Back to talking about Animal Crossing New Leaf for Nintendo's 3DS. Now, for those of you who don't know, I've had a very love and hate relationship with this game ever since I picked out a bad map a while back. Well, actually it was more like a feeling a mild claustrophobia as I slowly wandered around the map and realized as I walked, "THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO BUILD ANYTHING HERE!"
Seriously, though, those maps defy the laws of physics. You can have an area of land that looks it hold like two or three buildings tops and be about a mile wide and long IRL, then find out, it can only fit one building. One tiny-ass building. I know they operate based on the number of squares per feet or something like that, but seriously -- where did they come up with freaking logic?
It's freaking mind-boggling, if you ask me.
Anyway, though, I decided that I want to overcome those feelings and challenge myself with an Animal Crossing Nuzlocke challenge, and just have fun with it. No themes. No trying to outdo Aika Village because let's be realistic here, I'm afraid of Paranormal Activity -- I can't kill a bug without bursting into tears. Why would I want to outdo Aika Village?
No, the only real goal is to keep with the challenge and have fun with it. Overall, I just want to build the town of my dreams. Which is where the scifi movie references and self-obsession comes in.
As you can see the town is named Skynet after the evil corporation from the Terminator movies. I decided to go with that because I thought it was an awesome name with a good reference that would grab people's attention. It actually wasn't my first choice, though. My first choice was actually Leafshire, but it was too long, sadly.
The mayor of Skynet is named Emerald after my birthstone. If and when I mention her again in upcoming posts, I'll probably refer to her as Emme/Emmy for short.
Overall, I really like the town, though I have been experiencing a bit of map anxiety. Hopefully, it turn out fine and I'll have picked a pretty decent town map.
In the screenshot, you can also see my villagers, most of whom I'd already encountered in previous saves. Though there are some newcomers, one of whom I'm hoping will leave as soon as humanly possible. But from left to right, they are Hopper, Snake, Eloise, Sally, and Bubbles.
They're a pretty good bunch, IMO. Though I freaking hate Snake. Don't ask me why. I just do. I really, really want him gone, but since I'm playing a Nuzlocke, I'm probably just gonna have to deal with him.
Speaking of which, here are the rules of the ACNL Nuzlocke challenge:
1. You must set one of your villagers catchphrases to cough. They have the plague. If all your villagers start saying cough, you must reset your town.
2. If a villager asks to move, you have to let them.
3. You can time travel, but not to get villagers out.
4. You may not reset for maps or villagers.
5. No glitching. You can accept glitched items though.
6. Beetle farming is not allowed, you may only use fruit/shells/Stalk Market/selling random stuff.
7. You can ONLY use your town fruit, your Island fruit and the fruit from Isabelle. You can take off up to 3 of these rules to make it easier. You can also add rules.
Nuzlocke Rules
And, yeah, I will be ignoring some rules. Numbers one, six, and seven specifically, and while I won't be resetting for villagers or any of that stuff, I will be attempting to adopt them out when it is time for them to move.
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