New Animal Crossing: City Folk Item Delivery Gets Bus-y

Well, good news and bad news of a sort for Animal Crossing: City Folk players.

The good news is that there’s a new downloadable item from Nintendo! The bad news is, it’s not what I had thought or hoped it would be.

I can’t say that I follow the posted updates on Nintendo too closely, so in a way, I guess this is sort of my fault. But at the same time, I love surprises, so I guess you take your lumps along with the good stuff.

Previous releases from Nintendo have seen Animal Crossing: City Folk players receive some neat stuff. The New Play Control! Pikmin release saw ACCF denizens receive a Pikmin hat, while the launch of the DSi brought forth a few varieties of benches shaped like the new handheld.

Monday of course saw the launch of New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, so when I saw Pete the Pelican postman standing outside my door, I was excited. What could it be? Maybe a shirt with a DK tie design, or perhaps a Donkey Kong barrel. Or better still, a set of DK bongos that play a brief tune from one of the games when you touch it– how cool would that be?

Unfortunately, that was not the case. Instead, the letter revealed that Nintendo was celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week, and the gift sent was a model bus, as seen at the top of the post, based on the one Kapp’n uses to take you to the city.

I think the bus is a cool addition and all, and I certainly appreciate teachers– the good ones, at any rate– but I’ll admit, I was let down by an unfortunate sense of timing and my own lofty expectations.

Oh well… I wonder what’s coming on Flag Day.