The update released on Wednesday and while I played through everything immediately, I was feeling a bit too tired to write my post up just yet so we’re getting to this post a bit late!
The Premium Shop update was pretty tempting with a few things that stood out to me. Still mixed feelings though about some of these being locked to the Premium Shop in the first place though. I’m also in love with the new Castle that was previewed in the update video.
I wish the Pink Pet House was similar in size to the others though as I’d have loved to swap some out, but it being bigger will make it hard to do that. Not that I can buy more right now anyway due to the glitch with Scrooge’s store at the moment. It’s also why I haven’t done too much decorating as so much is limited until that bug is fixed which stinks as I love a lot of the items.
That said, as much as I adore a lot of the Star Path items, I still had the Star Path as a concept and for whatever reason, it seems they are determined to make it longer and more grindy every time. No matter how much I like the items, it’s not going to be long before it burns me out completely.
As always, my first Star Path purchase was the new pet, but some of the other things I adored were the Arch, Lanterns, and Backpack.
I also ended up using the wallpaper as an accent wall on one of my second-floor rooms and I think it looks really nice.
In between doing everything else, I also looking worked on getting the Inside Out event done. The event involved you checking Scrooge’s Shop, the Castle, Mickey’s House, Goofy’s House, Merlin’s House, Moana’s Realm, WALL-E’s Realm, and Remy’s Realm for Hockey Trophies, Hockey Gear, and Birthday Cakes respectively to get memory shards tied to three event specific memories. Each memory you complete gets you a pet while completing all the memories also gets you a pet and finding 200 memory pieces of any kind (event or regular, even ones you have already) gets you a statue of Lance Slashblade. Annoyingly, just like regular memories, you could get repeats and the other items will still spawn even if you finished their memories.
While I’m not really an Inside Out fan, I can never resist new Critters.
Regardless, the big part of this update was the addition of Mulan’s Realm! It was time for us to become a Recruit to get them back to the Valley.
It feels like every Realm is getting better with more cutscenes and things, but also desperately makes me want them to have maps for “interiors”– Realms, Houses, the Mine, etc. They’re just getting bigger, so it feels hard to keep track of where I’ve checked sometimes.
Regardless, with everything set in the Mulan Realm and after placing their new home, Mulan and Mushu were ready to head to the Valley.
I also really loved some of the items you got through the Realm.
With Mulan and Mushu now in the Valley, it was time to work on friendship quests! I decided to start with Mulan first since she came in the Valley first, but it was honestly a good call as it ended up being how we got new ingredients– three different kinds of tea leaves.
And I absolutely adore the Tea Set we received from her as well as the teas in general.
I genuinely enjoyed both Mulan’s and Mushu’s friendship quests, even if they got a bit grindy at times.
Not to mention the new Realm also brought pink trees!! I’ve only done a small bit of decorating for now due to the aforementioned glitch, wanting to wait until the Eternity Isle Storyline is done, and really hoping we’ll get a Valley Expansion at some point.
I did add a few other new things to various rooms, even if I couldn’t do as much as I’d like to.
