10. Merengue
Average Score:
11.50
Rankings:
@Florence + The Machine - 5th
@Asarena - 10th
@misstayleigh - 23rd
@Verecund - 21st
@WaileaNoRei - 22nd
@Emmsey - 5th
@Pintuition - 1st
Public - 5th
Merengue is one of the best villagers in this Top 24 (in my opinion.) She is just so adorable! I love that she is a popular villager that is also very unique and interesting. The improved textures in ACNH have definitely benefited Merengue’s overall design. Her cake-themed design looks more realistic and almost edible (though I would NEVER eat Merengue.) In terms of this placement, I am surprised Merengue didn’t make Top 5. I guess she isn’t as popular among TBT as I thought. Maybe the less natural design isn’t for everyone. At least this allows some of the more unpopular villagers to place higher. Overall, I would have put Merengue higher because of how cute and appealing her design is.
Ranker/Public Write-Ups
@Asarena - Merengue is super cute, and I love her strawberry horn. Her eyes aren't my favorites though. They're like the eyes of an old cartoon character. She's
pie-eyed.
@misstayleigh - Oh, Merengue… I don’t hate you, but I really don’t like you. I’m not a huge fan of food-themed villagers OR rhinos in New Horizons, so there’s not a lot working here for me. I think what really ruins her for me is my friend once said she has a whole “school girl” look going on, and that creeped me out lol. She is sweet, but I wouldn’t ever rank her #1.
@Verecund - If I had to rate Merengue, I'd give her a 7/10, which just goes to show how much I like the other villagers in here (my top 13 in this list would probably get an eight or higher). Unfortunately for Merengue, she's a lower 7 than the rest. I think the thing I like least about her appearance is her eyes. I like the shape, but I'd prefer it if she had some kind of white sclera or something, because it looks a little weird as just a black shape (especially with the cutout triangle). Still, she's a cool villager with a creative theme, but she's not a favourite of mine and I don't like enough to place her outside of my bottom four.
@WaileaNoRei - she’s just always bugged me. I find her design sickly and overdone. There’s some great themed villagers but hers is just too much for me. The food villagers in general are not my favorites (I also don’t like how many of the villagers are names for food in english – esp the cows and bulls). I don’t know why, other than just personal preference. But for some reason Merengue’s design in particular repels me. Why is her horn a strawberry? Wasn’t it enough to make her cute and pink? I will say my husband says it looks like she has gored someone, and calls her Merengue the impaler, and that has made me like her somewhat more. Basically, I know I don’t have a reason, I just am not a big fan. Like all the normals of course, she is super sweet. But also, Rhonda is just as cute, if not cuter than her, and doesn’t deserve to live in her shadow!
@Pintuition - Merengue has been my favorite villager from the get go. I’m delighted she’s made it this long, I thought for sure she’d be eliminated much earlier. I love her design, I’m a sucker for the food-themed villagers. The strawberry horn is just perfect. She’s on my main island and she’s so sweet. Her catchphrase is “shortcake”, how perfect is that? Merengue is my girl and she’s never leaving my island!
at the Sherb shade, but I’m not upset about the Reneigh support!
He’s definitely a good pick if you’re going for a more natural-themed island.
A lot of villagers look way cuter when you encounter them on the mystery island tours for the first time.
I just feel like it was lucky she made it this long- at least my fav made it into the top 10!
