In general, you guys may know I’m a big fan of the Style Savvy series and well, a Disney fan in general (I mean, just look at my past few entries) so imagine my excitement when I heard we are finally getting Style Savvy 3 (now known as Style Savvy: Fashion Forward) and also received an announcement for Disney Magical World 2.
Kids can soon check out the new game in the Kirby series, Kirby: Planet Robobot, which launches June 10, as well as two new kid-friendly games coming later this year: Style Savvy: Fashion Forward and Disney Magical World 2.
Style Savvy: Fashion Forward, the third game in the Style Savvy series, gives players a sense of accomplishment by putting them in charge of one of five exciting professions. Players can immerse themselves in a world of fashion by owning a boutique, designing clothes, styling hair, applying makeup or becoming a model. When players make themselves look good, customers who visit their boutiques might start adopting the player’s style. The game includes over 19,000 different articles of clothing, items and accessories to choose from. Players can also learn real-world fashion tips from the Fashion 101 guide. To access Nintendo character-themed clothing and accessories in the game, players can tap select amiibo figures to a Nintendo 2DS, Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo 3DS XL system using the Nintendo 3DS NFC Reader/Writer accessory to trigger an event. Once the event is completed, players can get the special items. The amiibo and Reader/Writer accessory are sold separately. The New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL systems feature a built-in NFC reader for amiibo. Style Savvy: Fashion Forward launches Aug. 19.
Disney Magical World 2, the follow up to the popular franchise, lets players enjoy a variety of new adventures in six Disney-themed worlds, such as exploring the world of Disney Frozen, dancing with Disney princesses or soaring through special Magical Dream events. Players will encounter and interact with well-known characters like Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Ariel, Donald Duck and Daisy Duck. The game launches Oct. 14.
Yep, Style Savvy 3 comes out August 19th. I am so happy I’ll have something to play this Summer. Meanwhile, Disney Magical World 2 is in October 14th and I’m glad I’ll have a head start with SS3 before DMW2 comes out. Similarly, both will be out for a nice amount before the upcoming Pokemon :P But I feel pretty busy now…
I’m really hoping to do daily updates for both. While Style Savvy 3 may be a bit less eventful than Animal Crossing, I’m hoping it will still be nice! As for Disney Magical World, you can get an idea of what to expect with my Disney Magical World focused blog. I will be putting all updates for the second game over here on my main site though.
I’ve already gotten a page all set up for Style Savvy: Fashion Forward (as you may have noticed from the sidebar) and hope to get one set up for Disney Magical World 2 once we have the boxart.
I really hope we’ll get all the items that have released in each. Please don’t keep items exclusive to Japan again, Nintendo ;~; <3 Similarly, please don't region lock the games either, Nintendo X__x
While I'm still a bit baffled about why Style Savvy 3 is coming about a year and a half after Japan's and nearly a year since Europe's release, I'm just so happy and relieved we are getting it. I can't wait to play.
So, as you guys may have noticed, there was no day 2 yesterday! Sadly, something happened (which you got an idea on if you read my twitter) which we will talk about today, but that is essentially why the delay.
It was a bit of a late start–we were so tired from our day yesterday that we slept in a bit and didn’t leave for Epcot (We wanted to try all the booths as soon as we could) until about 12-ish~ If that wasn’t enough, we were getting more delays. Regardless, we got there by like 1:30PM and were off. We made a stop by Club Cool to try the current set of sodas:
Mark enjoys it more than I do (I’m not a big soda person), but I feel like the flavors are a lot better this year. His favorite was South America’s.
From Club Cool, it was off to the first booth of the day on our list–Urban Farm Eats. We got the Watermelon Salad, the Naanwich, and the Seared Pork Tenderloin. I forgot to take a picture again though ;~; This will probably be a theme of the trip… Regardless, the Tenderloin was okay, but nothing spectacular. Mark loved the salad though and I found the Naanwich really tasty despite not really sure what I’d think of it. While I forgot to take a picture of the food, we did at least take this picture of the display next to the booth:
:D
We then stopped by Pineapple Promenade for their Spicy Hotdog with Pineapple Chutney & Taro Chips. We already had some Dole Whip on Monday so we skipped it this time, but did get the Frozen Desert Violet Lemonade:
The hot dog was good, but too spicy for me. The Lemonade was nice though!
Next stop was Mexico with their Tacos de Camaron, Quesadilla with mushrooms & Zuchinni, and Flan de Rosas:
Mark really loved the taco, but I just found it okay. The Quesadilla was decent too. Mark found the flan a bit bland, but I actually thought it was pretty tasty.
After that, it was China which is honestly our favorite booth of the festival. While I didn’t take a picture, they had Gaoli Beef Buns, Beijing-style Candied Strawberries, Spring Rolls, and Oolong Peach Bubble Tea. While I only had a tiny bite of the Strawberries (I’m not super big on candied fruit), it was still good and Mark loved it. And honestly, we both loved the rest entirely. If we could only get one booth the rest of the trip, it’d be China’s. I’d love to get everything again. It was just really good and China did an amazing job–I feel like China’s booth has been getting better each year. I really hope we can stop there again before we leave.
Next up was Germany with their Chicken Fricassee, Currywurst, and Armer Ritter (similar to French Toast). I love German Sausage so I enjoyed the Currywurst despite not being my favorite. The Chicken Fricassee was also better than I expected it to be–tasting almost like Chicken and Dumplings… just with vegetables instead of dumpling. The Armer Ritter was good too, but I’m not a huge French Toast person.
Italy was next and honestly, we’ve been a bit unlucky with it. The Chicken Parm has sold out everytime we’ve checked. I would like to try theirs (though, I’ve had Chicken Parm before), but I’m not sure we’ll get the chance. Italy is roughly halfway through and I don’t know if we would run there just to try it. We did get the Mezze Lune Primavera and Cremoso al Pistacchio though. I found the vegetables in the first dish a bit too overpowering of any of the other flavors. The pasta itself felt flavorless and cheese felt more like it was just there for texture. The latter Mark ended up liking a lot more than I did, but it was still tasty.
America (and the actual halfway point) was up next with The Smokehouse. They had a Pulled Pork Slider, Beef Brisket Burnt Ends, Smoked Pork Ribs, and a Warm Chocolate Cake–plus Sweet Tea and Frozen Lemonade to drink.
Both drinks were great, but the food was a bit mixed. The Pulled Pork Slider, while good, wasn’t really anything special. It was just decent. The Warm Chocolate Cake was similar and actually felt a bit bland–I think it was too dry and the sauce really didn’t help it. The Beef Brisket Burnt ends (in White Cheddar fondue) was my favorite of the batch and definitely on the “would totally have again” list with China and two other dishes we’ll get to later. I would say my only complaint with it is that it wasn’t burnt enough which left some parts kind of fatty, unfortunately. If it was cooked a bit longer, it’d have been perfect. Meanwhile, Mark’s favorite were the ribs which while I did enjoy them, aren’t one of my favorite things.
Unfortunately, we then hit a bit of an issue–we picked the hottest day of the week to try and do the booths and neither of us were doing well. I was hit by heat stroke pretty badly, we had made lots of stops, and we had dinner reservations at Le Cellier for 6PM. They usually recommend you checking in ~45 minutes early and it was nearly 5PM, so we wouldn’t have time to do more booths and due to the heat stroke, I’m not sure if we’d have been able to. We still made sure to stop in Japan’s store to pick up some goodies. I got a cute Cherry Blossom bamboo towel & some chocolate-covered macadamia nuts while Mark got some other candy. Also a cute keychain of ChibiUsa riding Pegasus.
With that, we headed towards Morocco to catch the boat which would take us right over to Canada. We managed to get super lucky and caught it just as they were getting ready to board people so we were off. Meanwhile, my parents had just gotten to Canada shortly before and were waiting for us.
We headed to check in and took some pictures along the way:
But it turns out there were delays and so they told us to come back 5-15 minutes before. Right by the check-in desk was a way to O Canada!–Disney’s Circle-vision movie showing off, well, Canada. We figured it’d give us something to do (still having like 30-40 minutes to wait) and since it started in 10 minutes and was only about 15 minutes long… Well, perfect! Plus we could sit somewhere nice and cool? Even better! And there was a waterfall along the way so yay:
So we sat down and waited for it to start and got ushered inside… only there were no seats in the actual theater. You just stood there. With banisters. While watching screens all around you. The chairs could have just swiveled ;~; it’d have been fine. Regardless, the movie was nice. I’ve only been to Canada a few times and 2/3 were to Niagara Falls and once was outside Toronto for a conference. It really made me want to see more of Canada.
We headed back to the restaurant and were instructed to sit down inside as our table should be ready soon. They even brought out a cute little appetizer for everyone waiting (it was cheese, some kind of meat, and some vegetables on a stick. It was tasty). It wasn’t too long until we got seated and our waiter was really nice. To start of, we got the cheese plate, the charcuterie plate, and a French Onion Poutine:
I also got to have a nice Chai Tea :D And the bread (I really liked the Pretzel bread) came with a Brown Sugar Maple Butter.
As for dinner, I had the filet mignon while Mark chose the bison. We split them and both were super tasty. My parents had gotten sides of Creamed Spinach and Loaded Mashed Potatoes for the table which were also quite good. Finally, it was time for dessert so Mark and I got the Camembert Cheesecake to share.
I’m not a super big cheesecake person, but it was especially tasty when eaten with the cherry jelly in the center. Plus they even gave us a special Congratulations piece of white chocolate (We had been wearing our “Just married” pins my mother had gotten me as it’s our first trip back to Disney since getting married :3). We then headed out and even got to see a bunny!
And yes, there are more pictures :) You can see them in the gallery at the end.
On the way out of Epcot, we briefly went on Spaceship Earth~ Maybe I’ll upload our video from the future… maybe :P
We then headed back to the hotel and well, that’s when things went a bit downhill (no pun intended) and also the reason Day 2 was delayed. More or less, the Polynesian… is not well-lit outside. Most likely for ambiance, but unless you are near a building, the lighting is rather dim. We were tired. I already had heatstroke. That just made it worse. So, we continue along and well… I trip. I trip badly.
(This was taken the next day, just incase that wasn’t clear)
More or less, it’s cut rather oddly/suddenly–I couldn’t see it in the dark and I stepped full force. I twisted my ankle and badly bruised and scraped up both my knees/legs. We got lucky that a staff member was coming by in a cart shortly after and was able to drive me to the room while my parents got a wheelchair.
Sleeping was hard due to the pain, sadly :( As for today, after excitement from the Pokemon news, we used the wheelchair to head off to breakfast at Kona Cafe. It was really tasty–I got the Samoan.
We have reservations for tomorrow… or well, the actual today now since it’s become after midnight and I’ll probably get this again.
Unfortunately, we then noticed my MagicBand had fallen off somewhere :( And it was the nice Pretty Princess one too. My mother went to the lost and found while we headed back to the room. While they didn’t have it, Mark and I noticed a message on our phone and it turns out someone found it while we were at breakfast and had brought it to concierge and it was in a mailbox. My MagicBand was returned and we decided to return the wheelchair as we were about to head out to the Grand Floridian for Afternoon Tea and the wheelchair couldn’t leave the hotel. Walking sadly is super hard–I can’t put too much pressure on either leg for long or straighten out my left leg due to where the bruising and scrapes are. It’s really frustrating and painful :(
Regardless, we made it to tea and actually got sat right away–nearly 40 minutes before our reservation! Unexpected, but exciting nonetheless. I was a little sad we didn’t get the same server as the last few times (I didn’t see Kit at all actually–I wonder if Kit is still working there ;~; ), but everything was still quite tasty. Was surprised me most though is apparently they switched tea brands and thus, my Princess Breakfast Tea was gone… While the new tea was good, I didn’t find I enjoyed it as much. I’ll definitely try other tea and hopefully I can find a new one I enjoy just as much. At the very least, maybe I can buy some Princess Breakfast Tea for home. Some lovely pictures from Afternoon Tea:
After that, Mark headed back to the room, but I went with my parents to the Magic Kingdom. Unfortunately, they ran out of EVCs right before me and we forgot about just getting a normal wheelchair… so it was a painful walk to the train as we headed to Fantasyland. We ended up only going on Peter Pan which had a huge redesign for the line. It’s really nice and honestly, I think the line looked nicer than the ride itself now. Still fun though. Sadly, we didn’t get to go on It’s a Small World too. It was then time for a painful walk back, but I made it and I’m glad I still did something today.
My parents went back out to Epcot for dinner and were nice enough to bring us back some food from the various booths we weren’t able to get to (and unfortunately, might not have time to do when it comes down to it).
While we didn’t get everything from each booth (I would have felt bad asking for even more), I did ask for the things we wanted to try the most. Unfortunately, as mentioned above, Italy was out of Chicken Parm again >_> From Japan, we got the Chicken Edamame Bun which was just okay. I was really expecting it to be better. While we didn’t get the Frushi this time, Mark has had it in the past and really enjoyed it. From Morocco, we got the Chicken Kebab with couscous which was quite good. We got the Watermelon & Cucumber Slushy and the Shrimp & Grits with Andouille Sausage from Florida Fresh. The Slushy was actually really tasty. The sausage was barely there though, shrimp was a bit too spicy, and grits were just okay–Mark really enjoyed it though.
Next up were our two larger picks with everything from France and the UK. From France we got the Onion Tart, Duck Confit, and a Raspberry Chocolate Macaron. The Duck dish could have been better, but was still okay. The Macaron was nice, but I think I liked one of the past flavors more. The Onion Tart was really good though and my favorite for France along with also making me “would totally get again” list. As for the UK, there was a Salad (which Mark had–I just ate some cheese off it), some Corned Beef, Smoked Salmon Tartare on a Potato & Cheddar Cheese Biscuit, and finally, a Lemon Scone with Creme Fraiche and Mixed Berries.
I absolutely love the Corned Beef. It was easily my favorite of the batch and is also on my “must have again” list (for a total of 5 items). The Smoked Salmon was actually really salty–I’ve had Smoked Salmon before and usually really enjoy it so I don’t know. Meanwhile, the Lemon Scone was just… very overpowering with the amount of lemon used for it–the berries just made it worse. The Creme Fraiche helped balance it out more (and improved the taste), but unfortunately, there were way more berries than the Creme and a good amount of the Creme was mixed in with the berries.
In general, I’d love to try everything we couldn’t get (that we haven’t had in the past), but I’m glad we got to have a lot of what we wanted to try. Still kind of hoping we can find a way to stop by China again though.
Finally, for a fun gallery, here are some scenery pictures we took (PLUS ANIMALS :D) of the Garden Festival and some other things:
From near Farm Fresh
Bambi Topiaries by Canada
In Japan
Bambi Topiaries by Canada
Ducks!
Ducks :D
Ducks are adorable
Yay for Ducks
So many flowers
MORE DUCKS :D
Also from over by Farm Fresh!
Near the Entrance
More from Farm Fresh
BUNNY
BUNNY
I love bunnies
I may have gotten carried away taking pictures of bunnies.
But it was so cute.
Just look at it.
Cute Bunny.
Yay for Bunnies :D
Aww :D
More ducks!
Yay for ducks as well
So many flowers
Butterfly topiaries!
And as a last ending note… StreetPass! I had planned to write an update each day, but forgot… So, in the past 3 days I’ve gotten 24 StreetPasses. Of those 24, I’ve gotten 3 pink pieces and 2 normal pieces. I wish you could use play coins to bring someone back–I hate when I see someone with so many pieces I need (and every person I’ve gotten where they had pink pieces, has had all the ones I still need) and there’s nothing I can do about it :/
Anyway, tomorrow (or well, later I suppose) is MGM (Hollywood Studios) day! We have some Fastpasses lined up and are looking forward to seeing the new Star Wars stuff, then we have our Luau Dinner back at the hotel :)
So, the first real bits of information went up today with a video! If you haven’t watched it yet and don’t want spoilers, I’d recommend doing so now:
But yes, first of all… release date of November 18th! (Except for Europe who gets it a week later. Poor Europe. Though, they have Style Savvy 3 which we still have yet to even hear about here so… :P)
We were shown quite a bit of things–the new region (Alola so Hawaii (Oahu to be specific)–even further confirmed in the Japanese trailer), the new starters:
Rowlet (Grass/Flying), Litten (Fire), Popplio (Water)
This may be the first time I’ve liked the grass starter best. That isn’t to say I haven’t liked any grass starters previously, but usually it’s a tie (such as all of Gen 2’s starters) then if not second. The water starter is kind of cute too, but at the same time I’ve had other seals I like better. And the Fire Starter is okay, but not really a OMGNEED. But yeah, right now I’m thinking of going with Rowlet and naming it Dumpling.
And the legendaries:
I was already planning to get Moon regardless, but it kind of makes me think of if Darkrai and Cresselia had a baby.
You can get a better idea of them on the boxart though:
We also got to see the trainers!
Though, they really didn’t show much for the female trainer just yet:
I’m not really sure how I feel about her design just yet. I hope we can change our hairstyle at least as it does look like customization is back–afterall, we can choose from various options at the start:
And some clothing color changes in the trailer:
Finally, here is the Japanese trailer which is a lot different, longer, and really heartwarming:
While the information is shown a bit differently, it’s still really nice. One of my favorite parts from the trailer:
Though, this also just makes me wish even more that Pokemon still followed you around…
But yes, I’m super excited. I’m hoping we’ll hear tons more information soon. <3
So, if you keep up with me on Twitter or read the blog pretty often, you’ll know I’m currently in Disney World! Writing blog entries with photos won out on the poll so I’ll be doing my best to write a summary post each day :) I’m hoping this will get me into the habit of writing more travel-related things as I really love traveling. As a note, this is probably like… my 30th or so time going to Disney World so I’m not new to Disney, but Disney is always growing so even when I come back later this year (as I’ll be visiting again this October), I know there will be some new things to look forward to.
Today didn’t really start off the best–I slept a bit later than I wanted to due to not feeling too well the night before and to make matters worse, my parents decided to try the long-term parking out. They have decided they will never do this again. Security was extra slow and because things weren’t bad enough, when we got to our gate all the way down at the end, it turns out our gate was moved and we had to walk all the way back–getting there just in time to board.
I spent most of the flight trying to sleep and cool-off (The airport was super hot and we did way more walking than we needed to :/). We did have some snacks on the plane though–I had a cheese spread, piece of cheese, and some kind of cured sausage and crackers while Mark had some hummus and olives that I tried. He also gave me his cookie :P
The flight was rather quick at least, though, there was some waiting/traffic before the plane could pull in to let us all out. We managed to get through the airport quickly enough and they were even giving out carnations for Mother’s Day…. speaking of which:
(And yes, those are the carnations we were given–even though I am not yet a mother, they seemed to be giving one to every girl).
It was then off to the Magical Express and while the wait was a bit long, it was a fairly relaxing ride and our hotel was the first stop. This is only the second time I’ve ever been to the Polynesian resort and the first time I’ve ever stayed at one. We apparently went for dinner when I was really little, but I don’t remember it and my parents weren’t fans of the food so they never came back. Due to all the renovations and menu updates, my parents decided we’d give it another chance. But we need to stay at the Floridian next time, please.
The hotel is really pretty and reminded me a lot of Aulani.
It really made Mark and I miss Hawaii. We were even given leis again:
And I took a photo of the inside as well:
There was also this super cute Flamingo for sale:
It was $30 or $40 though… maybe one day.
Our room sadly wasn’t ready yet so we decided to get our few carry-ons held by the bell service and go to Downtown Disney as my parents needed to pick up their Annual Pass and we figured it could be good for lunch. While on the bus over, we got the alert our rooms were ready so at least they’d be set when we got back.
We looked around a bit while my parents got their annual pass, but didn’t really get anything until we got towards the Landing Area–I bought my frozen Chai which I absolutely adore:
They even gave me extra whipped cream T~T <3
My parents decided they wanted to walk up ahead to check up other restaurants so Mark and I decided to go to Raglan Road as we both really enjoyed their food and have never gotten to have their Brunch before. We ended up being seated almost immediately (and then my parents came later saying they wanted to as well, but ended up being seated elsewhere) and for the first time, I wasn’t in the tall seats which was nice. My feet could actually touch the ground.
But yes, going over what we actually had… While we were looking over the menus:
They actually brought us these Mango & Mixed Berry Smoothies to try:
I…might have drank it before I took the picture >> It was very good.
We also got some Irish Soda Bread to have while we waited for our food with a special Guinness dipping sauce and some butter.
…I kind of forgot to take a picture of this too, but look how pretty the plate is!
Onto the meal itself, I got these lovely battered sausages with this really good mustard dip:
And a side of Pork Belly Hash which isn’t pictured because I ate it too fast. Sorry >> But we did also get this cheese plate to share!:
…and while most of the cheese is gone, at least some of it is left to see. We brought that last piece back to the room with us. I really want to try their dessert at some point.
The boat to head back to the main entrance of Downtown Disney (yes, I know it’s Disney Springs, but old habits…) was actually straight across and as we got in line with my parents, it just arrived so perfect timing. The boat was fairly nice–I even took a picture from my seat:
It was then off to the room to relax a bit.
Our rooms were pretty nice, though, I find it kind of dark overall if curtains are closed.
After some resting and a small nap, we headed over to Epcot as we had a reservation for all four of us for Epcot’s Illumination Dessert thing. Photo from the monorail:
It was actually a slow ride as there was some issues with the monorail in front of us.
Once we got there, we ended towards the World Showcase to Mexico as that was where they were handing out the wristbands who were registered. Though, we did make a stop at one of the booths–La Isla Fresca. We got one of each thing to try (Jerk-spice Grouper, Jerk-spice Chicken, Braised Beef, and Tres Leches along with the non-alcoholic Frozen Simply Tropical Juice Drink) and while I forgot to take a picture due to us wanting to hurry to get our wristbands, everything was really good. I’m hoping we’ll get to do the rest of the booths tomorrow as we’re also having dinner in Epcot.
We managed to make it just in time and our wristbands were a lovely sparkly pink. Thanks to my parents, we got a nice seat where we could sit along the ledge and also get a pretty nice view:
They had three stations set up–one to make your own plate of nachos, one for drinks, and one for desserts. My mom brought over some nachos for everyone while I mostly just got water to drink. The dessert table was the real highlight though. I always try to have everything so I made myself a small plate of various things… but they also had big trays of my all-time favorite dessert from the Food & Wine Festival–the Warm Chocolate Pudding from Ireland. And they also had fresh whipped cream (which was more for the icecream–buttered popcorn flavor, but I used it for my Pudding to make it even more beautiful) so I was thrilled.
My dad also brought us over some dole whip:
People were let in over an hour before the fireworks started so it was a long wait. We made sure to stay until the end though… I did my best to take some photos:
And also did a Periscope video:
Finally, it was time to head back to our hotel. Our monorail was Zootopia-themed:
We still need to see that movie.
It was a long, painful, walk back from the monorail & main building to the building where our room was… But we at least got to see fireworks from the Magic Kingdom from here. Regardless, I’m exhausted and we have something planned each day so… time to go to bed now.
Normally I don’t crosspost ACNL posts from my ACNL Focused Blog, but I felt this was an exception that should be. You can read the post on my ACNL blog instead by clicking here.
So, if you stopped by my stream today, you may already know what this is about, but if not… Well, for those who watched Rainy’s streams or knew her from TBT or elsewhere (or met her through Zed’s streams years ago like I did), you may have heard that she took a break due to medical issues. Unfortunately, she didn’t make it and passed away this year :( I decided to try and visit her towns through Dream Suite today to honor just how much she put into the Animal Crossing games and how much she loved them. Rest in Peace, Rainy.
To go with stream itself, I also took quite a few pictures in each of her towns to make a post here. If you have the time, I hope you will visit them too.
Now, I love dogs. While I like cats too, I’ve been anticipating dog versions of the cat items since Miitomo started and I have to admit, I’m a bit disappointed. Besides the fact that we didn’t get a Dog Companion to go with the cat ones which is really depressing…
Seriously, how could there not be a dog variation of these?
Most of the items are pretty disappointing in comparison to the cat ones–we even get less colors.
For Top Dog, we received:
A Poodle Suit (Hat and Body) in Brown, Black, and White.
Dog-logo socks in White, Blue, and Dark grey
Dog Slippers in Beige, Dark Grey, and a Dark Orange
Spiked Collar in Red, Black, and Dark Blue
Paw-soled boat shoes in Orange, Light Blue, and Black
Pet Shop Jumper in Green, Yellow, and Pink
Jeans w/ Ruff Patch in Blue, Light Blue, and Black
Dalmation Suit
Dalmation Ears
Paw-print tights in White, Black, and Light Orange
Dalmation Top w/ Collar
For Cat Style, we received:
Silly-kitty Sweater (Blue, Purple, Black, White, Pink, Orange)
Kitty Miniskirt (Pink, Blue, Orange, Black, and probably more–I could not refind all the colors, but most likely also available in at least Purple)
Cat Companion (Grey, Black, White)
Cat-faced Pumps (Pink, Blue, Dark Beige)
Cat-Ear Headband (Red, Black, White)
Tiny Kitty Cap (Dark Orange, Black, Dark Grey, White)
Cat-Faced Stockings (Purple, Blue, Black, Brown, Pink, White)
Striped Kitty Muffler (Blue, Grey, and Pink)
There are so many different color options and while the Cat stuff feels like clothing you’d wear as a fan of cats, the dog clothing is more geared to either actually dressing like a dog or trying to sell them. Could all items be perfectly mimicked? Of course not. The Paw Print Stockings are a definitely decent switch-up to the Cat-Faced Stockings.
But the closest we have to a “skirt” in the Top Dog Miitomo Drop is part of the Pet Shop Jumper.
This is especially silly as poodle skirts are a thing and it would’ve matched perfectly fine with the poodle suits:
I mean, a shirt with a dog or two on it and a skirt with a dog on it would have been really nice.
Instead, we have some fairly plain pants that don’t really have a matching shirt whatsoever. The closest item that Cat Style received that is similar to what we ended up getting in Top Dog are the Shorts w/ Calico Cat Print which was the only item I purposely skipped in Cat Style.
We also have one item less than Cat Style did. I don’t know, maybe we can get a cute Companion Dog in the shop and maybe they didn’t want to just do dog versions of the cat ones… but at least give us actual clothing and not just costumes then :( Even in colors alone, the amount of variety with the cat stuff is easy to see in comparison to what we received for the dog items.
One of the things I’m looking forward to once I have finished up with ACNL is spending more time with HHD. I have so many goals I still want to do. Regardless, I made sure to take a break from my badge grinding today to work on this month’s challenge :D So let’s get to it!
May 2016 Challenge – The grand outdoors
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…Meanwhile, I’ll just be over here sad and depressed that I forgot to change the curtains and sounds in the house ;~;
So, to everyone’s surprise, a video announcing new Splatoon Amiibo was put out:
Callie and Marie finally get their own Amiibo, which isn’t too surprising in the long run (they’ve had plushies now and are both fairly popular), but it’s interesting how they keep finding more ways to add to Splatoon. They will be sold in a two-pack (retailing about $25) and released July 8th.
Honestly, they look really great and I hope I’ll be able to get myself a set. They zoom in onto many of the details in the video above, but they are really well-made and look even more HQ than the Splatoon Amiibo we’ve gotten thus far. I am a little disappointed that it seems they just come with new music. While I guess coming with their outfits would probably never happen, I just really want new dresses/clothing in Splatoon. That’s really the only thing that could probably get me to try and play more despite my issues with many of the mechanics in the game. Like I stuck with Mario Kart 8 so long due to my love of the Kart combination I could have :P
But yes, going into the most surprising part… recolors of the already existing Splatoon Amiibo!:
A green version of the female, a purple version of the male, and a orange version of the Squid. There are also some color changes to the clothing and the male Inkling even has a different skin color. I most likely won’t be getting these (well, maybe the Girl Inkling–I really like that shade of green), but it makes me wonder if they plan to do more recolors until they all exist. At the very least, I like that they are doing new color options for things besides just the ink color as well with these. It’s really nice to see.
And comparison to the original three:
I’m a bit bummed that none of them are matching color sets/the squid still won’t be sold separately as that means someone could have to buy several different sets for all the colors and at the same time, I bought my Inkling Girl & Squid specifically to be customized in a different color and so it feels kind of silly now if they are just going to make other colors anyway… I guess I could just switch the stand out? Decisions. :(
They likely will have the same functionality has the original set with the same challenges and items to get so I don’t know if they are worth getting unless you want an army of different Inklings or prefer these colors.
I do wonder if we more Splatoon Amiibo are in the works as well beyond just more Inkling colors such as the shop keepers, Spike, Captain Cuttlefish, The Great Zapfish, Normal Zapfish (I still want a Zapfish Plushie), and Judd. I don’t think Super Sea Snails have a chance sadly (I love them so much though), but I feel out of those if another was made, Judd would be the most likely.
But yes, along with the announcement you can even watch the second concert that Callie and Marie had in Japan through an official upload from Nintendo of Japan’s Youtube:
And Nintendo of America even uploaded a version of their very first concert:
They are both pretty cool to see so if you love the Squid Sisters and haven’t checked them out yet (or want to see one or both again), be sure to take a look.
So, coming out of the Investor Meeting in Japan, we got a few interesting tidbits of upcoming things. To get them quickly out of the way, there was the announcement of NX being released for March 2017 which I much prefer–I really wasn’t ready for it to come out later this year so knowing we have until Spring of the next year is quite a relief. The upcoming Zelda has been confirmed to be releasing for both the Wii U and NX at the same time (and thus has been pushed back until March 2017), so we will probably be going for the NX version. Supposedly the game will also be the main focus of Nintendo’s E3 this year, but I hope we will hear about certain other games too.
Regardless, moving over to what interested me the most… Nintendo also announced new mobile games with their next two being Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing.
Now, by itself I was a bit iffy about it, thinking it could be something like Farmville or those various games where you place buildings in a town and have an awful energy system, but apparently the game is confirmed to have connectivity with a console version of the game…
“Building on the positive consumer reaction to Miitomo, Nintendo announced that its next two mobile apps would be based on the familiar and beloved Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing franchises. Nintendo plans to release both of these applications this fall. As for the former app, while making it more accessible in comparison to the Fire Emblem games for Nintendo’s dedicated gaming systems, Nintendo aims to offer the great value of a role-playing strategy game. Nintendo will design the latter game so that it will be connected with the world of Animal Crossing for dedicated gaming systems. By playing both Animal Crossing games, users will find increased enjoyment. Both of these are pure game applications. Compared to Miitomo, they have more prominent game elements, and the game content will tie closely into Nintendo’s dedicated games business. Nintendo will provide more details about these applications closer to their launch period, and aims to have multiple types of apps that appeal to different audiences and different groups of players.”
— Business Wire
And this makes me wonder a lot–will it be more like a companion app such as Fallout 4’s Pip-Boy on phones or more like a aforementioned game where just playing both will let you unlock things in the other? While part of me is hoping it’ll be more of a companion app (Maybe with checklists and various things you can do without turning the game on… like making sure nobody will move away), considering it will be out in Fall of this year (and I’d be very surprised if we got a new AC game for Wii U in the Fall with NX about half a year away at that point) it will more likely be a game in itself which I’m still not entirely sure how to feel. I’ll definitely try it out though to at least have stuff ready for when the next AC game comes out. I just hope it’s more like how Happy Home Designer was than some silly energy management game or a reused game just with AC assets.
Of course, if it’s connecting to some kind of game, it means a new Animal Crossing could be coming as early as next year if it is for NX and if so, possibly even be out by Holiday season next year. Which means I really need to finish badge hunting in New Leaf :P
Which brings me to something I’ve been hoping to do for a while… Features I most want to see in the next AC. I’ve mentioned on and off several of them, but this is me going full-out with it all so, here we go! This is a much more expanded version of my last entry nearly 2 years ago.
Choose our Appearance (or at least our skin color). While I always enjoyed the little quiz at the beginning (and was lucky enough to always end up with the face I liked best while answering honestly), most people just answer it to get the face they want. And if you want a darker skin tone, you need to wait forever to try and tan it. I feel like taking a step out of Happy Home Designer and just letting you choose it all to start with the conversation being just for fun or maybe picking you a random outfit (“What’s your favorite color?” could be a fun question to add) for your starting clothes would be nice.
Town/Character Transfer. This is one where I could really go either way for it, but I think it’d be nice if there was some kind of transfer (or a better one) like with Wild World to City Folk. Though, if you could transfer more (Such as Patterns, all characters, villagers, and catalog), that’d be nice too.
Patterns can be edited regardless of creator. I get why it exists, but I also don’t feel it fixed the problem in the long run. And if anything, it just made it more frustrating if you had multiple characters. None of my characters can edit any patterns besides my Mayor character due to not having made them. If this feature has to stick around, at least make it so if the town ID is the same, they can still be edited.
More Villagers in our town. If we have a bigger town, it’d be nice if we can have a bigger limit. I don’t know if I’d want 15 again like Gamecube (though, I’d be okay with it), but I think 12 could be a nice number over the 10 we currently have.
Be able to choose who can move in. Assuming we keep the mayor role (or get an even bigger one in the next game), it seems silly we can’t choose if we want to allow someone to move or not. Having Isabelle greet you saying “Villager wants to move in! Is that okay?” and you agreeing or denying would be really helpful for people who are trying to get specific villagers or prefer a smaller town.
Be able to choose where someone can move. If a villager is moving in though, there is no reason Nook can’t be at the door when you exit and ask you to place their house. If you decline, he’ll decide where it goes (for a randomly placed villager house).
All items from Happy Home Designer to be in the next game. Happy Home Designer brought tons of nice new items into the game and I really want them all to return.
Be able to customize the interiors and exteriors of all shops/buildings. Happy Home Designer’s big thing is it really gave us a lot more we got to work with and customize than what we usually get to. I’d love to be able to continue doing that and really make my town unique with my own versions of Re-Tail and the Museum and Able Sisters’ shops just as a few examples.
Option to move items like in Happy Home Designer. While I still like the old pushing and pulling by hand in the games, the stylus moving was really handy and let me toss out everything I wanted to use without worrying so much about it.
No item limits. One of the things I’ve always missed from the Gamecube version is the lack of item limits per house. I’m good at fitting a lot of things in/placing stuff creatively and still making it a bit roomy and it’s hard to do that when I keep getting hit with the fact that I apparently placed too many items. This especially becomes an issue with a lot of wall and ceiling items as it can cause the floor to end up looking very bare.
Separate section of inventory for tools. Like most people who have played AC, letters have essentially become my toolbox. And I’d really like to have a proper toolbox instead at this point.
Complete overhaul of the moving system. Simply put, you should be able to set villagers you want to keep forever. If you become good friends with them, there should be some kind of option for them to be like “Would it be okay if I stay a permanent resident here forever?” and that would be just so amazing and then people wouldn’t have to worry about their villagers up and leaving if they can’t check everyday (or if they did and the villagers just forgot to tell them). Not to mention you should be able to stop a villager even if they are in boxes along with being able to move them back in even if they moved out recently. Multiples of the same villagers do exist–it’s not that weird. Even an option to turn off moving altogether and/or for specific villagers would help a lot.
Be able to move in specific villagers through their Amiibo Cards. Right now, Amiibo Cards do not have many uses. They can be used for Amiibo Festival games or to summon specific characters into Happy Home Designer to immediately due their house (or to show up at a house you’re visiting that you’ve decorated). Adding the option to scan them and be given the chance to invite them to move into your town if you have space would be super helpful and handy for those who may not be comfortable playing online/doing villager trading/rotating.
Return of Ordinances, Mayor, Dream Suite, and Public Works. I don’t have anything to add other than that I just really enjoyed these features.
Be able to have more than one ordinance. It’d be nice to be able to pick more than one and it could just go up in price for each one you want to add on.
Beautiful Town Ordinance includes immunity to grass and flowers from running. Grass degrades much slower and Flowers are immune from wilting, but both can still get messed up from running around. Considering flowers are immune from being ran through in the Garden Tours on the Island of New Leaf, it’d be nice if the Beautiful Town Ordinance was upgraded to include that kind of immunity as well. It’d make a lot of sense, anyway.
Be able to visit people’s Mall Area while Dreaming of a Town. The shops can stay closed of course, but a lot of people put quite a bit of effort into their Museum Exhibits that they can have and if those return, it would be a shame if people still can’t see them unless they visit the town outside of a dream.
Be able to place more public works/Public works replaced with just furniture and being able to place furniture outside. 30 isn’t actually that much in the long run and considering it also counted bridges, you could place even less. Allowing the placement of more would be nice. Or even just leaving Public Works for things like full new buildings and bridges and letting people place as much furniture as they want elsewhere. Plus this lets me have a fountain in my house. And I really love fountains.
More Pattern spaces. It’d be nice to have them all on one character/not need more characters for patterns.
Be able to design bottoms. We can design nearly everything else–it’d be nice to be able to design skirts and pants too. I can understand the issue with shoes or more hats (though, shoes would also be fun/nice), but I was super surprised to see we couldn’t do skirts and pants.
If badges return, be able to tell just how close you are. One of the hardest things with getting the last few badges I need in New Leaf is I have no idea how close I am and there isn’t a good way to find out. Bug Catching gives you the Bronze Badge at 500, Silver at 2,000, and Gold at 5,000. Those are big gaps and even if you know what badge you have at that moment, you can be anywhere between those two numbers and have no idea just how close you might be.
Alternate colors for Gracie’s Princess Set. Considering we can recolor the Trump Set, it’s not like none of her sets can be recolored. The Princess Top was originally pink in World World before being changed to blue to match the new Gracie set. I’d be nice if it could be recolored pink. Purple would probably also be a nice recolor for the set.
Map out your town yourself. Right now, we have pre-set maps, but being able to place the big buildings on the map itself could give your town even more uniqueness.
Be able to experience all the different holidays in your own game. Not everyone is able to meet people from other regions and while I’ve always had fun going to their towns for their Festivals and getting something special, it’d be nice if we still had them in our own game or at least the items (just expensive) in our stores. You were able to buy the Hinaningyou in the Gamecube version so it’s not like it has never happened in the past.
Be able to buy more than one thing from Redd per visit and get it then and there. Not everyone plays with more than one character or shares a game. Similarly, let people get it there–I don’t know why it needs to be mailed when you are literally seeing the item in person. But yes, not being able to buy more than one really just ends up with people possibly missing out on more real paintings/sculptures, which brings me to…
Art should still be able to be ordered from the catalog. It was such a pain to help out friends due to the removal of this feature and while it makes sense you can only get the fake ones from Redd, there is no reason you can’t get more of the real ones through the catalog.
Tools on the Island should be upgraded based on what tool you have earned/have. – I expect the Island and Tours to return and it’d be nice if the tools there changed up so people could have a golden fishing rod and golden net on the island.
Be able to be worked on also on the go. While I do prefer home console Animal Crossing games, I think it’d be nice if you could use your 3DS or phone and do stuff as well while out and about.
Campsite/Igloo be useable by your own Villagers as well over just out of town Villagers. It’s how it worked in the Gamecube and it’d be nice to see our own villagers feel like camping every so often.
Be able to catch jellyfish again/Remove Jellyfish as a diving obstacle. They are incredibly annoying when it comes to Diving and are unneeded. We don’t need that kind of “penalty” and they should just go back to being able to be caught. I loved having a Jellyfish in my house. Diving in general has slow enough spawns and can be tiring enough control-wise without being forced to swim around or be constantly stung by jellyfish.
Be able to plant perfect fruit from other towns. – I just think it’d be nice. Some of them are really pretty.
Those are just off the top of my head, but I’m sure I’ll think of more in the future. For now, I’m going to go back to working on New Leaf and crossing my fingers for more detail on the Mobile game soon.
Sometimes there are games you really hope will come over even if you never expect them to. Pocket Card Jockey was one of those for me so I was super excited when it was announced and had a lot of fun playing the demo today. You can watch my playthrough of it here. While I don’t think I will do a recording everytime I play (Maybe at least the first time playing the full version and then an “end” kind of play) and I definitely will not be doing an entry everytime, I did think it’d be fun to have a page set up for the game which I will do my best to keep updated.
The demo is roughly 2 hours and really lets you experience the game with about 35% of that time being with First Ride before you get to pick between two horses (who look identical, but have different genders and slightly different stats) and even get to name them. I named mine Princess Brownie and am kind of tempted to do royal names for most of the horses I get to name, though, I may make First Ride II after the first Horse you technically get to ride and Strawberry Moon which is my favorite from the competitor horse list.
I would say the one thing that threw me off is the game isn’t traditional solitaire which was a bit of a bummer as it’s my favorite type and the one I’m best at. That doesn’t necessarily make the game less fun, but there is still a lot of luck involved and there have been plenty of races where I felt I was doing really well and ended up losing.
For now, my goal is to try and get at least one of each horse along with getting all the trophies. The game will be out next month so I am looking forward to playing the full version and making Princess Brownie into a proper champion:
Now if only I could be pink all the time…
