Deal with it ---> We do not need new villagers in New Horizons

[Boccages]

I regularly see topics that stem from the desire for new species of villagers to be added to the roster of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. They are invariably based on somewhat unendearing types of animals : sharks, oysters, conchs, bats, octopi, spiders, fish, and so on. To be blunt: there are already more than enough. We have already nearly 500 villagers.

If we don't want Nintendo to cut back on villagers at one point (it could even be your dreamies) because there are too many after incrementally adding more in for far too long, then we should just stop right now. Development resources are not unlimited folks!

Actually, that did happen in the past. Nintendo cut back on the number of villagers in Animal Crossing: Wild World after the first Animal Crossing (GCN). One of my favorites (Olive) was nowhere to be seen up until the Welcome amiibo update for Animal Crossing: New Leaf. The same thing applies for dozens of other villagers. Some are still missing in action as of right now: Aisle, Analog, Belle, Betty, Bow, Carmen, Carrot, Champ, Champagne, Chuck, Clara, Cupcake, Dozer, Elina, Emerald, Flash, Flossie, Megumi, Meow, both Petunia, and so on; the list is way too long.

Besides, we do not need more villagers to be happy. We need those that we already love and cherish to be more complex : to have more profound personalities, to have more complex animations, to see them do tasks, have a routine, do activities like fishing and actually catching bugs and fish and going back home with them, shopping not just wandering around, gathering materials, crafting things, renovating their house, placing stuff on the ground, scratching their back. They need to have an active life that makes it believable for the player to be surrounded by living and thinking villagers, not wandering bots. Go tall, this time around, Nintendo, don't go wide once more.

Let me spell it one more time.
We do not need new villagers.

 

[watercolorwish]

I guess one of the main appeals in introducing new villagers in every new animal crossing game is just the fact that there will be new faces to meet instead of the same ones from past games. It also makes visiting peoples towns more exciting because if you visit a lot of towns theres probably going to be recurring villagers so its nice to see a wide variety of faces

 

[Fey]

Almost didn?t hear you that last time ^o^
...
Also sure, we might not need them. But what if I really, really want them? ◕ᴥ◕

1. It?s not uncalled for to look forward to, or even expect, new Animals in a game called Animal Crossing
2. Adding more Animals and developing the Animals overall are not mutually exclusive
3. Which species are endearing and what makes people happy is very subjective and not yours to decide

 

[Pellie]

Yeah, ok, but I still want bat villagers to be a thing.

 

[ScaryGhosts]

Jeez, lol. No, nothing that you said is actually the point at all. It’s not like Nintendo introduced new villagers and then when developing the next game said “oh shoot! We made too many! We have no choice but to retire some!” They introduce new villagers because that’s a smart move. It’s always exciting to have new villagers we’ve never seen before in a new Animal Crossing game. They don’t include all of them, because they don’t have to. They *might* include all of the old ones and add new ones, but that doesn’t seem likely to me. New villagers get introduced, older ones get retired and then they get brought back and promote a nostalgic excitement as opposed to one of novelty. That’s how that works.

Edit: octopus villagers already exist and they look ridiculous (**in my opinion**). They introduced deer in New Leaf and theyre a huge fan favorite. *If* they introduce bats (for example) I’m sure they’ll work the same magic, given the right design.

Edit 2: i think bats, spiders, octopuses, sharks and fish and whatever you said are all endearing. I mean, are rhinos, gorillas, alligarors, anteaters, chickens, cows, ect. etc. so objectively endearing that they deserve a place in Animal Crossing.

tldr argument holds no water.

 

[Burumun]

Developing new villagers isn't going to stop them from implementing more complex interactions with villagers. Like, there are completely different people working on those things - artists to design the characters, both villagers and NPCs, and programmers to code it all.

Plus, I'd like to see new villagers, even at the cost of old villagers. For one, I'm bored with knowing everyone already, and I also think it'd be good if they left a few villagers behind. If you want to visit them, you can always load up your NL town.

 

[Paperboy012305]

We do need more actions for villagers, look at Pocket Camp for an example.

I don't care what you say, (And neither does Nintendo) bring on the new villagers!

 

[FlimsyAxe]

2. Adding more Animals and developing the Animals overall are not mutually exclusive.

They're not mutually exclusive but doing both will cost the developers more time to do. They have to make a choice between satisfying players who want complex villagers and players who want to see new character designs. Personally I'm much more concerned with the repetitive dialogue. There is a lot of text in ACNL but for some reason, you have more chance of a repeat conversation than getting a unique one.

 

[ScaryGhosts]

They're not mutually exclusive but doing both will cost the developers more time to do. They have to make a choice between satisfying players who want complex villagers and players who want to see new character designs. Personally I'm much more concerned with the repetitive dialogue. There is a lot of text in ACNL but for some reason, you have more chance of a repeat conversation than getting a unique one.

So if nintendo has one team for character diologue and one team for character design (which is certainly true), how will that take more time? They work independently. That’s like saying that if i draw a comic my mom has less time to do the dishes in another city.

 

[HappyTails]

*HappyTails just wants Tutu*

 

[Rymi1]

I still want new villagers.

 

[Boccages]

*HappyTails just wants Tutu*

At one point Tutu will be cut because Rymi1 still wants new villagers

 

[ScaryGhosts]

At one point Tutu will be cut because Rymi1 still wants new villagers

Burn Rymi1 at the steak.

 

[HappyTails]

At one point Tutu will be cut because Rymi1 still wants new villagers

I hope not! I want Tutu! *throws tantrum*

 

[Boccages]

Burn Rymi1 at the steak.

I'm sure you meant stake, and not steak.

 

[ScaryGhosts]

I'm sure you meant stake, and not steak.

I actually meant with* the steak. I forgot to set a timer for the dinner I’m making.
Edit: english isnt my first language

 

[HappyTails]

But honestly, I'm not against new villagers, but we really don't need them because there's a lot of them already but you can never have too many I guess.

 

[Fey]

They're not mutually exclusive but doing both will cost the developers more time to do. They have to make a choice between satisfying players who want complex villagers and players who want to see new character designs.

Says who?
You’re building your argument off of an assumption right there.

I’m not saying that both (or either really) will be in the game, but there’s no reason to assume they won’t or can’t make time for both. Doing anything—adding any feature—costs development time. Going by your logic, they should also choose between bug hunting and fishing, or leave out bushes because they made trees.

EDIT: it’s also pretty contradictory to agree that they’re not mutually exclusive and then say that it’s one or the other.

 

[Pellie]

At one point Tutu will be cut because Rymi1 still wants new villagers

But who will you gonna blame then if there aren't any new villagers at all and Tutu as well as some other
villagers still getting cut, hm?

 

[KnoxUK]

Hey this is completely not a biased comment, but wouldn't a king dedede villager be awesome? They have the model, just re-texture it and bam! kirby reference.