Villagers don't wear the default designs that are on display (the shirts and hats made by Someone from Anyisle). Did you give them plain white shirts? If you did change the default designs, the villagers will start wearing those. Yes, it can get annoying having to talk to Isabelle all the time to change their outfits, but that's what we have to do...
Nah I didn't give them plain white shirts. I tried sports gear but they still wear the white shirts like it is the hottest fad. I've never seen it this bad on my island before, but past islands I did mess with Able's wall.
Yeah, I got tired of buying multiples of items because I didn't remember I already had them. I generally don't download third party apps for anything, but this game caused the rare exception. I use the "Travel Guide" app on my iphone and now couldn't survive without it. Yes, it does take extra time logging items after purchase but for me it's worth it. Plus it tracks your progress on literally everything. It even predicts which visitors are more likely to appear and also predicts turnip prices. So, yeah it works well for me.
I've not touched the back wall at Able's on my island either. I 've seen where other players have had the white t-shirt issue. I'm not sure why that happens, I have never had any of my villagers wear a white t-shirt. But in the beginning, I heavily gifted all of my villagers clothing before I realized that really wasn't the best gifting method, lol. I don't know if that's why they've never worn one?
Well I may have worded that wrong....but I've read other people's posts on Reddit and other forums...maybe this one too, idr.
I might have to give that app a try; I tend to do everything myself, so I made spreadsheets on my computer and then realized it’s too exhausting to enter everything manually to my liking.
There’s been shirts that my villagers have worn that I don’t like (Lopez wearing a yellow peasant blouse randomly is one good example, thank goodness he doesn’t wear it anymore), but never with white shirts. I gave all my villagers a good amount of shirts for them to wear, so maybe that had something to do with it.
This makes sense....game decides randomly after a time. I have had the occasional odd clothing and also items in their house. I look and think where did that come from! It's always possible I gave it to them and don't remember. idk. But on a slightly different note I am super frustrated with having villagers suddenly pick up another villager's catch phrase. Bugs the heck out of me! I will have a villager ask to change their phrase and I give them something cute that is appropriate for that villager. Then within a few days, another villager is using it and it seems so out of place. Also their names for me. One asks about a nickname and I say sure, but then they all start using it. sigh.
Well, at least you can prevent certain villagers from calling you a nickname someone else gave you, but yeah, the way they randomly change catchphrases can be annoying. It doesn’t help that you cannot easily change them back to what you wanted them to say other than their default one. It’s always been a thing in every AC game, but I’m hoping the process will be a bit easier in the next main installment.
Wait, what do you mean you can prevent certain villagers from calling you a nickname? Can you clarify this please? I don't know a way of changing anything when I want to, I have to wait until they ask, which could be a looong time.
Well, you can’t really have them call you a certain nickname whenever you want; as far as I know, you need to have a certain friendship level built up with a villager before they ask what they want them to call you, and even then, they’ll only ask randomly. When it comes to other villagers wanting to also call you a nickname another villager already gave you, you have the option to tell them no. Again, them wanting to know what you want them to call you is random, and is mostly based off your current friendship level.
Well I have level 10 and photos of all of my villagers. But I have not been given the option to tell them no. They just start calling me a nickname one of the other villagers started. And yeah the randomness of it is a little annoying because who knows how long I have to put up with it. I had Alfonso today ask me if he could call me tater tot and if I could have used all caps, i would have when I said NO! lol. But those instances are not what I was referring to. So, if I had told Alfonso he could call me tater tot then after awhile....say a week or so others (not all) start using tater tot as well. I like the idea of each villager having their own unique nickname for me. I loved that Scoot called me Mountain and his default catch phrase was zip zoom, but randomly other villagers used different nicknames and he changed what he called me to one of the other nicknames. And yeah zip zoom is gone as well. Two villagers changed their catch phrase after I changed Alfonso's. No idea why.
Ah, from what you're saying, maybe you actually changed their catchphrase and not the nickname they call you. Nicknames and catchphrases are two different things. The catchphrase is the repetitive thing they say mostly at the end of sentences in normal conversation, and is not meant as a name for them to call you. Other villagers may randomly change their catchphrases if one gets changed, and that cannot be prevented. It's always been a thing in every main installment, and you can always ask Isabelle to reset a certain villager's catchphrase if they copy it off someone else and it doesn't make sense for them to say it as well. Nicknames - what they call you instead of your actual player name - don't get copied by other villagers unless you tell them they can. Hopefully I cleared up the confusion.
Thank you RN4U for taking the time to respond.
I actually do know the difference between nicknames and catchphrases. It may be that I am just not describing what's happening correctly. It's all good. I feel like I kind of ran away with this thread. So back to pet peeves everyone, lol!
This is one thing that really bothered me with New Horizons. I've said it before, but for a game that puts so much focus on decorating and customization, Nintendo really went out of their way to make decorating and customization as tedious and annoying as possible.
I've been bothered by this too, but haven't really thought about it until you brought it up. Reese and Cyrus should've been added to the island visitor cycle, so at least on some days you can just go straight to them in the plaza to get what you need done quickly. I mean, after a while, you won't need Saharah, Redd or Kicks to visit all the time once you get their trailers moved in. Leif is fine, since eventually you'll need to quickly buy new shrubs, starts, or use his service if your island gets (super) infested. Heck, even Katrina should have been added to the rotation, but only until her trailer is moved in, as her services are once-a-day things. Again, this is stuff I think New Leaf did a bit better on release day, not three years after. In terms of the trailers, I think the idea is good enough, but the way it was executed does look a bit plain and boring.
It's one of the hardest fish to catch in the game for a reason. It's actually somewhat easier to catch than in New Leaf because of fish bait. Without it, however, you're definitely going to have a hard time. At least when it rains/snows, it can be caught at any time in any month.
Yeah, well the good news is, it has been raining on mystery island tours, so I managed to get one a couple hours ago ^-^
