Anyone else get unreasonably sad when their villagers move away as planned?

[TheHappyCamper57]

I'm letting Stitches go today as he's my friend's favourite villager (she will be picking him up). Even though I have his Amiibo card, I am unreasonably attached to this little virtual villager! To add insult to injury, it doesn't seem like we get goodbye mail anymore.

I've remembered almost all of my moveouts (and moveins!) going all the way back to Wild World, and I'm amazed at how quickly random villagers grow on me, and how regretful I am to see them leave (Tank, Chrissy, Beardo to name a few).

Anyone else? I suppose I made this thread to commiserate about planned move outs and still feeling sad about it.

Me too. I had to let go of Katt (starting villager) and Pietro, a clown sheep. What's even sadder is that I think that Pietro didn't have a good time here because my sister kept hitting him with a net . He left today and I didn't say goodbye.

 

[hybridrainbow]

OMG, yes! I let Boots (my first jock) go and I mildly regret it. I hate that we don't get good-bye mail anymore. It's like they don't even care that they're leaving...

 

[N a t]

I miss the move out mail big time, and today I let someone adopt Phoebe from me. She is not by any means a dreamie of mine, i don't dislike her but i don't care for her either, she's cute but we had nearly no interaction when she lived with me. Even though I know that she's going to a good home, something about it still seems sad. She was my first Uchi, and I think something about us starting this island together made her special to me. I still have my other starter, Dom, who I will never let leave. But I'm actually a little sad about Phoebe. Maybe one day I'll meet her again. I just hope she never finds herself in the void.

 

[Le Ham]

I won't miss him, but I felt kinda bad for taking this as a funny moment.

 

[Aliya]

I felt this way about both of my starters. I knew I wasn't going to keep them, but it was really sad since we started the island together. I like to think they're off starting a new island adventure and helping someone else start their island too.

I'm really bummed you don't get goodbye letters in this game. I always saved one for every villager I've had to remember them. It's just a really cute gesture I miss.

 

[Lurrdoc]

I replaced Hamlet with Reneigh from my campsite just yesterday and my gf reminded me his birthday was on May 30th. I sent that boi away days before his birthday. I'm awful, lmao. Actually lowkey felt bad about it after.

 

[Nodokana]

It sucks when you're attached to all your current villagers. It's all the matter of picking out who will move. I had Tangy and I've always wanted her but I decided to trade her places with another villager I really wanted. At least she went to one of my best friends in real life who has always wanted her. A picture isn't the same as the actual villager.

 

[Clock]

I was a bit sad about letting a villager go, but I got over it the next day.

 

[mikanmilk]

This morning Mott the lion moved out. He was my starting jock and I wasn’t into his design at all. I was happy when he asked to leave but it was still sad to say bye. He was a chill and nice dude who was always positive and friendly. He was with me from the beginning when there was nothing on the island. He regularly wore the clothes I gave him. I wish him the best wherever he goes.

 

[jumpluff]

I cried the other day over Diva leaving (although partly why I cried was the mess around moving and me messing up by putting her in boxes before I had someone to adopt her, and having to TT back to keep her out of the void). I'd never planned for her to stay - I'd always planned for Mira to be my Uchi - but over time, we bonded, and she became such a central character on my island. I had so many injokes about her and stuff. We found her a nice place to move and everything, like a really good place, which made my heart a little more at ease (bc Diva is somewhat unpopular u___u). I just know it's going to be brutal to move out Stella, and I'm freaking out about my partner's villagers leaving too... Even now it doesn't feel right not to have Diva's house in the spot on the beach I picked out for her and decorated... I'll definitely never forget her, and I hope she's making her new friend happy.

I would be really happy if they brought back the feature where you can see your old villagers once in a while! I hate totally voiding a villager, if they could persist in some way in game - even just sporadic appearances - I'd feel so much more at ease. I guess they can RARELY, coincidentally send you DIYs in a bottle...

I have to be honest and say it doesn't always happen for me, though. I felt pretty much nothing but relief when Colton left (not knocking him, but I didn't enjoy the forced camper mechanic after the Mystery Islands, and I was eager to get my Amiibos in). I managed to adopt him out to someone who said he was their dreamie, so that was perfectly amicable. I felt torn, but not distraught, when I adopted out Spike - I think he's cute, but I knew we'd never bond, so while I felt guilty and all, it wasn't like letting Diva go. And there was a little sadness at voiding Anicotti, but it was relatively uneventful. In old ACs, I'd get pretty consistently upset, but I've never had a planned roster before, and they can leave without you intending to, so...

 

[windwake-me-up-inside]

I had Billy move out, my starter jock, and immediately regretted it. I sat there actually crying for like,,, ten minutes when he was in boxes.

(I'm ordering his amiibo so I can bring him back in)

 

[cheezu]

Yeah, this tends to happen with me with villagers I've had for a long time.
Now especially with the excruciatingly long move-out waiting period, villagers I wouldn't have cared for too much to begin with, have grown on me.

 

[Manah]

When I let Kidd go (as planned from the start) and he talked about the good time he had on my island, that was a little painful. I hope the void sent him to a good home.

Moving Nan out was hell, even though I only wanted to upgrade her furniture and started scanning her card immediately after she left. Only three days to get her back and it was the worst three days I ever had in this game.

 

[Bugs]

I also let Stitches move the other day, I went to his house to say goodbye while he was in boxes and he had the sweetest thing to say, I'll have to paraphrase but be said something to the effect of:

They don't say goodbye on TV unless it's a sad movie, instead they say "see you later". So, Bug... I'll see you later!

It was so sweet and I got really really sad all of a sudden, it was such a nice little touch. He's been adopted by somebody on the forums so I hope he's doing alright

 

[wolfie1]

It's more like I'm sad when no one else wants them. Like, I let Dizzy go but he was adopted, so I was happy. However, no one wanted Huck and I made sure to post it literally on every website I knew lol. In the end, I had to void him because no one wanted him, and that was even worse than letting him go.

 

[Elliestar]

Yes! I let go Bree, and man, that was one of my biggest regrets. I even voided her. She was the absolute best and idk why i said yes. ;-;

 

[h1pst4r]

It's more like I'm sad when no one else wants them. Like, I let Dizzy go but he was adopted, so I was happy. However, no one wanted Huck and I made sure to post it literally on every website I knew lol. In the end, I had to void him because no one wanted him, and that was even worse than letting him go.

Sorry resurrecting this comment haha. I legitimately take this into account when I think about taking villagers from NMT islands now if I believe they're not going to be permies. So far I've been really lucky, and I only voided Egbert in ACNL, but I was able to adopt out villagers like Hippeux and Beardo (ACNL and ACNH respectively). But yeah, it's honestly such a bad feeling.

 

[sfelix]

The worst was when I invited Teddy from the campsite and had him replace Bob and he said something like "as soon as he saw me coming, he ran to pack his bags" and I felt really bad for Bob then. (I liked him anyway but wanted someone new, and a friend wanted him)

For this reason I haaaate sending villagers into the void, I feel like I have to find someone to adopt them who will give them the love they deserve

 

[thisisausername]

yup Kyle moved out today, I never wanted him in the first place but I found him while island hopping and I didn’t want to go home without a villager so I just took him.

I’ve always wanted him gone so I was happy when he asked to move out but after I felt a little sad... he kinda grew on me. I wish I got his picture too.

WHY DO THESE PIXEL ANIMALS MAKE ME FEEL THIS WAY???

 

[mollypop.cos]

i get sad when villagrs move too : (

rod just moved a couple hours ago and he was on my island since the beggining. gonna miss him calling me ace and talking about his workouts.