pteradactyl skeleton looms over the right hand side of the room. The music playing is either K.K. Dirge or K.K. Lament.
I would suspect that most AC players have a mess of a basement like this one. I have a completed chesspiece set in the top left corner (which dates back to some of my very first weeks playing the game.) The green model pieces in the center are awaiting transit to Dred Island, where I store all of my town models. Also, two birthday cakes, a legion of Lawn Gnomes, and extra pitfalls. Ever since playing Fatal Frame, the Japanese doll stand (the Hinanyango) has struck me as a particularly frightening piece of furniture, but I just haven't found room for it upstairs yet.
This room is my pride and joy: the finished Western Series. After my last post, I received a couple of emails from folks willing to send me the last piece I needed, the Well. Thanks, guys! Gaze upon the awesomness of it all! I supplemented my Western set with the four totem poles, the phonograph (playing K.K. Western, naturally), a barrel and a campfire.
Across the street is NESJoe's house, a mule for all the cool Nintendo items. Check out his front yard; he's a total eCard pattern whore!
Here's the Adamsvil Arcade: every possible NES game. There's three empty places, awaiting Punch-Out!!, Legend of Zelda, and Super Mario Bros. The Nintendo set and the Lucky Nintendo set is stuffed in there, alongside the complete Mario furniture series. I think it looks pretty damn cool, but the HRA doesn't think so. The Mario Series is especially cool because each piece makes a Marioppropriate sound.
NESJoe's top floor started out as a tropical paradise, but it soon became crammed with every Island and Gulliver item I could find. There is literally only one open space of floor here, which makes stomping cockroaches much easier.
This is where I keep stuff that I don't really want, but couldn't bear to sell. Like pets... there's several insects and fish (and a bird and a hamster) that I kept as pets at one time or another back in my house. When I needed the space, I dumped them all in NESJoe's basement. Other things I used to collect are stashed here: all the different TV sets, the poker symbol t-shirts, some Camper items, and the friggin' Moon.
And that's how I've decorated my quarters. Lately I've been thinking of taking over the other two empty houses in the neighborhood. If Nintendo remains silent on any possible AC sequel, I may tackle that someday.
