Adamsvil's Open Gate Nights continue to be a rousing success. Tonight, there must have been a waiting list to get in, because for the first hour, as soon as somebody left, somebody else walked in. I hope that everybody who has tried to get in has found an open slot. I have a lot of friend codes from players who I haven't seen in town yet, so I hope you just haven't been playing at 8pm EST and not that you saw the maxxed population and gave up. Let me know if you've repeatedly tried and failed!
(Pictured: Marci, Matti, me, Biff)
Most of you must be East Coasters, because it's almost 11pm now, and everybody has left for the night. I'm standing all by myself in Adamsvil amidst a sea of free items to touch.
I'm probably going to claim the ACWW strategy guide as my free gift on my yearly Nintendo Power renewal. You always get a free gift whether you renew for 1 year or for 2, so unless you really value the convenience of renewing for a two-year term, it's mad stupid to do so.
I've picked up a second emotion from Dr. Shrunk: irritation. Although it sounds awesome, it's terrible. Your character just leans inward, narrows his eyes and makes a "boink" noise. Nothing special. I was kinda expecting that irritation would be more like the angry face that villagers give you. Boink!
Here's something cool. Biff was in town and let me temporarily display some secret Nintendo items he picked up from a "friend." Who knows how his buddy got them... glitch, cheat, knows a guy who knows a guy. This is the kind of stuff that Nintendo will start to slow-release into the game once the initial sales rush dies off. Like how they released one special Mario furniture item a month for a year in Nintendo Power back in the GCN version.
What you see in the picture is me and Matti gawking over the Green Pipe (complete with rising piranha plant!) and a trough full of pikmin. If you click the pikmin, the flowertips wave and they make that adorable "pikmin" noise! It's just about the most awesome thing ever.
I've started the red turnip mini-quest by giving Wendell a red turnip. He gave me the country guitar, which I am supposed to give to K.K.
Speaking of Wendell, boy did he get a downgrade. Wendell 1.0 was a wallpaper artist and the source of many rare, exclusive wallpapers. In ACWW, Saharah handles the rare carpets AND wallpapers, leaving Wendell 2.0 in charge of new patterns.
Yes, new patterns. You know, the eight pattern slots that you probably have already filled with your own custom-made creations? Wendell hates your artwork and wants you to replace them with his tiles that look like pieces of highway.
Now, I would love to collect Wendell's road patterns and build a cute roadway through Adamsvil. That would be funny. However, I'm not about to blow out MY patterns that I drew with MY stylus out of MY OWN BRAIN to do it. Way to go, Nintendo. Now we all know the true reason why Wendell is always crying when you see him. He's not hungry; he's bereft of purpose.
