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

[LokiBoy]

I would rather have 500 villagers all guaranteed to be in the game, then have a few more added and not certain ones.

 

[Shellzilla_515]

I beg to differ. Why not have more if there are separate teams working on a certain department? I'm honestly fine with it if Nintendo were to only have a few new villagers. At least we'll get some new faces there.

 

[ScaryGhosts]

It would not be good to leave a single villager from New Leaf behind. Just because you can name off a couple villagers you don't care about, doesn't mean there are people out there who don't have those same villagers as their all time favorites.

Yeah, so what? If they cut out Al maybe one person will be upset for a few minutes. If they cut out Merangue then a lot of people will be upset for...an hour? You don?t need all of your faves to enjoy the game. They?ve left people?s faves behind before, and no one really threw a fit, did they? We?re all still playing animal crossing. Not sure why this is even a big deal.

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I don't think we've reached that point yet. This could be discussion in 8 years when animal crossing VR is coming.

If a 3ds pokemon game can have 800+ pokemon, than we can have 400-500 villagers. (The switch pokemon game not being able to have all 800-1000 so pokemon is just rushed deadlines and laziness on game freaks part)

Plus the villagers all share the same basic template between species. That makes developing the villagers significantly easier which is why I don't think we need to worry about villagers being cut.

I don?t think that they leave villagers behind because they *have* to.

 

[Coach]

I would be more inclined to agree if it meant that all the old villagers (including e+) were actually brought back, since that would most likely also fill any personality gaps for certain species. Even so, I still feel adding one or two new species wouldn't hurt and they could benefit the island theme.

 

[MarcelTheFool]

Literally amiibo card support was confirmed y'all. They aren't gonna be like OKAY ONLY MARSHAL JULIAN DIANA AND BEAUS CARDS WORK ONLY, NO UGLYS K THX BYE UWU. Even if they add new villagers, I doubt any villager with an amiibo card will be cut.

 

[RoseSilverpen]

I'm afraid we'll have to agree to disagree. I'd love to see new villagers. I understand that you don't, and I can respect that. However, we won't know for sure until Nintendo says something about it. Since we can't prove one way or another if they will add new villagers or not, all we can do is agree to disagree about this.

 

[Speeny]

I'm fine either way honestly. It would be nice to see at least some fresh faces though.

 

[Alolan_Apples]

I would like an Animal Crossing game with every villager ever existed. But I don’t need any new villagers, I agree.

 

[Ossiran]

While we don't NEED new villagers, having them would be nice, even some villagers must be retired to do so. Just having new faces to try and meet is a fun experience.

 

[Mink777]

Yeah, so what? If they cut out Al maybe one person will be upset for a few minutes. If they cut out Merangue then a lot of people will be upset for...an hour? You don’t need all of your faves to enjoy the game. They’ve left people’s faves behind before, and no one really threw a fit, did they? We’re all still playing animal crossing. Not sure why this is even a big deal.

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I don’t think that they leave villagers behind because they *have* to.

You are acting like just because you think it won't be a big deal that no one else will. Your sole opinion on the game isn't the same as everyone else's, and in fact, pretty different than mostly everyone else's. If a poll were to be taken on the entire Animal Crossing fanbase, the vast majority of them would want every villager from New Leaf to be back. Then you say, "We're all still playing animal crossing. I'm not sure why this is even a big deal." Look at the title, the game is called "Animal Crossing." Villagers, who are ANIMALS, are an important part of the game. If they weren't, why else would "animal" be in the title?

The main point I'm actually making isn't about being upset just because my favorite villagers aren't in the game. It's because Nintendo has had SEVEN YEARS to make this game and they have absolutely zero excuse to cut ANY villagers because they have been able to keep them all in the game when it has taken them way less time to make it (See City Folk to New Leaf).

 

[MarcelTheFool]

You are acting like just because you think it won't be a big deal that no one else will. Your sole opinion on the game isn't the same as everyone else's, and in fact, pretty different than mostly everyone else's. If a poll were to be taken on the entire Animal Crossing fanbase, the vast majority of them would want every villager from New Leaf to be back. Then you say, "We're all still playing animal crossing. I'm not sure why this is even a big deal." Look at the title, the game is called "Animal Crossing." Villagers, who are ANIMALS, are an important part of the game. If they weren't, why else would "animal" be in the title?

The main point I'm actually making isn't about being upset just because my favorite villagers aren't in the game. It's because Nintendo has had SEVEN YEARS to make this game and they have absolutely zero excuse to cut ANY villagers because they have been able to keep them all in the game when it has taken them way less time to make it (See City Folk to New Leaf).

U know when I first saw your posts about this I didn't agree, but the more I see you on the forums the more I think you're right. I'd be surprised if there wasn't a single new villagers tbh. There's no reason to, and no reason to cut them, as I said before all villagers use the EXACT SAME BASE MODEL. Tabby and Olivia are literally recolors of each other, even if they don't look alike they have the same 3D model. It's not like pokemon where all 800+ mons have different models, there really is no reason to cut anyone.

 

[ScaryGhosts]

U know when I first saw your posts about this I didn't agree, but the more I see you on the forums the more I think you're right. I'd be surprised if there wasn't a single new villagers tbh. There's no reason to, and no reason to cut them, as I said before all villagers use the EXACT SAME BASE MODEL. Tabby and Olivia are literally recolors of each other, even if they don't look alike they have the same 3D model. It's not like pokemon where all 800+ mons have different models, there really is no reason to cut anyone.

I’m like that housefly you can’t get out of your kitchen so you just name it.

 

[kayleee]

TLDR but it seems you are very passionate about not having new villagers because.... the already existing fictional ones need love too? Maybe go take a walk or something? Lol who cares if they make new villagers the more the merrier

 

[Monkeido]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but afaik every villager from New Leaf (pre-Welcome Amiibo) was already in HD in Animal Crossing Plaza (WiiU), so I highly doubt any of those will be cut.

I do think it'd be better if they add all the old ones and none or barely any new ones, compared to adding a whole bunch of new villagers, but also cutting a lot of old ones.

 

[Maiana]

I don't mind having more villagers. I can see both sides of the argument.
I think there definitely should be more villagers included for certain species that are lacking; i.e, Hippos, Male Kangaroos, etc.
It would be nice for those to be included in New Horizons but as long as the villagers have more complex interactions and dialogues, new villagers wouldn't bother me.

 

[Ably.Saucey]

We don't NEED a new animal crossing game either, but it would be cool to have. im not looking for new villagers, per say, just every villager ever released in any game. :]
The switch can handle a lot of data, so there's no reason to say that there couldn't be more, especially since most players are hoping to be able to have more villagers in town . Do i expect new villagers? Not really.

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The thing is that most people only have maybe 15 villagers they love, 30 villagers they like, and about 200 they never want lol.
I want huggy the koala back.

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I don't mind having more villagers. I can see both sides of the argument.
I think there definitely should be more villagers included for certain species that are lacking; i.e, Hippos, Male Kangaroos, etc.
It would be nice for those to be included in New Horizons but as long as the villagers have more complex interactions and dialogues, new villagers wouldn't bother me.

We could use more male roos, I like both of them though, Walt more though.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

Wouldn't be such a bad thing if they cut down on villagers for newer ones as long as they cut out the ugly villagers. There's so many uggos.

 

[KeatAlex]

Wouldn't be such a bad thing if they cut down on villagers for newer ones as long as they cut out the ugly villagers. There's so many uggos.

The thing is that a villager you might find “ugly” someone else would not. And vice versa. This wouldn’t work because everyone’s tastes are different.

 

[Warrior]

I don't really understand why you seem upset about this.... I don't think nintendo has made any comment on if there will be new villagers, only new no new personality types, which is fine.

Making new villagers isn't as hard as making new pokemon, after all, a different villager is only a different texture, only in very rare instances is the model changed at all. Making a new texture, giving the character a name, and a nickname, is not very difficult. I would assume the design process is longer, but I'd imagine a developer could knock out a new villager texture in a few hours.

We don't need new villagers of course, but there's nothing wrong with them adding them.

Your first post is so long and unnecessarily wordy, I can't help but wonder if you're just trying to farm tbt haha. I really wish posting in the new horizons section didn't gift tbt until the game actually releases....

 

[jim]

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).

i'd like to just mention something that i haven't seen anyone else mention on this point specifically. when jumping from a home console like the gamecube to a handheld console like the original nintendo DS, it would have been kind of silly to NOT expect villagers to get cut in wild world.

now nintendo is using much more powerful hardware when comparing the 3DS to the switch. while first party nintendo games don't tend to push graphics capabilities, with the amount of space on switch game cards and development time given for new horizons it wouldn't be far fetched to assume we're at least getting some new villagers.