Watch us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUAoPcp9pa4wfSmXDWT8iXg

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In this episode, we’re working hard and dreaming hard. We’re talking to Biscuit about the transmogrification of MonkeyCove into the brand new Butter Bay and the meaning behind her new flag. Then we’re talking dreams - and Cookie forgot to turn her sound off in two segments and she’s really embarrassed. Yay! 

Highlights and Links

What’s New in the Zoo: From MonkeyCove to Butter Bay [2:05]

The Butter Bay company [03:55]

All resemblance to persons real or digital is purely coincidental and we have no affiliation! https://thebutterbay.com/

Biscuit on her new island theme [5:25]

I’ve Been Dreaming [12:05]

Some places to find dream addresses:

r/ACNH Luna Dreams, and dream threads on r/BuddyCrossing, r/NoFeeAC, etc.

Crossing Channel’s Dream Randomizer https://crossingchannel.com/dream-island-codes/ [15:05]

#ACNHdreamAddress https://twitter.com/hashtag/acnhdreamaddress

Cookie recommends:

Dreaming of JellyCube: DA-1705-5062-6277  [16:45]

Dreaming of Konoha: DA-4052-7760-9555 [17:40]

Dreaming of Raiae: DA-8218-1309-6013 [18:30]

Island Design [23:15]

Shoutouts: 

Austin John Plays on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIIPl-DSCC0prKxGGnJrdGQ

Chase Crossing on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NeverForgotN

Wolfie of Honeywood: u/n8vtxn, aka Wolfie of Honeywood

We also have a Pinterest! https://www.pinterest.ca/cfromcookieland/_saved/ [26:15]

All the Other Things [28:15]

Updates and new learnings! 

Biscuit discovered when crafting for Amiibo campers that if you already have their requested item in your inventory you can give it to them

Cookie discovered that there are 3 speeds of swimming! 

Cookie tells a story about why she’s not getting the Golden Net this year

We’re wondering if there are even more specific subcategories of villagers who craft particular recipes (beyond personality types)

How to get the Hedge recipe if you weren’t around on May Day - you’ll get it as a customer reward from Leif!

We’re posting the Dream of MonkeyCove on our YouTube channel under the Field Trips playlist - check it out! And you can Dream it yourself - give Luna the address MonkeyCove: DA- 1058-5120-0118!

Total run time:  37:36

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Search for “The Petal Cafe” on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. 

We’re on Twitch! twitch.tv/ThePetalCafe 

Dream Addresses

Cookieland: DA-2100-8991-7910

MonkeyCove: DA- 1058-5120-0118

Butter Bay: DA-TBA

Instagram.com/ThePetalCafe  / Twitter.com/ThePetalCafe & Twitter.com/cCookieland 

Visit our Subreddit! Reddit.com/r/thepetalcafe

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is ©/™ Nintendo

Recorded October 3, 2020

Watch us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTP69dVVrI

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In this episode, Cookie takes us through a quick rundown of Pumpkins and Candy. We talk about the nerfing of hacked items and the poster “bug.” Then we’re talking to Biscuit about what the heck happened to her island, our first Twitch stream, and our first island tour!

Highlights and Links

About the Update [0:00]

CANDY [2:15]

Buy candy every day! Stockpile it! Hoard it! On your island and on every island you visit!

PUMPKINS [4:25]

Harvest and then replant coloured pumpkins to continue getting that colour - they aren’t random forever. Orange pumpkins: For crafting! Other colours: For customization! 

NOOK’S [6:50] 

The seasonal items at Nook’s are otherwise craftable, which is unusual compared to surfboards and such. 

Rumoured: Pumpkins available year round! Lief has them for half price in October.

Hacked items in 1.5  [8:15]

Nerfed/vanished!

Posters [8:50]

The bug was (allegedly)  that you could order posters you had catalogued as opposed to obtained from an Amiibo. (Sanrio ones are still orderable.)

Check out this Polygon article for more info on what changed in 1.5. https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/30/21495140/hacked-animal-crossing-new-horizons-items-harvs-island-fall-update

COSTUMES [10:00] 

Make sure you don’t miss Kicks when he’s around! He’s the one with the wings!

REACTIONS : [14:40]

Haunt and Scare and the Nooklink phone update - Rolling out but it’s happening. (Should be done by now)

What’s new in the Zoo? By which we mean: What Happened to MonkeyCove? [15:45]

Biscuit RESET her island. Reset it entirely! 

We did our first Twitch stream for a giveaway of all the things! By the way - our Twitch address is twitch.tv/ThePetalCafe - You can watch along there!

You can still visit MonkeyCove in dreams for the foreseeable future - Nintendo doesn’t have a policy on how long those things will be kept.

Bollywood Island Tour  [20:15]

Shiv’s Dream Address: DA-6242-0671-7621

Shiv’s Creator Code: MA-9896-1703-5358

Link to the Tour Video: https://youtu.be/pBfwIJwAPgM

DO you love to talk about your island? Let us know!

Total run time:  26:41

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Search for “The Petal Cafe” on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. 

We’re on Twitch! twitch.tv/ThePetalCafe 

Dream Addresses

Cookieland: DA-2100-8991-7910

MonkeyCove: DA- 1058-5120-0118

Butter Bay: DA-TBA

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Our theme music is “Smile” and “Cute” by Bensound https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/smile

https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/cute

Special Music used for the tour by Bensound 

https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/india

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is ©/™ Nintendo

Recorded August 26, 2020

Watch us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTP69dVVrI

Audio-only options: https://anchor.fm/thepetalcafe

In this episode we’re all about making FRIENDS. Villager relationships, gifts, quests and tricks are all on tap. We’re deep-diving into what it really means to develop your friendships with the islanders you’re living with! Cookie’s confusing Crossing Channel and Mayor Mori (correct links below). We’re talking truths and myths of the path to true Villager Stardom: The framed photo!

Highlights and Links

Intro and real-life chitchat: Cookie went to a movie! In a theatre! What! It was the 10th-Anniversary re-release of Inception.

Biscuit watched a movie at home! It was Code 8 with Ewan MacGregor!

We’re revealing the origin of the name of the show! [5:30]

What’s new in the Zoo? 

Island updates on Cookieland and Monkeycove [9:00]

Filming location: Monkeycove Bamboo Garden

Cookie’s dream is live! DA-2100-8991-7910

What the what is a Canadian House Hippo? [15:25] 

Watch the video - and read this article! 

Relationship Levels [17:25]

Level 1 - New Friends

Level 2 - You can give them gifts!

Level 3 - Good friends! They can sell you things. They can give you a nickname!

Level 4 - Gooder friends! Catchphrases!

Level 5 - Besties!  Chance of obtaining a photo!

Level 6 - Super besties! Secret greetings!

Increasing Friendship Points

Gifts and Quests [25:50]

Filming location: MonkeyCove’s Midnight Garden

(Creator code for the celestial path: MA-1400-3854-2701)

Always wrap your gifts! 

All hail the Iron Wall Lamp [32:00]

Proper crediti: Crossing Channel’s Iron Wall Lamp method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPHpZ45T1p8

Hat tip: Mayor Mori’s friendship tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZucUViXttiU

Gifting Assessed Fossils [34:48]

All the Other Things

Losing friendship points [35:50]

Plus! Playing Games (Find the present) [38:30] / [40:05]

Minus! Giving an umbrella to a frog [39:05]

Trick to keep fossils from spawning [41:00]

Myths [42:00]

Question of the Week [45:30]

What do you think is true or false about villager relationships? What did we miss?

Total run time: 47:32

Find us in all the Places:

The Petal Cafe on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUAoPcp9pa4wfSmXDWT8iXg / 

The Petal Cafe on Anchor.fm https://anchor.fm/thepetalcafe/ 

Search for “The Petal Cafe” on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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Our theme music is “Smile” and “Cute” by Bensound https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/smile

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is ©/™ Nintendo

https://youtu.be/G-cXIl2YO74

Recorded August 17, 2020

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In this episode we’re hanging out on Cookieland for a change! Cookie is asking Biscuit difficult questions. We’re talking about the woes of the limited number of Custom Design slots, how to use ProDesigns as items, and featuring a creator! Then check out “All the Other Things” for a petition we love <3

Highlights and Links

The Kanji t-shirt actually says Mori (“Forest”)! (01:35)

A bit more about Biscuit and Cookie - What Pokemon are you? (03:05)

What’s new in the zoo? (island updates) (05:45)

Another shoutout to Wolfie from Honeywood! (06:15)

Topic: PIxel Art Across AC

Custom designs on Cookieland (12:25)

Cat Bedsheet by Chlohen - MA-1078-1545-8558

Pink Blanket by Hanner - MA-0803-0339-1456

Cookie loves these resources for designs:

Link to Nook’s Island Nook's Island | Animal Crossing New Horizons Encyclopedia

Link to the Tumblr ACNH Custom Designs Tumblr

Using ProDesign hats as items  (16:25)

Dumpling Hat by Kiwi: MA-2168-1248-3221

Strawberry Shortcake Hat by Makayla: MA-6540-8017-9652

The World of Custom Design

Featured Artist: Smol_Gaige (22:10) 

The reddit post where we learned about their work: https://www.reddit.com/r/ACQR/comments/i97mw5/wanted_to_post_this_again_added_a_few_more_lgbtq/ 

Fox Grove Island’s Dream Address: DA-5460-4203-0790

Smol_Gaige’s creator code: MA-2070-3726-7241 

Tiktok: @Bifi_is_strong

All the Other Things

Follow-ups (26:35)

Customize (some of) Gulliver’s items (29:10)

See the Infographic by astoria_acnh (2 parts) 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBodhZLJIZD/ 

Customizing tools to reset them (30:15)

Black Gamers Exist! (32:15)

See the Allure article: https://www.allure.com/story/animal-crossing-petition-inclusive-hairstyles

Sign the Petition: https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-create-more-inclusive-hairstyles-for-animal-crossing-acnh

Total run time: (34:20)

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Search for “The Petal Cafe” on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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Our theme music is “Smile” and “Cute” by Bensound https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/smile

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is ©/™ Nintendo

Episode 6:  Campers, campers and… campers!

Recorded August 13, 2020

Watch us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTP69dVVrI

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In this episode we’re talking about ...campers! And types of villagers and their houses! We try to remember some of the early Tom Nook-assigned tasks in the game (remember making items for those first few houses?)  Also, how to get a camper to suggest a different resident, how to use an Amiibo to bring in a villager, and what’s generally going on on our islands.

Highlights and Links

What’s New in the Zoo [2:05]

Location: Pizza cafe on Monkeycove

A new Segment at The Petal Cafe about what’s happening on our islands (Monkeycove and Cookieland)!

Yet another shoutout to r/NoFeeAC! [7:45]

Topic: Residents and Campers

Location: Monkeycove Beach

Beginning with the “starter villagers” and their DIY houses (aka Villagers 1-5)  [10:20]

Check out this article about the DIY houses on Nintendo’s help forum

Navigating random campsite visitors (non-amiibo) [17:45]

Check out https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Campsite_(New_Horizons)

Protip: Closing the game when a random campsite visitor suggesting someone move you you don’t approve of [20:45]

How invited Amiibo campers differ [22:45]

Correction! The All-bunny island Cookie is thinking of is Bunnyranch, toured by Crossing Life: Give me Bunnies

Chase Crossing’s tour of Penguin island is here: Give me Penguins

Discussing Personality Types [25:30]

Topic: Amiibo Campers

Tutorial with Biscuit [29:25]

All the Other Things

Question of the week [36:30]

Do you have villagers of all one type or all one species? Would you? What’s your mix? Let us know!

Total run time: [39:08]

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Search for “The Petal Cafe” on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

Instagram.com/ThePetalCafe  / Twitter.com/ThePetalCafe / Reddit.com/user/thepetalcafe

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Our theme music is “Smile” and “Cute” by Bensound https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/smile

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is ©/™ Nintendo

Episode 5: All about Wave 2 of the Summer Update (aka 1.4)

Recorded August 8, 2020

Watch us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTP69dVVrI

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In this episode we’re talking about the Summer Update, Wave 2!  We’re taking you through the Dream Suite, the Design Kiosk Changes, and All the Other Things!  We’re giving you pro tips, and cool tips, and even hot tips! Asking for a friend: Can you go to your own dream? Discover our new catchphrase (maybe). And find out why we’re just a little proud of Nintendo today.

Highlights and Links

Part 1: The Dream Suite [3:00]

Location: The Pink Lemonade Garden

How the Dream Suite works [4:40]

Inquiring minds want to know: If you upload a dream during a meteor shower, and the dreamer wishes, do you still get star fragments the next day? [9:00]

Pro Tip: Drop tools for the dreamers to use before uploading! [10:20]

Are “Random” dreams missing? [11:15]

Check out r/ACNHLunaDreams for a whole bunch of dream addresses! [12:00]

Cool Tip: Passport in the NookLink MyNintendo App shows you which dreams you’ve visited lately. [13:45]

Don’t have NookLink?  Check out this article on how to get it! 

Part 2: the Custom Designs Kiosk [14:30]

Location: Daydreams Garden! The Garden Layouts are designed by Reddit user u/n8vtxn, aka Wolfie of Honeywood - check out all their awesome garden layouts!

Cookie’s taking us through a demo of the new UI for the Kiosk.[17:00]

*correction: The 16-digit alphanumeric code referred to is actually 12, it just feels longer.

Hot tip: How facepaint designs work [18:50]

How Favourites Search works [19:15]

Question: How many favourites can you have? Does anybody know?

Part 3: All the Other Things [23:10]

August fireworks & Redd’s raffle

Tripping [26:00]

Tommy’s flag [27:45]

The King Tut  Mask and how to get it [28:35]

Funny Glasses [30:15]

The Patch 1.4.1 - aka The Outrage [33:00]  

Takeaway: Reporting a user in the Dream Suite can affect their whole Nintendo Online Account. Use it wisely!

New(ish) Camera Feature [36:00]

Biscuit takes us through how to use this feature!

Bonus segment: Hellmans Island [38:05] 

Biscuit noticed a post by u/Comfuzzle posted on Reddit about the Hellmanns Canada spoiled turnip Second Harvest event! It’s open until August 22, 2020! Check out the Hellmans Twitter account (@HellmannsCanada) to get your chance for a Dodo Code! 

More info in this Nintendo Life article!

Total run time: 41:46

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Search for “The Petal Cafe” on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is ©/™ Nintendo

Episode 4: Dreamies, Starters and everything in between

Recorded July 27, 2020

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTP69dVVrI

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In this episode we’re talking about how islands are always under construction. Like Lego. We’re meeting Biscuit’s current villagers and trying to talk to all of them. We’re trying to remember how the starter villagers worked and wondering just how many times Cookie says something is “cute” in this episode (a lot).  Then we’re talking about dreamies, and the ups and downs of the villager trade on both Reddit and the ACNH Black Market (Nook Market?).  

Question of the week: Who are your Top 3 Dreamies? Leave us a comment below!

Highlights and links

Opening chit-chat [0:00]

Current projects on Biscuit’s island

Shoutout to supporters

So Many Squirrels

Talking about Biscuit’s starter villagers.[3:10]

A handful of references:

Legendary artist Frida Kahlo

Reddit link: Eugene and Eugene! https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/fw4ohr/eugene_and_eugene/ And The Try Guys on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpi8TJfiA4lKGkaXs__YdBA

Studio Ghibli’s Porco Rosso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porco_Rosso

Link to Chase Crossing on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOOxUbKNBOoa6t_FmI5yZaA

Are the original villagers random? (Update: It’s always one Uchi/Sisterly and one Jock)

Cookie’s starter villagers [9:50]

Biscuit’s current villagers and tour of their neighbourhood! [12:55]

Cookie looking for Axel’s poster (Update: She got it! Yay!)

Needing different kinds of villagers for different kinds of DIY recipes [15:50]

What’s a “Dreamie”? [16:45]

Talking about the AC Black Market (Nook Market?) [22:10]

Be excellent to each other! (from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/

Another shout-out to r/NoFeeAC! [27:55] https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFeeAC/

Biscuit’s actual umbrella collection! [28:10]

Christo’s Umbrellas art installations - https://www.kvpr.org/post/christos-umbrellas-still-fresh-memory-20-years-later

Pascal-isms! [29:50]

See our Twitter feed where we’re posting a bunch of them! https://twitter.com/thepetalcafe

The Gamewith.net Top Villager Survey and where Biscuit’s villagers rank [31:05] https://gamewith.net/animal-crossing-new-horizons/article/show/18167

Luchador!! Word of the day! https://www.lexico.com/definition/luchador

QOTW: What are your top 3 villagers that you would want to have on our island - dreamies?

Do you have dreamies? Have you acquired them? [35:40]

Total run time: 38:12

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is ©/™ Nintendo

Episode 3 - Walking Schtick

Recording date: July 19, 2020

In this episode we’re talking about our favourite jokes in the game! 

Other important issues: Is Gullivaaar the Superman to Gulliver's Clark Kent? Are all the characters in this game right handed (which is even right and which is left? Does Cookie even know)? The birds on the bulletin board have a purpose! Did we forget to talk about Phil? DID WE? (we didn’t)! 

Mid-episode we’re doing some general talking and forgetting that our audio listeners might not see what we're looking at... again… (we’re learning, we promise!)

Then we’re talking about what Pascal's been giving us, discussing the Wedding Season event, the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Official Companion Guide, and swimming in all seasons!

Highlights and Links

Island resident Nibbles’s birthday party [3:30]

Biscuit loves the strange villagers [7:50]

Topic: What is with these jokes? [9:10]

SPOILER WARNING: Cookie's favourite bug jokes [10:10]

Article: Writer of the Sea Bass Joke, Rob Heiret [11:55]

Placement of accessories on the right or left based on your character viewpoint [14:40]

The ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Official Companion Guide, published by FuturePress; available on Amazon (NOT an affiliate link) [16:10] 

(Henceforth known as “The Textbook”)

Bird on the bulletin board means there's a new notice or message! (but we got it wrong about the type of bird and what it means!) [20:00]

Flower cloning woes [22:40] 

SPOILER WARNING: What Pascal's been giving us [24:30]

Discussing June’s Wedding season event [25:30]

Tip: Copying and pasting on Harv's Island [26:45]

How long is swimming for (Always!)? [28:45]

Why we need flippers [30:25]

One more thing about the Textbook: Remember to periodically check the website for supplements! [31:15]

Question of the Week: What is your favourite - or least favourite joke in the game? Which one has taken too far? Which has made you fall out of your seat?

SPOILER WARNING: Biscuit's fave fish jokes [33:50]

Total run time: 35:20

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Our theme music is “Smile” by Bensound

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is ©/™ Nintendo

Recording date: July 11, 2020

In this episode, we’re going fishing! We’re showing you Biscuit’s Tiki Bar, taking a swim and talking about the July 3, 2020 update to Version 1.3 of the game.

*”Hey Fishonista” is CJ’s welcome when you approach him on a non-tournament visit.

In this episode we’re raising the important questions: Why are river fish more difficult to catch than ocean fish? Is the swag really worth it? What is with the Zebra Turkeyfish anyway? Why didn’t we make fish bait before we started? How many times do I have to talk to CJ? Why isn’t Cookie wearing any pants? How many umbrellas does Biscuit really need? Why is it that squid have three possible jokes instead of one? Do people still say “woot”?

Hot-button issue of the week: Time travelling! Yay or nay? Big or small? How does it work? How does it affect your turnips? What’s the debate all about?

Version 1.3: Swimming! Sea Creatures! Pascal! The new visitor schedule! Cookie’s FIRST meteor shower!

We got some great feedback from our first episode and we’re learning things about what works on video and what sounds better on audio - thanks for being on this strange journey with us!

Highlights and links

What’s a 5-Star island and why does it matter? [3:30]

(Un)Doing a resident’s catch phrase [5:10]

CJ’s Fishing Tourney over on Cookieland [7:00 to 19:30]

What is “time-traveling” in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?  [20:00]

How does time travelling affect your Stalk Market turnips? [23:50]

Digression: How do your extra-dimensional pockets work? [25:30]

Back on topic:What about time travelling to distant times and different seasons? [27:30]

The Version 1.3 Update: Going swimming! Catching fast moving sea creatures! [30:00]

The new visitor schedule - Check out this Eurogamer article for more details [32:55]

Digression: Star Fragments [34:00]

Did you know you can only get about 40 Star Fragments in a night? Check out this awesome infographic from Yue’s ACNH Guides

Gulliver or Gullivarrr?? [35:45]

Pascal! Scallops! Pearls! New DIYs! Pancakes! [37:15]

Question of the week: What is your stance on “time travel” in AC:NH?  [39:45]

Find us in all the Places:

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Our theme music is “Smile” by Bensound

In this episode we’re introducing ourselves, explaining why we are using Animal Crossing: New Horizons for our webcast version of the program, and generally forgetting that you might not see what we’re looking at on the audio-only podcast (mea culpa!).

We’re talking about ACNH in the time of COVID-19. How we each got into Animal Crossing and what other games we’ve played. We’re looking at features of the game and frustrations around events (we’re looking at you, Bunny Day), breeding flowers, and the things we wish we knew sooner when playing this game.

Music is "Smile" from Bensound - https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/smile